Dear educator,
I’ve been in your shoes. The pressures can be insurmountable, but thankfully the blessings far outweigh the cost. As a teacher in public education, Christian education, homeschool education; as a Christian school administrator; and as a speaker at Christian school and homeschool conferences, I have had the privilege of sharing what I know works and what does not work in the classroom.
As always, what works is what is in line with God’s eternal perspective. What doesn’t work is what is in line with man’s theories and vain philosophies. In light of our global fears, increasing violence, and gender confusion, to name a few of the current cultural maladies, it is time to get rid of the non-essential, non-eternal focuses from our classrooms. How?
When Solomon writes to his son, he shares what he knows to be the most essential focus in life—“Wisdom is the principal thing;” he writes, “therefore get wisdom” (Proverbs 4:7). Worthy of note, he writes the word “get” when referring to wisdom five times (Proverbs 4:5,7). The Hebrew meaning of the word “get” carries the idea of obtaining something by paying a price. We have learned that grace is free, but it is essential to know that wisdom is costly. Far more important than receiving a diploma or degree is graduating with—Wisdom. Wisdom is the principal thing.
Satan and his evil forces are hard at work to derail our children from a life of wisdom for the counterfeit of Folly. Dear principal or teacher or parent, I write these words with a heart that is filled with passion, knowledge, conviction, and tears—we are losing our children’s hearts, minds, and souls. The battle rages, and we must counter all that the enemy is doing with protective and proactive measures that will inspire our children to follow Wisdom so that they can discern between good and evil. This is the pinnacle of education.
Proven to work and exceed expectations, parents and children who are reading the Lamplighter stories through the free book club are experiencing significant character growth. What makes this book club different? With over 230 books in print, our family collection of rare books were written between the 17th and 19th centuries. Each story instills moral values through inspiring role models that either demonstrate exemplary behavior or suffer consequences of making wrong choices. A riveting plot, a worthy theme, and endearing characters motivate readers, both young and old, to adopt a similar moral code by emulating the characters that have been etched into their awakened conscience. Having been a non-reader for the first 22 years of my life, it has become my life’s goal to only publish stories that will set a child’s heart on fire for Christ! These books do just that!
We are called by God to prepare the next generation to know God intimately, so that they can proclaim him passionately, in order to enjoy him infinitely! Knowing God and enjoying God is our ultimate calling. And the best way that I have found to prepare our students to do this is through inspiring, life-transforming stories that are written with a solid biblical worldview.
So without further delay, I introduce to you—The Lamplighter book club for schools!
We invite you to partner with us by bringing these proven life-transforming books to your classroom and students. Through our monthly book club, we will send each of your students a special catalog they can use to order character-building books for their own libraries. Your school can also collect these beautifully hard bound rare books for free!
And there’s more! The Lamplighter monthly catalog includes a special discount, a new vocabulary word each month, crossword puzzles with a biblical connection, and many other fun activities that will set their minds on things above. As students place orders through The Lamplighter book club, your school will receive 10% of the sales as well as points toward Lamplighter resources for your classroom. We are offering all of this at no cost to your school!
Please act quickly so that you can start with our first catalog this September.
Attached below is a sample catalog and letter which gives a full explanation about how this program works. If you have any questions or if you would like your school to join the monthly book club, please let us know by calling 1-888-246-7735 or click HERE.
Click on the link below to learn about more opportunities to partner together as we seek to build Christlike character one story at a time, so that our children will know God intimately, love him passionately, and enjoy him infinitely.
lamplighter.net/bookclubforschools
We look forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
Dr. Mark Hamby
President
I read Teddy’s Button to my 4th grade class and 2 boys who had previously claimed to be Christians, surrendered their hearts to the Savior and became genuine soldiers of the Cross. My whole class has been talking about this story and the effects are very dramatic.
~A very thankful 4th grade teacher
