Check It Out!

Running a Children’s Ministry at our church takes 76 volunteers each semester. Yes I said SEVENTY-SIX. This includes volunteers in rooms during both services, Sunday School and helping at the Welcome Station. This does NOT include having a teacher substitute list, nor does it allow for anything extra like a skit, or music time. Our Worship Hour volunteers only serve one time per month during one of the services, or during the Sunday School hour. This year we added a Story Teller for the Infant, Toddler and Preschool rooms so that volunteers who don’t feel comfortable teaching, leading small children in songs or feel comfortable getting small children to sit on their bottoms, they no longer have to. Our Story Tellers do that part.

As of right now, almost 6 weeks into the new semester, we are still short volunteers.  So in a state of desperation I am giving our congregation a list of reasons serving in Children’s Ministry is worth Checking Out:

1. All you can eat Animal Crackers

2. You don’t have to change diapers

3. You get to play

4. Crafts (who doesn’t love making sheep with cotton balls?)

5. You get to pray with kids

6. Kids always think the volunteers are cool (because you are big, and sit on the floor and read, and give them more snacks)

7. Its only once a month

8. Seeing kids understand the Gospel

9. You can swing on the new swings (yes even big people can sit on them too! When was the last time you got to swing)

10. Easy way to get to know other people in our church

11. Making friends with other volunteers, and with the little members in our church-who will always wave to you in the halls

See its fun to serve in Children’s Ministry. If you would like more information about serving with the Children’s Ministry, please stop by the Welcome Station and let us know.