{"id":2749,"date":"2017-02-24T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2017-02-24T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:00:51","slug":"appreciating-assets-sweat-equity-and-faith-christian-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/appreciating-assets-sweat-equity-and-faith-christian-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciating assets, sweat equity, and Faith Christian School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To our staff: Working at Faith Christian School is an investment in the lives of our students and their parents. \u00a0Our staff is here to invest in the next generation of Christ followers. \u00a0To Parents: Parents who enroll students at Faith are investing in their child&#8217;s future. \u00a0This is the partnership we talk so much about-parents and school working together for the spiritual, mental, and social growth of each individual student.<\/p>\n<p>Consider a tuition analogy to that of a home mortgage. \u00a0Generally, real estate is an appreciating asset. \u00a0Generally, one can invest &#8220;sweat equity&#8221; into improving said asset without a significant cash outlay. \u00a0Therefore, we look at our homes and real estate assets as investment that will be worth more down the road. \u00a0Is your mortgage one of your larger expenses? \u00a0Most likely. \u00a0Do you enjoy finding ways to improve your home and increase its value? \u00a0Most likely. \u00a0Are you willing to endure a tight budget, or perhaps even financial hardship, for the sake of an asset that increases in value? \u00a0Most likely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;See where I&#8217;m going with this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tuition is a big expense, and I&#8217;m not trying to downplay real financial considerations about tuition affordability. \u00a0However, Let me ask you-current parent, and new parent considering if FCS is right for you &#8211; to look at your tuition payment as an investment. \u00a0It&#8217;s an investment in your child&#8217;s future. \u00a0Every time you make that payment, you&#8217;re saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m spending money now with the goal that this expense will return with increasing value into the future.&#8221; \u00a0Let me ask you, in addition to your tuition payment, to find ways to build sweat equity into Faith Christian School (volunteer, lead a new program, take ownership in finding ways to add value).<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a guilt trip to ask you to do more. \u00a0We ask a lot of our parents, after all, partnership takes work. \u00a0And, we are grateful to have parents that make great partners. \u00a0This is an encouragement to see the cost and time spent at Faith Christian only as an expense. \u00a0Your investment at Faith Christian School <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">reaps an eternal<\/span> return on investment.<\/p>\n<p>For your investment in Faith Christian School, we promise as an administration and staff to spend ourselves partnering with you to equip your students with the spiritual, academic and life skills needed to live effectively in God&#8217;s world. \u00a0They will leave with the spiritual grounding, book smarts and relationship skills to be in a position at each stage in life to take the next step while proclaiming, &#8220;I&#8217;m living for God&#8217;s glory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To our staff: Working at Faith Christian School is an investment in the lives of our students and their parents. \u00a0Our staff is here to invest in the next generation of Christ followers. \u00a0To Parents: Parents who enroll students at Faith are investing in their child&#8217;s future. \u00a0This is the partnership we talk so much&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/appreciating-assets-sweat-equity-and-faith-christian-school\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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