Family, School & Church
Family, School & Church
united together
Servant Hearts Guild
The Servant Hearts Guild provides support and encouragement to Presbyterian School families in times of need. The Servant Hearts Guild is made of parent volunteers and there is a a Servant Hearts Guild advocate for each grade level. Families may request assistance through their homeroom teacher/advisor or the Servant Hearts Guild grade level advocate. The privacy and desires of each family and their circumstances are always maintained. The Servant Hearts Guild advocates help to arrange prayers, meals, carpool, child care, or other timely encouragement during a family's time of need.
PS Parents Prayer Group
Every Thursday morning, the PS Parents Prayer Group meets to pray over our PS students, families, teachers, and administrators. All parents are welcome to join on Thursdays from 8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. The meetings are held outside of LC181 in First Presbyterian Church. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, September 1. Parents are welcome to join as their schedule permits; if you have questions or would like to express interest, please contact our Director of Annual Fund and Volunteers, Mimi Traylor.
A Partnership with First Presbyterian Church (FPC)
Family, School and Church united in the education and support of each Child.
The founding purpose of Presbyterian School was and remains to provide families with a “Christ-centered learning environment in which the total family will experience support and growth.” In 1986, Dr. John William Lancaster, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, appointed a School Study Committee to explore the feasibility of an Early Childhood and Lower School at the church. Presbyterian School was officially founded in 1988 and opened its doors to offer a distinct educational program for families in the Houston area in the Fall of 1989 on the campus of First Presbyterian Church.
Presbyterian School seeks to help its students understand and believe, at the simplest yet deepest level, that God loves them unconditionally. Children of all races, ethnic groups, and religious backgrounds are welcome and will be encouraged to develop their spiritual identities and their love of God in a Christ-centered environment.
The School's partnership with FPC is evidenced in the following daily tangible ways:
- The School Chapel and Bible curriculum mirror the FPC children and youth ministries by using the same Bible translation in addition to the ThinkOrange, Sparkhouse and Alpha for Youth curriculum.
- The School and FPC share campus spaces including classrooms, meeting areas, dining halls, gyms, playground and fields.
- FPC pastoral staff speak in chapels while FPC youth ministry staff help lead school bible studies, coach athletic teams, and chaperone middle school class trips. The FPC pre-teen coordinator also teaches a bible class for Lower School.
- Staff for the School and FPC work closely in areas of communications, media, operations, events and parent ed.
- Through service learning opportunities and schoolwide service drives, the School serves FPC ministry partners including Main Street Gardens, Nehemiah Center, Agape Development, Emergency Aid Coalition and The Summer Institute.
- FPC outreach to School families includes an annual Presbyterian School Sunday, invitations to participate in children, youth and adult ministries events, trips, bible studies and small groups. FPC children's ministries has designated parents who are both FPC members and PS parents to serve as Class Ambassadors on behalf of the Church. These ambassadors help to communicate and share opportunities for PS families to get involved with the Church.