Children's Ministry
At Church of The Cross

Our children’s ministries rest on three fundamental values:

• When it comes to the Christian formation of children, parents and families play a primary role. Children learn faith by watching and practicing with those they love. In our Sunday services, children are present with their families at the beginning of our worship service as we praise God together and at the end when we share in the Lord’s Supper together. And we always look for new ways to bring our entire congregation together in worship so that kids and their families may learn about Christ’s love in meaningful ways.
• During Children’s Church – our mid-service time for elementary – middle schoolers, we explore scripture, to immerse our children in the great story of God’s love. Each week we take a Bible story and retell it, engage with it, ask questions about it, and wonder with it. The Story of God’s love in our world is still being written, and we are each a part of it; in Children’s Church, we begin to listen for how we are called to live into that ongoing Story.
• Children are always welcome to remain with their families for the entirety of the service.

We always seek to live into these three values in all parts of our ministry with children and their families.

A prayer for children: Lord Jesus, you began as a child and called the children to come to you. We thank you for their playfulness and smiles; for the pleasure they take in simple things; for the way of their great trust. Grant us each the faith of a child, that we may truly inherit your kingdom. In your Name we pray. Amen.