Spiritual Life

Pacific Christian Academy

Spiritual formation and development is the most important focus of our mission.  While we work to achieve academic mastery with every student, most important is the facilitating of a passion for serving Jesus through our Bible classes, student life, spiritual life, and service opportunities. We strive to integrate Biblical truth as we teach all subjects, provide daily Bible classes and weekly school chapels.  Through those avenues, we challenge students to look at life through the truth of God’s word by engaging students in deep dialog, teaching them to think critically, and allowing them to ask the hard questions without fear of judgement.

Spiritual development is a challenging area of growth to measure.  While we believe all of the above activities foster  spiritual growth, we also know that it is the Holy Spirit that changes us and makes us more like Jesus.  Our hope and passion is that as we involve our students in Bible study, chapels, service, and other activities, they will evidence development of their spiritual life in the following ways:

Students will:

  • Be ​​eager to learn about the Bible, its stories, its truths
  • Know they are loved and forgiven by God
  • Ask hard questions and wrestle with the answers in conversation teachers and peers
  • Purpose to live out the Fruit of the Spirit
  • Pray, knowing that God hears them and will answer
  • Understand they have a purpose, that they are uniquely made
  • Share Jesus with others
  • Study and know how to defend their faith in a culture that is not always friendly to God's truth
  • Attend a church where they will grow in faith in a supportive community
  • Desire healthy music, care for their bodies
  • Put their phones down and seek relationships that are nurturing

All of this is accomplished ONLY through the powerful work of the Holy Spirit, as we pray and trust Jesus for His work in our lives.  This is our mission at Pacific Christian Academy.

Biblical Integration

Biblical principles are integrated into each course at Pacific Christian Academy. We are dedicated to assisting our students in developing a Christian worldview: enabling them to see life from a Christian perspective.  Activities and events are planned to enable students to live life practically in an environment where the desire is to please God.  Words, thoughts, and actions are monitored to be kind, edifying, and to build one another up.

Daily Bible Classes

All of our students participate in daily Bible classes. We begin our day with prayer, teaching our students the importance of a continuous dialog with God.  Our preschool and elementary classes spend time in worship and praise God for the day of learning ahead of them.  Secondary students share prayer requests and remember to say “thank you” when God answers in His way.

School Chapels

Preschool to 12th-grade students participate in weekly chapels. The spiritual training and development of each student is an important and integral part of Pacific Christian Academy. Our school chapels lay a strong spiritual foundation, include awesome praise and worship, and provide an excellent atmosphere for fellowship and learning about the word of God.

ASB Chaplain Program

Student are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to be the student chaplain.

The duties of this individual are as follows:

  • Be a voice of the student spiritual life in student government
  • Pray on behalf of the school during many major events
  • Be a spiritual barometer of the school to the administration
  • Meet with the administration regularly to discuss the spiritual direction of the student body

Community Outreaches, Missions, and More!

PCA students are involved in service to the community, which gives them the unique opportunity to observe a world in need from a Christian perspective, and apply their training to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Those planning the service opportunities desire that service be meaningful and life-changing.

LA Dream Center

Each year, the senior class travels to the LA Dream Center for a week of serving the people of Los Angeles. They take food and supplies to low-income families and the homeless on skid row. Our seniors help in the campus clothing store and serve in the campus kitchen and food bank which serves thousands of people weekly.