A Vision for One Body Anchored in His Love Through God’s Spirit and Word, we commit our vision for our 2021-2022 school year! We find Ephesians 4:11-16 to be a refining reminder of our role. “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip...build...the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity...that we will be mature in the Lord...” As we equip our faculty and hire new teachers, this year is a powerful opportunity to embrace our Spirit driven responsibility to equip, build, and pursue unity. In this pursuit, our middle school and high school will embrace a theme of “One Body” affirming the beautiful tapestry of Phoenix Christian with a renewed God inspired unity. Our preschool and elementary students will follow a theme of “Anchored in His Love” based on Hebrews 6:19 calling for hope rooted in the love of Christ. With an eye on the challenges of last year and a passionate and hopeful pursuit to lead our school to new horizons, I am completely committed to the responsibility to best equip Phoenix Christian’s team to build up the next generation of the body of Christ. As our culture becomes increasingly opposed to the ways of Jesus, Christ-centered education is more important than ever. Phoenix Christian’s mission is more important than ever. Phoenix Christian’s faculty and staff must be more unified and equipped than ever to best guide our students toward spiritual maturity. Our vision is “to be a vibrant, Christcentered school in our community, prioritizing resources to continually pursue new horizons in educating minds, forming hearts, and equipping hands of students.” Now is a bold opportunity to further strengthen our academic rigor as we continue to invest in new and innovative K-12 curriculum, technologies, continual campus enhancement and expansion of our teaching and support staff. We have completely rebuilt our middle school faculty to construct and protect a unified and dynamic Christ-centered culture. We have developed an Athletic Strategic Plan to develop and maintain championship caliber programs which also provide our student-athletes with a daily encounter with God’s Truth.
I hope you enjoy learning about our incredible students, especially our promoting 5th and 8th grades and graduated seniors! We are so proud of their many talents and rejoice in their spiritual growth. They have shown remarkable “grit” this last year and a half of insurmountable obstacles. The Class of 2021 earned over 2.3 million dollars in scholarships and 363 college credits. Five grads will play collegiate sports, three will pursue music degrees on scholarship and one has already enlisted in the US Army. This issue of CougarNow also highlights you; our partners in Christian education. Our alumni and friends of Phoenix Christian have blessed us in so many ways; whether through your continual prayers for PC, financial support, or through the AZ tuition tax credit programs. We cannot do this work without you! You are making a difference in the lives of our beautiful students. With God-driven ambition to step further and courageously in faith, I ask for your prayer. With prayerful anticipation,
Jeff Blake Superintendent
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