Our purpose in the nursery is to provide a safe and loving environment for the children of First Baptist Church.

Our desire for the children of First Baptist Church and for the children of this generation is that they have a true encounter with God, and that they will be equipped to serve and love Him even at this stage of their lives. Our hope is that the church will be their safe haven where they can bring their laughter, joy, tears and disappointments and lay them before Jesus. Our joy will be seeing many come to know Jesus for the very first time and seeing Him reflected in their daily lives as they grow spiritually, mentally and physically toward becoming fully devoted to Christ.

It takes many people working together to raise children who love the Lord and want to serve Him. The greatest gift we can give our children is to pray for them, to love them unconditionally and to let them see Jesus in all that we say and do.

EXTENDED CARE
Extended Care adult volunteers are always welcome to nurture, care for and love the children; infants through four year olds during the Journey and Traditional worship services.

PAGER SYSTEM
First Baptist Church uses a paging system in the infants, crawlers and toddlers programs. Parents will be given a pager when a child is dropped off in the nursery. If the parent is needed for any reason, they will be paged by those serving in the nursery.

PREPARING FOR WORSHIP
Children age five and older are invited to participate in worship with their families. Extended care is not provided for this age group during the worship services. Preparing for Worship is a class designed to help rising kindergarteners and their parents make the transition from extended nursery care to worship. Helping our children learn to worship is one of the most important jobs of parenting. “Parenting in the Pew” is the textbook used for this class.

PARENT-CHILD DEDICATION
Parent-Child Dedication is normally held one Sunday each month. Dedicating your child to be raised in the church and a Christ-filled home is the purpose of this special celebration in which parents, child, family and congregation participate.