They are not interrupting. They are the church.
Our philosophy of family ministry at 1927 — why your children worship in the room with you, what you can expect from us, and what we ask of you in return.
Children are full members of this church, not a program for them elsewhere.
For most of church history, families worshiped together in one room. The separation of children into their own service, their own space, their own curriculum, is a recent habit — and often a well-intentioned one. But at 1927, we've chosen a different path.
We believe children belong in the room where the whole church gathers around Word and Table. Not because we don't value teaching suited to them, but because we believe worship — sung, prayed, confessed, and received together — forms children as much as it forms adults, and forms a congregation to actually be a family.
Discipleship starts at home — the church's job is to support it, not replace it.
Scripture puts the primary weight of discipling children on parents, not on a church program (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). We take that seriously. Our aim on Sundays is not to entertain or hold children while the "real church" happens elsewhere — it's to give the whole family a shared liturgy to grow inside of, together, week after week.
That means the sermon your child hears is the same one you hear. The confession they speak is the same one you speak. The table they're welcomed to is the same table you come to. Faith is not handed off — it's shared.
Here's what Sunday actually looks like with your kids.
No separate kids church
Children of all ages worship alongside you for the full service. There is no nursery pickup, no separate program to check them into.
Wiggles and questions welcome
A child's whisper, a dropped toy, a question mid-sermon — none of it is an interruption. It's a sign the church is exactly as full as it should be.
Activity bags & a cry room
Quiet activity bags are available at the welcome table, and a cry room is available if you need a moment away — you're always welcome back in.
Apprentice Nights
A few times a year, we host midweek family gatherings where parents are equipped to disciple their kids, and kids learn from a guest and their craft — tethered back to the gospel.
A little grace, and a willingness to model worship, not perform it.
You don't need to keep your child perfectly still or perfectly quiet — truly. What we ask instead is that you keep worshiping in front of them: sing even if they're climbing on you, pray even if they're restless, take the bread and cup and let them watch you do it.
If you need to step out, step out — the cry room and the halls are yours anytime. And extend the same grace to the family near you having a harder morning than yours. Every child fidgeting in this room is being formed by watching you worship despite them, not around them.
Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.Matthew 19:14
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