OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Recognizing our Savior's command that His Gospel be shared with the world, which includes people of all ages and race;

And also realizing the strategic role and blessings that marriages and families built on Christ and His Word provide for individuals, the church and society;

And also realizing the tremendous blessings, opportunities, time and resources that Jesus has given to us:

We the members and friends of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Appleton, WI will operate and support Our Shepherd Child Care and Family Ministry, to offer childcare and to serve individuals and families of all ages with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.

                     TEACHING PHILOSOPHY & PURPOSE

In Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me." Our Shepherd Child Care Center is designed to assist parents in guiding each child in the ways and instruction of our loving Lord. 

Our Shepherd Child Care Center will strive to provide opportunities the help children... 

                   * Develop spiritually by daily hearing and applying God's Word as it is taught in its truth and purity       

                   *Develop intellectually by creating a Christian environment to provide age appropriate activities in basic langauge arts, communication skills, science, reading, and math readiness

                   *Develop physically through opportunities to use their large and small motor skills and abilities 

                   * Develop socially through opportunities which are based upon Christ-centered, God-pleasing principles of love and concern for each other's saftey and well-being

                   * Develop creatively through opportunities, which express themselves through art, music, movement and creative play

                    * Develop emotionally by creating a Chrisian atmosphere in which each child knows that he/she is a redemmed child of God