Service Learning Assignment

Going in to this service learning assignment I thought I knew what to expect. I knew most of the people I was working with, many of the children, and how things operated. When the church went through its recent merge however the nursery got turned topsy turvy and I found myself learning a lot more than I thought I would. When combining new people and new ideas there are bound to be hiccups along the way. I thought I would be a pro because I had done it for years (6 years to be exact). A few things that were different than I expected was that the presence of the nursery coordinator. Our coordinator also changed when the church changed locations and while she is an amazing woman she tends to micro-manage the volunteer workers. I think it’s wonderful that she volunteers her time and efforts but I find the atmosphere a bit more claustrophobic when she is always there watching your every move. The environment is also different than I expected. I was used to more space per child when we were at our other location. I understand that soon they are going to do some expansion (which I think is marvelous) and this should remedy many of our …show more content…
The sanitation and cleaning process is not particularly practical or efficient. It takes up too much time and many times things get sanitized more than once in the confusion of the process. Personally I think we need to come up with a different strategy. Working in the church nursery is truly a ministry. The community needs to give mothers more opportunities to rejuvenate but there are actually very few places they can do this. Most places women go do not cater to mothers (unless they’re IKEA). The church is coming forward and offering a safe place for mothers and their children to be secure. I think this is terribly important as many women don’t get this opportunity or they have to pay through the nose to get