{"id":8539,"date":"2024-05-26T01:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T01:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingdeep.neoterik.com.au\/?page_id=8539"},"modified":"2024-06-05T05:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T05:02:02","slug":"our-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/index.php\/our-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8539\" class=\"elementor elementor-8539\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e5df8d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e5df8d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70237f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b70237f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8493\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-900x900.png 900w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Growing-Deep-Icon-Foundation-1-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b773c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b773c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"color: #77a69d; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Our Foundation<\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"color: #284f6b; margin-bottom: 20px;\">The Lutheran Lens<\/h1>\nThe foundation of Lutheran education is the gospel of Jesus Christ (which) informs all learning and teaching, all human relationships, and all activities (The LCA and its schools, 2001).\n\nThe Lutheran lens identifies key theological concepts that underpin Lutheran education.\n\nThe lens provides a way of seeing and being in Lutheran education.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c85066d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c85066d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-846585c\" data-id=\"846585c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1ab75 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f1ab75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services, as part of the mission of the Lutheran church, are communities of worship and service, sharing and living the good news of Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities which acknowledge God as creator and join in the ongoing creation and care of the world and all people.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities that recognise that God has intentionally created each person and that each person is uniquely gifted to live in relationship with God and others.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities where grace abounds. While recognising the brokenness of humanity, they reflect the unconditional love of the Father, revealed through the saving work of his Son, Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities open to the influence of the Holy Spirit, who invites and equips for a life of worship, learning and service.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities that value learning as God\u2019s gift to people for their wonder, growth, and to inspire them to respond to the needs of the world.<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran schools and early childhood services are communities of hope, nurtured by the promises of God\u2019s word, love and forgiveness which empower staff and students to embrace the future with confidence.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2edcd89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2edcd89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0b2e99\" data-id=\"b0b2e99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a1d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1a1d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-1024x851.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-1024x851.png 1024w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-768x639.png 768w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-1536x1277.png 1536w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-2048x1703.png 2048w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-900x748.png 900w, https:\/\/growingdeep.lutheran.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GDF-Diagram-Foundation-1200x998.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e0adeb\" data-id=\"4e0adeb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7043a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7043a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lutheran Education is based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and informs all learning and teaching, all human relationships and all activities. Growing Deep consist of 5 elements:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Our Foundation<\/strong> provides the Lutheran lens through which we view all that occurs in Lutheran Education.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The Vocational Practices<\/strong> describe the work that we all undertake.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Capabilities<\/strong> describe the way we work.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Our Culture<\/strong> describes the environment we are aspiring to create in Lutheran Education.<\/p>\n\n<p>The culmination and fruits of our work is that we are all <strong>Free to Flourish<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5010add e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5010add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7963a79 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Principal as Spiritual Leader<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4f7fdd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4f7fdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5ed760\" data-id=\"f5ed760\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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If you are also here doing what you do, then you also exercise leadership of some sort.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Parker Palmer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Foundation The Lutheran Lens The foundation of Lutheran education is the gospel of Jesus Christ (which) informs all learning and teaching, all human relationships, and all activities (The LCA and its schools, 2001). The Lutheran lens identifies key theological concepts that underpin Lutheran education. 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