Merry Christmas! 0 comments
"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
Tri-State Border Basketball Tournament 0 comments
Dear Providence Families and Supporters,
This coming weekend, December 9th -10th, Providence Academy will be hosting the inaugural Men's Varsity 2011 Tri-State Border Battle Basketball Tournament. This men's varsity basketball tournament will be comprised of the following Christian schools from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, including many former private school state champions:
· Providence Academy, AR (Defending OCSAA East Regional Champion, State Semi-Finalist)
· Lifeway Christian, AR
· Fayetteville Christian, AR
· Windsor Hills, OKC (Defending OCSAA State Champion)
· Southwest Christian, OKC
· Christ Prep, KC
· Columbia Christian, AR ( Pre-Season AACS Favorite)
· Gospel Light Christian, AR (Defending AACS State Champion/Six-Time AACS State Champion)
It is a real honor for Providence to be able to host this caliber of a basketball tournament, and we need for everyone to come out and support the event. You are going to see some great high school basketball, so please check out the attached bracket and mark your calendar.
Bring your friends, and come out to support your Patriot basketball team as they compete to bring home the 2011 Tri-State Border Battle Title!!
Go Patriots!
"Dude, You Hear What I Hear?" 0 comments
Friday night’s musical performance of “Dude, You Hear What I Hear?” ended with a bang. Literally. As the kids sang their last note and froze with their hands in the air, three confetti canons shot what seemed like millions of tiny pieces of paper into the air! I sprang to my feet with cheers and applause. Just hours earlier, I wasn’t sure what to expect at curtain. We were running around trying to finish all the details of what our mind’s eye thought was supposed to happen for this big night. Our motto? “It’s not about me.” Our goal? To reach anyone in the audience who didn’t know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, or to help rekindle the relationship for someone who had let life get them off track.
My heart was full of joy and excitement not only for the children that had worked so hard, but because I had been so clearly reminded song after song, scene after scene, that “God is here with us!” We can rejoice EVERY day because the savior of the universe came to us as a vulnerable baby so that we could have a relationship with HIM. This year’s musical was based in a shopping mall (Mondo Mart). A choir student that had been left behind discovers that the mannequins come to life after hours. She realizes their understanding of Christmas is simply the commercial ideas that we are bombarded with. Through witty dialogue and wonderfully choreographed songs, “Taylor” and the choir help explain to the mannequins and the audience the true meaning of Christmas. The evening concluded for some with parents cleaning up confetti and striking the set. If you hadn’t felt the heart of our school during the performance, you saw it as the headmaster vacuumed and parents were on hands and knees working to transform the shopping mall back into a sanctuary. Once again, Mrs. DeJarnatt’s talent and passion for excellence and theater arts has blessed our school tremendously. Special thanks should be given to Susanne Waller and April Jackson for being at countless rehearsals teaching the choreography. Mrs. Wainds and Mrs. Yates helped with direction and refining the acting talents of our cast. The amazing costumes were sewn by Mrs. Shell, Alicia Taylor, and Lisa Wiechman. Stacy Shankle designed and implemented every last detail of the amazing set. Many other moms helped in so many priceless ways. But most of all, to God be the glory.
By Beth Moody, Patriot Mom
