Words from the Yirara College Chapel

by Pastor Basil Schild

In the Yirara College Chapel you can see four words:
One Family, God’s Family.

Everyone at Yirara College is a family together.
It doesn’t matter where you come from, or what language you speak.
At Yirara we are held together as One.
We are held together by God.

But what do we know about families?
Sometimes families have fun.
And sometimes families have trouble.
Sometimes families get broken up.
Sometimes mothers and fathers don’t talk anymore.
Sometimes families argue and fight.

Just like the bible families.

Sometimes we are God’s arguing family.
Sometimes we are God’s broken family.
Sometimes we are God’s trouble family.
But always, in God, we are still One Family.
Even when we have trouble or are broken.

Because God’s love binds us together,
Even when our own love cannot.

And then, in Christ, these things are true:

One Broken Family, God’s Broken Family.
One Trouble Family, God’s Trouble Family.
One Healing Family, God’s Healing Family.
One Caring Family, God’s Caring Family.

Pastor Basil Schild works as Chaplain to Yirara College.