I'm calling this weekend Sarah goes to church and gets used to the nursery weekend. We brought Sarah to the nursery last week and she did well the first half but not the second half. She got fussy and was crying. Having worked in a church nursery, I am pro put my child in child care during a church service. I knew it would be a big adjustment for her because she tends to get bad separation anxiety from me. Some of you know this if you've visited her in the evenings where she just wants to cling to me.
Saturday night JP and I attended "The Art of Marriage" for their married couple's fellowship. So far we absolutely love it. Men usually have a problem going to things that "help" their marriage because men think they don't need help and can figure it out themselves. However, I will say JP's drive in going when we saw it in the bulletin is...well sexy. I absolutely find it attractive when he is humble and knows we need things to fine tune our marriage and knows that it is constant work to have a marriage that God has called you to have. And he absolutely knows having a good godly marriage is VITAL in raising Sarah. And when I say godly marriage, I don't mean just making it a priority to go to church every Sunday. You can do that religiously and not have your heart in it.
So that night we put Sarah in the nursery and they said she was fine for the most part until the last half hour. She was fussy and looked very tired. You can tell she couldn't fall asleep. She's a little monster when she can't get her sleep or when it's interrupted. As we were walking through the church with her people would say "aww look at the baby! she was crying." Her face was red and her eyes were all watery.
Sunday however, was a good day for Sarah...
We dropped her off in the nursery and I had a great feeling about the
volunteer who was watching her. Not that the others weren't great.
They were very patient with Sarah and were good about holding her when
she was crying. But I just knew this would be a good day. JP and I
went to service and even saw our mentor from 4 years ago when we took
Crown Financial classes and later on Faithful with Finances. We went to
pick up Sarah and there she was a happy baby having tummy time in her
crib and talking and smiling to the workers and babies through the
slots. I was so proud of her.
The first picture is Sarah all dressed up for church and happy. The second is when we stopped by Sprout's after church and daddy was having fun with her while she was in the cart.
And now for my spiel to Christians. Children's ministry is so important. Make sure your church has a good one, and if not help it grow to be good. Don't be afraid to put your kids in the classes. Of course they are going to be resistant because they are afraid of something new or afraid they won't have a friend. But all you are doing is just helping them not face their fear. I know, I remember being scared having gone to 3 different churches in one year when I was a kid and not wanting to go to "Sunday School." You get over it once you get in it. This is my personal opinion, I think everyone (Christian that is, don't want to put others on the spot) at least once in their life should volunteer for Children's Ministry. Do it for at least 6 months and help out. You'll appreciate more the volunteers who are there consistently and have a passion for it and it'll make you a better person to.
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