We invite all pastoral staff, youth and worship leaders, and Sunday school teachers to attend our Pastor Appreciation Day at ACS on Thursday, February 22. The event will include breakfast and a student-led chapel. Invitations are being mailed to local churches. Please feel free to forward the invitation below to your church pastor.
We love our pastors! Nearly 50 pastors and ministry leaders from churches across South Jersey were treated to breakfast and a student-led chapel for Pastor Appreciation Day on February 16. It was a special time for ACS students to honor and thank their pastors for the important role they play as their spiritual leaders and mentors. Pastors and students spent time together at breakfast, worshipping in chapel, and posing for group photos after chapel.
Pastor Mat Mouliert of Crossroads Fellowship Church shared an encouraging message with the pastors during breakfast. 12th grader Sam Glancey spoke during the chapel program about the importance of being trained to go out and share the gospel and thanked the pastors for discipling and training the next generation and encouraged them “to do more of what you are already doing.”
During his breakfast remarks, Pastor Mat shared some of the lessons he has learned during his five-year battle with cancer. “Suffering happens to all of us and God wants us to glorify Him through our suffering,” Pastor Mat said. “Suffering builds perseverance and character and also opens doors that would never be available to us otherwise.”
The chapel also included performances to bless our pastors by the PreK4 students, the Kindergarten students, the 5th Grade Band, the 5th Grade Worship Team, and the High School Worship Team. Students in elementary classes also created several hundred unique, hand-written thank-you cards that were given to the pastors to take back with them.
Thank you to the parent and staff volunteers who donated food and served at the Pastor Breakfast.
We love our pastors! Atlantic Christian School students and their families worship at over 100 churches across South Jersey and each year we set aside a day to recognize and thank the important role that pastors and others working in church ministry play in the lives of our students. This year, Pastor Appreciation Day will be held on Thursday, February 16. Invitations have been mailed to pastors and other ministry workers at their churches.
The day’s activities will begin with a breakfast for the pastors from 8:00-9:00 a.m., with Pastor Mat Mouliert of Crossroads Fellowship in Pleasantville as the featured speaker. After breakfast, the pastors and ministry leaders will attend our student-led All-School Chapel from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the gym, where students will show their appreciation for their pastors through choral, instrumental, and oral presentations.
Group photos of pastors with their students will be taken following the chapel.
We are asking pastors to please RSVP online by February 13 to: HTTPS://acseht.org/PASTOR or CLICK HERE to RSVP. Please contact ACS Event Coordinator Christian Delacruz with any questions at 609-653-1199, ext. 302 or to cdelacruz@acseht.org.
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.
We love our pastors! Atlantic Christian School students and their families worship at over 100 churches across southern New Jersey and each year we set aside a day to recognize and thank the important role that pastors and others working in church ministry play in the lives of our students. This year, Pastor Appreciation Day will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
The day’s activities will begin with a breakfast buffet from 8:00-9:00 a.m. for the pastors, joined by student representatives from various grades. Pastor Tony Montemurro of Calvary Chapel Gateway will be the featured breakfast speaker.
After breakfast, the pastors and ministry leaders are invited to attend our student-led All-School Chapel from 9:00-10 a.m. where our students will show their appreciation for their pastors through choral, instrumental, and oral presentations.
Invitations have been mailed to over 100 churches and we encourage our students and their families to also speak talk their pastors and ministry leaders when you see them at church over the next few weeks and invite them to attend.
Pastors and ministry leaders should RSVP to Event Coordinator Christian Delacruz at 609-653-1199, ext. 302 or to cdelacruz@acseht.org.
Over 50 pastors and ministry leaders from 30 area churches were the honored guests at Pastor Appreciation Day on Wednesday, February 12. The special day began with a complimentary breakfast for the pastors followed by an all-school chapel program that featured students from preschool to the 12th grade.
The students sang and danced to songs of praise and worship and recited Bible verses that incorporated the steps to salvation. 12th grader Ashleigh Martin shared how serving God on ACS missions trips to Houston and the Bahamas helped her grow in her faith.
The program also included a video that featured dozens of students talking about why they love their pastors and church and thanking them for the important role they play in their lives. ACS also presented the pastors with a special ACS mug and handmade valentines created by the students in the Servant’s Heart Club.
