Celebrating Student Creativity
One of our major beliefs here is that every student is uniquely gifted to glorify God. “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” While some may be excellent discipleship group leaders, others may be better at hospitality. While some may love setting up chairs, others may love sharing the gospel with their football team.
In keeping with that, we seek to celebrate the different gifts of every student. We celebrate their gifts because we know it will spur them on to continue working and grow in their abilities. We truly believe that God can use our students’ gifts to change the world, and so we encourage them as much as possible.
This coming weekend, we will be celebrating the students who are creative at heart. On Saturday night, about 30 students will be setting up art and photography displays, performing music, and glorifying God together at the Music and Arts Festival.
Last year was our first Festival, and we were amazed at the talent our kids displayed. It was humbling to see and hear the incredible gifts that were in our midst that we did not even know about. This year, we’re expecting it to be even better.
So here is the challenge/question: Are you celebrating your students’ gifts? If so, how? If not, you could have incredible talent right under your nose and not even realize it!
Patrick, one of our performers, just recorded a song with some friends at school and Chuck Leavell (the keyboardist for Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, and Rolling Stones). He sings the chorus of the following song. It’s worth listening to:
