Thirty-five pastors and lay leaders from 22 area churches came out for a special all-school chapel on February 15 that celebrated the important role pastors play in the lives of our students. The chapel presentations for Pastor Appreciation Day centered around the theme of “Tell Me Something Good” based on Romans 12:10. The pastors enthusiastically sang and clapped along as different student groups led worship, including the PreK4 classes, the Upper School Worship Team, and the 5th Grade Worship Team with some of its alumni (older students who had once been part of the team). Various students recited from memory or read Bible verses that focused on God’s goodness and finding the good in others. Click here to see the Pastor’s Day photo album on the ACS website.
Senior Joanna Noto spoke about how blessed she felt to have the opportunity to go on missions trips with ACS to show God’s love and share the salvation message in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and New York City. This spring, she will be going to Haiti. “I hope to take my love for missions with me for the rest of my life,” Joanna said. Other students read aloud heart-felt messages that fellow students had written expressing their appreciation for their pastors. These hand-written messages were later given to the pastors to keep.
“We hope that you will look at these messages from time to time and be encouraged knowing that you are making a difference in the lives of our students,” said Event Coordinator Jessica Martin, who organized the chapel program. 9th grader Ian Iaconelli asked for God’s blessings on the pastors as he closed the chapel in prayer. Before the chapel, the pastors were treated to breakfast and heard an encouraging message from Pastor Kevin Bernat of New Life Assembly of God in Egg Harbor Township.