So you may be wondering, what is life really like in CCBC COLORADO? What does a student's day consist of? While semester schedules vary and change (one key phrase in the Christian life is, "Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken!") here is a basic look at our life: Quiet Times, which begin at 7a.m. to spend your time with the Lord in front of a warm fire. The breakfast bell rings at 8:30 where we have a home-cooked breakfast (cereal, pancakes and oatmeal happen often here). Because we operate like a big family, we all pitch in to clean up after the meals by washing the dishes, sweeping the floor and emptying the trash before class.The classroom experience has been described as a mixture between academic, devotional and practical. It begins with lectures and books and homework that eventually is stirred into the heart by faith and then lived out in practical ways. We are blessed to be taught by a variety of Calvary Chapel Senior Pastors - some of the best, Godly, biblically based teachers we could possibly have. Classes and life here is just full on 'God speaking'. Verses, thoughts, and the convicting power of the Holy Spirit will weave through your classes, personal devotions, and daily life in such a way that it's almost impossible to distinguish the individual threads one from another. You'll find yourself so thoroughly molded that you don't even realize half of what the Lord is doing in you until later. Your thoughts, heart, and perspective will be so molded by the Word of God as just a result of being constantly in it that it just naturally (yet supernaturally) happens without you even necessarily being aware; without striving and effort on your own part. And our God being the God of real practical love that He is, works in you to keep it from becoming just knowledge that puffs up and becomes useless by causing you to just live out what He has taught you in the midst of all the daily living with room-mates, juggling chores, and school work...
Although classes and teachers rotate each semester, the following is a small glimpse of our current semester: Monday morning our hearts and minds are enlarged by a verse-by-verse teaching through Revelation (and the gazillion ways people try to interpret that book) Galatians is gloriously taught by our dearly beloved 'Pastor in Training' Tim Mackey on Tuesday afternoons. (After which he makes sure you're practicing what you preach by coming around for dorm/bathroom check.) Wednesday's are mindblowingly phenomenal biblical theology classes via video of Bob Hoekstra. Prayer meetings Wednesday and Sunday nights are sweet times of fellowship, worship, and communion with the Lord and each other. Thursdays fill your quota of needed of exhortation and straightforward solid biblical teaching in Pastoral Epistles. And your hearts are drawn to truly worship the Lord through the teaching of, and worship before, Acts class. Friday is set aside for a full day of M199 doing whatever needs done, and Saturday is considered a day of rest since Sunday is a full busy day due to church responsibilities in the Church Planting class. Every student helps with the church plant in some way, all working together to set up and tear down. When not in class, you could be in town doing laundry, shopping, or just going for a drive - there are so many places to explore in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Near campus you could be climbing the mountain to eagle's beak, exploring trails, following the river, or hanging out and doing homework, in the rec room, chapel, or your cabin.
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