Children's Ministry Map

Just as a healthy diet and exercise helps kids develop physically, we believe that a prayerfully strategic discipleship plan will help our children in their spiritual growth and formation. With that in mind, we have developed a ‘ministry map’ that gives us a more defined purpose and measurable goals with our precious kids.

Through their Preschool Years: (Birth – Kindergarten)

• By the end of age 2, our children will know that Jesus loves them, their family, their church and the world
• By the end of age 4, our children will have a grasp of the foundations of their faith
  • Creation
  • Heaven
  • God, the Father
  • God, the Son (Jesus)
  • Prayer
  • Salvation
  • The importance of God’s Word (memory verses)
• By the end of Kindergarten our children will have advanced understanding of those foundations of faith and will be building on them.
• All our pre-school children will learn one song/month that is being sung in the church worship services
• All our pre-school children will be able to verbalize what they learned in the previous weeks

Through their Elementary Years: (Grades 1-4)

• Our children’s understanding of their foundations of faith will have developed even more
• Our children’s Bible knowledge will have deepened and expanded
• They will be able to verbalize their faith (share it with others)
• They will take “ownership” of their faith by wanting to make wise choices and apply what they have learned of Christ-honouring character to their lives
• They will be offered the opportunity to accept Christ as their Saviour
• They will have their own Bible and be able to use it
• Their understanding of prayer and prayer life will be taking shape
• They will really know who Jesus is and what He came to do for us
• They will understand the holiness, awesomeness and love of God
• They will have opportunity to be missional with our community and the world

Through their Pre-teen Years: (Grades 5/6) 

• Our children’s Bible knowledge and understanding will have expanded to see all of history and life in the context of God’s plan
• Our children will experience spiritual accountability for the application of all they know
• Our children will be given opportunity to give back to God through ministry training and experience.