Children's Church Record Keeping

It is understandable that you don't have a lot of time to devote to children's church record keeping; neither do we! We try to keep it as basic and simple as possible, especially since the Sunday School teachers and bus captains are required to keep more detailed records. The records do come in handy, however, for prayer and visitation purposes, as well as establishing rapport with the kids (by pointing out to them that you noticed they were absent last week, have a birthday coming up, etc.).

If you haven't been keeping any records up to this point, just start out by writing down all the kids' names this Sunday. Then as you have time, gradually add other information such as addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, parent contact info (for emergencies), bus captains, etc. It will help for you to have this basic info ready to transfer to the forms that we will provide...

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Children's Commitee Chairperson Not rated yet
In regards to children's church record keeping, I have found keeping one big binder and organizing it under different tabs is helpful. Keeps it all in ...

Star Cards Not rated yet
Do you remember star cards? Given out to every child and marked with a star for each attendance. I prized mine for years .......but then it was a simpler ...

How we do it Not rated yet
We use a basic spread sheet for record keeping. It has all the kids names typed in one column and we check off if they are here, brought their bible, brought ...

record keeping Not rated yet
We take a picture using our digital camera, of each child with their name written on the erasable board that they stand in front of. Then we make a copy ...

Points system Not rated yet
Each Sunday, the children that are in attendance receive a matter of points for behavior, participation and presence. As the year comes to an end, the ...

Filing Children's Church Lessons and Worksheets Not rated yet
I have enjoyed reading and using some of your ideas. Thought I'd share some of my ideas that have worked for me first as a public school teacher and as ...