If you do not get a W-2 for this work, you will have to report it as income some other way and pay your FICA (social security and medicare ) tax. There are two ways to do this:
1. The simple way: you report it as self employment income.
2. You make a big fuss and turn your "employers" over to the IRS for not treating you as an employee. If you want to take this route, reply back for detailed instructions. You will still have to pay the employee share of FICA.
You apparently already agreed to be treated as an independent contractor, up front ("I watch kids as an independent contractor"). The fact that you work for multiple churches supports the contractor classification (but is not the only determinant).
