Easter – the Season of new life (April 21 – 2 June)

We continue to celebrate the Church season of Easter for the next four weeks. We celebrate the life Jesus gave for us and we celebrate the NEW LIFE He won for us by dying on the cross. Just as death could not hold Jesus, we now too can live in hope that death will not be the end for us.

Striving for EXCELLENCE - be GREAT for GOD

This term our focus will be on our school value EXCELLENCE

we are Jesus’ mind – persevering and striving for excellence!

Jesus showed us a better way to live our lives. He strove for excellence in bringing love, compassion, peace and justice to the world in all he did during his time on earth - even in the midst of pain and sorrow.

He always did his best to:

• Be a good friend
• Listen attentively
• Help the sick
• Help the poor
• Show patience (his friends didn’t always ‘get it’)
• Show tolerance (many didn’t agree with him)
• Stand up for what was right (even when others disagreed)
• Pray often and seek guidance from his Father
• Have courage to do what was right (even when he was condemned to death)
• Not give up (even when he had to carry his cross)
• Forgive (even as he was being crucified)

We can find peace and joy for ourselves and for our world by striving for excellence as Jesus did in how we live our daily lives.

‘But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.’2 Corinthians 8:7 

‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.It is the Lord Christ you are serving.’ Colossians 3:23