As I begin my seventh start of school at Providence, I find myself reflecting on just how far the Lord has brought us … and how much has changed since I first arrived.

I began as Headmaster in 2020, right in the middle of COVID. We weren’t quite sure what the start of school was going to look like that year, or, if we opened, how we were going to keep it open. Our highest grade was tenth grade because of attrition. We had no juniors, no seniors, and no graduates. There were a lot of questions about the future.

And at that time, we were renting our campus from CrossPointe Church. We had dreams of one day having a place we could truly call our own – a permanent home for Providence, a place where generations of students could be educated, where families could build community, and where the mission of the school could take root for the long term. But at the time, that was simply a dream.

There were challenges in those early days. The staff needed an injection of joy, freedom, and encouragement. Our Upper School needed a lot of work. There were many questions surrounding a change in leadership, and there were new relationships to build and trust to establish.

But over the past seven years, the Lord has been remarkably faithful.

We’ve deepened our identity as a classical Christian school. We’ve grown in academic depth and strength. We now have the largest Upper School in our history. We have a robust Honors program, and we are developing a strong track record of success with our graduates. This summer as I attended the weddings of two of our recent graduates and saw their joy and maturity and observed their fellow graduates, I was heartened to see fruit from our investment in their lives and glad for their parents. The Providence athletic programs have grown, including a soccer state championship won by our varsity girls. And over the past few years, perhaps most significantly, we have experienced a deeper sense of fellowship within our community and a growing presence throughout the broader community.

And now, something that once seemed like a distant dream is beginning to become a reality.

We have begun the process of acquiring the 64 acres at 252 Byrd Rd. This campus is our forever home.

That is a remarkable moment for Providence. We are no longer simply asking what kind of school we hope to become. We have the opportunity to establish a permanent home from which our mission can flourish for generations.

And our vision is bigger than simply acquiring property. We are undertaking our capital campaign with the goal of owning this campus debt free so that we can give future generations of Providence families a strong foundation, not simply an excellent school but a permanent place where the work of classical Christian education can continue and deepen.

We are seeking to improve our campus for your children. But we are also building for students we haven’t met yet, for families who haven’t yet walked through our doors, and for graduates who will look back years from now and recognize Providence as a place that helped shape who they became.

That is why this capital campaign matters.

We have an opportunity not simply to preserve what Providence has become, but to establish what Providence can become for generations to come – a permanent home for enduring formation.

Seven years ago, owning this campus was a dream. Today, by God’s grace, it is actually happening as we welcomed families back to their new home.

And I believe our responsibility now is to have the courage to finish what the Lord has allowed us to begin … to lay a foundation that will outlast all of us and leave Providence stronger, more secure, and more faithful to its mission for the generations who come after us.