As one of the Nations experts on early childhood ministry, Sharon shares years of professional research concerning how children learn and how we can structure our nursery and early childhood ministry to compliments those patterns. You will discover how you can positively influence a child’s foundational understanding of love, trust, and obedience. Sharon delivers this training by asking diagnostic questions that you can use to rate the ministry that you provide to children and then gives lots of practical suggestions for improvement. This session has been provided through our partnership with the Children’s Ministry Agency of the Assemblies of God

A well organized nursery enables us to better minister to the children, parents and unchurched of Aurora. This session is PACKED with lots of practical advice about: * First impressions. The nursery is often the first room seen by new young families. * Record keeping system (visitors, attendance and parental reports) * Staffing (workers, ratios and appreciation) * Training (check in/out, info updates, briefings, and emergency) * Safety (biting, hitting, hair pulling, spitting, injury reports, unsafe toys, evacuation and emergencies, well baby policies, and communication) * Security (background checks, sign in/out, paging, room access and bathroom policy) * Cleanliness (cleaning and sanitization policy) * Policy and procedures (clear, written and accessible to all) * Learning environment (pictures, voice, tone and resources for parents) This session has been provided through our partnership with the Church Development office of the Northern California and Nevada Assemblies

In this session Carolyn puts out an amazing smorgasbord of ideas, examples and practical possibilities. The entire session consists of ideas for preschool activities and outreaches for the church, family and community. Get your pencils ready and your team in gear for all the creative energy this session will create. This session has been provided through our partnership with the Church Development office of the Northern California and Nevada Assemblies of God.

In this session Carolyn will give you practical tips on how to break the many needs of the nursery down into manageable tasks for behind the scenes volunteers. After listening to this session you will better understand the importance of a team concept and the role of the coach (leader), players (visible workers), and support staff (behind the scenes workers). This session has been provided through our partnership with the Church Development office of the Northern California and Nevada Assemblies of God.

This class educates you on the main contributors to a safe nursery. Jackie educates you how to use online resources to help you know the immediate danger of child predators in the area surrounding our church and your home. You will also discover the importance of background checks, fingerprinting, and two way radio systems for those who work with or around minors. You will also learn the importance of safe toys, sanitization methods, government toy restrictions and furniture dangers. Jackie also gives some practical advice on late pick up procedures, wandering children, complex child custody issues and other things becoming prevalent in our changing society. This session has been provided through our partnership with the Church Development office of the Northern California and Nevada Assemblies of God.

Take your nursery ministry beyond babysitting and deep into spiritual formation. In this lesion you will learn how to teach the babies of our nursery by understanding their preferred learning styles and developmental characteristics. This session has been provided through our partnership with the Church Development office of the Northern California and Nevada Assemblies of God.