WELLBEING

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From The Counsellor’s Desk

Farewell

In 2022 I am leaving TRAC and my position as College Counsellor for at least 12 months as I have accepted a job working with Wagga Wagga Evangelical Church (WWEC) which I have been involved with since its inception in 2007. I have enjoyed my time as part of the TRAC community and will no doubt miss the amazing staff and wonderful students very much. 

Amazing Teachers

For the past 19 years I have been privileged to work and serve beside some wonderful teachers. Teaching is not just a job that you do, or a career that you throw yourself into, it is a vocation. It is a calling. 

The dedication and commitment to the wellbeing of each and every student shown by the teachers at TRAC has not only made our college what it is but has also made my job a lot easier. As TRAC has grown from the small school it was, to the very professional and competent educational institution it is today, caring for student welfare would have been impossible without your loving kindness and compassion. So I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all you have done and continue to do. You are not thanked enough and I want you to know that your devotion has not gone unnoticed.

Times of Change

As our College begins a new chapter, there will once again be great opportunities for innovation and creative change. I know that as a community you will continue to make TRAC a wonderful place that students love to attend with teachers, experiences and activities that they will remember for the rest of their lives. 

I have been blessed to have been able to work as a College Counsellor at TRAC for the last 19 years. I love the impact that I have been able to make and the people I have been able to help. I do not leave this behind lightly. In the job I have been offered with my church I will be doing the only thing I can think of that is of more lasting value: that is telling people the gospel. The gospel is simply a shorthand way of saying the good news of Jesus Christ. 

The Gospel

You see, the good news is that even though we have all turned away from God and decided that we will run our own lives without him, he still loves us. We see in Jesus, God’s outrageous love in action. We have all walked away and rebelled against the king and this is tantamount to treason. The punishment for treason is death. But there is hope because God loved us so much that he sent his one and only son to take the punishment that we deserved. He takes our punishment and gives us his righteousness. It is what Luther called the great exchange… great for us that is. Jesus takes our rebellion upon himself and we get his perfect relationship with the Father, God.

In my new job with the church I will be helping to bring this message to as many people as I can. I want to extend an open invitation to anyone who wants to check out this news or find out more about Jesus to come to WWEC any Sunday. We also run some dinners during the year where people are able to ask all their questions and figure out whether this stuff about God is worth believing (which I am convinced it is).

Finally, my eldest daughter is coming to the College in 2022 so although I will no longer be part of the staff I look forward to being part of the college community as a parent and seeing the amazing things the College will achieve in the years ahead. 

God bless.

Michael Lance | College Counsellor