Exciting New Developments

We are excited about the prospects for the new school year starting in February! We will be expanding the agricultural program along with other changes but we are most excited about the fact that we now have new expanded space which allows us to once again accept applications for new students! We will be having classes in a much larger facility allowing us to continue to follow the Lord as we expand the opportunity for students to be involved.

Stay tune for more updates and feel free to contact us if you are interested in sending students this coming year.

Open House

School Tuition Prices

Pattern Life Christian School's tuition is $285 per child per month, with a 10% tuition reduction when two or more students attend. We are excited to be able to offer at this price an educational experience that encompasses the whole being, Spiritual, Mental and Physical. Pattern Life Christian School is committed to teaching students not just "what" but "how" by teaching students what to do, and then putting that knowledge to use in a practical setting.

If you or someone you know is interested in sending a student to Pattern Life Christian School, please contact either Rob Montague at rwmontague@gmail.com or 423-396-9045. You can also e-mail Craig Harding craig@craigharding.com

Open House: November 4th 2007

As we come to the end of the first school year for the Pattern Life Christian School in Benton Tennessee we are excited to announce our 1st open house! We are looking forward to the opportunity to show you around and have the kids share with you the excitement of what they have been learning. Everyone is invited and feel free to bring friends. The Lord has richly blest and we are looking forward to the great things he has planed for the future!

For more information contact me at craig@craigharding.com.

Profile: Lonnie and Jeanie Mabley School Accounting

Lonnie graduated from Walla Walla College with a BS in Business Administration in 1973 and and Masters in Business Administration from Andrews University in 1976. In 1976 I started worked in the Adventist Health System as an accountant and when I left the hospital work in 1993, I was the Chief Financial Officer at Jellico Community Hospital, in Jellico Tennesssee. Since that time, I worked for 4 years as the Senior Vice President for Finance at Weimar Institute and for 3 years as the Chief Financial Officer for LifeTalk Radio, a ministry of the Adventist Media Center. In 2003, I left the Adventist Media Center and am currently the Finance Manager for Majestic Stone.

My wife Jeanie Mabley, graduated with a BS in Nursing from Andrew's University in 1974, though has been a stay at home mom and home-school teacher since 1979. Both of our children were home-schooled, for the most part, until they began college. We live in Madisonville, TN and our two married daughters both live in the area. We have been Seventh-day Adventist's all our lives. We are both heavily involved in church offices within the Benton Seventh-day Adventist church, and our involvement with Pattern Life Christian School is that of doing the accounting record keeping.

Profile: Beulah Myers School Advisory Board

For 35 successful years I taught Seventh-day Adventist Church schools in grades 1-8. In the junior academies, I had the privilege of teaching English, Literature, Home Economics, Music and Choir. Since I am retired, I am still using my skills in teaching and in the line of music.

Profile: John and Jane Sines School Advisory Board

John A. Sines, Sr. known to friends and family as Al.
Al attended public school until College. Graduated from Columbia Union College with major in biology and minor in chemistry receiving a BA degree. Graduated from Howard University School of Dentistry 1964 with a D.D.S. degree. His passion is to love his Lord with all of his heart and be of service to mankind. He has served the Seventh-day Adventist church in many ways: Southern Union ASI President; General Vice-President of National ASI; President of Professional Business Association of Georgia-Cumberland Conference; past board member of Hartland, Greater Collegedale School System; at present board member of Executive Committee of GCC and Adventist World Radio. Dr. Sines has planted churches in Maryland and Tennessee. Presently is lay pastor for the Benton SDA church; operates a radio station and Lifestyle Center, and practices dentistry in Polk County. However, his dental office is his main pulpit.

Lynora Jane Sines known to friends and family as Jane.
Jane attended public school until her senior year in high school. Graduated from Takoma Academy in Maryland. She received a BS, RN degree from Columbia Union College. Both Al and Jane received Masters in Public Health from Loma Linda University in 1982.
Jane is a board member of It Is Written and ASI Missions, Inc.

