Praise
Reports

We now have a building that is fully equipped with training areas, conference room, offices, and living quarters. This building is where we will be training and raising up the next generation of leaders, as well as hosting leadership conferences. We're so thankful for this beautiful space located right in the heart of downtown Black Mountain!

It's here! There's lots of excitement surrounding the first, full Bachelor's graduation happening at the end of June. We'll be graduating students from multiple different practicum tracks, including community and program development, emergency medicine, data analysis, and worship leadership! We're so excited to see that this new model of education is working, and lives are being changed because of it.

From our start with 20 kids, the Academy has grown into a robust, sustainable, full-day program with over 60 kids! It's been beautiful to (literally) see the kids grow with us, graduating from pre-grammar and moving into things like Arts & Activities and CC. Last semester, our Spring showcase was so big that we had to split it into two different events! We are thankful for all of our returning students AND teachers, who have committed continuously to serving our families semester after semester. We look forward to a few of our summer events including more PNO’s, Bible Bee Gatherings, and a few camps! We wouldn’t be able to do this without our families and can’t wait to see them again regularly in the Fall when we kick off our 3rd year of Arts & Activities!

We sent out our first team of leaders to spend two weeks with Andrew Shearman! Our team got to spend hours under Andrew's tutelage, soaking in all he wisdom he had to offer. They came face-to-face with identity work, and had the opportunity to do some real foundation building. The trip was a huge inspiration to these emerging leaders.

We recently launched our Excel At Home semester, a revolutionary concept designed to help students work towards their no debt education while cultivating our virtues humility, honor, hunger and health — all before they attend the College. Half of our registered C8 class is enrolled in it!

Chris and Dave Carlson were here and brought some powerful testimony with them! The students soaked it up, and All-Team became a space where we prayed for healing for one another and saw it happen. We saw knees, backs and necks healed, and prayed for for the healing of multiple illnesses in family members and friends. The Carlsons are always an honor to have and hear from, and the students leave bolstered in their faith because of it.

We've not only broken ground on Creekside, but we've got a whole building up now! Progress has been moving quickly and smoothly, and we're excited to finish this project that's been on our hearts for so long now. A home to a Creative Arts studio, a great room for gathering, and more student housing, this will become an epicenter of life and creativity for the campus!

We had our first ever Creative Arts Capstone, as C5 Practicum student, Elisabeth Schneider, finished up her practicum this Spring semester. It was a time where we were able to celebrate everything she accomplished and highlight all the ways she's grown. She had the opportunity to share the two songs she recorded on her own, both a cover and an original! She was a true pioneer of our Creative Arts program.