Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Homeschooling Increases in Popularity
The Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics reported that 1.5 million children are now learning at home, an increase of 75 percent since 1999 and a 36 percent rise in just the last five years.
A 2007 survey asked parents why they choose to homeschool and allowed them to provide several reasons. The following are the most popular responses:
* Concern about the school environment, including reasons such as safety, drugs or negative peer pressure — 88 percent
* A desire to provide religious or moral instruction — 83 percent
* A dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools — 73 percent
* Nontraditional approach to children's education — or "unschoolers" who consider typical curriculums and standardized testing as counterproductive to quality education — 65 percent
* Other reasons, such as family time, finances, travel and distance — 32 percent
* Child has special needs (other than physical or mental health problems) that schools cannot or will not meet — 21 percent
* Child has a physical or mental health problem — 11 percent
Parents who report that they homeschool to provide religious or moral instruction increased from 72 percent to 83 percent from 2003 to 2007.
Above all other responses, parents cited providing religious and moral instruction as the most important factor in the decision to teach their children at home (36%). The second most important issue was concern about the school environment (21%), while the third reason was dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools (17%). [worldnetdaily.com]
A 2007 survey asked parents why they choose to homeschool and allowed them to provide several reasons. The following are the most popular responses:
* Concern about the school environment, including reasons such as safety, drugs or negative peer pressure — 88 percent
* A desire to provide religious or moral instruction — 83 percent
* A dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools — 73 percent
* Nontraditional approach to children's education — or "unschoolers" who consider typical curriculums and standardized testing as counterproductive to quality education — 65 percent
* Other reasons, such as family time, finances, travel and distance — 32 percent
* Child has special needs (other than physical or mental health problems) that schools cannot or will not meet — 21 percent
* Child has a physical or mental health problem — 11 percent
Parents who report that they homeschool to provide religious or moral instruction increased from 72 percent to 83 percent from 2003 to 2007.
Above all other responses, parents cited providing religious and moral instruction as the most important factor in the decision to teach their children at home (36%). The second most important issue was concern about the school environment (21%), while the third reason was dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools (17%). [worldnetdaily.com]
Monday, December 15, 2008
“Our Greatest Need”
If our greatest need was information;
God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need was technology;
He would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need was pleasure;
He would have sent us an entertainer.
If our greatest need was money;
God would have sent us an economist.
But our greatest need was forgiveness;
So God sent us a Saviour.
by Roy Lessin
God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need was technology;
He would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need was pleasure;
He would have sent us an entertainer.
If our greatest need was money;
God would have sent us an economist.
But our greatest need was forgiveness;
So God sent us a Saviour.
by Roy Lessin
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
GROWTH MINISTRIES HOUSE CHURCH NETWORK
Dear Family and Friends, please pray for us:
Discpleship Groups - Please pray for those who are leading Discipleship Groups that they would be sensitive to the folks they are helping to grow in Christ.
Internship - Please join us in thanking God for LaToya Person who has join our internship. She is being mentored by Alice. Please pray that God would send us more laborers who have a heart for leading house churches.
House Church News - Please pray for House Church Leaders in Iran and China who are being persecuted for the faith.
House Church Rally - Please pray for our upcoming House Church Rally on December 20th that God would touch the heart of those who don't know Him.
Missionaries - Please pray for our new missionaries that God would continue to bless the work that they are doing and that funds would come in to support their work.
Speaking Engagements - Please pray for Alice and I who will be speaking at InterVarsity's Large Group meeting at NCSU on February 12th and March 26th.
TNARS - Please continue to pray for the students at TNARS both in the United States and around the world.
Volunteer - Please pray for God's favor for those of us who are volunteering to mentor students at Barwell Road Elementary School.
Maryland Congress on Discipleship - Please pray for the fundraising efforts of those in our East Raleigh House Church who are trying to raise funds to go the Navigators AFAM Discipleship Conference in the DC Area.
Blessings,
--
Jerry Kinard
Lead Pastor and Founder
Growth Minstries House Church Network
548 Mountain Lake Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27610
919.854.4752 (Office)
www.raleighhousechurches.com
Discpleship Groups - Please pray for those who are leading Discipleship Groups that they would be sensitive to the folks they are helping to grow in Christ.
Internship - Please join us in thanking God for LaToya Person who has join our internship. She is being mentored by Alice. Please pray that God would send us more laborers who have a heart for leading house churches.
House Church News - Please pray for House Church Leaders in Iran and China who are being persecuted for the faith.
House Church Rally - Please pray for our upcoming House Church Rally on December 20th that God would touch the heart of those who don't know Him.
Missionaries - Please pray for our new missionaries that God would continue to bless the work that they are doing and that funds would come in to support their work.
Speaking Engagements - Please pray for Alice and I who will be speaking at InterVarsity's Large Group meeting at NCSU on February 12th and March 26th.
TNARS - Please continue to pray for the students at TNARS both in the United States and around the world.
Volunteer - Please pray for God's favor for those of us who are volunteering to mentor students at Barwell Road Elementary School.
Maryland Congress on Discipleship - Please pray for the fundraising efforts of those in our East Raleigh House Church who are trying to raise funds to go the Navigators AFAM Discipleship Conference in the DC Area.
Blessings,
--
Jerry Kinard
Lead Pastor and Founder
Growth Minstries House Church Network
548 Mountain Lake Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27610
919.854.4752 (Office)
www.raleighhousechurches.com
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
CAT Services to Wake Tech
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SERVICE FOR WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGEThe City Council on November 18 approved an agreement for Capital Area Transit (CAT) to extended transit service to Wake Technical Community College. The Wake Tech bus service will begin on January 5, 2009. The regional express route will travel between Moore Square Station and Wake Technical Community College, 9101 Fayetteville Road with a stop at a to be determined park-and-ride lot in Garner. For more info,
call David Eatman at 919-996-4040.
NAMI-Wake Holiday Party
NAMI-Wake Holiday Party
Join us for food & fun!
Sunday, December 7 - 2 – 4 PM
At the Dix Community Relations building (The House of Many Porches) at 701 Palmer Drive on the Dix Campus.
Bring your favorite holiday dessert or snack to share.
NAMI-Wake will provide drinks.
If you would like to volunteer to help with set-up or clean-up, contact:
Christine Olson
NAMI-Wake Volunteer Coordinator
OlsonChr@aol.com
919-662-0764
Join us for food & fun!
Sunday, December 7 - 2 – 4 PM
At the Dix Community Relations building (The House of Many Porches) at 701 Palmer Drive on the Dix Campus.
Bring your favorite holiday dessert or snack to share.
NAMI-Wake will provide drinks.
If you would like to volunteer to help with set-up or clean-up, contact:
Christine Olson
NAMI-Wake Volunteer Coordinator
OlsonChr@aol.com
919-662-0764
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
A Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Dear Father,We gather together to give thanks and praise
For who You are and all You have done for us,
For our friends and family both near and far,
For Your mercy, grace, and forgiveness,
And most of all for the gift of salvation through
Your Son Jesus Christ.
We thank You for our country, the United States
of America, Founded upon the sacrifices and
hard work of many before us. You have granted
to us this beautiful and bountiful land, Filled
with the fruits of freedom, worship, and hard work.
Help us to be truly thankful for the many blessings in our lives;
Remind us to be humble in our abundance,
And guide us to live a life that is pleasing to You.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen.
O give thanks to the God of heaven,
For his steadfast love endures forever.
- Psalm 136:26
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