SAFETY & SECURITY

At Kiokee, your child’s safety and security is very important to us. We believe that in order to effectively minister to you and your family we must provide an environment that promotes the best care possible for children. So please know that while we purpose to ensure that your child’s time here is profitable for their spiritual growth, we also strive to provide safe and secure areas of ministry for them to experience this growth within.

Please take time to read our downloadable Safety and Security Policies:

Sunday Mornings at Kiokee

All children Birth – 3rd grade must be signed in for Sunday School and Children’s Worship by a parent, designated adult or sibling 16 yrs. of age or older.
Sign-in rosters are provided outside each Sunday School classroom as well as at both entrances to our Children’s Worship areas.
Once a child is signed in to their ministry area, they will be given a nametag with a security number. Parents are given a matching card with the same number.
Parents of children Birth – 3rd Grade are required to pick their child up from Sunday School / Children’s Worship and must present the matching security card when picking up their child. If the parent designates another person to pick up their child, that person must have the child’s matching security card.
Children who will not be attending Children’s Worship will need to be picked up by a parent or designated adult after Sunday School.
Children who have been designated on the sign – in sheet to attend Children’s Worship will be escorted by their S.S. teachers from their class to the Children’s Worship they are eligible to attend. A parent or designated adult must pick the child up from Children’s Worship.
Children who are in Grades 4-6 are allowed to walk from their S.S. class to the Sanctuary on Sunday mornings by themselves.

Wednesday Evenings at Kiokee

All children Birth – 6th grade must be signed in to their ministry area by a parent, designated adult or sibling 16 yrs. of age or older.

Note: This is different from our Sunday morning procedure, which only requires children through 3rd grade to be signed in. Why is it different? On Wednesday evenings, we have children who attend ministry in both Buildings A & D, which are on opposite ends of our campus. We also experience portions of our year where it is dark by 5:45 p.m., which is our start time for Children’s Ministry on Wednesday evenings. So for the safety of your child, we ask you as a parent to sign in and pick your child up from their area of ministry on Wednesday evenings.

Sign in sheets are located at the entrance to each Children’s Choir and Discipleship ministry area.
Children who attend Choir on Wednesday evenings and are designated on the sign in sheet to attend Discipleship Classes at 6:30 p.m., will automatically be escorted by an adult leader to Team Kids, GA’s or RA’s.
Children who do not attend Choirs on Wednesday evenings should be supervised by their parent until they are signed in to Discipleship Classes at 6:30 p.m.
Children who attend Choir but will not be attending Discipleship Classes will need to be picked up by their parents by 6:30 p.m.

Parents are asked to follow the above procedures as closely as possible. We would like to thank you in advance for helping us to ensure that your child’s time at Kiokee is safe and secure each week.

General Safety and Security Policies:

Any person desiring to serve in our Preschool or Children’s Ministries must be a regular attender or member of Kiokee Baptist for at least 6 months prior to their service.
Any person desiring to serve in a key leadership role (such as S.S. Teacher, RA/GA Leader, Choir Director, etc.) will be required to have a state background check.
We require that all rooms where Children (Birth – 6th Grade) are being ministered to be staffed with a minimum of 2 adults.
Children Birth – 6th Grade are escorted by an adult anytime they need to leave their area of ministry.
Adult Leaders are asked not to be in any unpopulated, private areas with children by themselves. (Ex. bathrooms, empty classrooms, resource / storage rooms)
Adult Leaders requesting to take children off campus are required to complete permission forms with all pertinent information and have each child’s parents sign a form before leaving.
Adult Leaders requesting to take children off campus overnight must adhere to our Children’s Ministry Overnight Policies and Procedures.