The Power of Action

" Be Thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12 KJV

The power to change lies in our willingness to take action. Webster defines action as the manner or method of performing.

For us, the power of action lies in our ability to respond to the real needs of the culture - knowing Jesus Christ. For the past four years, we have shared our commitment to being a Christian school that 'stands out' in our community through the development of our Roots to Wings spiritual life courses.

Last Wednesday, I attended the 8th grade girls' 'Purity Commitment Ceremony'; a capstone of our Roots to Wings program. This ceremony culminates a six week teaching on purity done by Mrs. Margi Vogel. For us, the 'real' need of our young women is to know their value in Christ.

Defining spiritual needs and creating a method in which to respond (Roots to Wings) is who we are committed to being for you and our community.

Resurrection Blessings!
Deb Blanker

Ideas Worth Sharing

Have you ever seen the small note pad at the Residence Inn ,which says, 'Ideas Worth Saving' ? I presume it's provided so you can record ideas, which may help them better serve their customers .Or maybe they leave it to help you remember ideas, which may serve someone else.

I recently jotted down some ideas worth saving, during a parent conversation. The exchange of ideas is beneficial for all of us. Our lens are only as broad as the experiences we have filtered through them. So, lets take your experiences and meld them with our own and birth something new. Jot down your ideas worth sharing and email me ... I'd love to meld them with my own.

In April, Tri-unity Christian School will birth another beginning ... after thirty years of labor, we will become first time 'owners' of a building. In the fall of 2010 we will open our new preschool, Treasure Tree, at the new site. You will still see the same great teachers, but experience some new ideas! As funding permits, this site will be transformed into our new elementary.

We need everyone to be a part, as we write the next chapter in Tri-unity's story. For more information contact our office @ 532-TUCS or email me @debb@tucs.org.

Blessings
Deb Blanker

21 Century Curriculum

Curriculum can be defined as a 'living organism'. It encompasses all experiences related to learning content information. Curriculum is more than the text - it is the teachers, the learners, the tools, the experiences and the final product. Curriculum engages with ideas. The well established model has not always reflected such boldness in service delivery. However, we recognize the outcomes can no longer look the same. Outcomes of instruction must incorporate the requirements our students will face in a changing marketplace.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills ( an outcome based framework adopted by TCS ) has developed a vision for student success in a new global economy. The model supports Life and Career Skills, Learning and Innovation, as well as Information, Media and Technology skills.

Does change happen over night? Not usually. This shift will include full funding for classroom technology, professional development, and learning environments conducive to engaging creativity. Does change mean published text have no value? Absolutely not. It means there is more to instruction than the text.

Google: Smarted, Polyvision, 21st Century Skills ... check out the direction we're headed. Does change happen over night .... no, but we're powering up.

Blessings,
Deb Blanker

Kingdom Work

Mondays are like a ' new dawn', a fresh start to life, the beginning ... Today is the beginning of life without the smile and laughter of a daughter/sister. Today the Wright family begins walking out their new beginning.

As I reflect on the phone call I received early last Sunday morning alerting me to the accident which took the life of Julie Wright-Allen, I am reminded of the hands and feet of Christ which carried family and friends through the journey from acknowledgement to committal.

Yesterday, Bill called to say they are facing their new reality. In the midst of our conversation he was quick to say the Kingdom of God was reflected through acts too numerous to count. He heard, ".. it's okay to be mad at God'. His response was quintessential Bill ...' it's not even on my radar to be mad. I see the Love of God and He has spoken so clearly to me.'

Today is a new dawn for the Wright Family. The Kingdom of God has been at hand. God's love for us magnified by our love for each other. He called and we obeyed. Food, diapers, delivered gravel, snow-plowing, hotel rooms, funeral expenses, notes, calls, family, friends and so much more. Bill and Renee say thanks for being the hands and feet of Christ.

So, we move forward into a new day, a new week, steadfast in our Kingdom work; to care for the Body.

Romans 8: 38-39 (AMP) ... For I am persuaded beyond doubt that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, not things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deb Blanker