Taking scripture from Luke 2:52, Rev. Wes Hahn challenged members of the Trenton High School Class of 2003 to grow in wisdom, grow in stature and grow in favor with their fellow man and God during baccalaureate exercises Wednesday night at the Tenth Street Baptist Church.
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Taking scripture from Luke 2:52, Rev. Wes Hahn challenged members of the Trenton High School Class of 2003 to grow in wisdom, grow in stature and grow in favor with their fellow man and God during baccalaureate exercises Wednesday night at the Tenth Street Baptist Church.
Rev. Hahn told graduates that they will always continue to grow – learning more with each passing day while gaining the maturity in all facets of life.
?You are always in need of wisdom, no matter what age you are,? Rev. Hahn said. ?To get true wisdom, you must get to know God better.?
He said that the graduates can expect to mature not only physically, but emotionally and spiritual as well. And it is the spiritual side that he said will become most important in their lives.
To grow in favor with their fellow man is thought to be more easy than growing in favor with God, Rev. Hahn said. But he then disputed that statement by saying that man will always judge from the outside and will either accept or reject what he or she perceives that individual to be.
?But God will look on the inside and he will accept you as you are, no matter what,? Rev. Hahn said. ?If you seek God from wherever you are, you will find him.?
Rev. Hahn concluded by saying that ?there is always one constant and solid rock and that is the Lord. And he is worth hanging on to.?
Rev. Jim Whitley gave the welcome and challenged each graduate to be ?young men and women of faith. It is a foundation you can trust.? He said that the graduates must also combine that faith with action by ?doing what God tells us in the Bible.?
Senior class officers Holly Foster and Casey Hahn presented some interesting facts associated with the Class of 2003, including what was going on the year the students were born (1984) and some of the things that have occurred in their lifetime, including the fact that they have never lived without a remote control. Miss Hahn also pointed out that 16 of the 43 boys in the class have obtained their Eagle Scout Award, which is 38 percent of the graduating male members and is one of the highest rates in the U.S. Adria Meek, Erin Peters and Lindsay Lattimore read a poem of memories about the class, beginning with kindergarten and continuing through the current time.
Marian Goodin represented the parents of the class and gave both the students and parents a quiz, which turned out to be most of the same questions both were asked when the students went through kindergarten screening in 1990. She talked about how many of life?s lessons have been learned in the classroom, on the playing field, at the swimming pool and at home with family.
?Take those lessons into the world and be your own person, because it?s time,? she said. ?But remember where you came from and who you are. And remember to always hold hands and stay together.?
Members of the THS Senior Choir performed two songs and Catie Powell sang a solo. Also participating in the program were senior Philip Elliott, who gave the student invocation; Kay Moore, who played the prelude; Megan Allbaugh, who accompanied the students in their musical performances and played the postlude; and the Rev. Ron Ratliff, who gave the closing remarks.