Fairwinds Christian School was founded with a primary emphasis on a sound Christian education. That principle still drives the focus and strategies of our school. Over the years, we have seen our graduates called to serve the Lord in many branches of ministry. From Awana missionaries to full time pastors to missionaries in the foreign field, FCS is heavily represented.

Just as important, the quality of a FCS education has placed Christian professionals in many arenas of industry and business. We all know how critical it can be for accomplishing the Lord’s work to have fellow Christians in a place of influence. I remember working at Gino’s (predecessor to KFC for the younger grads) with Craig and a couple other FCS guys. The managers let us know that anyone else from Fairwinds interested in a job would be welcomed! We had some good times closing that store each night, didn’t we Craig?!

We are going to make an effort in the future to determine how many of our graduates are in full time ministry, and how many are involved in branches of their churches’ ministries. In addition to the full time missionaries and preachers, we’re also interested in knowing how many FCS grads are serving the Lord in Sunday School, nurseries, Vacation Bible Schools, and any other ministry in the church. This will be the focus of a future online survey we are planning to conduct.

Recent classes have seen a number of grads go on to Christian universities, with several more taking an active role in their churches’ ministry, so we know the number of faithful servants will increase. Please remember to keep these folks in your prayers. We hope to see you at an FCS Alumni Association event soon!

It is De Ja Vu in the Christian school arena – the sad part is that I really don’t think of myself as old enough to have a child in elementary school.  After a 4 month dismal attempt at home schooling, a brief look at public school options and oh ye, that brief meeting with the charter school, we settled on De Ja Vu. Seth is now a 1^st grader at a Christian school, Daytona Beach Christian School .

Is everything at a Christian School perfect – NO! Seth and I both agree in this area. In fact, the other day he told me about the two worst days of his short 7 year life and they were both experienced at the Christian school. The first worst day of his life was when he was running full speed ahead on the play ground and somehow did not see the 25’ high light pole and about 36” from the ground his mouth met the pole. The school called to report the blood shed, which resulted in one loose tooth and the following day off of school. Although, I was very proud of him for later pulling his own tooth out – it may have had something to do with the last time when I said,, “I promise, I won’t pull it”, only to then hand him the tooth I just pulled.  He then reminded me of the second worst day of his life, which had happened only a few short days prior to our conversation.  The kids were in the lunch room and somehow Roofus got mad enough to think that it was ok for him to swing his plastic bag at a high rate of speed with an apple inside the bag. Roofus then intentionally hit Seth in the eye with his self propelled apple launcher. Seth’s stories reminded me of a couple similar “worst days of my life”.  It was my very first fist fight and it took place between the bus barn and the gym. My parents had told me to never hit anyone and like a 7^th grade idiot, I listened. Needless to say it was a one-sided fight! My second worst day was hitting my head on the window in the school bus while wrestling with another student. (Which technically gives me a third memory – anybody else remember those busses? Enough said!)  That, once again, less than stellar, display of my strength landed me in the emergency room with stitches.

So, with all of these “bad memories”, why do the De Ja Vu thing.  Just a few quick reasons: My son’s teachers have a heart for Christ and a special heart of compassion for my boy (De Ja Vu). My little boy is developing his own heart for Christ, hearing about God daily and is memorizing Scripture (De Ja Vu). While they are not perfect (ie. Rufus) my son is making great friends with kids whose parents have similar values and priorities (De Ja Vu). The leaders and administrators are not perfect but absolutely give their best and are always willing to go the extra mile to serve (De Ja Vu).

Did I agree with everything that ever took place at FCS? Absolutely not, but I don’t agree with everything that takes places at my current ministry and I am the leader here.  Currently we drive Seth over 30 minutes one way to school and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. I only wish he could attend FCS- then it could be De Ja Vu, De Ja Vu.

and hear her sing or perform in the dramas.  You’ll be truly blessed!