My wife Molly and I were both raised in the Church. I grew up attending Belmont Baptist Church in Nashville when it was pastored by Don Finto. Molly attended a non-denominational church in Gainesville, Florida. Through mentorship and a trip to a church conference in Los Angeles, my faith was strengthened. As I entered my freshman year of high school, I felt for the first time that I had entered into a personal walk with Christ. Through the rest of high school and college, I attended non-denominational churches. Around that time, Molly and I were brought together, both in a similar walk of faith. We received premarital counseling from Grace Chapel Church and were married by Pastor Steve Burger. We now raise our four wonderful children in Conduit Church. At home, Molly and I meticulously try to ensure that their entertainment, casual reading, and home school curriculum direct them in a God-fearing, Jesus-focused direction which is increasingly difficult in today's world. We have also felt very called to be active in who our children spend time with and become friends with, wanting to make sure their family values are also Christ-aligned.

I (Molly) currently homeschool my oldest two (Kindergarten and 2nd grade) and while I have had no issues with homeschooling them, I do think they would really benefit from more challenges and different teaching styles that may come from teachers other than myself. I just would also really love for them to be around other like minded students who love Jesus and are good peers/role models. I LOVE that it is only two days a week.

One of our favorite ways to incorporate faith is through worship music - we are always playing music in our home and my kids love to dance and sing. We pray together as a family and my older kids memorize scripture with us and their grandparents often. We also attend church weekly as a family.

Our main goals in attending Saints Classical are: -to be challenged academically -continue to grow spiritually and be surrounded by other friends who also love Jesus -gain more confidence socially through activities and learning in a group setting

I (Molly) actually went to a classical Christian school in Florida 7th-12th grade. It was very small and my graduating class was only 11 students but I LOVED it. That is part of what drew me to Saints. I would love for my kids to have the same experience that I did. I took years of Latin, logic, rhetoric and debate and I just truly feel like I had an amazing education and was challenged in my learning. My husband was homeschooled until 8th grade and attended Brentwood Academy 8th-12th.

My husband and I are definitely Authoritative parents. We have very clear boundaries and expectations for our children and consequences for disobedience. I grew up with loving parents but my parents divorced early in my childhood which made things very difficult and resulted in a lot of strict rules without any sort of explanation or communication. My goal for our kids is to yes have strict guidelines for behavior but to also have grace and open communication so that they feel safe and understood but know the rules and expectations of our family. For example: just yesterday at church, a cousin gave my daughter a book to borrow that she had gotten from the library. As we were driving home, I asked her to look at it before she started reading it and within a couple pages I knew that this was NOT a good book and the main character was very disrespectful to her parents, had a bad attitude, and just not a kind person. I told Nora that were weren't going to be reading this book and she got teary eyed and was not happy about it. When we got home, I pulled her aside and took time to explain to her WHY I was not letting her read the book and we even looked in her Bible and found a few verses to read that highlight the importance of what we look at/think about. She perked up and did seem to understand and it was a special moment. Its hard, especially in this world now, always feeling like I'm saying no to everything but its my responsibility to protect her mind and the minds of all my children.