Next Gen

Kids + Youth

That, looking to Jesus, they may run with endurance the race set before them, and at the last receive the unfading crown of glory.
(Book of Common Prayer, p. 167)

Trinity Kids

Here at Trinity, we love kids. Kids have been a central part of our life together from the very beginning. We love the noise, energy, life, and fun they bring to our community, and we're deeply committed to helping our young people grow to know and love and follow Jesus in an environment that is both safe and fun.

At this point in our life together, the only things we do together that aren't overflowing with kids are our Men's and Women's events, and that's how we like it. So much of faith and life together is "caught," and we want our kids in the middle of it all.

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Trinity Kids and Sunday Worship

We are deeply committed to helping the Next Gen learn to love and follow Jesus, and we want the kids in our congregation to really feel and believe that "Trinity is MY church." Because of that, kids participate in almost all of our services, and you're just as likely to see kids leading from the front as you are an adult.

Practicalities:

Most weeks we have three classrooms for our Kids Ministry:

  1. Our "toddler" room serves toddlers (one, two, and three-year-old's). Parents are welcome to drop off their child after the Gospel reading and pick them up during the announcements. Each week, kids in the toddler room will play and hear a Bible message from Danielle Hitchen's Baby Believer board books.
  2. Our "Pre-k and Kindergarten" room serves toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. Our Kids Ministry staff (both paid and volunteer) supervise play, songs, a craft, and a Bible lesson. Preschoolers and kindergarteners begin in the service with older kids and adults and are dismissed after the Gospel reading. They're brought back into the service during the announcements so they can receive Communion with their families. 
  3. Our "1st-3rd" room is made up of 1st - 3rd grade students. These kids begin in the service with older kids and adults and are dismissed for their own lesson and prayer time after the Gospel reading. They're brought back into the service in time for Communion.

The older two classrooms use a curriculum called "God's Big Story." Kids learn the Gospel, the big story of Scripture (and how it all points to Jesus) and monthly memory verses, and it tracks with the church calendar, just like the rest of the church.

Kids 4th grade and up are given their own journals and participate with their peers and adults in our worship service.

All of our teachers have been trained and background checked. Trinity Burke uses the platform Ministry Safe to train all staff and volunteers.

Trinity Youth

Young people 4th grade and up are involved in virtually every aspect of our life together. They serve in Trinity Kids, in our worship team, as readers and acolytes, and sometimes they participate in small groups.

In addition, they have their own regular small group and fun events. You can find all upcoming events for Trinity Youth and 456 on the events page.

Events

Youth Group

All middle and high school students (7th-12th grade) are invited to join us for Youth Group on Sunday evenings from 5:30-7:30pm. Each week, we'll gather for dinner, small group Bible studies, and games. Click the "Youth Group" button below for more details about times, dates, and locations.

At Trinity, the main goals of the Youth Group are:

  1. Help Trinity teens grow to be lifelong followers of Jesus.

  2. Create a space for other teens in our neighborhoods to come to know, trust and follow Jesus.

  3. Provide an environment for the growth of a healthy and life-giving biblical literacy and formation in prayer.

  4. Nurture a community that is intergenerational, where true friendships are formed, and takes Jesus seriously without being too serious.

Youth Group