Last weekend, more than 150 student leaders and staff from many of Columbia Union’s academies gathered at Potomac Conference’s Camp Blue Ridge in Montebello Va., for Columbia Union’s Spiritual Academy Leadership Training.
A new school year has begun at Blue Mountain Academy (BMA). There are several changes happening on campus—upgrades to the facility and new team members who bring passion and have a desire to see students grow spiritually and build an even stronger academic program at BMA.
There is a line in the theme song of the TV show Phineas and Ferb that goes, “The annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it.”
The 2022–23 school year culminated in the celebration of 14 baptisms: 12 students and Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) parents Rick and Mande Goodwyn, who chose to be disciples of Jesus—SVA mission fulfilled.
“I’ve always aspired to become a pilot,” says Abner Lozano.
As a sophomore, Lozano learned his dream could come true at Blue Mountain Academy (BMA) through the aviation program offered on campus by Training Mission Aviation. He enrolled in ground school his junior year and began flying soon after that.
After months of preparation, 13 eager and well-prepared students from the Potomac Conference nervously took the stage at the Fredericksburg (Va.) church to compete in the conference-wide Spelling Bee—the first time in at least 10 years since the conference-sponsored event was held.
João Marques’ mother prayed for her son. His friends were a bad influence on him, but she believed that God would change him. Then they heard about Blue Mountain Academy.
