Hello! There are a lots of new friends in this space--welcome! We have been talking a ton about Promotion Sunday & grade transitions these past couple weeks and this week's podcast is with Sean Sweet talking all about Preteen Ministry & Promotion Sunday! Let's chat! What are you doing for Promotion Sunday? In our church, one thing we are doing is hosting a breakfast before service for all incoming student ministry families.

I made a couple comments during the zoom but thought I should mention one more thing that might be helpful. Have one door in and designate one as the exit door. Another way to help ensure that everyone exits out one door.. have tables that lead to your exit with all the kids' crafts and take-home items. We have volunteers that are craft runners that bring the crafts to these tables once the crew has completed that rotation. Before dismissal I will print a daily update, page and place it with each kid's craft. At dismissal direct them to the tables (each crew has a spot) to grab their kid's items. We use the path divider things (like you would see at an airport) to create the path out that leads right to the door.

Here is last year's volunteer handbook. I am still working on this years. ALL Volunteers receive this at training, and we pretty much go through page by page. For crew leaders we do add a roster page on the back cover for them to keep track of who is there each day.

I am looking to have some diaper bag tags made with our kids' ministry logo and name on one side and a place the write the child's name on the other. I have looked at several websites, but wanted to see if any of you have tags you love and can recommend. (Bonus if you include a picture or a link! :-) )

Hi Friends, We are only 2 weeks away from the start of the Spring Cohort. Go ahead and introduce yourself here and tell us where you are from!