Yes; children are a core part of our gatherings at Eleutheria Community, not a separate program run alongside it. Our children join us in prayer, worship, and teaching rather than being placed in a separate room for the duration of the service. This reflects both biblical pattern and the majority of church history: throughout the Old Testament, the whole community — including children — was gathered to hear God’s word together (Deuteronomy 31:12), and parents were charged with teaching their children about God as part of everyday life, not delegating it to a separate program (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). Jesus himself welcomed children into his presence rather than having them kept apart (Mark 10:13-16), and the early church gathered as whole households in homes, children included (Acts 16:31-34). The idea of a fully separate, age-segregated “kids’ ministry” is a relatively modern development, growing out of the Sunday school movement of the 18th-20th centuries rather than the pattern of the early church. We believe parents are called to actively lead their children in faith by example (Ephesians 6:4), and gathering together as families, rather than separating by age, this  is one way we try to live that out.