Lighthouse synergy - Raising the profiles of
our lighthouses
Over the past few years, we have been using the
image of a lighthouse to support our understanding of what it means to live out
the life that God has called us to within our school community. The image has
become a powerful vehicle for reminding us to be the lights that God calls us
to be. But it has also become so much more than that.
It particularly reminds us of how important it is
that we fully grasp what our true God given identity is. Just like the
lighthouse, if we really want to be the lights that God calls us to be, we need
to be rooted in strong foundations. As a school we passionately believe, that
without understanding our true identity, we will never fully become the people
God is calling us to be.
Equally, we have come to recognize that Lighthouse synergy
(partnerships within our school community) is a powerful vehicle for change.
Simply put, it reminds us that the collective efforts of each individual or
different aspects of any community make more of a difference than just the
efforts of any of these working individually. God calls us to bring light into
this world, wherever he places us. The lighthouse has become a daily reminder
of both that call, but also the power of synergy, when it is rooted in the
community in which we work and live.
We have used the phrase ‘let your light shine’ as a
very simple outworking of this message. It encourages us to be the best that we
can be, to seek to respect and care for others and to know that we are part of
something that is much greater than just ourselves. It is a call to ‘make a
difference together’.
In seeking to develop this imagery further and to
help us celebrate what the Lighthouse means to St John’s as a school community,
we have commissioned a range of merchandise based on the lighthouse design we
use around the school. This is both a fund raising initiative, but also a way
of making the lighthouse a daily reminder to our whole school community of the
call to let our light shine and to celebrate all that God has given us and
calls us to be.
The merchandise consists of 3 different adult and child T
Shirt designs, tea towels, apron, tote bags, mugs and the option to buy the banner
that we have designed and placed in every classroom. There are three different
designs for the T Shirts and also a choice of colours and sizes.
Full information has been sent out to all parents today. Orders need to be placed by Thursday 21st June to enable fulfillment by the end of the school term.
We hope you will join us in letting 'your light shine'.
