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The History of CCA
● November 1, 2001 – We close on 78 acres of the
most beautiful ground God has ever created!
We will begin meeting with donors and potential donors in an effort to raise
money for our new building. We pray continually that God will go before us!
● November 27, 2001 – We talk with a donor today – they commit to $20,000
for the building.
● November 28, 2001 – We meet with another donor today at Dunkin' Donuts.
They love the school and commit to $100,000 for our new building.
● December 5, 2001 – We lunch with a wonderful couple who are
grandparents to some CCA students. They will send CCA $3,000 a month.
● January 21, 2002 – We lunch with a couple who have the grace of giving
who pledge $30,000 for the new building.
● February 16, 2002 – We tour grandparents through the building on Bell
Street and share the vision for our new building. They pledge $30,000.
● April 30, 2002 – We meet in the home of a Christian couple who have no
affiliation with Cornerstone. They pledge $25,000 to our new building.
● May, 2002 – By the middle of this month, we have over $1,000,000 in
cash and pledges for our new building! The Aspen Group assures us that the
amount is sufficient to break ground. We set a date for groundbreaking.
● May 28, 2002 – Groundbreaking!
We held our official groundbreaking ceremony on the new property. Buses were
hired to shuttle our families from Resurrection Lutheran Church to the new
building site. Over 300 people were in attendance and excerpts from our service
there aired on WJBC radio as well as WMBD 31.
The air is filled with anticipation to see what God will do next!
● June 7, 2002 – God continues to provide for us in amazing and
delightful ways. From the very first day we became Cornerstone Christian
Academy, we have been operating with two donated copiers. One of them has over 2
million copies on it, the other over 1 million! We are convinced that just as
Israel's shoes and clothing did not wear out during their 40 years in the
desert, so God has kept those machines running. Surely there have never been two
copiers that have been the object of so much prayer. But even as we prayed that
God would keep them working, we began to pray that He would provide a new one in
His time.
And He did. On the last day the teachers were here before summer break, a big,
beautiful, almost new digital copier appeared from a donor. It makes 65 copies
per minute and collates, staples, and sorts. We were so excited that we
literally surrounded the machine to watch it.
We are so struck by God's goodness to us!
But the day got even better. Since it is the last day the staff would be
together until the fall, we all went to Famous Dave's for lunch. While we were
eating, our server came to the table and got our attention. He told us to be
sure to save room for dessert because an anonymous donor had already paid for
our lunches (there were more than 20 of us!). The entire staff broke out in song
right there in the restaurant, and all the people lunching there got to hear us
sing Great is Thy Faithfulness.
An amazing end to an amazing year!
● August 26, 2002 – We begin another year! 335 students in grades
preschool through 8th.
● November 19, 2002 – Construction officially begins on our new facility.
We still do not have all the funds needed, but we walk by faith as we have done
so many times before.
● December 5, 2002 – The teachers are meeting together for their regular
monthly meeting, when the mail arrives. Mrs. Kinzinger opens an envelope which
contains $500,000 for our new building from a donor. She manages to say – "Oh my
goodness, we've just received a half million dollars for the new building!" The
teachers go crazy and it isn't long before they begin singing Great is Thy
Faithfulness again!
● December 11, 2002 – Mrs. Shamess and Mrs. Kinzinger travel to Chicago
where they meet with the Illinois Development Finance Authority to discuss a
tax–exempt bond issue which would allow CCA to finance the remainder of the
building project.
This would allow a lower interest rate if we can find a buyer for the bonds
which are not "bank–qualified."
● December 12, 2002 – Against all odds, a local bank agrees to buy the
bonds so we may finish our project!
God is certainly answering our prayers again!
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