OFB Preschool and Kindergarten

OFB Preschool and Kindergarten Website http://www.dayschool.gracebconline.org

The Day Nursery School ministry has been a continuous service and outreach to the community for over 20 years. The school started with only two employees and about a dozen children. Our Kindergarten class is still going strong and has been a great addition to this school for about 9 years. Our school has been very successful with our "Sing, Spell, Read & Write Program", teaching the children in all our of classes their phonics through lots of fun music and songs. Along with this program are all of the curriculum materials to go along with the songs.

Not only has our school grown in size, but also in the content of our daily program. Our program is well balanced allowing the children to grow and develop mentally, socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. We maintain a wholesome Christian environment, staffed with professionally trained teachers whose aims are to make children's learning experiences both fun and successful.

We are a non-profit organization, licensed by the state and abide by the rules and regulations set by the Department of Social Services. The school is an outreach ministry of Grace Bible Church, therefore we are accountable to them. The monthly tuition is used entirely for our program. This allows us to build up our resource materials, buy new classroom materials and a quality staff. We keep the parents informed of what their children will be doing every month with our monthly newsletter.

Twice a week all of the classrooms join together in our prayer chapel for a Bible story, songs and prayer. The children have Bible story time in their classrooms daily. Each month there is a Bible verse for them to learn and a Bible concept. The classes go over the verse and Bible concept daily in class during Bible time. We are using the Gospel Light Bible program in our classes. We are so thankful for the opportunity of having a wonderful Christian school for these precious children to come and learn about Jesus and prepare them for future years.

Some of our accomplishments this fiscal year has been getting some new outdoor equipment for the children to play on, new fibar for the play area, new class materials and indoor toys for the classrooms. Our school had a fall fund-raiser that raised enough money for the school to get new fibar for the outdoor play area, some new indoor toys and materials for each classroom and our spring fundraiser helped us get new scooters, helmets, toys and climbing toys for the outdoors. This year we had a very special fund-raiser in the month of April. We had a Trike-A-Thon to help raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Our school raised $ 2,000.00 and all of the money that we raised went directly to the hospital for help and research for children with cancer. It was great that we could get together and raise money for such a good cause. The beginning of this fiscal year was a hard one, we were down on enrollment and things didn't look very good, but with a lot of hard work and a lot of prayer we are now full in enrollment.

If you would like to know more about our program, call the D.N.S. office at 487-1908 and speak to the director, Ms. Betty Johnson or check the school website for additional details -- http://www.dayschool.gracebconline.org

Please join us for weekly choir rehearsal. Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm.

Our major community outreach each year is the Living Christmas Tree. Local churches are encouraged to participate. More info posted later.

Please take a look at what we do - See photos of a typical White Cross Work Day

White Cross is a mission outreach, which began during World War 1 when ladies of the Baptist Church began to roll bandages and knit socks and scarf for soldiers fighting overseas. The ladies were so blessed helping others, that after the war ended, they organized "White Cross" sponsored by the church. Since the soldiers had returned home, they thought about the many missionaries, who are "soldiers in God's army", and the many needs that they could help supply.

In past years, we have sent clothing, school supplies, quilts, material cut into quilt blocks, toys, etc. to: (1) Stewart Baptist Indian Church in Nevada, (2) Imani Baptist Church Oakland CA, (3) Baptist Social Center in El Monte, CA, (4) Congo, (5) Philippines Baptist Church, (6) Eye glasses to a clinic in Haiti, (7) Used postage stamps to Tecate, CA proceeds used for Bible Correspondence courses.

Locally, we have hemmed sheets for the Rescue Mission, sponsored Baby and Mother Showers for Tenderlife Ministries for unwed mothers, saved Campbell soup labels for our own Day Nursery School. Our financial needs are mainly shipping charges and a few odds and end items to finish sewing projects. We do a lot of recycling of sheets, yarn, and left over material scraps from sewing projects.

We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 10 am to 1:30 pm for a workday and a potluck lunch. Everyone is WELCOME. We fellowship and work. You don't need to sew many projects, only use scissors -you can cut!! Our plan for this coming year is to continue working for Missions at home and abroad. Come and help us - More Hands mean More Help. If you feel led to get involved with this ministry, please contact Kathryn Mumma at 484-0144 or the church office.

Early each Wednesday morning a large truck from Food Share delivers enough food to be divided into 150 bags. In addition to this delivery, two of our volunteers, pick up donations from Costco early Saturday mornings. Volunteers fill the bags and after prayer, 4 drivers deliver more than 70 bags to shut-ins. Each route varies in size from 15-30 homes. The remaining 80 bags are picked up at the church by the seniors that applied and been approved by Food Share. Our biggest challenge is new volunteers. Currently, our goal is to have route driver, male or female, to substitute, or fill in for vacations, sickness, etc. If you feel led to get involved with this ministry, please contact the church office.