• C V C A D M I N I S T R A T I V E P E R S P E C T I V E– by Dr. John DeLeeuw, CVC Superintendent

“Something Greater”This year’s school theme might easily bring visions of our great, mighty God,

but the more difficult task is getting at the heart of what it means. I shared the following with the teaching staff during the week before school started.

In Numbers 13:26–33 we are brought into the discussion of the twelve spies commissioned by Moses and Aaron. All twelve seemed to agree on the fact that it was truly the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey. The split decision came with whether or not they were capable of taking the land. Ten of them saw the obstacles, mainly giants, focused on them and said it could not be accomplished. Joshua and Caleb focused on God’s promises and what He had already done for Israel and said that it could be done. The majority vote resulted in 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. (Numbers 14:9-10)

Advancing 40 years later we see that Joshua is now leading the people of Israel. He and Caleb always held on to the fact that on their side they had “Something Greater.” He believed God when he was told God would never leave him or forsake him and that he was to be strong and courageous. Caleb, who was now 85, is remembered in Scripture as following God “wholeheartedly.”

My prayer for all of us would be that we would follow God “wholeheartedly” especially when we are facing the giants of our day. We are in the middle of an ugly economy. Many people are losing their homes, businesses and their ability to pay tuition, and we have a fall enrollment of 25 under budget. Besides that many of our families are facing some very severe medical problems and difficulties. Our giants may not be real people, but they are definitely real problems. We need to be like Joshua, Caleb and a host of other biblical characters and remember that we have “Something Greater” on our side.

Michael Priebe, a guest vocal artist who visited our school many years back, wrote a song that summarizes these thoughts. It is called No Giants:

There are no giants in this landNo one to stand against His Mighty Hand

No need to be afraidNo need to run awayThere are no giants,

No giants in this landNo need to be afraid when the

God of all creation is standing by your side.

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2012 Fall FestivalThe Fall Festival is quickly

approaching. Plan on attending this annual CVC event. This will be a fun-filled day for the entire family – grandparents included!Date: Friday, October 19Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm.Place: CVC Elementary

CampusWhat: An afternoon with

games, activities, prizes, vendors and great food!

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In This IssueFall Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

New Teachers . . . . . . . . . . 2

Used Treasures . . . . . . . . . 2

New HS Principal . . . . . . . . 3

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Glimpsing the Divine . . . . 4

Mission: Guatemala . . . . . 5

Staff Enrichment . . . . . . . 6

Sportsmanship . . . . . . . . . 7

Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . 7

Moms in Prayer . . . . . . . . . 8

Of Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (“Greater” continues on page 2)

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I need to remind myself, “How can there be giants in the land when I have the God of all creation by my side?” Hebrews 13:5-6 says, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you or forsake you.’ So we say with confi-dence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’”

God did not remove the giants from the land. The giants had to be fought and defeated. Our giants are real and there are battles ahead, but I need to remind myself there is “Something Greater” and I have “no need to be afraid when the God of all creation is standing by my side.”

– by Dr. John DeLeeuw, CVC Supeintendent

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CVC Fall DriveEach year, CVCS sponsors a Fall

Drive, our largest fund-raising event. The Fall Drive helps keep tuition in-creases to a minimum by providing for capital expenditures and by keeping our debt load down to a minimum. It is also a tool that helps us offer tu-ition assistance for those that qualify. As in past years, your donation will be distributed to Tuition Assistance, Capital Improvements and the Bus Replacement funds. This year’s Fall Drive officially begins on October 15 and will conclude on December 21. All Society members and supporters will receive a brochure in the mail in the near future. Our goal for this year is to raise $400,000. All donations are tax deductible. If a school representa-tive has not contacted you prior to this year’s closing date, please contact our financial office at 734-9481.

Thank you for your generous support of the ministry of Christian education at Central Valley Christian Schools.

New Teachers at CVCHi, my name is Brooke Barton. I am the new elementary physical education teacher here at CVC. This is my first year teaching, but I have been employed by CVC for three years as a school bus driver. I also am the girls JV basketball coach at the high school. This will be my third season coaching. I have a 5-year-old son named Sam who just started Kindergarten here, so this is a new beginning for both of us.

