As I trust you are aware Dr Daugherty was taken to the hospital on Friday and had surgery. I saw him Wednesday afternoon and he was ready to go home! The Lord's hand was certainly on Dr Daugherty as things could have turned out much differently, but we are grateful that he is on the road to recovery and anxious to get back in the middle of things.
I wanted to share that the Board was made aware of the situation fairly early on and immediately went to a time of prayer. We have since been discussing possible scenarios based on Dr. Daugherty's availability, personal preferences and health. These conversations were theoretical concerning possible situations so that we could respond more thoughtfully should any of them develop into reality. The good news is that we believe we are decently prepared for most situations. I say decently, because Dr Daugherty's responsibilities and impact on the school would take considerable measures from several people to ensure smooth operation of the school in his absence.
In addition, I have offered to Mr. Beck and Mrs. Burch the services of the Board and my time to do what we can to keep things running smoothly. As a very tangible example of that is that I will be planning to meet with them on a weekly basis and be available by phone to keep the Board aware of where we can help and be another resource to resolving questions and issues where Dr Daugherty normally provided that function.
Please keep Dr Daugherty in your prayers and for the leadership of the school as we wrap up this school year and transition into planning for the next.
New Landscaping
Beautiful new landscaping
Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
April's Board Meeting
We had just enough Board members to conduct the meeting last night as work and activities kept a few away. However, that did not prevent some significant and positive action to be conducted and completed.
We opened the meeting in an extended time of prayer after reviewing the blessing of the National Day of Prayer coordinated by Laura Burch. It was a well attended event that did an excellent job of expressing our thankfulness to God and petitioning Him for His protection and guidance for our families, school, state and nation.
This is also the time of year when we consider Board nominations. Andy Hageman has taken a job opportunity in Nebraska and will be moving there this summer. That means he has resigned from the Board, so we are considering filling the role he served on the Facilities Committee as well as finding people with talent and experience in the areas of finance and human resources. We have 3 candidates that we will start the process with and ask them to consider serving with us on the Board. We plan to work through that process and have them on Board before the next school year starts.
We reviewed activities of the Facilities Committee which included progress on the monument sign at the North Campus (the foundation has been poured), upcoming review of options for security and communication systems for the North Campus, the planned installation of the bleachers in October, and various other maintenance items such as parking lot repair, shingles missing, mulch containment and other such fun things.
Finally we spent time reaching a consensus on the important matter of what is our point of differentiation (our market stance) in the marketplace recognizing that our target audience is Christian families. I am delighted to say that we quickly came to agreement on the matter and I have asked the Development Committee to create a statement that summarizes that agreement. We will use that market stance as the guiding and most prominent feature that should attract families to Maranatha. More to come on this topic soon.
Look forward to seeing you at one of the many school activities this month.
We opened the meeting in an extended time of prayer after reviewing the blessing of the National Day of Prayer coordinated by Laura Burch. It was a well attended event that did an excellent job of expressing our thankfulness to God and petitioning Him for His protection and guidance for our families, school, state and nation.
This is also the time of year when we consider Board nominations. Andy Hageman has taken a job opportunity in Nebraska and will be moving there this summer. That means he has resigned from the Board, so we are considering filling the role he served on the Facilities Committee as well as finding people with talent and experience in the areas of finance and human resources. We have 3 candidates that we will start the process with and ask them to consider serving with us on the Board. We plan to work through that process and have them on Board before the next school year starts.
We reviewed activities of the Facilities Committee which included progress on the monument sign at the North Campus (the foundation has been poured), upcoming review of options for security and communication systems for the North Campus, the planned installation of the bleachers in October, and various other maintenance items such as parking lot repair, shingles missing, mulch containment and other such fun things.
Finally we spent time reaching a consensus on the important matter of what is our point of differentiation (our market stance) in the marketplace recognizing that our target audience is Christian families. I am delighted to say that we quickly came to agreement on the matter and I have asked the Development Committee to create a statement that summarizes that agreement. We will use that market stance as the guiding and most prominent feature that should attract families to Maranatha. More to come on this topic soon.
