Committee chair: Ken Crawford

Members: Gary Brown, George Gainer, Dale Milam, Dan Serns, Keith Waters, Dan Wister

We have assumed too much for too long. We have made the assumption that the transmission of spiritual information and growth is a natural process that is caught and not taught. Therefore, we will be intentional about an integrated process of spiritual development for our children to include the following recommendations:

• Visual Statement of the School—An annual visual statement of spiritual intent, voted and updated by the board and on the agenda at each board meeting.
• Spiritual Acountability of Board Members and Leadership—Provide a means where boards can report on a regular basis how spirituality is being woven into the framework of the school.
• Incorporate Adventist World View—Include this in all curricula and invite discussion with all NPUC area senior academy, junior academy and elementary school principals to determine where and how spirituality is intentionally taught.
• Yearly Teacher Evaluation on Spiritual Accountability—Develop spiritual benchmarks for teachers. Enable each teacher to achieve a personal spiritual retreat of two or three days alone with God.

• Role of Teacher—Encourage and provide options for an intentional Bible reading program for teachers which emphasizes spirituality.

• Student Conversion—Design ways to help every student to have a conversion experience. Facilitate a personal spiritual growth tracking plan (i.e. Grace, Growth, Group, Gifts, Give it Away).

• Spiritual Formation Curricula—Develop a graduated curriculum on spiritual formation and growth to be used in grades 1 through 12, including special integrated guidance for parents and pastors.

• Test Sites—Develop specific test sites throughout the NPUC to test an approach which integrates family, church and school in the process of spiritual formation in children.