by Carol Lim
LBC Nursery Ministry, aka Fireflies, serves the youngest members of our church, ages 0-3 yrs. I’m sure by now you’ve seen some ladies with pink or blue smocks each Sunday morning enjoying the worship time with the little ones on your way into the sanctuary. I currently serve as the director of Fireflies along with Lillian To (scheduling coordinator) and Brenda Hom (curriculum coordinator). Our staff of about 30 ladies of all ages (college & up) absolutely loves the children that the parents entrust to us while they worship. Each staff member is currently scheduled to serve about once every 3 weeks. Besides on Sunday mornings, we also serve on other occasions such as Christmas Concert, LBC Annual Banquet, and other events as needs arise.
Fireflies are divided into 2 areas: Nursery 1 (from birth to about 16 months old), and Nursery 2 (from about 16 months old to 3 years old). We not only have play time, snack time, and potty time, we also have Bible lesson time for Nursery 2 children where they learn different attributes of God. For instance, during the month of February, they are learning about God’s sovereignty through the story of Jesus calming the wind and the sea and how He is the boss of everything (Matt. 8:23-27). They are taught the same lesson for the whole month along with a memory verse. For February, they are memorizing Ephesians 6:1, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
I’m particularly blessed to be part of this ministry not only because I get to participate in the lives of these children who grow up ever so quickly, but also because I get to be involved in the lives of other fellow sisters who serve here. We encourage the ladies to consider the times of serving as an act of worship. We try to hold each other accountable in our spiritual walk and be intentional even in our conversations while we serve. Because we have a number of moms serving as staff members, younger ladies are finding this ministry to be such a valuable opportunity to be learning from the older women in dealing with children (as in Titus 2).
If anyone is interested in joining Fireflies, we ask that you be:
- Female
- A member in good standing
- Interested in caring for children
- Desiring to grow spiritually and to learn from other ladies
For more information please contact Lillian, Brenda, or myself. Thanks!