Look forward to seeing you at one of the many school activities this month.
Help - Need helper for basketball camp
July 11-15 of this year we are going to have our first Country Basketball & Bible Camp in Waverly, KS. I am very excited about this event. It should provide the opportunity for our girls to bond closer to God and to each other as well as take their game up a notch or two. We have 34 girls that will be at the camp - which is awesome! - but that means I need at least 5 assistants during the basketball portion of the camp - approximately 9-4 - Tuesday through Friday. I am also looking for someone - preferably a young lady - that would be interested in being the strength, stretching and conditioning coach for the week.
I have several people who have volunteered to come down a couple days and help coach during the camp. Since it is difficult to have people commit to being available the whole week, I need a few more people who know some basketball to come be my assistant on a day or two. So if you are interested in helping or know someone who is, please let me know.
Waverly is 65 minutes from the school. Straight down I-35, halfway between Ottawa and Emporia. Waverly is where I grew up so we will be using a church camp ground to have the girls stay, eat, study God's Word and have some country fun. We will be using my high school's gym for the basketball portion.
I have several people who have volunteered to come down a couple days and help coach during the camp. Since it is difficult to have people commit to being available the whole week, I need a few more people who know some basketball to come be my assistant on a day or two. So if you are interested in helping or know someone who is, please let me know.
Waverly is 65 minutes from the school. Straight down I-35, halfway between Ottawa and Emporia. Waverly is where I grew up so we will be using a church camp ground to have the girls stay, eat, study God's Word and have some country fun. We will be using my high school's gym for the basketball portion.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
National Day of Prayer
I really appreciate Laura Burch's leadership in setting up an event in support of our National Day of Prayer. There is much we need to go to our Father for:
- Worship - recognize Him for who He is
- Thanksgiving - He has given us so much and all we have is His. Specifically for the school he has provided a wonderful committed, loving staff, facilities and tools to instruct, finances to run the school and plan for the future, and a wonderful Maranatha Family that we can walk this journey together.
- Requests - for our world and all those that are called to respond to Him. Our nation that it would turn back to God and let Him be our sovereign ruler. For our State and its leaders as they deal with financial challenges and key human rights and privileges issues. For our school as we seek to provide means to arm our children with a Christian worldview that prepares them to defend their faith.
I trust you will devote some time today before the Lord - hopefully in community with others - in lifting our worship, thanksgiving and requests to Him.
- Worship - recognize Him for who He is
- Thanksgiving - He has given us so much and all we have is His. Specifically for the school he has provided a wonderful committed, loving staff, facilities and tools to instruct, finances to run the school and plan for the future, and a wonderful Maranatha Family that we can walk this journey together.
- Requests - for our world and all those that are called to respond to Him. Our nation that it would turn back to God and let Him be our sovereign ruler. For our State and its leaders as they deal with financial challenges and key human rights and privileges issues. For our school as we seek to provide means to arm our children with a Christian worldview that prepares them to defend their faith.
I trust you will devote some time today before the Lord - hopefully in community with others - in lifting our worship, thanksgiving and requests to Him.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Call to Prayer
I have heard recently from two different speakers that all meaningful spiritual, godly movements or accomplishments at a organizational, local, state or national level were all preceded by intense, specific, purposeful times of prayer.
That statement is powerful in that it is Biblical. It is challenging in that it is personal. It brings hope because it reminds us of God's sovereignty, love and power.
So what are you praying about? Are you intense, consistent, specific and strategic in your prayers?
The Board has made a commitment to be much in prayer for our school. For example, the Planning Committee devoted their committee meeting times all summer just to pray for wisdom for the school and the leadership as we prepare for transitions. I know Mrs. Burch is planning activities around the National Day of Prayer on May 5th. I hope you will join in those activities and/or other organized activities that call on our Lord and that you will include Maranatha in those prayers. The Board meeting was moved to May 5th due to conflicts, so we are going to spend some extended time in the meeting praying for Maranatha.
