June Annual Board Meeting

Our last meeting of the school's fiscal year was held last night. This meeting is two-fold in purpose: 1) conduct the annual members' meeting to elect Board members and renew terms, and 2) conduct the annual directors' meeting to
* Re-commit to our Statement of Faith and Letter of Commitment to service on the Board
* Make Committee assignments
* Appoint Committee chairs
* Set our meeting calendar for the year

Highlights for the evening were:
* Chris Lyon was elected to join our Board and serve on the Planning Committee. We enthusiastically welcome Chris to the Board. He will bring experience and knowledge that will serve us well in our efforts to develop succession plans.
* We are going into the summer months with a reasonable chance to not have to borrow from ourselves (designated funds) to make it through summer payroll. This would be the first time ever we would be in this strong of financial position in the summer. Praise the Lord!
* We celebrated Dr. Daugherty's continued recovery from his surgery last month. He is working full days again. Can I get another Praise the Lord!
* The monument sign - including an LED messaging board - is expected to be finished before school starts. The stone and masonry work is complete. In addition there will be more signs on the west end of the North Campus with our school name on them.
* I reviewed some of the training I received at the ISM session on Board Presidency this week. I see two tools that will have immediate impact on our Board: 1) Stability Markers (based on research, what things about a school indicate it stability to continue and flourish) and 2) Board Strategic Self Evaluation. The components of this evaluation will help shape how we conduct ourselves and provide the right leadership for the school.
* Maranatha had a strong presence at Old Shawnee Days as Mr. Gordon rallied his band for a large, quality presence. We also had a booth and an ad in their program.
* Also check out our radio ads on Bott radio 92.3. Professionally done and on target.

So a productive close to a wonderful school year that, yes, had turbulence, but we saw God do amazing things. With open anticipation, we look forward to how God will lead us into the next year.

Summer Activities

Wow! Almost a month has flown by since I have last posted to this blog. Well that is to be expected as school is out and our focus shifts to family and outdoor activities. It has been a busy June for me as I have been coaching a wonderful group of girls in the game of basketball. We are busy 2 nights a week with open gym time and league games. The girls are showing some remarkable improvement and have been a joy to coach. We have had record turnouts for open gyms and for participation in league games. We are holding our own with teams from 4 and 5A schools.

I am excited to have our first annual Country Bible & Basketball Camp in my hometown of Waverly, Kansas July 11-15. Waverly is about 1 hour south of KC on I-35. We will be using the church camp where I attended in my youth for housing and other country activities and using the high school gym for the basketball portion. A real treat will be introducing my high school coaches to the girls. I will be leading the basketball portion along with my assistant Diane Metcalf and several other volunteers. My wife and mom will be doing the cooking(enough reason to attend!). My sister has helped with artwork and will be a dorm mom, and my Dad will be leading the Bible studies. So it is a family affair and should be a great time of learning and bonding.

I also attended some wonderful training in Wilmington, Delaware on how to be a Board Chairman. So I told the Board last night that I think we have some opportunities that can make us a stronger Board which in turn should make us a stronger school. More on these opportunities in another post.

And to wrap up my other activities for the school this summer is my pursuit of getting my CDL license to drive a bus. The girls should be highly encouraging of me passing this test. The back up plan for transporting them from the Camp to the High School will be in the back of a horse trailer. Just kidding!

Hope everyone has a great summer! Don't stop praying for the school. We need kids to enroll!