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TRAINING YOUTH
TO BE
TOMORROW'S
LEADERS
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| Getting involved |
- Pray for us and our students
- Donate to our Annual Fund
- Host an international student
- Refer us to friends and philanthropic organizations
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Greetings,
What is church?
A building? A specific group of people? Which people? What is it's purpose?
This
has been the question LCA students have been asked to ponder in Bible
class these first months of school. Their teacher, Pastor Rob, is
pushing them think critically about why they go to church and what they
think they're accomplishing when they do. Is it a routine, an
obligation, a privilege, for good luck? Does going to church make them
Christians? Are they Christians if they don't go? Does church end on
Sunday? Is it the center of their lives or just a piece of it? Is it
weird to go more than once a week?
Students are also being asked
about why they often don't go to church or don't enjoy it when they do
go? Bad music, too long, boring sermons? Too many hypocrites? Too
judgmental? Always the same?
Amid all of the possible
considerations, complaints, criticisms and indifference, Pastor Rob has
asked the students to focus in on one thing: the supernatural.
The
church is supposed to be a place and time where we experience the
supernatural. If we consider many of our issues with and ideas of
church many of them hang on the fact that church typically represents
something so natural, man-made and religious. We get discouraged,
frustrated or just bored of the place or activity we call "church"
because we're missing the one thing it's supposed to be about - a
supernatural experience with our God.
The same goes for school.
We make it into so many different things of our own and forget God.
But what if school too was a place to experience the supernatural, a
place to hear from God and share that Spirit between teachers and
students and parents. Would we look at it the same?
This
Friday on October 28th the LCA is partnering with the Lighthouse Church
to sponsor a Miracle Healing Crusade at the Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium. The event will be one night only beginning at 7:30pm.
There will be no charge and no offering taken. The goal is simply to
see the sick and injured of our community healed and set free by the
power of Jesus Christ. The goal is to experience the supernatural, a
power and love beyond us. For more information read the attached
article on the crusade or call 310.829.2522.
Please come and
bring everyone you know. Bring anyone you know who is sick, injured,
addicted or suffering. Come just to see what "church" is all about -
the miraculous.
Hope to see you there. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Jack Mefford
Vice Principal
Lighthouse Christian Academy
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Miracle Healing Crusade
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A Miracle Healing Crusade will held this Friday at 7:30pm at the
Santa Monica Civic Center Auditorium located at 1855 Main St. (just
north of Pico Blvd). The event is free and sponsored by the Lighthouse
Church in Santa Monica.
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| Pastor Mitchell |
It's
keynote speaker is Pastor Wayman Mitchell. For over 30 years Mitchell
has pastored The Potter's House Christian Fellowship Church in Prescott,
AZ which under his leadership, has panted and directed over 1,000
churches in 50 countries. In great demand, his international ministry
regularly takes him around the world preaching Healing Crusades and
Conferences.
The following is an excerpt from Pastor Mitchell's book "Healing: Commission, Confrontation, Compelling Witness":
One of the Redlands crusade's most notable miracles came
because someone persevered. A severely crippled man, on crutches, came
for prayer. He had been injured in a fall and was in pain. After
prayer he was significantly better and said so, but he was'n' totally
healed. I asked him, as I often do, to stand to one side and watch
while I went on ministering to others.
I do this for several
reasons. One, as he watched, his faith would grow. Secondly the crowd
watching would not perceive a defeat which could prompt unbelief to
grow. Third, it must be remembered that the crowd is an important part
of the crusade and their interest must be maintained. It is easily lost
in long drawn out person interactions.
As
this man stepped aside, one of our evangelists began to talk with him
and encourage him to act out his faith. He got him to move, to test
himself for pain and to move some more. Without any further involvement
he was totally healed and able to putdown his crutches. The evangelist
recognized, as I have for many years, the importance of acting on
faith. This miracle, perhaps the most significant of the crusade, did
not occur in the 'limelight' but off to the side as someone worked with a
man not totally healed but, 'touched.' The passive approach to healing
in most churches would have left this man felling better, but not
healed. The passive, 'waiting on God' theology taught in many churches,
is a substantial hindrance to healing. It teaches that faith is an
intellectual exercise.
Faith, indeed, is something you believe. But it is also something you say and something you do. Faith must be demonstrated...
The
redemptive name, "The Lord our Healer," has been replaced in many
churches with a theology of suffering that evades responsibility, trusts
in formula prayers, is filled with unbelief and waits doubtfully in
inaction. Biblical healing, however, is always actively pursued and the
result of dominion over the power of the devil. It is aggressive faith
that pleases God. Aggressive faith is possible only though
understanding that God's will is to heal the sick.
