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Where
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
Sunday School
Extended
Session
Tiny
Melodies
Mission
Friends
Special
Events and Activities
Special
Helps for Preschool Teachers and Parents
Kathy
O'Guinn, Minister of
Childhood Education
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
1982.
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
One Year-Old:
Tammy Lucio, Mallory Barnett
Two Year-Old:
Joyce Combs, Ruth Pressley
Three Year-Old:
Linda Everett, Darlene Sims
Four Year-Old:
Melissa Smerud
Five Year-Old:
Kristi
Dean & Charles Shears
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.
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:
Amy Burch & Haven Middleton
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:
Tammy Lucio
Three-Four-Five
Year-Old:
Kathy
O'Guinn, Haven Middleton
VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL
Coming
in June !
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
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).
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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