Prior to coming to Collegedale, Tennessee in 1973 they served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Libya, Cyprus and Tanzania for six years. They have been involved in building or refurbishing churches in Cuba, Papua New Guinea, Dominican Republic and India. They are supporting members of the Southern Adventist University Committee of One Hundred, Cohutta Associates, Professional and Business Association, Loma Linda University Councilors and Adventist Health International.

They have four children (all educated from first grade thru University level in the SDA school system, one graduate of LLU Dental School) and 16 grandchildren.

Christian Education is an investment with eternal dividends.

Profile: Craig Harding School Advisory Board Chairman

As a young fifth-generation Adventist, I found myself an "Adventist" much more by default than by choice. At age nine, I read through The Great Controversy, which helped me discover that the Protestant Reformation and our unique Biblical heritage as Seventh-day Adventists is well worth living for.

I am blessed with a wonderful family who home schooled me through twelfth grade. After taking my GED, I began working at a building supply store in Alaska, where I lived. I soon found myself in charge of the flooring department and involved in purchasing. At age eighteen, I took my real estate license exam and passed, and started selling real estate on my nineteenth birthday. As I was selling real estate, I began to study E.G. White’s four-volume set on the 1888 message. As I read, I found my ideas and mind strangely warmed by the love of Christ and the matchless gift of Christ our Righteousness!

In 2004, I began to struggle with God’s plan for my life. I had been tremendously blessed with success in real estate. I loved the business and intended to do it for the rest of my life, but I found that I could not find peace. The thoughts of the times we live in kept nagging at my mind. Finally I concluded that if I lived a good and godly life, was honest, and sold real estate the rest of my life, I would still look back at the end of my life and have regrets that I had not worked more actively for God. So I sold the land that I had bought at the base of the beautiful Alaskan mountains and walked away from real estate.

I went to ARISE Institute, directed by David Asscherick, to follow God’s plan for my life. After graduating from ARISE in 2005, I came to work here in Benton, TN, with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Lifestyle Center of Benton, and the AM radio station (1540 WBIN). God works in mysterious ways and I have recently started my own real estate practice here in Tennessee while I continuing to work with the Church, Radio Station and Lifestyle Center. On October 8, 2006, I married my best friend and beautiful wife, Alicia, 
and we have begun a happy home together!

I am convinced that if we follow God and His plans 100 percent––whether in evangelism, home life, business, or education––we will find that He, as the original Creator and Educator, knows what is best! I believe that as "prisoners of hope," we have a bright future to look forward to in God’s plans for education!

Profile: Kari Montague Lead Teacher

Firstly, I want to acknowledge that I am a Christian who loves Jesus. I have always enjoyed working with children and I am very interested in following the principles of education as written in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.
I graduated from La Sierra University with a B.S. degree in Health and also went through the Teachers Preparatory program and obtained an Elementary Education teaching certificate and license. Upon graduation I worked for the Pacific Union Conference as a First and Second Grade teacher. When my husband and I began our family we decided that I would be a stay-at-home mother. We home-schooled our 4 children, which was one of the best decisions we have made. I have always been involved in teaching activities within my church (Cradle roll through Young Adult, Pathfinders, VBS, etc.).
I also taught grades 1-4 and 5-8 for Weimar Elementary School in Weimar, CA. When our youngest daughter entered college, I began working as a second grade teacher and later as a Reading Interventionist for the Hamilton County Public School system.

Profiles

I thought it would be nice to introduce the schools teachers and advisory board members so that everyone can get to know a little more about each one. I will start with the teachers and then on to the board members. I will cover this over several months as I get the profiles.

I hope you enjoy getting to know a little more about us.

Madison A Story From The Past

Someone just gave me a copy of this and I had to share it! I hope it will be an encouragement to all of us about what can be if we follow the blueprint!

Growth...!

