Bowery Mission Trip
On January 7th, students from Pastor David Ham’s Drama elective performed their amazing mini-play entitled Freedom Cry during our bi-monthly trip to The Bowery Mission in Manhattan, New York. Freedom Cry tells the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, with a twist–it’s set in modern times! Through this magnificent drama, we see how when we allow ourselves to be used of God and risk ourselves, truly miraculous things can happen. Our elementary students helped to bless those in attendance with handmade cards. We appreciate being allowed to minister in such an impactful way. Share our day with us by checking out the photographs in the Gallery section of our website.
Mrs. Candelier
Faces Painted, School Colors, Pom Poms, Screaming, Yelling, Balloons, Contests, and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much Fun – this describes our Pep Rally on Thursday, November 19th. Our athletes were greeted by loud cheers as they crashed through homemade signs. Students were so excited and full of School Spirit as they adorned blue and silver garland and had Mrs. Kemp and Mrs. Arnau paint beautiful eagles on their faces. Our athletes were spurred on to “be the best that they can be” this year. A great big “thank you” to Mr. Wong, our Athletic Director, for making this year’s Pep Rally such a huge success.
Check out Galleries for some great pics.
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!
Beyond the Calling
Beyond the Calling, a hip-hop group that was actually formed at Evangel Christian School over two years ago, ministered at our High School Chapel. Melanie Chong and Luis Alers are alumni and Joaquin Pardo and Ryan Diaz are in 12th grade at ECS. This group has written several songs such as, “Ain’t Ashamed,” “Ain’t My Home,” “Spiritual Love” and “Slave to Righteousness”.
Beyond the Calling’s purpose and mission is to get the Message out to all – through the Word and Music. They feel that there are two callings. The one that God has for His children as well as the calling the World offers. They feel they need to live beyond the calling of the world, hence the name of their group and the focus of their ministry.
God really used this group to minister to our students and to challenge them to live above the world.
Beyond The Calling is scheduled to release their debut album Spring 2010.
Harvest Fun Fair
This year’s Elementary School’s Harvest Fun Fair was a blast! Students dressed up as Pilgrims, Indians, and Turkeys – talk about cute!!!!!!!! The children also had an opportunity to play several games, such as Tic Tac Toe Ring Toss, Turkey in the Straw and Roll The Gourd. Our Elementary School students were able to work on Pilgrim and Indian crafts, as well as getting their face painted by our talented National Honor Society students. The day ended with each student receiving a bag full of candy. A perfect ending to a perfect day!
Please check out “Galleries” for some cute pictures!
POETRY JAM
This year’s annual Poety Jam was exactly what it sounds like – a “Jam!”. This entire event was planned and set up by a committee of students who worked hard to put it together according to the guidelines given to them. The Poetry Jam was an opportunity given to the students to open up about certain topics. Some wrote about who their heroes are, gave us short photo memories of their life in the form of haikus, and some expressed their true feelings about sensitive topics. About 3 students also decided to share their individual talents in the form of music. While some presentations were comical and put smiles on our faces, others were heart-felt and brought tears to our eyes. We had a great time of eating catered food and goodies, to God moving miraculously among us. I can honestly say that it was a blessing for me and the students as well. I saw the love of God shining from the students’ faces as they shared favorite memories with friends and told us of how Evangel has been a great influence in their lives by showing them who God was and the love that He has for every individual student and staff member in Evangel. We had two special guests who spoke to the students about how God wants to work in their lives and the plans that He has in store for them, and the students really opened up to receive the message. This event was truly beautiful in every way, from the Jazz theme decorations, to the outfits that the sudents wore, all the way to how God is working in each and every life. I would like to thank the senior class of 2010 for being so cooperative and for helping out in everyway they did. I feel that this event has sewn the lives of these students closely and into a family that shares the love of Christ.
Student Government
What an exciting election we had for this year’s Student Government race!
The candidates were extremely creative and strategic in their campaigning techniques. Some students had clever posters, others provided voters with lollipops with campaign slogans and some just spoke to fellow students on a one to one basis asking for support.
On Election Day – Friday, October 23rd, candidates had the opportunity to give their speeches. Most made promises to make Evangel Christian School a better place for its students
After hearing all the speeches from candidates, students were able to vote, and after tallying all the ballots, the students of Evangel Christian School voted in Jonathan Bonifas as their President, Guillermo Rosario as the Vice President, Sean Villalba and Ryan Diaz as their Co-Treasurers and Ashley Perez as Secretary.
Next week the Student Government officers will go around classrooms to vote in two class representatives from each class.
We are looking forward to this government’s leadership and positive impact in our school!
Check out Galleries for some great pics!
Literacy Day/Crazy Hair and Hat Day
This year we decided to combine two events to create one incredible, exciting fun filled day for our Elementary School students on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Our Fellowship Hall was transformed into a wacky hair salon called —– Hairy Situations. Teachers had to confirm their appointment with Tanya, one of the salon stylists, who was working the front desk. She welcomed in all our students who came in to salon. Many of the students and teachers walked in to the salon with crazy hair or hats. For those who didn’t have a hat, we provide hats for them.
We played music videos and sang along to some popular Veggie Tale tunes. After a fun time of singing, students were treated to books about hair or hats. After story time, the students watched some of our High School students act out a skit based on a Bible character named Samson. (Did you know the source of Samson’s strength was his hair!) During this fun time for students, teachers and aides were getting their hair done at the salon by a wacky hairstylist.
We wanted students to not only have fun, but to learn and get excited about reading!
Many students and teachers said this was the best Literacy Day ever!
Please check out our gallery on the school’s website to see some great pictures!
International Week
China. India. Mexico. Brasil. Nepal. Switzerland. Peru. Spain. These are just some of the 73 countries beautifully represented by our students and staff and Evangel Christian School. We held our semi-annual International Week to celebrate the heritages of our families. This year, our celebration took place from October 19th through October 23rd. Throughout the week, students had opportunities to research one or more countries that their families are from, present objects or pictures from their country to their classmates, and dress in their flag’s color or in an outfit native to their land. The highlight was definitely the food sharing portion of International Week where students brought in a dish to share with their peers. From “arroz con pollo” to “roti” and “flan” to a “guarana” drink, both students and staff alike appreciated the delicious and rich culture they got to partake in. We culminated our week by bringing students and staff down to the huge world map located right beyond our main entrace where they put a pin in the city and country they are from. On Friday, the last day of the event, we held a special missions-oriented chapel where an alumnus, Joseph Lee, talked about his parents who are missionaries to Indonesia and showed a slide presentation of their work there. Check out the wonderful pictures in “galleries” and be blessed as you see the excitement on the student’s faces as they show pride in their heritage!
