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Hymn Of The Week BY CARLTON BURGESS
Meetings Planned To Discuss Merger Of Cahoon Elementary And Van Buren Middle School
A Charge To Keep I Have
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The Hillsborough County Public School District will hold two meetings next week. The purpose of the Program Input Community Outreach Meetings are to give mem- bers of the community an op- portunity to share their opinions and to provide input on the conversion of two schools.
The schools that are slated to be merged are Cahoon El- ementary School and Van Buren Middle School. The opening of the new school is planned for August 2018.
The first meeting will take place on Monday, March 6, at 4 p.m. The second meeting will take place Thursday, March 9, at 6 p.m. Both meetings will take place at Van
DR. LARRY SYKES Assistant Superintendent Outreach & School
Improvement Adult Career Services Center
Buren Middle School, 8715 North 22nd Street.
The meeting is open to the public and those living in the University Area are encour- aged to attend. The intent of the Program Input Commu- nity Outreach Meeting is to
seek input and to hear about the concerns of the commu- nity before the scheduled opening.
Dr. Larry Sykes, As- sistant Superintendent, Out- reach & School Improvement Adult Career Services Center said, “The importance in at- tending these meetings is to collaborate with different dis- trict divisions where stake- holders can voice their interests and concerns in order to impact high quality, appropriate programming and resources that will lead to student achievement and school/community success.”
Dr. Sykes further stated that schools in the University Area and New Tampa are overcrowded. But Van Buren Middle School is about 40% underutilized. He further said that Cahoon Elementary and Van Buren Middle School are on the same site.
“My office is responsible for making people aware of the changes so that they can attend the meetings and let their voices be heard,” he said.
For additional informa- tion about the merger of the two schools contact the Hills- borough County Public School District at (813) 272- 4000.
No discussion of hymn singing is complete without mentioning the moaning and groaning of the metered hymn. The lyrics, “A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify,” can be heard spoken by Deacons and devotional leaders who sin- cerely express the emotions of a people who struggled, yet persevered through difficult experiences.
Written in 1762 by Charles Wesley, the hymn was inspired by Leviticus 8:35 which says, “Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.”
Lyrics
A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
and fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill:
Oh, may it all my pow’rs en- gage
To do my Master’s will!
Arm me with jealous care, As in Thy sight to live; And O Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give!
Help me to watch and pray, And on Thyself rely, Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall forever die.
Join Carlton Burgess and other hymn enthusiasts for the 5th Hymn Lovers Confer- ence at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tampa Bay on April 20th-22nd.
For more information, call 813-313-0489.
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