Power of Prayer
I was reminded recently of a New Testament story I learned as a child but hadn’t thought deeply about in years. The account appears in three of the four gospels, but the version that intrigues me most is the one found in the book of Mark. You can read it at
Mark 9:14-29
. Jesus had been on a nearby mountaintop with Peter, James, and John. When they return to join the other disciples in town, they encounter them in the midst of a growing crowd. Knowing that the disciples followed Jesus and hearing that He had performed many miracles of healing with them, a man had brought his son to them for healing. The scriptures describe the boy as being possessed by a spirit (demon) since birth that caused violent seizures and left him without the ability to speak. The crowd is arguing with the disciples who have proven unable to cast out the demon. Jesus asks the father to bring the boy to Him and after a brief exchange, Jesus commands the spirit to leave the boy and it does so immediately leaving the boy so lifeless on the ground that he is presumed dead. But Jesus stands him up and sends him on his way. Once they were alone, away from the crowd, the disciples ask Jesus, “Hey, why couldn’t we do that?” His response is both curious and simple, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
The world has changed much in the roughly 2,000 years since this account was recorded, but one important thing has not changed at all. Jesus’ words to His disciples about the importance and power of prayer are just as applicable to us as they were to them. Just like the disciples who walked with Jesus, we too encounter situations that are so dark, so complex that we are only able to face them if we are “prayed up.” A regular routine of prayer causes our faith to increase and faith, Scripture tells us, is the key that unlocks the power of prayer.
On Thursday mornings, there is a group of our parents who come together to pray for our school. I was humbled to join these men and women recently as they “put on the whole armor of God” in intercession before God on behalf of our faculty, our staff, our parents and their children. If God has placed a burden of prayer on your heart, I would encourage you to consider joining them. The truth is this, the more we accomplish as a school in His name, the more we can expect the forces of darkness to come against us. I have witnessed this firsthand and my prayer for our school this week is that we would give no comfort to the Deceiver; that we would turn our eyes toward heaven and with hearts of humility, ask God to guard our children and those who teach them. Would you join me in that prayer this week?
Blessings,
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Jim R. Callis
Head of School
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All School:
Saturday, September 16:
East Cobber Parade and Festival
Monday, September 25 - Friday, September 29:
Fall Break
Monday, October 2 - Friday, October 6:
Homecoming Week
Upper School:
Wednesday, September 20 - Friday, September 22:
US Retreat
Friday, October 6:
Homecoming Dance
Lower and Middle School:
Monday, September 11 - Friday, September 15:
Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, September 13:
Jeans Day with western/country shirt or uniform top
Friday, September 22:
No ASP
Thursday, October 5:
Homecoming Spirit Dress Day (with purchase of Homecoming t-shirt)
Friday, October 6:
Grandparent's Day; Late Arrival; Early Release; No ASP
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Grandparents Day!
Friday, October 6
Grandparents Day for Lower School and Middle School is
Friday, October 6
. Our younger students are working this week to create beautiful postcards to mail to their grandparents, and they're getting very excited!
The Grandparents Day schedule is as follows:
- 9 - 10 a.m. Grandparents & students are welcome to enjoy a drop-in breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. Plan to arrive together between 9 - 10 a.m. for a hot breakfast, fruit, and coffee (note the late arrival time; roll will be taken during classroom visits.)
- 10:00 a.m. Chapel Program in Sanctuary
- 11:00 a.m. Classroom Visits
- 12:00 p.m. Dismissal
We want your family photos!
Please email us photos of your students with their grandparents for inclusion in a Grandparents Day slideshow. Baby pictures, Christmas pictures, birthdays, etc. Photos may be emailed to
grandparents@mtbethelchristian.org
. Deadline for photos is September 14.
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Georgia GOAL Update
Presently, there are 75 GOAL tax-credit applications designated for MBCA for 2018! This is amazing, as we are well on our way to helping local families obtain the life-changing opportunity of sending their deserving student(s) to MBCA. But we need more. Please take action today and join these 75 donors in maximizing our available financial aid. You will receive a
100% credit
for your contribution when you file your Georgia income taxes. In other words, the state of Georgia is allowing you to "spend" some of the taxes
you must pay anyway
in order to provide funds for deserving students to attend MBCA.
You can now do this from your phone!
Visit the new, mobile-friendly Georgia GOAL website at
goalscholarship.org
and complete the 2018 Tax Credit Application. It takes less than two minutes and nothing further is required until GOAL contacts you for your payment in March of 2018. You will claim the 100% credit in 2019 at the time you file your 2018 tax return.
This program is so popular that you will very likely only be approved for about half of what you intend to contribute. The cap on these credits has been exceeded for the last three years, which is why your participation is so important. If MBCA does not receive these funds, another Georgia private school will!
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Yee-Haw! Come One, Come all to the County Fair Book Fair!
