Church Nursery

Strategies for Separation Anxiety at Church

It was inevitable. If my husband or I dropped our son off in the church nursery, there would be blood curdling screaming, a clenching of every finger around our legs, and a domino effect with the other children in the room. Our nursery workers were equipped as superheroes with patience, prayer, determination, and compassionate care, [...]

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Church Nursery Can Be Real Ministry!

November 21st by Tony Kummer

“No I can’t volunteer in the church nursery. I come to church to get fed and that’s just babysitting.” Does this sound familiar? Too many people think “babysitting” when we say church nursery. In truth, this can be a strategic place of ministry. Watch this video for some practical tips for making the church nursery [...]

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Children’s Development From Age 0-3

July 30th by Kristin Charles

Children learn through play. They’re naturals. It’s us adults that sometimes need help! We’ve forgotten how. Plus it’s difficult to know how much babies and toddlers understand anyway. Next time you serve in the nursery, play with your own little tikes, or take care of children this age, use these developmental ages and stages as [...]

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How To Make A Church Nursery Schedule

May 3rd by Tony Kummer

Creating the nursery schedule at church is one of my least favorite administrative tasks as a children’s minister. The next schedule is due out this week, so I thought I would share how I do it. 6 Steps To Making A Church Nursery Schedule 1. Revise The Old Dates I’ve moved to a 6-week rotation [...]

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7 Reasons Why Your Church Nursery Service Is Vital To Your Church

January 23rd by Tony Kummer

Too often serving in the church nursery can seem like a thankless job. One of the key tasks for children’s ministry leaders is to help volunteers understand their importance. With that in mind, I offer these following 7 reasons why serving in the church nursery is important. Please feel free to copy these and distribute [...]

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Writing A Church Nursery Manual In A Small Church

December 11th by Tony Kummer

You must have clearly written church nursery manual regardless of your church’s size. In this article, I want to offer some tips and point you to other resources that can help you develop your own church nursery guidelines.

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Church Nursery Volunteer Worker Guidelines (job description)

November 26th by Tony Kummer

Here is a list of volunteer expectations that I have been using for our church nursery. We don’t have a formal church nursery worker manual, but these guidelines have several ideas for safety that move in the right direction. I do not use the term ‘job description’ in the document. We want our people to [...]

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God Is In The Church Nursery

June 3rd by Tony Kummer

Use this article to encourage your church nursery workers. Try sending it along with their schedule and reminded everyone that babies matter to God. The church nursery can be so much more than childcare. But it begins with an awareness of the presence of God with the little children. {download here} God Is In The [...]

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