Our mission is to provide educational opportunities and training in the arts through the power and in the name of Jesus Christ. Watch a 5 Minute Video! Registration & Medical Form to attend Cottage Cove Transportation Release Form

Tutoring • Reading • Music Lessons • Bible Study • Cooking • Art • Photography • Gymnastics • Choir • Crafts • Science • Sewing We believe that many of the children in our inner-city neighborhoods are locked out of some basic opportunities which are made available to others in our society. We further believe that it is our collective responsibility to come to the assistance of these valuable “little ones” by offering them the keys to unlock their potential. To that end, we are inviting you to join us at Cottage Cove as, together, we teach children how to break free of their circumstances and encourage them in the pursuit of excellence. Our culture has taught many of the children who attend Cottage Cove how to “survive.” If the goal of life is survival, we become “takers.” Our goal is to teach these children how to succeed. Success transfers focus from immediate needs to planning the future, so that life needs are not life threatening. Cottage Cove is an after-school program with an expanded program throughout the summer months, offered free of charge to children living in the “at-risk” neighborhoods of Nashville, Tennessee. This program is based upon three key principles: Educational Instruction • Spiritual Guidance • Unconditional Love Each day the children receive help with their homework and general educational instruction. Daily Bible lessons are also provided, in which children are taught good character traits and valuable life lessons so they have the keys to develop a life of integrity and honor. Most importantly, the children are taught that love is not based upon performance but rather as a result of who they are — God’s children. "Teach a child to read, and they own the world. The alternative is that the world owns them.”   Cottage Cove Rules Physical force (i.e. hitting) is not to be used at Cottage Cove, even in play. Cursing and/or rude gestures will not be tolerated on Cottage Cove property. Respect for adult authority is to be shown at all times. Children under four years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Children may not use the name of the Lord in vain or use unkind words or phrases, such as "Shut Up," at Cottage Cove. Children will respect the rights of others at Cottage Cove at all times, showing respect and love to each peer, regardless of personal feelings toward that individual. We believe it is important for the children to learn that there are consequences for violations of rules and authority systems. For this reason we utilize a three tier system... Loss of free time (for relatively minor infractions) Loss of reward store (for more serious infractions) Loss of a day at Cottage Cove (for major infractions, open rebellion, lying to an adult or hitting)   Bible Verse Memorization Believing that children will rise to a challenge, our program encourages children (using rewards) to memorize Scriptures in their free time. This is not just "memorizing to have heard" but rather it is memorizing to remember. To have the twelfth verse heard on a sheet the child must be able to recite in any order the eleven verses before it. A majority of the children in our program memorize multiple verses, with many reaching into the dozens! Some of the verses being memorized (click on the hand)... Memory Sheet 1 Memory Sheet 2 Memory Sheet 3 Memory Sheet 4

One hundred years from now, it will not matter what your bank account held, what sort of home you lived in, or what kind of car you drove. . . But the world will be a better place, because you made a difference in the life of a child.