Nursery

The First Presbyterian Church Nursery Ministry is here to provide a safe, loving, learning, and Christian environment for our children.

FPC nursery is for children ages 0-kindergarten. Each child will be registered and photographed for our records.

Year round programs:  

Sunday Services: The nursery hosts nursery for ages kindergarten and under for the 8:15 service- nursery opens at 7:45 in room 137.

For the 11:00 service: ages 0-2 in room 130 and 137.

Each Sunday morning, every child is checked in at the “Check In table”. Parent’s leave their cell number, we will text you if you are needed during worship time.

  • TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday): TGIF is a casual play day for children ages 0-kindergarten. Hours are from 9-2 each Friday (with the exception of holidays). Fee and registration are required. Only members of the church are eligible for this program.

  • Parent’s Night Out: PNO is the second Friday of each month, with additional nights in December. Members of the church, FPC Preschool and Children’s Day Out are eligible for this program.   

You provide the child’s lunch or dinner, we provide snacks and drinks.

Seasonal programs:

The Great Escape: Starts the first Monday after Vacation Bible School and runs until the middle of August. Hours are from 9-2, fee and registration are required.

Misc. Nurseries and info:

Breakfast and Blessings: B&B- a basket of goodies and a card from the nursery is delivered to members of our church who have either had a new baby or adopted a new baby. If you‘d like to volunteer to be one of our bakers please call Taresa. 432-684-7821 ext. 137. If you know of a new birth or adoption, please call the church office to let us know.

Gathering: The nursery opens at 6pm for Gathering classes. Children who are under kindergarten and who do not participate in choir can come to room 137 at 6 and will need to be picked up after choir ends at 7:30.

The nursery can be utilized for any meeting that is church sponsored. This is done by having the person in charge of the event request a nursery or by contacting 684-7821 ext. 121.

Any questions about the nursery should be directed to:

Taresa Kellogg
Nursery Ministry Director
432.684.7821 ext. 137 

sick child policy:

Disease Prevention and Sick Child Policies

"Therefore whatever you want others to do for you, do so for them..." Matthew 7:12

 All of our caregivers are trained in proper health and hygiene guidelines when caring for the children in the First Presbyterian Nursery Department.  We use disposable gloves when changing diapers and always wash our hands after removing our gloves.

This will be our responsibility to keep our children healthy. We will work in tandem with the parents to help prevent the spread of disease in the Nursery rooms. 

To further protect the health of your child, all the children we serve and our Caregivers, please be considerate of the other families and use the following guidelines:

The Caregivers cannot accept children who have had any of the following symptoms within the past 36 hours.

  • Fever
  • Colored nasal discharge
  • Conjunctivitis ("pink eye")
  • Eye or ear discharge
  • Vomiting or diarrhea
  • Skin infections
  • Chronic cough or sore throat
  • Cold sores around the mouth
  • Impetigo
  • Active Chicken pox or recent chicken pox vaccine (within 3 days)
  • Any Acute Infectious Disease

If your child is being treated with antibiotics, they should be on the medication at least 24 hours prior to coming to your Childs room.  Please also note our Caregivers cannot administer any type of medication (which includes ointments, powders, etc...)

If your child has a clear runny nose or other symptoms due to allergies, please let us know,we realize some symptoms hang on when a child is not contagious.

Thank you for doing your part to adhere to this sickness policy.

Volunteer

 If you have an interest in volunteering with our nursery, please review our Child Protection Policy and return the Information/consent form  to Brad Ellis at the church office.