Nursery Care
On Sunday mornings, newborns to age three play in the nursery with excellent, consistent caregivers.
Bible BLAST Sunday School
Children ages three to grade five explore God’s word and grow in God’s love through games, music, science, art, and mission.
Movin’ Up Club
Once a month, this special fellowship group for fourth and fifth graders focuses on relationships and community service.
Family Fellowship
Once a month, families with young children share a meal and friendly conversation.
Vacation Bible School: June 20–24, 2016 1310 Ashman Street • Midland, Michigan • 989-835-6759 • mempres.org
In the beginning, you saw a bright future. Great family. Great job. Great health. All the toys. Life doesn’t always go as planned. The stress. The pain. The arguments. The need to escape. More and more, life feels out of control. It leaves you afraid to look at reality. Don’t like what you see because of your alcohol or drug use? We can show you a new way to look at life, and help you recover a vision for a brighter tomorrow. For confidential help, please call 631.0241.
40 developmental assets
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40 Developmental Assets are essential qualities of life that help young people thrive, do well in school, and avoid risky behavior. We utilize the 40 Developmental Assets Framework to guide the work we do in promoting positive youth development. The 40 Assets model was developed by the Minneapolis-based Search Institute based on extensive research. Just as we are coached to diversify our financial assets so that all our eggs are not in one basket, the strength that the 40 Assets model can build in our youth comes through diversity. In a nutshell, the more of the 40 Assets youth possess, the more likely they are to exhibit positive behaviors and attitudes (such as good health and school success) and the less likely they are to exhibit risky behaviors (such as drug use and promiscuity). It’s that simple: if we want to empower and protect our children, building the 40 Assets in our youth is a great way to start. Look over the list of Assets on the following page and think about what Assets may be lacking in our community and what Assets you can help build in our young people. Do what you can do with the knowledge that even through helping build one asset in one child, you are increasing the chances that child will grow up safe and successful. Through our combined efforts, our community will continue to be a place where Great Kids Make Great Communities.
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