Parents Tell Your Children: The "Why" of Our Christian School

As a new father, I recall holding our gift of God only about a month old on the day he was baptized as an infant. It was a busy day in our household that had been turned upside down as we transitioned from a home of two to become three. In a swirl of new parent fatigue, excitement, and “we’re really parents to this child?” we were in church. While family and after church lunch details had been on my mind, singing these words abruptly brought the day in to focus: 

God the Father, God of glory,

miracles, and mystery;

generations all adore him,

God the same through history.

Parents, tell your children, age to age the same.

Glorify the living Lord above,

magnify his holy name,

magnify his holy name.

This is a sweeping picture of all of life, much bigger than the exhaustion of infant care. Guiding our children to recognize, love, and serve the God who claims them as his own is a tremendous task. I’m grateful that Christian Education is one of the ways parents can join generations of those who “tell their children” so that they too may know and serve Christ in all things. 

Are you or others you know compelled to ensure that generations will continue to have the opportunity of Christian Education? We need several new board members this year to replace outgoing members who have served and even extended their service as result of COVID. Please contact Dwayne DeVries (board chair) or myself for more details. 

SJ