On Thursday, April 25, Pastor Hung Truong spoke about the importance and meaning of good stewardship at middle and high school chapels. Truong is the son of Vietnamese refugees and has been pastoring for the past 25 years. In January 2020, his family planted a multi-racial church in Norcross called Grace Emmanuel.
Throughout the school year, Wesleyan’s Christian life department leads our students and faculty in examining various foundations of the Christian faith. Each month our community has focused on and learned about a different discipline of faith, and the focus for April is stewardship.
Middle and high school students and faculty members traveled to Paintsville, Kentucky and Chattanooga, Tennessee over spring break to serve on mission trips.
On Friday, March 8, Wesleyan students, faculty, and parents gathered for the annual Missions Commissioning Service to send off those serving on a Wesleyan mission trip over spring break.
Wesleyan students in middle school and lower school continued to celebrate Black History month during Pack Groups and Black History Heroes and Pioneers.
Over the weekend, students and faculty serving on mission trips during spring break bonded on the overnight Missions Retreat. The overall purpose of the retreat is to have designated team-building time. Students and faculty get to know one another on a deeper level by sharing their faith journey.
Second grade students have been hard at work creating beautiful and educational bulletin boards about “ability,” which is a part of the GRACE Model for celebrating diversity.
During middle and high school chapels on Thursday, Jan. 18, senior Jules Callahan shared her testimony and tied her story to simplicity, the Christian life theme for the month.
More than 25 high school students spent their weekend in Winterplace, West Virginia for the Christian Life Ski Retreat. Stepping away from campus for a few nights allowed students to prioritize building community with their peers and faculty members who volunteered to go on the retreat.