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| The Wildly Popular though Now Discontinued Manual |
“That manual has been like scripture for us,” said Max
Fielding, who works in the Nursery with his wife Kelly in the Terra Haute Third
ward. “It is because of the manual’s music suggestion that I got back into the
guitar.” Fielding elaborated that “it really set the right tone for the little
kids when they heard the amplifier playing ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ on so many
sabbath mornings.” Fielding reported bringing his acoustic guitar so that,
later on, he could play another song the manual suggested—the classic Eagles’
tune “Hotel California.”
The manual also suggested games that proved very popular
over time. Said Natalie Springs of Boca Raton, Florida, “Oh, the kids always had
so much fun with the Mad Libs game with words removed from the sacrament
prayers.”
Another favorite game was She’s Never Coming Back Matching.
In this version of the classic matching game, Nursery leaders had small
pictures of the kids that the children then had to match with the picture of their mother.
In this variation, Nursery leaders would discreetly remove the pictures of the
mothers so that the kids could never find their match.
Sandy Richmond of College Park, Maryland said this of the
manual: “the snack suggestions were excellent! The kids loved the combination
of Oreos, jalapeno potato chips in ranch dressing, lemonade, and kimchi!”
“I for one plan on keeping the classic closing song,” said
Jamie Perkins of El Paso Texas. “It just won’t be Nursery for me if the kids
don’t leave singing the music of ‘Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam’ but with the
lyrics “Jesus Said I Don’t Need a Car Seat.”