KIDS CHURCH
Kids Church is a program for children aged 1 through to year 5 which runs every Sunday morning during the 10am family service.
Kids Church is lead by Kelly Peters, the full time children’s Minister at Menai Anglican Church.
The program begins with the K – 5 children in church with their parents. The whole church family enjoy singing and a family spot story together before the kids head out to their age group programs. The Kids Church program then follows the same bible passages as the adult are learning from in church so that the whole church family is learning together as one congregation.
Kids Church has three separate groups running each Sunday with age appropriate bible teaching and activities for each age group. Comets, for children aged 1 to 5, Infants Kid Church, for K to yr 2 and Primary Kids Church, for year 3 – 6. See below for more information on each group. There is also a Junior MAC Youth program running concurrently to Kids Church for older siblings in year 6 – 8.
Kelly Peters is the Children’s Minister at Menai Anglican Church. Kelly studied at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. She is a trained primary teacher who also has a Masters in Special and Inclusive Education. Kelly is passionate about teaching children about how much God loves them and making every child feel loved and included!
Kelly oversees our afternoon kids’ club and our Sunday morning kids’ program. She is also involved in the organisation of events like Holiday Clubs, Summerfest, Christmas and Easter. In addition, Kelly helps to coordinate SRE in six of our local public primary schools.
Comets
Comets is a creche program for children aged 1-5 year olds . It begins before church with drop off starting from 9.50am.
In comets the children play games, hear a bible story, make crafts and have morning tea under the care of a wonderful team of carers.
Comets is Coordinated by Glenda Lord. Glenda loves young kids and has served as the coordinator for Comets for over 10 years.
Glenda is supported by a team of adult leaders, parents and junior volunteers with a adult to child ration of 1:5. All volunteers have a WWCC and have completed safe ministry Training.
Infants Kids Church
Infants kids church is for children in K to Yr2.
Our time together is a fun, exciting and interactive time that helps children grow and develop a friendship with Jesus and with each other.
Infants Kids Church is coordinated Alex Pevely who is an occupational Therapist with years of experience working with children.
Alex is supported by a wonderful group of caring and supportive volunteers.
Primary Kids Church
Primary kids church is for children in yrs 3- 5 and provide fun and age appropriate activities older kids. They sing, play games and meet in small groups as they learn about God’s love for them.
Primary Kids Church is headed up by Bethany Lewis with the support of Alicia Watts and Jacqui Freer.
Bethany has almost finished her training as a primary teacher and has served in the children’s Ministry at Menai Anglican since she was a teenager.
Bethany is joined by a dedicated and passionate team of volunteers.
Partnering with parents
Partnering with parents in growing their children to know and love God is our prime focus. The family spot talk helps demonstrate to parents the language they can use to talk to their kids about the passage we are all learning about. Parents also support Kids Church by helping to run the program on a roster during the holiday program and leading in the July Holiday Kids Club.