欢迎回来!
A new school year is upon us and I am so excited to get our middle school students back in the building – it is far too quiet and clean in here without them! As the staff prepares for our middle school students, we cannot help but be excited to see what God will do in their lives this year.
Theme – “扎根”
The theme for this new school year is “扎根” taken from Colossians 2:6-7 which says, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 扎根 and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” 在这段话中有几个重要的细节需要注意。 第一个, the command given to us is “live your lives in Christ” or “walk in him” as another version puts it. As we continue in the passage, we see that the word “rooted” is describing how we are to live. 作为基督徒，我们要有根基、坚定、安全、自信、不动摇、不可动摇。 这就是我希望我的中学生能做到的，让他们对他们的主和救主耶稣基督的理解和承诺有安全感和信心。
The next question that must be asked is, “How can I (or a middle school student) get to this point? How can I become rooted?” 我想答案就在后面的诗句里。 The phrase “in the faith” is massively important. 信仰是我们扎根的方式。 作为基督徒，神用我们的信心使我们在他里面扎根。 随着我们信心的增长，我们的根也在他里面越来越深，我们也越来越有安全感。 这就是问题所在，作为教职员，我们如何帮助这些学生加强他们对耶稣基督的信心？
This is why Northwest Christian exists – to continually point students back to Christ. 这种情况每天都在每个班级发生。 当我们在科学课上学习他所创造和维持的世界时，我们指向基督。 当我们在历史课上学习他对过去和当前事件的主权统治时，我们指出基督。 当我们处理学生问题时，当我们谈论耶稣给我们的命令时，我们指向基督，把别人的需要放在我们自己的需要之前，当我们把事情搞砸时，我们会得到他的宽恕。 我们一天的每一部分都应该是一个机会，让我们的学生加强他们对耶稣基督的信心。
We know that this is not an easy task, in fact, it is impossible without the Holy Spirit’s work in the students’ hearts. Our call is to be faithful to the task laid before us – to provide a Gospel-centered (which is to say Christ-centered) education to every student, every day and to trust that God will transform our students so that their faith will strengthen and they will become rooted in him. And the best part about it happening this way, is that God receives all the glory – which is exactly how we want it.
在过去的70年里，上帝对西北基督教如此忠诚，所以我们带着极大的兴奋和信心，一起踏上了另一个学年的旅程。
都是为了基督的荣耀，
斯科特•弗格森
校长女士
