1st–5th Grade
First Kids
Coronavirus Update
Return to First Kids
We are excited to have your student back with First Kids. However, we want to make sure you do so when you feel you're ready. Click here to learn what we've done to prepare you and your kids for the return.
First Kids at Home
First Kids loves and cares about your family, especially during these unsettling days. Below you will find resources that will help your family to navigate through this uncharted territory. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our email or text list, please email that request to First.Kids@HoustonsFirst.org.
What you can expect from First Kids
Family Worship Online: Sundays @ 9:15a, 11a, & 5p — Join Pastor Gregg and Houston’s First Worship team for a family worship experience. Use “My Worship Notes” to help engage your kids. Find links to our streaming platforms, worship playlists, and more on our Sunday Toolkit page.
Family Connect: Sundays — Delivered to your email inbox, this resource will help families stay connected as they reinforce the biblical content taught using the Family Bible Studies provided on Friday. Please email First.Kids@HoustonsFirst.org to be added to our mailing list.
Family Moments: Mondays–Fridays — Delivered to your smart phone, these text messages will lead families through reading a Bible verse, and provide quick conversation starters, to use at family mealtimes. You’ll also find daily updates to other resources and connect points. Please email First.Kids@HoustonsFirst.org to be added to our texting list.
Video Messages from your FirstKids Team: Tuesdays & Thursdays — These quick video messages are designed to keep your kids connected to the First Kids ministry team. They are our way to encourage, inspire, and remind kids of how much they are loved and missed. Find these and more on our First Kids YouTube Channel.
KidLink Online: Wednesdays — A mid-week opportunity for kids to worship like kids. Partnering with our High5 worship leaders, these videos allow families to choose songs to sing (and move) with and a brief message from our Clubhouse and Loft worship leaders. Join us for a kid-friendly worship experience every Wednesday at KidLink Online.
Family Bible Study Lesson Plans: Fridays — A family Bible Study sessions to be used during the weekend. These easy-to-use, parent-led sessions allow kids to continue the chronological study through the Bible that began in August. Through hands-on, video-enhanced sessions, we aim to encourage parents to disciple their kids at home. Download the current lesson plan.
Quick Links
Family Resources
- Weekly Family Bible Study Lesson
- Weekly Activity & Coloring Pages
- 4 Principles to Remember when Talking to your Children about Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Daily Schedule
- Check out our FirstKids Facebook Page for additional to parent helps
Joining Kids on their Spiritual Journey
- View our 4-Part series, "Joining Kids on their Spiritual Journey" designed for parents and ministry leaders wanting to lean more about leading kids to salvation through Jesus Christ.
KidLink at MidLink
- View our KidLink Online YouTube playlist for a kid-friendly midweek worship experience
Family Worship
- My Worship Notes — A kid-friendly note page to use when attending worship on campus or while watching online.
- 8 Tips for Leading Your Family in Worship
- 7 Tips for Successful Worship with Kids
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The First Kids Ministry serves first through fifth graders and their parents. Our mission is to reach children, teach children, and equip children to be fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ our King and Savior. Our mission is lived out through our strategic values. Our values are strategic in that they are specifically focused with the purpose of becoming our identity. We value…
- Parents as the primary disciplers of their children. Our role is secondary and viewed as a partnership.
- Children having a relationship with Jesus that enables them to make wise choices according to scripture.
- The role and importance of children being confident in prayer, worship, missions, and sharing the Good News with their friends.
Upcoming Events
1st–5th Grade
Family:Serve are opportunities throughout the year to serve together as a family. Children learn to be servants by participating alongside their parents and siblings. First Kids will offer Family: Serve events, but we also encourage families to find opportunities on their own to serve together.
Stay up to date on Family Serve and other opportunities. Subscribe to our Family Connect Newsletter by emailing First.Kids@HoustonsFirst.org.
