OCTOBER • 2014
Sports Shorts Girls’ Varsity Volleyball is off to a great start. They are 5-1 overall and took second place in the Clovis Tournament. Varsity Football is 2-0 with wins over Woodlake and Bakersfield Christian. BC was last year’s runner up in the state. The scores thus far were CVC beating Woodlake 66-6 and BC 49-19. Cross Country participated in the Portland to Coast High School Challenge at the end of August and finished second in the co-ed team division. The Cavaliers finished the 132 mile relay with 4 boys and 8 girls in 16 hours and 12 minutes. The girl’s cross-country team took first place at the Newport Beach-Woodbridge invite, the 3rd largest meet in the nation. CVC lost the Milk Bowl this year to Bakersfield Christian by one point, 11-12. • • ▲ • •
In This Issue Rooted in Christ . . . . . . .1,2 A Grandmother’s Prayer . . 2 New Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Will Eat for Athletics . . . . . 5 “Rooted” Excerpt . . . . . .5,6 Fall Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . 7 Ray Vander Laan . . . . . . . . 8
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CVC TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE
– by Sue Batchelor, CVCMS Science Teacher
Rooted in Christ
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he theme for this year is “Rooted in Christ,” which is very appropriate as we look back on blessings that the LORD has poured out on CVC over the last 35 years. But what does it mean to be rooted in Christ? Perhaps the best way to start answering that question is to look to God’s creation, in particular, plants. When a grower plants a seed in good soil with plenty of nutrients, water, and sunlight, he relies on that seed to grow. At that stage, the seed displays a response called geotropism, or gravitropism. This simply means that the seed is responding to gravity, either negatively or positively. The part of the seed that will become the roots moves toward gravity and the part that will be the stem moves away from gravity. If these parts don’t do what they are designed to do, the plant will not be fruitful and multiply. In the same way, if a Christian isn’t rooted in Christ, and doesn’t follow the plan the LORD has planned for him, he won’t be fruitful in his walk either. As Psalm 1 states, “His delight is in the Law of the Lord... He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.” The seed also has a supply of food to give it the energy it needs to grow until the stem reaches the surface, where it can produce its own food. If the seed is planted too deep, or it doesn’t have enough food, it won’t make it to the surface to become a strong vibrant plant. In the same way, if a believer isn’t rooted in God’s Word, his faith will falter and dwindle, and he won’t be able to live the vibrant life God intended for us. In Paul’s letter to Ephesus, his prayer for the Ephesians in Ephesians 3:16–18 is: “ 16...that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” When the stem reaches the surface of the soil, the cells of the leaves of the plant begin to produce chlorophyll in the part of the plant called the chloroplast. If there is plenty of sunlight, the plant will produce plenty of chloroplasts for the energy the plant needs to continue to grow and flourish. But even then, if the roots are not firmly planted, the plant won’t get necessary water and nutrients from the soil to allow the plant (“Rooted...” continues on page 2)