Weekday space with a purpose
Leasing classrooms, kitchen, and office space that would otherwise be unused during the week can provide rental income for your church. Your church leadership can direct that income toward other areas of ministry.
Church partnership guide · Partnership benefits
Serving children.
Strengthening
community.
A Great Beginnings church partnership brings preschool ministry into the week, connects families with your church, and puts shared space to meaningful use. Together, we can help children grow in Christ’s love.
Glendale & Goodyear, Arizona
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A shared calling, lived out daily
Little lives.
A wider circle of care.
A preschool on a church campus brings children’s ministry into everyday moments: a classroom conversation, a prayer before lunch, or a new friendship.
For the church, it offers another way to serve families in the surrounding community. For Great Beginnings, it provides a place to teach, care for children, and share the gospel alongside the local church.
The heart of the partnership is a shared desire to support children and families through Christian teaching and loving care.
Benefits for your church
More ways to welcome.
More opportunities to serve.
Connections with local families
Families who are new to your church can become familiar with its campus, people, and ministries through the preschool. Those everyday connections can make a future invitation to a church service or event feel more welcoming.
Family celebrations
Preschool events, such as Christmas programs and preschool graduations, bring parents and extended family together. These gatherings can offer opportunities for a pastor to welcome families and introduce the church community.
Christian teaching through the week
Our preschool ministry includes spiritual growth and Christian values alongside early learning. Reviewing our beliefs and mission together helps both ministries explore a shared foundation for teaching and caring for children.
Benefits for Great Beginnings
A place to teach.
A church to serve alongside.
A home for children’s ministry
Church space gives Great Beginnings a place to carry out our calling. Lease payments support the local church’s work while providing a setting for Christian preschool and childcare.
A connection to the community
A church partner brings local relationships and a shared heart for families. Together, we can explore opportunities to reach children and establish a preschool ministry that serves the community.
Support beyond the classroom
Our calling is ministry to children, while families have needs that reach beyond preschool. A relationship with the local church gives us a place to connect families with wider ministry and support.
One vision, thoughtfully explored
A shared foundation.
A conversation to begin.
Every church and community is different. We welcome the chance to learn about your vision and discuss how a Great Beginnings preschool could fit alongside your ministry.
Our beliefs, mission, partnership approach, and facility planning guide that conversation. As God opens doors, we want to consider each opportunity with care and prayer.
Let’s explore the possibilities
Your church.
Our shared heart
for children.
Interested in a Great Beginnings preschool on your church campus? Call our team and ask about the church partnership program. We welcome your questions as you consider the next step.
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For church partnership inquiries, please contact our Glendale team.
Glendale · 602-682-7020