Building character is just as important as academics.
It's fostering an environment of giving honor and respect.
It's following Jesus as he tied a towel around his waist and washed his disciples feet, then served them the Passover meal.
Kids serve breakfast to pastors in our schoolhouse. But its more than that. They get to serve THEIR OWN pastors!
It's our tradition every October. But it starts long before that. In January, as part of the admissions paperwork, each family is asked to fill out which church they call home. This is not a metric or even required for admission. This is simply an opportunity to find out which churches are represented by the students at our school. The Pastor Appreciation Breakfast is our way to say thank you to those in places of spiritual leadership over the lives of our students and their families. Out of our roughly 50 students this year, 12 churches are represented in the student body. That's such a blessing!
It's a picture of how PHCS serves the wider Christian community: the churches and ministries with which our families are involved.
The invitations are sent out. The RSVP's and plus-ones are tallied. The tables are set. And the children are briefed on their responsibilities as they convert the school house into a breakfast diner.
The kids love it and are excited for who gets to serve the bacon, who doles out the pancakes, who balances coffee and orange juice cups to bring to the seated pastors.
At PHCS, we consider service to others a significant ingredient of our curriculum. Amid the busyness of spelling tests, book reports, and long-division, activities in character development are essential lessons as well. As one of our teachers put it, "It's important. We make sure we teach their brains, as well as their hearts."
"But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another." -1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
It's fostering an environment of giving honor and respect.
It's following Jesus as he tied a towel around his waist and washed his disciples feet, then served them the Passover meal.
Kids serve breakfast to pastors in our schoolhouse. But its more than that. They get to serve THEIR OWN pastors!
It's our tradition every October. But it starts long before that. In January, as part of the admissions paperwork, each family is asked to fill out which church they call home. This is not a metric or even required for admission. This is simply an opportunity to find out which churches are represented by the students at our school. The Pastor Appreciation Breakfast is our way to say thank you to those in places of spiritual leadership over the lives of our students and their families. Out of our roughly 50 students this year, 12 churches are represented in the student body. That's such a blessing!
It's a picture of how PHCS serves the wider Christian community: the churches and ministries with which our families are involved.
The invitations are sent out. The RSVP's and plus-ones are tallied. The tables are set. And the children are briefed on their responsibilities as they convert the school house into a breakfast diner.
The kids love it and are excited for who gets to serve the bacon, who doles out the pancakes, who balances coffee and orange juice cups to bring to the seated pastors.
At PHCS, we consider service to others a significant ingredient of our curriculum. Amid the busyness of spelling tests, book reports, and long-division, activities in character development are essential lessons as well. As one of our teachers put it, "It's important. We make sure we teach their brains, as well as their hearts."
"But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another." -1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
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