When selecting a church home, there are a variety of aspects that parents consider. The church nursery is a key component that may either attract or detract parents from attendance. Within the church nursery there are additional characteristics that many parents find to be critical in deciding whether or not to bring the children to church, whether to leave the children in youth services, or whether the children shall remain home. In those instances where parents feel uncomfortable leaving the children with the youth ministry, often one parent will stay home with the children, thereby dividing the family’s worship time.

When parents were asked what was most important in their assessment of a church’s youth program, a number of common themes emerged. One of the more obvious aspects under scrutiny concerned the range of ages serviced by the youth ministry and how those children of various ages are separated. With that, children of different ages require different resources, both from a staffing perspective and from a tools perspective. One way to merge the staffing gap is to incorporate a communication system for the nursery staff. For example, wireless paging with JTECH’s StaffComm™ micro-transmitters enables a nursery with multiple age groups and multiple age programs to operate as a cohesive unit. Many times the church nursery or youth director is unaware in advance of just how many children will show up in each of the age groups. Wireless communication devices such as those by JTECH allow staff to easily communicate and realign resources as needed when additional children show up for service.