Child Care Center

* See "Weekly Bible Lessons" below 

“Some of our most effective relational and missional connections at Stillmeadow Church have been developed through the hundreds of parents and kids that are part of the Stillmeadow Child Care Center.”         Pastor Bud Reedy

NEW CHILD CARE CENTER DIRECTOR

Last evening, Donna Henry (shown above) was named the new Child Care Center director, following the retirement of Sue Cox, who has been the CCC director since September of 2006.

Donna has a BA in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Juniata College. She has been in the education field for over 25 years. As an army wife, Donna, had the opportunity to teach in various locations such as Germany, Korea, Alabama and Virginia. She has been employed at Stillmeadow since 2009. Donna and her husband, Todd, have 2 children.

MORE THAN FOUR DECADES

There has been a long tradition of the partnership between Stillmeadow Church and the Child Care Center. Forty-three years ago the center was started by Ken Brubaker, and directors that followed were Rachael Brubaker, Pat Seiple, Sally Reedy and most recently, Sue Cox. The CCC director supervises five office staff and more than forty teachers. The kids are taught lessons daily (each teacher is required to submit a creative lesson plan to the CCC director every week.)

IMPRESSIVE FACILITY and SECURE CARE

The 210 kids that are part of the CCC span from six weeks old to fifth grade. (School Age Care is from K-5^th grade). Most of the kids are from Central York School District, but there are also a few kids from St. Joseph and York Academy. Fifteen classrooms, two playgrounds, a soccer and softball field and two gymnasiums are available for the kids. Parents and/or guardians go through a fingerprint check to pick up the kids.

WEEKLY BIBLE LESSONS

As chaplain of the child care center, Pastor Josh Kleinfeld intentionally connects with the kids every week, by teaching an age relevant Bible Lesson. He does this really well. In fact, former CCC Director Sally Reedy says, “Pastor Josh is like a pied piper with the kids, and many families make the leap from the Child Care Center to our church because of his connection with them.”

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Every Wednesday two ladies from Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene, Elaine Leiphart and Patsy Moses, intentionally connect with Child Care Center parents by serving them coffee at the Stillnaz café. Long term relationships have been developed through this important connection between the church and the center.

LIFE SAVING CONNECTION

Seven years ago (2009) Shiela Beichner enrolled her son Kyle in our Child Care Center. Last year after Shiela found out her failing kidney would soon kill her, she joined a Stillmeadow Church class called HOPE (a support group for people dealing with life threatening illnesses). Turns out the coordinator of the group was Lisa Little, who decided to get tested to donate her kidney to Shiela. This turned out to be a life saving connection. (read the newspaper story HERE).

The Child Care Center is a member of NEW (Nazarene Educators Worldwide) and is enrolled in the Keystone Stars certification program. The center donates ten percent of proceeds to Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene.

Stillmeadow Child Care Center Website 

 (Brian Cox, Sue’s son, designed and maintains the CCC’s website)

(Thank you to Sue Cox for helping with the content for this Friday Feature News)