Anniversary event planned at school, child care center
Liberty Lake Christian School and Child Care is planning a party Friday to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary. The festivities planned for children attending the center include a jumping castle, petting zoo, carnival games and cotton candy.
“We sat down and brainstormed a lot of fun games,” said school Director Linda Lentz.
The event is scheduled for 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. in the Liberty Lake Community Church parking lot at Eighth and Garry Road. “We’re hoping for sunshine,” Lentz said.
The school began when church member Nancy Ashworth went to the church’s pastor and asked to start a preschool. A year later it began expanding and now offers care of one type or another for children up to age 12. Younger kids are in the nursery or in preschool, prekindergarten and kindergarten classes. Older children attend the before- and after-school program. “We have a lot of coming and going during the day,” she said.
If attendance is any indication, the school has been a roaring success in its first quarter century. Some staff members have been there nearly 20 years. Lentz, who took her post as director five years ago, jokes that she’s the new kid on the block. The center has waiting lists for almost every age group.
“The community is growing so quickly,” Lentz said. “We’ve got a really good word of mouth reputation. Right now our biggest waiting list is school-age kids. This spring we couldn’t even register any new families. We had to put them all on the waiting list.”
Lentz has also invited adults to attend the anniversary celebration, including former board members and former pastors.
Schedule changes
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church begins its summer worship schedule on Sunday. A single service will begin at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday until the fall. Sunday school classes are also being suspended during the summer.
The church is at 810 S. Sullivan Road.
• Zion Lutheran Church will have only one service at 9 a.m. Sunday in observance of Memorial Day. Those attending are encouraged to wear red, as it is also Pentecost Sunday. The church is at 8304 E. Buckeye Ave.
Rummage sale
Spokane Valley United Methodist Church is combining two summer events into one next weekend. It will hold a church rummage sale that will provide money to put on the annual vacation Bible school scheduled for Aug. 16 through 20.
The sale will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon next Saturday. The church is at 115 N. Raymond Road. Call the office at 924-7262 for more information.