I grew up in Exeter, attending school there and graduating from Exeter Union High School. I graduated with a business administration degree from Mid-America Christian University in Oklahoma City in 1997. After graduating, I accepted a position with the YMCA of greater Oklahoma City as their Sports and Aquatics Director. I worked for a couple of years before moving back to California in 1999. I then accepted a position with the City of Exeter as the Recreation Supervisor. I spent over five years organizing and supervising all youth and adult sports programs, the same programs that as a child, I participated in. It was there that I began to realize that teaching and coaching children were two of my passions.

I enjoy running, having run four full marathons and countless half mara-thons and 10ks. I also love watching football (Denver Broncos) and baseball (LA Dodgers).

I have thoroughly enjoyed my first month as the PE teacher at the elementary school. I’m excited for what God and the school year have in store for me and look forward to helping the CVC students strive for “Something Greater” in physical education.

• • • • •My name is Kimberly De Mello, and I am married to Dustin De Mello, a former CVC student. We have been married for four wonderful years. Recently we moved to Tulare from Idaho. I am in the midst of completing 16 weeks of student teaching under the guidance and super-vision of Mrs. Putman in first grade. Upon completion of my internship, I will graduate with my teaching certificate. Already, I have learned so much from Mrs. Putman; it is

such a blessing to be in her classroom. I never imagined as a teacher I would have the opportunity to share God’s

word with my students. It is such a blessing to be a part of the CVC family. I am thrilled to see the work God is doing in my life, as well as the lives of my students. In my spare time I enjoy playing cards, shopping for bargains, being with family and going snowboarding and fishing with my husband.

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We Welcome Our New CVC High School Principal“Dave, Dick, Joan, THE TWINS,

Bob, Jane and Alison...”I am one of those eight children born to Clarence and

Alice Baker of Midland Park, NJ. Did you see my name listed there anywhere? In order to finally escape the identity crisis I experienced for the first eighteen years of my life, I left the nest and headed to Dordt College in northwest Iowa.

At Dordt I prepared for a career teaching mathematics and coaching at the high school level, a career I followed for sixteen years. Seven of those years were spent at Central Minnesota Christian School in Prinsburg, MN, and the other nine at Kalamazoo Christian High School in Kalamazoo, MI. During those years I taught all levels of mathematics and coached basketball, baseball and cross country. Oh... and one day of tennis.

I enjoyed teaching. I’m strange in that I love Geometry. I remember praying to God and explaining that if there was something else He ever wanted me to do, to please hit me over the head with a clear sign. In the spring of my ninth year in Kalamazoo, He hit.

While conducting practice in the gym, the school board president walked in to talk with me. He invited me to consider a one-year interim principal position while they conducted a search for a ‘real one.’ That one-year stint lasted nine years during which time I kept a close eye on my own three children. In my ninth year as high school principal I was asked to consider filling the vacancy created by the retirement of our superintendent, a position I held for our final five years in Michigan.

We had 23 good years in Kalamazoo. That is where we raised Ginni, Larae and Joel. After sending them “up the road” to Calvin College and despite the intense love our children had for us, Joan and I were quite convinced none of them were ever coming back to Kalamazoo.

Being empty nesters and somewhat adventurous, we ac-cepted another invitation, this one from the Denver Christian Schools to come out to Colorado and lead them as superin-tendent. Denver is where we spent our last five years.

Last year, after Gary Adams announced his plans to retire, I received a call from Dr. DeLeeuw asking if I knew of any administrators who might be interested in being the next CVC high school principal. I couldn’t think of anyone else, so I sent him my name.

Last December I made my first trip to California to come out for the interview. We came again in March to look for a house. In June we made a third trip. We think we’ll probably stay.

The daily schedule of a high school teacher is pretty much driven by the bells. While students can be unpredict-able, most teachers know where they will be and what they will be doing at any moment between eight and three.

A superintendent hears the bells but can pretty much ignore them. As superintendent I could plan my day and come pretty close to keeping my planned schedule. The world of high school principal is a “whole ‘nother” ball game. The squeal in the parking lot, the air horn at gradu-ation, the phone call at eight pm, or the scribbling on the bathroom wall can send one in a completely unforeseen direction. The stress of the unknown and unpredictability that is part of living with 14 – 18 year-olds is only matched by the satisfaction of doing the job well.

