1st-5th Grade Kids

**Kids programming takes place during the 11:00 service only**

Our Children's Ministry is designed especially for kids and helps them to understand how to worship! We don't try to mimic the adult worship, but provide appropriate activities and experiences for children. It balances worship and biblical instruction using a variety of activities.

From birth to age six, children have their greatest spiritual sensitivity to God! Therefore, we need to make sure (as the church) that we do not miss this precious opportunity. Children need to be actively involved in their worship of God! What they learn and experience concerning their relationship with God at this impressionable age can impact the course of their future spiritual life.

Classes meet during the adult service on Sunday mornings. We'll show you where to go! Parents, you are welcome to accompany your child to their class at any time.

Learning Is A Priority

At Crossroads we teach children using active, Hands-On Teaching. Jesus was a master teacher. He used active learning to involve the learners, helping them understand the point of the message.

And, research explains why active learning works: We retain less than 10% of what we hear, but remember up to 90% of what we experience. Hands-On Teaching uses experiences to involve each student - keeping kids' attention, helping them understand, making it fun and making it easier to apply the principles to their lives.

Learning is so important! We want to create an atmosphere that will encourage your child to learn how God's love helps in his or her life, and . . .

We Want Your Child to Enjoy Church!

That's one of the ways to ensure that he or she will want to keep learning!

Volunteering

As our Youth and Children's ministries grow and change, it will be essential to get involvement from parents and others in the church. Our ministry to kids can only be great as God accomplishes extraordinary things through ordinary people like us.

We encourage all parents to sit in on their child's class and see what their child is learning. We also ask parents and others to consider opportunities to get involved in ministering to kids. You may feel intimidated, thinking that the only way to get involved is to teach, but we also have needs for helpers at all age levels. People to just be there to help the teachers and to love kids!

We want to have satisfied volunteers in our ministry. We want to know your needs, interests, and expertise. We want to develop a detailed job description. We want to ask for a reasonable commitment (6 months or 1 year at a time not forever!) We want to train, support, encourage, and recognize you. If you have questions about what you can do click here and ask!


Volunteers are the heart of what happens in this church. Our ministry wouldn't grow without you.