Confused, or not confused: That is the question.”
Today I completed the college and career booklet I told you all about earlier. It ended up being 32 pages long (34 if you include the cover page and table of contents). If you find spelling errors or other things like that, please let me know and I’ll try and keep it totally up to date. Also, if you find a link that doesn’t work anymore please let me know. I have gathered a bunch of this information for a while but my hope is that all the links and hyperlinks still work.
Let me know what you think of it and what you think will make it better. Also, remember, this copy is designed to be used at Rogers High School, thus, some of the information is taylored directly toward the students here. If you want a “blank” copy I can try and get you one. Then all you have to do is put your information down instead.
You are free to reproduce and distribute this booklet freely, but only if it is not sold or used for personal financial profit. If you reference or use it as a source, please mention or cite the copyright information. Thanks!
UPDATE: I have updated the booklet so all the links should be working now and all the pages and information should be correct. Thanks!
Download the guide HERE: College and Career Guide Booklet UPDATED!!
Guide to college, careers, FAFSA, financial aid, scholarships, and military opportunities
I am in the process of putting together a brief document that summarizes issues for students who are preparing for college. Some of the subjects covered are as follows:
Choosing a college, applying to college, financial aid, choosing a career, military careers, and pursuing a job after high school (assuming you’re not going to college), etc….
This resource is going to be availabe in the next few weeks. I am about half way through completing the booklet. I will let you know when it is completed and attach it here so you can download it and use it for your own personal enjoyment.
If you would like a copy of what I have put together so far, leave a comment here and I will email the incomplete version to you now.
Also, if you have any questions related to college, careers, FAFSA, financial aid, or whatever else, please let me know, either by email or by leaving a comment on this post.
Have a great week and GO EAGLES!! 
186,000 Miles Per Second!
Yes, that is the speed of light. Right now it seems more like the pace of our life! The weeks seem to be flying by so quickly. It feels like a few weeks ago that we were in Virgina for my sister’s wedding, but in reality that was in August, and we are now at Thanksgiving! With online classes, spending 2 days a week at Spectrum HS working as their school counselor, looking for internship placements, and Maggie working on weekends it seems like we barely have time to breathe. Thankfully, we have run full steam into a long weekend of sorts with Thanksgiving being on a Thursday. We will spend Thanksgiving with my older brother and his wife (Tim and Dana) north of the cities. It will be good to have nothing scheduled or on the “to do list” (other than take care of the 2 kids and watch as much football as the wives will allow )
Over the past few weeks I have been trying to think of a way to offer some of the skills I have been learning and practicing through my school counseling classes. I have been posting and updating some basic information on the Spectrum High School Counseling Services to share with the students at SHS and any parents that are interesting in the college and career planning process. If any of you have any questions or would like more information please let me know and I”ll try to get you an answer as soon as possible. I have learned a lot during the last 2-3 months of classes and time actually working with students at SHS but I am not an expert by any means, so please be patient if I’m not able to answer you question right away. Thankfully, I know people who do know it all so I’ll be picking their brain when I need help.
Since I am going to be redirecting the focus of my website to more college and career prep information some of you may not find it exciting to get updates about this topic in your mailbox. If you would like to unsubscribe to the website please let me know and I’ll remove you from the email list. No offense will be taken or implied I am a big fan of reducing needless information in my mailbox so I understand. Please do check back peridically because I still plan on updating you all on current family situations and events under a new Family page on the top of the website. It’s not up there now but I’ll get to it soon.
Thanks for your patience and time as you read through this! I’ll talk with you all soon.
Rethinking the “Full-time Ministry” box
Over the past few months I have been thinking about the phrase “full-time ministry”. I have always thought I would be involved in full-time ministry in some way and my past jobs have reflected that belief. Over the past two years at Treehouse and at our church (www.northwestbiblechurch.org) I have learned about youth, God, myself, how to grow and mature with co-workers, and what full-time ministry really looks like.
My previous picture of full-time ministry involved a number of different things. 1. Having a career/job with a Christian organization, 2. raising your salary or part of it, 3. not getting paid much for what you do and the time you put in , and 4. your ministry being centered at a specific location (ie.. church, school, TreeHouse, etc…). Finding a job that fits into the small box I mentally created is REALLY hard and usually involves #3 being a prohibitive factor in taking any jobs that would come along.
As I have been rethinking the ministry box I have begun to see ministry in a more holistic way instead of narrowing it down to fit into old “normal” paradigm. I have come across an article that explains how I am beginning to view the term “full-time ministry”. To read the article CLICK HERE. It is a little long but a quick read. The story at the end about the young pastor is something I can relate well to because as I have been transitioning from TreeHouse to Spectrum High School I have had similar feelings. Thankfully I am beginning to see things a little differently. I hope it also gives you something to think about. I want to challenge you to reconsider how you view your job/career and why God has placed you there. Is it about earning money or bringing Him glory?
Summer Fun :)
I wanted you to see how fun Titus and Ruby have been this summer. The short video is from our yard where Ruby and Titus like to play and swim. Ti is more daring than Ruby when it comes to the water activities as you’ll see in the video. Ruby would NEVER do what he does here
Enjoy!
