Thanks you for your interest in 4Tucson and your desire to make a difference in the area of education.  My name is Bernadette Gruber and I am the director of the Education Domain for 4Tucson.  My passion is to educate, equip and empower Christians so that they may confidently live out their faith, free from fear and free from the lies of “separation of church and state”.  

It is easy to criticize all that is wrong with our education system but it take courage to be apart of the solution.  I strongly believe when Christians are unified and equipped with the attitude of Christ but the mission of the Apostle Paul, we can transform our community. Instead of the culture impacting our families, we can impact the culture for Christ.

 

Here are just a few highlights that you can take credit for thanks to your support and involvement:

  • In January 2011 Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed Arizona's 1st ever Religious Freedom Day proclamation calling "upon all Arizonans to reflect on the great blessings of religious liberty, endeavor to preserve this freedom for future generations, and to observe this day with appropriate events, activities, and fellowship."  Over 40 churches and ministry leaders city wide joined in to commemorate this day, January 16
  • Just last week Governor Brewer approved our request again and signed Arizona's second annual Religious Freedom Day proclamation for 2012.  See attached.  For more information on Religious Freedom Day and how you can get involved visit www.religiousFreedomDay.com.
  • God opened doors for approx 1,000 people to hear about "Keeping the Faith in Public Schools" at Faith Community Church in Oct.  Follow-up with the Gateways Bible Study begins in January.
  • Hosted our second annual Faith Freedom and Public School Educator workshop this fall.  The two classes that attended our training will impact over 11,000 students this year alone.  This is what participants were saying:
  • "The seminar took the fear out of being a Christian in school" -  HS teacher
  • "Every parent, student, teacher and Admin should know their Constitutional rights to learn and teach about our religious heritage.  Gateways sparked that in me and they offer good resources to continue education"- Charter school Administrator
  • "Great description of what the boundaries are regarding religion and instruction"- School Board Member

“This was a real eye opener with respect to how wide the boundaries really are for teaching about religion.   Private HS teacher

  • One of our Arizona State Senators attended our training and stated:"Our Country's future depends on this type of material" - Al Melvin  Az State Senator

I am grateful to God for you and look forward to all He has in store for us, together moving forward.  To God be the glory!