![]() CCS intends to seek “greater things” (John 14:12, Romans 8:11, Ephesians 1:19), in a quest to impact culture, join forces with the Body of Christ, and have significant impact both locally and to the larger world. How can we shrink back from a sure mission and be satisfied with a couple percentage points of growth when we are hardly making an impact on the Education world who basically thinks we are irrelevant!? If we grew 100 percent in the next several years, that would be quite crazy and audacious, but would only move our impact to 4 percent rather than 2 percent!Īt Calvary Christian School we believe that when students are properly trained and long-term results are prioritized, those students will flourish. This is a guarantee for productivity and usefulness. Here you will see when you do things in a biblical way, focusing on Truth, you cannot lose. But I want to remind you that He who is in us, is greater than He who is in the world! You can find this in many places, but II Peter 1:3-11 is a good place to start. ![]() If a Christian school grew at the rate of 4 or 5 percent, that would be considered a very good year. Christian schools can have a reputation for not having nice buildings or other extra perks. Many schools have had a hard time staying open and meeting budget demands. The Christian School across the country typically educates around 2 percent of the school population. We can have little resources, not even a gym, and still win! But I do not want to stay there!! I am thankful for the Lord’s goodness and grace to us. I think the prayer was important! But I also think playing well created credibility and respect. Our boys won the game by fifteen points, and we do not even have a gym! But the best part, Coach Reinhard asked the coach and team if they could end the night in prayer at center court and kudos to Waynesfield-Goshen, they accepted! To get there, I went through hallways lined with championship pictures and trophies, a very impressive sports history. I am not saying that this was Waynesfield-Goshen’s best ever team, but we played in a beautiful gym that could easily hold 1500 people. A few weeks ago, they played Waynesfield Goshen. They’re learning to be a team and work together. They are winning on the court, but they are also winning in terms of character and spiritual growth. But even better, they are coached by Lee Reinhard who is thinking about way more than wins and losses. They are athletic, disciplined, and very skilled. Our boys’ basketball team is having a great year. ![]() Many of the activities we are talking about can be done with a Biblical perspective and taught or coached by a biblically driven educator and can have great impact. Families and students want the opportunities academically, athletically, social ingredients, and other fun or stretching opportunities that seem to be around in other places in our culture, yes, even stuff in the public school. Our goal is to do this work with excellence and give your sons and daughters every opportunity to experience a wonderful and rich educational experience so that they are set up for John 10:10 abundant life kind of success. Here at Calvary, we talk about supporting Christian families in doing what God has called them to do. The Christian School has a mission to teach and train students in a biblical worldview focusing on truth. And of course, evangelizing and discipling the whole world is no small thing!! Didn’t Jesus tell his disciples that they would do greater things than he did? Paul told us that greater was He that is in us, than he who is in the world. ![]() So, I must be careful and realize that everyone has a different comfort level with pulling off big things or dreaming about the possibilities personally or for an organization.īut I think the Bible is loaded with the reach for big and audacious goals. I suppose some people are wired this way and others are more fearful and cynical. “All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” Edmund Burke Where there is no vision, the people perish.
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