During breakfast, Pastor Mike Bult of Mainland Baptist Church, spoke on the challenges facing the church in reaching Generation Z with the gospel. He emphasized the importance of building relationships and using the tools of social media to connect with young people. He also talked about the power of prayer and for pastors to encourage parents to pray regularly with their children.
After chapel, the students had fun taking pictures and talking with their pastors. This week was Spirit Week at ACS and many students were wearing cowboy hats, boots, bandannas, and other Western wear attire to fit the day’s theme.
CLICK HERE to see a photo gallery of Pastor Appreciation Day including group photos taken of our students with their pastors.
We love our pastors! Atlantic Christian School students and their families worship at over 100 churches across South Jersey and each year we set aside a day to recognize and thank the important role that pastors and others working in church ministry play in the lives of our students. This year, Pastor Appreciation Day will be held on Wednesday, February 12.
The day’s activities will begin with a breakfast for the pastors, with Pastor Mike Bult of Mainland Baptist Church in Galloway as the featured speaker. After breakfast, the pastors and ministry leaders will attend our student-led All-School Chapel at 10 a.m. in the gym, where students from preschool to high school will show their appreciation for their pastors through choral, instrumental, and oral presentations. Invitations have been mailed to pastors at their churches. We are asking pastors to please RSVP to Mrs. PJ Santos, Assistant Director of Development and Communication, at 609-653-1199, ext. 302 or to psantos@acseht.org.
New Life Assembly Pastor Jonathan Serbin has a unique way of building relationships with students at ACS and other area schools — he visits them at school during lunch and hands out free Frosties from Wendy’s. Pastor Jon, also known as PJ, stopped by ACS during lunch on Thursday, January 16 to hand out vanilla and chocolate Frosties to 6th to 12th grade students and to just spend time talking with them.
Affectionately known by ACS students as “The Frosty Guy,” Pastor Jon started his generous gesture about two years ago. He now hands out free Wendy’s Frosties about twice a month to students at ACS as well as other area schools, including students in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Clubs at the Egg Harbor Township and Mainland High Schools.
“The reason I do this is because students don’t care about what you know until they know that you care,” Pastor Jon said. “One of the best ways to show that you care is to spend money on them and handing out Frosties gives me an opportunity to speak into their lives.” Pastor Jon began serving on staff at New Life Assembly of Egg Harbor Township in 2013 as the Youth Pastor. During 2017, Pastor Jon was transitioned into the Next Generation Pastoral role and now oversees birth through college age. He is a graduate of Valley Forge Christian College with a Bachelor’s in youth ministry and a minor in counseling.
ACS looks forward to thanking and honoring Pastor Jon and other area pastors and ministry leaders for the important role they play in our students’ lives at our upcoming Pastor Appreciation Day on February 12.
Over 30 pastors and ministry leaders from 22 area churches were the honored guests at Pastor Appreciation Day on Wednesday, February 13. The special day began with a complimentary breakfast for the pastors, followed by an all-school chapel program that featured students from preschool to the 12th grade. The students sang and danced to songs of praise and worship and read Bible passages. 12th grader Joshua Mizrahi shared about how serving God on ACS missions trips to Nashville and Houston had helped him grow in his faith. 12th grader Lola Oguntuase talked about a new student-led project underway to increase awareness about the tragic issue of human trafficking and invited the pastors and ministry leaders to a March 14 showing at ACS of the movie “Priceless” that will focus on the issue. At different points in the program, Event Coordinator and program emcee Jessica Martin shared with the pastors heart-felt messages written by various students about why they love their church and pastors. The chapel program concluded with 12th grader Francis Johnson talking about the important, transformative role that pastors, ministry leaders, and missionaries play in the lives of each person with whom they come in contact, and then closed with prayer. After chapel, the students had fun taking pictures and talking with their pastors.
During breakfast, the pastors received a presentation on the impact of technology and social media on the family. They watched video clips from Kirk Cameron’s “Connect” movie and Pastor Sean Griffith of Sojourn Community Church shared his insights on the topic. Each pastor/ministry leader also received a special gift of a cotton-ball decorated paper sheep made by ACS PreK3 students. CLICK HERE to see additional photos from Pastor Appreciation Day posted on the ACS website.
