Both help put matters back into perspective and help prepare me for another week of school. Schedule such necessary meetings for weekdays, and let the Lord s Day be the Lord s day. Worshiping collectively yields two other benefits. First, it allows students to see us, their mentors, honor the Lord in a different setting. In my case, my family sits up front at services to avoid distractions, and I take thorough sermon notes.
Actions speak louder than words alone.
Second, we walk out of church every Sunday armed with principles that can make us become more effective Christians and, by extension, more effective school teachers. Don t Blame the Kids - The Trouble with America s Public Schools. McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Russell B. Glines teaches at Fellowship Christian Academy in Methuen, Massachusetts.