General Information

As our Preschool Ministry comes alongside you and your family in teaching your young child about God and Jesus, you will find it helpful to become familiar with our Preschool and the adults who will be working with your child.

Our Preschool Ministry serves families and children from birth to three years of age. Children who are four years of age by Sept. 1 are promoted to Children’s Ministry on Promotion Sunday, which is the first Sunday of August.

Preschool classrooms open 10 minutes prior to the beginning of regularly scheduled ministries and 30 minutes prior to special events. See the Weekly Schedule for the most up-to-date information.

Upon arrival, parents of preschoolers are asked to sign their child into a classroom, place a nametag on their child and take the matching security card. (Click here for more information about our Safety and Security Procedures.)

We ask that parents please label all of their child’s personal belongings with his or her name (carrier, diaper bag, bottle, cups, snack containers, pacifiers, etc.). Diaper bag tags are available in the cubbies, located outside each Preschool classroom door.

Please include a minimum of two diapers in a child’s diaper bag or a full change of clothes (shirt, pants, underwear, socks) if the child is potty-trained.

Who will be working with my preschooler?

Preschool Ministry involves effort and leadership from a number of people. We have approximately 42 leaders and volunteers serving and supporting the work of our Preschool weekly. The following leaders will be interacting with you and your child as they model and teach the love of Christ.

Welcome Center Volunteers – The Preschool Welcome Center is staffed with an adult volunteer during the Sunday School hour. This person greets new Preschool guests, helps them find their rooms and sign-in, and introduces them to their child’s teachers. He or she also makes sure that each of our Preschool Sunday School rooms are staffed with two adults and assists the teachers in gathering supplies for lessons or in paging parents as needed.

Preschool Facilitator - The Preschool is staffed with an adult Facilitator during the 2nd Worship Hour. This person greets new Preschool guests, helps them find their rooms and sign-in, and introduces them to their child’s teachers. He or she also makes sure that each of our Preschool 2nd Worship Hour rooms are staffed with two adults, assists the teachers in gathering supplies for lessons or in paging parents as needed, and oversees the transitions to and from the Preschool classrooms to Cornerstone Worship.

Sunday School Teachers – Sunday School Teachers are adults who are responsible for the classes’ Bible lesson during the Sunday School hour. He or she uses a curriculum to plan and provide a Bible story along with activities such as art projects, music, sensory activities, or games that reinforce the Biblical Truth from the lesson.

Cornerstone Worship Leaders – These leaders are adults who lead Cornerstone Worship during the 2nd Worship Hour. They creatively present the week’s Bible story and Biblical Truth to children attending preschool during the 2nd Worship Hour and oversee the youth who lead Cornerstone Worship music.

Worship Hour Leaders – Worship Hour Leaders are adults who are responsible for extending the classes’ Bible lesson from Sunday School into and throughout the 2nd Worship Hour. He or she uses an extended curriculum to plan and review the Bible story along with activities such as art projects, music, sensory activities, or games that reinforce the Biblical Truth from the lesson. On a rotating basis, the Worship Hours Leaders also incorporate the Playground and Bye-Bye Buggy into their lessons. Worship Hour Leaders also have between one to three assistants who serve in the room with them.

Paid Preschool Workers – Paid preschool workers are adults who provide childcare on Sundays during the 1st Worship Hour and evening service, Wednesdays, and during special events. During the 1st Worship Hour, they introduce the Bible lesson for Sunday They further reinforce the same lesson during Preschool Discipleship on Wednesday nights. Our paid workers are trained to use activities such as art projects, music, sensory activities, and games to present the Bible story and Biblical Truth. Two paid workers serve in each room during all ministry or childcare times.