Is your congregation hungry for more meaningful relationships with your
neighbors, whether they're downtown or down the street? Would you like
to connect with students and teachers in under-resourced schools in your
area? Your congregation can help children reach their full potential
and support their right to quality public education by forming a
church-school partnership.
All Our Children, National Network
is a network of congregations working in partnership with
under-resourced public schools. The network's purpose is to promote,
strengthen, and support grassroots church-school partnerships. They do
this by sharing tools, materials, and best practices to nurture and
support the teams who run individual programs.
For AOC, a
partnership is an intentional relationship between a congregation and a
school that is recognized by leaders of both institutions. AOC members
are those partnerships. Each member partnership is unique. They focus on
everything from running in-school & after-school programs, to
classroom & teacher support, to leading advocacy coalitions for
school budgets and facilities renovations.
To learn more about starting a church-school partnership, check out AOC's "10 Steps to Building a Church-School Partnership" and the other tools and materials on their website. You can reach the All Our Children team directly at info@allourchildren.org.
