CCS discusses the future Tuesday
School organizers discuss possibility of relocationBy EMILIE NELSON Messenger staff writer
Community Christian School has big plans for its future.
The school, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in April, is housed in the basement of First Evangelical Free Church, 3058 10th Ave. N. The school has also been sponsored by the church, although CCS students represent 25 congregations from several area communities.
Bruce Walrod, CCS development chairman, announced the school's plans for the coming years to a crowd of about 200 supporters of the school at its 17th annual fall banquet at the Best Western Starlite Village Tuesday.
Those plans include becoming an independent Christian school separate from the First Evangelical Free Church.
Walrod said the CCS board of directors will conduct a feasibility study to see if it is possible for the school to relocate, in addition to launching a fundraising campaign for a building fund.
"The financial magnitude of this project is huge," Walrod said.
Following dinner and a welcome from Kristi Ellis, the new administrator at CCS, keynote speaker, Dr. Bob Stouffer, superintendent of Des Moines Christian School spoke on the values of a Christian education.
In his speech, titled "Christian Education Will Prevail," Stouffer, a former principal for the Urbandale Community Schools, touched on the relationship he encourages public and religious schools to have.
"They do public education, while we are in a Christ-centered school," he said. "But the public and Christian schools should work together to support each other. Nurture your relationship with the public schools."
Stouffer also highlighted the views of Christian education and why, although smaller schools, Christian schools provide a quality experience to their students and have a strong sense of community.
"Bigger is not always better," Stouffer said. "We're involved schools with a sense of community. We help students discover their own unique callings."
Stouffer also commended CCS for providing years of quality education with Christian values to its students.
"Christian education in Iowa will prevail," he said. "Thirty years makes you a very well-established school."
Contact Emilie Nelson at (515) 573-2141 or enelson@messengernews.net
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Anderson
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10-16-09 12:28 PM
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How absurd, redwood? Have you been beaten with a cross lately? The country was founded on the basis of freedom to worship as one pleases, unmolested by people of other faiths OR THE GOV or, for that matter, at the alter of secularism. Freedom OF religion as a political tenant took root here, and has now spread - in practice if not in law - to much of the Christian world and very little elsewhere. Do show me somewhere freer than here, where the Christian legacy developed into an AMERICAN CREED accepted by most but rejected only by a number of messianic groups, atheists and the ACLU included. While you are at it, check out all that sculpture on the Supreme Court building and do read "Rediscovering Religion in America;" you will surely find enlightening.
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boatassembler
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10-16-09 9:47 AM
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redwood: I would argue the Christian Schools are better than public. Name the last Christian school that had a shooting at it and if you can, then show me the number of shootings at Christian schools compared to at public schools . I think even you might be surprised. Or is killing innocent children the only thing important in school now? The cross is not the new swastika. To compare the two is revolting even from you. People were forced to "bow" before the swastika or simply died. The cross and it's message is a free gift from God. As I said before. No one is forcing you to send your children to a Christian school. But I guarantee you, on an average children going to Christian schools will have higher morals, more respect for people and a better view of life than public school graduates. Because that is what is taught there. Sometimes there are more important things than the 3 R's.
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boatassembler
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10-15-09 9:57 PM
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And redwood: What brought down our school system is when God was kicked out of schools and guns were welcomed with open arms.
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boatassembler
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10-15-09 9:54 PM
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redwood: Read the name of the school. Community CHRISTIAN School. It is not a public school.They can teach whatever they want. No one is forcing anyone to send their children there.
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Anderson
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10-15-09 3:12 PM
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Redwood: Legal vs. illegal will never replace right vs. wrong in a harmonious, democratic society. Almost all successful democratic countries, Switzerland being the one major exception, require a uniform behavioral pattern among its inhabitants, and these are formed around some common religious belief, that of the US included. If you don't know this, read "Rediscovering Religion in America." Diversity of behavior and our resultant, secularist effort to substitute a legalistic, libertine society for the Christian one upon which our country was founded lie at the root of most of our increasingly intractable social and economic problems, and will be the ultimate cause of this country's demise if we allow internal squabbling to detract from the unity of purpose required to defend it from messianic but highly homogeneous groups with global visions, as was the case with the USSR and Hitler and, now, with Islamic jihadists.
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threenotsoblindmice
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10-14-09 8:34 AM
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I said in my 1st post: "The bottom line is, when they kicked God out of the public schools, they became nothing but a*****hole for our kids to have to attend." I'm not about to let some mindless software bleep out MY 4 letter word. The word that got bleeped was h e l l hole. I simply called the public schools exactly what they are now days since our Lord Jesus Christ got kicked out. The kids can't sing Christmas carols in public schools but they can sing songs of praise to Barack Obama? I saw that on TV several times. What is our country coming to anyway? Keep upt the good work, CSS!
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threenotsoblindmice
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10-14-09 8:18 AM
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I see Thumbs with all his typos made a post last night. I'm one of the other three not so blind mice. redwood973, I wasn't aware of any of that kind of c r a p going on in public schools. I don't know which is worse what Judy saw on TV or what you're telling about. The bottom line is, when they kicked God out of the public schools, they became nothing but a*****hole for our kids to have to attend. But the problem is that it is very expensive to keep our kids in parochial school, especially for low income families. I'm now paying out so my grandkids can follow family tradition & go to St. Edmond rather than ever have to go to public school. I wish CSS the best in their endeavor. As Thumbs said in his post, the more Christian schools we can have in this area, the better. Public schools are no better than public toilets anymore.
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threenotsoblindmice
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10-14-09 12:57 AM
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My wife just picked at her food the other night at supper. She was so upset after seeing that Dr. Phil show she couldn't eat. Public school teachers were on there telling about children commiting s*xual acts right on the dance floor at school dances and it is becoming the latest trend among public school students. It must have been really nasty because my wife is usually pretty easy going. Why don't the idiots running these schools quit having these dances if things are as bad as they say they are? Even one incident should be enought to stopp having dances. So if you think there is no need for another good Christian school in the community, think again. St. Edmond School is excellent but the more the merrier when it comes to good safe scchools to send our kids. We need as many Christian schools in the area as we can get. I wish CCS the very best in their effort.
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