Faith Preparatory School

Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy is a community educational institution that enrolls students in preschool through grade eight. It also manages a high school that provides academic and extracurricular programs for female students in grades 9 through 12. Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy offers a technology program that focuses on the development of academic skills by offering innovative and engaging technology opportunities for students and teachers. It conducts classes in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science. The school maintains after-school science, chess, crafts and tennis clubs, as well as organizes various science fairs, musical performances, recreational activities, educational competitions and sports tournaments. Additionally, its campsite features a gym, sports fields and playgrounds, as well as an indoor swimming pool. Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy is located in Orange, Conn.

God was ready with Plan B. In the fall of 1969, He relocated Sam Simpson, Pastor of the Bronx Baptist Church, and his family to a house less than two blocks from the church building. As a Southern Baptist, he was a church starter at heart and by training, so he perceived the closed church in a heavily populated community as being very unnatural. He took the matter to the Lord. Then he approached the still-resident Lutheran Pastor and proposed that they work together to revive the church. The suggestion was not accepted, but later an offer to rent the building was accepted by the Lutheran Administration. Rev. S. G. Simpson undertook to lead the new work. He would do this while continuing to pastor the Bronx Baptist Church. Bronx Baptist gave its blessing and Greenwich Baptist Church in Connecticut undertook to pay the rent for two years. The Name Wake-Eden is a combination of two neighboring communities adjacent to the church Wakefield and Edenwald. The inaugural service on May 2, 1972 was an auspicious occasion. The Church was filled to capacity with scores of community residents, local clergy and denominational leaders, members of Bronx Baptist and Greenwich Churches, the local school principal, community and civic leaders. At the invitation at the end of the service several christians in the congregation committed to become members of this mission of Bronx Baptist Church. God continued to add to His church and to raise up devoted lay leaders. In 1978 we contracted with the Lutherans to buy the complex of buildings, i.e. sanctuary, education wing and pastorium. The mission became an incorporated church in 1979. From its inception Wake-Eden has been a praying church and emphasizing bible study, discipleship training, evangelism and the training and involvement of lay persons in leadership. Numerous ministries and programs have been implemented and utilized for the purpose of reaching the unsaved, deepening the commitment of believers and promoting fellowship - all to the glory of God.

Variety Child Learning Center, founded in 1966 and located in Syosset, N.Y., is a nonprofit center providing child development programs and special education services to young children and their families. It offers services to children with learning disabilities, autism, developmental disorders and behavior problems. The organization provides special education programs and services at no cost to families living in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties in New York. It also offers support services for families, and research and training of early childhood personnel. VCLC provides special programs and services on- and off-site. It offers programs in local nursery schools, child care centers and school districts. It additionally offers Sunday respite care, social skills training groups, cultural arts performances, and applied research and training for early childhood personnel.