We are excited to let everyone know that we now have 6 students and several more looking at joining! We will be looking to acquire a permanent location and a building of our own in the future. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to seek the Lords timing and direction in the future expansion. If you are interested in sending a student or in becoming a sponsor for the upcoming building project please contact us via e-mail. craig@craigharding.com or rwmontague@gmail.com 

First Day At Farmers Market

Taste And See That The Lord Is Good

More Garden Photos

More Evidence of Blessings

Garden Update

Here are a couple of photos of some of the plants growing in the school garden.

New Photos

Photos of Agriculture Program

Thought For Today

"To neglect the young in our schools is just like taking the spring out of the year. They, indeed, take away the spring from the year who permit the school to decline, because RELIGION CAN NOT BE MAINTAINED WITHOUT THEM" Melancthon

Agriculture Update

Students and teachers spent 2 hours today spreading compost over another approximately 1500 sq ft of their garden. There has also been a 4x40 ft space tilled for raspberries. The students and teachers had a great time together and got lots of fresh air, sun and exercise.

Agriculture Update

We now have just over 9000 sq ft of garden area that is tilled and we are in the process of getting 40 yards of mushroom compost spread and tilled in. Yesterday the students and teachers were able to spread compost and lime on about 1000 sq ft of the school garden, (where they will be planting spinach, kale, swiss chard, beets and radishes soon) while enjoying a beautiful spring day in East Tennessee.

How You Can Help 2

Our most urgent needs currently are as follows: 1. A submersible or jet well pump and pressure tank for irrigation. 2. Funds for building a tool shed. 3.Your prayers! You can contact Craig Harding at 423-443-6460 or e-mail: craig@craigharding.com

Thought For Today

"If people or rulers neglect the education of the young, they inflict injury upon both the church and the state; they become enemies of God and man; they advance the cause of Satan, and bring down upon themselves the curse of heaven. This is the fundamental thought that underlies all Luther's writings upon education" History of Education Page 143 or as quoted on Page 230 0f Living Fountains of Broken Cisterns

Agriculture Update

Our agriculture project is now in the preparation stages as the area has been plowed under as the first phase of soil preparation. We will be doing additional preparation prior to the start of the upcoming school year!

You can help!

As Pattern Life Christian School in Benton Tennessee gets started we will have many things we will need to purchase to be ready and to be most affective. Here are a few things we can use.

We are looking for people willing to donate the following items.
1. Small Farm tractor and attachments for agriculture program. Has been provided.
2. Rototiller for agriculture program.
3. Books for school library. Field guides. Woodworking books. Gardening Books. Bible study resource like dictionaries, commentaries, Bible encyclopedias, Spirit of Prophecy books as well as lexicons etc. We are also looking for good true story books on early Adventist pioneers, the reformers and missionaries for the children's enjoyment.
4. Woodworking and gardening tools.

We are also looking for anyone willing to sponsor the following items to be purchased. You can sponsor one of these items or more than one for the following amounts each.

Desk and chair for a student. $145 each We currently need 8.
White Board. $160 each We currently need 1
Cork Board $140 each We currently need 1
3 Drawer Lateral File for student records $250 each. This need has been filled.


We feel that in the day in which we live it is important to have young people know how to use the technological tools and opportunities that are available in a practical way and so we are looking to raise $4000 for computers, printer and hardware accessories needed to allow them to have an up-to-date set of tool to accomplish this.

If you are interested in helping us get started please Call Craig Harding at 423-443-6460 or Rob Montague at 423-396-9045 or Jane Sines at 423-472-8842

You can also e-mail Craig Harding at: craig@craigharding.com or Rob Montague at: rwmontague@gmail.com

Pattern Life Christian School Update

The Pattern Life Christian School In Benton TN is excited about the near future as we believe we have seen the Lords direction. Lord willing we will be opening the school in March for grades 1-8. We will be starting with a very strong program focusing on the Bible, agriculture and practical skill which will run 2 days a week. We will be broadening this program in June to include a full schedule that continues to focus on the Word of God and practical education while including quality academics. We hope you will pray for us as we keep moving toward the goal of our high calling in Christ Jesus!

Sincerely,

Craig Harding
e-mail:craig@craigharding.com