Operation Christmas Child Visits Evangel
Operation Christmas Child, a ministry under Samaritan’s Purse, asks people to fill shoe boxes with items and love yearly, to distribute to children in need around the world. From basic essentials like toothbrushes and bars of soap to fun activities like crayons and flash cards, people around the world give a little bit of hope to children who may not otherwise have any.
Evangel Christian School continued our tradition of packing shoe boxes. On Friday, November 13th we dedicated these shoe boxes to the Lord at our chapel services. Students shared testimonies about what packing a shoebox meant to them. We prayed that these shoe boxes would reach their destinations and that the child whose hand a shoebox landed in would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
We then received the honor of having a film crew from Operation Christmas Child come to Evangel on Tuesday, November 17th to film our students praying over their shoe boxes. Selected students also went up to our roof to shoot various plugs for OCC! This footage will be used in future Operation Christmas Child promotional videos. How exciting! The OCC film crew and staff were impressed with our children’s enthusiasm and the abundance of shoe boxes collected. Colorful posters and even some students wearing self-made t-shirts graced the sanctuary for all to know that Evangel loves Operation Christmas Child!
In total, 211 shoeboxes were packed and more than $800 (that could be visibly seen in a shoebox) in donations were collected. These donations cover the shipping costs for each of the shoe boxes.
More than 69 million children world-wide have been impacted by Operation Christmas Child and Evangel is so proud to be a part of this. Check out pictures from our chapel and the film crew coming to visit in the Galleries section of our website!
We pray that many children will be blessed this Christmas season! Thanks to everyone who helped to make this event a success!
Middle School Electives
Dance
This course instructs students in the fundamental skills and techniques of dance. Students will learn ballet, modern hip-hop.
Drama/Theater Arts
These courses instruct students in the fundamentals of theater arts. Course I is designed to teach students the art of pantomime, improvisation and human video. Students in course II learn the basic skills of acting and develop short skits that present contemporary dialogue.
Cooking Elective
This course covers theories and methods of cooking, Students are taught to set up a proper workstation. In addition, students are taught a series of knife cuts using the proper safe knife handling methods, accomplish and season a variety of foundation dishes, define, utilize, and convert standard American weights and measurements.
Worship Team
This course is designed for vocalists and instrumentalist who have a desire to worship the Lord. Students are taught basic pitch and rhythmic notation as well as harmonization. The course also provides a practical study of various styles of worship.
Art
Students are learning to use different mediums. They are learning the basics of drawing and painting.
Photography
This course covers types of photography, digital camera basics, and creating still and moving pictures.
The Art of Math
Students connect Math to Architecture in this very exciting elective.
Union or Confederacy
Continuing to gear up for the Civil War, we studied the election of 1860, and the beginnings of the war at Fort Sumter. We have begun asking what does it mean to be a Union? Looking at the differences between a Union, which cannot be divided, and a Confederacy, which can be divided at will. We will begin asking when should a country break away from another country?
Miss Jensen
Colonial Growth
Continuing to study America’s colonial growth, we drew maps, charting out which European countries laid claim to which regions of the U.S. After concentrating on New England, we began to explore New France and New Spain. We looked at how Europeans brought their political and religious differences with them from the old world to the new.
Miss Jensen
Korea
We have continued studying China and other countries in East Asia. We learned about Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Zedong as they struggled for control after WWII, and how Kai Shek had to flee to Taiwan after Communism gained control of mainland China. We also studied Korea, and how it split into North and South. A student brought in a coat he had found from the Korean War, and shared what he knew about the war with the class.
Miss Jensen
The Civil War
During the first half of October we continued our road to the Civil War, we learned about the Dred Scott court case and how that enraged many anti-slavery citizens. We also learned about two emerging politicians, Lincoln and Douglas, and read about their famous debates as they ran for senate and president.
Miss Jensen
America
During the first half of October we studied the early English colonies in the Americas, beginning with the disappearing colony of Roanoke, and the entrepreneurial colony of Jamestown. We studied the Pilgrims as they came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in search of religious freedom, and how even freedom-seekers found it difficult to give others their own religious freedom.
Miss Jensen
China
During the first half of October we studied ancient and Modern day China. We learned about inventions and discoveries that the Chinese contributed to the world, like porcelain and silk, gunpowder, coal, and paper money. We studied the Chinese government as it changed from Imperial Dynasties, to Republic, to Communist State.
Miss Jensen
Math Class
Students began Chapter 4 in our math book. We will be doing work with fractions, understanding how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them.
Mr. Boyd