A Parent’s Perspective | Aurelio Melendrez
Aurelio Melendrez is father to a current fourth grader and sixth grader who started attending Woodcrest Christian in 2020. Aurelio is a Riverside native who served with the Riverside Police Department for over 15 years and is currently a pastor at Sandals Church. In 2020 Woodcrest Christian parent Aurelio Melendrez came to a crossroads about where his two children would attend elementary school the following year. Previously, Aurelio’s children had attended a local elementary school where he shared that they were doing well academically and had found a good community. Once the pandemic ...
What is “the Village” Teaching Your Child?
In an earlier post, I referenced the old proverb “it takes a village to raise a child.” While there is ...
Break from the Busy: How to Encourage Your Kids to Spend Time with God
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How to Ace that Test
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How to Grow ‘Faith Muscles’
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Podcast #1 – Why did we start the new chapel electives?
March 8, 2022 Host: Matt Messner Guests: David Lytle, Rhonda Thomale, Loretta Hall In the Woodcrest Christian Podcast, we discuss ...
Sacred Trust: A Precious Partnership between Parent and School
By Jim Sullivan, Woodcrest Christian School Superintendent Growing up, my brother and sisters used to play with the neighbor kids ...
Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter!
Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter! Not long ago, I was thinking about my three daughters and their ...
There is Freedom in Telling the Truth
“Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.” - Proverbs 21:23 The Truth is a fascinating topic ...
Spiritual Emphasis Week: Campus Pastor Recap
This last week was "Spiritual Emphasis Week" at Woodcrest Christian. Our theme for the week was “Change", and we spent ...
8 Tips for Guiding Kids in the Digital Age
Kids between the ages of 6 and 23 fall into a generation now getting labeled Post-Millennial or iGen. Sometimes they ...