The Family Worship Room, which opens up from our Welcome Center and Worship Center, has had a makeover! This room is now known as the Kids’ Sensory Space and is open for kids and their families for use during worship, between services, during faith formation programming and more!

The Kids’ Sensory Space is a place for kids to play and have fun! We believe that kids should be able to experience their faith through fun, creativity, and play. The Kids’ Sensory Space has a number of exciting features:

The Sensory Wall. The Sensory Wall is full of different objects that kids can play with. The ping pong ball chute was designed by member Tim Strommen and allows kids to interact with the ball and watch it as it travels along the chute. The rainbow panels have gears, knobs, mirrors, diverse textures, and other fun items for kids to interact with.
The Reading Corner. The Reading Corner has board books, picture books, middle grade books, and young adult books along with comfy bean bag chairs for kids to cozy up and read a book. The books are on topics from faith to the Bible to diversity to learning about feelings.
Play. There are building blocks, stuffed animals, and more for kids to use their imagination and play.
Coloring and Creating. From crayons to coloring pages to Play-Doh and more, we have tables set up for kids to be able to color, draw, and engage with others.
Contemplative and Prayer Features. We moved the worship bags and kids bulletins into the Kids’ Sensory Space. The bulletins are available in reader and pre-reader and feature coloring pages and activities related to the Bible lesson. The Worship Bags include a stuffed animal and fun activities kids can do in worship. There is also a labyrinth rug and prayer through coloring sheets in the space for kids to pray using their bodies and creativity.
Sensory Needs. While the space is available for all kids, it was designed to center the diversity of kids with special sensory needs. The space is designed to be a calming, yet playful space for all kids to use all of their senses and for kids with special sensory needs the room’s different stations can help kids self-regulate.

We invite you to explore the Kids’ Sensory Space the next time you swing by for worship!