Mission
I will educate, equip, and inspire those who enter my classroom to develop a saving relationship and friendship with Jesus Christ.
Commission
Vide, ut quod ore cantas, corde credas, et quod corde credis, operibus comprobes.
Take heed that what you sing with your mouths you believe in your hearts, and what you believe in your hearts you show forth in your lives.
(from the Fourth Council of Carthage, 350-410)
Take heed that what you sing with your mouths you believe in your hearts, and what you believe in your hearts you show forth in your lives.
(from the Fourth Council of Carthage, 350-410)
Belief
God is our Song and every singer blest
Who praising Him finds energy and rest.
All who praise God with unaffected joy
Give back to us the wisdom we destroy.
God is our Song, for Jesus comes to save;
While praising Him we offer all we have.
New songs we sing, in ventures new unite,
When Jesus leads us upward into light.
This is the Song no conflict ever drowns;
Who praises God our human wrath disowns.
Love knows what rich complexities of sound
God builds upon a simple common ground.
God is our Silence when no songs are sung,
When ecstasy or sorrow stills the tongue.
Glorious the faith which silently obeys
Until we find again the voice of praise.
--God Is Our Song by Fred Pratt Green, 1974 (1903-2000), based on Psalm 118:14
(c) 1976 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.
Who praising Him finds energy and rest.
All who praise God with unaffected joy
Give back to us the wisdom we destroy.
God is our Song, for Jesus comes to save;
While praising Him we offer all we have.
New songs we sing, in ventures new unite,
When Jesus leads us upward into light.
This is the Song no conflict ever drowns;
Who praises God our human wrath disowns.
Love knows what rich complexities of sound
God builds upon a simple common ground.
God is our Silence when no songs are sung,
When ecstasy or sorrow stills the tongue.
Glorious the faith which silently obeys
Until we find again the voice of praise.
--God Is Our Song by Fred Pratt Green, 1974 (1903-2000), based on Psalm 118:14
(c) 1976 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.
Reason
"I sing for I cannot be silent, His love is the theme of my song!" -- Redeemed by Frances Jane Crosby
Purpose
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." -- Johann Sebastian Bach
"He who created man has provided for his development in body and mind and soul.... All the varied capabilities that men possess--of mind and soul and body--are given by God, to be so employed as to reach the highest possible degree of excellence...to be employed for his glory and for the uplifting of our fellow-men." -- Ellen G. White: Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 595
"He who created man has provided for his development in body and mind and soul.... All the varied capabilities that men possess--of mind and soul and body--are given by God, to be so employed as to reach the highest possible degree of excellence...to be employed for his glory and for the uplifting of our fellow-men." -- Ellen G. White: Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 595