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KidsPraise will kick off in August 2023 – stay tuned for more details!
What is KidsPraise?
Anastasia KidsPraise is the midweek worship + arts ministry for children from three years old (by September 1st and potty-trained) through fifth grade. We exist to guide children to know Jesus Christ as their Savior and become lifelong worshipers of God through music, arts, and media. We do this by equipping kids to offer whatever talents, gifts, and skills they possess back to God as an act of worship. This program runs Wednesday evenings from 6-7:15 pm during the school year, typically ending before the scheduling madness of “Maycember” begins.
KidsPraise is designed as two separate semesters, running mid August through early December and mid-January through late April. Each semester, 1st-5th graders experience two consecutive, six-week elective classes which they select during the registration process. This semester’s classes include: Crafts, Hip Hop, Helping Hands, Lego, Drum, Rec+Games, and Woodworking. PreK+K is also designed as two semesters, but each class is self-contained with three segments each week – games, crafts and music.
You’ve registered….now what?
Everything you could ever want to know about KidsPraise is here in our PARENT+VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK. Some of the most important info is below.
CHECK-IN and DISMISSAL
- Check-in begins at 5:50 pm in the Atrium for 1st-5th grade by last name and in the Three’s, Four’s and Kindergarten classrooms (Building A and Building B). Parents are required to be with their children at check-in – please do not send kids in by themselves.
- Elementary age kids will head to the A-G, H-M, or N-Z check-in tables to pick up their name tags, parents will receive their pick-up cards, and kids will head into the CLC.
- Kindergartners and under will check in at their classes, receive name tags, parents will get pick-up cards, and kids will enter their classrooms.
- PLEASE NOTE: Children of volunteers are allowed to check in early at 5:45 pm so their parents can get to their classrooms on time.
- Dismissal begins at 7 pm for Three’s, Four’s and Kindergarten from their classrooms and at 7:15 from the Atrium for 1st-5th graders. Be sure you have your pick-up cards! First-5th graders will be in the CLC. Parents will hand over pick-up cards to the secretaries (by last name) and volunteers will retrieve your child, take their name tags, and return your pick-up cards. Children will not be dismissed without an adult present.
- PLEASE NOTE: KidsPraise no longer provides extended care as the majority of onsite ministries are aligned within the 6-7:15 pm window. If you are participating in an on-campus ministry that ends at 7:15 but you have a child in Three’s, Four’s and Kindergarten, please pick them up no later than 7:15 so our volunteers are able to retrieve their own children. Thanks!
SCRIPTURE MEMORY CHALLENGE
- On the first night of each month, we’ll reveal that month’s Scripture verses. They will be posted on our website, Facebook and sent home on paper. Beginning the second week of the month, children will be able to recite their verses.
- First-5th graders recite their verse JUST PRIOR TO and DURING check-in at the South End Welcome Desk. Prizes are picked up AFTER dismissal by visiting the same location.
- Three’s, Four’s and Kindergarteners recite their verses in their classrooms when they first arrive and receive their prizes there as well.
NOTES + FLYERS SENT HOME
MUSIC + LYRICS
Visit our YouTube Channel for past songs and videos!
CHECK OUT THE CALENDAR TO SEE IMPORTANT DATES FOR THIS SEMESTER!
Visit the Resource Center to find answers to many frequently asked questions.
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