Faith and Learning

Daily Bible classes, weekly chapel services, annual missions trips, continual service opportunities, and Christian clubs help our faculty and staff connect with students to impact others through the Gospel and for the Kingdom of God.

The ministry of equipping is done in the context of relationships. The Student Ministries Department helps organize people and programs at CVCA to this end. Our Student Ministries staff also provides a ministry of availability to meet with students through their time at CVCA.

Equipping Students to Impact the World

Our goal is that students would come to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength; and then be moved to love others through:

  • Missions Opportunities
  • Christian Clubs and Organizations
  • Connections Groups and Houses
  • Service Opportunities

Equipping Students to Impact the World

Our goal is that students would come to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength; and then be moved to love others through:

  • Missions Opportunities
  • Christian Clubs and Organizations
  • Connections Groups and Houses
  • Service Opportunities

Worshipful Community

Every Thursday during Chapel, CVCA faculty, staff, and students come together to worship, study God’s Word, pray, and participate in musical praise. It is a reminder amidst the busyness of the school week to set our hearts and minds on the things above (Colossians 3:2) and to exalt Jesus Christ as a community.

The purpose of Chapel is to create space and opportunity for students to connect with God in meaningful ways which are Scripture-focused and engaging. This includes corporate singing, Biblical teaching, celebration, and student/faculty involvement. Our goal for our Chapel services is that our community would have the same heart as the King David when he wrote, “Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together” (Psalm 34:3).

Worshipful Community

Every Thursday during Chapel, CVCA faculty, staff, and students come together to worship, study God’s Word, pray, and participate in musical praise. It is a reminder amidst the busyness of the school week to set our hearts and minds on the things above (Colossians 3:2) and to exalt Jesus Christ as a community.

The purpose of Chapel is to create space and opportunity for students to connect with God in meaningful ways which are Scripture-focused and engaging. This includes corporate singing, Biblical teaching, celebration, and student/faculty involvement. Our goal for our Chapel services is that our community would have the same heart as the King David when he wrote, “Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together” (Psalm 34:3).

2023-2024 Chapel Banner: “Come and See”

Every year, we choose a book of the Bible to study in chapel, which becomes our banner for the year. In the Old Testament, a banner was something to rally under. So even though our CVCA community attends over 150 different churches, lives all over NE Ohio, and comes from many different backgrounds, ultimately, the banner we rally under is Jesus Christ. One specific way we honor Jesus is by valuing His Word. This year, we are studying the Gospel of John with the banner “Come and See.”

While most of us are familiar with Jesus, this year’s banner invites us to take a fresh look at the Savior. Sometimes, we can glaze over the stories about His life because we’ve heard them before, but this year, we are slowing down to take a closer look.

Come and See” comes from a story in the first chapter of the Gospel of John. After hundreds of years of waiting and hoping, the long-awaited Messiah finally arrived. As news spread about Jesus, friends told other friends. In John 1, Phillip almost couldn’t keep the news to himself, so he sought out his friend Nathanel. Philip found Nathanael and said, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael responded, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see” (John 1:45-46). Nazareth was a no-name town. To Nathanael, nothing significant came from there. Jerusalem, maybe… but not Nazareth.  And yet his friend, Philip, invited him to “Come and See” for himself. It’s an invitation to come and experience Jesus.

For those wrestling with doubt, Jesus invites you to experience who He is. At the end of the Gospel of John, Jesus extends His hands to a doubter named Thomas and invites him to “Come and See” that He is who He says He is.

Come and See… Jesus’ care for the outcast.

Come and See… Jesus’ holiness and grandeur.

Come and See… Jesus’ compassion for people.

Come and See… the forgiveness He offers for sinners like you and me.

Come and See… how He can restore things that are broken.

Come and See… how He has conquered death and offers eternal life.

Come and See… the one who both fully knows and loves you.

“I am thankful because I get to build my relationship with Jesus and with others.”
Uriah
Student