Discover Maranatha – Huge Success!

Maranatha Family, I sent the following email out to our faculty and staff(and Devona Troutman the project lead for Discover Maranatha) this morning.

LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.  Isaiah 25:1

What a day of rejoicing we should have today!  God blessed us richly last night with so many wonderful families who are considering Christian education.  And you were awesome!  I absolutely loved your creativity, flexibility, engagement and smiling faces.  You were the stars of the show, and I am so grateful for your commitment to the evening.  More importantly, I am grateful for your commitment to serving our Lord by reaching out to those parents and helping them with a critical decision.  Now you were stars of the show, but you had some real competition: our student ambassadors made a huge positive impression on our guests and our volunteers were wonderful in the giving of their time and engaging with our guests.  Devona, please know that God used you mightily to pull off this crucial event for the future of Maranatha.  I heard many comments of appreciation for how you facilitated this event.  Your leadership by prayer, effort and attitude was an incredible blessing.

 Now here are some God-delivered results from last night:

• Secondary: 9 families attended representing 10 students
• Elementary: 16 families attended representing 19 students
• Kindergarten: 33 families attended who brought 22 new kindergartners, but represent 33 kindergartners.
• Preschoolers: although we did not advertise for preschool we had: 6 preschooler-age 4 and 5 year olds and 11 kids who were 3 or younger who experienced what our preschool offers

 Later today Debbie, Karen or Sandy will be creating a list of all the families attending and may be asking you to make a phone call.  I would like that follow-up call to happen within the next week and the intent is just to thank them for coming and see if any further questions have arisen.  We are also going to be sending out a post card on Monday thanking them for attending.  We have them on a contact stream where we will be periodically touching them to remind them of Maranatha.  At some point later in the year, we will be asking you to reach out again.  So in advance, thank you for investing in these families’ decisions.

Maranatha Family, thank you for your prayers and encouragement.  God has answered in His way and His time.  May He find us faithful in His ministry