GPCS 40th Anniversary: Heritage Celebration

You are invited to attend Greater Portland Christian School's 40th Anniversary "A Heritage Celebration" on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the historic Portland Regency Hotel and Spa in Portland, Maine. This semi-formal gala event is planned for GPCS alumni, alumni parents, current parents, faculty & staff, and our current students.


The Heritage Celebration will be an event to remember. We will be honoring alumni and their parents, past and present staff, and current families. We will look back and cherish the past 40 years, celebrate and give thanks for today's blessings, and anticipate the future. The evening will include a time of wonderful fellowship, video presentations, key endorsements, delicious dinner, live music and entertainment, and incredible auction items, including personal themed baskets from preK-8th grade classroom parents.

GPCS Baseball Schedule:

April 9: scrimmage with Wayneflete 4:00pm
April 12: scrimmage with Sacopee Valley 3:30pm
April 29: GPCS at Wayneflete 4:00pm
May 1: GPCS at Wayneflete 4:00pm
May 2: GPCS at Forest Hills- doubleheader 2:00pm & 4:00pm
May 10: GPCS at Traip Academy 4:00pm
May 23: GPCS at Valley 4:00pm
May 29: GPCS at Richmond 4:00pm

GPCS Earth Day Clean Up:

Earth Day Cleanup: Here’s a chance to reach out and share Jesus’ love with our neighborhood. GPCS has adopted a section of the Greenbelt Trail along Barberry Creek in South Portland. On Saturday, April 20, is Earth Day Cleanup, from 8:30-11 am. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Swartz at the registration table in Mill Creek Park at 8:30 in grubby clothes. Garbage bags and gloves are provided. Can you help?

Than Peterson (class of 2012) on a Mission:

About a year ago, God laid on my heart James 1:22 to not only be a hearer of the word, but also a doer. As I have been learning to follow God in this way, a missionary friend, Patrick Noonan, has invited me to put to action this calling to partner with him in God's work in Latvia. I will be going to Latvia this summer for approximately six weeks (June 19- August 3) to join the work that God is doing. Latvia is located Northeast of Poland and is a ex-soviet country that is spiritually thirsty for the Good News. Many students are willing to hear more about the word but do not have the opportunity. I will be joining three other guys- Ben, Parker, and Scott from Wyoming- with whom I will be sharing Christ's redemption story among youth and college students in Riga. We hope to serve effectively as a unit to uplift the new ministry recently started by Patrick.
I would like to invite you to partner in this ministry. I am asking God for financial and prayer partners.

• Would you please pray that I can learn to be a humble doer of the word?

• Would you please pray for the hearts of the Latvians that we will be coming into contact with in Riga?

• Would you please pray about investing in God's work in Latvia- raising the $3,800 needed for this trip? (Needed by May 30)

Checks should be made payable to The Navigators (memo: Than Peterson, account # 23822166).
Mail to The Navigators, P.O Box 6000, Colorado Springs, CO 80934. You may also donate online at by typing my name, “Nathaniel Peterson”, in the search box under “Give to Staff Online”.
http://www.navigators.org/us/support

Nathaniel Peterson
(207)210-4217
Npeterso@eastern.edu

Gregory & Bonnie Chick Harrison (class of 1984: Adoption

We are the Harrison’s, Bonnie and Gregory. We hosted this dear brother/sister twin set in our home for a month this past Christmas 2012. We have been waiting for our dear children to come into our lives for quite some time. After having struggled for many years with infertility issues and feeling fearful of taking the plunge into adoption because of the very high costs involved, we can finally say that we have found our dear ones and are trusting that God will provide, as needed. These children, in turn, desperately want a Mama and a Papa in their lives after spending most of their childhood in an orphanage, without a family. We ask that you would join with us in our hope to be “a father to the fatherless”, Psalm 68, “to look after widows and orphans in their distress”, James 1:27, and to bring them home soon.


Humbly, Bonnie and Gregory

To make a donation to the Eli Project go to http://wwweliproject.org/families-in-process/the-harrison-family and you can use Paypal.  Or you can send a check to Eli Project, 813 N. Morgan Drive, Moore, OK 73160 and in the memo: The Harrison Family. 

Becky Wiggins (class of 1999): March for Babies

Becky Wiggins has joined the Standish Hannaford Team to March for Babies on May 5th.  If you are interested in sponsoring her, go to Facebook and connect through her link on her page. 

GPCS Events:

April 26: GPCS 40th Anniversary
May 11: GPCS Elementary Music Program
May 21: GPCS Sports Hall of Fame Induction
May 24: GPCS Secondary Music Program
June 7: GPCS Graduation
June 14: Last day of School

Alumni News:

Steve & Cynthia King Nevers (class of 1984) are grandparent to a baby boy- Edward.  Their daughter Stephanie Nevers Allen (class of 2006) and her husband are happy parents.

Kara Sarver (class of 2007) is engaged to be married.