DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE...

It has always been a dream of ours to own a Quality Christian Child Care Center. That dream has finally come true. New Beginnings Christian Learning Centers opened it doors for the families of Taneytown and surrounding areas on June 2, 2008. We knew the moment we saw the previous child care center that “New Beginnings” is what it needed. New Beginnings Christian Learning Centers is located a 501 E Baltimore Street.

My name is Lisa Patterson I am not only the Owner but a “hands on” Director. My husband Al and I decided to purchase the center to meet the needs of our community. Al and I are very active in the community. We attend church in Taneytown and are currently the Youth Leaders there. We are involved in the PTO at North West Middle. We have three children that are active throughout the community.  It is very important to us to provide the community with a safe, quality program that will allow children to grow and learn in an environment that has a Christian emphasis and is developmentally appropriate. The program will provide both the parents and children with an environment that is safe, nurturing and educational.

Child care had been a large part of my life for the past 23 years.  I have a special place in my heart for children.  The roles I have carried out within this field have been an assistant, group leader, senior staff, executive director and a center director for 14 years.  Out of the 14 years, the last ten years were spent working as a Director for Celebree Learning Centers in Westminster. My husband Al is the Vice President of Distribution and Transportation of a book distributing company. We feel that with our experiences and living in Taneytown we will be able to meet the needs of the community and uphold our mission.

New Beginnings Christian Learning Centers has so much to be proud of.  The center has recently gone through a major face lift.  The center worked very diligently towards becoming MSDE (Maryland State Department of Education) Accrediated and we are proud to announce that we  received this Accrediation June 18, 2009. We worked with different organizations such as PERK, PACT: Helping Children with Special Needs, Abilities Network, United Way and we are Judy Center Partnered. The different organizations provide trainings and hands on support to further educate our teachers. They gave us resources and feedback toward our accreditation process. We are very grateful for the community based organizations that allow us to work together to provide the best possible quality care for the children.

We believe that this opportunity is a gift from God.  We did not look for the opportunity, the opportunity looked for us. We will do what it takes to please him and to provide the community with an awesome program.

Philippians 3:13 (New International Version)

13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,