Emphasizing the Mission

By Himani Alagan

At last, the year has rolled around to the counterpart of Spiritual Emphasis Week, known as Mission Emphasis Week, or more lovingly titled MEW. The many different student teams and classes, such as Leadership Development (LD) and Worship Band, are working around the clock to ensure a smooth week of chapel sessions and night sessions revolving around the “mission” for the week ahead. 

Savanna Choi (12), a drummer in the worship band, says, “The early morning practices have been incredibly useful for preparation with chapel worship.” 

Their excitement and readiness to praise the Lord through song most certainly shows in their performance. It fires the students up and gets them on their feet to praise Christ. 

Students from LD also contribute immensely to the MEW process. Kathryn Boyd (12) shares, “We’ve held lots of meetings to prepare for the upcoming week, as well as lots of prayers. We have crafted lots of material to use for the discussion of topics that we feel we want our student body to know more about as it relates to the missions and the calling that of has placed on each of our lives.” 

As shown, many students have been working around the clock to ensure the cohesive operation of the MEW chapel sessions to fit the elementary, middle school and high school. 

The night sessions also include many tailored talks from speakers outside our school and country, as well as the parents of a senior student. 

“There is so much insight to be gained from the talks in the night session. It definitely brings you closer to God,” says Noella Seevaratnam (12). 

So, if you’re looking for a spiritual gathering in which many valuable insights and words of wisdom are passed around, then the MEW night sessions are most definitely for you. In all, there is so much to be gained from hearing the plans and missions in both the chapel and night sessions.