Sunday, August 27, 2017

Back-To-School Prayer Breakfast - Osceola County




On Saturday, August 26th, CEAI Osceola County sponsored a back-to-school prayer breakfast to encourage, equip and empower educators for the 2017-2018 school year. Shireen offered an opening prayer and then we were blessed by a sweet time of worship from Brian and Xavier. Brian was last year's recipient of the Honor the Grads award from St. Cloud High School. He generously gave back to us by singing before and throughout the fellowship time of the breakfast. Thank you Brain and Xavier. Our delicious breakfast was catered by Koffee Kup, voted the best breakfast in Osceola County again!

Our keynote speaker Derrick Hicks educated the educators on the history of public schools and showed repeatedly how our nation was built on the strong pillars of Christianity. The educators all wished there was a way to review his presentation again or that they had taken better notes.



Karen was able to shared some of the important CEAI updates that include:
Liz closed the prayer breakfast in prayer the encouragement to fellowship. May God bless you all in your high calling this new school year. Pray and be in His Word!

As always, I am prayerfully yours,
K


Note: To more fully understand the 16-9 Movement, please read the first blog entry by clicking here.

Christian Educators Association International is the only professional association in the United States specifically for Christian educators in public schools.  CEAI protects our members first in prayer, next with excellent professional liability insurance and other benefits while helping them live out their high calling as a Christian in the public school. 





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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Back-To-School Prayer Breakfast - St. Johns County




The St. Johns County Christian Educators network gathered on Saturday, August 19th to praise God and to pray. The prayer breakfast is one of three events in the school year: the prayer breakfast, a mid-year luncheon and Honor the Graduates at the end of the school year. The breakfast was catered and served by Turning Point at Calvary. The church donates its meeting hall, music ministry, the breakfast and student servants to the CEAI Network so that love offerings can be saved for the third event in May, Honor the Graduates. We were able to sing songs of praise, eat a delicious breakfast and hear from the St. Johns County Teacher of the Year, Dana Kelly. She gave a heartfelt and encouraging message by asking children what a Christian educator and Christian principal should be like. She shared their responses through video. She asked them to pray for us and presented those prayers through video also. There is nothing like the prayers of children.

The second event in the school year is a luncheon sponsored by another church (TBD) each year who donate their facilities and the members of the CEAI network bring a potluck luncheon. A guest speaker is invited to inspire the educators and another love offering is collected for Honor the Grads. Mark your calendars for January 20, 2018.

The 3rd event is at the end of the year when the Christian Educators host "Honor The Grads" a time to allow 14 selected students from the seven St. Johns County high schools. These students were chosen by their peers because they best demonstrated their walk with Christ. The students are given a medallion of integrity to be worn at graduation, a certificate and a $100 scholarship. They are also given the opportunity to give a testimony and to share their future plans.  Honor the Grads will be held on April 30, 2018.

This model affords our faith-based organizations an opportunity to honor students and teachers, allows teachers of like minds to meet together to bless their community and recognize students of integrity. It is simple to replicate and begins with just a few teachers in any district. Please let us know if you would like some help to begin a program of blessing such as this. Thank you St. Johns County CEAI network. You are a blessing to more than just St. Johns County! We now have Honor the Grads in Osceola and Seminole Counties.



Images and details from Honor the Grads Osceola County

Images and details from Honor the Grads Seminole County

Images and details from Honor the Grads St. Johns County


As always, I am prayerfully yours,
K


Note: To more fully understand the 16-9 Movement, please read the first blog entry by clicking here.

Christian Educators Association International is the only professional association in the United States specifically for Christian educators in public schools.  CEAI protects our members first in prayer, next with excellent professional liability insurance and other benefits while helping them live out their high calling as a Christian in the public school. 

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Friday, August 11, 2017

AW 180 and 1:16PM begin on 8/14/17



WHAT IS AROUND THE WORD IN 180 DAYS?


The Around the Word in 180 Days (AW180) podcast is designed for the busy educator who loves the Word of God and prayer and seeks community. You are not alone. There are thousands of Christian educators who long to walk their high calling out legally and gracefully in our public schools. In the 2014-2015 school year, we were able to read through the whole New Testament together. During the 2015-2016 school year, we read through 150 Psalms and 31 Proverbs. Now that’s a lot of wisdom! Last school year, we examined God’s promises in 200 days which is now available as a daily devotional to you in Amazon with the key words: Around the Word in 180 Days. For the 2017-2018 we will be sharing, “Just Jesus”, the red letter words in the Book of Matthew. Included in our 10-15 minutes together on Around the Word in 180 Days is:
  • an ABC prayer of adoration
  • the red letter words of Jesus from the book of Matthew
  • the lyrics to a hymn/song about Jesus
  • the 1:16PM prayer prompt
  • Don Clark's daily devotionals
  • a quote suggestion to use in your classroom
  • A final prayer of encouragement

May God bless you with wisdom and guidance, love and mercy as you represent Him well this 2017-2018 school year as we anticipate doing the promises of God. Join our community of believers in the Word and prayer. You are loved.

AW 180 Days can be heard in the following ways:

The Daily Promises of God for Educators is still available for a great daily devotional in three ways:

CALLING ALL CHRISTIANS!

Calling all Christian educators in the public schools! Join us at exactly 1:16PM each school day to pray a devout, reverent yet simple prayer in unity for our schools. Prayer prompts for the 2017-2018 school year begin on August 14, 2017.

The 1:16 PM prayer prompts are posted each day at www.one16pray.com, in our Facebook page and by text prompts through Remind.

To sign up for text prompts, there are four possibilities:
  1. 6:30 am - (Believe it or not, this is our biggest group!) - text @ceaiprayer to 81010
  2. 1:16PM - text @one16 to 81010
  3. Central Time reminders - 1:16 PM your time - text @one16ct to 81010
  4. Pacific Time reminders - 1:16 PM your time - text @one16pst to 81010
As always, I am prayerfully yours,
K


Note: To more fully understand the 16-9 Movement, please read the first blog entry by clicking here.

Christian Educators Association International is the only professional association in the United States specifically for Christian educators in public schools.  CEAI protects our members first in prayer, next with excellent professional liability insurance and other benefits while helping them live out their high calling as a Christian in the public school. 
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