CLC program coming to Fannin County Middle School
As life brings Fannin students new challenges, the Bible provides well-tested wisdom, Fannin Christian Learning Center (CLC) Executive Director Tina Lee said.
The CLC will offer Bible classes for middle schoolers starting this school year.
“Middle school is tough,” Lee said. “And we just want to be an encouragement to them.”
These free classes and their new facility near the Fannin County Middle School (FCMS) building are made possible by the generous donations of local churches, businesses and other supporters.
“I’m very grateful to the Lord for what He’s done through this community to enable us to reach out to students,” Lee said.
The classes count as a connections class for students at FCMS.
Students can get release forms for attending the center from https://www.fanninclc.com/.
There is room in the program for up to 72 students during each nine-week session.
When the CLC started providing high school Bible classes 25 years ago, they chose that age group because high schoolers were making important decisions about their future.
But in today’s fast paced world, middle school has become more decisive today, she said.
“So much happens in middle school,” Lee said. “And they need encouragement.”
The classes will take place in a newly renovated house, known to locals as “The Goat House.”
CLC leases the house from the Fannin County School System.
The CLC classes teach the Bible to students. Students of all beliefs are welcome, said Jared Herum, the CLC campus and curriculum administrator.
“We help them see that the world is founded on absolutes. Truth holds the world together,” Herum said. “And God’s Word is truth.”
By teaching students the Bible, the CLC shows them how to live in a good, just and loving way, he said.
Today, middle schoolers in Fannin face difficulties and problems that they didn’t in the past, Lee said.
“They don’t have the life experience or the wisdom to make the right choices,” she said.
Some of these pressures come from the continued breakdown of the family across American society.
Others come from the increasing influence of social media on children.
“We want to have personal relationships with these kids,” Lee said.
“We want to help them figure out who they are in light of how God sees them,” Herum said.