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The Gift Of Encouragement: From One Student To Another

For the past three years the middle and high school students have been meeting together in small groups. These groups meet every other week for fellowship, worship, Bible study, and sometimes, to simply come together to bring joy to others.

Recently Kara Karnes' small group of seventh graders decided that they wanted to serve others around campus and make them smile, so the team came up with the idea of making Encourage Stones and leaving them around campus for others to find. The girls brought in the paint and stones and set to work decorating and laying them out.

Margaret Askins, a member of Karnes' small group, said the group chose to do Encourage Stones because “we wanted to have something for little kids to find to cheer them up if they were having a bad day!”

Lower school student Tinley Hargrove was lucky enough to find one. “I was walking to my car when I found it. I think it is an amazing idea. It made me feel that God put me there to find it.”

It's Election Day For Lower School Students!

Much of the nation headed to the polls last week to determine the outcome of a variety of races; now PCA's lower school students prepare to cast their vote in an important election tomorrow!

Students will select who will lead this year's Lower School Student Council. The council includes the executive team made up of:

• 5th grade President

• 5th grade Treasurer

• 4th grade Secretary

• 4th grade Vice President 

Two representatives (boy and girl) from each grades 3-5 will also sit on the council.

The candidates have invested a great deal of time preparing for the big day. It's clear that they must show a genuine desire to represent their classmates in this leadership role. After putting in an application, the candidates went through the primary vote. The campaigning has been impressive! Once the field was narrowed down, the remaining candidates were able to present speeches to their classmates on why they are they right person for the job! Students will then head to the polls on Tuesday, November 9 to cast their final vote.

Good luck to all of the candidates!