When I was much younger, before I learned that Christian women can sometimes say no to things they don't want to do, I volunteered in the nursery. I, too, believed it would get me out of singing hymns and listening to messages about how God made women to tempt men but not teach them. What no one told me is that Christian parents disciple their little children to poop/pee once per week, within the 60- to 90-minute window of time they're in the church nursery. Some churches even call it The Brown Hour, which is self-explanatory, but suffice it to say that it's when every child is like a fountain flowing deep and wide into and even beyond his/her own diaper. Because I'm a woman, fortunately, God gave me the spiritual gift of changing even the most sinful of diapers. I have come to believe that many Christian parents join churches because they want to raise their children in a community of believers who will come alongside them in renewing and transforming their kids' weekly diaper. Instead of arguing about it, we should view this as an important way to reach all the lost parents out there who are just blindly changing their kids' diapers and making a huge mess of things.
When I was much younger, before I learned that Christian women can sometimes say no to things they don't want to do, I volunteered in the nursery. I, too, believed it would get me out of singing hymns and listening to messages about how God made women to tempt men but not teach them. What no one told me is that Christian parents disciple their little children to poop/pee once per week, within the 60- to 90-minute window of time they're in the church nursery. Some churches even call it The Brown Hour, which is self-explanatory, but suffice it to say that it's when every child is like a fountain flowing deep and wide into and even beyond his/her own diaper. Because I'm a woman, fortunately, God gave me the spiritual gift of changing even the most sinful of diapers. I have come to believe that many Christian parents join churches because they want to raise their children in a community of believers who will come alongside them in renewing and transforming their kids' weekly diaper. Instead of arguing about it, we should view this as an important way to reach all the lost parents out there who are just blindly changing their kids' diapers and making a huge mess of things.
I went to a church where men could volunteer in the nursery, but they were not allowed to change diapers, even if the kid was theirs.