Topics include “The Admissions Process”, “Financial Aid”, “The College Search”, “Educational Goals: why parents need to be involved”, “Start Now: how students can make the most of the highschool years, “Careers: Changes in the Workplace,” and “Understanding God’s Will When It Comes to Schooling.”

The keynote speaker is Mitch Fisk, Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment at San Diego Christian College.

Admission is free. (We desire the night to be a ministry to students and families.) Doors open at 6:30pm. There is a registration form/brochure at the Valley Christian School website: http://www.valley-christian.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Brochure-for-SEED-Night1.pdf.

The basis for this comment stems from the fact that Ms. Coulter had accepted a speaking engagement from GOProud, the homosexual faction of the GOP. Ms. Coulter defended herself in accepting this speaking engagement by commenting that, “it was just a job.” Farah on the other hand disagrees with the idea that speaking at a homosexual rally is only a job. Farah comments that such a speaking engagement legitimizes the initiatives that the GOProud is promoting in the GOP as a whole, and Coulter, in this case, is tacitly giving approval to what the GOProud stands for.

The Bible is very clear on this topic of convictions. Jesus, speaking in Mt. 12:30, makes this statement, “He that is not with me, is against me.” Earlier, Jesus makes the comment, “you cannot serve two masters.” (Mt. 6:24) Farah’s decision to cut Coulter from the Miami conference is well within reason.  Coulter cannot speak at both events when the GOProud rally is a pro-homo event and Farah’s WND event is promoting just the opposite.

As Christ followers, we need to become much more defined in our convictions with our spending habits – who, what, and where, where we send our children to school, and our involvement (or lack thereof) in the political arena. Far too often we are way very passive about these and other categories and end up going along with the cultural flow. God has commanded us to stand out, to buck the current, and to be firm in our convictions – are we for Him or against Him.

In this mid-term election year this concept becomes even more important. The candidate that we support needs to be an individual that we have thoroughly researched his or her personal values and political track record. Those individuals that do support Godly principles should be the first candidates that are researched. Those who do not support Godly principles are not worth our time.

The WND article provides for us a vivid reminder that we need to be careful to what and to who we lend our allegiance  – openly or tacitly.

To Be Educated

If I can learn my ABCs, can read 600 words per minute, and can write with perfect penmanship, but have not been shown how to communicate with the Designer of all language,
I have not been educated.

If I can deliver an eloquent speech and persuade you with my stunning logic, but have not been instructed in God’s wisdom,
I have not been educated.

If I have read Shakespeare and John Locke and can discuss their writings with keen insight, but have not read the greatest of all books—the Bible—and have no knowledge of its personal importance,
I have not been educated.

If I have memorized addition facts, multiplication tables, and chemical formulas, but have never been disciplined to hide God’s Word in my heart,
I have not been educated.

If I can explain the law of gravity and Einstein’s theory of relativity, but have never been instructed in the unchangeable laws of the One Who orders our universe,
I have not been educated.

If I can classify animals by their family, genus, and species and can write a lengthy scientific paper that wins an award, but have not been introduced to the Maker’s purpose for all creation,
I have not been educated.

If I can recite the Gettysburg Address and the Preamble to the Constitution, but have not been informed of the hand of God in the history of our country,
I have not been educated.

If I can play the piano, the violin, six other instruments and can write music that moves men to tears, but have not been taught to listen to the Director of the universe and worship Him,
I have not been educated.

If I can run cross-country races, star in basketball, and do 100 push-ups without stopping, but have never been shown how to bend my spirit to do God’s will,
I have not been educated.

If I can identify a Picasso, describe the style of da Vinci, and even paint a portrait that earns an A+, but have not learned that all harmony and beauty comes from a relationship with God,
I have not been educated.

If I graduate from high school with a perfect 4.0 and am accepted at the best university with a full scholarship, but have not been guided into a career of God’s choosing for me,
I have not been educated.

If I become a good citizen, voting at each election and fighting for what is moral and right, but have not been told of the sinfulness of man and his hopelessness without Christ,

I have not been educated.

However, if one day I see the world as God sees it and come to know Him, Whom to know is life eternal, and glorify God by fulfilling His purpose for me,
then I have been educated!

At this point in time, the school’s administration is working to get the word out about the need for a qualified instructor for the K4 Program and the availability for student enrollments.

Stop by and see us!