Weekend Gatherings

When you enter KAC, either through the main doors or through the Ministry Centre, there are signs that will lead you to the children’s area. You will be greeted by a trusted KAC Kids volunteer or staff member at one of our check-in stations. Your registration information will be gathered – child’s name, age, grade, your name, cell phone number, and email (optional). Your cell phone number is used to notify you if your child needs you, remember to set your cell phone on vibrate or silent during the gathering.

Once you have given your information, you will be given a name tag/check-in tag for your child, as well as a parent pick-up tag. To ensure your child’s safety, your child will not be released without presentation of your parent pick-up tag. Once the tags are on, you will be guided to the proper classroom and introduced to your child’s leader.

We offer age appropriate teachings and large group messages for the entire Weekend Gathering at KAC. Your child is welcome to join us as early as 15 minutes prior to the service starting and we ask that children are picked up as promptly as possible after the service finishes.

We provide everything your child needs to have a successful and engaging time at KAC Kids. When necessary, please label all personal items with your child’s first and last name before arriving at your child’s class. For the safety of our children, all children over the age of 2 must wear shoes. Your child is welcome to bring their own toy/blanket into the Nursery or Early Learners rooms, as long as you inform the classroom teacher or check-in team. We ask that our older children refrain from bringing personal items (including electronic devices) to their classrooms (unless for exceptional circumstances).

We provide a small snack in the Nursery and Early Learners room at the end of each gathering time. Each room has age appropriate snacks and we can accommodate PEANUT ALLERGIES, GLUTEN and DAIRY FREE diets. Your child’s allergy will be on their name tag and we apply a red sticker to their name tag to alert the classroom leaders of children with allergies. Please ensure that during registration we are notified of allergies at that time, and continue to keep us informed if any new allergies develop. If you would like to provide your own snack for your child, please make sure that it is nut-free, and that it is labelled. The classroom teacher should be notified upon drop-off.  On special occasions we will provide a snack in the Elementary class and the above information is considered in choosing the snack options for this age group as well.

For the protection of all our children in KAC Kids, we will not accept a child with a runny nose, cold, fever, rash, persistent cough, diarrhea, flu, or any other signs of illness. We request that you do not place your child in the program if they are experiencing any of these symptoms as they risk exposing other children. Thank you in advance for helping us keep KAC Kids healthy.

Our rooms are organized to provide each age group and developmental level with activities and messages that are best geared to the particular understanding and attention span of each child’s age. Therefore, we do not allow a child to move up into an older child’s age group before they reach the appropriate age/grade level.

Our rooms are organized to provide each age group and developmental level with activities and messages that are best geared to the particular understanding and attention span of each child’s age. On occasion, for new families, we will allow an older sibling to join in with a younger sibling’s age group to provide comfort as they adjust to a new space. After one or two times of having siblings stay together, we ask that they attend their own age specific group to receive the lesson that is suited to them.

Our curriculum is put together from various trusted sources and often coordinated with the messages being taught in the main service during the Weekend Gathering so the whole family can engage and grow together. At times, our curriculum will vary from the message you are hearing if we feel the topic is not one that can be taught in an age appropriate way.

We provide a regular KAC Kids newsletter that has an “At Home” section providing you with the weekly topic, additional Bible references, a follow up question, and our current memory verse. This can be used before the weekend gathering to provide you with the opportunity to be teaching the material before we do or as follow up material afterwards.  Newsletters can be picked up from our resource stands or you can sign up to receive them in your inbox. (Families who attend KAC Kids a few times within a 6 month period and have provided us their email address will automatically be added to our newsletter email list.)

If you are looking for further resources please speak with one of the KAC Kids staff members.

We believe communion is a sacred activity for believers who understand the purpose of communion and can participate in a meaningful way. Each person reaches this understanding at different times. We encourage families to discuss communion at home to help children make this decision when they are ready. An important milestone to consider is when your child has expressed a personal belief in Jesus.

To help introduce older children attending KAC Kids to what communion is, we set aside one communion weekend every quarter for Grades 4-6 students to sit with their parents in the Weekly Gathering. This is a valuable learning opportunity for the children and provides you the chance to guide them through this moment when they are ready. We also have a parent guide available to help you talk about communion with your children, which you can find here.