This year has been busy on our campus, with the children participating in many activities and accomplishing some amazing things. Sharing these accomplishments with our friends and supporters is always a highlight. Below are a few of the amazing happenings with our children in 2024!
Your generosity makes all of this possible for children who may never have had the opportunity to change the paths of their lives otherwise! With the Lord leading and your prayers lifting us, we strive to guide our children towards a brighter future.
What a life God has given the Calvary Children’s Home family!
– Brian Busby, Campus Director
Friday, after Thanksgiving, November 24th – 9AM-9PM
Our Campus Director, Brian Busby, will be hosting our annual Christmas tree sale on our Children’s Home campus, located at 1430 Lost Mountian Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127, which will open on the Friday, after Thanksgiving, November 25th. The proceeds will help support the children’s church and Home activities, as well as special trips and programs throughout the year.
If you need a Christmas tree, or would like to donate a tree to a needy family this Christmas season, please contact Brian Busby at 404-731-1500 for pricing or any additional information.
If service is in your heart this Christmas, feel free to sign up to help serve.
Lot Hours: (After Nov. 24th)
Mondays-Fridays 3:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturdays 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sundays 12:30 pm – 6:30 pm
This is a great opportunity for families to serve together, Sunday school groups and businesses to serve together and High/Middle School students to get service hours. They need all levels of skill and strength to get through this Christmas season. Please take a prayerful moment to decide if you may be able to help and volunteer!
Fall is a most welcome visitor to the Calvary Children’s Home family. The cooler temperatures set in motion scenes on our campus that would make any family envious. The leaves falling around and on top of running happy children in a setting built by the love of so many caring people. God has blessed these sacred acres beyond measure!
Exciting doors swing on the hinges of autumn at Calvary. Football season is in full swing and our boys love it. They love to play it, watch it, talk about it and while they are so very competitive, they are so proud of their “brothers” when they achieve great things. Recently, three boys ran in the house proclaiming for us and the neighbors that “Oakleen had two interceptions and won the game for us!” A JV high school game is a really big deal in our world. Five of our boys play for a team and all of our boys play football as much as allowed in the yard. College football Saturdays are so fun! We currently have three Florida fans, two LSU fans, a few Auburn fans and our Executive Director loves the Georgia Bulldogs. You would think after two back-to-back national championships, he would convert them, but no chance. They are zealots!
Calvary extends heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported our children by participating in this year’s golf tournament. Together, we achieved remarkable milestones that set admirable targets for the future.
Our Team Sponsor slots—Title, Platinum, Gold, and Team—were filled in record time, thanks to your unwavering support, eliminating the need for public advertising.
We are deeply grateful to our Food Sponsors for their presence and generosity. Their services were provided free of charge, and we are proud to call them our friends.
Team Sponsors, please watch for your private invitation for next year’s tournament, which will be sent around May/June of 2024. We appreciate your generosity and eagerly anticipate welcoming you back next year.
For 56 years, your support has provided generations of children with a safe, loving, Christian environment. This nurturing enviornment has given each child the opportunity and resources to rebuild their foundation, overcome past hurts and disappointments, and start building towards a brighter future.
Your contributions enable us to fulfill our promise of making each child feel safe and loved while helping them confront and acknowledge their individual challenges. You are making a profound difference in the lives of the children we serve, and we are blessed to call you our friends!
Calvary is grateful for the support of our friends. With your continued support Our goal is to multiply Calvary’s impact in the community by bringing more children into care and expanding existing programs to make a generational impact in the lives of our children and the communities they live in.
Psalm 118:23
“This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”
There is much joy brought into our lives through the children we are raising. The youngest ones sometimes ask for one more bedtime Bible story and can get all fired up for any opportunity for ice cream or pizza. The hundreds of hugs that take place weekly on our campus from children who need a tangible demonstration of care certainly warm our hearts as well. We hear proclamations from “Look I ate all my vegetables” to “I made the Varsity Team” to “I think I am ready to head out on my own”.
Each step for every child at Calvary is building toward a stronger future. This season at Calvary was full of sports accomplishments for many of our residents. Others were wrapping up their sophomore year of college. A few started their first job.
Five of our residents received either their Driver’s license or learners permit in the last few months. Pray for our staff as we ride shotgun through that learning time.
Sweet mercy is this life an adventure! Our two newest residents are just settling into life at a new elementary school and calling the people who care for them Aunt and Uncle. Aunt and Uncle means we’re family! Family grows together. Family means I am here for you every step of the way.
What a life God has given the Calvary Children’s Home family!
– Brian Busby, Campus Director
Your support over the last 56 years has helped to ensure generations of children have a safe, loving, Christian environment where each child is presented with the opportunity and resources to rebuild their foundation, begin the process of overcoming the hurt and disappointments of their past and begin building towards a brighter future.
Your support helps us to deliver on our promise to make each child feel safe, loved, and to help them acknowledge the difficulty of their individual situations. You are helping to make a difference in the lives of the children we serve, and we are blessed to call you, our friends!
Calvary is grateful for the support of our friends. With your continued support Our goal is to multiply Calvary’s impact in the community by bringing more children into care and expanding existing programs to make a generational impact in the lives of our children and the communities they live in.
Psalm 118:23
“This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”
For generations, summertime has been a season anticipated with joy and expectation. For children, it is a window of refreshment and the absence of school schedules and educational requirements including that dreaded homework. In their lives, it is a short span where they can be carefree and live apart from the demands of their schools and just be kids.
This summer our children participated in so many adventures. Some attended an FCA outdoor camp where they learned archery, shotgun shooting and all things lake and campfire. They came back singing those campfire songs to the top of their lungs. Some stretched themselves and played summer sports. We have 6 boys in football who can tell you about every tackle they have made, and every yard gained. One of our freshman boys got to carry the ball in a Varsity game. He only gained one yard and was tossed like a ragdoll by the much larger players. The first thing he told his houseparent that night was “Did you see my run? I didn’t fumble!” Special memories for sure.
Additionally, our children attended Strong Rock Camp in Cleveland, Georgia. This is a two -week experience that is literally like something you would see in a movie. So much is learned and gained through this experience and many weeks later, you can still hear the principles taught at this Christian Camp rolling down the hallways in our children’s conversations.
In another spectacular act of kindness, North Cobb Christian School has made a path for most of our High School students to attend this school of excellence. It is a much more therapeutic environment for our children who come from broken places. God has been so good.
Calvary is grateful for the support of our friends. With your continued support Our goal is to multiply Calvary’s impact in the community by bringing more children into care and by expanding existing programs to make a generational impact in the lives of our children and the communities they live in.
Psalm 118:23
“This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”
Our purpose is to provide a safe, loving, Christian environment for children needing long-term care who lack a stable home environment due to circumstances beyond their control. We are committed to equipping each child to build meaningful relationships by reaching their full potential in their physical, emotional, and spiritual life.
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