Church family members are invited to join us at the McPherson Wendy’s on the evening of Monday, Dec. 12. Wendy’s will donate 20% of all sales from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., both dine in and drive-thru.

A special THANK YOU to the McPherson Church of the Brethren Women’s Ministries for your generous donation. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Carol Temple, Good Beginnings Preschool

The older class children have been bringing “fall finds” from home to show the other children. They discovered leaves of all shapes, sizes and colors with their sharp eyes. They had a wonderful time raking leaves in front of the church! The children have been singing the song, “I’m thankful for ______”. They have thought of everything from parents to pets to favorite foods and toys. The thing they mentioned most often was parents. Parents are KEY for their growth, development, love and sense of security!

Preschool teachers were thankful to meet with these caring parents during parent/teacher conferences. We were able to share information and learn more about each child.

In December, younger class members will read Counting to Christmas and share their “Countdown to Christmas” calendar. They can paint ornaments for the tree and play Christmas games: Christmas BINGO, Same/Different Socks, and Match the Gifts.

All children will make decorations for the room and help trim the tree. Parents and grandparents are invited to the Christmas Open House celebrations on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec.20 and 21. The younger class celebrations begin at 10:15 and the older class celebrations at 10:30. Christmas vacation is from December 22 through January 3.

Have a blessed Christmas!

Carol Temple

We are looking forward to another exciting year of learning starting August 31. Rita Yoder and Rolli Goodell celebrated 10 years of teaching last spring! They will again team up to teach the three-year-old classes. Carol Temple and Crystal Schrag will teach the older classes. I am thrilled to report that all classes are full!

Thank you for your prayerful support as we begin our new year.

Carol Temple, Director

The younger preschool classes took fall walks in October on McPherson College campus. The children were able to visit Becki and Jd. Bowman and find out about their work. Other parents will also share about their jobs.

The older classes will explore the campus and look for fall changes during the first part of November. Many colorful fall leaves and pumpkins are on the walls.

Older class children will make “Thankful” class books after reading Thanksgiving is For Giving Thanks. It will be fun to create turkeys with feathers and turkeys with candy corn!

We will celebrate growth and learning at parent/teacher conferences on November 22 and 23. Thanksgiving vacation will be November 24-26.

We are very THANKFUL for our church family!

-Carol Temple, Director