What Are You Passionate About?

Bill Hybels is the Senior Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and in his book Courageous Leadership defines vision as a picture of the future that produces passion.  Think about that for a moment . . . vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.  The next thought that comes into my mind, what am I passionate about?  My question for you - what are you passionate about?

I have the blessing and privilege to work with passionate people.  The teachers here at Conestoga Christian School passionately love the Lord and love the students they are entrusted to teach.  The parents of CCS are passionately committed to the growth of our school.  It is a joy to work with moms and dads who freely give of their time for the benefit of CCS.  The Board of Trustees embody the vision that Hybels talks about because they see Conestoga in 10 years and get excited about what we can be!  Every staff member, parent, grandparent, and alumnus know that God truly did begin a good work at Conestoga Christian School in 1952 and carries it on to completion until the day Jesus calls us home, just as we are told in Philippians 1:6.

When you think of the future of CCS, do you get excited?  I do!  I get excited about the future because of what I see on campus today.  Have you stopped and thought about what is happening on campus now?  Let me share just a few things:

• In the elementary building we have started Girls on the Run, Science Explorers, and a Math Club.
• In the middle and high school we have student leaders setting the culture of the school by leading in worship, focusing on prayer (evidenced in “See You at the Pole), and serving as chaplains and class officers.
• In athletics we are building community by sitting in the stands and on the hillside watching our student athletes compete for God’s glory.
• In our parents we have leaders stepping up to organize and run the BBQ/Auction, sacrifice to not only pay tuition but fund major projects like air conditioning for the gym, and be the policy makers of the school as they serve on the Board of Trustees.

These are just a few exciting things that are happening RIGHT NOW, but God also has us working on the future.  On March 20, 2015, we will hold our first Founders Dinner with our guest speaker Dr. Ben Carson.  We are expecting 1,000 people from Lancaster, Berks, and Chester counties to be in attendance - 1,000 people!  Who could have seen that coming?  God did!

Psalm 139 tells us that God knows everything about us.  In verse 16 we are told that all our days were written in His book before even one of them came to be.  God knew Dr. Carson would be at Conestoga, God knew that our students would lead in ministry, God knew our elementary school would participate in Girls on the Run - God knows everything.  In Jeremiah 29:11 God says that our future is one of hope and prosperity . . . now who can’t get excited by that!!