Kroc Church Youth Programs offer a variety of recreational and educational activities for young ones.

We adhere to strict accountability standards with regard to child safety and maintain absolute transparency in our leadership, planning and reporting.  All youth workers – be they staff, volunteer or congregation members – agree to mandatory extensive background checks and regular training to protect the safety and well-being of children and vulnerable adults.

For additional information about any youth programs listed below, please use our simple contact form.

Sunday School

Sundays; 9:00 a.m.

We use standardized Sunday School curriculum published by Word Action to facilitate consistent, structured teaching and to promote positive social values.

Parents of Sunday School students discover their children often apply these Sunday morning values to their interactions with peers throughout the week.

We offer classes for all age groups (with a professionally staffed nursery), including adults!

Junior Soldiers

1st and 3rd Sundays; 12:00 p.m.

We start with pizza and finish with fun!  Junior Soldiers are young people who sense a calling to discover their own role in the beliefs, practices and mission of The Salvation Army.

Anyone can be a Junior Soldier, once they are seven years old and decide Junior Soldiers is right for them.

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Corps Cadets

1st and 3rd Sundays; 12:00 p.m.

Corps Cadets is a structured leadership development and education program designed for teenagers.  Our Corps Cadet Brigade participates in service projects, helps lead Sunday worship services and commits to study of Biblical truths and Salvation Army mission, practice and philosophy.

Interested teens may audit up to three classes before deciding if they are ready to commit to participation in Corps Cadets.

Bible Bowl

Bible Bowl is an intensive, exciting program in which teams from different Salvation Army units compete for prizes and recognition while recognizing the prize of knowledge they receive through diligent study of God’s Word.

Kroc Church currently hosts two Bible Bowl teams, one of which won the 2008 Divisional Championship!

HopeShare

SONday’SCOOL curriculum drives the HopeShare program, bringing the Good News outside our church to local neighborhoods.

This positive, inspiring commitment to serve offers a wholesome intervention in the lives of at-risk children, offers a safe place for children to feel good about themselves and helps break the cycle of despair by sharing the hope of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Girl Guards

Wednesdays; 6:00 p.m.

Girl Guards brings members through a series of achievement emblems and award levels that help girls in grades six through eight develop their unique individuality and potential.  This program promotes the exploration of personal strengths, the importance of moral values and positive physical, mental and social development.

Participants are recognized at official functions throughout the year and honored at the annual Court of Awards dinner and ceremony.

Kroc Church KidsSunbeams

Wednesdays; 6:00 p.m.

Girls in grades 1-5 participate in Sunbeams, in which they build relationships with others, develop life skills, explore personal strengths, earn badges and learn the importance of moral values in guiding good judgment.

The Kroc Church Sunbeam Troop is well staffed, well organized and very popular with the girls in its age group.

Adventure Corps

Wednesdays; 6:00 p.m.

Adventure Corps is a character-building program designed to assist boys in grades one through eight develop their individuality and potential.  Kroc Church Adventure Corps participants form two groups, separated by age: Rangers (grades 5-8) and Explorers (grades 1-4).

Adventure Corps badges include ice skating, hiking, archery and more.

Moonbeams

Wednesdays; 6:00 p.m.

The Moonbeams program is designed with 3 to 6 year old children in mind.  Leaders are patient and positive, recognizing that these young minds are still developing logic and reasoning skills and need a lot of active play time.  Typical meetings include free play, story time and organized learning games.

Summer Camping

Annually; June through August

Kroc Church sends hundreds of kids to local summer camps each year, most to our own Wildwood Ranch Camp in Ramona, California.

Each week-long camp has on overarching theme or people group distinction, such as Adventure Corps Camp, Music Camp and Community Service Camp.

Camps use the great outdoors to reinforce principles of physical, social and spiritual health through safe, structured activities and events.

Service Corps

Annually; June through August

The Salvation Army organizes several short-term missions trip each summer to places like Hong Kong, Argentina, Kenya, Brazil and many more.

Service Corps participants must be 18-25 years of age, willing to raise financial support for their journey and possess visible, demonstrative love and compassion for others.

Click here for pictures and blog entries of one of our own missionaries to Hong Kong in 2008.