Nursery

All children are encouraged to attend worship with their families.  However, we do provide nursery for children who have not yet entered kindergarten.  We have three separate nurseries for infants, toddlers, and three/four year olds.  All of our nurseries are staffed with paid employees and a Nursery Director.

Location

Children and families are greeted at our welcome station located between the activity center and education building.  At our welcome center you will be directed to sign in for our silent paging system.

Silent Paging System

Our nursery is equipped with the Nursery Silent Paging System.  This is a system that allows the nursery to immediately contact a child’s parents with the touch of a button.  The pager will then vibrate, telling them to return to the nursery.  The pages provide immediate, silent communication anywhere in our facilities*, at any time. Worship services are uninterrupted and ushers do not have to go up and down the aisles looking for parents.  The pagers are also a wonderful security measure – children are returned to the parents when their assigned pager is turned in.

*The Silent Paging System does not include Wesley Abbey or the Governor Perry Home.  If you are attending ICON located in Wesley Abbey, you will be asked to leave your cell phone number as a means of immediate contact during the service.

Pager Policies
1. Pagers will only be issued to a parent or grandparent.
2. Pagers will be issued first to parents of infant – 2 year olds.
3. Children are returned to their parents when their assigned pager is turned in.
4. You will only be paged if there is a problem with your child and nursery workers feel that you should be called back to the nursery.  You will be paged and expected to respond to the page with 5 minutes.  We will page three times and if you do not respond, we will send someone to find you.
5. If you should lose a pager, you will be held responsible for replacing the pager.

Suggestions for a Diaper Bag

It is suggested that you equip your diaper bag with the following items when you bring your baby to nursery:
1. 4-6 disposable diapers or 2-4 pair of training pants
2. Bottles (enough for baby’s stay) or a training cup
3. Bib
4. Complete change of clothing
5. Pacifier, if needed
Diaper bag, bottles and pacifier should be carefully labeled with your child’s full name.

Illness and Diseases

In order to limit the spread of disease, avoid bringing a child to the nursery if he/she has had any of the following signs of illness during the last 24 hours.
1. Coughing, sneezing and a thick runny nose
2. Fever
3. Vomiting or diarrhea
4. Inflamed mouth and throat