Be specific:
* Students that are growing in their relationship and knowledge of God
* Faculty that are daily re-energized to invest in the lives of students and modeling godly character
* Leadership that is practical, forward-thinking, loving and leaning on God
* Facilities and tools are available and functioning well to maximize our ability to reach current and future students
* That we are effective in getting the word out about why Maranatha is a great place for parents to entrust the teaching and care of their children
* That we are wise stewards of the resources that God has entrusted us with so that we can expand the ministry as God would have us do so
That statement is powerful in that it is Biblical. It is challenging in that it is personal. It brings hope because it reminds us of God's sovereignty, love and power.
So what are you praying about? Are you intense, consistent, specific and strategic in your prayers?
The Board has made a commitment to be much in prayer for our school. For example, the Planning Committee devoted their committee meeting times all summer just to pray for wisdom for the school and the leadership as we prepare for transitions. I know Mrs. Burch is planning activities around the National Day of Prayer on May 5th. I hope you will join in those activities and/or other organized activities that call on our Lord and that you will include Maranatha in those prayers. The Board meeting was moved to May 5th due to conflicts, so we are going to spend some extended time in the meeting praying for Maranatha.
Be specific:
* Students that are growing in their relationship and knowledge of God
* Faculty that are daily re-energized to invest in the lives of students and modeling godly character
* Leadership that is practical, forward-thinking, loving and leaning on God
* Facilities and tools are available and functioning well to maximize our ability to reach current and future students
* That we are effective in getting the word out about why Maranatha is a great place for parents to entrust the teaching and care of their children
* That we are wise stewards of the resources that God has entrusted us with so that we can expand the ministry as God would have us do so
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Personal Ministry
I hope you will oblige me a moment as I ask you for your help in a personal matter not connected to Maranatha.
The Lord has really been challenging me to obey Him in the area of ministring to the poor and others with desperate physical needs. He has used the book by David Platt that I gave to our basketball girls at the end of the season titled, "Radical: Taking Back the Church From the American Dream". I encourage you to read it, as I think that if enough of us respond to this level of obedience demanded by our Lord, we would greatly impact our families, school, church, community and world.
But enough preaching and to my point. Because I don't normally rub shoulders, much to my chagrin, with those that are poor and hurting, I need help in finding these people. I mean the ones that are really hurting. I met some in Mexico and my hope is that I can help them, but I am looking nearer to home first. I have some ideas about how to do a ministry, so I need contacts and or locations I can get started. I am also interested in hearing of good local ministries that I could join with. I am talking with my church to see what they do and am exploring other resources, but any advice you want to send me would be welcome. Send to my email at mschultze21@yahoo.com or give me a call or text at 913-645-8901. Thank you!
The Lord has really been challenging me to obey Him in the area of ministring to the poor and others with desperate physical needs. He has used the book by David Platt that I gave to our basketball girls at the end of the season titled, "Radical: Taking Back the Church From the American Dream". I encourage you to read it, as I think that if enough of us respond to this level of obedience demanded by our Lord, we would greatly impact our families, school, church, community and world.
But enough preaching and to my point. Because I don't normally rub shoulders, much to my chagrin, with those that are poor and hurting, I need help in finding these people. I mean the ones that are really hurting. I met some in Mexico and my hope is that I can help them, but I am looking nearer to home first. I have some ideas about how to do a ministry, so I need contacts and or locations I can get started. I am also interested in hearing of good local ministries that I could join with. I am talking with my church to see what they do and am exploring other resources, but any advice you want to send me would be welcome. Send to my email at mschultze21@yahoo.com or give me a call or text at 913-645-8901. Thank you!
Friday, April 1, 2011
March Board Meeting
We had a very productive Board meeting last night.
The Development Committee reported that they will invite a consultant company to the April committee meeting to investigate whether they could help us evaluate and enhance our development efforts. In addition, the committee will be preparing to lead a discussion in the April Board meeting about what makes Maranatha different in the marketplace.