I have to say that I’m enjoying being back in this seat. Most of the time. I like the challenge of turning discipline into discipling. I love getting back into classrooms and coming alongside teachers and strategizing on how we can be better at this business of education. As a hero of mine would say, “I feel God’s pleasure.” This feels good, and it feels right. The students and staff at CVCHS are a fun group with whom to spend my days. Most days.

Joan and I have always tried hard to listen to God’s voice and follow his call. He has never shouted at us, but we felt His nudge to come here. We have experienced His blessing after accepting this job. Thank you all for the warm, the very warm, wel-come. We count it a privilege to join you in this community and in this important work of Christian education.

– by Larry Baker, CVCHS Principal

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New Book Shares Stories for Advent

Stories enchant us and stories de-light us. Stories make us cheat sleep because we just have to see how Katniss Everdeen manages to escape the arena. Stories force us to stand in line at midnight to see the latest Lord of the Rings installment as soon as it opens, no matter the bleary-eyed zombies we might be at work the next day. Stories not only captivate us, but they also serve to define us and make us who we are.

In fact our lives only have mean-ing in so far as they’re a part of the greater story, or the Great Story, that of a loving Creator redeeming a lost people and drawing them back to himself through the sacrifice of his only Son as a ransom.

Glimpsing the Divine: The Jesse Tree Devotionals is a new book that attempts to look at the greater story of the Bible and see how Christ is woven in and through every part of it. This 25-day Advent devotional looks at a collection of Old Testament passages through which the aroma of Christ wafts and is beautifully illustrated with engaging paintings by emerging artist Andrea Van Wyk Kamper.

– by Blake Hiemstra, CVCMS English teacher

NOTE: The book can be purchased in either the CVC Elementary or CVC Middle School offices.

CVC Alumni News Alumni Involved in Mission Work

Korey (’92) and Misty Compaan, along with their four children, served in Mexico for over a week this past summer.

Kovonne Compaan (’94) San has been living in Cambodia doing mission work for over three years.

Kylene Compaan (’97) served in the District of the Republic of the Congo in Africa for a month this past summer.

Kyle Compaan (’03) served in Rwanda, Africa, for a month this past summer. He then joined Kylene for another month in the Congo.

GraduationsEric Adams (’08) • Biola University, May 2012, BFA in Graphic

ArtsBrett Leyendekker (’08) • Dordt, May 2012, BA in Ag Business

and Digital Media Production, Employed at Dordt College as Student Services Assistant

Daniel Leyendekker (’10) • Dordt, May 2012, AA in General AgEvert Leyendekker (’08) • Fresno State, December 2011, BS in

Animal Sciences (Production Management Option), Employed at Friesian Farms, Tulare, CA

Josina de Jong (’11) • Toni & Guy Hair Academy, June 2012Jennifer Lanting (’07) Hoekstra • University of Utah, June 2012,

BS in Education, Human Development and Family Studies (Emphasis in Early Childhood Education), Employed at Kankakee High School, IL, as Asst. Varsity Volleyball Coach

Cynthia Tiemersma (’08) • Dordt, May 2012, BA in Ag Science/Biotech, Employed at Rosa Brothers Milk Company, Tulare, CA

MarriagesSimon Hakker (’03) and Sara Vander Weide (’07) • January 7,

2012, residing in Morro Bay, CAGreg Hoekstra and Jennifer Lanting (’07) • June 15, 2012, residing

in Kankakee, ILEveret Leyendekker (’08) and Chelsea Underwood (’09) • June 2,

2012, residing in Tulare, CAFrank Erik Leyendekker (’06) and Lauren Munn • October

22, 2011 in the TCU Chapel, residing in Dallas, TX where Frank is working at Bank of America

BirthsTom (’99) and McKenzye Anker • Rick, March 16, 2012, Hanford, CAJon (’03) and Kelli Bushnell • Iesa Jon, October 17, 2011, Prinsburg, MNPeter (’02) and Whitney de Jong • Kensley Caroline, March 5,

2012, Hanford, CAKelly and Heather (Lanting) (’94) Kuchera • Jacob Gregory,

March 3, 2012, Sedro Woolley, WAKen (’01) and Jill Lanting • Ryan Kenneth, February 14, 2012,

