March 2025
DIRECTOR’S CHAIR DR. ESTELLE C. MYERS
Spring is upon us! It is this type of weather that makes everyone want to move to Florida. I personally love spring as it reminds us of the great hope that lies within us. In the same way the new life springs up after the dead of winter, so too our souls are given a second chance despite our past sins, when we give our hearts and lives to Jesus Christ. Next month, we celebrate the Passover and Easter as we proclaim that Jesus is alive. We serve the God of second chances. However, this awareness of hope is not always realized in our world. Consequently, there is much darkness and strife among us within our culture. But this is also the reason why Christian education is so very important in the lives of our children.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, ‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.” As a Baptist minister and a civil rights advocate, he knew exactly what was needed for real change to occur in the lives of people, both individually and within community. He also knew that real character development in the life of a child comes through emulating role models that exhibit and teach the true nature of God.
When we celebrate Easter next month, we celebrate the fact that there is no greater role model who completely and utterly reflects the nature and heart of God, our Father, except His Son, Jesus Christ. He is perfect, and perfectly gave Himself up for us all as an act of true love and compassion for all people. He is the role model that we want our children to follow.