Wednesday, September 13
To celebrate our exciting Book Fair, students and faculty are extended the privilege of wearing jeans along with a country or western shirt on Wednesday, September 13. Dust off your boots and find your bandanas. It's time to mosey on into the Book Fair! Please note that this is a DRESS UP day, not a dress down day. If you do not have a country shirt then please wear your uniform shirt.
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Variety Show Sign-Up
Wednesday, September 13 - Thursday, September 14
Variety Show sign-up for an audition time are this Wednesday and Thursday. Parents of 3rd through 5th grade students must sign their child up for a time; 6th through 8th grade students may sign themselves up. Look for the Variety Show table in the lobby between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. First come, first served!
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Homecoming Week!
Monday, October 2 - Friday, October 6
The week of October 2-6, 2017 will be our third annual Homecoming Week at MBCA! As part of the festivities, on Thursday, October 5, we will have a Homecoming Spirit Dress Day for all LS and MS students who purchase a homecoming t-shirt. All students and parents are invited to the homecoming volleyball games that Thursday evening and are asked to wear their homecoming t-shirt to the game. The deadline to purchase t-shirts is
Friday, September 15
.
Link below for the t-shirt order forms.
Note:
US students, this is also the link to order your Homecoming Dance Tickets.
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College Bound!
Congratulations to Matt Gilliland for becoming the first MBCA senior to be admitted to college! Matt was notified earlier this week that he has been accepted to Valdosta State University.
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Afternoon Walk-up Carpool Re-routed
September 11 - September 15
The Book Fair is coming and our Library is becoming a County Fairground! Therefore, we need to reroute the afternoon walk-up carpool that typically dismisses from the Library. During Book Fair week,
2nd – 5th grade walk-up carpool will dismiss from their classrooms at 2:50 p.m.
Please pick up your student and quickly exit the building (or go to the Book Fair) so we can begin the carpool line promptly at 2:55 p.m.
If you arrive at 2:55 p.m. or later,
you will be asked to wait until after carpool, or to use the carpool line to pick up your student.
Walk-up carpool for grades Jr. K – 1st grade will begin at 2:50 p.m. outside the classrooms as usual during this week.
If you have siblings in grades 2nd - 5th, please pick them up first and then come get your younger sibling.
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Studio 7
Student Photos
Your child's fall picture proofs went home this week. Studio 7 requests that you
DO
NOT remove the proof
from the order form
.
If the picture is removed, they have no way of knowing who the child is, making it very difficult for Studio 7 to print the package you requested. Paper form ordering is due by
September 15
. If you are not happy with your photo(s), please write RETAKE across it, and turn it into the Academy front desk.
Make-up for those that were absent and retakes (only for students whose parents requested a retake) will be taken on the following days:
Tuesday, September 12 Lower School 10:00 a.m. Room 125
Thursday, September 14 Middle School 10:00 a.m. Room 125
Thursday, September 14 Upper School 12:00 p.m. Performing Arts Room
Link
here
to order your child's pictures online!
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Yearbooks for Sale
Remember the deadline to get the low price of $35 for your child's yearbook is September 22 (Fall break). For a quick and easy purchase, order your yearbook
online
! After September 22, the price goes up to $50.
If you have any questions, please contact faculty yearbook advisor,
Christi Hattingh
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Chick-fil-A Breakfast
At the North Campus
The Upper School will be selling Chick-fil-A biscuits and minis at the North Campus on
Wednesday
mornings from 7:30 – 8:10 a.m. All profits go toward the Upper School mission trips.
We will offer:
$3 - Chick-fil-A biscuits
$4 - Chick-fil-A 4-count chicken minis box
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Friday Morning Breakfast
At the Main Campus
There will be
NO
Friday morning breakfast this week due to our annual Doughnuts with Dad. Instead, come get a doughnut or two with your student!
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Fifth Grade
God's Not Dead
Mrs. Dickerson’s homeroom class sang "God’s Not Dead" by The Newsboys in Chapel this week. The students used some sign language they learned from Mrs. Dickerson’s daughter, Beth, who takes American Sign Language at the Upper School.
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Nonfiction Text Features
Fifth grade social studies, students have been learning about nonfiction text features. These text features help students become stronger readers of social studies and science facts, as well as other types of nonfiction reading. Students completed a task card activity to practice recognizing and naming different types of nonfiction text features.
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Friends From Afar
Mrs. Kelly's and Mrs. Thomason’s classes got to Skype with one of our former students, Rosa Geluk, and her mom! The Geluk family moved back to the Netherlands over the summer, and we wanted to catch up with Rosa and learn a little about what her life is like in the Netherlands. We learned that we have far more similarities than we might have thought. Rosa goes to school for the same amount of time every day and has very similar subjects. They have a 6 week summer break and week long breaks throughout the year like we do.
