We serve families with children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Our team of staff and volunteers provide a fun, safe environment for your child to make friends and learn about God.
FIRST TIME GUESTS
We are so excited to have you join us, and we want the process to be as easy as possible. When you arrive at our church, park in the guest spaces in the big parking lot and enter under the covered drive-thru with glass doors. There will be greeters there to welcome you in the foyer at the "New Here" desk. We'll escort you to the kids check-in station.
You can save time by clicking the link below and pre-registering your children.
Erica Tucker is the Children's Director at The Glade Church. Erica joined our team in April 2024. She joined us with a decade of kids ministry experience and she clearly has a passion for helping kids know Jesus and begin a relationship with Him.
SUNDAY MORNINGS
We host Children's Programming at both the 9:15 am and 10:45 am services.
In every session, our leaders call names and build relationships with kids. We open the Bible and read from God's Word because nothing shapes our hearts and minds like the truth of scripture. Each session includes a time of prayer -- sometimes all together, sometimes kid-led, sometimes modeled by a teacher.
9:15am: The Gospel Project
The Gospel Project is a Christ-centered, chronological Bible study that takes our children on a three year journey through the storyline of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation to see how Christ connects with all of Scripture. Along the way, they will discover the big picture of what God has been doing throughout redemptive history, and what it means for them.
10:45am: Children's Worship
We start in the grade-level classroom, but when we get to the children's worship service, it is a special time for kids to sing, hear from God's Word and learn a memory verse (with hand motions!). After our time in the worship room, everybody heads back to their classroom to discuss the lesson, apply God's Word to life as an elementary child, and do an activity, game, or craft.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Wednesday night programming will start back January 15th.
On January 15th children will gather on Wednesday nights from 6 PM to 7:15 PM for an evening of singing, learning about Jesus in small groups, and making friends. We hope to have your child join us for these evenings while parents are on-campus for their groups.
Watch for details coming soon.
QUESTIONS FROM KIDS
We are here to support you when answering your child's questions about Jesus, salvation, baptism, and sin. Here are tools we use in Glade Kids ministry when talking about salvation, picking a Bible, or talking about Baptism.
Is your 3rd-5th grade child a new Christian? Or are they beginning to ask questions about Jesus and how to really know Him? Sign up for our Exploring Christianity class this November (November 3, November 10, November 17). Space is limited!
12-12:15 - Closing Rally (Sanctuary) Parents are invited to come on it for the Closing Rally and must present security stickers to exit.
Theme: Magnified!
Is your child asking questions about Jesus or about what they heard at VBS about the gospel? We've got a resource page for you. READ MORE
🥫 Missions Offering
The missions offering we collect this week is for The Glade Church Food Pantry. Kids can bring money or specific items (they are given a list in Missions rotation, or its found online). Our goal is to try to provide more food than last year's VBS, which was 22 boxes! Kids can bring their donations down to the stage in the Worship Center when they arrive each morning!
🎶 VBS Music
You can play the VBS music for your kids at home or on the road. These songs are so catchy! Search for "VBS 2025" on Apple Music or Spotify.
📣 Participant Info
ARRIVAL / CHECK-IN Check-In each day will be 8:45-9am. Enter under the canopy through the glass doors from the big parking lot. The Worship Center doors will not open until 8:45 when the leader meeting concludes.
All kids need a name tag sticker and parent security tag for pick-up. Bring your normal scan cards. For those who do not have a scan card in our system, we can create one for you at the Kids Check-In Station that you can use throughout the week!
PICK-UP Parents are invited to Closing Rally. Doors open at 11:50 and the program will begin at noon each day. Please sit in the side sections in the worship center, kids will be in the middle.
Pick up will be after Closing Rally at 12:15 - kids will be seated in their grade-level rows and you can find them at the end, check security tags at the exit doors.
WHAT TO BRING / WHAT NOT TO BRING Each day we will be studying God’s Word, so have your child bring his/her Bible. Because we will be doing lots of other fun activities like Recreation and Crafts, kids may have more success keeping up with their Bible by bringing it in a small drawstring backpack. Please put your child’s name on anything they bring to VBS.
Do not send kidswith toys, phones, electronics, or things of that sort - these can tend to cause distractions.
