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Focus on 50 plus years of the Parent Association

When it comes to schools in Australia the notion of a parent association is usually related to fund raising and community events. But the essential Association at MECS is the Association for Christian Education Mount Evelyn Inc. This Association owns the school and owns the vision. This Association has been seeking the Kingdom of God in Education since the late 1950s – of course prior to the school opening in 1973 this was expressed in making and implementing plans. This Association is joined today by parents and staff that make a deliberate choice to respond to the call of our Overarching story. 

In the world around us the overarching story might be about getting a good job, or gaining prestige, or consuming, or whatever, but our founding pioneers rejected these stories. The way we express it now is that we believe that an overarching story aligned with the Kingdom of God has three strands: God’s story, Our story, and My story. 

Some of the elements of Our story that have been with us since our founders established MECS are:

• A commitment to a reformational heritage which sees all of life as religious and under the Lordship of Jesus.
• An understanding that it is the role of parents to choose and shape the education of their children.
• That the family, the school and the church are agencies which work cooperatively for the formation of the child, and each has their distinctive calling.

To keep the story alive for the next 50 plus years requires a healthy Association. We commit ourselves in this anniversary year to maintain it, to be faithful to it, and to guide the development of the story as society changes and presents new challenges and demands. In other words, the Association holds out to the community that the Biblical narrative of redemption and the coming of God’s Kingdom is the story that informs and shapes every aspect of the life of the school.

If you’d like to step up and join the Association, get in touch with Jenny Taylor or a Board member.

Gerry Beimers

Administration Manager