Newbury Park First Christian Church

KIDS TEAM

Hi Kids Team Volunteers!

We are so glad to have you join our team!! Thank you for completing this section first and then you can scroll down for calendars, lesson info & volunteer shout outs.

Please contact Crystal immediately if you did not receive a Volunteer Handbook or your Kids Team shirt yet. THANKS!

FIRST STOP

Fill out our Volunteer Favorites Survey so we can celebrate you!

Kids Team Volunteer Survey

SECOND STOP

Familiarize yourself with a few of our important Kids Ministry pages online so you can direct families where to find information.

Children's Ministry main page

Kids Online resource page

THIRD STOP

Kids Team Video links

Kids Team Vision Meeting Video 1.11.26

Notes from table breakouts at 1.11.26 meeting: Nursery | Pre/K | Elem

Kids Team Scheduling update Video 1.16.26

FOURTH STOP

Check out our Kids Team Leaders & feel free to reach out to them anytime!

Children's Ministry Triangle Team:

Each ministry in the church has a leadership triangle team including a staff person, coordinator & elder. Please let us know if you have any questions at all at any time!

Crystal Stenner | Director of Children's Ministry

Anna Milbourn | Children's Ministry Coordinator

Sean Johnson | Children's Ministry Elder

Children's Ministry Leadership Team:

Please feel free to lean on these leaders for anything kids ministry related as they are informed on all the happenings & would love to share the vision for our ministry with you!

KIDS CHURCH SUNDAYS

VOLUNTEER CALENDARS

FEBRUARY CALENDAR LINK

MARCH CALENDAR LINK

APRIL CALENDAR LINK

FEB LESSON INFO

NURSERY: Baby Moses | Exodus 2:1-10 | God takes care of me

PRE/K & ELEM: EXTRA-ORDINARY | Jesus' early life

LEADER RESOURCES

2026 Kids Church Lessons-rough draft as we may be changing curriculum in fall & I'm still working on weekly verses.

UPCOMING DATES

2026 at a glance...(dates subject to adjust slightly)

WED JAN 28 | Spring LIFT Starts

FEB 20-22 | Jr Winter Camp Angeles Crest Christian Camp

SUN MAR 1 | Children’s Baptism Class

SUN MAR 22 | Serve Day (NO KIDS CHURCH)

WED APR 1 | Pine Car Derby at LIFT

SAT MAR 28 | Eggstravaganza

SUN APR 5 | Easter

WED APR 29 | LIFT Closing Party Family Dinner

SUN MAY 10 | Child Dedication Sunday (Mother’s Day)

SUN MAY 17 | Children’s Baptism Class

SUN JUNE 7 | Kids Church Grad Sunday &Kids Team Appreciation Sunday

SUN JUNE 14 | Silly Summer Sundays start (Father’s Day)

WED JUNE 17 | VBS Youth Volunteer Training

SUN JUNE 21 | VBS Volunteer Training Meeting

MON JUNE 29 & TUES JUNE 30 (if needed) | VBS Decor Days

JULY 6-10 | VBS Summer Camp Week

SUN JULY 5 | Church in the Park

SUN JULY 12 | VBS Sunday Celebration

SUN AUG 16 | Pj’s & Pancake (Back to school celebration)

WED AUG 19 | Back to School (CVUSD)

SUN AUG 30 | Round Up Sunday

WED SEPT 2 | LIFT Training Meeting

WED SEPT 9 | Fall LIFT starts

SUN OCT 18 | Children’s Baptism Class

SAT OCT 24 | Trunk or Treat

SUN NOV 15 | Child Dedications (date??)

WED NOV 18 | LIFT Awards night

WED DEC 2 | Christmas Tree Lighting

VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHT

KIDS TEAM NOMINATION SUPERSTARS

As of Jan 2026, we started a new peer nominated volunteer recognition program. Volunteers can nominate each other for going above & beyond, being an encourager, child whisperer, sharing a helpful technique or anything at all. You come up with the nominations & we will be sure to recognize our superstars with shoutouts at our Sunday huddles as well as below. Let's go Kids Team!