We serve families with children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Our team of staff and volunteers provide a fun, safe environment for your child to make friends and learn about God.
FIRST TIME GUESTS
We are so excited to have you join us, and we want the process to be as easy as possible. When you arrive at our church, park in the guest spaces in the big parking lot and enter under the covered drive-thru with glass doors. There will be greeters there to welcome you in the foyer at the "New Here" desk. We'll escort you to the kids check-in station.
You can save time by clicking the link below and pre-registering your children.
Erica Tucker is the Children's Director at The Glade Church. Erica joined our team in April 2024. She joined us with a decade of kids ministry experience and she clearly has a passion for helping kids know Jesus and begin a relationship with Him.
SUNDAY MORNINGS
We host Children's Programming at both the 9:15 am and 10:45 am services.
In every session, our leaders call names and build relationships with kids. We open the Bible and read from God's Word because nothing shapes our hearts and minds like the truth of scripture. Each session includes a time of prayer -- sometimes all together, sometimes kid-led, sometimes modeled by a teacher.
9:15am: The Gospel Project
The Gospel Project is a Christ-centered, chronological Bible study that takes our children on a three year journey through the storyline of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation to see how Christ connects with all of Scripture. Along the way, they will discover the big picture of what God has been doing throughout redemptive history, and what it means for them.
10:45am: Children's Worship
We start in the grade-level classroom, but when we get to the children's worship service, it is a special time for kids to sing, hear from God's Word and learn a memory verse (with hand motions!). After our time in the worship room, everybody heads back to their classroom to discuss the lesson, apply God's Word to life as an elementary child, and do an activity, game, or craft.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Wednesday night programming for children runs through November 5th. Then the whole church gathers for Friendsgiving on November 12th. (Note: we will not meet October 8 because of Fall Break)
We gather on Wednesday nights from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM for an evening of singing, learning about Jesus in small groups, and making friends. We hope to have your child join us for these evenings while parents are on-campus for their groups.
QUESTIONS FROM KIDS
We are here to support you when answering your child's questions about Jesus, salvation, baptism, and sin. Here are tools we use in Glade Kids ministry when talking about salvation, picking a Bible, or talking about Baptism.
On Sunday mornings, Wednesday nights, and special events, our photo team captures moments across our ministries to share what God is doing in the life of our church. We know every family has different comfort levels with their child's photo being published, and we want to honor that.
If you'd like to opt your child out of having their photos published on our social media, website, print materials, or videos, please fill out the form below.
This weekend, all grades in Family Ministry will be promoting up to their new groups!
We'll have leaders who can help get kids to their new spaces -- it is an exciting day as the new semester begins!
For kids and students moving to a brand new ministry area:
New Kindergarteners moving from Preschool to the Children's area have special breakfast and tour! RSVP for that!
Agenda for 9:15:
Meet in the Children's Worship room - have a get-to-know-you game and meet Mrs Erica
Parents & kids see their child's new classroom space and meet Kindergarten teachers
Erica shares with parents about the heart of Children's Ministry at The Glade, discipleship at home, as well as groups/serving opportunities
Kindergarten leaders lead a shortened session in the classroom with the kids
Agenda for 10:45:
Kids stay with the classroom for the Children's Worship time.
Parents go to the "big church" Worship Gathering
Erica brings the Kindergarteners downstairs once the worship gathering is underway
Bible presentation where parents join kids up front for a prayer moment
Erica takes kids back to their Kindergarten classroom after the Bible presentations
New 6th graders are moving up from Children's Ministry to Middle School ministry!
They will be welcomed in 'The District' which is the MIddle School ministry area -- all students start together, meet their leaders, and then go to their respective classroom meeting areas. Note for Parents: Middle Schoolers no longer check-in at the Kids Check-In station for nametags or security tags. They are released from class to come to the 10:45 Worship Gathering.
New 9th graders are moving from Middle School to High School ministry!
These students will cross the parking lot to the SLC. You are welcome to take them out there (they will love that!). Seriously though, you can send them out to the SLC (Student Life Center) and they will jump in with their new leaders in high school ministry, and they will walk back across for the 10:45 Worship Gathering.
You can save time by clicking the link below and pre-registering your children.
