I made a couple comments during the zoom but thought I should mention one more thing that might be helpful. Have one door in and designate one as the exit door. Another way to help ensure that everyone exits out one door.. have tables that lead to your exit with all the kids' crafts and take-home items. We have volunteers that are craft runners that bring the crafts to these tables once the crew has completed that rotation. Before dismissal I will print a daily update, page and place it with each kid's craft. At dismissal direct them to the tables (each crew has a spot) to grab their kid's items. We use the path divider things (like you would see at an airport) to create the path out that leads right to the door.

Hi! We are working on tracking retention rate of new families. We currently send postcards to first time guests. What are some other ways your children's ministry reaches out to new families?

Hello! We have volunteers that bring their kids to serve with them. I love that they want to serve as a family and teach their kiddos how to serve in the church, but as far as safety and ratio I was curious what others do when it comes to this. This happens mainly when parents are serving in the nursery. Do kids need to be a certain age before serving with a parent? With nursery is it adult only volunteers?

I’ve started reading “How to Teach Kid Theology” and they talk about the importance of studying systematic theology. I was wondering if anyone had any book or online recommendations?!

Does anyone use an online platform for training and communication for volunteers? One example is Lifeway’s Ministry Grid.