九州学院中学・高校では、毎朝礼拝が行われています。一つの学年が多目的ホールに集まり、賛美歌を斉唱し、そのあと外部のルーテル教会の牧師さんや学校のチャプレン、院長などいろいろな関係者が聖書を基に説教をします。他の学年の生徒たちは、各教室にホールから流される放送を聴いて、朝礼を守ります。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

なお、毎週月曜日は、アメリカのルーテル教会から派遣されている、英会話の教師４人が交替で英語による放送朝礼を行います。英語で書かれた原稿を英語科の教師が翻訳したものを用いて、担当のアメリカ人教師とチャプレンが共同で礼拝を行います。　　　　　　　　　　　中学生にはやや難かしいと思われますが、他の学校にはあまりない、20年近く続いている九州学院の教育の特色のひとつといえるでしょう。

以下は、来週20日（月曜日）に放送予定の原稿で、全校生徒にこのスクリプトが配布され、それを読みながら、みんなで礼拝を守ります。

 

Devotional February 20, 2012

John 15; 12

15: 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”  

　

 

 

 

　Mr. Foster and I have travelled to many countries.  One of the

 

 

countries we like best is South Africa.  We have worked there with

 

 

many very ｐoor people.  Many of these people live in small metal

 

 

sheds with no heat or light or water.  　　　　　　     　　　　　　　 　

 

　There are many orphans in South Africa because AIDS is a very bad 　　　　　　　　illness in that country.  Many parents die and leave their children with no one to Take care of them, so the church builds orphanages so 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　the children have a place to live.  Even though many of the people in the town do not have much money or food or clothing, they give some money or food every week to help take care of the orphans.

 

　The people of the town may not even know who these children are, but they help to takeare of them anyway. 

This is what we have be taught in the Bible.  We should love　one another as God loves us.      

　By helping people who need our help, we are showing our love. The last time we went to South Africa, a woman with two daughters asked me to take their picture. She wanted the picture so that every time her daughters looked at the picture they would remember that she loved them very much.  This woman was dying of AIDS.

 

We will go back to South Africa again, after we leave Japan.  We will help the orphans.  I hope we can find the two daughters and remind them how much their mother loved them.

 

Dear Lord,  Please let us remember that there are many people in the world who need our love.  We don’t have to go to South Africa to find people who need us.  Let us keep our eyes open and see the need around us.  Let us have the love to help where we are needed.      

 

＊ここでは割愛しますが、実際は下線部の箇所だけ日本語訳が付きます。