"TRUTH SEEKERS" NEW SCHOOL THEME & THEME LAUNCH

Each school year, SPH schools identify a theme based on our Mission and Vision, and for 2021-2022, the theme is Truth Seekers.

The term Truth Seekers comes from our list of Expected Student Outcomes (ESOs)–six characteristics that we seek to instill into all of our students at SPH Kemang Village. We want our students to be Servant Leaders, Faithful Disciples, Confident Communicators, World Changers, Flourishing Learners, and Truth Seekers.

The Bible speaks to the process of seeking quite regularly. In Deuteronomy, God’s people are told to seek God in times of challenge or distress (Deut. 4: 29), and in Matthew 6, Jesus tells the crowd to “Seek first His kingdom” and all the rest of the necessities of life will be cared for (v. 33). Both of these passages remind the reader that seeking is a part of our lives – we will always be looking for something and when we are looking for the right thing, we will find it and so much more.

"Truth Seekers" New School Theme

SPH Kemang Village 2021

Our theme verse for the year is another example from the book of Jeremiah. When this book was written, God’s people had been carried into captivity in Babylon as a consequence of their sin and disobedience. For many years, they lived as slaves in the vast Babylonian empire. However, God had not forgotten them and after many years, He spoke words of encouragement through the prophet Jeremiah –

I sent you into exile. Live honourably by planting gardens and starting families, blessing your Babylonian neighbours. I have not forgotten you and very soon, I will restore you to your homeland. I have a plan for each of you, a good plan; but you have a job to do first. Call upon me, I will listen. Seek me and I will be found by you if you do so with all your heart. (paraphrase of Jeremiah 29: 4-14)

This beautiful passage of scripture reminds us that no matter how challenging our circumstances, God has a plan and His plan is for our good. He has not forgotten us and calls us to patiently wait for Him while we do good for those in our communities. As Christians, we believe that God is the source of all truth, therefore the call in Jeremiah to seek God is a call to seek truth.

In our classrooms and interactions this year, we will be encouraging our students to seek truth at all times. Some of this seeking is quite straightforward like in a mathematics class; however, sometimes seeking truth is a little more challenging such as truth in the media. The most beautiful part of God’s promise to us in Jeremiah is that when we seek truth wholeheartedly, even in the challenging areas, God will reveal Himself to us as an act of grace and love.

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

Jeremiah 29:13