Monday, September 24, 2018

GIFTS

I walked over to the middle school today to see how everyone was doing.  To my surprise I saw a new chicken house surrounded by a very nice white fence.  The chicken house was sitting on the trailer on which it was delivered, and the chickens were resting comfortably on the ground under the trailer and in the house.  Last week I met with Paul Mast, the owner of the farm just south of our school, to discuss survey plans that were conducted as we look to purchase four acres from him.  Hershey Surveying prepared plans to subdivide Paul’s farm and give us four acres near our soccer field.  Paul looked at the plans and said, “Looks good to me.”  What do a new chicken house and new land have in common?  They are both GIFTS from the Lord.

Conestoga Christian School is blessed to have families and businesses that partner with us for our students’ benefit and His glory.  I share that the chicken house and land are GIFTS because our Board of Trustees, administration, staff, and families truly believe that everything we have is because of the graciousness of God.  God is the one who places the need for Christian education on the hearts and minds of our families; God is the one who calls our staff into Christian education; and God is the one who directs foundations, businesses, alumni, families, and grandparents to give sacrificially to the ministry of CCS.  Appropriately we have named our Capital Campaign a GIFT – Growing In Faith Together.

The Growing In Faith Together campaign was launched on January 27, 2018. If you are a new family at CCS and you do not know Why we launched a capital campaign, What we are planning to build, or How you can support the capital campaign, visit our website and find the answers to each of those questions. The goal of our campaign is to construct a new building that will contain a new gymnasium/trades center and then expand our existing gymnasium to create a new fine arts center. The total cost of the expansion and renovation is $6.7M. To date, through pledges and prayerful considerations, we are approaching $1M. Phase one of the building plan is the construction of the new building -- aproximately $4.5M; in less than one year we are approaching $1M . . . praise God!!

Please set up a time to meet with me or email me if you have any questions about our Growing In Faith Together campaign. I love talking about what God is doing at CCS. To keep up to date with what is happening on campus, go to our website or follow us on social media, and remember, whether you donate a chicken house, land, $1M to our capital campaign, or prayer . . . you are an encouragement to us!!

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