{"id":17327,"date":"2023-11-10T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=17327"},"modified":"2023-12-28T20:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:50:51","slug":"strange-family-adventures-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=17327","title":{"rendered":"STRANGE FAMILY ADVENTURES | OCTOBER 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINNEAPOLIS | I don\u2019t like to run, but I do like exploring new cities\u2026so I run and take pictures. Enjoyed the opportunity to see how Minneapolis wakes up as people were out exercising, walking to work, opening up businesses, and getting ready for the day ahead. Beautiful morning full of possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 1:38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, \u201cWhat are you seeking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is faithful. He is working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CESA SYMPOSIUM 2023 | Grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow the last few days in Minneapolis at the CESA Symposium. I enjoyed time with our @nccseagles<\/a> team, reconnected with friends from Christian schools all over the country, and met some new friends who share the same calling to point students to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I appreciated @joneckert<\/a>\u2019s reminder that \u201cno one should be more joyful than Christian school teachers and students.\u201d What a privilege to do what we do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I won a Meat Raffle tshirt. Still a little fuzzy on how that whole thing works, but apparently it\u2019s quite the big deal up here in Minnesota. Excellent job by Dr. Katie Wiens and the CESA Team for helping us be refreshed, renewed, and resourced in our True North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can\u2019t wait to get home to my most precious ministry with @clintstrange32<\/a>, Emma, and Eli. These are the days! #LeadersAreLearners<\/a> #WhatMattersMost<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FANATIC FRIDAY | This guy was made to be an Eagle! He loves reppin\u2019 the @NCCSEagles<\/a> any chance he gets. Extreme Blue and White is the spirit dress for the last day of Homecoming Week. Love these days with our middle schooler! #7000days<\/a> #GoEagles<\/a> #WeAreNCCS<\/a> #NCCSFamily<\/a> #40YearsOfNCCS<\/a> #40YearsOfFamily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOMECOMING | So grateful for a precious community to walk through these seasons of life with! @NCCSEagles<\/a> Homecoming Dance is tonight. We had a great time with this sweet group of guys and girls taking pictures and can\u2019t wait to host the whole Upper School to dance the night away. God is faithful! #GoEagles<\/a> #WeAreNCCS<\/a> #NCCSFamily<\/a> #40YearsOfNCCS<\/a> #40YearsOfFamily<\/a> #7000days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our precious NCCS Upper School Faculty and Staff surprised me with a pizza lunch for my birthday. Such a joy to have so many friends gathered in one room! The Lord has blessed me indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHAMPIONS | This was Eli\u2019s first year ever playing football and he LOVED it! He and his @nccseagles<\/a> 5\/6th teammates finished their season undefeated and won the middle school championship tonight over their big rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our big guy had a blast, learned a lot, broke his arm, and has grown a ton. We are so proud of these young men and their coaches. This #Brotherhood<\/a> thing is pretty cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus: His proud sister worked the game as a student trainer along with our certified athletic trainer thanks to the awesome opportunities our EXSS Academy gives our students to learn on the job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#GoEagles<\/a> #WeAreNCCS<\/a> #NCCSFamily<\/a> #40YearsOfNCCS<\/a> #40YearsOfFamily<\/a> #7000days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WELCOME HOME | I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s possible to read this verse without tears in my eyes (reading about the prodigal son returning home\u2026and his father running to welcome him.). I want to love my kids and my students the way this father loved his son\u2026the way that Christ loves me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord doesn\u2019t run or hide from us\u2026He runs towards us to say \u201cwelcome home\u201d\u2026no matter what you\u2019ve done. You are never too far to be forgiven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is working. He is faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 31SWEET TREATS OF ENCOURAGEMENT | Special thanks to some awesome @NCCSEagles<\/a> families that blessed our Upped School team with some fall sweet treats from @scoopsacworth<\/a> today! So thoughtful and such a sweet encouragement\u2026pun intended! So grateful for our awesome faculty and staff and the way that they love and serve our students so well! #GoEagles<\/a>#WeAreNCCS<\/a>#NCCSFamily<\/a>#40YearsOfNCCS<\/a>#40YearsOfFamily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 2 MINNEAPOLIS | I don\u2019t like to run, but I do like exploring new cities\u2026so I run and take pictures. Enjoyed the opportunity to see how Minneapolis wakes up as people were out exercising, walking to work, opening up businesses, and getting ready for the day ahead. Beautiful morning full of possibilities. John 1:38 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,21,25,37,12,16,23,28,17,32,18,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adoption","category-bible-study","category-education","category-eli","category-emma","category-family","category-generosity","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage","category-north-cobb-christian","category-northstar-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BD70E572-1C26-45D7-999C-A4988EEBECDB-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}