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Partnership - It’s a Big Deal!

Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:19

Partnership is a key issue in a Christian learning community like Eastern Christian. Partnership is such an important issue that it is featured in the very first sentence of our foundational Mission & Belief statements. Partnership between school, home and church has been a key part of Eastern Christian’s existence for 117 years.

Occasionally, we are asked whether this partnership is a dated concept – whether it is really all that important in sustaining our school in today’s society. The unequivocal answer is that our partnership with homes and churches is more important than ever!

The evidence of the partnership sustaining our school is overwhelming. Think about:

• Teachers partnering with parents to meet the parents’ God given mandate to raise their children into lives of mature faith and discipleship.
• Community members who partner with our school by acting as volunteers and providing literally thousands of hours of their time and talent each year in dozens of different capacities from classroom volunteers to Board members, PTO members to special event coordinators and performers.
• Donors from around the country who partner with us to provide financial support and help us achieve the goal of keeping an Eastern Christian education affordable.
• Business owners and professionals who partner with us by donating or dramatically discounting their services – from paving to legal advice, tree trimming to web-design – so as to reduce the operating expenses of our school.

Our partners are a critically important part of the Eastern Christian community. It is truly not an overstatement to say that we could not exist in our current form without them!

Eastern Christian is a school that strives to provide educational excellence at a cost below that of our peers. We do that by making the most of all of our resources – especially our people resources. We are thankful that the Lord has always provided for our needs. He has most frequently provided through the gifts of the people that he has associated with our school.

So what should your role be in the future of Eastern Christian? Can you share your time and talent with us in support of this critically important mission of preparing the young people of our community to live lives of service to the King? We need you - your ideas, your skills, your influence with your friends and neighbors, your financial support, your time.

You can make a difference for the children and young people of our community. You can make a difference for the cause of the Kingdom!

Partnership – It’s a Big Deal!