My grandson, Ian, is a kindergartner at Prestonwood Christian Academy. He is so excited about going to school every day. He loves his teacher and loves his classmates and loves everything about school so much he can’t wait to get there each morning. He feels at home at PCA and is proud to be Lion.And I can’t tell you how grateful Deb and I (not to mention his parents, Jason and Toby!) are to know that he is not only receiving a Kingdom Education but that he has an extended family at PCA. It truly is a family environment.
I praise God for that and I am thankful to Dr. Larry Taylor for developing that atmosphere for the 1,408 students and their families (grandparents included). Larry is celebrating his 10-year anniversary as Head of School, and I couldn’t be more proud of how he has helped instill the Kingdom Education philosophy—a strategic partnership between the home, church and school in order to train our students, the next generation of leaders...
Whether they are learning Spanish or Algebra or through missions work or whatever it may be, students are helped to realize their God-given potential to impact the world for His sake. Right alongside the academics is the spiritual development of each student. To date, we are thankful to have graduated 649 students, who have received more than $22 million in scholarships to universities all over the country since 2002.
Earlier this year, as I looked to the future, God gave me three, all-consuming, holy ambitions for the next decade. We’re calling it “Vision 2020.” Number one is continuing to expand the local, national and global influence of Christ and the church. Number two is growing and building the North Campus and strengthening the Plano Campus. And number three is developing a new generation of 21st-century leaders for the Church. I believe we do that every day through our Pastoral Intern Program and our Children’s and Students Ministries ... and certainly through PCA.
Like Ian, I am proud to be a PCA Lion.
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Like you, Pastor, we're very thankful for Dr. Taylor's leadership at PCA, and for the community of believers we find there. Our daughter has just entered her sixth year at PCA, and she has been embraced by her teachers and classmates every step of the way.
We think of PCA as a great investment in our daughter's life, and Kingdom Education is a huge part of that. She gets a superb education in a loving environment in a place where Our Lord serves as the foundation for everything else.
We give thanks for PCA every day.
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