Activities

Campus Ministries

One of Christ’s final acts before leaving earth was to commission His disciples to spread the good news of the gospel to all the inhabitants of the earth. We believe that we can present the gospel through various means and understand that God has given different gifts and talents to each one of His children to use in furthering His cause. Mount Vernon Academy strives to provide it’s students with ample opportunities to practice their Christianity, realizing that “faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead” (James 2:17).

Mission Trips
Each year, MVA students have the opportunity to use their gifts in helping others in an area where help is not readily available, be it in another country or just around the corner in the United States. Each February, MVA participates in a foreign mission trip and in an “in-country” mission trip. Past trips have included projects such as building churches, painting educational facilities, feeding the homeless, preparing and presenting Vacation Bible Schools for children, preaching sermons through a translator, and much more. There are few things more rewarding than using one’s God-given gifts to help those less fortunate.

Local Needs
There are needs in our own community that MVA students have helped to meet. The front page of the Mount Vernon News reported that “residents of Mount Vernon and students from Mount Vernon Academy teamed up…to provide some relief to residents in two Ohio towns hit hard by flooding” (Mount Vernon News, Tuesday,
Sept. 21, 2004). Translating a Christian character into action, students and faculty are continually on the lookout for those in the community that can be helped through our efforts. Throughout the year, academy students can be seen collecting food and supplies for flood and hurricane victims, relaying food to shut-ins and the poor, raking leaves for entire villages, and helping clean up from natural disasters.

Prayer focused
There is power in prayer. In fact, it is only through constant dependence and connection with Jesus through prayer that God’s will can be successfully accomplished through us. With that in mind, Mount Vernon Academy has participated in many student-led prayer sessions within the local community. One such effort, the national
“See You at the Pole” event, was held at the Mount Vernon City Square. Daniel Dettwiler, 2005-07 Student Association Pastor, led the effort to pray with and for the city and its leaders.

Various Activities
Other efforts have included the entire student body spending hours going door to door throughout the city praying with the residents
for whatever needs they had. Through efforts like these, students and residents alike are blessed, and God’s name is glorified.