Lighthouse Christian Academy has a focus on the community. Part of the program involves taking the students on field trips or outreach activities in the community. Each classroom gets involved from picking up litter on the school grounds and neighbourhood to delivering baked goods to the RCMP, Fire hall and Town Office, to raking leaves, shovelling snow, helping people move, volunteering at the food bank and the soup kitchen, wrapping Christmas gifts, and volunteering at community supported events such as Hockeyville, Yuletide Festival, Pond Hockey, Triathlons.
Mission Trips
Each year the school plans to take a group of students on a mission trip. Students are encouraged throughout their school career to participate in the community. It is hoped that once they reach their highschool level students will be ready to go outside of the community to share their gifts and talents, to be stretched and to see what other needs are in the world.
The destination may not be readily known for the next mission trip, but the preparation is the same no matter where we end up. Students will need a passport, must be able to maintain their academic standing, be willing to work with a team and be flexible to do whatever is asked.
Part of the preparation is doing gifts of service in the community. Through these acts, God supplies funds for everyone to go. We also do some fundraising and sweating to raise the necessary dollars to go. We participate in such activities as Highway Clean-up, Child Care at Sunnyside and many other random opportunities that present themselves. Ultimately each team member is responsible for paying for their share of the trip.