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smiles, hugs, laughter, and loving fills the rooms,
where inquisitive minds want to know, and where teachers
and preschool children sometimes go where no one else
has gone before.
Preschool Staff and Programs at Highland
"A hundred years from now it will not
matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I
drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a
child."
Kathy O'Guinn,
Minister of Childhood Education
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The
O'Guinns - Coy,
Kathy,Cozi, Cody, and Katie |
Kathy O'Guinn
has served as Minister of Childhood Education since 1999. Kathy is also the director of
Parents Day Out, a position she has held since 1984. She has an Associate Degree in
Child Development from South Plains College, seminary experience, and Childhood Ministry Certification from
the BGCT.
Kathy served in the Lubbock Baptist Association as Preschool ACTeam member. She is also a
member of the South Plains Association for the Education of Young Children, Texas Baptist
Church Weekday Education Association, the Weekday Education Conference at Wayland
Committee, the Salado Children/Preschool Ministers Sharing Committee
and serves as the camp director for the area wide CAMP 456.
Kathy is a native of Lubbock and married to Coy O'Guinn, who is employed by Roadway
Express. They have four children, Katie, Cody, Cozi and Cory and ten
grandchildren.
The O'Guinn family
has
been members of and served the Lord at Highland since 1984.
Kathy loves the Lord and
His children. She feels that the church should be present in each child's life and should
serve to assist the parents in "training up a child in the way he/she should
go".
Sunday School
Come
join us as we learn about God, His love,
His world, and His Son.
Highland is blessed to have wonderful loving teachers serving in our Preschool
Sunday School. Many bring years of experience to the classes each week. Our classes are
grouped by ages (according to the child's age as of Sept. 1 of the new Sunday School
year.) Each preschooler under two years of age is placed in classes according to his/her
development stage. We just the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board (Life and Works
Series) literature in our classes. Our teachers are dedicated to make each Sunday School
experience pleasant for each child.
Our classes and teachers are:
Bed Babies:
Ina Ruth Martindale. Mary Ruth Lane
One Year-Old: Linda
Masey,
Cinthia Dawson, Tammy Lucio
Two Year-Old: Joyce Combs,
Ruth Pressley
Three Year-Old:
Linda Everett, Darlene Sims
Four Year-Old: Debbie
Callander, Charles Shears
Five Year-Old: Kristi
Dean,
Extended Session
Sunday School is extended
through the morning worship service for preschoolers birth to three years. Extended
Session is available also for preschoolers of these ages coming only during the worship
service. Volunteers serve weekly, monthly, and quarterly. They are caring and loving to
the children. This time is enriched with activities, stories, and music.
Tiny Melodies
Four and
five-year olds are invited to sing, march,
play musical instruments, and just have a great learning time during Tiny Melodies.
The choirs take part in our Christmas and Spring Children's Music Programs. They may also
sing in Morning Worship during the year. The Tiny Melodies meet on Sunday afternoon's
during September through May.
Our
directors and teachers are:
Abigail
Mullins & Kirsten Small
Mission
Friends
Have you ever wondered
where children in Grenada go to the dentist? Did you know that university students could
be summer missionaries at campgrounds in Tennessee? How does food from Brazil taste? Do
all children sing songs? These and other questions can be answered at Mission Friends.
Preschoolers learn
about other preschoolers living in different parts of the United States and the world.
They see pictures, hear songs and stories, and do activities related to state or country
they are learning about. It's fun, exciting, and a great way to learn about other cultures
and people. Mission Friends meet on Sunday Evenings.
Our teachers are:
Babies through Two
Year-Old:
Linda Masey & Tammy Lucio
Three-Four-Five
Year-Old: Kristi
Martin, Cherri Stallings, Meredith Stair,
& Callie Teagarten
 Coming
JUNE 4-8, 2007!
Monday - Friday from
9:00 AM - Noon
Be a part of this
fun filled week. Classes are available for preschoolers 4 years old
through the sixth grade. However, for our VBS teachers and workers, there are classes for
younger preschoolers.
 Harvest Festival
- October
26, 2007
It's a tradition
here at Highland during October! There are games (basketball toss, balloon burst, shoot
out the lights, and a dozen more), entertainment, food, and fun for ages 9-months to 99
years. There is even an area just for preschoolers! When it is, make sure you plan on
attending and bringing your friends and family.
Parents Night Out
Parents Night Out is
offered periodically from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM. The children enjoy it as much as the parents
do! Preschoolers meet in our main church (bed babies-kindergarten.) School age children
meet across the street in our Family Life Center. The evening is filled with games,
crafts, recreation, movies, and stories. It's great fun!
Preschool Sunday
What a great fun
morning when we honor the preschool children of our church! We also honor their parents
and grandparents. There's a parade to open the worship service with instruments, batons,
and balloons. What a great morning of fun and excitement for all!
Rosebud Dedication
This is a time of
dedication of babies and toddlers, recognition of the child's family, and commitment of
the church. We as a church commit to helping the family teach and direct the child in a
Christ-centered environment.
 Easter
Celebration
Each
Palm Sunday. This is a family event. This will be a fun time for child and family as we
fellowship with our friends from church and the neighborhood. This event is for children
toddlers-fourth grade.
 Happy Birthday, Jesus Party!
What a fun morning of
Christmas crafts, stories, dramatic
play, and birthday cakes for Jesus. Every activity at the party centers on the birth of
Christ. The preschool age children have a great time (as does as the adults present).
PreSource:
A full site map of the Baptist Sunday School Board preschool
resources. Includes:
 Resources for kindergarten
teachers.
Information to help you teach and minister to preschoolers.
A variety of resources
to help teach preschoolers the Bible!
Frequently asked questions
about preschool Bible teaching, characteristics, and learning environments.
Other helpful options.
Smell
the aroma of cooked applesauce from apples made by God.
Watch with
wonder the floating of bubbles in the air with our eyes. Thank you God for eyes.
Feel the soft,
cold playdough in hands as we create a masterpiece. God gave us hands.
Hear as a
circle of children learn how God created the heavens and the earth, and themselves!
Move with us
as we bounce balls happily with a colorful parachute. Thank You God for friends.
Witness proud
parents bringing their child to church for the first time. God made families.
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