KIDS @ CALVARY

CURRENT COVID-19 KIDS PROGRAMMING:

9 am & 10:20  am 

Kids are invited to join their parents in service! Kids grades 1-5 will then exit soon after service starts to go outside to the tent we have set up on our grounds for Bible study and games. This will allow us to teach your kids while maintaining proper social distancing. 

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We love families!

Our children's programming is for children from birth through 5th grade. Our goal is to partner with parents to help children discover Jesus in a personal way so they will grow up to follow and serve Him. 

Our Sunday children's classes are offered at 
9:00 am & 10:20 am 

On your first visit, please stop by the Children's Check in to register your kids and one of our team members will walk you to your child's class and introduce you to their teacher.
 
Keeping your child safe is important to us! Teachers are carefully screened with background checks and all children are signed into their classes using a 'claim check' process. We want you to be able to relax and worship knowing that your children are safe.
 
Throughout the year we have lots of special events for kids like VBS, Calvary Candy Crawl, Giant Monopoly Parties and more. 

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For more information about kids ministry, contact our Children's Pastor Jordan Troeger.

Kids Classes

Cuddlers, Wobblers, & Toddlers (2 and Under)

We have three rooms designed to best fit the different stages of our youngest kids.  Our Cuddlers room is a soothing room where team members are ready to rock babies and begin floor play with infants as they are just beginning to roll, sit and take their first steps.  Once your child is walking fairly steady and ready for more play and less rocking, they can move up to our Wobblers class. In this room, we have lots of toys and activities, while still providing a lot of one on one attention as your wobbler learns to play with others.  Wobblers are ready for our Toddlers class when they are starting to run, they are ready for more table time,  and have outgrown the more supervised play of the Wobblers class. 

PRESCHOOLERS (3 years - K)

There are three classes in our Preschool wing.  When kids arrive, they will go to either the 3-year-old, 4-year-old, or 5/6-year-olds classes. After a time of playing, all three classes go to our Preschool Worship room for a fun time of worship followed by their weekly lesson time (with a puppet led story video and follow up questions from the leader).  When the kids go back to their classes they will have snack time, worksheet time, and do a fun craft or activity related to their Bible story.  Kids in these classes move up throughout the year when they have a birthday.

ELEMENTARY KIDS (1st - 5th)

Our 1st - 4th graders all meet together in our large kids' worship auditorium.  Arrive early so that your kids will have time to play a little basketball or foosball, build with legos, draw on our whiteboard tables or catch up with kids from their school.   Our elementary class is like "big church" only tailored for kids.  We sing a few songs (with cool dance moves), play a game to help kids get their wiggles out, review our lesson from last Sunday, have video and live teaching, and then divide into grades for "get in the Bible" time.  Every Sunday we also talk about missions, have a time of prayer, work on our memory verse and more. 
Our 5th-grade class is called "Bootcamp" and meets in a fun space upstairs just for them!  Our goal with our 5th-grade class is to build relationships within that group so that they have a strong community moving into our middle school program.  We have several fun activities for our 5th graders during the year - like pool parties and game nights. 

KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Every child and family is important to us. We know that each child has a unique personality and learning style. Many kids have challenges that make it difficult to be in a classroom setting without a one on one helper.  Whether your child has a physical disability or special needs such as autism, ADHD, ED, ODD or sensory disorders, we want to partner with you to make their experience at church a successful and happy one - - and we want parents to feel comfortable to go to worship without having to worry if their child's special needs are being met.

We have special friends to match up with your child to help them in the classroom, either up close or at distance.  Many of our special friends have professional training and others have personal experience and a passion for helping children with special needs. 

To help us be prepared to best meet your child's needs, it is very helpful if we can find out more about your child before your first visit.  If you are planning to come to Calvary, or if you just want to find out more about our Special Needs Ministry, click on the button below to fill out a form and one of our team members will contact you right away.  We want to work with you to help your family find a safe place where you can worship freely, where your kids are loved, and where we can support you as parents in your journey.   

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