All Saints Preschool Partnership

1. All Saints Preschool Partnership Responding to God’s call to serve our community in a powerful way

2. All Saints Preschool Partnership Mission Statement: All Saints Early Childhood Foundation believes all children embody hope. It is our mission to provide an inclusive environment to create happy, centered, purposeful individuals with a life-long love of learning.

3. All Saints Preschool Partnership Goal: The partnership seeks to use the classroom space at All Saints to provide a preschool program for 60-80 children in Cabarrus county who are 4 years old, facing educational challenges, and may not otherwise be able to participate in a preschool program.

4. Roles played by each group: All Saints provides excellent classroom space already tailored towards a preschool program Cabarrus County Schools provides students, teachers, administration, and logistics Cabarrus Partnership for Children provides guidance and funding sources

5. All Saints Core Values In Action As part of our core value to seek and serve Jesus in unexpected places, we will have a huge opportunity for outreach to the families served by the preschool.

6. All Saints Core Values In Action All Saints has a strong record of responding to the needs of those in our community. We have helped to start many organizations such as Cooperative Christian Ministry and Community Free Clinic. This will put us at the forefront in helping those in our community who are in need.

7. Rogation – comes from Latin word rogare meaning “to ask” • Rogation days – used to remind ourselves that we are stewards of God’s creation; usually marked by litany and supplication to God for crops, originally, and in general any fruits of our labor • Observed by ceremony of a “beating of the bounds” a procession around the boundary of a parish with prayers for blessing and protection

8. Thank you, God, for the goodness of your creation. We acknowledge your presence in our lives, which opens our hearts to the paths you would have us follow. Help us to open paths, for others to feel your presence in their lives. Amen

9. Create in us, Lord God, the willingness to serve you. So the fruits of our labor, may reveal a new view of your Church, at work in the world. Amen

10. Gracious God, grant us your favor, as we open our minds to find your will, for seeking and serving you in the wider community. Amen

11. Thank you, God, for the resources you have entrusted to our care. Protect your church, as we endeavor to improve the facilities, which you have blessed us with, so that we may be a blessing to the children of our community. Amen

12. Almighty God, we know that through faith in you, all things are possible. Strengthen our faith, as we open our doors to different people . Amen

13. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow together, as your children. Bless alike, the children of our congregation, and the children of the community, who will learn and grow in this space. Amen

14. Amazing God, illuminate the path that we follow, so that our hallways may be filled with joy and laughter for all who enter. Amen

15. God, help us to fully utilize the space we have, in order to positively shape each child’s life, in ways that will powerfully transform our community. Amen

16. Merciful God, as we move towards your will, watch over us in our labors, and keep us safe as we play. Help us to be mindful of the needs of others, and the difference we can make through our actions. In your name we pray, Amen