How great is our God!

Spiritual Emphasis Week 2021 kicked off with Spiritual Life Director Gord Park inviting students to give each other – and themselves – permission to let God work in their lives this week. It might seem uncomfortable, or downright frightening – like Peter getting out of the boat to walk on the water towards Jesus – but being part of a Christian learning community means we have an opportunity to grab hold of the things that God has prepared for us, Park said.

“Something is going on this week and it’s for you,” Park told the students, inviting them to say out loud to each other: “Whatever God wants to do with you today is okay with me.”

The theme for this week, and for the entire school year, is How Great is Our God, Park said. Reflecting on the greatness and grandeur of God is an opportunity to make God bigger in our lives and to minimize the things that undermine us or undermine our relationships with God or each other.

The magnificence and beauty of the universe – whether we look out into the galaxies or inward to the complexity of life – reveal the magnificence and presence of God, Park said. Knowing and worshipping God is not merely about getting into heaven, but being able to enjoy heaven on earth by allowing God to shape the way we live.

Maximizing God, and minimizing things that undermine our relationship with God also means that we listen to the messages of God’s love for us, and ignore negative thoughts that can intrude. “Maximize the potential God sees in you, don’t minimize who you are in God,” Park said.

Praise Team Ablaze led in worship with “Just Be Held,” “Another in the Fire,” and “One Way.”

There are prayer stations set up in the atrium and daily, student-led discussion groups.

Spiritual Emphasis Week continues with chapel every morning this week and a whole-school community-building event on Wednesday afternoon.