'Trust your inner GPS' is the message for Gilead Christian grads

By Alberta Stojkovic -

Gilead Chris­t­ian School Admin­is­tra­tor Aimee Hor­ton opened the GCS Grad­u­a­tion Cer­e­mony with praise for the class of 2012 as the great­est class she has yet to see at Gilead Chris­t­ian. She added that she is con­fi­dent that they are ready to go out into the world.

“This class shines – every sin­gle one,” said Hor­ton with a tear in her eye.

GCS Prin­ci­pal Stacey Pro­th­man intro­duced the Salu­ta­to­rian, Chaise Mosher and Vale­dic­to­rian, Lyn­dee Sayers.

Mosher brought laugh­ter and tears to the audi­ence with her “liv­ing room chat” that ended with the things she will always remem­ber. Say­ers also got laughs as she asked for audi­ence par­tic­i­pa­tion for her “Mad-Lib” that included all the class members.

“This is a momen­tous day,” said Say­ers as she thanked par­ents, teach­ers and class­mates. She said she decided to do her speech with some humor and fun and didn’t want to do a “cookie cut­ter speech.”

Salu­ta­to­rian, Chaise Mosher is the daugh­ter of Matthew and Michelle Mosher. She will be attend­ing Indi­ana Wes­leyan in the fall and plans to major in edu­ca­tion with a minor in Inter­cul­tural Stud­ies. She hopes to use her degree to pur­sue a career in missions.

Vale­dic­to­rian, Lyn­dee Say­ers is the daugh­ter of Ed and Becky Say­ers. She will be attend­ing Cor­ner­stone Uni­ver­sity in Michi­gan. She hopes to become a Physician’s Assis­tant and to “con­tinue the King­dom of God wher­ever she goes.”

Spe­cial Guest Speaker, Sue Feasal kept the crowd’s atten­tion with her speech on our inner GPS “God’s Per­fect Story”. Feasal has been a teacher and admin­is­tra­tor at Chris­t­ian Star Acad­emy in Mount Ver­non for 39 years. She empha­sized that lis­ten­ing and fol­low­ing God’s voice is our choice. She asked par­ents and friends to pray for the grad­u­ates that they would know their calling.

“Pray that your chil­dren will know their call­ing. Then trust God – that’s huge,” said Feasal.

“We know we are in tune with our GPS when we sit back and watch God at work,” Feasal said.

Of the 14 GCS grad­u­ates of 2012, 7 will be attend­ing four year col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties, 4 will be attend­ing tech­ni­cal col­leges and 3 will be employed as interns to fol­low in career paths or at work before they begin their future education.

GCS 2012 grad­u­at­ing class includes: Zachary William Addi­son, Makenzy Mor­gan Alli­son, Mary Kathryn Arring­ton, Kather­ine Sue Boner, Zackary Allen Brown, Kelly Collins, Necole Mary Gea­nis, Tan­ner Michael Kurilec, Chaise Eliz­a­beth Mosher, Drew Jor­den Ruckel, Lyn­dee Renee Say­ers, Tay­lor Ann Smith, Micah Adam Swan­son and Jason Andrew Zeigler.

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