Using Child Care Ministry for Outreach

How can a harvest be secured from the ripening field of a
church-sponsored child-care ministry? In this episode, Rev. Dan
Prugh — Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa, FL, joins
host Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the
Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the steps your church can
take. About Rev. Dan Prugh: Rev. Daniel Prugh currently serves Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Tampa, FL. Over the last
fourteen years, he has been part of early childhood ministries in
three different churches. He served as an Associate Pastor of First
Lutheran Church in Gainesville, FL, where a new early childhood
center was dedicated the day he was installed in the congregation.
He served as Senior Pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and
Child Development Center in Midlothian, VA, where he joined an
existing church and school start with a childcare center. His
current call as Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa,
FL, has a preschool and elementary school. Rev. Prugh has
encountered the great joy of reaching many families with the Good
News of Jesus. However, he has also encountered difficulties in
serving in these complicated ministry settings. He is married to
Jennifer Prugh, and his elementary aged children have personally
benefited from church-sponsored childcare ministries. Sign up to
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