Missions

Starting in the summer of 2022, HCA has become a sponsorship partner with World Vision and will provide a true partnership to a specific region or village. While we provide support to a specific region, World Vision will do a reverse sponsorship with HCA and provide curriculum to use in our discipleship groups and Bible classes to have students form a real attachment and make missions accessible. Established in 1950, World Vision believes that no situation is hopeless because our hope is in Jesus. The organization has helped more than 3.5 million children in nearly 100 countries.

In January of 2023, Head of School Dr. James Taylor will lead a J-Term mission trip to Honduras, traveling to Orphanage Emmanuel in Guaimaca, Honduras, which is 70 miles northeast of the capital, Tegucigalpa. A team of students, parents, and staff members will work with approximately 350 children of this 33-year old mission, doing construction, building maintenance, farm work, cleaning, and of course, a lot of time playing and doing activities with the children who live at the orphanage. If you feel led to give to this trip, please donate at the link below.

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Early in 2020, through a connection from Hebron Baptist Church, HCA connected with Crossroads Community Baptist Church in Stearns, Kentucky. This small church plant serves the population of McCreary County, which is dominated by rural poverty and small-town hospitality.

In a place where the high school graduation rate is 61% and the unemployment rate is almost 9%, the Kentucky mission trip exposes students to the realities of poverty and brokenness in rural places like the Appalachia Mountains and how difficult it can be for families to break free from generational destructive habits.

This yearly spring break mission trip is intentional in building authentic relationships with the locals through opportunities to serve their practical needs and share the love of Christ with them. The team will work alongside Crossroads Community Church, as we love on these individuals through presence in the community, church services, food and care package distribution, and work projects in a community of homes built to help rehabilitate those who are planning to re-enter society after long battles with various addictions.

Due to the unique nature of this community, the opportunity for relational ministry takes place directly at project worksites as volunteers come alongside and encourage the teams that come and serve.

HCA has partnered with Village of Hope since 2010, and serves the village of Gbata, located in Liberia in the Kokoyah district. HCA sends items each semester to Village of Hope, collecting hygiene supplies in the fall and school supplies in the spring that are shipped to the children in Liberia.
 

From Hunger to Hope allows HCA the opportunity to serve others around the world, while working alongside people in our community. From Hunger to Hope partners with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) and is devoted to serving God's children who are hungry in body and spirit. For nearly 30 years, their efforts have made a difference in famished children's lives worldwide. HCA is not only a sponsor of this ministry, but in the spring of 2022 both our Lower School and Middle School students spent consecutive days at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds helping pack more than 600,000 meals for the most vulnerable children around the world. Each day, FMSC partners distribute meals in schools, orphanages, clinics, and feeding programs around the world to deliver hope and break the cycle of poverty. 

Lower School students collect food throughout the year and donate all items to Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church, which distributes the food to people in need through its food pantry program. The church has served up to 800 families per week. 

Our Lower School students partner with the American Heart Association during the month of February for the Kids Heart Challenge to raise money for the health of all hearts. In 2021, HCA raised more than $33,000, and, in 2022, HCA raised more than $42,000. In addition to donating money, HCA students were also able to donate items to local shelters and send items on mission trips through the money raised for the American Heart Association.