ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT

Helping God’s children grow to be energetic, servant leaders for HIM through love, respect and a commitment to excellence.

OUR VISION

To be a regional leader in academics and Christian service and to prepare our students to live in the world as excellent, involved citizens and as bold witnesses for Jesus Christ.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At St. Paul’s Lutheran School, we love children and want to see them grow in any and every way. That constant growth process comes in many different forms but we choose to measure it against the values that we hold close in our mission statement – love, respect, excellence and servant leadership for Jesus Christ.

The following references to God’s Word help us clearly define our purpose and why Christian education is a main mission of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church, School and Kinder Place.

Energetic Servant Leadership for God

God’s children include more than just our students. Parents, volunteers, pastors, teachers and staff – we are all God’s children and through the activities and program of education at St. Paul’s Lutheran School, we can all grow in our faith and in our understanding of what it means to serve others.

Matthew 20:28  the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Ephesians 6:7  Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men…

Galatians 5:13 …serve one another in love.

Love

St. Paul himself told us in I Cor. 13:13b that “the greatest of these is Love”.  We love because Jesus first loved us.  We love because the world must see Christ’s love in us, through us and because of us. Our life on Earth must reflect that understanding of love and we passionately teach the students of St. Paul’s Lutheran School to love all in word and deed as we, ourselves, practice that same love to our families and the community.

Galatians 5:6  The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Matthew 22:37-39  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it:   Love your neighbor as yourself.

Respect

The world today does not always value respect. Everywhere we look, there are examples of disrespect towards mankind, towards our earth, towards property. God’s children will learn what respect means from a Christian perspective and will put that respect into practice here at school and at home as their world view develops in a God-pleasing way.

Exodus 20:12  Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

I Peter 2:17  Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Excellence

Putting forth an honest effort requires focusing on the outcome.  Do we want to be known as individuals who take the easy way out, who cut corners? Or do we want to put the best construction on everything we do?  At St. Paul’s Lutheran School, we strive to do our very best in all things and help the children learn to do everything to God’s glory.

    I Cor. 10:31 Whatever you do…do it all for the glory of God.

    Phil. 4:8 Finally, brothers…if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.

    I Cor. 14:12b  …excel in gifts that build up the church.