September 14, 2024

The Summit Christian Academy (SCA) Class of 2025 spent the final days of their summer vacation away from home and serving on the senior mission trip in Detroit, Michigan. The SCA Senior Mission Trip is a long-standing tradition at SCA and this was the 21st year that the SCA senior class has served in this way. As seniors prepare to go beyond the campus of SCA after graduation, the SCA senior mission trip is an opportunity to build class leadership, unity, spiritual and personal leadership, and help a community in need.

Partnering with Praying Pelican Missions, 82 of SCA’s 90 seniors divided into multiple, intentional small groups and therefore impacted several different people groups and/or organizations in Detroit each day.

Some of the organizations aided by SCA during the Senior Mission Trip include: Northline Church, Metrolife Church, Gleaners food bank and distribution center, homeless shelters, and more.

“One day I was painting a yellow submarine and inviting people to VBS, the next I was running around with my face painted and my hands filled with balloon animals and a snow cone,” shared SCA Senior Charli Hinton. “During that time I would have done anything to make a young child smile, and I know that most of my classmates would say the same thing. The last night of our Senior Mission Trip was the time I felt a touch of the kind of love God has for us.”

“God is good,” shared SCA Secondary Principal Andy Pfeifer. “It brought me great joy to watch 82 of our 90 seniors serve with passion in Detroit. The students were challenged many times to go out of their comfort zone and be the hands and feet of Jesus and they did so with boldness. I was also able to see these students be a shining light in a region where hopelessness reigns supreme. God truly was using these students and I am so grateful for the opportunity to have been able to watch them serve as they did. This class is well on their way to making a massive impact in this community and I am excited to see how God uses them!”

The seniors finished their service week with a day of fun at CJ Barrymore’s in northern Detroit, which featured go-karts, a roller coaster, zipline, bumper boats, a giant saddle slingshot, and more.