A BALLAD FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR

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This August, Pastor Jensen will present a 4-part mini message series entitled, ‘A Ballad for a New School Year.” Later this August, students will be going back to public and Christian schools. Some will be headed to college. Home school students will also be cracking the books. This school year is unique at Enola First Church of God since we anticipate opening Pharos Academy, a Chrisian microschool designed to provide H.O.P.E. for homeschool families. What does “H.O.P.E.” stand for? It’s “Helping Our Parents Educate.” Regardless of whether parents are homeschooling their children or sending them to Christian or public schools, it is their duty primarily and the church’s secondary duty to educate and raise students up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. The mini message series will focus on where we are in terms of educating and discipling students and how we need to move forward. The four message titles in the series uniquely form a ballad (in English class you’d learn that a ballad is a poem that tells a story!). We will have a special school prayer focus with each message. Since August 30 is the day before the opening of Pharos Academy, we will pray for homeschool students and Pharos Academy’s kick off. Below is a list of the messages, Scriptures, dates and areas of prayer focus we will cover in this series.

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​August 9 - School Prayer Focus: College

Message: “The Ball Was Let Go” - Judges 2:6-15

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August 16 - School Prayer Focus: Christian

Message: “Boundary Lines Have Been Covered” - 2 Tim. 3:12-17

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August 23 - School Prayer Focus: Public

Message: “Many Seeds We Now Throw” - Matt. 13:1-13

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August 30 - School Prayer Focus: Homeschool/Pharos

Message: “So New Disciples Are Discovered” - 2 Kings 2:1-14