Tulare, CAJesse (’94) and Andrea (Vander Schaaf) (’00) Rainbow • Iris Jane,

September 4, 2012 (sister: Dorothy Kathrine), Houston, TXJonathon and Kandice (Koetsier) (’02) Thorpe • Wyatt Lee, July

14, 2012 (siblings: Alex, Jonathon II, Izzy), Tulare, CAHenry (’97) and Ashley van der Hoek • Titas Roel, February 25,

2012, Helm, CA

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Guatemala Team 2012 was a group of action. Our place in this world became so evident to all of us as we shared life together with the Guatemalans – on the streets of Magdalena, Antigua, El Gorrion or La Pinada. It was so easy for us to ask “Why?” do people live in these conditions, without adequate stoves or food, shelter or more than a dirt floor in a one room shack.

Our group showed Christ and we came alongside the Guatemalans, showing that Christ is real and that our faith is an ACTIVE faith. Here are a few simple examples:

▲ Taylor praying with Reyna Maria, Heidi and Chucho’s mom and their grandmother for their heath conditions and provision of food.

▲ Krista and a group of girls sharing with a woman in Central Park and praying with her for healing and providing money.

▲ Hannah sharing Bible stories with the YWAM team in Guatemala to the young child vendors in Anti-gua.

▲ Courtney providing rice and beans to a family in need.

▲ Maddi feeding handicapped children and adults.▲ Jake flashing his contagious smile to us and the

team from Immanuel CRC, Ripon, that ministered with us.

▲ And many more of the kids actively using their skills and interests in service

We were put in situations that made us feel uncomfort-able so we could effectively share and serve God better. Philippians 4:12 states: “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in ANY and EVERY situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”

- Connie Branderhorst, CVC teacher

God really works in your life when you are in a different country being involved in their culture. It is amazing to see the true joy in God these people have. It was the greatest feeling being able to help those people and being able to see their faces when we blessed them with our work. God truly works miracles in places that you wouldn’t expect it. One sign of the works of God was when I was placed in the wood-working group. Marito, who lives in Guatemala, was my “leader.” He was praying really hard for someone to come that knew something about woodworking. Luck-ily I was in shop class last year and had some experience to share. Marito was so happy to hear that because he was hoping to open a school for the kids in the community for their futures. Guatemala was truly the greatest experience I have had. It was the closest I have ever gotten to God, and I grew so much in my faith through this.

– Jake De Haan, CVC sophomore

Going to Guatemala, I didn’t feel that I had a clear reason as to why I was going. After being placed in a different site, the agriculture site, which at first worried me, I soon realized that I was meant to be there. I enjoyed every second of hard work, and by the end of the trip, God had showed me what was meant to learn by going. Mario, our site leader, asked me what I would take away from the trip. I told him that God had revealed to me that service isn’t a one time thing. It isn’t that “moment” when you give your life to God. It’s waking up every morning and surrendering your life to Him.

– Alexa Blundell, CVC senior

After a number of the kids shared in chapel on September 13, Connie asked them, “Seeing all of you in tears . . . re-member that night? You were all hugging, sharing that your lives would never be the same after this trip. THAT brings me to tears. Don’t change. We have gotten a glimpse of what God can do in and through you and He is at work. Serve Him always and let that work be made complete in YOU.”

Reflections on Our Mission to Guatemala

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Staff Summer Enrichment

Mission: KenyaThis past summer I was able to go to Kenya and work

at an orphanage and teach there as well from May 23 until June 15. I went there with my mom who has always wanted to go on an overseas mission trip.

This was my second trip to Kenya, and I’m committed to going every summer to continue the relationships with the children and my Kenyan friends. While we were there, we taught at the school for a week and spent time feed-ing, bathing, playing, and just loving on the children. The orphanage is called Mission in Action, and it is located in Nakuru, Kenya.

God put this desire on my heart to goand love the least and the lost...

I believe God put this desire on my heart to go out and love the least and the lost, and He definitely drew me to Africa. It was an amazing opportunity to go and serve with my mom. She got a glimpse of the passion I have for it, and she herself was stretched, moved, and inspired while there. She and I both experienced the power of God and the love He has for all of his children around the world.

