Dear Parents,
I’m sure that you have heard Friday, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, that a gunman opened fire inside the school killing many children and faculty. These extremely tragic and unthinkably sad events, of course, call us to our knees in prayer for the children, families, teachers, administrators, first responders, emergency management, clergy, counselors, media and all others that will be called upon in the immediate aftermath of this event.
Lord God, come to their assistance. Lord, make haste to help them.
Lord God, come to their assistance. Lord, make haste to help them.
I've become almost angry and frustrated in myself because when I hear of tragic events, I think and talk about it for a while then I simply move on with normal business. I knew about the shooting from earlier in the day and even held a couple conversations about it. At days end, I still went about my normal business by sending a message to our staff about what would be discussed at our Monday meeting and it didn't include anything about those who had lost their lives hours before. It's like I've become numb, and that nothing surprises me anymore...
Tomorrow morning I'll be meeting with the school staff to hold meaningful conversation about this. My intention is for us to address the following questions:
- How do we address the children about this?
- What can we do for the families of victims, the school, the community?
- What safeguards do we have in place and how can we strengthen these?
We are meeting Monday morning in the media center at 7am and any parents are welcome to attend and contribute in any way possible.
In Christ,
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