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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
BARROW JOURNAL
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NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOODBANK
Bethlehem Christian Academy students serve in the
Northeast Georgia Food Bank soup kitchen during
“iServe” Week. Pictured are: (L-R) Christina Najjar,
Ravyn Harrison, Morgan Gano, Jessica Peavy and
Katie Sturtevant.
VICTOR LORD PARK
BCA students discovered all kinds of
finds while cleaning Victor Lord Park in
anticipation of Opening Day of spring
sports season. Pictured are Nick
Suertefelipe, Tyler Legg, Matthew Adams,
Caleb Hopkins, Harrison Labollita, Niko
Mailloux, Jacob Fincher, Jared Martin,
Matthew Dunagan, Cole Gower, Griffin
Wilson, Justin Helton, Preston Kelley,
Graham Doolittle and BCA Bible teacher
Steven Fruitticher.
HAPPY TO
HELP
BCA students
Katie Crook,
Taylor Prigmore
and Morgan
Martin are glad
to help out at
the Northeast
Georgia Food
Bank.
HEARTS FOR SERVICE
During BCA’s recent “iServe” week, students help a local widow
with needs around her home, including painting a wheelchair-
accessible ramp. Student workers include Luke Allen, Matt Masters,
Preston Kelley and Jared Martin.
SORTING AND SERVING
BCA students sort donated food items at the Northeast
Georgia Food Bank.
EXCITED
TO HELP
BCA senior
Courtney
Pockat is
excited
about her
finds for the
trash bags at
Victor Lord
park during
the “iServe”
cleaning trip.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
BCA students Ben Morgan, Chandler Garmon and Austin Schwebel
deliver supplies collected and donated by the student body to
Derek Hutchins, director of the Boys and Girls Club of Winder-
Barrow County, who was a special speaker during the school’s
annual “iServe” week.
SCRUB A DUB
Chandler Garmon and Danny Sceviour
man the Northeast Georgia Food Bank
soup kitchen sink.
A HEART FOR THE ELDERLY
BCA student Emily Perrin visits with a
resident of Magnolia Estates.
SHARING SMILES
Students Rebecca Foil and Silas Taffer
spent time talking with residents of
Magnolia Estates.
BCA students participate in annual ‘iServe’ week
Bethlehem Christian Academy students
participated recently in what has become the
school’s annual “iServe” program: three days
of learning about living lives of service and
serving in the community.
“We believe that there’s so much more to
educating a student than what they can learn
in the classroom,” says Bethlehem Christian
Academy director of guidance Christy
Pence. “That’s the foundation on which we
build our iServe program: We want not just to
provide a great education; we want to raise up
servant leaders who know that they’re here for
a purpose, and live a life of giving back into
our community and world.”
Each day began with special speakers who
helped set the tone for the day of serv
ing. Susan Litchford, who has seven grand
children at BCA and is an active volunteer
in Barrow County, shared about how she’s
served throughout her life. She also shared
about serving the elderly, preparing the stu
dents for nursing home visits throughout the
week.
Students then visited Magnolia Estates,
where Danny Rampey shared how stu
dents could bless the residents and greet
ed them. Other students visited residents at
Winder Health Care.
The second day began with an assembly
with Derek Hutchins, director of the Barrow
County Boys and Girls Club. Hutchins shared
about his journey leading to working with
nonprofit organizations, and specifically about
what the Boys and Girls Club brings to the
community. He encouraged the young people
to make wise choices and take the advice
of the adults in their lives who care about
them. BCA students presented Hutchins with
school supplies they had collected throughout
the week as a gift to the Boys and Girls Club.
That day’s activities also included a trip
to the Northeast Georgia Food Bank, where
students helped prepare the noonday meal
and serve in the soup kitchen. Other stu
dents headed to Victor Lord Park, where they
donned gloves and carried trash bags, clean
ing the park for the upcoming athletic sea
sons. Yet other students descended on a local
widow’s home, cleaning her yard and painting
her porch and handicapped-accessible ramp.
The final day of “iServe” week featured spe
cial speaker Pastor Ryan Britt, missions’ pas
tor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville. Britt
broadened the students’ scope with a glimpse
into other parts of the world, and the need so
prevalent there. Students viewed the story of
a worldwide aid organization and raised funds
to donate to children’s programs there.
“We want to send a message to our students
that all learning has a practical application in
life, and about what the higher values in life
are, including living a life of serving others,”
summarized Pence.
The BCA preschool Q and U wedding
party (L-R) Whitney Elrod (flower girl),
Ansley Lane (bridesmaid), Hannah Hutto
(bridesmaid), Addison Harmon (brides
maid), Cayden Williams (Miss U, the
bride), Teresa Binns (Alphabet Queen),
Colten Cavegn (Mr. Q, the groom), Jake
Owensby (groomsman), Eli Fowler
(groomsman), Abram Goldsberry
(groomsman) and Trip Perno (ringbear-
er).
MISS ‘U’
Cayden Williams, as Miss U, the bride,
walks down the aisle at the BCA pre
school Q and U Wedding.
MR. AND MRS. QU A reception immediately followed the
Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Qu, following ceremony at the BCA preschool Q and
the BCA preschool Q and U wedding. U wedding.
BCA preschool hosts annual wedding of Q and U
Recently at Bethlehem Christian Academy
the preschool’s K-4 students, parents, and
teachers were invited to attend the wedding
of Mr. Q and Miss U, two important alphabet
letters.
This is an annual ceremony performed by
the K-4 classes as a part of preparation for
reading. Every K-4 student had a part in the
wedding by either performing in the wedding
party, or by standing on the sides of the stage
wearing letters to represent the alphabet. The
students sang two songs during the ceremony.
The union was sealed with a handshake. As
the bride and groom left the chapel, the stu
dents tossed Q-tips. A reception immediately
followed the ceremony.
The Q and U wedding was a highlight of the
preschool year. According to administrators.
the four-year-olds had so much fun participat
ing in the special event, and learned that truly,
learning is fun. The ceremony helped the
students better understand the need for joining
the letters “Q” and “U” in order to form words
such as “quick,” “quiet,” and “quack.”