Hello, my name is Timea Matea Vrabcova and I am a student at the Lutheran Academy in Martin, Slovakia. I love the school, especially helping as a volunteer. Every summer I help with Vacation Bible School. I love to play drama skits, meet different people from different places and I love to dance. I pray, that God uses all of my gifts to the glory of His name.
I am going to talk about how important you are.
I know how important you are because during my youth I attended a school not unlike this one. From 4-year-old kindergarten to 8th grade, I was a student at St. Johns Lutheran school in Glendale, Wisconsin. It is a smaller school than the Lutheran Academy in Martin. It’s older, too, though, I know by European standards, 153 years is not that old. But age and size aside, it was very much like our Academy here in Martin. We had students of various academic abilities, large classrooms, a technologically progressive staff, classes in religion, math, science, English, PE, music, and art. We had no classes in Slovak, though, which might come to you as a surprise. It was a good school, and I’m glad I attended it.
I know that for most of you, going to a religious school was not an option during your childhood. The state would probably have preferred Christianity to die away with the old grannies that attended Sunday services. Because of this, maybe teaching at a religious school still seems surreal. Maybe for some of you, it seems like a dream come true (despite the kids that make some days feel like nightmares). And maybe for some of you, it’s just a job. Regardless of how you feel about it, you are important. Continue reading
How many people from poor communities do you know in person or by their names? How much do you know about their everyday struggles? We often hear in the media about people or communities living on the edge of society. We discuss their situation with friends, but do we know from experience what their lives are really like? We say that we have our problems and challenges and not much time to get to know those on the other side of … town. Continue reading
This May, 20 CCE middle schoolers, a high school band, and our teacher´s band DeArt visited a sister school in Slovak town Bacsky Petrovec, Serbia.
Even though Bacsky Petrovec is located in northern Serbia, it is a town where community of Slovaks live for more than 270 years. People speak fluently both Slovak and Serbian, they have Slovak elementary school that CCE have a partnership with, and preserve Slovak traditions. Bacsky Petrovec is well-known for their home-made sausages and good alcohol. Continue reading
Our lutheran preschool has a nice team of teachers. They love their work and they do their best to create an atmosphere of welcome and acceptance for every child in their care. But sometimes they also need to care for themselves – to strenghten their professional and personal relationships. SO, once a year they go out and have a teambulding, usually in the nature, where they can rest, talk and enjoy each other company. Continue reading
Gone!! It was gone!! I stood staring at a vacant lot, unbelieving; refusing to accept what my eyes told me. I turned to my companions. Maybe we were in the wrong spot, Wrong Street, wrong town. But I had to believe them as they pointed out the obvious. House #77 in Nedašovce, Slovakia, the same one we had discovered 3 years ago, the same one we walked through just last year, the same one full of history, MY family history – was now history itself. There was nothing left of the house in which Stefan Diviš, my grandfather, had lived before leaving this beautiful country. Nothing but the dirt it sat on. Not even a pile of rubble remained. No Ebenezer stones here. As my companions and I walked a little further up the road, reality began to sink in. I clung to the hope that something was wrong, surely Grandpa’s house would appear. Alas, I had to accept what my eyes told me. It was truly gone! Vanished. Continue reading
First, the ZAMUN General Assembly passed a resolution to deal with the issues of economic stability and environmental protection. Continue reading
Dear Friends,As the weather becomes cooler and summer turns into fall, we look forward to a new school year here at the Center for Christian Education. However, before we look ahead, we wanted to take just a moment to look back at the summer and savor all that happened one more time. Continue reading
