Abide Master Plan

SECTION 2: REFLECTION QUESTIONS Abundant Discipling: Becoming like Jesus The purpose of Adventist schools is to lead students and those in the school community into a vibrant and lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ and a personal conviction of the Seventh-day Adventist message. When we abide in Christ, we can’t help but disciple others. This is true of us, and our students. While academics, social skills, and making good choices in life both now and for the future are all important aspects of an Adventist school, if our students walk away and never really know Jesus for themselves, we have failed. We are given this advice: “By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:35, NIV) Our greatest need is to invite Jesus Christ to be the foundation of school life and to abide in Him. The “all important thing” in education “should be the conversion of…. Students, that they may have a new heart and life. The object of the Great Teacher is the restoration of the image of God in the soul, and every teacher in our schools should work in harmony with this purpose.” (Ellen White, Fundamentals of Christian Education , p. 436) “The wise educator, in dealing with his pupils, will seek to encourage confidence and to strengthen the sense of honor. Children and youth are benefited by being trusted…Lead the youth to feel that they are trusted, and there are few who will not seek to prove themselves worthy of the trust.” — Education , p. 289, 290 REFLECTION QUESTIONS: We invite you to consider where you are and where you want to be in the context of the following questions. 1. How does faith talk happen (and how might it happen) in your school community? • Staff sharing with staff… • Staff sharing with students… • Students sharing with students… • Students sharing with staff… 2. How is (or how can) the school collaborate with the church to disciple students? 3. How do (or how can) we make worship and/or chapel more relevant for our students? 4. How are families (or how can families be) involved in the discipleship process? 5. How do I (or can I) intentionally invite my students to be disciples of Jesus? 6. How would I describe my personal walk with Jesus at the moment … and what can I do to grow as a disciple who disciples others? 5