If you've spent any time outside of your home and in the world of commerce, you know that it's beginning (already) to look a lot like Christmas. Regardless of your feelings about this (I sense some reactions both of delight and of disgust!), Christmas is entering the mindset of our kids, like it or not!!!
In a Christian community, this is a holiday season that we can jump up and seize the opportunity to teach our kids just how amazing 'Christ came down' really is. One of the blessings of a Christian school is the opportunity to daily orient our students to Christ and what God accomplished in sending his son, and to spur them on to a faithful response. As I write this, the following things are happening in our schools:
- Christmas Carol rehearsal for singing at the Stoney Creek library (next week!!)
- Band rehearsals for our appearance in the Smithville and Grimsby Christmas parades (this Saturday and next Saturday!)
- Gifts are piling up for Rose City kids annual Christmas party. (CCS)
- Donations arriving for City Kidz, and planning for the Mitten tree. (JKCS)
- Planning and rehearsing for our Christmas assemblies on December 23 (9 am at JKCS, 11:05 at CCS)
Christmas is the perfect time to answer the question so many of our kids ask: 'Why?'. As we move into advent and journey together in anticipation, we at NACE pray a blessing over your family and your activities that will highlight the coming Saviour. Together, we will ensure that our children know without a doubt the 'Reason for the Season'.
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