About Us
What to Expect
Pastoral Staff
Kids
Child Wellness Policy
For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of a contagious disease for 24 hours. Here are some signs of illness...
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- A runny nose
- Fever in the past 24 hours
- A persistent or hacking cough
Check-Ins
Check-in begins 10 minutes before each service starts. If you’re a first-time guest you will need to fill out a registration card to check your children for our kids classes and receive security stickers. The stickers serve two purposes:
- Parent Paging - If we need you during service, the number on your sticker will be displayed.
- Child Pick-up - You must present your portion of the sticker before we release your child.
Get Our Newsletter
We send out a mostly monthly newsletter to keep parents in the know because sending notes home with small children is sometime equally effective as the 'message-in-a-bottle' approach to communication.
Kids at Grace
Grace Children's Ministries exist to partner with parents to disciple the next generation. Grace’s Children's Ministries are run by Cindy Sulwer, the Director of Children's Ministries and her team of four: Lizz Hagedorn, Nursery Coordinator, Nicole Dhooge, Preschool Coordinator, Natasha Miller, Elementary Coordinator and Korene Lanxon, Special Needs Coordinator. Where our Children's Ministry ends our Student Ministry, Directed by Brian Hagedorn picks up.
Sunday Schedule
Children's Ministry Resources
Nursery
Child Wellness Policy
For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of a contagious disease for 24 hours. Here are some signs of illness...
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- A runny nose
- Fever in the past 24 hours
- A persistent or hacking cough
Check-Ins
Check-in begins 10 minutes before each service starts. If you’re a first-time guest you will need to fill out a registration card to check your children into our kids classes and receive security stickers. The stickers serve two purposes:
- Parent Paging - If we need you during service, the number on your sticker will be displayed.
- Child Pick-up - You must present your portion of the sticker before we release your child.
Nursery
Our goal in Children's Ministry is to point kids to Jesus as we partner with parents to disciple the next generation. This is achieved on Sunday mornings through worship, prayer and Bible reading. Our nursery classes are led by trained volunteers who have been carefully screened. Children with disabilities are welcome. If your child has special needs, please educate us on providing the best care.
Our volunteers are required to be trained and screened. Let us know of any allergies or medical conditions your child may have.
Baby Dedication
The word “dedicate” means to set aside or commit to a sacred purpose. Baby dedications are celebrations of the birth or adoption of a child and allow parents to commit themselves publicly to raise their child in the nurture and love of the Lord. We require parents to attend our Baby Dedication Class, but only once.
- Register for a Baby Dedication Class
- Hand in Hand by Cindy Sulwer. A guide to raising up your young child knowing God, praying, and learning about Him together.
Sunday Summer 2018 Schedule
Resources for Parents
- Wise Words for Moms - a little cheat sheet of scriptures to encourage kids in the midst of disobedience.
- Crossroads of Character - Following six real children kids and parents will learn twelve traits of character and how to apply them in littles' lives.
- The Bible for Little Hearts - A bright, colorfully illustration book captivates children and makes it easy to introduce them to the Bible verse on the opposite page.
- More Children's Ministry Resources
Pre-K
Child Wellness Policy
For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of contagious disease for 24 hours. Here are some signs of illness...
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- A runny nose
- Fever in the past 24 hours
- A persistent or hacking cough
Check-Ins
Check-in begins 10 minutes before each service starts. If you’re a first-time guest you will need to fill out a registration card to check your children into our kids classes and receive security stickers. The stickers serve two purposes:
- Parent Paging - If we need you during service, the number on your sticker will be displayed.
- Child Pick-up - You must present your portion of the sticker before we release your child.
Preschool
Our goal in Children's Ministry is to point kids to Jesus as we partner with parents to disciple the next generation. This is achieved on Sunday mornings through worship, prayer, and Bible reading. Our preschool classes are led by trained volunteers who have been carefully screened. Children with disabilities are welcome. If your child has special needs, please educate us on providing the best care.
Our volunteers are required to be trained and screened. Let us know of any allergies or medical conditions your child may have.
Kids and Communion
So your kid wants to take part in communion. Now, what are you going to do? We believe that all who are trusting in Jesus for the forgiveness of their sins and have made a consciously intent to follow the Lord in obedience are welcome to take communion. When should my kids start taking communion?
Sunday Schedule
Resources
- Hand in Hand by Cindy Sulwer
- Long Story Short - Ten-minute devotions to draw your family together with God. There's also a sequel: Old Story New
- The Jesus Storybook Bible - Where every story whispers the name of Jesus.
- More Children's Ministry Resources
Elementary
Child Wellness Policy
For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of contagious disease for 24 hours. Here are some signs of illness...
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- A runny nose
- Fever in the past 24 hours
- A persistent or hacking cough
Check-Ins
Check-in begins 20 minutes before each service starts. If you’re a first-time guest you will need to fill out a registration card to check your children into our kids classes and receive security stickers. The stickers serve two purposes:
- Parent Paging - If we need you during service, the number on your sticker will be displayed.
