Preschool... At the little preschool here in town the teachers have always said grace before snack and taught children the story of Jesus birth during the holidays. This year however, there is a rumbling in the crowd. It seems there is at least one parent who takes offense to children's snack time prayers and the story of Christ. I knew there was a mom raised Muslim who had a child enrolled, but assumed she had no issues with these practices, after all she did is sending her son to this particular preschool of her own volition. So the preschool board has decided against prayer before snack and is now questioning whether to allow the story of the Nativity. I find it heartbreaking that we as Americans can allow our foundational freedoms to be so easily stripped away for the chance that someone of a differing viewpoint may be offended. It seems that we will give and give until they have taken away our very right to worship God or speak His name at all. Why do we keep backing down?
Merry Christmas!
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I dare Mrs. K to keep praying and keep telling the Christmas story. And I bet, if they actually do "relieve" her of her job, that there will be an irreplaceable loss with losing such a community asset (with her as teacher) and that the ripple effect will be felt across the town. People would not be happy. I will pray that she will keep praying.
ReplyDeleteOh, I am so confused, what has public expression of religious freedom got to do with a punkin'patch??
ReplyDeleteBethany, you are a radical child. You could be put in time out for those behaviors!
Children are little punkins and when they are gathered together, they make a punkin patch. Even little punkins should be allowed to pray.
ReplyDeleteOur preschool teacher is well respected in our community. She has loved and cared for our children for 45 years. Our communities are being stripped of their freedoms one bit at a time. There is a free universal pre-k program at the public school where they do not pray and dare not mention God unless his name is Allah. Does not the parent who chose to send their child to the care of a Christian preschool teacher which, by the way, meets in a church not have any rights? Does not the rest of the community have any say?
Yewp, if you are sending your child to a secular school, then they have the right to pray to whom ever. If you don't like the secular stance then use the public preschool. I thought you were talking about a public school.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I still think Bethany is a radical child... but I love her anyway 'cause I am gmj first, last and always. hugs
What happens if all the parents who want their children to thank the Lord for the food and hear the Word about Christ's birth complain about it being taken away?
ReplyDeleteIf I had a child there I would make a big noise about the whole thing.
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Thank you, Martha! I think the posts on both our blogs hit the same nerve. I am happy and proud to say, maybe it was GOD's timing (= Thank you (=
ReplyDeleteWe should ALL be as "radical" as Bethany. This story is very sad. Pretty soon God will be completely shut out and the Christian churches will all be underground. Our freedoms are being stripped away, and fast.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that we often back down, but we know as Christians we are a minority in this world. Ephesians 6:11 says,"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." We certainly need to take on the whole armour of God!
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