Sunday Mornings

Our kid’s ministry is centered in what children experience on Sunday mornings. At 10 AM each Sunday, children are invited to gather with their families in our worship space at Haymarket Elementary School. Because we believe that children learn to worship God by worshiping (and by watching adults worship), our worship service begins with all ages worshiping together. This gives our children the opportunity to gather, sing, pray, and feel included in the “big church.” We believe that this sense of inclusion makes a big difference in enabling children to know, deep down, that they are always welcome and “at home” in God’s church. At some point early in the service, children are invited forward for “Children’s time” – a time when they get to sit with our kid’s ministry director or our pastor and explore faith together.

Once children’s time is complete, as the rest of the congregation prepares to listen for God through Scripture and sermon, children from preschool (3 and up) through 5th grade are invited to head off to our children’s classroom, where they will encounter God’s story in ways that fit their particular developmental and learning needs. After the sermon is over, the children return to our worship space to participate in communion with their families. Kids will receives communion with their families so they are separated while they need to remove their masks and then can line back up at the back door, before returning to their classrooms for the rest of worship. Parents are invited to pick their children up from their classroom once worship is completed.

Nursery care is available each Sunday morning during worship for children from 6 weeks through 3 years old. Our nursery is staffed by trained childcare workers and volunteers who love sharing God’s love with our littlest ones. Your children are always welcome to stay with you during worship, but if you need a break we are happy to host them in our nursery.