Christ Lutheran High School

Christ Lutheran High School

At our most recent meeting on January 27, the Board of Directors finalized the vision, mission, and purpose statements for Christ Lutheran High School. These statements were built largely from input received and thoughts shared by attendees at the November 10, 2024 Vision-Mission-Purpose workshop.

Additionally, the Board of Directors put in much time and work that included extensive discussion into the development of these statements.

VISION STATEMENT

Using their unique God-given gifts and abilities, our students courageously, confidently, and compassionately make lasting, positive impacts in the lives of those they encounter.

MISSION STATEMENT

Preparing students to be Christian leaders in all walks of life.

PURPOSE STATEMENT

Christ Lutheran High School helps students discover, develop, and use their unique God-given skills and abilities.

Members of the Board of Directors were in unanimous agreement that Christ Lutheran High School will offer college preparatory and vocation/trade courses of study and will consider agricultural classes in the future.

God’s Word will be the foundation for everything we do at CLHS, and our vision, mission, and purpose will provide a structure to keep us focused on what we value in the ministry of  Christ Lutheran High School.

Christ Lutheran High School

For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son,

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

It’s a new year and students are back in school…

Nobody’s birthday celebration gets kids out of school for almost two weeks…except the birthday celebration of Christ Jesus.

We celebrated the birth of Jesus because of the reason He came to earth to be born; to reconcile us with God. This reconciliation had a very steep price: the life of Jesus. Jesus gave up His life for the forgiveness of our sins. And He didn’t stop there; He rose from the dead, and in doing so overcame death.

All of this means our reconciliation with God is complete. We are reunited with Him.

We want to open Christ Lutheran High School so that we can partner with parents, churches, and the surrounding communities in sharing this great message of reconciliation with young people at a critical time in their lives. And we want to assist these students in the discovery and development of their unique skills and abilities so that they in turn will be equipped to share this Good News in the vocations God has planned for them.

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Starting Christ Lutheran High School comes with a price. We have been blessed that early start-up costs have been covered by donations large and small.

The start-up process is underway. Christ Lutheran has retained the law firm of Hagenow, Gustoff, Karas, and Ridgway in Des Moines in its efforts to become a registered 501(c)(3) organization.  Becoming a registered non profit entity can take up to six months. Hagenow et al. represents over 30 Christian schools in Iowa and has helped a dozen schools get started.

The Board of Directors will finalize vision, mission, and purpose statements at its January 27 meeting.

At this time, donations To Christ Lutheran will be handled in this way:

• Send a check payable to Iowa District East and put Christ Lutheran High School on the memo line. IDE will hold the money until 501(c)(3) status is achieved. The donation will then be directed to CLHS and become a tax deductible gift. CHLS will issue a tax receipt when it officially becomes a 501(c)(3) organization.

Mail your donation to Iowa District East,1100 Blairs Ferry Road, Marion, IA 52302-3093

WELCOME!

We’re excited that you are interested in Christ Lutheran High School. As CLHS is in development, we’ll be using this webpage in the meantime to post updates and sign up to receive emails on CLHS.

The Christ Lutheran High School Board of Directors