- Child Pick-up - You must present your portion of the sticker before we release your child.
Resources
- Hand in Hand by Cindy Sulwer
- The 'Wise Words for Mom' App
- Old Story New - Ten-minute devotionals to bring your family closer to God. This is a sequel to Long Story Short.
- Weave (website) - Connecting families to the global story of God.
- Wise Words for Moms - a little cheat sheet of scriptures to encourage kids in the midst of disobedience.
- More Children's Ministry Resources
Elementary
Our goal in Children's Ministry is to point kids to Jesus as we partner with parents to disciple the next generation. This is achieved on Sunday mornings through worship, prayer, and Bible reading. Our preschool classes are led by trained volunteers who have been carefully screened. Children with disabilities are welcome. If your child has special needs, please educate us on providing the best care.
Our volunteers are required to be trained and screened. Let us know of any allergies or medical conditions your child may have.
Sunday Classes
During Mission's Club kids in grades K-4 are taught about one of our core values here at Grace: Gospel Mission. Not only are they taught about what God is doing globally, but how they can be missionaries every day in their own school, home and neighborhood.
Kids Church begins with the Pre-K through 4th grade classes together for corporate worship. Kids then return to their grade level classes where they learn Gospel Truth through the Children Desiring God curriculum, which teaches who God is, who we are in relation to Him and how to view all of life through a Biblical worldview lens.
Gospel Community is experienced and emphasized in Grace Place. During this hour, kids in grades K-4 are together learning how the Bible tells God's redemptive story from beginning to end.
Kids and Communion
So your kid wants to take part in communion. Now, what are you going to do? We believe that all who are trusting in Jesus for the forgiveness of their sins and have made a consciously intent to follow the Lord in obedience are welcome to take communion.When should my kids start taking communion?
Sunday Schedule
Special Needs
Child Wellness Policy
For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of a contagious disease for 24 hours. Here are some signs of illness...
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- A runny nose
- Fever in the past 24 hours
- A persistent or hacking cough
Check-Ins
Check-in begins 10 minutes before each service starts. If you’re a first-time guest you will need to fill out a registration card to check your children for our kids classes and receive security stickers. The stickers serve two purposes:
- Parent Paging - If we need you during service, the number on your sticker will be displayed.
- Child Pick-up - You must present your portion of the sticker before we release your child.
Special Needs
Our goal in the Special Needs Ministry is to help each individual find the best fit for growing their faith and for sharing their spiritual gifts. We welcome all children to our Sunday classes, and we also know that some children need extra help for success. We believe that all children are made in the image of God and have been given the ability to worship and serve Him. We offer a buddy for each child that needs extra support in the classroom and work with parents/guardians to find the right balance for their child on Sunday morning. We also have a sensory room for when kids need a break from class time.
Our volunteers are required to be trained and screened. Let us know of any allergies or medical conditions your child may have.
How do we start?
To participate in our special needs program we ask that you submit a contact form. Our Special Needs Coordinator will follow up with your family when she receives your form. This allows our ministry staff, teachers and volunteers to provide a safe and loving environment for your child.
Schedule
We realize that our Special Needs Families can face a unique challenge during family sit-together Sundays. To that end, we work with our Special Needs families on an individual basis to provide class time for any age during the family sit-together Sundays and seasons.
Resources
- Dancing with Max by Emily Colson
- Just the Way I Am: God’s Good Design in Disability by Krista Horning
- Chosen for Charlie: When God Gifts You with a Special-Needs Child by Jen Forsthoff
- Same Lake Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability by Stephanie O. Hubach
- More Children's Ministry Resources
Students
Student Ministry
Grace Student Ministry exists to glorify God by equipping students and their parents to love God, serve others, and make disciples of Jesus everywhere they go.
Weekly Events
Adults
Community Groups
We believe that our faith is a lifestyle, not an event. We meet throughout
the week in community groups to encourage and build one another up to love and good deeds.
Women's Ministries
Grace Women’s Ministry desires to glorify God by equipping and encouraging each woman to know Christ personally and to live out Jesus' purpose in all aspects of her life.
Men's Ministries
Grace Men’s Ministry desires to glorify God by equipping and encouraging each man to know Christ personally and to live out Jesus' purpose in all aspects of his life.
Connect to Equipping
Thrive is Grace’s set of classes that are designed and planned to equip the adults of our church to bring in, build up and branch out for the glory of God.
We hold Thrive classes in two semesters beginning each September and January. Thrive classes are a great way to meet others in Grace that are heading the same way, get training and be built up in maturity for Christ.
Click on any Class below to learn more...
- Getting to Know Grace
- History: Exploring the Story of God
- Next Steps Class
- Baptism Class
- Membership Class
- Digging into God's Love: An Inductive Study on John 1
