Policies & Procedures (includes class breakdown and classroom maps)

Nursery Handbook

Purpose

The purpose of Eternal’s Compass Kids is to teach children to glorify God and fully enjoy Him forever. 

To this end, everything we do is grounded in Eternal’s GPS focus which holds that we ought to order our lives around the three things that last forever: God, People, and Scripture.

We believe that we can best fulfill this purpose by striving to do the following:

• Assist and support parents in pointing their children to Jesus Christ and nurturing them in the faith. (Genesis 17:7, Deuteronomy 6)  We will strive to provide resources that enable families to follow-up on their children’s Sunday lessons, helping them make prayer and the study of Scripture a central part of life at home. 

• Provide gospel-centered, Christ-exalting, Biblical lessons on a weekly basis. (Titus 2:1)  We want all of our teaching to be grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ—that it is by the grace of God, through faith in Jesus Christ alone that we are saved from our sin.  Furthermore, we believe that Scripture is the revelation of God’s truth, so in each lesson our primary focus will be to teach what a particular passage of Scripture teaches us about God—about who He is, His power, holiness, love, etc.  Our goal in teaching the Bible is more than simply communicating lessons in morality; instead, it is to introduce children to the living God!  We will encourage all students to bring a Bible to class with them each Sunday and to memorize their monthly Bible verses.

• Model the love of Christ for our children (1 John 4:7-12).  We best model the love of Christ for our children by exhibiting the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) in all of our actions as teachers.  Along with kindness and patience, we will also provide loving discipline according to Eternal’s Compass Kids’ Discipline Plan. 

• Provide children with legitimate opportunities to participate in serving the body of Christ and the community (Luke 10:25-42).  As a church, we seek to live others-oriented lives, and we want our children to join us!  We will provide regular opportunities throughout the year for our children to participate in C.A.R.E. Ministry endeavors. 

• Communicate effectively (Matthew 19:14).  We will continually strive to provide instruction that is interesting, engaging, age-appropriate and accommodating to multiple learning styles. 

• Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4) We want our children to learn that there is no greater joy in the world than a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  To this end, we will strive to make a child’s years in Compass Kids the most enjoyable they have ever had.