Birth - Three

Fall 2021: In-person Sunday School

3 years - Kindergarten

• Children learn Bible stories and truths in an experiential setting using Group’s Simply Loved Curriculum.
• Sunday School is REAL: Relational, Experiential, Applicable and Learner based, so that kids can grow to know Jesus!
• Get more information here.

Current Masking Protocol

Until both transmission and positivity rates return to safer levels, we are again requiring masks to be worn by everyone while inside the church building.

Children in Worship

• We welcome and encourage all children to be in worship.
• Helps & Hints for worshipping with children.
• Worshipping with Children - real stories from real families.

Baptism

We believe that God's gift is available for even our youngest family members and that infants and children of any age are welcome at the font:

• God initiates a relationship with us in baptism - we respond with lives of worship and service. We encourage families who are considering baptizing their infant to attend a Baptism Orientation scheduled through the church office.
• We also welcome children, youth and adults who have not been baptized to meet with a pastor before receiving this gift.
• The sacrament of baptism is offered on 2nd and 4th Sundays (non-Communion Sundays) and on Saturday evenings.
• Baptism Orientations are held quarterly.
• To attend a Baptism Orientation and schedule a baptism please contact marykay@immanuel.us.

Children's Quiet Corner

During the pandemic the Children's Quiet Corner is not available.  

When we are not living in a pandemic time our goals are that:

• Children sit with, and worship with, their parents for as much of the worship time as possible, so that children learn from parents how to participate in worship.
• When children become restless and they need to move, the Children’s Quiet Corner provides a helpful option for a brief time before children return to their parents.
• Children be accompanied by a parent who can help their child maintain their “quiet voices”.

If a child becomes particularly noisy or restless, please consider bringing them to the atrium where they, and you, can still see and experience worship through the glass, or bring your child to the nursery for active play. We can help our children grow in worship as we work together.

The Nursery (3 months - 36 months)

This Fall ('21) the Nursery will only be open for breastfeeding mothers, with one family unit in the Nursery at a time.  We will be reveiwing the spread/containment of the virus and hope to reopen the Nursery as soon as it is safer to do so.

When we are not living in a pandemic time:

• If needed, the nursery is available for children under age 3 during the 9 a.m service on Sundays.
• Pagers are available to alert parents when care is needed.
• Volunteers in the nursery are welcome and needed each Sunday. Nursery volunteers can sign-up online or contact marykay@immanuel.us.

Nursing Mother's Room

During the pandemic the Nursing Room is open for breastfeeding mothers.

• a room dedicated for nursing mothers is available off the nursery.
• enter through the nursery and make your way to the private Nursing Room and rocking chair!
• you'll be able to hear the worship service while you nurse your little one.

For additional information contact:

Grace Porter
Director of Children’s & Family Ministry
952-230-0356 (direct dial)
952-937-8123 ex. 56
grace@immanuel.us