I was focused on my objective, tangible, measureable goals as we toured school after school, and I grew in confidence that my approach would pay off. Then I came to Trinity and found myself completely unprepared for what I discovered. Certainly it met all our criteria, just as a few of the other schools had also met those criteria. But, there was something different at Trinity, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I thought there is just something about this place.
After years as a parent and then as a teacher here, I began to realize what that something was—community. I have never found a more loving and encouraging group of people than the staff, faculty and parents of Trinity Christian School. We come from a variety of backgrounds, churches, neighborhoods and professions, but all we really need to have in common is Christ.
In our classrooms, our teachers are intentionally building a Christian community every day. Demonstrating a love for the Gospel, they set high expectations of their students, while letting it be okay to mess up. They teach, train and model how to be kind, how to encourage, how to forgive, how to repent, how to persevere, and how to be wrong. They include themselves among the sinners. They talk to their students about what it means to be a man
and what it means to be a lady. They take the time to know each student, celebrate their uniqueness and model that love and caring for the other students to emulate. They believe in their students, and they stand alongside them
through trouble and triumph.
A community like this is too infectious to remain in a classroom. It spills out to the faculty and their love and care for one another. I have worked in a number of schools, but this is the only one where I have seen such unity, purpose and love.
This kind of community cannot remain in a school building. It spreads out and is nourished by our families, who love and care for each other in immeasurable ways. We have students daily bringing lunches for children in another family to help them out. Parents call each other for pick up when they are running late. Families seek each other out to spend time at the beach, the park or at church together. One group of parents comes in every week to specifically pray for our students, teachers, and families. When someone needs help, there are multiple
eager responses.
This is how God builds our Trinity community. Family, church and school work together in Christ, and we can only give glory to God for blessing us so well. May we continue our encouragement of each other for His glory.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:24-25
Jennifer Cable
Elementary Principal