Speaker praises grads at Christian

As Bob Lemon looked upon the nine graduates of Mitchell Christian High School, he couldn’t help but throw in a bit of humor during his graduation day speech.

“Even though you as graduates began your formal senior-itis about halfway through your sophomore year, we have come to appreciate you as a class for your hard work, your dedication and, above all, for the leadership that you have shown and the example you have set for the young people that follow in your footsteps,” said Lemon, a secondary Bible teacher at the school. Lemon’s speech was part of Saturday’s commence- ment address that honored the nine college-bound seniors graduating from Mitchell Christian. Family and friends gathered in the Mitchell Christian gymnasium to enjoy speeches, a slideshow and the presentation of diplomas and Bibles to the graduates.

As the guest speaker, Lemon encouraged the graduates to recognize how much they accomplished since beginning school years ago.

“You’re not the same individuals,” Lemon said. “You will exit this building as graduates heading into a future of promise and expectations.”

While he acknowledged the challenges graduates will face in the coming years, he expressed his faith that all members of the graduating class will find success.

“As I look into the faces of the graduates this afternoon, I am confident that the graduates of Mitchell Christian School in the year 2010 will make a difference in their world,” Lemon said. “They have the passion and the drive to go beyond the mundane.”

He urged the graduating class to take the education learned at the school and apply it throughout the rest of their lives.

“I challenge you to take up the baton that has been passed to you today,” Lemon said. “Don’t forget the lessons of the past as you strive toward what lies ahead.”

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