Every Sunday-morning volunteer chart has one name missing and one coordinator quietly panicking at 7am. The sub list is how the same five exhausted parents finally get to sit through a whole service.
Join the Nursery Sub List
Get background-checked and put your name on the church nursery's substitute list — the shortest, most chronically empty list in the building.
What you'll need
- The church's background check and child-safety training
- A phone you'll actually answer on Saturday nights
Pitfalls
- Being a sub means the ask comes at the worst time. That's the job; say yes anyway.
- Follow the check-in and diaper policies to the letter — those rules protect kids and volunteers both.
- Men: the nursery list wants you too, and your presence tells little kids church men show up.
Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me. — Mark 9:37