Thanks, Pastors

On Wednesday, Unity Christian School held one of its two Pastors Appreciation Days this month. We'll have a second one next Wednesday, and after yesterday's experience, I can't wait to experience it again.

Several of the area pastors and children's ministers made their way to the UCS campus, where they heard from headmaster Glenn Getchell about the school's mission and the students' accomplishments. Mr. Getchell also told the pastors how much they and their churches mean to UCS.

Rob Davis, UCS' Upper Campus Principal, also spoke and related a story to our pastors about a young military officer, in his early 20s at the time, who was protected by God during the French and Indian War. During one battle, that young leader had not one, but two, horses shot out from underneath him; and four bullets went through his clothes with little damage to his body. Still, he remained alive, and he said the only reason he lived and continued on his path was because of God's providence. The young military officer was George Washington.

Mr. Davis wanted the pastors to realize that we know that, as pastors and leaders, they face many obstacles everyday, but we see that they continue to follow God's path for them, and we appreciate that more than they might know.

After Mr. Davis spoke, the pastors, Mr. Getchell, Mr. Davis and I stood in a circle and prayed together. It's an awesome thing to see pastors from all over the area, from different walks of life, from different denominations and with different ways of worshiping all standing together to pray in UNITY to Jesus Christ.

After that we moved into the chapel room for chapel with 2nd-5th grade students. What an awesome time that was. With the students and Mrs. Cynthia Ivery leading worship and several 5th graders performing a skit that ultimately proved Jesus' love and willingness to die for our sins so we could have the free gift of life, it was an unbelievable time.

Finally, the students found their pastor and children's minister and prayed for them. How awesome is it that our students, who are prayed for constantly, would be able to pray for our pastors? Wow.

The funny thing about Pastors Appreciation day is that even though we wanted the pastors to know how much we love them, they were the ones who brought something special to the day. You should have seen the excitement on our students' faces when they saw their pastor came to UCS to specifically spend time with them. What a blessing to the pastors and the students who were able to share this day with one another.

Our next Pastors Appreciation day is Wednesday, Nov. 14. Pastors will be treated to an awesome time of worship with our middle and high school students. Pastors and youth pastors will not want to miss this day. It will definitely bless our pastors and our students. If you are a pastor or youth pastor and want to take part in this event, please contact Jennifer Eddins at 706-292-0700 or jeddins@unitychristianschool.org.

Mickey Seward
Associate Director of Development