Recently I have received numerous calls of concern of declining enrollment in weekday preschool ministries in United Methodist Preschools.  In light of the economy, there seem to be two situations fueling this decline.

Parents, in hopes of trimming their spending are caught between the choice of feeding their children or educating their children
Parents are losing their jobs and [...]

Recently, I listened to an interview with teenagers graduating from high school.  One of the girls had only one wish… that her father would be home from Iraq in time.  Mario, another student at Fort Campbell High School said of his mother’s third deployment to Iraq, “I feel like she’s missing out on a once [...]