Abide Master Plan

HEART OF THE MATTE R KEY QUESTI ON BIBLIC AL CORE REL V E ANT RES EAR CH ABU NDANT DIS CIP LING Becoming like Jesus How can stu den ts and staff grow in a meaningful rel ati ons hip with Chri st through all that h app ens on campus ? “By this everyone will kno w t hat you are my dis cip les, i f y ou lov e one another.” (John 13:35, NIV) “Fo llow Me, and I will make you fishers of me n.” (Ma tt. 4:19, NK JV) “The gre ate st hum an need i s to g et int o a rig ht relati ons hi p with God.” (Kn ight, 68. ) The “all important th ing” in e duc ation “should be the con ver sion of…. Students , that they ma y have a new he art an d lif e. The object of the Gre at Teacher is the restorat ion of th e imag e o f God in the so ul, and ever y t eac her in ou r sch ools should work in harmony with thi s p urpose.” (EGW, Fundam ent als of Chr ist ian Ed uca tion . P. 4 36) BOL D GOD LIN ESS Growin g Character and Id ent ity How can students dev elo p their identity in Christ and m a k e wise lifestyle dec isions? “Thank yo u f or making me so won derfully com plex! You r workmanship is mar vel lous — how we ll I know it.” (Ps. 139:14, NLT) “Ch aracter buildin g is t he mos t important wo rk ever entrusted to human beings.” (EGW, Education , 225.) “At th e h eart of A dve ntist edu cat ion is the goal of empowe ring s tud ent s to think and act r efle ctively f o r the mselves r ath er than just to respond to the word or will of an authority figure.” (Kn igh t, Edu cat ing for E ter nit y , p . 1 10) INT ENTION A L CON NEC TIN G Buildi ng community How ca n w e experience aut hen tic com mun ity on our sc hool cam pus ? “Ma y G od, who gives this patience and encourage men t, hel p y ou live in comple te harmony with each o t her , a s i s fitting for followers of Christ Je sus.” (Rom. 15: 5, NLT) “The b es t way to b e f ormed in Christ is to sit among the elders, li sten to their stories , bre ak bread with t hem , a nd dri nk fro m the same cup, observing how h t ese earlier gen erations of sai nts ra n t he rac e, fou ght the fig ht, an d s urv ive d i n grace." (Jame s Frazier quoted in Alo ng the Way , 2 015 ) DE L IBE RAT E LEA RNI NG Seeking wisdom throug h a biblical len s How ca n we have a wholis tic approach to tea chi ng and le arn ing thr oug h a bib lic a l lens? “I wil l inst ruc t you and teach yo u i n t he way yo u should go; I will c ounsel yo u with my lov ing eye o n you ” . (P s. 3 2:8, NIV) “Th e B ibl e is not frosting on an otherw ise una ltered hu manist cake. It ne ed s to be the leaven in the edu cation al lo a f, shaping the ent ire curriculum from its bas e up as it p ermeat es through t he who le school pr ogr am. ” — R ichard J . Edl in, The Cause of Christian Education (North por t, AL: Vi s ion Press, 1994), 63-66 . EXT RAV AG A NT OUT REA CH Sha rin g Jesus wit h o the rs How can we passionately share Jes us and the Adventist mes sag e t o our co m munity and the world? “I con sider my lif e worth not hin g to me; my on ly aim is to fini sh the race and complete the ta sk the Lor d J esus h as given me — t he task o f tes tifying to the good news of God’ s g rac e.” (Acts 20:24, NIV) “A maj or tas k of Chri sti an education is to “he lp stu dents unwrap their God- given gifts” so th at the y c an find their place in ser vic e to others.” (Knight, 7 7) ABIDE: A Spiritual Master Plan for Adventist Schools // Big Ideas Table 14 SECTION 4: RESOURCES (CONTINUED)