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WE NEED HCLC!!
Habersham Christian Learning Center Community Summit
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016, AT 7:00PM/6:30PM MUNCH & MINGLE
HABERSHAM EMC CONFERENCE ROOM:
6135 GA HWY 115, Clarkesville, GA 30523
Habersham Christian Learning Center
P. O. Box 427, Cornelia, GA 30531
Habersham Christian Learning Center (HCLC) offers a nurturing environment and guidance to the young people of Habersham County through an educational experience which is preventative in nature. Unique in its concept, this released time program for high school students provides life changing learning opportunities. Students are given the opportunity to focus on their relationships with God, family, and friends enabling them to grow and mature spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Having a working knowledge of the concepts of our Judeo-Christian heritage allows HCLC teens to form appropriate personal identities which help to build strong characters of integrity and conviction.
Statement of Faith:
We believe in God, Creator and Author of all truth, revealed in the Old and New Testaments and in the present through His Spirit as He chooses. We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, who is present and is coming again. We believe the whole Bible is truth and the primary means through which God speaks to us. We believe people become Christians by a personal relationship with and commitment to Jesus Christ. We endeavor to respect and love all and to serve Him by serving others.
Goal:
The goal of HCLC is to strengthen
• moral values and ethical behavior;
• relationships with families, others, and God;
• coping skills, making choices, and problem prevention strategies;
• a working knowledge of Judeo-Christian concepts;
• personal identity, character, life goals, and directions;
• a sense of realistic hope;
• support of home, school, church, and community;
• and the integration of knowledge.
Facts:
• Individuals, civic clubs, and churches of many denominations in all nine towns in Habersham County began working the summer of 1980 to start the Habersham Christian Learning Center. A building was built and classes began January of 1982.
• Each class is a 90-minute block with 87 days of instruction per semester.
• Courses are elective and students receive credit toward graduation upon successful completion of each course.
• No tax money is used. Sustaining churches and civic clubs pledge $10 per member per year. Of the total 2010 operating income, churches gave 28%; individuals gave 31%; United Way gave 24%: businesses and civic clubs gave 9%; private foundations and grants gave 1%; fundraisers/interest brought in 7%.
