Welcome to FHPC KIDS!
Here at Forest Hills Church we offer programming on Sunday mornings for infants through 5th grade and many events for your family throughout the year! If you would like to be enrolled in our monthly email newsletter that lists the upcoming family events at FHPC and other happenings, please email ashley@fhpcusa.org to be added. We look forward to meeting you soon!
Here at Forest Hills Church we offer programming on Sunday mornings for infants through 5th grade and many events for your family throughout the year! If you would like to be enrolled in our monthly email newsletter that lists the upcoming family events at FHPC and other happenings, please email ashley@fhpcusa.org to be added. We look forward to meeting you soon!
WHAT TO EXPECT ON A TYPICAL SUNDAY MORNING
BEFORE THE SERVICE | When you arrive, make sure that your first stop is at our welcome desk in the church lobby. It is here that you will be greeted by a member of the children's ministry team to help you through the registration and check-in process as well as answer any questions you may have. If you arrive after the service begins- no sweat- somebody will be at the desk to greet you, check your child(ren) in and chaperone them to their classroom.
NURSERY | Our nursery is staffed by trained and caring individuals and serves children birth through three years old. We offer a nursery every Sunday from 9:20AM until NOON with the exception of the first Sunday of the month when the nursery closes at the end of the service so that families can partake in our monthly community breakfasts together.
NURSERY | Our nursery is staffed by trained and caring individuals and serves children birth through three years old. We offer a nursery every Sunday from 9:20AM until NOON with the exception of the first Sunday of the month when the nursery closes at the end of the service so that families can partake in our monthly community breakfasts together.
DURING THE SERVICE | After being checked in at the welcome desk, preschool through 5th grade children will enter the service with their guardians for the beginning portion of our service. About 10-15 minutes into the service, they will be invited to join in children's time up front with Miss Ash, and then will be dismissed to the lower level of the church for their own Sunday school worship experience called TRUworship. It is here that they will join together for announcements and singing before prek/K students are dismissed their own classroom for the story and activities (Prek- K are in room 27). 1st-5th graders hear the story altogether before breaking into their leveled classrooms for activities, response time and fun! (1st-3rd grades in room 24 and 4th and 5th grades in room 26) Individual classrooms conclude at 10:30 a.m. (please feel free to have coffee and mingle if the worship service is over early), but most children choose to stay to experience ENGAGE after the service is done!
AFTER THE SERVICE | Preschool through 5th graders (6th- 12th are in their own space) are invited to join us in the main children's space on the lower level from 10:30AM- 11:00AM for ENGAGE. ENGAGE is a program for preschool through 5th grade to build community and interactively engage in worship while guardians are mingling in the coffee area, or are participating in a life group. We work on songs, make videos to enhance a future worship service, prepare for the upcoming Christmas Pageant or Youth Sunday and many other forms of worship arts to eventually be incorporated into the worship service. For students who have guardians that are participating in UPNEXT or choir, once ENGAGE ends at 11:00AM those students will have a hang out time with games, a movie, coloring etc. until UPNEXT conclude at 11:45AM.
Upcoming Events for FHPC KIds
KIDS NIGHT OUT
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Once a month (October-May) our high school ministry students host a Kids' Night Out for children birth-12 years of age. It's a night of games, crafts, group games, movies, popcorn, video games and more at our church from 6PM-10PM. The children have a blast as the parents are able to enjoy an evening to themselves! :)
We charge a mere $10 a child for this fun-filled evening, and all of the money is given directly to our high school mission trip. Our high school students and leaders host this event as a service to our community as well as to raise funds for their summer mission trip. Most of the staff are high school students, that are overseen by 3-5 adults. There is always a CPR/First Aid certified person on the premise and all adults over 18 have passed a background check. The lead staff in the nursery also is over 18, has passed a background check and is trained to work with infants/toddlers. |
Ashley enjoys serving as our Director of Family Ministry and has been a part of the FHPC staff since 2010. Prior to God calling her to ministry, she completed her Bachelor's degree at GVSU in English and Elementary Education. Ashley loves serving the students of our church and is thankful for the incredible team of volunteers who join her in sharing God's love with them!
She adores owning a home in downtown Grand Rapids with her 17 pound lover-not-a-fighter cat, Charlie, but most of her human family resides in her hometown of Novi, Michigan. In her spare time, you can find Ashley crafting, playing a rousing game of "where are my keys?", wandering barefoot or laughing at a punny joke.
She adores owning a home in downtown Grand Rapids with her 17 pound lover-not-a-fighter cat, Charlie, but most of her human family resides in her hometown of Novi, Michigan. In her spare time, you can find Ashley crafting, playing a rousing game of "where are my keys?", wandering barefoot or laughing at a punny joke.