Each week when we gather, we want to think strategically about how to create an environment where our children are discipled in the way of Jesus. In each ministry environment, we teach from the Scriptures and help parents proclaim to the next generation who God is and what He has done. Our children, and the children in our city, are not just little minds to keep entertained while the adults worship, but they are current or potential disciples of Jesus.

In light of this, we actively encourage families, at the first moment that children are able, to include their children in the corporate worship of the body as it gathers weekly.

In these ministries, we focus on weekly lessons that go through the Biblical narrative and connect to one of our four foundational truths (God is Good, Great, Glorious, and Gracious).
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Mosaic Kids Nursery (birth-2's): Full Service Programming
Mosaic Kids Preschool (3's-5's): Full Service Programming

In this ministry, we focus on the nature and character of God, as well as building upon Bible literacy skills.
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Mosaic Kids Kinder/1st Grade: Full Service Programming
Mosaic Kids 2nd - 5th Grade: Mid-Service Programming*
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*We have mid-service programming for 2nd-5th graders as they sit in on the Sunday gathering with adults for the first portion of it. They are dismissed after our Children’s Moment before the sermon. Kinder and 1st graders have the option of attending Mosaic Kids for the full service or participating in mid-service programming.

Additionally we provide Family Discipleship Events throughout the year and a regular Family Discipleship Newsletter to help equip parents. Subscribe here.

Children’s Ministry volunteers at Mosaic are required to undergo Ministry Safe training, screening, “on the job” training, and background checks.

We believe that all children are created in the image of God and desire for the Church gathered and scattered to be a place where kids, regardless of ability, are safe, loved, and pointed to Jesus. If your child needs a buddy, please fill out this form or reach out to Lexi Bartlett at lexi@mosaicrichardson.com.

We want our students to participate in our Sunday worship gathering, and we especially want to encourage students to worship alongside their parents and families. While our Sunday worship gathering might not feel like student ministry, this is in large part the springboard of our ministry to students. We want Mosaic Students to feel every bit part of our church and our worship gatherings.

1. Promotion Weekend - We start off each school year welcoming our incoming 6th grade students and celebrating the next season students head into with the start of a new grade. 
2. Bible Study - Our primary fall programming takes place on Sunday mornings at 9 AM. These Bible studies are 10-week long sessions that include personal study, small group discussion, and large group teaching. They take place before our Sunday worship gathering and run parallel to our adult Bible studies.
3. Small Group Nights - Our small groups meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday night of the months to chat through the current sermon series, play games and hangout, and pray together. These gatherings aim to be enjoyable touch points throughout the school year for our students to have fun and spend time together.
4. Milestone Weekend - These weekends aim to acknowledge and celebrate our students as they navigate their teenage years while calling them toward gospel fullness and faithfulness as they move into new seasons. We’ve pinpointed three of these milestone markers that we want to especially recognize - 13, 16, and 18 years old. Each year when students in our body cross these milestone marker years, we want to pause to honor and encourage them, while praying that God would use these new seasons to mature them as His image bearers (identity), draw them further into the life of His people (belonging), and propel them out to participate in God’s mission in the word (purpose). Milestone Weekend will take place each year in early November for students who are turning 13, 16, or 18 years of age. These weekends will likely consist of a Friday night and Saturday morning experience with an aim toward celebration and forming our students in the areas of identity, belonging, and purpose. 

1. Local Serve Weekend - Toward the end of the year we get together for a D-Now styled weekend with an emphasis on service and local ministry. Our winter local serve weekend is with Operation Christmas Child, where we will team up with other churches around DFW to pack shoeboxes with gifts and discipleship materials to be sent to children and families all over the world. This gives our students an opportunity to share in a larger cooperative church effort that is both local in its representation and global with its aim and impact. 
2. Passage - During the month of January, we spend time discussing and encouraging spiritual renewal in the lives of our students through the pursuit of emotional awareness, personal curiosity, vulnerability with God and others, and spiritual practices. Our hope is to create an environment where students are able to encounter the power and presence of the God who loves them, cultivate curiosity about what keeps them from deep connection with God, others, and themselves, and to develop honesty and openness with oneself, God, and others.

1. Bible Study - Our primary fall programming takes place on Sunday mornings at 9 AM. These Bible studies are 10 week long sessions that include personal study, small group discussion, and large group teaching. They take place before our Sunday worship gathering and run parallel to our adult Bible studies.
2. Small Group Nights - Our small groups meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday night of the months to chat through the current sermon series, play games and hangout, and pray together. These gatherings aim to be enjoyable touch points throughout the school year for our students to have fun and spend time together.‍
3. Local Serve Weekend - Toward the end of the school year we get together for a D-Now styled weekend with an emphasis on service and local ministry. Our spring local serve weekend is in line with our church-wide event called Help Your Neighbor Day - where we head into our city to love and assist neighbors, friends, and ministry partners in the name of Christ.

1. Forge - We start off each summer with our Forge program which consists of 7 weeks of teaching and conversation about theological and biblical teaching that explores Christian story, belief, formation, and worldview for the purpose of cultivating deeper life with God, life together, and life on mission.
2. Camp/Mission Trip - Each summer we alternate between sending our students to a summer camp and going on a mission trip. These two opportunities will be week long trips where our students will be able to connect with one another while serving and enjoying God and His world. 

Mosaic Students volunteers are required to undergo Ministry Safe training, screening, “on the job” training, and background checks

We believe that all students are created in the image of God and desire for the Church gathered and scattered to be a place where students, regardless of ability, are safe, loved, and pointed to Jesus. If your student needs additional support, please fill out this form or reach out to Jonathan Gentry at jonathan@mosaicrichardson.com

Mosaic groups are led by representatives from at least two households who are members in good standing at Mosaic Church (or have been regular attendees for 3 or more months and are in pursuit of membership. Mixed gender groups must have mixed gender leadership. Leaders are asked to make a one year commitment (August-August or January-January) to lead.

Anyone can participate in a Mosaic group, but we believe that those looking to forge meaningful relationships in our church family and get engaged in life on mission will find them the most beneficial. For groups to work, they need people willing to be committed to prioritizing their participation in the group.

While each group will practice group a little differently: We are asking all Mosaic groups to meet together regularly, fellowship and get to know each other’s stories, use our group reflection guide, when appropriate to regularly engage in family worship together with kiddos as a group, and to participate in Mosaic’s Missional Anchor events: Help Your Neighbor Day, Easter Egg Hunt, National Night Out, Prestonwood Pregnancy Center Christmas Drive.

Mosaic will launch new groups twice a year: in early September and in mid January. We ask people who step into a group to make a 6 month commitment to their group. People are free to participate in other classes or programs while in a Mosaic group, but we ask that they prioritize their group commitment.

A Mosaic Group will be asked to follow the broad schedule of the academic year - with consistent rhythms from September through May. The summer and winter breaks will often be times of “lower activity.”

We are asking Mosaic Groups to meet on Sunday, Monday, or Thursday evenings. A typical month might look like the following:

• Attend church wide prayer for one meeting
• All members of the group meet up once in a month for fellowship/reflection/prayer/family worship
• Women from a group meet up once in a month for prayer, encouragement, accountability
• Men from a group meet up once in a month for prayer, encouragement, accountability

There are lots of faithful ways a group could structure their time, but we believe for groups starting out and trying to build cohesion, community, and clarity...structure and predictability are needed.