BC Kids: Why We Exist?

  • We help kids grow near and like Jesus by encouraging and equipping the leaders in their life.

Meet the Team: We’re Here to Serve, Support, and Equip You

Program Overview

BC Littles Program

Class 1. Nursery

  • We disciple kids ages: 0 – 12 Months
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: Once per month
  • Every Sunday, we have: 1 Adult Leader and 1-2 Adult/Older Teen Helpers
  • We meet in: Room 109
  • Area Description: Every Sunday, you get to represent the loving, safe arms of Father God to the youngest members of our church family and partner with families in the early discipleship of children. You provide care, attention, snacks, play, prayer, and a worshipful environment.

Class 2. One’s Class

  • We disciple kids ages: 1-years-old
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: Once per month
  • Every Sunday, we have: 1 Adult Leader and 2 Adult/Teen Helpers
  • We meet in: Room 108
  • Area Description: Through play, prayer, music, and a simple lesson, every Sunday you get to help families set the early foundation of discipleship for our youngest toddlers by building in them a strong foundation of intimacy and how and who to trust.

Class 3. Two’s Class

  • We disciple kids ages: 2-years-old
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: Once per month
  • Every Sunday, we have: 1 Adult Leader and 2 Adult/Teen Helpers
  • We meet in: Room 105
  • Area Description: Through play, prayer, music, and a simple lesson, every Sunday you build on their first 2 years of discipleship to establish truths and experiences about God and life with God as they grow in trust and love.

Class 4. Three’s Class

  • We disciple kids ages: 3-years-old
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: 1 month on and 3 months off (repeats 3 times/year)
  • Every Sunday, we have: 1 Adult Leader and 2 Adult/Teen Helpers
  • We meet in: Room 104
  • Area Description: As the final class before our toddlers move into a more formal learning environment, you continue their experience of having prayerful and safe followers of Jesus guide them and demonstrate God’s love through play, prayer, music, and a simple lesson.

Little Explorers Program

  • We disciple kids ages: 4-years-old through PreK
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: Once per month
  • Every Sunday, we have: 1 Adult Leader and 2 Adult/Teen Helpers
  • We meet in: Room 103
  • Area Description: This room helps our preschool-age children grow in an experiential knowledge of God’s story through the Scriptures and also helps them acclimate to the BC Explorers environment they’ll move-up into after this class. You’ll connect the story of God and disciple children through different rotations in the room that all circle around a main Bible story and Bible Point for the day. Stations range from Bible Adventure and Creations Station to Adventure games.

 BC Explorers Program 

  • We disciple kids ages: Kindergarten – 4th Grade
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: Once per month
  • Every Sunday, we have: 4 Crew Guides (ages 16+), 4 Crew Helpers (Ages 11+), an Opening Quest Leader, Media Assistant, Bible Discovery Room Leader, Creation Stations Leader, Adventure Games Leader
  • We meet in: The Chapel, Room 102, and Room 106
  • Area Description: This is a rotation-based discipleship environment for kids designed to help kids grow in friendship with Jesus, each other, and the leaders in their life as they explore the depths of who God is through Scripture, prayer, worship, and play. Kids begin their journey in the Chapel for Opening Quest where they experience the day’s main Bible Point and worship the Lord. Then they travel in “Crews” of the same age with a Crew Guide and Crew Helper through 4 Stations: Bible Discovery Room, Adventure Games, Creation Station, and Crew Connect. They end the morning with a time of prayer and leave home with a weekly “Family Quest.”

 Hands on the Nations 

  • We disciple kids ages: Kindergarten – 4th Grade
  • Our volunteer disciple-makers serve: On months with 5 Sundays (typically on the 5th Sunday of those months)
  • Every Hands on the Nations, we have: 4 Passport Leaders (ages 16+), 4 Passport Helpers (Ages 11+), guest missionaries, a Media Assistant, Passport Control Leader, and Various Transit Point Leaders.
  • We meet in: The Chapel, Room 102, and Room 106
  • Area Description: Like BC Explorers, this is a rotation-based discipleship environment for kids. However, this program is specifically designed to help kids gain exposure to God’s heart for the nations through the stories and experiences of guest missionaries. Kids begin their journey in the Chapel for a time with the missionaries then travel in age-based “passport groups” through different transit points like culture, prayer, and food.

JR Worker Policies​ ​and​ ​Procedures

Before Class:

  • Be​ ​On​ ​Time:​ Please arrive at least 20​ ​minutes​ ​prior​ ​to​ ​the​ ​service​. You can use that time to orient yourself to the materials and classroom set up for that day before the kids arrive. Also, this will allow time for you to enjoy the continental breakfast set out in the BC Kids workspace for our volunteers.
  • Name​ ​Tag​: It is important that parents know you are an approved BC Kids worker. When you arrive, please go to one of the Check-in stations and print your label.

