K5-Grade 4
EASTBROOK NEXTGEN MINISTRIES FOCUS ON:
· RIGHT BELIEF, ALIGNING WITH BIBLICAL TRUTH
· REAL ENCOUNTER, FACILITATING KIDS’ RESPONSE TO GOD
· REGULAR PRACTICE, TO PROMOTE LIVED-OUT FAITH
Elementary-age kids are excited to be with their peers and experience belonging. Our Kids ministry gives them opportunities to build relationships with peers and adults who can disciple them.
Sundays FOR KidS:
First Service (8 am)
Choirs
We want to channel kids’ natural love for singing into praise to our God. Lower Elementary kids stay in the worship service until dismissed at around 8:20 am to the Kids’ Praise and Worship Choir (K4-Grade 2) or the Credo Choir (Grades 3-6).
Younger children staying through 2nd service will be transferred to their second-service classes by the choir teachers.
Check-in: Little Theater/A006 (Praise and Worship) or B228 (Credo)
Second Service (9:30 am)
Sunday School
Kids’ classes meet during the entire service time for worship, Bible story, and related activities.
Using The Gospel Project curriculum, all children from K5 through Grade 4 are learning the same lesson on the same Sunday, though presentation and activities are differentiated for their age level. Come Sunday evening, you can review Sunday School lessons as a family after everyone has worked through the same Bible content.
Check-in: Lower Level A-Wing
Visiting for the First Time?
If this is your first visit with us, you will fill out a Guest Check-in Form, and be directed to the location for your child’s specific class. Click here to download the printable version of the form to bring along with you!
You will also be given a security tag to present at pick-up time. We ask that you leave your phone on “vibrate” so you can be contacted via text message, if necessary.
Safety & Security
All Eastbrook NextGen events are led by staff and volunteers who have been through an extensive application process, background checks, and training. We maintain strict teacher-to-child ratios to ensure safe care. For health standards, children must be free from fever or symptoms of contagious disease for 24 hours. Let us know of any allergies or medical conditions your child may have.
WeekDAY Ministry FOR KidS:
Lambs School
Fridays · 9 am
Lambs School is for children ages 2-5 whose mothers attend the Friday Women’s Bible Study. Lambs provides a structured environment in which children learn to memorize God’s Word, honor and obey His commands, and improve on listening and cooperating skills with other children and adults.
Mid-Week Kids Clubs
1st & 3rd Wednesdays · 6:30 pm
Open to Grades 3-4, Kids Clubs are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month of the school year.
Clubs include Bible study, games, snack, and special events.
Faithmarkers:
A discipleship Pathway for kids
By God’s design, children develop from infancy through adolescence in predictable patterns of physical, cognitive, social, and spiritual growth. As a church community we want to recognize our children’s spiritual milestones, and provide them with incremental steps toward a deeper, closer walk with Jesus. Our FaithMarkers require the cooperative effort of home and church, and they involve times of teaching and celebration.
Prayer (Grade 2)
This FaithMaker incorporates a 6 – 8 week Sunday School unit that explores praying at all times, on all occasions. In a half-day Prayer retreat, kids and parents walk through prayer stations based on each part of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.
Loving God’s Word (Grade 4)
This FaithMarker also includes a unit of Sunday School curriculum, and it explores the composition of the Bible—its genres, authors, and historical contexts. As children are competent readers by this age, they are introduced to the practice of daily Bible reading, and parents present them with a new Bible or devotional during the half-day retreat.
Upcoming Events:
Click here to view a calendar of upcoming events for Kids at Eastbrook, including the weekly ministries described above as well as special events.
Our Team:
Pastor Laure Herlinger
Sr. Director, NextGen Ministry
lherlinger@eastbrook.org
414.228.5220 x225
Laura Brunner
2nd-4th Grade Coordinator
lbrunner@eastbrook.org
414.228.5220
Colleen Mittag
K5 & 1st Grade Coordinator
cmittag@eastbrook.org
414.228.5220 x263
can you serve?
We are looking for people to invest in the lives of children by teaching Sunday School, being a classroom helper or a check-in greeter. Get started by filling out the form linked on the button below.