Activities
Spiritual Formation
Overview
Weekly chapels and worship coupled with daily prayers and devotions contribute to Westminster's mission to prepare students to serve as ambassadors for Christ. Westminster's faculty, staff and administrators are fully committed to supporting students and families in their faith by providing an excellent, reformed Christian education.
John Bishop, Westminster's director of spiritual formation, oversees the development of elementary, middle and high school chapels where a wide-range of faculty and staff, students, and guests provide worship and bring age-appropriate Bible messages. Read the blog below to learn how this year's theme verse, Jeremiah 17:7, influences the weekly messages. High school students also kick-off every school year with a week-long spiritual retreat that takes place in the mountains of Jasper, Georgia known as Warrior Week. Middle school students also enjoy GR8 Escape, a three-day spiritual retreat that takes place during the first few weeks of the school year.
Elementary school chapels embody Westminster's mission of "preparing hearts." Students are encouraged to serve their communities through "noisy offerings" and hands-on advocacy. The theme verse comes to life through the book, "Wandering Through WorldWonder," chapel mascot, engaging skits, and lively worship.
John Bishop, Westminster's director of spiritual formation, oversees the development of elementary, middle and high school chapels where a wide-range of faculty and staff, students, and guests provide worship and bring age-appropriate Bible messages. Read the blog below to learn how this year's theme verse, Jeremiah 17:7, influences the weekly messages. High school students also kick-off every school year with a week-long spiritual retreat that takes place in the mountains of Jasper, Georgia known as Warrior Week. Middle school students also enjoy GR8 Escape, a three-day spiritual retreat that takes place during the first few weeks of the school year.
Elementary school chapels embody Westminster's mission of "preparing hearts." Students are encouraged to serve their communities through "noisy offerings" and hands-on advocacy. The theme verse comes to life through the book, "Wandering Through WorldWonder," chapel mascot, engaging skits, and lively worship.
John Bishop, Director of Spiritual Formation
"Westminster is committed to supporting students in their spiritual growth by engaging them in biblical teachings, walking with them through life's challenges and calling them to a higher standard of living for Christ."
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Loaves and Leftovers
by John Bishop, Director of Spiritual Formation,
based on this week's MS/HS Chapel
Have you ever considered God’s miraculous provision in the world?There’s a story in Mark 6 where Jesus multiplies a few loaves and fish to feed thousands. It’s a powerful, specific miracle— one that’s rightly recounted and retold. But there are also quiet, invisible miracles of provision happening all around us that we often miss simply because we’re not paying attention.Take food, for example. Last year, bird flu swept through parts of the United States, and the price of eggs soared. For a few weeks, they were hard to find. Blight and cold snaps can send citrus prices through the roof. Lettuce, it turns out, is surprisingly vulnerable to salmonella, and sometimes it vanishes from restaurants like Chipotle for days at a time. A friend of mine works in food distribution, and I was with him once when a few flies were spotted in the back of a truck carrying chicken. The entire shipment had to be scrapped. Just like that—thousands of pounds of food gone.When you begin to think about how many things could go wrong in the food supply chain—from farm to table—it’s a miracle that most of us have what we need each day. And for many in the world, that’s not the case. We are truly blessed.You might be tempted to say, “That’s not a miracle—it’s human ingenuity. Science. Agriculture. Technology.” And yes—it is those things too. But if you’re orienting your life around faith, then look deeper. After all, the scientists and farmers and engineers had to be sustained by something too. The creativity and insight behind those systems are themselves part of God’s provision.God is still multiplying loaves and creating leftovers. He sustains us—not just through supernatural wonders, but through ordinary brilliance, small mercies, and unseen interventions.We are being carried by the gracious hand of God—even when we think we’ve done it ourselves. And for that, we are blessed.
Westminster Christian School, located in Palmetto Bay, Florida, is a private, college-preparatory school for children from preschool through twelfth grade.