Hey! Would anyone be willing to share a brief overview of how your Kids Ministry team is structured and what the different roles on your team look like? It would be incredibly helpful as we think through how to best support our staff, volunteers, and families. Can you also tell me how many kids you have on a Sunday? Thank you so much for your time and willingness to share. I truly appreciate it!

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?

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!

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.

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