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The History of CCA
"I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which
He is to be praised, according to all the LORD has done for us – yes, the many
good things He has done . . ."
Isaiah 63:7a
We have often said here at
Cornerstone Christian Academy that we exist because God has moved in our midst
through the prayers of many, many people. Each day we are
reminded how God has worked through prayer in the past. Remember with us just
some of our favorite "God Stories" . . .
● July 1, 1997 – We begin our first year as 'Cornerstone Christian
Academy' after taking over the Eastview Christian Preschool program. We begin
our search for a new location, having promised to move the summer of 1998.
This seemed at first to be a fairly simple thing. We were in contact with
realtors, builders, as well as people who owned commercial property. But over
the months of our search, we found nothing that would be of a suitable size for
us to begin an elementary school. By October of 1997 we had looked for seven
months. Our plan was to open through 3rd grade the fall of 1998, but who would
dare register a child in a new school that had no building? We needed to get
serious with God.
And so we prayed.
● October 9, 1997 – We decided today to spend time in prayer for this
fledgling school.
We made lists of all our students, all our teachers, all our parents, as well as
everyone we had talked to about a potential building for Cornerstone. We asked
God to reveal any areas of unconfessed sin that the school (or pre–school)
needed to repent of, and we asked for that repentance. We asked God to move on
our behalf to show us the building He had for us, recognizing our total
dependence upon Him. We asked for a school building and lots of 'green space'
for our children to play.
● October 12, 1997 – A man from East White Oak Bible Church tells our
Board President, about the Grace United Methodist Church.
At first we were not interested in even looking at the property. After all, we
were an independent school, not affiliated with any one church. But we were told
to go and have a look at the property on Bell Street in Bloomington.
● October 15, 1997 – We look up in the phone book exactly where Grace
United Methodist is located.
When we drove by, we were amazed to see attached to this wonderful old church, a
three–story school building! And across the street was a new city park with
beautiful playground equipment.
God had specifically answered our prayer!
● November 24, 1997 – We are informed by the City of Bloomington that we
will need five variances and a special use permit to occupy space at Grace
United Methodist.
We were also told that to apply for the variances would entail submitting a site
plan of the building. After speaking with an architectural firm, we discovered
the cost of that site plan would be $3600.00. We had no money!
And so we prayed.
● December 22, 1997 – We are informed by the City of Bloomington that
they have changed their mind about the needed site plan. They will waive that
need because they see us as a hardship case.
God had specifically answered our prayer!
● February 5, 1998 – We go to the Safety/Engineering office at the city
to meet with a representative who will walk us through the variance process.
This is so important, because if the variance papers are not filed properly the
first time, a year must go by before re–application can take place.
We waited a long time that day to see a specific person who had been recommended
to us. We wondered if we were wasting our time waiting, when there were others
with whom we could have spoken.
And so we prayed.
When we finally sat in front of the man we had waited for, we read his screen
saver on the computer on his desk. Scrolling across the screen were the words,
"This is the day the Lord has made – Rejoice in it!"
God had specifically answered our prayer!
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