Home About Us Classes &  Admissions   Calendar Daily Schedule Meet the Staff First Presbyterian Church Christian Preschool Center Welcome! We are delighted you are interested in our Preschool and are considering enrolling your child.  Our preschool has been in operation for 35 years offering children appropriate play experiences which contribute to their physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development in a safe and nurturing Christian atmosphere. If you register to join us in the fall, your child's enrollment forms will be mailed to you in June.  Come in to pick up your registration packet.  If you have any questions call Jerolyn Soldahl at 676-6244 or send an e-mail to Jerolyn. Our School Philosophy We believe children’s sense of self-worth is best developed when they feel loved and led to discover the joy of independent learning.  We recognize that the primary venue for a preschooler’s emotional growth is the home. We see our role as supporting parents in the nurture of their children and enriching children’s experience in a group setting. We embody this philosophy by: demonstrating God’s love for each child in day-to-day interaction nurturing children in a safe environment that is aware of God’s tender care offering appropriate play experiences that contribute to children’s physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development providing a supportive atmosphere that fosters self-confidence and encourages initiative and self-reliance offering a curriculum that stimulates self-motivated learning through the full use of a child’s senses, feelings and abilities Accountability Our preschool was established by the Session of First Presbyterian Church of Concord in September 1970. As a ministry of FPCC, we are accountable to the Session (church elders) through the Children’s Ministries Department. We are licensed by the State of California, Department of Social Welfare, License Number 070200266, for a program of up to 96 children. We are inspected regularly and are in compliance with state regulations. Policies and direction are provided by a preschool board, comprising the director Jerolyn Soldahl, children’s ministry director Marlene Ssebulime, members of First Presbyterian Church and parent representatives. The board meets monthly and welcomes all parent feedback. We are a Christian Preschool The FPCC Preschool seeks in age-appropriate ways to introduce children to the reality that God loves them and that Jesus wants to be their friend and guide. Children of all religious or non-religious backgrounds are welcome, but need to know that we are Christians. Children are expected to participate fully in weekly chapel time and prayers. Our board and teachers adopted the following statement of faith: We believe in one God, who has always existed in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in God the Father, whose creation reveals his power and imagination, and whose love extends to every person everywhere. We believe God visited us in human form so that we could know him personally in his Son Jesus Christ, through his miraculous birth, his sinless life, his miracles and teaching, his death on the Cross, and his bodily resurrection from the dead. We believe that Jesus was a perfect human being, while being fully God at the same time. We believe that human beings are created in God’s image; but that image can be hard to see, because sin—rebellion against God’s will—has corroded our nature and broken our relationship with God. But &ldots; We believe that Jesus Christ demonstrated his love for lost and sinful people by taking the punishment we deserved upon himself. We believe that the Holy Spirit helps us to recognize our sin and leads us to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, who alone reconciles us to God and makes us new people in him. We believe in the ongoing ministry of the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live good lives that express our faith and gratitude for God’s grace. We understand that living a good life does not earn God’s salvation, but says “thank you” for God’s unconditional love already given. We believe that everyone lives after their physical death: those in Christ dwell in God’s presence forever, and those by their own choice without Christ exist eternally without God. We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible and uniquely authoritative Word of God, and our guide in faith and life. We believe the Church is God’s visible family on earth, bound together by common trust in Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. Our job is to introduce everyone to Jesus Christ, our friend, our Savior, and our Lord. First Presbyterian Church Preschool is a ministry of 1965 Colfax Street Concord, CA 94520 (925) 676-7177 voice (925) 825-3357 fax www.fpcconcord.org