Calvary Christian Academy, a ministry of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, is not just a Christian school. It is a community, brought together by God to shine His light to the world. We invite you to browse throughout our site to get but a glimpse of what our school is all about. The following news pieces were written by CCA students. Catch the vision through their eyes and in the process, stay up to date with CCA news. To read more, simply visit The Messenger, CCA's online high school newspaper.
Life is a long lesson in humility, unity, grace, and leadership. This we learned as an eighth grade class on our first missions trip to the Bahamas last month. These simple four words, often used to describe the qualities required in a missionary, were the basic pillars of a series of exercises and activities that would demonstrate our flaws, our need for Jesus, and our desire to be His, and to know Him—up close and personal. Even before our quest started—for some on the week of February 16, for others like myself, the week of February 22—we began to experience a closeness to the Lord unlike any other and a need to call on Him, asking for guidance and for an answer only He could provide.
When I first started hearing about this mission trip, I didn’t really know what to expect. Students from last year’s eighth grade class would come into our Bible class to explain things we would see and most likely feel. I listened, but didn’t really understand exactly what they meant… until now. See, sometimes when you’re away from your family and friends, and separated from the things that oftentimes distract you, well… that’s when you hear the Lord the loudest. And that’s what happened to us.
Journey with us so that you too can see and feel what God revealed to us during our missions trip to the Bahamas. For it was there that we met God up close and personal, and made Him known to the world. Come close and listen to our story… To read the rest of this article,
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“We exist to make disciples...spiritually, academically, and socially.” As an institution whose primary focus is the equipping of students through discipleship, CCA has maintained a standard of excellence in all three aspects of its mission statement. Second in the list, but by no means least in the school’s tool belt for gearing up student disciples, is academics.
CCA provides students a foundation that will motivate them to aspire towards God's best for their lives because He calls us by His own glory and excellence” (2 Peter 1:3). After ten years of aspiring to fulfill this command from Christ, one of the school's key founders is also reminded that “unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain” (Psalm 127:1).
I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Executive Pastor and Head of School, Pastor Mark Davis as he reminisced over the early days of the school, explained his heart after witnessing its tremendous growth, and commented on what he hopes to see accomplished in the future. Here's what he said... To read the rest of this article, please click here.
