From the President. . .
Tim Sierer
Fifty-nine and counting!!! As members of the Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools Association we praise the Lord for allowing this organization to reach such a milestone. A milestone that many organizations can only dream about. It is possible to gain a perspective on how far MACSA has come by remembering what was taking place the year MACSA was founded:
• President Harry S Truman was nearing the end of his first term in office.
• Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi, India.
• The Communists took over Czechoslovakia.
• The average life expectancy was 67.2 years.
• The Cleveland Indians won over the Boston Braves to claim the World Series 4 games to 2.
• The cost of a first-class stamp was $0.03.
• The "Big Bang" theory was put forth by George Gamow to explain the origin of the universe.
• The Ed Sullivan Show was the number one TV show that year while Dragnet debuted as a radio broadcast.
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Humphrey Bogart, was a box office smash.
• Fifty-nine years ago the majority of the faculty serving in our schools was not even born.
While most of these events were appearing on the front pages of the nation's newspapers, members of the Christian community in the Mid-Atlantic region were laying the foundation for a Christian school association that would impact lives for many years. Since its inception God has blessed MACSA with opportunities to minister to the needs of hundreds of Christian schools which in turn impact thousands of young people for the name of Christ. Literally thousands of students have graduated from our member schools and are now impacting their communities for the cause of Jesus Christ. As we look over the class rosters of many of our schools we are able to see the second, and in some cases even the third, generation of families walking the hallways of our schools. Many of us enjoy the pleasure of having alumni serving as integral parts of our staff as teachers while still others serve as coaches, members of various school committees and governing Boards. God's grace, mercy and continued blessings are able to be seen in every area of His schools, and in the MACSA organization at large.
Over the years many individuals committed to furthering the cause of Christ carried out the work of building a great association. This endeavor has been a labor of love on the part of hundreds and thousands of people, past and present. As a reader of this newsletter, you have demonstrated an interest in our work and a commitment to MACSA as a whole. For that we gratefully thank you! Please continue to pray for our schools as they minister to the lives of children during the next fifty-nine years should the Lord tarry – Fifty-nine and counting!!!
"For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong…that no man should boast before God." I Cor.1:27-28
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