Signing Your Child In | Picking Up Your Child | Items to Bring | Preventing Illness | Volunteer Standards
Contact Bethany's Nursery Coordinator

Nursery:
Bethany UMC has a nursery for children up to four years old. The nursery for young infants is located in room 115A; the nursery for children who are crawling is in room 115B; and the nursery for toddlers is in room 109. (See the Bethany UMC Facilities Map.) Three rooms are used for nursery care: an infant room, a toddler room and a room for four and five year old children.

The nursery is open 15 minutes prior to church services and is also open during the Sunday School hour, the Wednesday evening Bethany Bash, the Friday morning Women’s Bible Study and for special events and worship services.

Bethany has developed nursery policies and guidelines to ensure the safety of the nursery and the health of each child who uses the nursery. These policies involve signing your child in at the nursery, picking up your child, items to bring to the nursery, preventing illness and nursery volunteer standards.

Signing Your Child in at the Nursery:
Each of room in the nursery has a sign-in sheet on which parents should write the following information: your child’s name, the worship service or activity you will be attending at Bethany and where you will be (for example, the main sanctuary or your Sunday School classroom). When you sign in your child, you will be given a tag. Please inform the nursery staff if your child has any special concerns or needs.

Picking Up Your Child:
Please pick up your children immediately following the service or event you have attended. You must have your child's tag to pick up your child. Children will be released to the parent or guardian only. Please do not send an older sibling to pick up your child.

Items to Bring to the Nursery:
Infants and toddlers should each have a diaper bag equipped with the following supplies:

• Two to three disposable diapers

• A bib and enough bottles for the baby’s stay in the nursery. Don’t forget to label these with your child’s name.

• A leak-proof cup, if your child does not take a bottle. Label this, too, please.

• A pacifier or other comfort item

• A complete change of clothing

Two- and three-year olds should bring their comfort items and any necessary supplies. For example, if your child is not potty-trained, please bring two or three disposable diapers. If  your child is in potty training and/or in pull-ups, please be sure to bring a change of clothes and extra pull-ups.

Diaper bags, bottles and pacifiers should be all be marked with your child’s name. If you don’t want to mark directly on an object, please put your child’s name, in waterproof ink, on a piece of masking tape or adhesive tape and attach the tape to the diaper bag or bottle. Please label everything.

Preventing Illness and Disease:
Bethany UMC strives to have a well-child nursery. Please don’t bring any child whom you know is not feeling well or might be sick. A sick child can infect other children in the nursery. If your child shows signs of unusual fatigue or irritability, is coughing or sneezing, has a runny nose or eyes, fever, vomiting or diarrhea, thick yellow or green nasal discharge, or rash, please do not bring your child to the Bethany nursery.

NOTE: No medication will be administered to any child while in the nursery.

Nursery Volunteers:
Parent volunteers are always welcome in the nursery at Bethany. To reassure parents that the nursery is a safe and nurturing environment, we encourage parents to volunteer their time at least once a quarter. If you would like to volunteer, stop by the nursery, e-mail the Nursery Coordinator or call the church office.