At Liberti Church Lark Lane our mission is for everybody of all ages to find, know, and follow Jesus Christ as Lord & Saviour, and we believe every child of every age is as much a part of our church family as anybody else. In our church, all of our babies, toddlers, kids and teens are loved, cared for, listened to and heard, and encouraged towards enjoying God in the Lord Jesus.

When we gather as a church we have the following ministries to help our kids learn about, believe, and follow Jesus:

• Liberti Creche - ages 1-4

• Liberti Kids - ages 5-11 

• Liberti Youth/Cornerstone Bolder - ages 11-16

Joining us on a Sunday you can be assured your kids will experience a safe, age-appropriate environment where they learn about Jesus in a creative and relevant way, led by church members who are trained, DBS-checked, are covenanted with the church, volunteer with passion, and love Jesus with their lives. And the same is true of all our children's ministry throughout the week too.

We would love to see you and your family join our kids ministry! Contact us about visiting us this Sunday by using the contact form at the end of this page.

Here's what to expect when visiting Liberti Kids for the first time:

ARRIVAL: When you arrive, one of our friendly church members will welcome you and ask if you'd like your kids to join our Liberti Kids ministries during the service, which are located in the upstairs room of the building. We encourage you to make the most of this ministry so that both you and your children can hear the Word of God and worship on Sundays, but we understand that sometimes your children may want to stay with you in the main service - this is absolutely fine and they are welcome to do so. Likewise, we encourage all parents/guardians to drop off their children and return to the main service but again we understand that you may want to stay with them in our children's ministry room at first - this is absolutely fine and you are welcome to do so.

CHECK-IN: Once upstairs, you will then 'check-in' your child with the volunteer leaders, giving us a few details if it's your first visit. We will need to know parent/guardian names, child's name, child's age, your contact details in case of issues or emergency, and notice of your child's medical conditions or allergies (see below button to view our data protection Privacy Policy). Our volunteers will then lead and accompany your child to their age-appropriate group where they will spend the duration of the service. See the rest of this page for a breakdown of which each age group get up to in their time on Sundays.

CHECK-OUT: At the end of the service, our Liberti Kids (ages 5-11) group will be led back into the service by their leaders and rejoin you after the adults in the main service have shared in communion, ready to sing worship songs together as a church family. For Liberti Creche (ages 1-4) group, we ask that you come and collect your child directly from upstairs to help bring them back into the main room. A service leader will let you know when the right time for this is, but it will generally be after our time of communion.

TOILETS: To help keep your children and our volunteers safe, we ask that you take your child to the toilet should they need it during the service. As our children's ministry is located upstairs and the toilets are downstairs, we will need to ask you to go up to escort your child downstairs to the toilets and then escort them back upstairs again. A service leader will notify you if your child has requested to use the toilet. For creche age children who might need space for you to change their nappy, there is a changing table you can use in the disabled access toilet. However please note that our resources here are limited due to this not being our own building, so we ask that you please bring your own baby-changing resources and we apologies sincerely in advance.

SAFEGUARDING: We take protecting all children and volunteers and keeping them safe from harm in all forms very seriously, and so we have a robust Safeguarding Policy, as well as our Volunteer Management Policy, which covers background checks, volunteer training and management, designated Safeguarding Officers, and membership of external safeguarding specialist organisation 'ThirtyOneEight' in place to ensure this. You can read our Safeguarding Policy and Volunteer Management Policy in full by clicking the links below:

We are currently using 'The Biggest Story Bible' curriculum, produced by Crossway.org, as the basis for all our children's ministry teaching (with the exception of our more in-depth and age-appropriate Liberti Youth group - read more below).

We have found this to be the best of the best and exactly what our kids at Liberti need to learn the Bible in a fun, faithful, and engaging way. You can watch and listen to the whole book on YouTube.

Learn more in the video below!

On a Sunday, our age 1-4 kids are kept entertained with toys and books and looked after by one of our trusty creche volunteers. This is a relaxed environment with little structure, allowing our young ones simply to have fun and enjoy playing, along with a short Bible story shared by one of our creche workers - usually from 'The Jesus Storybook Bible.'

Our creche kids also have the opportunity to enjoy a small snack during the service. If your child has any dietary requirements or restrictions, such as allergies etc, please let us know before your child joins the creche at the beginning of the service.

Our age 5-11 kids are led through the same passage of the Bible as the adults in the main service, meaning that going home on a Sunday you and your children have both heard teaching from the same Scripture, aiding families to worship and explore God together.

On a usual Sunday our leaders will lead the kids in prayer, a Bible study, a short video, some reflective questions, and a craft. The leaders put a lot of care and attention into knowing each of the kids in our church personally and developing relationships with them that are meaningful to discipling them to become followers of Jesus, meaning that each of our kids are met at their level in terms of age, understanding, language, and personalities.

We understand that age 5-11 is a wide age range - as currently we only have capacity for one kids group during the service - however our leaders work hard to make each Sunday applicable to all ages of the kids present, plus there are opportunities through the week as part of our Gospel Communities for our kids to be served in extra ways, too.

Our Liberti Kids also have the opportunity to enjoy a small snack during the service. If your child has any dietary requirements or restrictions, such as allergies etc, please let us know before your child joins the creche at the beginning of the service.

At Liberti Church we're still a growing family, so at the moment whilst we only have a handful of age 11-16s in our church, our youths attend Cornerstone Church Liverpool's weekly youth group, in partnership with them through the Cornerstone Collective and as our original sender-church that planted us as Liberti. The youth group is called 'Bolder' and meets weekly on Monday evenings, led by volunteer leaders from Cornerstone Church Liverpool.

To read more about Bolder, click here. To read more about Cornerstone Church Liverpool and the Cornerstone Collective, click here.

If you have further questions concerning our Liberti Kids experience or visiting Liberti Church with children, simply click the button below and get in touch with us!

"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus." ~ 2 Timothy 3:14-15