We love our pastors! ACS students and staff showed their love and appreciation for their pastors at a Pastor Appreciation Breakfast and Chapel on Thursday, Feb. 17. ACS students attend over 115 different churches across South Jersey.
Pastor Tony Montemurro of Calvary Chapel Gateway gave an encouraging message to the some 30 pastors who attended the Pastor’s Breakfast. A number of students also had the opportunity to talk and share with pastors at the breakfast. ACS elementary and high school students spent several weeks during art class creating beautiful artwork in honor of the pastors that were displayed on every breakfast table. Hand-written thank-you messages from students to their pastors were also given to the pastors who attended the breakfast and later mailed to those who were unable to attend.
During the student-led chapel, which followed the breakfast, featured speaker 11th grader Hunter Jorgenson also thanked the pastors for being strong spiritual leaders and mentors. Jorgenson shared about what he learned during a personal devotion reading through the book of 1st Corinthians. “All of us face daily struggles, even our pastors, but the Bible says that our toil, efforts, struggle and pain are not in vain, because in the end we will received the prize of eternal life,” Jorgenson said.
The chapel also featured various students from preschool to high school worshiping God and expressing their love and appreciation for their pastors through instrumental and vocal presentations, reciting scripture, and a special video in which students talk about why they love their pastors and churches. CLICK HERE to view the video, which is posted on the ACS YouTube Channel.
