Mount Paran Christian School Annual Family Serve Day Event Benefits Nearly 60 Community Organizations
On Friday, April 28, Mount Paran Christian School students and their families participated in the school’s annual Family Serve Day. The yearly tradition of serving the community benefited nearly 60 community ministry partners.
Family Serve Day is a designated day for all MPCS students, parents, teachers, and staff to join together in teams to serve others throughout the community. The school unites with families to develop servant-leaders, with the aim that service becomes a lifestyle for families at MPCS.
MPCS Assistant Director of Christian Life Jean Ann Murphy organized the school-wide service day and said, “I am in awe. The MPCS family served joyfully and showed our community what it looks like to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We had people in Waleska, South Atlanta, and everywhere in between. One site I visited said, ‘With all the people you have here today, we are getting over 800 hours of work done. That would take us months with our own small staff.’ Through Family Serve Day, we made a difference.”
MPCS students in grades 3 through 12, parents, faculty, and staff served off-campus together. Additionally, all students in grades PK-2 participated in on-campus projects to benefit the community.
More than 1,800 students, families, faculty, and staff joined together to pack books for children in Africa, perform for and paint with assisted-living residents, make snack bags, assemble meals, construct dog leashes, do yard work, mentor children at local after-school programs, and so much more. The verse for Family Serve Day was exemplified through action: “Let us not love with words or speech, but with ACTIONS and in truth.” (1 John 3:18)
About: Mount Paran Christian School, the largest private Christian school in Cobb County, is a non-denominational, college-preparatory school for students in preschool age three through grade 12. MPCS is committed to excellence in academics, award-winning arts, and championship athletics, all within a Christian environment with small class sizes. Founded in 1976, MPCS is fully accredited (SAIS/Cognia) and located near Kennesaw Mountain on a 68-acre collegiate-like campus. Providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment, MPCS unites with home and church to prepare servant-leaders to honor God, love others, and walk in truth.
