What is your child to MS/HS kid volunteer ratio when it comes to MS & HS volunteers? We have rations for adult volunteers as of now. Recently we have had a lot of youth students want to step into serving in Kids. Was curious on ratio policies and other policies you all have specifically for the MSHS volunteers?

Does anyone have a great book that you can recommend to give parents as part of an overall baby dedication package? Thanks so much!

We use Planning Center and name tags, check-in, etc. works great for check-in. But, tactically, how do folks do their "check outs" of each classroom when parents come to pick up? We have 4 classrooms and parents come for pick up before the service ends right before communion (so parents are trying to quickly pick up the kids to get everyone back into the service). We are a smaller church so our volunteers rotate weekly (most of the time serving ~once a month). Do you have parents show their sticker? Do you have kids line up and call them only after sticker identification? Do they turn them in? Very curious about how to make our checkout process of each classroom efficient but also appropriately safe.

Hello! I know we are full steam ahead to Easter, but one way we can avoid the summer planning burnout is by starting small and starting early. SO...what is on your to-do list this week? Our team has a meeting on the calendar for next week, but right now I am in the beginning phases of planning a Summer home discipleship curriculum to go along with our Kids Camp!

START HERE! 👋Hello! I am so glad you are here. This is a growing community filled with Kids Ministry leaders from around the world looking to build community with other leaders and continue to learn & grow and they love and serve their local church. We have TWO active groups inside this community: ➡️VBS Cohort 2026 ➡️Spring Cohort 2026 If you are an active participant in these groups, you should have access to the corresponding course in the course tab. If you have not been given access, reach out and I can help you! 📣What is the Community chat for? 1️⃣ Questions! Working on a project or stuck with a problem? Ask away! 2️⃣ Encouraging Stories! Is God moving in your ministry and through your volunteers, we want to hear it. 3️⃣ Prayer Requests! Big event coming up? Share it so we can all be praying for you & your ministry. 📣What is the community chat NOT for? 1️⃣ Venting. While we want this to be a place to be encouraged & equipped, this is not the space to vent about your senior pastor or a frustrated volunteer. 2️⃣ Promoting your resources and/or materials. I do my absolute best to share the best resources for all Kids Ministry leaders. You can comment on a post to share a resource, but please no promotion posts. Did you create a resource that you would like to share--send it to me! We are cheering you on!