Taking Students to the Next Level (Tutoring)

With 10 years of experience teaching in the public schools and social justice issues on our heart so much that we named our son Justice it may not be a surprise that God kept stirring our heart about helping being part of the solution to the horrible education options available in our neighborhood (Out of 57 schools within a 2 mile radius of where our church meets the mean average ranking is 3 out of 10. www.greatschools.org)

God helped put things in line with key contacts at the schools and volunteers willing to help, so at the start of the last school year we launched the tutoring program that now serves the children and youth of the neighboring schools. We started with a handful of students and now have grown to be able to mentor 16 students every week (with more on the waiting list). 

As the parents sit in our waiting room anywhere from 30-60 minutes we have the opportunity to get to know them better and share the gospel. We are able to counsel and help families through major life bumps as they open up to us as a result of reaching out to their children.  As a result of the tutoring ministry there are two families that are now a regular part of our church.

The mothers of these two families will be serving at our sport’s camp the first week of this month and then going with a bunch of our elementary aged kids to summer camp the following week.  They are learning so much about God and have been joyfully open and willing to serve and give back to the church and community.

Please pray for the families we get to serve through the tutoring program and that we would have the resources and volunteers we need to keep offering this important and fruitful ministry.  Also join us in prayer as we minister to over 100 kids from our community - sharing the gospel and spending quality time teaching sports - this month.  Lastly, join us in prayer for the four groups of children and youth we will be taking up to summer camp to grow together in God this month.

Summer is such an exciting time!

Chad, Fabiola, Rebecca and Justice Wolyn