The Finance Committee received approval to proceed with an engagement of a consultant to do an evaluation and make recommendations for enhancing our programs and marketing for our preschool. That will start this month.
The Planning Committee facilitated a rich discussion around the feedback from the focus groups on succession planning. Now they will take all of the feedback and start building a competency model for updating/building a job description for the superintendent role for the years to come. Additionally they started the process of accepting board nominations and considering what changes in committee roles might be needed for next year. Andy Hageman is moving his family to Nebraska as he accepted a job in a ministry called One City International. Therefore he submitted a letter of resignation to the Board which was accepted and we pray many blessings to Andy and his family and they engage in this wonderful ministry and appreciate all he has done for the school.
The Facilities Committee reminded the Board of all the progress that has been made on the North Campus over the years up through this year. The momentum is not slowing as we now have over $25,000 in the Bleacher Buddy program so we will be adding those bleachers this summer. Praise the Lord! and thank you for your generosity. We still need $8-10,000 to cover all of the costs, so any amount you can make to this needed project would be appreciated. Additionally we are continuing to exam options for increasing the security at the North Campus with a new security/communication system.
Finally, the Board declared a direction for the plans for facilities for Maranatha. Please understand, this is not a building plan. However, this does provide a clear statement of intent and should remove some of the ambiguity that has been present about our facilities. So our statement is that by consensus, the Board has elected to focus all future development efforts on the North Campus and begin by examining the viability of whether we could meet current and future needs at that location. We will continue with the 5 year plan that I referenced in a previous post with specific efforts to maximize the existing buildings. This statement adds direction and authority for the Facilities Committee to examine the viability of handling current and future facility needs of the school at the North Campus.
With all that said, there are many important, significant actions underway in each committee that could very well have significant impact on the school. Please pray for wisdom and sensitivity to God's will in these matters.
The Development Committee reported that they will invite a consultant company to the April committee meeting to investigate whether they could help us evaluate and enhance our development efforts. In addition, the committee will be preparing to lead a discussion in the April Board meeting about what makes Maranatha different in the marketplace.
The Finance Committee received approval to proceed with an engagement of a consultant to do an evaluation and make recommendations for enhancing our programs and marketing for our preschool. That will start this month.
The Planning Committee facilitated a rich discussion around the feedback from the focus groups on succession planning. Now they will take all of the feedback and start building a competency model for updating/building a job description for the superintendent role for the years to come. Additionally they started the process of accepting board nominations and considering what changes in committee roles might be needed for next year. Andy Hageman is moving his family to Nebraska as he accepted a job in a ministry called One City International. Therefore he submitted a letter of resignation to the Board which was accepted and we pray many blessings to Andy and his family and they engage in this wonderful ministry and appreciate all he has done for the school.
The Facilities Committee reminded the Board of all the progress that has been made on the North Campus over the years up through this year. The momentum is not slowing as we now have over $25,000 in the Bleacher Buddy program so we will be adding those bleachers this summer. Praise the Lord! and thank you for your generosity. We still need $8-10,000 to cover all of the costs, so any amount you can make to this needed project would be appreciated. Additionally we are continuing to exam options for increasing the security at the North Campus with a new security/communication system.
Finally, the Board declared a direction for the plans for facilities for Maranatha. Please understand, this is not a building plan. However, this does provide a clear statement of intent and should remove some of the ambiguity that has been present about our facilities. So our statement is that by consensus, the Board has elected to focus all future development efforts on the North Campus and begin by examining the viability of whether we could meet current and future needs at that location. We will continue with the 5 year plan that I referenced in a previous post with specific efforts to maximize the existing buildings. This statement adds direction and authority for the Facilities Committee to examine the viability of handling current and future facility needs of the school at the North Campus.
With all that said, there are many important, significant actions underway in each committee that could very well have significant impact on the school. Please pray for wisdom and sensitivity to God's will in these matters.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)