One of the things we regularly do at St Andrews Christian College is to gather in our Multi-Purpose Hall as a whole-College to worship God, hear the Bible read and explained and for our students to be helped to apply it in their lives. We did this on the first day of the term in our Dedication Assembly where our guest preacher, Rev Brian Harvey, College Board member and pastor of Heathmont Presbyterian Church, spoke focussing on our theme verse of the year Psalm 139:14.

We also gather in this way each term for “Chapel” in our sub-sections of the Primary and Secondary School. In our Term 1 Chapels we looked at how God has made us in His image and has crowned people with “glory and honour” (Psalm 8:5b). We learnt how that has implications for how we treat each other!

This term I have enjoyed attending the Year 7 camp. It has been good to welcome our new Year 7 students to the College and to see them build friendships with existing students. I teach many of them Biblical Studies. I also assisted with the Year 9 City Experience and arranged for our students to have guided tours of St Paul’s Cathedral. I also attended the Year 1 Teddy Bear’s picnic where the students met my puppet friend Monty Mouse. Monty hopes to make more visits to the College this year.

We are looking forward to gathering again as a whole-College at the end of the term for our Easter Assembly, where we will hear again of what God has done in his Son, the LORD Jesus, to rescue us from our sin and his judgment – and to be reminded of God’s invitation to trust Him and receive His forgiveness.