Comments by jebenja
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Posted on November 14 at 9:35 a.m.
Wow! I think that we are forgetting the whole meaning of the season. Is it going to matter in the long run what the program is called? Will you as a believing Christian not have a good holiday if the seasonal celebration is named the same as it is? Or will you have a better holiday season if it is changed. We I have a better Hannukah celebration if the seasonal celebration is the same? If you Christmas is based on what this musical celebration is called then maybe you should figure out your priorities. I know that as Believer's we want to have God in the fore front of things but your true witness is not based on this seasonal celebration but on your lives and also on the way you relate to others and I have seen many professing Christians on this forum that have not had Godly comments--how are you showing the love of Christ here? Goodness Gracious if Jesus came to Emproria Kansas do you think that He would be concerned on the name of this musical celebration?
Posted on August 28 at 8:52 p.m.
Diddo--Come to the meeting and let's have a real discussion! Khristin , you are the change.
Posted on August 25 at 7:54 a.m.
I guess Emporia doesn't believe that a small group of people can make a change. Shame on you all! Well, I for one refuse to be one that sits around while our young students are in pain and suffering. In fact, I know a lot of adults that are still suffering in thier pain of childhood. I will not sit around and watch our students cut themselves, use alcohol and drugs to numb thier pain, have sex looking for someone to love them or hurt others because they don't know how to express the anger that they are feeling. I WILL be an agent of change. Maybe I won't change Emporia, but I can change the life of the young people around me. Just image if all the adullts (as wise as we should be about life) could show love to a young person around us. To make them feel like they and the things they are going through are important, think about the future leaders and community members we help shape. NOW think about if we as adults do the opposite, we don't show them love and tell them that the things they feel and the things that they are going through don't matter and hey, we have all been through it, suck it up and quite being cry-baby whiners--that is the future community that we get. Huh kinda like we got now.
Posted on August 22 at 11:51 a.m.
Like I said before, come to the parent meeting and ask those questions. No bathroom breaks? Come on, obviously the school that has had this program banned didn't do things the right way. When have you known anything to go through our school district without the approval of the board? It is not like the school board is being kept in the dark. There are teachers and other school personnel involved in this project. Have a little faith that our teachers and others invovled would be thoroughly trained to facilitate a great program. I won't address the other concerns of the last poster because they are not good concerns. When all the information is in and people take the time to actually attend the parent meeting and hear all the details there are no concerns.
Posted on August 21 at 8:58 p.m.
Yes, Wake up Emporia. How long do we as a community need to sit around and hide the fact that so many things are going on with our students. They are not sheltered here in this small town--they experience so many things that we as adults don't think they do. Yes, investigate but don't ever assume that talking about things in an open safe environment is bad or wrong. Wake up Emporia and start doing something that is good for our students for once. Maybe you should attend the community meeting and really find out what it is all about.
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Posted on November 14 at 2:18 p.m.
open-eyes, I understand that it is a milestone but I guess I am just thinking of the words of Jesus when He spoke to Peter in John 21:15 "do you love me more then these?" and when Peter said yes, Jesus said "Tend My lambs." NASB. He didn't say make a named celebration a priority. He didn't say honor my birthday He said Tend my Lambs. As Believer's shouldn't it be our milestone on the "slippery slope" to tend to people especially in our community and not so much on the importance of a program and what it is name? If we are devoted readers of the Word we will also see that this slippery slope is going to continue to get that way. I guess I am confused about what exactly needs to be proved by the changing of the name of this program. Maybe I will go to the board meeting to find out. By the way I have lived in Emporia all my life and I celebrate Hannukah and yes I believe in Jesus--but whether I go to this program or not and whether the name is changed of not will not effect what I do for the Kingdom of God.
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