5 Reasons Why Nursery is Actually the Best Calling Ever

[Third Hour]

Sometimes your bouncing baby boy or charming little girl is less than happy. Cue the screams. These lovely breakdowns usually happen at the worst times for parents, and most likely those parents just have to deal with it. However, after sacrament meeting, Latter-day Saint parents can drop off their writhing, sobbing child at Nursery for two hours of supervised fun and joy while they enjoy their chance for spiritual nourishment. It's a running joke that being called as a Nursery leader is one of the worst callings you can get. But here's five reasons why teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to two to three year olds is actually the best calling in the church. 1. Play Time via lds.org The majority of Nursery is spent playing with children. My personal experience involved a small slide, trains, cars, balls, Barbies, puzzles, and on one memorable occasion, a large cardboard box. I haven't had so much fun in a long time. Kids these days are very good at entertaining themselves, but there's nothing better...

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[Guest]

As a sunbeam teacher, I am not quite in nursery, but i certainly think being a sunbeam teacher beats my last calling as elders quorum secretary... by a long, long, long shot.

[anatess2]

Even better than Nursery is Singing Time teacher.  You get to go sing with the nursery!  It was the funnest ever!

[Vort]

1 hour ago, anatess2 said:

Even better than Nursery is Singing Time teacher.  You get to go sing with the nursery!  It was the funnest ever!

My first post-mission calling was as Primary chorister. I only had that calling for a couple of months until I went off to school, but I loved it. My first and only time being called as Primary chorister.