The 7 Rs of Joynd Together

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We believe "Every story whispers His name:"

• Reading and writing are indispensable tools for learning and communicating and are a related process
• Using them together can have a powerful impact on learning
• Motivation and engagement in literacy activities are essential components of literacy learning
• Engagement in low stakes reading and writing activities promotes collaboration, creativity, and faith connections

We believe our bodies are temples and, in order to use them to serve others, we should practice healthy habits so that they can function best physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pushing our bodies to work as God designed them develops learning, joy, and love.

• Running promotes endurance, mental and physical wellness, toughness, and perseverance
• Running is an easy access and inexpensive sport that can last a lifetime
• Movement activates the brain and promotes altertness, attention, and motivation, all of which help us become the lifelong learners we are meant to be in Christ
• We get energy by using energy--exercise balances, strengthens, and stabilizes the brain, leading to joy
• Exercise trains us to become more active than passive, which helps us be ready to actively do good for others by serving them.

We believe we are rescued and redeemed by a God who is restoring all of creation

• Stories help us learn to see God in everything and recognize his story in all of creation
• Stories remind us that God has a plan for our colorful world and that we are a part of that plan!
• We are a part in  God's plan: 'Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! Then I will go to the alter of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God (Psalm 43:3-4)."
• We were made to glorify God and enjoy Him forever:
  • "Christianity offers a contentment and joy not based on changing circumstances. Our bad things will turn out for good (Rom 8:28) our good things can't be taken from us (Eph 1:3) and the best things are yet to come (1 Jn 3:1-3) "--Tim Keller

We believe "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

• Christians should live most beautifully, love most deeply, and serve most faithfully in our communities. Christians are to be the best kind of friends and neighbors.
• Building relationships and serving our neighbor is a central theme throughout Joynd together. It is woven into all other Rs.
• We hope to build relationships across different school and church communities by coming together on the common ground of the word of God.

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