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Re-Ignite 2025 Inspires Students to Grow in Their Faith

On May 15, students in grades 8 through 12 at Atlantic Christian School participated in Re-Ignite 2025, a special half-day spiritual event focused on encouraging students to grow in their walk with God.

The morning began with worship led by the Gospel of Grace worship team, creating a sacred time for students to focus their hearts on the Lord. Throughout the event, students heard powerful messages from guest speakers Jesse Stokes, John Mol, and Brian Soucier. Each speaker challenged and encouraged our students to stay grounded in God’s Word and live out their faith daily.

We are grateful for this opportunity to set aside time during the school day to pour into the spiritual lives of our students.

Thank you to the Gospel of Grace team and our speakers for pointing our students to God’s truth and encouraging them in their faith journey.

Re-Ignite Spiritual Retreat Set for May 15 – A Special Day to Refocus and Grow in Faith

Students in grades 8 through 12 are invited to attend this year’s Re-Ignite — a special half-day retreat focused on deepening their walk with God. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 15 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the ACS gym.

Re-Ignite is a time set apart for students to step away from the busyness of school life and spend intentional time in praise, worship, prayer, and reflection. The retreat will include a time of worship led by Gospel of Grace’s Mrs. Jessica Samuels, followed by inspiring messages from guest speakers.

We are praying that this year’s retreat will once again be a meaningful and life-changing experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to reconnect with God and with one another!

Upper School Students “All In” at Spiritual Emphasis Retreat

The 2018-2019 school theme, “ALL IN,” took center stage for two days as students in middle and high school participated in the annual Spiritual Emphasis Retreat on Thursday and Friday, September 27 and 28. From chapel sessions to class competitions, grades six through twelve engaged heart, soul, mind, and strength for an event full of spiritual impact and memorable fun.

Guest speaker Mike Bult shared powerful leadership principles from God’s Word, challenging students to embrace who God has made them to be and make a difference in the lives of others. Bult, a member of the John Maxwell Leadership Group and Administrator at Mainland Baptist Church, told students, “Leadership is influence. You can all be leaders – for good or bad – because you all can have influence on others.” Combining biblical teaching from Mark 2 with video testimony from Life Without Limbs founder Nick Vujicic, Bult presented five choices students must make to become positive leaders: “Have an attitude of Gratitude. Live a life of purpose. Be positive. Love yourself. Dream big, set a goal, and do it!”

Chapel sessions also included “compass group” breakout times during which students discussed what they were learning with one another and teacher-coaches. Musical worship was led by Matt Glancey from Coastal Christian Church who was joined at various times by ACS faculty members Zach Monroe and Jaron Beadle as well as his sister Naomi Glancey, a 2018 ACS grad, and Coastal’s worship director Pete Magazzu.

On Thursday, high school students traveled to Cape May for a two-hour dolphin watch cruise under beautiful blue skies. Middle school students stayed on campus, some participating in Knockerball while others enjoyed a paint party led by ACS art teacher Sherry Mirakian. Class competitions included banner making, a class cheer, and the annual favorite lip-sync battle featuring famous songs from movies like “We Go Together” from Grease and “Everything Is Awesome” from the Lego Movie. Students also ran “The Amazing Race,” completing challenges such as creating a tin foil Statue of Liberty and plugging holes in a water basket with bubble gum. When the final tallies were in, this year’s winning teams were seventh grade and eleventh grade.

 

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