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The History of CCA
● July 5, 2000
– We find we need warehouse space to store extra desks and chairs.
We began to pray through the Yellow Pages for warehouse space. We asked God to
lead us to just the right warehouse at just the right price because the cost was
not included in our budget. We called what seemed a convenient place, and God
provided again! We are able to have 2000 square feet of space right around the
corner from us, and because we are a Christian school, the owner just asked for
a $100 gift certificate to Jim's Steakhouse.
Only God could do that!
● August 4, 2000 – Oh, for a white board!
Our music teacher, Mr. Mitchell was in need of a white board to use in his
class. We knew we had a donated one in a crate which we had been storing for
about two years. We opened it. It was very dirty, but cleaned up all right.
Since it needed to be moveable, we would not be able to mount it on a wall.
Unfortunately, it had no frame or legs. We began to think that we might have to
buy one on wheels. The empty crate was taken down to the dumpster and thrown
away where it was left standing next to the dumpster. When the wind blew it
over, the crate broke open to reveal beautiful oak legs and a stand. Even the
markers were included! God wasn't going to let us throw it away, and He used the
wind to show us exactly what He had provided!
● September 25–27, 2000 – Could this be the property God has for us?
We receive information about a piece of property located 7 miles east of Towanda
Barnes Road which the owner would be willing to make available to Cornerstone.
Seven miles away from Bloomington's east side is a little farther away than we
would like to be, but then who would have ever picked Bell Street in Bloomington
for a location?
We begin to pray. A member of our board and the school administration fast and
pray for 3 days about this new property. In the middle of our fast, on September
26th, the friend of the school enters into an agreement with a farmer who owns
property 4 miles closer to Bloomington on the same road. He will purchase 78
acres, 3 miles east of Towanda Barnes Road on Ireland Grove Road. He intends to
make it available to CCA. God is amazing!
● October 5, 2000 – The entire CCA staff attends the ACSI convention in
South Bend, Indiana. The first night we are there, we surprise them with the
news that we will have a new location!
God is on the move!
● January 4, 2001 – We begin the search for a design/build firm to build
our new school. The school administration and a Board member take a trip to
Remington, Indiana to meet with the Aspen Group, a design–build company who was
recommended to Cornerstone. We immediately feel at home with the men there and
they pray with us about our project. We had already identified a school building
we liked in Adrian, Michigan, and much to our surprise, Aspen had visited the
school the day after Christmas. They had found a janitor to let them in and had
taken pictures of important features. They have what is necessary to begin
drawings. Our only problem . . . we have no money.
We soon are reminded that our God is bigger than any of our problems!
● Spring 2001 – It has become evident that we will have to move part(s)
of the school to other locations. We will expand to 7th grade in the fall, and
we just don't have the room at Bell Street any longer.
During a Prayer Circle meeting, a Mom who had never attended before shared that
Heartland Headstart would be moving from their location at Evangelical United
Methodist Church (later to be known as Faith United Methodist). We met with the
Pastor and decided that CCA will lease 3 classrooms for the coming school year.
It is a perfect location for our preschool!
But we still needed 14 classrooms for our elementary and 7th grades. The
building on Bell Street only has 13 rooms. But again, God has gone before us.
While visiting 2nd Presbyterian Church on an unrelated matter, we commented to
ourselves how perfect that church would be for our Middle School students. They
have a small gym, and the church is only minutes away from Bell Street. We wrote
the board of the church a letter – they had nothing to gain by housing us, but
when God ordains it to be, then nothing can stand in the way.
2nd Pres responded favorably, and allowed us two classrooms for our exclusive
use as well as their gym for the fall of 2001.
● August 22, 2001 – Our 4th year with elementary grades begins with 295
students at 3 locations!
● August 24, 2001 – We meet again with the Aspen Group who tells us that
the building we desire will cost 8.5 million dollars. It might as well be 8.5
billion dollars, because we don't have any of it!
But our God is able!
● October 1, 2001 – We visit a friend of the school and show preliminary
building plans. At the end of our meeting, this friend hands us a check for
$400,000 to "kick–off" our building fund.
We are astonished – God is so good!
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