Hope City Kids is a caring community designed just for kids! All kids, birth through fifth grade, experience safe and fun environments where they can grow in relationship with friends, leaders, and God. The Bible is taught in creative and relevant ways so that your child can grasp and understand God’s word. Our desire is to partner with you as parents to be another voice in your child’s life so your child will know, love, and live their life for Jesus Christ.
Your family is invited to join us in Hope City Kids during the 9:00am or the 10:45am service!
When you arrive, follow the Hope City Kids signs to the check-in where we will check your child into their room. At check-in you and your child will be given matching security tags that will be used during check-out time, or should we need to contact you during the service.
We strive to create safe environments where young children learn about Jesus and build relationships with leaders and friends.
Our 2’s-4’s rooms enjoy the First Look curriculum teaching children three basic truths: God made me, God loves me, and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Your Preschooler will learn about these truths through age-appropriate Bible stories, fun activities and real life application.
Our K-5th grade rooms use the 252 Basics curriculum, based on Luke 2:52, “Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”
Children experience God’s Word through Large Group (kid friendly videos, music, and live teaching) and Small Group (time with leaders and peers). Leaders serve every week to provide consistency and to encourage healthy relationships with the children in their Small Group.
If your child has special needs, please contact the church office to speak to a member of the Hope City Kids staff prior to attending on a Sunday morning so we can work together to set you and your child up for success.
Orange is a strategy that combines two influences to fuel faith in the next generation. It’s what happens when you combine the light of the church (yellow) and the heart of the family (red) to lead a generation toward God.
Classrooms open 15 minutes prior to the start of the service. After your child has been checked in at a computer, parents can accompany their child to their classroom where they will be signed in by a leader in the room. To ensure a continued safe environment, we ask parents/guardians to pick up their children immediately following the service unless paged beforehand.
If there is anyone who is not allowed to pick up your child or you have custodial information of which we should be aware, please be sure to notify a check-in attendant who will direct you to a Hope City Kids staff member.
Infants through 5th graders at Hope City Kids have been placed in a classroom based on their birth date as it applies to Oregon’s state standard for school placement. All children in each classroom must be the age or grade of that specific class before September 1st of the year they are entering school.
At Hope City Kids, all children move up to their new classrooms together, one time each year. This means when your child has their birthday they will remain in the same classroom in which they currently attend. We structure our classrooms this way because we highly value the relationships your child is forming with leaders and friends in their classroom. Similar to your child’s weekly school or preschool routine, your child will remain in the same classroom for the entire school year and then graduate to the next classroom on our Move Up Sunday in the summer.
Our desire is to offer safe, healthy and quality ministry to children. Children with the following symptoms cannot be left in our care. Children must be symptom free from cold or flu for a minimum of 24 hours.