Our children’s classes are open 15 minutes before each service. Please do not take your children to their classroom before this time. Our teachers need time to prepare and pray before class begins. Your cooperation and understanding are appreciated.

If you would prefer to sit with your child during one of our services, please feel free to do so in our family seating area located in the fellowship hall on the first floor behind the glass.

Parents are to check in their children at the kiosks located in the church foyer before bringing them to class. There are attendants at the check-in kiosks to help you set up a new account and assist you in checking in your children. You will be given a name badge for your child and a guardian receipt to use to pick them up. Once your child has their name badge and it is less than 15 minutes before the start of service, they may be dropped off to their classroom. At check-out time, present the guardian receipt to the teacher in order to pick up your child. Please note that siblings need to be 16 or older to check-in and/or pick up a sibling from class.

If you are needed during service, the 4 digit number on your Guardian Receipt will be displayed on the overhead screens during service. You can find your 4 digit number on the top right corner of your Guardian Receipt. If your number is displayed, please come to the fellowship hall and someone will meet you to direct you to your child’s class. The purpose of the paging system is to help you relax and enjoy the service with the knowledge that we can find you if your child needs you. 

We seek to minister to children on their own level of understanding and our curriculum reflects this, therefore, it is not ideal for us to combine older and younger children. We do understand that there are rare situations in which it may be comforting for siblings to be together. In such situations, the older child may temporarily stay in the younger child’s class.

If your child is no longer wearing a diaper and is potty training, we ask that you inform the teacher of your child’s progress. Please take them to the restroom before class and bring an extra change of clothes. The toddlers are taken to the restroom during class.

Calvary Kids Merritt Island has dedicated servants who are faithful in showing the love of Christ and are committed to teaching God’s truth. These servants are screened, required to undergo a criminal background check, and are trained before being allowed to serve in this ministry.

Our goal is to provide a safe and healthy environment for every child and volunteer in our classrooms. In order to protect the children from illness and disease, please do not bring your children to class if they have had, for any reason, any of the following symptoms within the last 24 hours: Unusual fatigue or irritability, cough or inflamed mouth or throat, fever, vomiting or diarrhea, green or yellowish nasal/eye discharge, a rash of any unknown or contagious origin. Please note that even if your child does not show any of these symptoms when it is time to go to church, if they have had them within the last 24 hours they may still be contagious. If your child is already in class and we notice any of the above mentioned symptoms, you will be paged from the service and asked to take your child out of the class.

We prefer that parents do not sit with their children in the classrooms. All of our workers have been background checked and it is a safety concern to have any adult staying in our children’s ministry room that we do not know and have not checked. We will allow a mother to stay in the classroom with the child to observe if they want to for the first week….but we ask that it does not become a reoccurring thing.

We have a nursing mother’s room between rooms 104 and 105 downstairs. There is also a television in the room to watch the service.

Teachers are trained on the evacuation plan and a copy is attached to their clipboards. If there is an evacuation, all children will be taken to a Marshaling Area that is located east of the church building in the picnic area. This is where you should to meet your child and complete the check-out process.

When a child is old enough to make a decision to accept Christ as his or her personal Savior, then he or she can make a choice to be baptized. Baptism is the public profession of faith.
We hold baptisms twice a year at our family picnic in the back of the church. Please call the church office to let us know when your child wants to get baptized and we will let you know the time of our next baptism class.

We leave this up to the parents to decide. We have a time of communion between morning services on the first Sunday of the month. Communion service is also held on the first Wednesday of the month during our evening service. Children in 1st – 6th grades sit with their parents during worship and communion and then are sent to class.

Children that are infant to 4 years old should move up to the next class on the week after their birthday. Children entering kindergarten through 6th grades in the fall should move to the next grade level on our “Promotion Sunday” held annually in early June.

In Scripture there is an example of dedicating children to the Lord. In 1 Samuel, Hannah vowed to dedicate her child to the Lord if He would grant her one. The Lord honored her request and she kept her vow, dedicating Samuel to the Lord. “ . . . then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life.” (1 Samuel 1:11) As a Christian parent, by dedicating your child to the Lord, you are acknowledging your need for God in your family. You are inviting God to be active in your family life, submitting your own desires for your child to God’s desires, and making a commitment to raise your child in God’s way. Dedication is not the day of salvation for your child. Salvation is the free gift of God, received when someone grasps his or her need for Christ and makes the conscious decision to enter into a relationship with God.

We dedicate children at both Sunday AM services. Please call the church to set up a date at 321.453.6779