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Student Essay
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The following is an essay written by Freshman Zechariah Symonds for his history class, Introduction to Western Civilization.
Marriage
Marriage
is a sacred promise to someone of the opposite gender to love them
until death, but unfortunately people all around the world are breaking
that promise. God instituted marriage in the Creation because not until
man and woman were created did God say it was very good. Marriage is a
covenant that was meant to be unbreakable except by death. Marriage is
supposed to be an example of God's love for us.
God
established marriage as a concept from the beginning. When only Adam
was made in Creation, it was not good, but then God made Eve and it
became very good. This illustrates that man and woman are meant to be
together. The family, with husband and wife, is the center of society,
so if husbands and wives continue splitting up then the entire society
will start to deteriorate. The whole purpose of marriage is to make
Godly offspring and if the husband and wife split up, then it will
affect the children in a negative way. This would make it harder to
show the kids God's love when you can't even show it to the person
you've said you love the most in the world.
Marriage
is a promise that is never meant to be broken unless by death. Some
think of it as a contract, which means that if the other person doesn't
do what you expect them to then you can just leave. Marriage is not a
contract; it is an unbreakable vow to stay with that person until death.
This means a legal divorce is not an option to separate yourself from
that person. People are typically married at an altar because the alter
is where you make a promise to God, and you break that promise when you
divorce.
God
cares about marriage because it is supposed to reflect His love for us.
His love for us can never be broken or altered in any way, and that is
the way you are supposed to love your spouse. Marriage is supposed to
teach us about sacrifice and commitment, and people who don't want to
sacrifice or can't commit to someone are the same people who won't
understand why or how God could still love us after all the things we've
done.
Without
marriage in American or any other place for that matter, then there
wouldn't be true Christian families or Godly children who truly follow
god with all their heart. If everyone sees marriage as a contract that
is breakable by divorce, then they won't be able to teach their children
why or how God could ever love us as as bad as we are, then there
wouldn't be much of a Gospel to spread throughout the world. If people
get divorced, it's much harder to understand the point of sacrificing
themselves for the good of others because that is what people do in
marriage throughout their lives. That is also what Jesus did for us on
the cross when he sacrificed Himself up there for the good of all
mankind.
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Alumni Update
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James McKinnon, Class '07
I married Joy McKinnon 2 years
ago, after we'd been together for 7 years. We were blessed with a
beautiful baby girl Eleanor Moon McKinnon on Christmas Eve 2010. We
lived in San Francisco for 5 years where I worked as Production Manager
for McCall Associates, one of San Francisco's largest event management
firms. I was privileged to manage and design events for Apple, NASA,
Chevron, Sales Force, and San Francisco's Historical Black and White
Ball. We LOVED the city; however, we felt that we should be closer to
family if we were going to start one of our own.
We took a leap
and moved to Ojai California. I now find myself back in the fashion
industry, where I work for a jewelry/apparel company called Love Heals
near our home in Ojai. I am a Senior Sales Executive at Love Heals
managing over 300 national/international accounts. Our company works
extensively with non-profits like Greener Ethiopia planting 10 trees
with every piece we sell with over 600,000 trees planted to date.
I
am also partner and VP Business Development for Hipstrict.com, on
online shopping and lifestyle site that will be launching October 1st to
over 1 million customers. My wife Joy is able to stay at home and be a
wonderful mama.
I was a touring musician for a long while, I've
put out a few records as well as doing some scoring for film. I still
continue to write and compose, I just don't have the desire to continue
touring. I like being at home way too much.
Overall, I am so grateful to where life has taken me.
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How to Get Involved
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We're
looking for community partners to help fulfill our mission of
transforming young lives through character, community and world vision.
Your involvement not only enables us to better serve our students but
can also open the door to God's abundant blessing in your own life and
family.
Pray: Pray that God would use our students, teachers, and community to make an impact for Jesus Christ.
Sponsor a Student:
Contribute a financial gift to support our student scholarship program
in the form of annual, monthly or one-time donations. Consider also
planned giving like bequests, gifts of real estate, or appreciated
securities.
Volunteer:
Help out in the classroom, on the yard, or during our yearly events,
fundraisers or trips. Whatever your talent or interest, we can use you.
Host an International Student:
The LCA enrolls a number of international students each year. If you
have room to host a student for the school year, give us a call.
Refer Others: Refer LCA to your friends, philanthropic individuals, family foundations or organizations.
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Thank you for your partnership!
Sincerely,
Jack Mefford
Lighthouse Christian Academy
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