KIDSPOINT IN THE KNOW

Here’s What You Need to Know about KidsPoint at CrossPoint:
KidsPoint is a children’s ministry designed with your child in mind. ALL children who attend CrossPoint, birth through fifth grade attend our KidsPoint environments. We are so passionate about kids learning about Jesus at an age appropriate level that we do not allow them into our services, which are designed for adults and students 6th grade and older.

AGE APPROPRIATENESS

We want children to experience safe, age-appropriate environments where the Bible is taught in creative ways. We want them to have fun and learn at the same time. We do not believe in just babysitting. We value creating fun ways for children to learn about Jesus.

We have age appropriate teaching for the following age groups:

Green Team – Nursery for Infants and Toddlers
Red Team – Preschool and Kindergarten
Blue Team – First – Fifth Grade
Orange Team - C.O.P.S., Children of Parents Serving

SAFETY

• Kidspoint Volunteers have background checks
• We keep within the state regulations for children to volunteer ratios
• We have a Security team that monitors our KidsPoint area
• You will be given a tag with a number on it and your child will have the corresponding number. This is your claim ticket to pick up your child. If for some reason your child were to need you during the service that number will be displayed on the video screens in the auditorium.

WHAT TO EXPECT ON SUNDAY MORNING

The first thing you will encounter your child’s age appropriate area will be the sign-in table. Sign-in tables open 30 minutes prior to the service start times. Volunteers will be stationed at this area to sign your child in and give you your ticket to pick up your child. If your child has any allergies or special needs, please let a volunteer know at the sign-in table.

Children will be given a colored dot sticker on their name tag, this will determine which group they rotate in for the day.

When children enter KidsPoint they will be offered a snack and juice. Smaller children have a play time until time to get started. After snack, depending on the age group, the children will have praise and worship time and maybe a skit or puppet show. Then they break into smaller groups and rotate from station to station. Lesson will be one station, a craft maybe the next station and then a game or object lesson will be the next station. Children spend about 15 minutes per station. When everyone has had a turn at a station, we break into smaller groups and talk about what was learned that day. This is a great opportunity for processing information and building relationships within the group.

Please have your ticket ready when you pick up your child.

SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

We are so blessed to have a Special Needs ministry for our children that need special love and attention. If your child has special needs, please sign them in at the Red Team area and let them know that you need our Special Needs class. This class is located right behind our Red Team location. We have trained volunteers, teachers from the Henry County and Martinsville school systems, that work with these children and cater to their needs.

C.O.P.S. (CHILDREN OF PARENTS SERVING) ORANGE TEAM

We have so many wonderful volunteers at CrossPoint! Many of those volunteers have children who attend both services. Children whose parents serve at CrossPoint go to KidsPoint for the 9:00am service and then meet in what we call C.O.P.S. during the 10:45am service. Parents sign their children up for this program at their KidsPoint sign-in tables. This program is designed to keep these children happy and having a good time at church. They have a Wii, games, puzzles, blocks, tents and lots of wonderful volunteers to hang out and play with and, of course, food. Children who attend this area must go to the 9:00am KidsPoint service for age appropriate Bible teaching. A volunteer will pick them up from that team and bring them to C.O.P.S. If you want to serve at CrossPoint and have children, this is a fun and safe place for them to make friends while you are serving. Some of our older children have the opportunity to serve with the Pre-School and Nursery teams during the 10:45am service.

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