Gethsemane Church's ministry to kids birth through 5th grade
GC Kids meets every Sunday at 10am
NURSERY: Birth - 3 years
GC KIDS: 4 Years - 5th grade
GC KIDS ON INSTAGRAM
UPCOMING EVENTS
Daddy Daughter Rodeo | February 7, 2025
Join us February 7th at 5pm for our Daddy Daughter Rodeo at Gethsemane Church! This is a fun-filled event that gives dads, grandpas, or uncles a chance to spend a special night with their girls. We will have fun games, dancing, pizza, and yummy snacks. This event is open to all church members and Gethsemane Christian Academy students. We hope you can join us!
Mother Son Carnival | March 7, 2025
Join us from 5-7pm on March 7th for the Mother Son Carnival! We’ll have popcorn, hot dogs, a bunch of carnival games, and prizes to get with all those tickets won at the carnival games. We’ll celebrate the end of the night with a fun glow stick dance party!
Family Easter Experience | April 13, 2025
Easter is coming fast! Easter is April 20th, so we're celebrating the Sunday before with our Easter Family Experience. Join in the courtyard us after 10am worship for a Petting Zoo, Popcorn, Easter Crafts, Easter Egg Hunts, Photo Booth, and more! Spread the word to your friends and neighbors so we can all join together and celebrate on the 13th!
RECENT SPECIAL EVENTS
Relationships are at the center of Kid’s Ministry at Gethsemane Church. We know that kids who feel loved and cared for freely share that love and care for others – positive relationships are contagious. Jesus loved and cared for people and took the time to build relationships. Our volunteer leaders emulate the love of Jesus and share that with the kids in our care.
VISION
Our vision for GC Kids: take Jesus home.
With everything we do at GC Kids, we are asking this crucial question: “How are we helping these kids and their parents take Jesus into their homes and everyday lives?”
FLOW
We keep this flow relatively consistent across all our programming because it works well and it facilitates easier transitions between different levels of ministry, for kids, students, and volunteers.
We follow an ACTIVE > LARGE GROUP > SMALL GROUPS flow (see below).
Nursery
(Available during 10am Service)
3 Years and Younger
Care for our GC babies is available starting at the beginning of service. The nursery is located in the northwest corner of the Commons in the Worship Center building. You can either check in your kid in the nursery or when you check in your other kids in the NextGen building for 10am GC Kids. After worship, check your kid out directly from the nursery.
GC Kids
(Available during 10am Service)
4 Years (potty trained) – 5th Grade
At GC Kids we use a Active -> Large Group -> Small Group flow. Here’s what a general Sunday morning looks like:
First, head across the courtyard before 10am worship to the NextGen Building to securely check your kid(s) into GC Kids. Parents and kids receive matching stickers for security.
- Kids go with their groups for their GC Kids experience and parents are invited into worship.
- Following worship, check out your kid(s) in the NextGen (same location as check-in) by showing your security sticker to one of our GC Kids volunteers.
- Head back to the courtyard or Commons for socializing, coffee, and snacks.
Kids are in a state of discovery. It’s our goal for them to discover:
- Who God is
- How He sees kids (and all people) as valuable
- How much He loves them
- The important role kids play in God’s Kingdom.
