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I 'The Son of Man came to serve, not to be served. DIAKONOS. What does that mean? How do you say it? Sure sounds Greek to me! Why THAT name for the year- book? Trying to be weird again! Seriously, a lot of thought went into the selection of DIAKONOS to become the title of the yearbook last year. This year, we wish to say why we chose the title, and what it is meant to represent. After all, this is a yearbook. Yearbooks are suppose to tell what happened in the year. O Memories that otherwise would be lost in the pages of our minds, are cap- tured for us in the yearbook. So how does the title fit in? DIAKONOS is taken from the Greek word, diakonos, meaning servant. This servant is one by choice, not out of bondage or debt, as would be the case for the other word, doulos, meaning slave. A servant serves his master be- cause he wants to. He knows the very best thing he could do is to serve in this master's home. He knows that his bene- fits and care will far outweigh any other occupation he chooses. So we see that a diakonos (a servant) is one who has made not only a wise choice, that of serving the best master he could, but also a very profitable choice, in that his needs are cared for out of the abun- dance of his master's riches. By now we hope that your mind is clicking as you see the parallels that a servant has with the Christian walk with Christ and the life of Jesus Christ. Christ willingly took on the role of a servant with the intent of serving and meeting the needs of men. His teachings contin- ued to remind those who followed him, that to serve God was the highest good that any person could do. That service involved a commitment of faith in the work of Jesus Christ. Matthew 20:28, from which the quotation up above is 6 taken from, tells us that Christ saw his purpose for life was to give of his life, both literally and figuratively, so that others would find life in God. We call ourselves Christians. Our school is ARLINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. The word Christian means that we are a follower of Christ, a follow- er of the Way, which is how the early Christians were called. Our calling is to follow the pathways that Christ took, and to live as he lived. He came to serve. By rights, he should have been served, for he is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. But,... he came to serve, to be a servant so others could come to know God. So, why the title DIAKONOS? Arling- ton Christian School is here to train us how to live our faith in practical ways. That's why we have workdays, Christian service, ministry teams ( The Race is on! ), service projects. The world tells us to get all that you can. Christ tells us to give all that you can. Give of your time, talents, abilities, bodies, and possesions so others can come to know God through His son, Jesus Christ. The DIAKONOS staff chooses to serve you by raising monies through ad- vertising, fund raisers, and other means so that your cost for the book is half the cost of production. We learn a lot about each other, learning to share the work- load when others give up, striving to maintain our Christian face when we are under pressure, fail to meet expec- tations, and when unjustly criticized, learning that service is not easy. Our challenge to you is give all that you can to God. We serve the Best Mas- ter the world has to offer, and the next world. He loves us, desires the very best for us. We have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by being a servant of Jesus Christ.
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