The growth of our College Culture here at Kennedy is one of the priorities we value most. The culture of a group of people is the effort of every individual contributing to the overall character of our college. Our devotional messages are one of the ways we continue the growth of our culture, to encourage thoughts, ideas and values in each person, so our cultural character grows as each person hears a common message
As we finish the first half of the year, let’s review the threads of our devotional content to consolidate our journey so far this year. We began our year spending time in the greatest and most influential messages in the history of humanity, Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. This message has had a profound impact on humanity for 2000 years and as a college we were able to enjoy its influence on each individual. Jesus lifts our vision to see how we are created, a message that will never not be needed; to live for the lifting of others.
In Term One we found that the middle of the famous sermon is prayer. Prayer is the centre piece of all that Jesus was teaching. It is the great invitation of God for us to speak to Him. The focus for Term Two was set as we discovered the middle of the Bible had the same centre as the sermon. The book of Psalms has been our culture growing message this term as we presented 7 Psalms as messages, given by God, to help us express every emotion we feel during the journey of life.
As we finish Term 2, I would like to invite you to join us in praying for the many needs that a community of our size has. Please pray for our team heading to Cambodia during the holiday, also for all the health challenges being faced by many in our college at this time. I invite you to join us at KPOW next term to bring these requests to God as a community.
During our holiday break, I want to pray for you all from Psalm 23:3, that “your soul is restored and you are lead in right paths by His love”.
Peter Chase
College Chaplain
