Faith-Friendly Public Schools

I love how Facebook has the power to bring family, friends and even important news to the forefront for me. As I was adding our 1:16PM prayer prompt to the our 1:16PM Facebook page this morning, I noticed this great article about being Christian in the public schools and how we can make a difference. Eric Metaxas, from the Chuck Colson Center, writes and records in his own voice, the truth about religious freedoms in the public schools in a commentary posted on October 16^th called, “Faith-Friendly Public Schools: We Can Make a Difference.”

My favorite part were the two stories of errors made by teachers who disallowed students to express themselves only because they really didn’t understand the law. One of the school districts even stepped up to the plate and made sure that all educators and administrators were educated on the religious freedoms afforded under the Constitution.

Eric Buehrer, advocate and speaker for Gateways to Better Education has supplied a great Checklist for School Improvement to help your school and district better understand the religious freedoms. Please download it and share with your colleagues and district leaders.  Be a blessing!

For the full article in written and audio recording, please visit “Faith-Friendly Public Schools: We Can Make a Difference.” at the Colson Center website.

Prayerfully dependent,

K

http://www.one16pray.com

PS. Don’t forget to spread the word about the 1:16PM Prayer Movement.

•      Go to www.one16pray.com for more information

•      Go to www.ceai.org for more information (which will point you to the above address!)

•      Visit,  "like", and add comments the 1:16PM Facebook page.

•      Sign up for text message prayer prompts from Remind 101 (we have 205!)

•      Follow us on Twitter for the prayer prompts @one16pray

•      Look for the prayer prompts on the 1:16 PM website or Facebook page.

May God bless you with success His way this 2013-2014 school year.

Note: To more fully understand the 16-9 Movement, please read the first blog entry by clicking here.

Christian Educators Association International is the only professional association in the United States specifically for Christian educators in public schools.  CEAI protects our members first in prayer, next with excellent professional liability insurance and other benefits while helping them live out their high calling as a Christian in the public school.