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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Blessed in My Mess
by John Bishop, Director of Spiritual FormationLast week, we explored the foundation of our identity—that before we are anything else, we are deeply known and unconditionally loved by God. From this secure place, we are invited to grow in love for others.But this week confronts us with a harder reality: the tension between that divine love and our undeniable brokenness. We all have moments—perhaps more often than we’d like to admit—when we feel unlovable. Our lives, yours and mine, are messy. Even with the best intentions, we fall short. We try to do the right things, at the right time, for the right reasons— and still, we stumble.So, what do we do with that?Life doesn’t pause to let us sort it all out. It keeps moving without our permission. The world doesn’t stop when we struggle, and it doesn’t wait for us to heal. But as followers of Jesus, we aren’t left to navigate the mess alone. He’s with us, and He’s made a way through the chaos.
The question isn’t if we’ll struggle—it’s how we’ll move through it. And the answer isn’t found in perfection, but in grace.How can we be blessed in the middle of our mess? By leaning into the truth that God’s love isn’t earned by our success or lost in our failure. His love is constant. It doesn’t waver based on our performance. It doesn’t depend on how “together” we have it. It’s unchanging, unfailing, and it meets us right where we are.When we choose to keep walking—humbled, dependent, and willing—He meets us there, in the mess, with grace. This is how we are blessed: not by perfection, but by His presence.This week let’s explore what it means to be blessed in the mess—to live loved, even when we don’t feel lovable, with the hope that through this experience, we can extend that same grace to others.
Westminster Christian School, located in Palmetto Bay, Florida, is a private, college-preparatory school for children from preschool through twelfth grade.