Technology Training

Today is teacher in service training day! We will be spending our entire day working on our school's technology plan and systems. The logo above is from our new school data management program called RenWeb. It is a state of the art system of data management and communications program accessible from any computer, tablet or web enabled smart phone with Internet access.

We are also working on our social networking sites and the integration of those sites with our Web Page and
RenWeb. With daily advances taking place in technology it is important for schools to keep pace with the trends and utilize all of the new technological advances to their greatest benefit!

Our students are living in a day where technological advances are literally changing the world we live in and how we do business. Schools must enable their students to take advantage of these changes and to optimize their use now and in the future.

Grace and Peace,
Ed

What the Bible Says About Education

The parent is the God-appointed leader and teacher of a child. This should come as no surprise to anyone, including a non-Christian. The overwhelming task of raising a child is in the hands of the parents.

Ps. 127:3: "Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him."
Eph. 6:4: "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."

But teach them what? Clearly, God has a great deal to say about this. What or who is the most important thing or person for the child to know? The answer is, God is the most important person for a child to know. The goal of Christian parents is for their child to know God in a personal way and to know all about God. Nothing could be more important!

With those two simple facts in place as the foundation of our discussion, we can now look at what God has to say more specifically. God says that the education of children and youth is a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week process that must take place from birth through maturity.

Note the Deuteronomy passage below and the context. God is instructing His people how to live as they prepare to go into the Promised Land. Critical to the life and health of His people is the teaching of the Word of God by parents on a daily basis in every situation.

Deut. 11:18-21: "Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth."
Proverbs 22:6: "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."

As you can see above, the education of children and youth must be based on God’s Word as absolute truth.

Matthew 24:35: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
Psalm 119:89: "Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens."

Grace and Peace,

Ed

Children are God's Heritage

The King James Bible uses the word "children" over 1,500 times! God is concerned with our children! The Bible says, " Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." The Holy Bible : King James Version Ps 127:3-5.

Isaac was the son of promise, yet God instructed Abraham to place him on the altar. When Abraham took the knife to kill Isaac, he was demonstrating complete trust in God by not withholding even his beloved son from the Lord. (See Genesis 22:1–18.) In a similar way, God wants every father and mother to hold back nothing from Him, including their children.

Historians agree that John Wesley was one of the eighteenth century’s most influential religious leaders in England and colonial America. When he was asked what had influenced his dedication to God, John explained that as a boy he was almost killed in a house fire. Following this event, his mother impressed upon him the fact that God had an important work for him to do and had spared his life as “a brand plucked from the burning fire” for this very purpose. It is this sense of spiritual duty, affirmed and blessed by parents, that God wants every child to have.

Parents should instill in their children a desire to serve the Lord and then send them out with blessings to do it. There is no greater joy than to see the blessing and anointing that God has placed on your children be used to bless others and bring glory to God! We must remember that most of the exploits recorded in the Bible were done by people under 30. In fact, many were under 20 years old! That doesn't leave the over 30 crowd out! We are to add our wisdom and experience to their energy and vision to together fulfill the purpose and plan of God for our generation.

Grace and Peace,

Ed