I present to you the GCBI class of 2008-09. A special thanks to Sarah Sandel for the photos:
Emily Eshelman
Sebring, FL
Philippians 4:6-8
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Kayla Griffin
Sebring, FL
Philippians 3:7-11
But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death ; 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Shaheen Matos
Ephrata, PA
John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Kirsten Melrose
Maui, HI
Revelation 19:6-7
Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, ” Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. 7 “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”
Stacy Menadier
Chicago, IL
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though * our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen ; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Lindsey Silva
Midlothian, VA
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Jonathan Arrieta
Philadelphia, PA
Luke 7:28
“I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John ; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
Gary Crites
Lima, OH
John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Brian Keogh
Puerto Lempira, Honduras
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure ? By keeping it according to Your word.
Tommy Keogh
Puerto Lempira, Honduras
Philipians 1:6
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
David Nickisch
Bozeman, MT
Jonah 2:5-6
Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head. 6 “I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
Doug Ogden
Sebring, FL
Ephesians 2:19-20
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
