Our Leaders-In-Training team of grade seven
and eight students led chapel recently. Every student was given a
dot sticker on the way into the gym. In advance of bullying awareness, the
students challenged our student body to recognize what bullying is, what its
impact looks, sounds, and feels like, and what can be done when it is observed.
They also led us to sing “Christ is Enough.” That song contains the following refrain:
Christ
is enough for me
Christ
is enough for me
Everything
I need is in You
Everything
I need
Finally,
we heard the story of Max Lucado’s “You are Special.” In it, the main character
of Punchinello learns to understand that his creator make him uniquely, and
with a specific purpose. He comes to
understand that other people’s labels or “dots” only stick to those in his
village if they let them. On the way out of the gym, all of the students were
invited to remove the dots they had on them and place them on a large banner
which read “I made you, and I don’t make mistakes. -GOD” They left for the remainder of the day
with a new nametag on them which read “God’s” or “His.”
I am
proud of our students and delight in them hearing this important message at the
start of their week together in the classrooms and on the playground. There are
loud voices and pressures in our children’s lives and they start early. They
want our students to define themselves in foundational ways that are far from
the truth that they are first and foremost, God’s children. What a wonderful
way to start a week ready to grow in wisdom, love, and service to our faithful
God. I am grateful for LCES.
SJ
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