What is your definition of "excellence"?
We believe that the
Biblical definition of excellence is described in Mark 12:30
- "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." Mark 12:30.
From this we developed the mission statement below:
* We
will love the Lord our God with sincerity in our inner life, character
and personality. (Heart)
* We will love the Lord our God with
fervor, joy, devotion and passion. (Soul)
* We will love the Lord
our God with our thinking, reasoning and understanding. (Mind)
* We
will love the Lord our God with our strength and the whole energy
of our being. (Strength)
In other words, we will love the Lord
our God with a sincere, devoted, passionate, intelligent, energetic
love.
We recognize, that in our own strength, we are incapable
of producing change in our lives, our children, our family or the
world -only Christ can do this. We will rely on Christ to guide us
in what we teach, what we offer, how we grow and our future. The benchmark
of success is not in numbers, clubs, honors or curriculum choice.
The benchmark of success is that Christ is with us and we are
continually drawing closer to Him.
The four main areas that CHE
will focus on in our programming will be character (heart), passion
(soul), intellect (mind), and service (strength).
We hope to
accomplish this by:
* Encouraging and supporting parents in their
walk with Christ and their homeschool journey while fostering
a sense of community and transparency amongst each other
* Helping
homeschool parents through the high school years
* Supporting
excellent home education emotionally and practically
* Finding out
what we are passionate about and using that passion for Christ
and service
* Offering classes with a Christian world view and
Biblical application
* Using Classic Literature to teach or show Biblical
character and values
* Utilizing our hands and physical strength
to help a hurting world through service projects and community development
*
Going and growing where God leads
