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Children Ministry

Manage children, classes, guardians, and attendance in your Children's Ministry

• Adding a Guardian Who Isn't Already a Member

  Shows how to attach a guardian's name and phone number for someone who isn't in Sermfy yet, without creating a Member record.

• Assigning a Teacher to a Children's Ministry Class

  Shows that teachers are regular Members assigned to a class the same way leaders are assigned to any other group.

• Creating a Children's Ministry Class

  Clarifies that a Children's Ministry class is just a Group with a special tag, created through the same Groups feature as any ministry.

• Getting Started with Children's Ministry

  Shows how Children's Ministry keeps kids as their own record type with a dedicated list, classes, and permissions.

• How a Child Relates to Their Family Record

  Explains the read-only link between a child's record and their Family record, and why it doesn't create a new Member.

• Linking a Guardian to a Child's Record

  Covers how to attach a guardian who already has a Member record to a child, including recording the relationship between them.

• Moving a Child to a Different Class

  Walks through moving a child between classes and confirms their attendance history carries over intact.

• Promoting or Transferring a Child Out of Children's Ministry

  Explains how promoting or transferring a child into a Member or Visitor record works, and why their original record is kept.

• Recording Attendance for Children's Ministry

  Explains how children's check-in feeds into the same Attendance History and reports used for members and visitors.

• Registering a Child for an Event

  Shows that a child can be registered for an Event just like a Member, Visitor, or walk-in guest.

• Registering a New Child

  Walks through exactly what information Children's Ministry captures when you register a new child, including which fields are optional.

• Searching and Filtering the Children's Ministry List

  Shows how to search and filter the Children's Ministry list by class or status to find what you need faster.

• Setting a Child's Primary Guardian

  Explains how to mark one guardian as the Primary contact on a child's record and update it as circumstances change.

• Understanding Child Status: Active, Inactive, and Transferred

  Explains what Active, Inactive, and Transferred actually mean on a child's record so your team uses each status correctly.

• Understanding Education Levels: Creche Through SHS

  Lays out the Creche-through-SHS education levels a child's record can track and why filling them in helps with planning.

• Who Can Manage Children's Ministry: Roles and Permissions

  Breaks down the individually grantable Children's Ministry permissions and the two default roles that use them.