Kids and Youth at Elevation
Our young people are a very important part of our community! We have a few ways that we engage with our kids and youth to support their spiritual growth and faith journeys. If you have questions or would like more information, please reach out to our kids or youth directors!
Ways to Engage on Sunday Mornings
We’re excited to have kids join us! Our church is a place for families, and we have special programs and activities to engage and inspire children of all ages.
Nursery
On Sunday mornings, a team of volunteers is excited to greet our youngest members to the nursery. The nursery is staffed from 9:30am-10:30am for kids up to Preschool age.
We invite kids from Jr Kindergarten to Grade Five to join us on Sunday mornings for our KidsQuest program! Kids will be dismissed from the service around 9:30am and will head to their classrooms. We currently have three classrooms available: JK to Grade 1, Grades 2 & 3, and Grades 4 & 5.
All children must be checked in using the iPads in the foyer prior to class. We encourage parents to download and use the Church Center app to pre-check their children before arriving at church, for faster printing of name tags and security tags upon arrival. All parents must show their matching security tag when picking up their children after discussion groups finish at 10:30.
KidsQuest
Curriculum – Fall 2024
In the spring of 2024, our community engaged in a study around Meredith Miller’s book “Woven – Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From”. Feedback from those discussions suggested that the ideas from that book resonated with our community members.
For this reason, we are going to trial using a curriculum developed by Meredith Miller called “The Great Big Bible Story Walkthrough”, as well as a five week Christmas-focused curriculum by Meredith Miller and Sarah Swartzendruber.
This curriculum is narrative-based, providing the teacher with a historical context to help them better prepare for sharing the lesson and allowing kids the opportunity to ask questions and wonder.
The Great Big Bible Story Walkthrough Curriculum is currently available for ages 6-11. Meredith Miller is set to release a more simplified version of this curriculum (ages 2-5) at the beginning of October. We plan to use this younger version of the curriculum for the JK-Grade 1 classroom at that time. In the meantime, we will use a combination of the Great Big Bible Story Walkthrough and some illustrated storybook bibles to provide lessons that are geared toward a younger age group.
Features of this Curriculum
Supportive
Commentary
For each lesson, a commentary is included that provides the teacher notes on historical context, themes, key words, literary genres and more related to the bible story. These background details can help the teacher get a better understanding of the story and they may choose to includes some of these points in their
lesson.
Podcasts
Each lesson will also have a link to a podcast where Meredith Miller will discuss the story and themes of that particular week with her kids. Listening to the podcast ahead of time can be a great way to help the teacher prepare for the lesson. Families can also listen to the podcasts together to continue the learning at home.
Ways to Engage Throughout the Week
Youth
Our weekly youth program is on Thursday evenings at 7pm. Head over to our Instagram Page for more up to date information, or send us a message via the form below! Our Junior Youth is open to youth in Grade 6 and 8, with our Senior Youth between Grade 9 and 12.