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 them in your church. Download this article as a Word document for easy printing.
Reason #1
God is in the church nursery. This may come as a shock, but the Bible has specific promises about God’s presence when children are welcomed and loved in Jesus’ name. You can read my article about this titled God Is In The Church Nursery.
Reason #2
Your service in the church nursery allows church goers to focus on worship, rather than worrying about their children. In a very real sense you ministry makes it possible for the pastor to fulfill his ministry.
Reason #3
The first (and sometimes lasting) feelings a child will have toward church is formed in the nursery department. While not everyone agrees, I believe that a positive experience in the church nursery is essential.
Reason #4
When you serve in the nursery, you are being entrusted with the most important (and vulnerable) members of the church family. There is no greater treasure on this side of heaven than the little ones God has given us. You must be someone special to have a job that is so important.
Reason #5
Your service is essential for your own spiritual growth. You may have never looked at it this way, but a growing Christian is always a serving Christian. Jesus was known for putting others first, when you serve in the church nursery you are walking in his example.
Reason #6
The church nursery is the first contact young families will have with your church. Your friendly greeting and exceptional care for their children can make a great first impression for your church. If they don’t feel like their children are safe, they will not return – and rightly so.
Reason #7
Your service in the church nursery is a powerful opportunity for prayer. If every nursery worker would spend several minutes praying over the children in their care, imagine how God might begin to change this coming generation. There is no better way to create an environment of spiritual nurture than to pray while you serve in the nursery.
I hope this article will be useful to you and your church. If so, leave a comment to let me know. Your feedback is an encouragement for me to post articles like this.
What do you think about this list? If you have an 8th reason, just leave me a comment below.
Remember that God blesses those who serve his children.
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Thank you so much for this article. I think like you said, people overlook the nursery as being a real ministry opportunity. I plan to print and pass this article on to encourage others.
Thanks so much. Articles and thoughts are very insightful and thought provoking. I appreciate your efforts and your passion for childrens ministry. Excellent!!
Thanks Tony. You’ve enlightened my understanding more with this beautiful article concerning the Children’s ministry. It has reshaped my perspective and made me better focused in my service. I will share it with my colleagues. Thank you and God bless.
Thank you for the article.It is such a great help to us serving with the children including the nursery. God is truly good and faithful.Your website is such a blessing.
Hi. I think that another two reasons why being in the nursery is valuable are:-
1. This might be one of the few times in a week mums might get a break from their beautiful cherubs. Often motherhoood is a time women disengage from church life. They are forever in the cry room with their little ones and feel that they may S well be at home. This is a vital ministry to mums.
2. It’s an opportunity to get to know people you might not usually talk to at coffee time. You could make a new friend.
Thank you so much for this! I just took on the position as nursery manager at our church and this is how I feel about the nursery, but thank you for putting it into perspective! I am for sure going to share this with my nursery workers!
The Lord Jesus is soooo good! I’m a first time Nursery Coordinator at my church. This is week 3. It’s a little pass 12:36am and God answered my prayer in my journal I wrote at 12:09am. I asked Him was there anything I needed to add or change to the Nursery. Holy Spirit gave me your website. I’ve been truly encouraged and blessed with your website. Thank you, Jesus for this information. Many blessings to you all.
I have another reason (it kind of ties into reason #2). I am the coordinator of our church nursery, but I am also a mom to 5, and my husband is one of the staff Pastors. Before becoming the nursery coordinator, the nursery was such a blessing to us… it allowed us to be able to minister as well. I am sure it is the same for many parents that bring their children to the nursery… they would never be able to serve in the areas that they are gifted in if it were not for the fact that there are people that love babies/children and faithfully serve the Lord through the nursery ministry!
thank you for this article. it refreshed my thinking for what i can do while i’m doing nursery…pray for the children and their families while the children are under my care. i’m the co-ordinator for the nursery in my church. i needed to be reminded that it’s not just “watching” the children so the parents can listen and be blessed in the service. i have aged 2 to 5 yrs. i do crafts with the children and give snack. they also get free time to play. i love it! chihldren are truely gifts from God :D
Thanks so much for this posting. We are starting a nursery at our church. This has help me tremendously as I continue to cast this vision.
I love this article! It touched my heart. As children’s pastor at a quickly growing church I struggle to reach out to my nursery workes. I am quick to always show my appreciation but I fail to express the importance of their job. I am going to pass this along to all my nursery workers! THANK YOU!
This is a very insightful article. I am sending it to all my children and nursery volunteers at CrossPointe Church to read. Thanks for your work on this! God Be With You.
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