Servant Working

Our program at Beacon Christian School is woven together by ten threads called Throughlines. Throughlines are qualities that we desire our students to develop as God is revealed to them "in all things." They answer the question, "How now shall I live?" This month, we are looking at "Servant Working".

As first written by the Prairie Centre for Christian Education, "We should learn to serve others by working actively to heal brokenness and bring joy and shalom. 'As individuals, we are called to make a difference in the world, not just in private personal behavior. We are also called to the restoration task as communities of believers. As redeemed image bearers we should be making a difference in the culture.' (Donovan Graham)"

Being “salt and light” means our faith needs to be expressed in our work. We all can help to heal brokenness and bring joy. Sometimes this will be a response to an injustice, and sometimes it will be doing good things just for the sake of doing them. Sometimes these things will be easy for us to do and sometimes they will really push us out of our comfort zone – and both are great experiences!

During our weekly chapel, our students were encouraged to think deeply about how and where they can serve. We were encourage in song by our Grade 1 and 6 leaders. 

We were reminded that we are "mutually interdependent" on each other. 

 

Our students were then watched  the first 3 minutes of this video about Rose City Kids mission in Welland, Ontario. 

They were given a challenge to think of how they themselves could earn some money to contribute towards Christmas boxes for Rose City Kids. 

Some of our students have already gotten into action. These two students made flyers and posted them in their neighbourhood. They are are raking leaves to make money for Rose City Kids Christmas boxes. They are being the hands and feet of Jesus to children just like them in our local community.

Our desire is that students will work actively to heal 

brokenness and bring joy to individuals and to culture.