{"id":17849,"date":"2019-09-07T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?p=17849"},"modified":"2019-09-07T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T17:18:39","slug":"message-for-education-sunday-september-8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/message-for-education-sunday-september-8-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MESSAGE FOR EDUCATION SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greetings My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our theme for this academic year is \u2018Form and Flourish – to Re-form<\/em><\/strong>.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through education, we are moulded or formed to flourish in life, and at the start of the new school year, our learners are ready to engage with new knowledge, ideas, and experiences. We encourage each learner to grasp the opportunities that will be made available to them. May each person strive to display their best behaviour, focused attention, and preparation to ensure that they get the most out of each day’s lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our learners rely on us their parents, teachers, principals, school boards, and all support staff and the church to be the agents through whom God will act to direct them on the right path. We are the bearers not just of academic instruction, but the patience, generosity, good behaviour, morals, and character that will form our learners into the well-rounded individuals we desire them to become. We must model these qualities for our learners in every aspect of our lives. Through our actions, our learners will see the practical application of the qualities we are inviting them to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our children need our support at every stage of the learning\nprocess. They face many distractions, fears, and challenges and may fall away\nfrom accomplishing their best. Let us not abandon them on their journey but be\nready to offer them guidance and care throughout their lives. Some of our\nchildren may act inappropriately at home and in school, may we not dismiss them\nas disruptive, but rather seek to identify what they are trying to tell us and\nwith loving care address their needs and concerns. These temporary setbacks\npresent an opportunity for us to assist our learners to get back on their feet,\nlearn, and be strengthened by their experiences and move to new levels of\nlearning, this is the process of \u2018re-forming’ that we propose should be engaged\nwhenever it is required, so that every learner is sustained in their growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As schools associated with the church, we are tasked with sharing\nthe Good News of God\u2019s unconditional love and steadfast faithfulness with every\nstakeholder. It is God who must guide us as we journey through the triumphs and\nthe challenges of the year. May we seek to transform every learner\u2019s life with\nboth academic and spiritual nurture and together form strong individuals who\nwill build our communities and country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish for you all God\u2019s blessing for the 2019 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours in Christ,
Natalie Blake (Rev.)
Director – Christian Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collect\nfor Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Almighty\nGod, the fountain of all wisdom: Enlighten by your Holy Spirit those who teach\nand those who learn, that, rejoicing in the knowledge of your truth, they may\nworship you and serve you from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ\nour Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever\nand ever. Amen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Our theme for this academic year is \u2018Form and Flourish – to Re-form.\u2019 Through education, we are moulded or formed to flourish in life, and at the start of the new school year, our learners are ready to engage with new knowledge, ideas, and experiences. We encourage each…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":17850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","category-news","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17851,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions\/17851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}