Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1938

Xenia Christian Day School Chairman of School : Rev. John Teeters onceming hristian Day School, R ev. John Teet ers sa •s . .. "Our children do not need weakness; they need .Hrength. ot indulgence but guidance and discipline. Not secular intellectualism but Christian Education and this not only in the home and at church but in the classroom. Th ey need it now - tomorrow may be too late. Children placed in a Christian Day School are spared from a God– less education." More and more the need for Chris– ti an Da cho I i being realized! Parent , Chri tian and non-Christiian alike, a.re concerned over the con– dition that prevail in many of our Public School . Matter of morals have been lowered , discipline has been et a ide and much that is be– ing taught is both anti-illible and anti-God. One uch Christian Day School is pre ented on ,this page. It i the Xenia Christian Day School of Xenia, Ohio which during weekdays occupies the 22 room education building of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Xenia, Ohlo. This school has ju t completed its fir t year and what a blessed year it has been! Everyone who knows con– cerning this work praises the Lord for that which He has done. The chool has had a small be– ginning but plans are that it shall increase with ,each passing year. It first opened with a nursery school and kindergarten and presently has 32 pupils. Rev. John Teeters, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptiist Church, states that 10 Girls Learn to Keep House JUNE-JULY, 1968 come next September it will become an elementary chool with addition of the .fiirst grade and perhaps a econd grade. It is hoped that a new grade can be added each year until the ~enia Christian Day School of– fers all eight grades. The Xenia Da~ly Gazette ran a "half-page" pread on the schooJ. The reporter after interviiewing P·astor Teeters reported the following. We quote directly from tlhe article. "The Christian Day School i not Sunday School five days a week, as some be– lieve," Pastor Teeters emphasized . "It has a regular curriculum, with excep– tion that the Bible, God's truths and Christian principles are applied in the teaching of all subjects." The coordinated teaching is not difficult, added the principal, M,iss Carla Packard, "since God is in all things , even ,arithmetic." In kindergarten this term he ex– plained, the children are constantly reminded of basic truths: "God is· your Creator. He takes care of you . Je us i your best foiend. So you must love and trust in God." Miss Packard , a language professor at Cedarville College, has been in charge of the half-day nursery school this term. Mrs. Carol Osborn is the teacher of kindergarten, also on a half-day basis. Miss Packard will a - sume the role of principal when full– day session begin rin September. Pastor Teeters aid he has long felt rthe need for "church-related" schools in today's troubled world. "There are four major problems: The disturbing decli ne of spiritual values, breakdown of ,the home, the many trouble of Amerioan educa– tion, and the fact .that evolution is accepted as a fact by many, many people." "Too many schools tend toward humanitarian aspects, rather than God 's," he added. Rev. Teeter aid :that when he I came ,to the pastorate here fro Fayette, Ohio, he suggested the day school to members of hi congrega. l tion, particularly board members. "I found strong upport for the idea. We prayed over it and decided · that the new education buildin~ eventually would be our school build· ing." Xenia Chr,istian Day School i corporation. Pastor Teeters is chair· man. Walker Mitchell is vice-chair– man and ,treasurer. The school payi the church $1 .00 a year for rent or the building. MonthJ.y cost under thf · non-profit operation is $18.00 fo1 ' the first child, $15.00 for die second Parent transport ithe children to an from school in car pools. "Our schoo is open to average children of an) faith or race," Pastor Teeters em phasized, and the fir t ,term enroll ment upports the concept. Beside: Baptist, the 32 children this yeai represent Methodist, Presbyterian. Episcopalian, Pentecostal and Catho J,ic faiths. Four of the children an · Negro. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS