From the Chaplain

The BBC identity is a really important one. I have seen the school remain open to change over the years, open to creative ways to express who we are, but at the same time, dedicated to guarding the foundations on which this great school was built.

I liken this to a recipe – BBC’s own ‘special sauce’. It is a recipe that is to be enhanced and renewed but not at the risk of losing some of the foundational elements of the recipe.

Key ingredients include learning and teaching, sporting involvement, music and drama, outdoor education, community service and the spiritual life of the College. The list is endless. Some ingredients have vocal advocates. Other ingredients seem less demanding and are subtle, more implicit and even assumed.

In this regard, the ingredient I am referring to is the Christian foundation of our College.

One of the greatest challenges for a foundation is that you cannot always see it and yet it is vital for the life and wellbeing of our students, staff and parents.

Drawing on the life of Christ continues to inform us with wisdom at so many levels within the life of our school in areas such as servant leadership, integrity, forgiveness and new beginnings.

No matter what our role is at Brisbane Boys’ College, we as staff, students and parents realise that we share a common vision, a common bond and a realisation of just how good the BBC recipe really is.

In concluding my time at BBC at the end of 2019, I am so thankful for the opportunity that I have had to work with others in being a part of this great school. As staff, each of us have the privilege of enabling young men to become all that God intended them to be as they become lifelong learners, discovering and using their gifts, developing their relationships, building their character and exploring what it means to have a relationship with God.

COLLEGE CHAPLAIN