We also received an overseas travel update from Nancy Clare Parsons, whose family has taken this year to travel around the world on their lifeboat. Nancy Clare sent us pictures and descriptions of some of the wonderful things they've seen in their most recent destination, Spain. Included was a picture of a cathedral with walls made almost entirely of gold! We’re hoping to connect with her via FaceTime or Skype soon, but as you can imagine, their internet service is spotty as they navigate the water from port to port.
It was fabulous to reconnect with our friends. Members of our MBCA community may not be with us every day, but we’ll always be family!
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Middle School
National Junior Honor Society Induction
In August, MBCA’s chapter of the National Junior Honor Society inducted new members from seventh and eighth grade. Selection is based on scholastic achievement, leadership, service, citizenship and character. Members must maintain a 95 percent average of academic subjects and exemplify the high behavioral standards of NJHS. Additionally, the Society met this week to elect officers to the NJHS leadership team. Eighth graders Caitlin Foster and Virginia Miller and seventh graders Katherine Contrucci and Lilla Kate Tucker were elected. Congratulations to our leadership team, and to all our current and new members!
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Congratulations to our 2017-2018 Middle School House Officers!
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Fidelitias
President: Caitlin Foster
Vice President: Jack Rogers
Chaplain: Price Borden
6th Grade Representative: Noah Mallon
Fortes
President: Blake Berto
Vice President: Will Silverio
Chaplain: Wedds Alexis
6th Grade Representative: Elizabeth Brasfield
Humilitas
President: Bryce Horton
Vice President: Lilla Kate Tucker
Chaplain: Caitlin Garcia
6th Grade Representative: Noah Jones
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Integritas
President: Libby Michael
Vice President: Katherine Contrucci
Chaplain: Abigail Ethridge
6th Grade Representative: Mason Herrman
Servimus
President: Eva Howard
Vice President: Matthew Frazee
Chaplain: Ryan Lathem
6th Grade Representative: Miles LaSure
Veritas
President: Tate Papenhagen
Vice President: Sadie Haynes
Chaplain: Matthew Mullis
6th Grade Representative: Griffin Lovett
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Upper School
A Taste of Indian Cuisine
The International Culture Club went on their first outing on September 3 to sample Indian cuisine. The club has students with various ethnic backgrounds including, Korean, Cameroon, Nigerian, Indian, Peruvian, South African, and Chinese. The restaurant of choice was Moon Indian Cuisine. They had a variety of dishes such as dosa, biryani, and an array of curry with different proteins (beef, chicken, and lamb). They ended their meal with some traditional Indian desserts called Jalebis, Gulab Jamun, and Kheer.
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House Points
Fidelitas - 483
Integritas - 471
Veritas - 466
Humilitas - 436
Fortes - 392
Servimus - 376
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Sports Highlights
Our cross country and volleyball teams were in action again. To view our game highlights, link
here
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MS Basketball Tryouts
- October 9: Girls, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Parent meeting to follow, Olympia Room (CAC-2nd floor, adjacent to walking track)
- October 10: Boys, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Parent meeting to follow, Olympia Room (CAC-2nd floor, adjacent to walking track)
- October 11: Girls, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- October 12: Boys, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Participants should plan to attend
BOTH
tryout dates.
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Swim Team Tryouts
Swim Team is forming its 2017-18 roster. All swimmers in 6th – 12th grades are welcome. Prior swim experience (summer recreation leagues and/or year-round club team) is strongly recommended.
Parent/Swimmer Meeting on September 19 at the Upper School Campus at 6:30 p.m.
Meet Coach Sherry Morgan, get the schedule for the season, and share information about your preferred strokes.
Fifth grade swimmers will be considered on an individual basis. To be eligible, a 5th grade swimmer must be confirmed as currently enrolled in a year-round program, and meet minimum time requirements.
Dual sport athletes participating in basketball, clay shooting, year-round swimming and other club sports are welcome; every effort will be made to accommodate scheduling conflicts.
Tryouts
- Tryout practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting October 3 at the North Campus Pool - US students from 3:15-4:30 p.m. and MS students from 3:45-5:00 p.m.
- Final roster will be determined by October 13.
- MBCA Time Trial Meet is Saturday, October 21 (at the North Campus).
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Basketball Clinic - Save the Date
Thursday, November 2
Come fine tune your basketball skills at the Fall Basketball Clinic. This clinic will be led by the Mt. Bethel Varsity players and coaching staff after the CODE BLUE game on Thursday, November 2. Athletes will be trained on ball handling, shooting, defensive footwork, and team concepts. There will be individual and team competitions. T-Shirts and dinner will be provided for each participant. The clinic will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m. for 5 -11 year olds.
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Main Campus
Junior Kindergarten - 8th Grade
4385 Lower Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30068
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North Campus
9th - 12th Grade
2509 Post Oak Tritt Road
Marietta, GA 30062
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Phone: 770-971-0245
Fax: 770-971-3770
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