Children & Families
Children & Families
Our goal is simple: to help children become fully alive in God's love, and to feel welcome, safe, loved and accepted every time they walk through our doors.
- Ages
- Birth through 5th grade
- Sunday School
- Sundays, 10:00 to 10:50am
- Nursery
- Sundays, 8:15am to noon
- Wednesday nights
- Dinner at 5:00pm, programs 6:30 to 7:30pm
- Where
- Floor 1, by the Reid Street entrance
Sunday mornings
A place for every age
Bring the whole family on Sunday morning. While you worship or join an adult class, your children are learning, playing and growing in faith with caring teachers just down the hall.
- Nursery and crawler rooms for our youngest disciples, from birth to crawling age.
- Toddler room for two-year-olds, with a story and a small activity.
- Childcare for infants through age four every Sunday from 8:15am to noon, so you can worship and attend a class.
- Sunday School for ages 2 through 5th grade, most Sundays from 10:00 to 10:50am, in classrooms led by parent-teacher volunteers.
Safety and check-in
Safe, known and cared for
- Every child checks in at a Realm check-in kiosk in the Children's Ministry area on Floor 1. You'll get an ID sticker that we match when you pick them up.
- Visiting for the first time? Talk with one of the volunteers in the Children's Ministry area, and they'll help you get your child checked in.
- Our nursery staff are experienced childcare providers, CPR certified and background checked.
- Hayes Barton takes part in Safer Sanctuaries, The United Methodist Church's program for keeping children and youth safe.
Wednesday nights
Wednesday nights at Hayes Barton
Wednesday is a night for the whole family: dinner together, choirs and classes for children, and programs for youth and adults.
5:00pm
5:00 to 6:30pm
Dinner and open gym
Share a meal with the church family. Open gym is available for children with a parent or adult present.
5:30pm
5:30 to 6:00pm
Children's Choirs
Alleluia Choir for kindergarten and 1st grade, in the Children's Fellowship Hall.
Covenant Choir for 2nd through 5th grade, in the Choir Room.
Music at Hayes Barton6:15pm
Birth to age 4
Nursery opens
Nursery care for babies and children from birth through age 4 and TK.
6:30pm
6:30 to 7:30pm
Children's programming
Stories and small groups. K through 2nd grade meet in the Children's Fellowship Hall, and 3rd through 5th grade in Room 113.
All children need to be signed in through Realm and dropped off in their classroom.
Get involved
Help with children's ministry
Lead a Sunday School lesson on a rotating schedule, rock babies in the nursery, or pitch in for VBS and seasonal events. You don't need to be a Bible expert. Just bring a willingness to encourage wonder and curiosity about God.
Through the year
More ways to belong
All year
Special events
Vacation Bible School, the Christmas Pageant, Easter Egg Hunts, Trunk or Treat, Movie Night and more. Watch the calendar for what's coming up next.
See the church calendarWeekdays
Hayes Barton United Methodist Preschool
Our weekday preschool serves young children and their families from our building during the week. It has its own website, with details on classes and enrollment.
Visit hbump.orgQuestions?
We'd love to meet your family
Reach out anytime, whether you're planning your first visit or looking for the right place for your child.