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With renewed excitement and energy,
The Theta Alpha International Executive Committee
general church schools administrators retreat
Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss Jr.
Assistant to the Bishop with Oversight of General Church Education
On September 18 and 19, 25 administrators and board members from 10
schools met with representatives of General Church Education to renew our
commitment to New Church education and consider ways in which we can
better support each other in this use.
This remarkable retreat in Glenview, Illinois, brought together
administrators and board leaders from many of our schools. There were
representatives from most of our General Church elementary schools, the
Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools, and Bryn Athyn College of
the New Church.
I had four goals in mind for this retreat:
• Rallying around the use of New Church education
• Building administrator-to-administrator relationships
• Enhancing connectivity within our system
• Soliciting input from these leaders into the General Church
strategic planning process
The Uses of New Church Education. I asked a representative from each
school to speak to the mission of that school and how it is brought to life. I
came away feeling inspired by that dialogue. There are many wise and caring
people leading our schools.
I also had the privilege of giving a presentation which I playfully titled:
New Church Education: What is it and why should you care? I shared eight ways
of describing this use, including:
• Bringing students to the Lord and the Lord to the students
• Helping children to be successful in this world and the next
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