Children & Youth Ministry

Nursery

         Welcome to Wellspring’s nursery! We are glad to have your child with us in the nursery. It is our goal to provide a safe and caring environment for your child while you are worshipping.

        The nursery serves infants to pre-school children up to 36 months of age and is capably and lovingly staffed by a paid Wellspring employee and a trained church volunteer who have successfully passed a background screening and are mandated to comply with our Vulnerable Persons Protection Policy.

        Safety is of paramount importance to us. We commit to provide a safe environment for the children and youth of the church community. It is the responsibility of each one of us to prevent the physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children and youth. Wellspring follows a Child Protection Policy whose purpose is to educate those working with children about the church’s requirements and procedures of staff and volunteers when dealing with children and youth. This policy also serves as a tool to provide information on child abuse and to advise workers of the procedures to be followed if abuse is disclosed. The guidance provided by this policy helps assure children and youth participating in programs and activities at Wellspring United Methodist Church are treated in ways that encourage their healthy growth and development. Our policy can be viewed here.

        We pride ourselves on a clean environment, with a bright, cheery atmosphere and choices of both stimulating and quiet toys that are rotated for maximum enjoyment. After each Nursery session, toys that have been used are sprayed and wiped with a mild bleach solution.

        Parents/Guardians play a major role in helping to make your child’s experience a positive one. Parents/Guardians are asked to sign in their child at each visit to provide important information to the Nursery staff about how your child is doing that morning and what he/she will need to provide comfort. We provide generic snacks to all our guests [goldfish, animal crackers, juice], so if there are food sensitivities that need to be considered, please provide any specialty snack or drink your child may require. We have a refrigerator to keep bottles and cups cold. Please label all your child’s belongings (diaper bag, cup, jackets, etc.) so that we may return everything back to you at the close of nursery time.  And when it's time for your child to graduate out from Nursery, we partner with the parents/guardians to start the STEP UP program – a transition process to help the child be prepared and successful for the start of their Pre-K Sunday school class.

       We look forward to caring for your child!

For Parents & Guardians