I think what impacted me the most was the constant and contagious joy the children and my Kenyan friends have. They literally have nothing but are filled with the joy of the Lord and that alone is all they need. I continue to learn so much about myself and about our God through my friends in Kenya, and I’ve been inspired by them to bring forth His joy right here in Visalia. Having a heart of gratitude and thanks is my daily prayer, and I’m so very thankful that God placed the beautiful country of Kenya and the people there in my life.

– by Darcy Miedema

Mission: CambodiaWow! Where do I begin? Rod and I were so blessed

this summer to lead a group of six other adults from Tulare Community Church to Battambang, Cambodia, to the YWAM (Youth With a Mission) base where our daughter Kovonne and her husband Channoeun are living and working. Six of us were women and our main focus was to lead a Bible school for children from a nearby slum and other “villages.” We brought along visuals, craft items, and lots of hands-on projects. We presented plays and skits and taught the Gospel in simple ways every morning for a week.

It was awesome to see the smiles on their faces and the joy they have even though very poor. For many it was the first time they had ever heard of Jesus and His love for them. It was very humbling, and yet so exciting, to see first-hand that God’s love totally transcends nationality, economic levels, skin color – everything – and we are all equally loved by him.

The highlights of our Cambodia time were many.

The highlights were many: the precious 125+ kids in VBS clinging to us, begging us to please stay or at least come back soon, worshipping with the Cambodian church people in the slum, praying over the land where the new YWAM base will be built, interacting with the YWAM base staff, blessing the women of the village with manicures and pedicures (they had never been inside of a salon before – they felt so beautiful), loading up the vil-lage kids on several tuk-tuks and taking them to a movie (their very first ever), making and serving an American meal to the Cambodian staff, giving Bibles printed in the Cambodian language to many, and so many more. It was truly an unforgettable summer!

– by Marlene Compaan

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Mission: Big Springs, CaliforniaOur family, along with three other families and some

high school students, once again had the opportunity to lead a Vacation Bible School in Big Springs, CA. This area of northern CA has been hit hard by unemployment so of course the need for support and hope are great. We were able to teach the kids about God’s love and the parents enjoyed hearing about the week on Friday night at the community barbeque. We were also able to do some clean up and maintenance around the Big Springs CRC church building as well. This was the fourth year our family participated in this summer outreach.

– by Joel and Irene Hooyer, Jillian, Aaron, Jesse, and Adam

OCTOBER11 4th Grade Walk Through California,

8:30–2:30, MMC12 High School Homecoming Football

Game13 CVC Shoot for the Shop Fundraiser,

10 am, Sun Mountain Gun Club15 Cavalier Choir / ASAPH / Girls’

Ensemble, Concert at 7 pm, Chapel19 End of 1st Quarter19 Fall Festival/Grandparents’ Day

(No pm buses)22 MS and HS Fall Band Concert, 7 pm,

Chapel22–26 Red Ribbon Week25–26 K-8 Parent Teacher Conferences,

No school for K–8 ONLY (No am or pm buses)29 8th Grade Trip to Monterey Bay

Aquarium 29 HS Juniors and Parents College

Night, 7 pm, MPR 31 Reformation Day

NOVEMBER3 HS Step-Up Activity4 Daylight Savings Time Ends6 Election Day11 Veteran’s Day 12 Freshman Parent Counselor’s

Coffee, 8:30 am, MPR15–17 HS Fall Play: “All I Ever Needed to

Know I Learned in Kindergarten” – 7 pm, Chapel21 Begin Thanksgiving Break (11:30

dismissal)22, 23 Thanksgiving Break (No School)26 Visalia Christmas Parade27 2nd/3rd Grade Christmas Program,

7 pm, Chapel

DECEMBER3 ASAPH at “Best of the Best”

Christmas Concert – 7 pm, Visalia Fox Theatre

4 HS Band and Choir Christmas Concert – 7 pm, Chapel

11 K/1st Grade Christmas Program – 6:30 pm, Chapel18 5th/6th Grade Christmas Program – 7 pm, Chapel21 2nd Quarter Ends (11:30 dismissal)

Sportsmanship at a Christian SchoolIn a perfect world this is not a topic requiring much time (or words) on our

campus. After all, if we keep several basic tenets of Christianity in place dur-ing our athletic events we will convey wonderful sportsmanship and represent our school in a very positive fashion. But alas, none of us are perfect – I write this as a former basketball coach who almost broke his foot kicking a chair and received a technical foul or two.

