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JULY 15, 2009

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Day Care receives high marks

VOLUME XVIII

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JUL 15, 2009

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NUMBER 13

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In May, the day care center underwentan assessment through theDepartment of Human Services aspart of the star quality program inwhich all Tennessee child careprograms must participate.Classrooms are randomly selected forthe assessment representing an infant/toddler group and a preschool group.This year Young Toddler Room Oneand Young Preschool were picked.We are very proud to report that theresults from the assessment werephenomenal!

Young ToddlerRoom One

earned a score of

5.83

and

Young Preschool

aremarkable score of

6.55

, making ourcenter score an impressive

6.19

.To offer a comparative perspective ascore of 1 means inadequate care, ascore of 3 means minimal care, a scoreof 4 means average care, a score of 5means good care and a score of 7means excellent care. Statewide, 4.29is the average ITERS (infant/Toddler)score and 4.80 the average ECERS(Preschool) Score.(Please go to page 3 to read moreabout the McKendree Day Care)

RESUMES1ST WED. OF AUG.

WORSHIP ONTHE ROOF J ULY 26 @ THELOFT

COMMUNITYGROUPS

COMMUNITY GROUPBIBLE STUDIES WILLRESUME ON THE FIRSTWEDNESDAY OFAUGUST AT 7:00 P.M.

Info Center materials

Since Sunday, June 28 you may havenoticed in either the main foyer orback hallway the

McK Ministry Info Centers

. Although thedesign and exact location of thesecenters are only in the first phases of serving members and guests to thechurch, we need as much info aboutour ministries to fill up these shelvesas possible. If you are part of or areheading up a ministry effort atMcKendree, please submit all detailsabout it to the church office. TheMcKendree Communications teamcan also assist you in editing anddesigning a display or brochure.We also welcome any ministries thatyou may be a part of or supportthat people can become involvedwith that aren’t necessarily labeled asofficial McKendree ministries.Examples of these can be missions,movements or causes.

Mosaic DowntownFellowship relaunch

In a bold effort to reach as manypeople in the metropolitan area forChrist as possible, Stephen Handy isexpanding his initial idea of MosaicDowntown Fellowship (held every2nd Saturday of each month fromNov. ’08-Jun. ’09 in McK’s worshipcenter) to include a new meetinglocation, to involve members of thecommunity outside of McKendreein leadership roles and mostimportantly move Mosaic outside of the “just-another-worship-service”box.If you are a big-time dreamer,outside of the box thinker andpower-play pray-er consider beingon the Mosaic relaunch team.Contact Stephen Handy at thechurch office today.

Content Deadlines:

Ju1 19 worship guide/screens: 7/16, 2:00p Ju1 26 worship guide/screens: 7/23, 2:00pAug 1 newsletter: 7/28. 2:00pAug 15 newsletter: 8/11. 2:00p

Day Care

(cont.)The assessments measure “best practice” and thequality of care in the following areas: space andfurnishings, personal care routines (including healthand safety), language-reasoning and listening-talking,activities, interactions, and program structure. Acenter score of 5 is required for programs to securea Three Star Rating in the Assessment category of the Report Card.The Report Card evaluates seven quality indicators – the Director’s Experience and Training; the Teacher’sTraining and Professional Development, the Center’sUse of the Tennessee Early Learning Standards,Parent/Family Involvement; Group Sizes and Ratios,Actions Taken to Address Teacher Retention/Compensation; and the Assessment. McKendree isrecognized once again as a

Three Star Center

with three stars earned in

each

category.According to DHS, “

a classroom that receives anoverall score of 5 or higher is providing the kind of carethat gives children what they need to be successful in life

.”We are extremely proud of our fine teachers andthe efforts they make as early care professionals tooffer the highest quality of care to our beautifulchildren.Thank you McKendree family for supporting our daycare through your continuous prayers. Echoing

Stephen Handy

from July 5th worship, we striveto “bring our best” as we serve the Lord (Exodus23:19a). Based on this report, know that yourchurch’s day care ministry is bringing its best as weeducate our future leaders and interact with theirfamilies.

The Vine

also recognizes

Cindy Ligon

in leadingher team as being recognized as one of Tennessee’sbest! Also, thank you Cindy for providing

The Vine

with this excellent story!

Please send us yourstories, content and accounts of whatGod is doing in your life!

VBS IN JULY

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