Building Tradition

What better way to end Homecoming week than with a perfectly chilly Homecoming football game with our students, staff, parents, alumni and alumni parents! A true family reunion, Friday night brought everyone together in the ultimate night of PCA spirit. Alumni and alumni parents, it was so uplifting to speak to you in person and see what God has done in your lives. We hope to see you again soon!

We are building a tradition of including not just alumni, but also alumni parents throughout the year in key PCA events because you are family to us!

I was amazed at the diligent work of our students on the homecoming floats! If you were never involved in building a float, know that these students spent weeks perfecting them all in the spirit of PCA Homecoming—ok, and some friendly competition between classes. Congratulations to the senior class for winning the Homecoming Float competition!

Floats weren’t the only thing students decorated. They were also busy transforming their hallways into jungles, splatter-painted black rooms and their clothes into the theme for the day. There is one thing none of our students are lacking, and that is creativity.  Many thanks to our Campus Ministry team led by Lainie Montgomery in making this week fun for students and the staff regardless of the weather! Even though we had to move the pep rallies in-doors, no one missed a beat because of our team’s hard work.

The students and staff are building a tradition of Homecoming floats and a Homecoming week filled with PCA spirit!

If you missed any of Friday night’s events, remember to view the archived video of the game, the winner of the float competition and the Homecoming queen. By the way, do you know who the people are behind the cameras—PCA students!

Even with the week of Homecoming festivities ending, the webcast continues spreading the PCA spirit—a tradition in the making.

Just Another Convention Theme? The Elephant’s Still There

Recently, I wrote an article titled, “Just Another Convention Theme: Who is Actually Leading the Resurgence of The Great Commission?” that is a follow-up to an article I penned last year about “the elephant in the room.” The “elephant” I defined then is the same elephant of today — the training and discipleship model received in most churches and homes today that is not adequately training the next generation of Christians. My recent article expands on the importance of defining the training component of the Great Commission and making that paradigm shift sooner rather than later and identifying leaders who can carry that banner.

How we deal with what I call our “elephant” will not only determine whether or not we take advantage of this opportunity, it will ultimately determine if our children and grandchildren will have the faith of their parents and grandparents. I’m referring to how parents are training their children, how churches are training parents to train their children and how education is viewed within the church from preschool to high school.

I encourage you to click on the link below to read my new article on this subject. In fact, this subject is a major part of the upcoming Education Symposium, sponsored by Engage the Culture (ETC) Ministries.

For the full article, please visit the ETC Ministries Web site at www.engagetheculture.org and please post your comments and ideas.

We’re Back!

What an exciting week we’ve had coming back together as a PCA family. After a summer of fun and family activities, mission trips and road trips, it’s been great to see old friends, make new friends and get back into all the learning and community that happens at PCA. The first week of school has been a blur!

We began with an action-packed Back to School Day that included our All School Worship. I shared the theme for the year, “Intent On One Attitude”, based on Paul’s challenge to the Philippians in Phil. 2:2-11. My prayer for our staff, students, and parents is that we would rally around one-attitude…one purpose…and that is to empty ourselves of “us” and humbly replace it with “Him.”

Our Latin inscription on our crest says and symbolizes it all – “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam” – “To The Greater Glory of God.”

I just returned from our high school retreat. It was for His greater glory that we do life together.

Let’s make this year one to truly remember. Let’s make it a time in which we all came together to live our lives in all we do to the greater glory of God. It’s our greatest honor.