Over the course of a school year between ten and twenty thousand people will observe a CVC High School athletic contest. That is a large number and a lot of people who will have an opinion of our school based on the actions and words of our students, coaches, parents and fans. This is a great opportunity for us to showcase our school.

A common phrase in athletics is that an attitude is something that you can always control. Some days the physical skills aren’t as sharp and some days the ball doesn’t bounce our team’s way but how we react to “bad breaks” and “bad calls” is something that we always have control over. One of our goals when we host other schools for athletic contests is to treat their coaches, play-ers, parents, and fans the same way that we hope to be treated when we travel to other schools.

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:31)

One helpful thing to remember at athletic contests is that every athlete is a son, daughter, or friend of somebody and every official is a child of somebody or a parent themselves. We want our children to be treated with respect (even when they don’t deserve it) so we need to give the same respect to those from other schools. One of the saddest things I have observed over the years is a young boy sitting in the bleachers of a basketball game while his father was officiating the game. The father did not have his best game as an official (they do have “off” nights) and fans from both sides were vehemently questioning his ability and his integrity. The look on his son’s face was a great reminder to me that all people need to be treated with a certain level of respect and decency. I don’t believe the father or son could leave our gym that night and claim that our school was any different than any other school and that is a problem – we are called to be different and that difference should be observed in our actions and words.

Competition is great – it takes our emotions to amazing highs and depress-ing lows but competition cannot take away our self-control. Too often we will say things like “the game just got the best of me” or “I don’t know what came over me” – these are essentially nice ways of saying “I lost my self-control.” We understand that our student-athletes will lose their self-control at times; it is a step in their process of growing-up, but as adults we should be able to control ourselves with the understanding that this truly is “just a game.”

“He must be hospitable and love what is good. He must beself-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. (Titus1:8)

Unfortunately we all fall short and continue to fall short, but every effort should be made for our spirit to shine through. I do not believe that any official, parent, coach, player, or fan ever shows up to an athletic contest with the goal of doing anything less than their best. A perfect game is very rare – for all of those involved – but how we react when things don’t go perfectly should showcase our differences as a school. We have been blessed beyond belief with our athletic ac-complishments at CVCHS – hopefully we can pass along those blessings in how we support our teams and interact with opposing coaches, players, and fans.

– by Ryan Tos, CVC Athletic Director

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Of Note... Over the summer the middle

school received a much-needed facelift and partial remodel. CVC Students now enjoy a more attrac-tive and functional campus with an improved lunch area, and best of all, new lockers. (Photo: Can-on Hansen and Jacqui Koster are thankful for the larger, more functional lockers.)

The following CVC juniors were accepted to participate in the Tulare County Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Program for the 2012–13 school year: Austin Bons, Emily Byrd, Craig Kampen, Kristin Stone, andJeremiah Tiemersma.

The Tulare County Farm Bureau’s Youth Leadership Program began in 1983 as a unique opportunity for high school students with strong potential to develop their leadership skills. Since its inception the pro-gram has trained over 500 young adults, many of which have gone on to pursue agricultural fields of study in college and beyond. The –Farm Bureau’s goal is to have juniors from each high school in the county participate in this worthwhile program. Congratulations students!

Moms in Prayer“Mom, will you pray for me?”Moms In Prayer is back in full

swing at CVC, and we are excited about “Something Greater” happening in our children’s lives this year. Feel free to join us as we intercede together for our children. We meet Thursdays, 8:30–9:30 am, in the high school office conference room. Our schedule can also be found on the schools’ website: www.cvc.org/moms_in_prayer.cfm

Great is the Lord and Most Worthy of Praise!

– Psalm 145:3

Gifted musicians shared their love for the Lord by praising God with instruments and voice on Sat-urday, September 22, in the CVC Chapel. One unique aspect about the 30 musicians is that each participant was a CVC staff member, either a K–12 teacher, librarian or campus administrator.

This very talented group presented a variety of beautiful Christian music to an audience who left uplifted and looking forward to a similar event next year.

An offering was taken to support and encourage two “sister” schools in New Mexico: the Rehoboth and Zuni Christian Mission Schools.

CVC Gathers to Pray • 2012 See You at the Pole Rally