The Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships

by Jake McGlothin

Partnering your church family with a public school can be a rewarding experience, but it also presents some unique challenges.


The Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships offers practical steps congregations can take to make a difference with the children in their community.


From basic organization, training, safety, and planning, leaders will learn how to share the vision and effectively recruit and train volunteers. Most importantly, leaders will discover how to begin a collaborative, trusting relationship with students, administrators, and teachers.


In addition, there are suggestions for sharing information about the partnership through communication tools like newsletters and special Sundays for welcoming the schools, teachers, principals, and more.


Inspire your church family to embrace the power they have to change lives and make a difference in their community.

176 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2017

Reviews

[Roberta]

If you are with a church that would like to work with a local school to help under-served students this book thoroughly explains why this is important to a congregation, how to get involved, preparing and supporting your volunteers and things to consider as you determine the scope of your programming. This is a book you will refer back to frequently.

[Kim]

Our UMW Unit has a good partnership with our county's public schools with our Back-to-School Bazaar so I wasn't expecting to gain completely new insight into a church/school partnership but this book really didn't provide a lot of new information for me. I was hoping for some inspiration on how to improve our current program. I think if a church has never considered working closely with a school and/or teachers, this is a good resource. If you have an existing partnership or special programs, I'm not sure this book is overly helpful. A lot of churches in our county are doing their own programs for children so it might be better for school principals to read this book so they can consider streamlining their partnerships and/or reaching out to new congregations to get new programs started that they still need.