Parent Info
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Dear LCA Parent,
Welcome to a new year in LCA Athletics! We are excited to partner with you to help train up our student-athletes in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6). We offer an education-based athletic program, which means that everything we do on and off the field, is seen through the lens of our LCA mission.
Through participation in co-curricular athletics programs, students strive to become better students, athletes, leaders, but most importantly, better followers of Jesus. Our programs provide special opportunities to demonstrate Christian values, character, and commitment. Winning is a great goal, but a terrible purpose. Christ calls us to show the world something different in everything we do for His purpose.
Participation in the Lexington Christian Academy Athletics Program is a privilege, not a right. All student-athletes and parents who choose to participate, voluntarily choose to embrace hard work, self-discipline and selflessness to pursue team goals. As a parent of a student-athlete you assume responsibility for your actions. You are representing the school, your family, the team and most importantly, God.
My prayer is that we seek to honor and glorify Him as we continue to grow and strive for excellence in all we do. We are committed to transformational experiences in the lives of our coaches and our student-athletes. We will keep our mission and vision in the forefront of what we do and why we do it. We will use our core values to guide us. This is a high standard, but it is who we are called to be and what we should be joyful about doing. Please help us make LCA “different” so that others may find Christ through their interactions with us.
In Christ,
Kirby Willoughby
Director of Athletics
Biblical Basis for Competition
We believe that it is in keeping with God’s word to compete with the desire to excel. This includes a desire to win contests. “Whatever you do, do it with all of your might, as if done for the Lord…it is Jesus Christ you are serving in everything.” (Colossians 3:23-24) Competing with this desire, however, is only a part of a greater purpose, defined in Romans 8:29, “For from the beginning God decided that those who come to Him should become like His son.” Our greater purpose is moving our student-athletes toward Christ-likeness, and thus shining the light of Jesus to all who witness this process.
This is the true test of our faith walk in athletics – balancing this.
On the court and off, LCA student-athletes, coaches and administrators are expected to exhibit behavior consistent with this process. Though individuals will fall short of this goal at times, we should all hold each other to account. We expect nothing less from our parents.
Competition is in keeping with God’s word. How we handle competition, however, is where we can struggle to walk Christ’s path.
