February 17th is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. Kindness – it’s a quality parents and teachers work to instill in their children. The Ministry Village ELC is focusing on kindness [...]

November 19, 2019 marked the 1 year anniversary for the Ministry Village Early Learning Center’s opening to students. Kristi Zagar, the ELC’s Director, looked back over the past year, how the ELC [...]

Looking for a way to GIVE rather than GET this holiday season? With 5 programs serving various needs throughout our community, Ministry Village at Olive has an opportunity to match every skill [...]

On Sunday, October 20, the board of directors, the ladies of the Charis House, Ministry Village staff and volunteers who serve the various programs of Ministry Village at Olive, enjoyed a fun [...]

A new school year is right around the corner. For parents, caregivers, and the children headed to school, the beginning of a new school year brings a whirlwind of information overload – new [...]

If you are new on the whole childhood scene, you may not understand all the talk about Florida VPK. Here’s some background on the origin of Florida’s free VPK program, how to enroll a child, and [...]

If preschoolers could keep a diary, I’m pretty sure it would show how busy they are all day long. Preschoolers are busy growing, busy exploring and busy learning. So, how would a preschool [...]

Just last week, we celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers often spend more waking hours with children than their parents do, so is it any wonder that kids often form a strong bond that [...]

When we need childcare, we want the very best safe and loving care we can find. Just as Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are a heritage from the Lord.” Our little ones are precious to us, and with so [...]

It was either just before midnight on November 30th, or in the early morning hours of December 1, 2018, when a brief tornado damaged parts of Lincoln Park Elementary School in Pensacola. While [...]