La Cañada Presbyterian Church Father or mother Training Begins forty fourth 12 months with Welcome Tea – Pasadena Now – Pasadena Now

La Cañada Presbyterian Church’s Father or mother Training Program (LCPC Father or mother Ed) kicked off its forty fourth yr with lessons starting September thirteenth – sixteenth with ongoing registration. This system continues its legacy of offering high quality academic lessons run by respected employees for folks of youngsters from newborns to college-age college students – along with providing a preferred class for grandparents already in its 4th yr! This yr, 18 daytime lessons and a rising slate of night lessons will probably be provided, together with new lessons for Mother and father of College College students and a category on Religious Parenting. Most lessons run weekly from September via Could, besides Specific Courses which run in 4 week segments. Along with collaborating in our day lessons, dads may benefit from the Artwork of Fatherhood, which is able to meet on Wednesday nights in October within the yard of Pastor Chuck Osburn’s dwelling. Dinner will probably be included and the dads will probably be going via the e-book How We Love by Milan & Kay Yerkovich, led by Ron Chiu.

In preparation for the brand new yr, a Welcome Tea for all Employees, Board, and Ministry Help Group (MST) members was held on September 1st on the House of Daniela Kim. This yr’s LCPC Father or mother Ed workforce contains revered employees members Anne Bierling (Director), Amanda Baughman, Nanette Brown, Teresa Chiu, Paula Giboney, Jennifer Gordon, Heather Ehrhardt, Daniela Kim, Jenn Kliewer, Cathy Lukesh, Ellen Mackle, Sarah Montes, Vicki Rekedal, Katy Riddell, Jan Roberts, Sandy Lee Schaupp, Cheryl Tichon, Tracy Tobias, Jana Van Dyck, and Sloan Walsh. The workforce is supported by devoted Board volunteers Katrina Harbers (Board Chair), Elizabeth Angiuli, Ashley Barrett, Erin Brown, Stephanie Ferguson, Lauren Gallidoro, Anne Hewett, Natalie Hubbard, Carrie Kingston, Charlotte Miller, Meredith Min, Sarah New, Amber Gerhardt-Serrano, and Monica Skeehan – in addition to the MST made up of Lynne Graves (Chair), Debbie Barsom, Melanie Frey, Katrina Harbers, Kathy Kovalcik, and Monica Skeehan.

In getting into their forty fourth yr of serving to households thrive, LCPC Father or mother Ed is thrilled by the lasting foundations they’ve constructed and the optimistic impression on the neighborhood they serve. Final yr they labored with over 600 contributors from 22 totally different cities. Their lessons are a chance for folks and grandparents to realize a deeper understanding of their little one’s developmental state, find out how to finest information them, and methods to remain related and self-regulated. The daytime Father or mother-and-Youngster lessons are particularly inviting for brand spanking new dad and mom, the place each youngsters and adults can attend and long-lasting relationships are sometimes fashioned. Father or mother-and-Youngster lessons embody Infants, Spring Infants, Non-Separating Toddlers, Two-12 months Olds, 3-4 12 months Olds, and Household Class. Mother and father with school-aged youngsters attend Father or mother-Solely Courses. Father or mother-Solely lessons embody Mother and father of Elementary Children, Mother and father of Tweens, Mother and father of Excessive Schoolers, Entire-Mind Parenting (on-line solely), Parenting via Studying Variations, Religious Parenting, Parenting College Freshman, Parenting College Sophomores, Parenting College Juniors and Seniors, and Grand-Parenting.

In case you are concerned about studying extra or prepared to enroll, please go to www.lacanadapc.org/parented. Courses refill shortly, so register ASAP! Scholarships and fee plans can be found – in addition to childcare for siblings in some lessons. La Canada Presbyterian Church is situated at 626 Foothill in La Cañada and follows Covid protected protocols.