Tuesday, October 22, 2019

The 2019 BBQ and Auction Praise Report


Dear CCS Families and Friends,

The CCS 2019 Chicken BBQ & Auction has come and gone. God gave us a great weekend!  What made the weekend great?  Here are some of the amazing things that happened this past weekend:
  1.  CCS students packed 10,000 Chicken-Flavored Vegetable and Rice Soup meals for the Twin Valley Food Pantry.  Meals of Hope supplied the ingredients, and our students supplied the manpower to pack these meals for the Food Pantry . . . Praise God!  The senior class planned, prayed, and ran the food packing event to include organizing a worship chapel for the entire school, middle/high school discussion groups, and middle/high school service groups.
  2. CCS sold 2,220 chicken dinners!  Beginning at 11:30 am the CCS kitchen was hopping, packing meals for businesses and families in our community.  Families could pick up their chicken dinners through our drive-up service or come into the gymnasium to sit and eat or take their chicken home. 
  3. CCS welcomed 150 bidders to our auction on Saturday.  While we had 150 bidders, we had many more people present on campus enjoying our Cougar Café, Craft Store, Live Auction, Food Area, and Kidz Zone.  A few highlights from the Auction:

·        Every year we have a “Special Project” that we present to our auction friends; these projects can be immediate and/or long-term needs the school has.  This year we shared an immediate need (our middle school steps) and a long-term need (building our Endowment Fund).  PRAISE God we raised $1,000 to fix the steps and added $5,585 to our Endowment Fund!!
·       We auctioned off personalized parking spaces for 4 seniors and 2 VIP parking spaces for patrons for after school-events . . . we raised $1,400 on these items!!
·       Our class baskets stole the show again. J  Our parent volunteers put baskets together that focused on Philly Sports, Camping, Snow Days, Parent Breaks, Gift Cards, Grillin' and Chillin', and more.  Parents, grandparents, and alumni had bidding wars that brought laughter, cheers, and blessings to our school.

THANK YOU for praying for our BBQ & Auction.  

The PRELIMINARY projection is that we are close to making budget.  We are anticipating falling short of our $44,500 budget by only about $4,000.

Please keep praying for 3 things in particular:
  1. We need only $800 to meet our goal of $3,000 for our Food Packing Event.
  2. We need to sell the beautiful 8’ X 12’ shed that was donated to CCS.  The bid at the auction fell through.  If you would like to purchase an awesome shed for your home, contact the office now.
  3. Pray for our online auction that runs until October 31.  You will find some great items on our online auction.  Visit our online auction by clicking the following link:  https://www.biddingforgood.com/ConestogaChristian
If anyone has any questions, email me at ken.parris@conestogachristian.net.

Have a blessed day.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

October is Here, and so is CCS's Five Year Strategic Plan

I cannot believe we are already in the month of October.  Twenty-five school days have passed, only one hundred fifty-five to go. 😃  The month of October is an exciting month here at Conestoga Christian School for a number of reasons, one of which being that October is when we host our annual Chicken BBQ & Auction.  Last year at the BBQ we sold over 2,000 lunches and dinners - praise God!  This year we are praying for similar BBQ sales, maybe even numbers near 2,400 . . . only God knows.  Very soon we will begin sharing all the wonderful items we have had donated for the auction.  There will be something for everyone.  Please join me as I pray for the BBQ & Auction.  Pray that this event will bring families together and will financially support the ministry of Conestoga Christian School.

In addition to the Chicken BBQ & Auction, this month Conestoga Christian School is unveiling its new Strategic Plan.  The Board of Trustees convenes a committee every five years to pray about and ask the question, "Where is Conestoga Christian School heading over the next five years?"  The question has been asked, prayed over, and answered.  Please use the following link to read through Conestoga Christian School's Strategic Plan for 2020-2025.

https://tinyurl.com/CCSStrategicPlan

If anyone has any questions concerning Conestoga's Strategic Plan, the Chairman of our Board of Trustees, Linford Weaver, or I would love to sit down with you and discuss them.  Please email me at ken.parris@conestogachristian.net if you would like to talk.

In Him,

Kenneth T. Parris
Head of School