WELCOME! We at POPC love our covenant children and welcome you to use our nursery. It is our goal to provide a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment for your children. We also want you to feel secure about your child’s well being while you attend services and activities at POPC. We strive to provide this care with the following essential policies and procedures:

• We have a trained worker available to greet you and your child at the front desk and answer questions you may have regarding your time in our nursery.  Your children are lovingly cared for by trained workers as well as church volunteers. We believe this is one of the many opportunities for able church members to fulfill their covenant commitment to our church family.

• Only one parent or guardian may drop off and pick up your child from their assigned room.  Please sign your child in and out at the door to their room. A worker will receive your child at the door.

• Please send necessary supplies (i.e. diaper bag with diapers, pacis, bottle or cup, and a change of clothes) with your child to make this time smoother for your child and workers involved in their care. If everything is labeled, this makes it easier.

• In accordance with Mississippi state law, and considering the health and vulnerabilities of our youngest children and nursery workers, we require children to be on schedule with all required immunizations, unless there is a medical exemption.

• Please do not use the nursery if your child had any of the following symptoms in the last 48 hours: coughing, sneezing, runny nose or eyes, fever of 100 or above, vomiting, diarrhea, inflamed mouth and/or throat, non-clear nasal discharge or a rash.

• Children involved in the Church Time program must be picked up after service and taken to Sunday School. 

• Snacks are provided for cruiser age to church time age children. Snacks are served during Sunday school for cruiser and toddler age children and during early and late service for church time.

• Our nursery doors remain locked during service with the exception of the front door. We have been blessed with an off duty police officer that is our security during Sunday mornings. Our nursery building is also equipped with security cameras on the playground as well as in the rooms.

• NOTE: Our nursery building is nut free due to severe allergies.

One final request: Please be sensitive to fellow worshipers in the morning and evening worship services.  If your infant/toddler cannot be quieted effectively, please leave the service as soon as possible. There is a cry room located in the parlor with a speaker where you can listen to the service.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these and other nursery policies, please feel free to talk with Jan or with John Kwasny, our Director of Discipleship Ministries.

Nursery Schedule

• Morning Sunday Services. –  Babies through Toddlers. (Children who are 2 years of age by Sept. 1 go to 2 year old Sunday School and to church time during worship.)  

• Evening Sunday Services – Babies through Toddlers.
  2 year olds go into the evening service and when the children are dismissed they go to the Toddler Nursery where they are cared for by a nursery worker.

• Wednesday Services

  • A Women’s Bible study is offered on Wednesday morning during the school year and a nursery is provided for children 4 and under. Reservations must be made for nursery as space is limited.

  • Wednesday Night Ministries - Wednesday night nursery is offered by reservation. Children birth through age 3 are in nursery on Wednesday nights.

• Special Events – When special events are offered and a nursery is needed, arrangements should be made with the Nursery Director (jjohnson@pearorchard.org) for proper number of workers. Only approved workers may be used.