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Service Titles
Volunteer to one of the following areas:
Nursery 1: Polka Dot Room 6 weeks - Walking
Nursery 2: Stripe Room Walking - 24months
Preschool 1: Square Room 2-3 years old
Preschool 2: Star Room 4-5 years old (until Kindergarten)
Curriculum
Ministry Purpose
Your role is to provide safe, secure, nurturing, clean and efficient care to our children. Your ministry responsibilities include playing with the child or directing his play, reading to him, praying for each child, exhibiting Christ-like patience and love, and relating the events of the day to the lesson and theme in words the child can understand.
Requirements
- We ask that you serve 1-4 times per month and attend church
during the opposite service.
- For the safety of all children, complete and pass a volunteer
background check (we only check for sexually related crimes).
Service Expectations
- Arrive 15 minutes before scheduled service time to check in and
receive your volunteer badge.
- Pray! Pray! Pray! Pray individually for the children as they play, as
they listen to the story and for the other volunteers and Jr.
volunteers as you work together.
- Every child’s diaper should be changed before parent’s pick-up.
Potty training children should “try” at least once. These activities
are to be recorded on the sign-in sheets in the room.
- Oversee the sign-in process. All children should have name stickers
on their back. All cups and bags should also be labeled.
- Oversee the sign-out process. Parents will need their own sticker to
claim their child. If they don’t have it, they will have to wait in the
lobby for the Security Ministry Volunteer before the child is
released.
- Clean and straighten the room after the children leave.
- Ensure classroom is stocked with supplies at the end of your
volunteer service.
- Report concerns or ideas for improvement to the Ministry Team
Leader for that room.
- Attend occasional Team meetings.
- If you will be unable to serve your assigned shift, please give ample
notice to your Team Leader.
Interacting with Parents
- Always thank the parent for bringing their child. It is our privilege
to serve and minister to them.
- Always smile, (even if you are tired.)
- Always tell the parents about what their children learned about that
day.
- Always tell the parents about any events (snacks, feedings, diaper
changes, potty successes).
- Always follow dismissal plan (even if you are very familiar with
the parents).
Teaching Little Ones
Early childhood is the best time to build a God-centered worldview for children. We have provided age appropriate teaching material for all Early Childhood Ministries. This material is easy to prepare and use. Instructions are written in the curriculum. Following are some suggestions. If you need additional help, see your Team Leader.
- Integrate the Biblical truth or theme into the activities the children
are doing. Take advantage of every opportunity to make the truths
‘real’ to the children, repeating them over and over, applying them
to anything normal around them.
- Example: “Do you see the elephant in the puzzle? God
made elephants. What else did God make? God made
everything!”
- Your role is to teach children a short Bible lesson (or pray specific
prayers in the Polka Dot room) each week. It is important to be
able to express excitement, energy and love for God’s word when
sharing the story and its principle. It is to be taught as truth, not as
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