Let's Keep Our Children Healthy! Please use these common-sense guidelines when deciding whether to bring your child to the church nursery: 1.  A chid must be free of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea for 24 hours before entering the church nursery.  (Please use your judgment on the cause of vomiting.  If your child vomits routinely when upset, then the 24 hour rule would not apply to a crying-induced vomiting spell.) 2.  Unless your doctor has just recently diagnosed your child as not contagious, do not send children to the nursry with congestion, runny noses, etc.   If your child suffers from allergies or non-contagious conditions, please let the nursery workers know in advance. 3.  Please make sure skin rashes are diagnosed as not-contagious before bringing your child to the nursery.  4.  Please remember that anytime children gather together germs can easily spread.  We wash hands and toys often in the nursery.  We suggest, though, that you wash your child's hands and wipe down toys when picking your child up from the nursery.  A little extra-care can help keep us all healthy.

Children's Sermon While children and families are always welcome at all of MDUMC's worship services, a special time awaits children in the 11:01 a.m. non-traditional worship service at The Well each Sunday and at the 11:00 service in our sanctuary. Children are invited forward for a special children's sermon and then return to sit with their families for the remainder of the service.

Nursery Children less than two years of age on September 1 of the current school year, spend the school year in the church's nursery. Children are divided by age and developmental milestones. From the tiniest of infants to the most independent of toddlers, children are accepted and loved each Sunday morning, 8 a.m. till the end of all the worship services, and quite frequently during the week as meetings and events occur. Please check the calendar section of this website for the current week's nursery calendar. Computer Kiosks Once your child has been with us for a few weeks, we will enter all your family information into our computer system.  Each Sunday when you arrive, please simply key in your phone number on any of our kiosks.  Your child's information will come up and a nametag will be printed.  There is a "claim number" on the bottom of each nametag which matches the number on the portion of the tag you will keep with you.  This is used for security purposes so that we can make sure the correct person is picking up each child.

Baptisms A baptism class with one of our ministers is offered on the second Sunday of each month.  Gather in the downstairs office lobby.  The class is open to parents and interested others.  Baptisms may be scheduled through sarahsmith@mdumc.org. Safe Sanctuary MDUMC understands that children are our most precious assets and operates under policies and procedures designed to keep children safe and well-cared for.