The Spartan Blog

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! What a great year it’s been at Calvary and The mission is connecting with more people than ever! (MISSION STATEMENT Calvary Christian School’s mission is to orchestrate a Christian School program that touches the heart, hand, and mind, of our students, supporting families as they raise their children by providing an excellent academic experience that is centered around God’s Word with the intention of developing and discipling believers in Christ.)

We are seeing the mission played out to greater numbers of students, impacting more families, more churches, and having a bigger presence in the community.  Excellence and service to people has a way of spreading and multiplying. What a blessing!

We had a tremendous “Building on the Rock” banquet on December 15th. It was a chance to hear testimonies from a Board Member, parent, teacher, current student, and an alum. Very inspirational to hear stories of how God has and is using the ministry of Calvary Christian School in our families lives.

Mr. Hyde and I were able to keep sharing about the evidence of God’s work in regard to land, resources, and future projects. It’s incredible to see how God has brought the school to a place of independence and an owner of land and starting a new campus. We’re so excited to move into the first building this January and cannot wait to get started on the next K-6 building. Great thanks to the many stories of how God has blessed the school and of course, so many people have participated in God’s orchestrated giving!

As Mr. Hyde shared, it seems pretty clear that to not continue down the road of increasing capacity to serve our families better in light of God’s work, would be unfaithful, and even an example of poor stewardship and trust in Him.

So now it begins! A new chapter. We’re ready to start phase 2 which is a K-6 school that’s 46,000 square feet of space. It includes 21 classrooms, a full size gym, art room, music room, cafeteria and kitchen.  There will be space for the growing intervention program and even space for our enrollment to grow. We’d hate to build something that is too little immediately after we move in and while growth is not our goal, we are working hard to ensure we can serve as many families in our community as possible. Wouldn’t it be amazing to see more believers in Logan county graduating from their K-12 education with 17,000 hours of biblical instruction!?

In this phase 2 project, we have raised in cash and promise gifts nearly $1.4 million. We estimate that this project will cost $7 million.  We believe that as you and other financial partners come together, the body of Christ will pull off this amazing undertaking so that we can get started on this building this coming spring.

As 2022 is closing, it is my last chance to ask you to reflect on God’s goodness, to consider the value of a Spartan education, and consider how you might participate with the CCS mission above.

Pray for us!  We want desperately to be on mission, serving the Lord in the valuable and growing work of Christian Education.

Connect others to us.  Let people know that the valuable asset you have found could be a value to others.  Not only in regards to educating children, but to supporting the work of the Body of Christ.  The more people in this community support us, the better we can serve this community as a “one of a kind,” best practice Christian School making Logan County an attractive place to live.

Might you yourself give?  Many already have and many more are needed.  Many have benefited from programs that give so much to us in resources and have allowed some of us to have freed up dollars that had been designated for school tuition. Please consider giving, one time, monthly, small or large, everything counts as we pull our resources together and see what great things God can do! If you’d like to make a donation to phase or sign up to make a recurring gift you can click the link below to do so.

Give to our phase 2 project here!

Consider donating to our SGO (scholarship granting organization) ! You can check our the CCS app to see explanation videos or make a donation. If you choose to donate $750 per person to our SGO in 2022 you can get it all back as soon as you do your taxes in the coming months. That means you are able to give to our CCS financial Aide program ( up to $1500 per joint filers) and get all of it back and the only cost is lag time of the money that comes back in your tax refund. I just did my gift online, you can put it on your credit card, it was very easy! Click below to donate to our SGO now, just make sure you select Calvary Christian School as the place for your funds to go to.

Give to our SGO here!

Matthew 6:21 tells us that where your treasure is there your heart will be also.  It is also interesting to note that where you give your treasure, you fall in love even more, expect more, pray more, and want to have an accountable relationship with! And that is all good as you consider the value and possible payback in Calvary Christian School!

I am looking forward to 2023!  In the midst of a lot of chaos, God is using the school to form a remnant, an army, ready to make a difference in a world that needs what we have to offer desperately! There has never been a greater time of need for the mission of Calvary Christian School!

Blessings!

In His Grip,

Dr. Dan L Bragg