Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

When you arrive, stop by the Vineyard Kids Check In desk. A volunteer will help you register your child, explain our check in and pickup process, go over a few basic safety policies, and show you where the kids rooms are.

You’ll receive a security tag that matches your child’s name tag. Please keep it with you during the service, as you’ll need it to pick up your child afterward and we may use it to contact you if needed.

All Vineyard Kids rooms open at 10:15am, after worship. Parents can bring toddlers directly to their classroom, while Pre K through 5th graders will be escorted to their rooms by Vineyard Kids volunteers when worship ends.

Vineyard Kids is open to children who are walking through 5th grade.

Babies who are not yet walking typically stay with their parents during the service. We also have a nursery room available for parents who need a space for nursing, changing diapers, or simply giving their baby a little room to move around.

If your child has special needs, we would love to connect with you before your first Sunday. Please contact the church office to speak with a member of the Vineyard Kids team so we can learn more about your child, answer any questions, and work together to help them feel safe, welcomed, and supported.

Children are placed in classrooms based on their age or grade. Currently, Vineyard Kids has four classrooms:

Toddlers: walking toddlers through age 3
Pre-K: ages 3 through 5
K | 2: Kindergarten through 2nd grade
3 | 5: 3rd through 5th grade

Babies who are not yet walking typically stay with their parents during the service. We also have a nursery room available for parents who need a space for nursing, changing diapers, or simply giving their baby a little room to move around.

Children in Pre K through 5th grade move up to their new classrooms together once each year rather than moving on their birthday. This allows kids to stay with the leaders and friends they have been building relationships with throughout the year.

At the end of the school year, we celebrate the children who are moving into a new classroom with a special graduation.

After check in, parents and guardians will receive a security tag that matches their child’s name tag.

Children are welcome and encouraged to worship with their families in the main sanctuary. The Toddler Room and Nursery are also available for parents during worship if younger children need a little extra space.

When worship and communion end, kids will be dismissed. Toddlers can be dropped off in the Toddler Room by a parent or guardian. Children in Pre-K through 5th grade will meet their Vineyard Kids leaders in the foyer and be escorted to their classrooms.

After the service, bring your security tag to your child’s classroom. A Vineyard Kids leader will match the code on your tag with your child’s name tag before releasing them to you.

We use the Tru Curriculum.

Tru is a life changing, spiritually forming, parent engaging, kid captivating curriculum.

Tru is about equipping leaders, children, and families to live a life of transformation. It’s about discovering God’s redemptive narrative and how the Hoy Spirit will lead believers of all ages on their journey to know Him more.

Our desire is to provide a safe and healthy environment for all of our children and volunteers. If your child is not feeling well or may be contagious, we ask that they stay home and rest until they are feeling better.

Please keep your child home if they are experiencing any of the following:

• Fever within the past 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication
• Vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours
• Persistent coughing or sneezing that is not related to allergies
• Eye drainage or a suspected eye infection
• A contagious rash or open sores caused by a rash
• Symptoms of a contagious illness such as lice, croup, chickenpox, COVID, or another communicable illness

Children should be symptom free for at least 24 hours before returning to Vineyard Kids.

If you are unsure whether your child should attend, please feel free to contact a member of the Vineyard Kids team.

Safety is a core value of Vineyard Kids. We have policies and procedures in place to help protect children physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

We always have at least two leaders present with children, and all Vineyard Kids leaders complete a third party background check. We also use a secure check in and pickup system, along with a paging system that allows us to quickly contact a parent or guardian if needed.

We want every child not only to be safe, but to feel safe. Our hope is that kids feel comfortable asking questions, being themselves, building trusted relationships, and responding to the Holy Spirit in an environment where they are known, respected, and cared for.

Because our lessons and activities are adapted for each age group, we encourage children to participate in their assigned classroom whenever possible.

If a child is uncomfortable attending without their friend or sibling, they are welcome to stay together. In that case, we ask that both children attend the classroom for the younger child’s age group so that the lesson and activities are appropriate and accessible for everyone.

Yes! Each week, we email a document to all our parents called the “At Home Weekly”. This document is designed to help your children prepare for the upcoming lesson and review the previous lesson they learned on Sunday. There are also fun and helpful activities for you to do as a family to help strengthen your child’s spiritual development.

Yes! We provide snacks for children in Vineyard Kids, with options such as Goldfish, Cheerios, Pirate’s Booty, and PopCorners.

If your child has a food allergy or cannot have the snacks we provide, please let us know at check in so we can add a note to their name tag. You are also welcome to send a prepackaged snack with your child.

Family Worship Sunday is a special time for our whole church family to worship together across generations.

We believe children are not just the future of the church; they are an important part of the church today. By worshipping together, we want kids to know, “This is my church, too,” while giving adults opportunities to know, encourage, and worship alongside the younger generation.

Family Worship Sunday happens whenever there is a fifth Sunday in the month. On these Sundays, we shorten the service to about an hour and create a relaxed, living room style atmosphere where everyone can participate together. Vineyard Kids classrooms are closed, but the Nursery and Toddler Room remain available for parents with little ones who need a break or some extra space.

After the service, everyone is invited to stick around for snacks and time together. We value this rhythm because it helps us practice being one church family, wiggles, giggles, and all.