Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.  (Matthew 19:13-15)

As Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem, knowing He was on His way to do an enormously important task--to take up the cross and die for the sins of the world--it is important to know that Jesus was not being interrupted by the children and being kept from His task; rather, He desired to stop and bless the children.

As more and more children are being born and growing up at Covenant Chapel, it is a high priority for our church to stop and take the time to bless them and teach them of our loving God who has redeemed us through His only son, Jesus Christ, and not treat them as the disciples did, thinking that they are interrupting or burdening the tasks of adults.

Our children sing praise with us and after a prayer of blessing are dismissed to their program which we call "Covenant Kids."

Our Covenant kids children's ministry is divided in these stages: infants, toddler, preschool and elementary and above. We have a infant room that provides extra privacy for parents who need to nurse and stay with their child. Beginning with our crawling and walking stage we are working on transition our parents back upstairs to participate in worship and our children to transition into Sunday School. Parents are on a rotation in order to allow parents the opportunity to worship. Around age 2.5 to 3 our children transition into our next stage of preschool where they participate in a Bible study lesson and craft. Our older children have a Bible study lesson and workbook that they go through yearly.