How to Keep Children Safe and Playful at Church

You would have seen most of the parents worried about their kids during the Sunday worship sermons
and other church events. Although there is church playground equipment at the church to keep the
children involved, still Pastors and church management have a huge responsibility to keep our precious
kids and young children safe.
Here are some suggestions to keep you children playful and safe at church:
Church safety and security
Recently there has been some rash incidents of church and school shootings. While church management
has been quick to hire police and security guards to monitor outside and inside of children’s areas, there
are a few more steps required for the safety of the church.

• The church and the adjoining spaces should be well lit including the parking lots.
• The church playground equipment for the kids must be secure and properly fenced. These playground areas must be monitored round the clock and built away from the roads or woods.
• The emergency evacuation procedures including the fire safety must be properly written down along with the instructions and properly understood.
• All the extra doors outside the church must be locked during the church hours and a guard posted at entry and exit points.
• In case a child gets hurt or falls ill, the workers must reach the parents at the earliest.
• For the purpose, there must a church-parent alert system that connects workers and parents.
• The area for the kids in the church must be carefully selected keeping in mind their safety.
• The classrooms for the kids must have viewing window doors open out to the grounds, parking lots or streets.
• Children’s area must be clean and childproofed with safety equipment.