Pastor Ted Winsley, Sr., chaplain to the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles, was the featured speaker at our Middle/High School Chapel last Friday, December 6. He has been the Philadelphia Eagles’ chaplain since 2001 and has played a key role in the spiritual development and team dynamic the Eagles are known for.
Pastor Ted Winsley shared his experience before he became the chaplain to one of the most successful teams in the NFL. He also shared his beliefs on the power of words, through his interactive lesson “Watch Your Mouth – No More Idle Words.” He shared that “It is important to watch the words that come out of your mouth, it has the power to change our lives and that of others.” He mentioned Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” He further discussed and read scriptures that backed up the different types of idle words that we need to be mindful of.
The upper school students were fully engaged and followed Pastor Ted’s lesson by filling out the worksheet that was handed out at the start of chapel. He closed chapel with a prayer and stayed after to take pictures with students, school administrators and parents.
Last week, twelve ACS high school students attended ACSI’s Leadership Conference called “Re:Purpose” in Washington, D.C. Our students worshipped and learned with close to 1,000 other student leaders from Christian Schools along the Eastern Seaboard. The students learned from 8 different speakers on topics about God’s purpose as it relates to identity, learning, service, work and beauty and how it applies to the students’ present situations as well as their future. They also had an excursion to the Holocaust Museum in D.C.
MS/HS Spanish Teacher Mrs. Dena Johnson gave her honors Spanish class students a cooking video project where they will have to teach how to cook a dessert dish using only the Spanish language.
ACS students and teachers are almost done decorating their classroom doors for the Christmas Door Decorating Contest.
We are extending a special invitation to ACS families to attend and join our students in what we know will be a time of blessing and inspiration.
The keynote speaker, Pastor Kevin Bernat of New Life Assembly and ACS grandparent, shared scriptures and encouraged grandparents to take an active role in ensuring that their grandchildren grow up with the knowledge of Christ. He said “The greatest gift grandparents can give to their grandchildren is knowing Jesus.” He shared the stories of how people were saved due to their grandparent’s prayers. “Do not underestimate the prayers of grandparents,” Pastor Kevin encouraged the crowd. “Grandparents are blessed and a blessing,” he added. He said that he is grateful for a school like Atlantic Christian and its faculty and staff who are investing in each student and training them up in God’s Word. He closed his remarks by praying for our students.
School picture retakes for students in grades K-12 will be on Monday, December 2. Students who missed the first Picture Day should pick up a form in the office. Students who would like to have their picture retaken must return their original picture packet on Retake Day. Please remember that the dress code for pictures requires an ACS polo shirt. Gym clothes, ACS hoodies and sports gear are not to be worn.
Mrs. Gail Alford, Elementary Principal and Director of Early Education, was excited to bring back this fun activity. “Every year before standardized testing we would always have a short session in the morning to get moving and wake up the brain. Since we changed the format of our testing we no longer had a set time to do this fun activity. After meeting with Mrs. Martin we decided that the first Monday of every month would be designated as a time to all get 
together and begin our day with movement.”