Find out what’s on for kids at HTC!
We have lots going on for children here at HTC both on a Sunday and throughout the week. Take a look below to see what groups are available.
Sunday Kids’ Groups
9.30am and 11.15am - Kids’ Groups
We have a variety of different groups for children aged 0-10 at our 9.30am and 11.15am services on a Sunday morning. You can see the different locations where the groups are allocated below:
0-18 months crèche: an unsupervised crèche for children aged 0-18 months and their parents/carers, where you can see and hear the service. Located in the Thornton Chapel at the back of church.
18 months - 2 years: a supervised group for children aged 18 months - 2 years, with free play, some songs, stories and craft! Parent’s can either leave children supervised with our fully DBS checked kids team or they can receive a DBS check themselves to stay in the room with their child during the session. Please email Felix for more details. Located in the upper vestry at church.
3-4s: a supervised group for children aged 3-4, in this group we have a time of free play, sung worship, learning Bible stories and we have fun making crafts! Located in the upper Wilberforce room at church.
Reception - Year 1: a supervised group for children in school years reception-year 1, in this group we have a time of free play, sung worship, learning Bible stories and we have fun making crafts! Located in the lower Wilberforce room at church.
Year 2 - Year 5: a supervised group for children in school years 2-5, in this group we play games, have a time of sung worship, Bible teaching and discussion and we have fun making crafts! Located at Trinity House Hall just off of Bromell’s Road. Parent’s will need to sign a consent form for us to walk their child to and from Trinity House and church. Parent to drop off and pick up children with their printed pick up sticker at the family hub tent outside of church.
Registering for kids’ groups:
If you have children, you can pre-register them for a children’s group at the 9.30am service here and the 11.15am service here. Please pre-register before 8am Sunday morning.
Once you have pre-registered, on the morning parents/guardians can collect their stickers from our family hub before the service. You will receive:
1 pre-printed sticker per child with their name, group and a personalised number on.
2 pick up stickers for parents/guardians with the same number on as their children, to be used to pick up the children from their group after the service.
If you miss the pre-registering period before Sunday, there will be members of team ready in the family hub to register your children for groups and to print all the stickers needed for you on the day. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the service if you are looking to register your children on the morning, as this will usually take longer.
Structure of the morning:
5-10 minutes before the service pick up pre-registered stickers for yourself and your child/children.
10-15 minutes before the service come to the family hub tent to register your child/children for groups if you have missed the 8am cut off point for pre-registration.
Enjoy our free café, get to know others, grab a seat for the beginning of the service with your children!
All children will stay in the main service for the first song of sung worship. For the 9:30am service this will be an all-age action song where the children are encouraged to come on stage and to stand at the front of church to join in. For the 11:15 service this will be a regular worship song where children will stay with their parents in their seats.
After the first song in the service, children will go to their group rooms (please see map below). Parent’s please escort children aged 18m-4’s to their rooms to check them into their groups. Other age groups can either walk to rooms/family hub for check in by themselves where they will be greeted by our kids team, or you may escort them if you prefer.
You may not stay in your child’s supervised group unless you have had a DBS check through HTC. Please email Felix (our curate in charge of Children, Youth and Families) for more details on DBS checks.
If your child needs to be collected during the service the number on their sticker and on your pick up sticker will be put on the screen in the main service. If you see their number, please head to your child’s room immediately.
After the service has finished, please head straight to your child’s/ children’s group room or pick up point to collect them with your sticker.
Why not ask your child to share what they learnt in their group that morning!? Carrying on the conversation is a great way to disciple your children at home!
Don’t forget to pre-register for next week to save time Sunday morning.
If you have any more questions regarding kids groups feel free to email our children’s pastor Emma.
Getting to know your child(ren)
Here at HTC we love to get to know the kids as well as the adults! We would love to find out more information about your little ones, please click here to access a form where you can tell us all about your child(ren), their likes and dislikes, any useful medical info and everything in between. We can’t wait to hear all about them.
Stay in touch
If you would like to receive our emails about everything we have going on for kids and families, or you would like more information about the different activities and groups that we run, please email: felix.stevenson@holytrinityclapham.org