KidMo is a HIT!!

Well, we just finished our fourth week of KidMo and it has been a blast!! The first week was an exciting time of discovery (for both the kids AND the volunteers) and we all made it out UNSCATHED!! WOOHOO!! We have now really gotten into a great vibe and flow to the night. Both the kids and the Team Leaders are enjoying the new "small group" times, which allow the kids some more personal times with the leaders, and they get to fill out prayer request cards that the leaders pray over throughout the week. They also get to really ask questions and go through the Bible Lesson in greater detail. You can really see a change in the way the kids are acting, and I think it is because they are creating more personal relationships with the "grown-ups". We have also changed the division ages of the kids, which has enabled us to more properly divide the chaperones. We have seen a drastic difference in the kids attitudes AND volunteer energy levels by the end of the night, both on the more relaxed side of things.

I do want to take a minute and thank Kevin Murphy for all of his guidance and elbow grease in getting this new curriculum off the ground with barely any need for tweeks or changes. If you have been a part of this curriculum at all, you know the countless hours of planning, organizing, printing schedules, and setting up the gym that he puts into this. From all of us, Kevin, thank you for all the work you have done and continue to do.

Also, to all my volunteers, I cannot express how much your smiling faces and eagerness to help allow me to survive Wednesday nights. There are days it is really hard for me to muster up the strength and energy to get to church, but I know that, once I get there, I will have the support and love from all of you to make the night a success. Your prayers for energy are always felt and I am forever grateful for your support.

Church, we have a great thing going here. We need your support and prayers more than ever. I am hoping to do a major "Bring Your Friends to KidMo" night in the future, but I will need physical support and volunteers to make sure we don't over burden the volunteers we already have. Please be in prayer about potentially helping out in the future and let me know if this is something you could do. Very excited to see the level of participation and excitement from ALL the kids that come!! They love all the different parts and, most importantly, they are learning, memorizing, and applying Gods and Word to their lives!!

Please keep praying, believing, hoping, helping, loving on these kids. Their spiritual future is being shaped and I am so excited and honored to be a part of that :)

Allisen Shawver
Coordinator/ EmCee of KidMo!

KidCheck Registration Coming Soon!

In an effort to streamline our registration processes and improve overall security for all our children's programming, North Shore Church is partnering with KidCheck to provide the management and process of such activities.

We will go live with KidCheck on March 5 for KidMo, and MOPS on March 11, once those programs have stabilized we will integrate KidCheck into Sunday activities. It is important you create your account prior to launch.  If you haven’t already created your free account online, please do so by going to go.kidcheck.com, selecting “Sign-up” and then “I’m a Parent, Guardian”. Follow the link “set up your free login account”. 

You can create your account from the comfort of home, it’s simple and will only take a few minutes. Creating your account prior to the launch date helps us have a smooth transition, and helps your first check-in go faster so you can get on your way. 

Benefits for Parents 

Child Safety
• Easily create and update a list of who can (and cannot) pick up your children
• Upload photos of children and guardians for added security
• Provide medical and allergy information and alerts

Secure Information

• No one sees you or your child’s information until you check-in
• KidCheck uses the same secure data technology as banks to keep your information safe
• KidCheck never asks for personal identification such as Social Security numbers, credit cards or banking information, and never sells the information we do gather

Convenient
• Speedy check-in - simply input your 10 digit phone number
• KidCheck is web-based, so you can access and modify your account from anywhere
• Text message notifications when your child is checked in and out, or in case of emergency

Control
• You’re in control of your account information so you know it’s correct and up-to-date
• Create and update your free account from the comfort of home
• You choose the photos you want to upload

Create your free KidCheck account at go.kidcheck.com. Signing up is easy and only takes a few minutes!