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NORTHLAKE CHRISIAN ATHLETIC PHILOSOPHY
Building leaders for the next generation.
At any school in America, each coach stands as a role model for
his or her student athletes, holding potentially one of the most pivotal relationships
in each student’s life. As athletes mature, older students are also recognized as role
models by younger
athletes. The difference at Northlake Christian School (NCS) is that
Christ in each of us can supernaturally empower us to maximize the potential of those
relationships and, in doing so build Christian leaders for the next generation.
We may win games, and we may lose games, but we will learn from
and profit by every experience. In the end, if we commit ourselves to His purpose and work
together in a vision shared unanimously, we will win every time — regardless of how the
scoreboard or stat sheet reads. We are not interested in the outcome of each isolated
competition; we are aiming for eternal victory.
AT NCS, every coach and every athlete will focus continually on these abiding principles:
As a Christian, each athlete fights for a cause beyond himself
or herself. In every moment of every competition, every practice, every locker-room
conversation and late-night bus ride, we have
the opportunity and the responsibility
to proclaim the Lordship and character of Jesus Christ. Fans, opposing athletes
and their fans, officials, sports writers, family members and teammates will judge
the character of Christ by what they see and hear in us. Every student should represent Christ, always!
As a Christian, each athlete should share the love of Christ in
every relationship. Christ commands us, “This is my commandment, that ye love one another as
I have loved you.” Scripture instructs us to “edify” one another and to “bear ye one another’s
burdens.” By building teams where
Northlake Christian competes in Class 8-2A ... Member teams:
Doyle
French Settlement
Northlake Christian
Pine
Pope John Paul
Springfield
St. Helena Central
St. Thomas Aquinas
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each member is valued and respected, we will teach and
equip students with life lessons which no classroom experience will ever approach.
Every student should be loved and valued — always!
As a Christian, each athlete should accept responsibility, lead
courageously and manifest God’s grace to others. We will teach our athletes to practice
empathy, inclusion and integrity. Everyone student should grow in spiritual grow spiritual
and physical maturity—always!
As a Christian, each athlete should learn the importance of
serving others well. Christ led not with a sword but with a towel, washing the feet of
those who were closest to Him even in the full knowledge that one of them, Judas Iscariot,
would on that same night betray Him. Every student should learn to serve — always!
As a Christian, every student should learn to recognize the false
values of the culture which surrounds us. We will learn the value of faith, love,
authority, unity acceptance, patience, discipline, gentleness and forgiveness.
We will not measure our value as individuals by wins and losses, by athletics prowess,
by or appearance. Every student should glory in the truth — always!
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