Drop-off​ ​and​ ​Pick-up​:

  • Adults will greet the parents and check-in the child. This is especially important for the Nursery and Toddler classrooms. Please be sure adults are the ones to take babies from parents.
  • JR Workers can be a valuable help during this time by immediately greeting the child and helping him/her settle into the class. Please stay on the floor or in the rocking chairs with infants. Try not to carry children more than necessary. Offer a toy or other distraction. You are a key part of making each child feel known and loved at BC Kids!
  • When checking-out a child, Adults will greet the parent and confirm they have the security tag. JR Workers can help the child gather her/his belongings. Make sure to say goodbye and make the child feel loved and cared for as they leave. Help watch as families are leaving that other children are not slipping out the door!
  • If a parent does NOT have a security badge, you can NOT release them to that person. There is no exception to this policy even if you know the family. Instead send that parent to the Welcome Desk for Zack or Holly to write them a pink temporary security badge (1 per child). This will include a director’s signature, today’s date, the security number, and child’s name. They will bring that back to you. Please collect this and keep with your roster for Zack to review.

General​ ​Classroom​ ​Guidelines:

  • Please keep your cell phone in your purse or pocket, use this time to connect with kids and to help them connect with Jesus and each other!
  • Always direct children’s attention to the lesson or classroom activity, please don’t distract from what the teacher is saying by having conversations with your friends.
  • ALWAYS leave lights turned ON.
  • No children over the age of 3 should sit on a worker’s lap.
  • Power in numbers! Never be one on one with a child. Best case is to always have another volunteer present. If that is impossible, always have at least two children present.
  • Women are to handle all bathroom issues. Please see the BC Kids BATHROOM POLICY for specific details. JR Workers need to be at least 16 years old or older to change diapers.
  • Nursery, Toddlers, 3’s, & 4’s/5’s doors need to be latched.

Physical Touch Guidelines 

  1. All children need physical touch. The question at the heart of these guidelines is not “is physical touch bad?” but “What physical touch is appropriate and by whom?”
  2. Inappropriate Physical Touch Between Children and Workers
    1. Absolutely no physical contact is allowed anywhere on a child’s body between their knees and their shoulders, especially chest/breasts, genitals, and buttocks. 
    2. No children over the age of 3 can sit on a worker’s lap. If a child sits on a worker’s lap, the worker can gently move the child to his or her side. Reference Guideline #4 for help on this. 
    3. No kissing or frontal hugs.
  3. Appropriate Physical Touch Between Children and Workers
    1. Consensual high fives, fist bumps, hand on a shoulder, pat on head, feet/knee bumps. 
    2. Side hugs if a child initiates. A worker’s hands must remain on the child’s shoulder. The worker must quickly squeeze and aim to be first to release. 
  4. What to do if a child initiates inappropriate physical touch with a helper. 
    1. First, this will happen, so don’t freak out. Children are learning healthy boundaries, and every moment is a teaching moment. 

Remember that a child could potentially have adult or teenage influencers around them in other contexts that could be potential predators (e.g. neighbors, coaches, teachers, even family members). Therefore, everytime a child initiates inappropriate touch with a worker, it’s a teaching moment. When this happens, here’s a helpful phrase to use and adapt:

“[Inappropriate physical touch]* is for mamas and dads only, but we can do [Appropriate physical touch] instead. Is that okay with you?”

Overview of Daily Schedule

  • 9:30-10:00: Prep, Pray and Parent Connection (3 P’s)
  • 10:00-10:30: Connection Time
  • 10:30-12:00: Lesson Time, Snack Time, Bathroom Time, Play Time
  • After Pickup: Check Out and Check In

A Day in the Life: Remember the 3 Rhythms

  • Rhythm 1: It’s important to get your morning off to a great start! This means arriving to class 30 minutes early to check in and get your nametag, eat breakfast, grab your classroom cube, grab additional toys/activities, connect and pray with your team, get familiar with the curriculum, and prepare the classroom. Breakfast and cubes are in the BC Kids workroom. Toy bins are in the Playroom.
  • Rhythm 2: This is your time with the kids. From “the most important 30 seconds” to connection time and the lesson, this is the heart of why you serve. Be present, enjoy the inconveniences, and partner with Jesus in raising disciples.
  • Rhythm 3: Once all kids have been picked up by an authorized parent or guardian, spend 15 minutes as a team cleaning/sanitizing the room, throwing out trash, and putting used toys and curriculum in the Playroom to be sanitized

Clean Up and Close Classroom

After the last child is picked up, please do the following:

  • Wipe toys, counter, changing table, door and cabinet handles, chairs and tables with disinfectant spray and micro-cloth.
  • Gather trash and take to the janitor’s closet.
  • Place used micro-cloth in the hamper in the janitor’s closet.
  • Return toys to the storage cleaning station (Playroom).
  • Seal snacks and pour out unused water.
  • If necessary, add a note to a “Supplies or Room Care Need” card and place it on your classroom clipboard.
  • Return all supplies, clipboard, and the Classroom Cube.

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