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Cathedral
of Faith
A look at one of San Jose's Largest Youth Groups
By Chris McElhatton
Many of us have seen that
giant cross on the hill while bumping along highway 87, but few
ever realize that the cross actually belongs to Cathedral of Faith,
one of the larger churches in San Jose.
Nestled right in between 87 and Almaden Expressway, Cathedral
of Faith is literally right in the middle of the city. Their location,
which happens to be right next to Second Harvest Food Bank, provides
ample opportunity for outreach and service to the community.
Like the rest of the church, Cathedral of Faith’s youth group
takes outreach very seriously. In fact, as stated in their mission
statement, their “Purpose is to reach non-believing students,
link them with other Christians, equip them in their faith, and
challenge them to find their function in ministry and honor God
with their lives.” This approach seems to work. Cathedral of Faith
now boasts an impressive 200 students in its youth group, and
has to have multiple services in order to accommodate, a problem
every church would love to have.
On any given Sunday, many students come to show their love to
God and learn more about Him, whether at the 10:00 am service,
or sleeping in and coming to the 11:30 am service. No matter what
service they come to, though, the No Limits staff feels that the
“Students leave feeling inspired, motivated, comforted, and challenged.”
To keep this inspiration strong during the week, Cathedral of
Faith also has Bible studies at different houses throughout San
Jose. Also, their student calendar is dotted with monthly events.
From fun nights to their one-of-a kind Battle Cry Event, the No
Limits Youth Ministry keeps kids connected, entertained, and seeking
God.
So, if you’re looking for a place to be accepted, make friends,
and praise God in unique ways, think about rolling up to Cathedral
of Faith. There’s no better time, or place, to connect with God.
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Headlines
National Signing Day
Brings VC Athletes to the Table
On Wednesday, February 1, four stars of Valley Christian’s four-time
CCS championship football team committed as a group to San Jose
State University. After weeks of deliberation, Danté
Perez, Mark Piethe, Dominique
Hunsucker, and Bryan North made the
decision to join the 2006 Spartan football team. All received
scholarship offers from several different schools; each evaluated
his options and concluded that SJSU had the most to offer in all
areas. The boys have become a part of the changing Spartan football
program and are excited to see what this experience holds for
them as they pursue their football careers.
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Homicide at Skyway
Campus
When Anatomy and Physiology students entered their classroom on
January 30, they were shocked to see a “dead” man on the floor.
The man was laying lifeless, surrounded by bottles, blood spatters,
and a knife. According to Mr. Doug Canepa, the
murder had taken place earlier that morning, and there were five
suspects, one of which was not able to be located.
After getting the basic information from Mr. Canepa, the students
got to work. Each had designated responsibilities to attend to.
The first job was to document the crime scene. Using skills learned
over the course of the unit, students collected valuable information,
took photographs, and collected evidence. “Collecting the evidence
was fun. It’s not really like the CSI shows on television, the
process is a lot slower, and we had to wear ugly hair nets and
gloves,” said senior Maricela Galaviz.
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Father-Daughter Dance
Coming
Have you ever wished that you could go to the Academy Awards or
Grammy’s? Well now is your chance. Mr. Nardi’s 2005-2006 Leadership
class is diligently working to prepare one of the greatest Father
Daughter Dinner Dances. This high-end event will be held in Valley’s
very own large gym from 6:30 until 10 pm on March 11. The theme:
A Night On the Red Carpet will include an elegant arrival setup,
a full dinner arrangement, entire dance floor, and an awards ceremony.
The cost will be $40 per couple before the event, and $50 at the
door. Although this evening is a Valley Christian High School
event, the junior high is also being invited. Likewise, you, too,
are given the opportunity to invite some girls outside of school,
such as church friends. It is going to be a lot of fun, so do
not hesitate from bringing anyone you would like.
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Rugby Makes a Name
for Themselves
The Valley Christian rugby club has competed in its
first two matches of the 2006 season. This under nineteen’s league
has the Warriors facing opponents well beyond the typical high
school athlete.
College Park was the first team to challenge the Warriors. As
opposed to the regular halves of thirty-five minutes each, this
was both teams’ first scrimmage at fifty minutes total. College
Park due to it under nineteen rule is made up of mainly the hated
Bellarmine Bells, respectfully hated of course. Down the skyway
hill, the teams met on February 4 at Rolling Rock Park, a neighborhood
park in community surrounding Valley Christian. The early afternoon
(kick off) started the thirty-man battle to jump on the first
‘try.’ Remember that ‘tries’ can be compared to a touchdown in
American football yet are worth five points. They are scored by
not just reaching the goal but by touching the ball down into
the try zone. Due to the location, the two point conversion kicks
could not be taken because there were no field goal uprights;
these would follow all tries.
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