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| What Are Rio Partners? |
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One of the things that makes Rio great is the partnership the David C Cook team has with ministry practitioners like you. The curriculum was developed with extensive input from a variety of children's ministry workers, and now, in its first year, we're getting valuable feedback from churches across the continent using Rio.
Here's how it works: We're partnering with a group of 15 churches, in both the U.S. and Canada, that vary in size, denomination, and geographical location. Representatives from each church attended training this fall here in Colorado Springs to learn about all the different aspects of Rio.
Each week, these churches supply lesson feedback, telling us what activities worked well, which ones need some adjustments, and generally how the lessons went. They also provide feedback on printed items from the Rio Basics kit, Internet-based tools, the DVD-ROM, and more. We're using this input to help us shape the curriculum for the future to make it even better for you.
So when you use a Rio resource, you can be assured that we're working in collaboration with real, in-the-trenches practitioners from across North America.
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| What Impact do the Partners Have? |
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Our Partners have been hard at work leading Rio and sending in their feedback. Some changes you’ll see in effect as early as Quarter 3 (Spring), and others you’ll see as a work in progress.
We’ve darkened the type in the Early Elementary Leader’s Guides so it’s easier to read.
We’re working to provide more visual aids for all three age levels.
We’re tweaking or replacing activities that didn’t work well (or at all) according to our Partner feedback.
We’re writing even more blogs and working to develop other resources to help train your leaders.
We’ve heard that the lessons are too full of good stuff. So starting in the Spring quarter, the lessons will be somewhat shorter—but still full of great stuff!
We’re adding more opportunities for the review of previous lessons, particularly through the use of the Big Bible Panorama. Look for more on in this!
There are even more changes coming, so keep looking for more updates!
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Current Rio Partners

Amy Herbert
Southport Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis, IN |

Brent Sprague
Immanuel Baptist Church
Highland, CA |

Dawn Heckert
Christ Church Anglican
Overland Park, KS
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Debbie Butera,
Heritage Evangelical Free Church
Castle Rock, CO |

Heather Eure
Christ Church
Murrels Inlet, SC |

Jane Sackler
Grace Community Church
Boca Raton, FL |

Jennie Martin
Prairie Grove Christian Church
Prairie Grove, AR |

Jill Salee
South Shores Church
Dana Point, CA |
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Jo White
Christ Community Church
Leawood, KS
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Joel Smith
Lake Bible Church
Lake Oswego, OR |

John Testa
Southport Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis, IN |

Karen Starr
Providence United Methodist Church
Holly Hill, SC |

Ken Dixon
Lake Bible Church
Lake Oswego, OR |

Krista Fleck
Heritage Evangelical Free Church
Castle Rock, CO |

Kwan Porter
Life Church
Olathe, KS |

Marion Schrank
Alliston Pentecostal Church
Alliston, ON, CANADA |

Olga Whitehead
Faith Gospel Church
Hamilton, ON, CANADA |

Sherry Parrott
Prairie Grove Christian Church
Prairie Grove, AR |

Teri Stolz
Life Church
Olathe, KS |

Dan Tambeau
Alliston Pentecostal Church
Alliston, ON, CANADA |
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