Service in Christ's Name

Students at Heritage are encouraged to serve others in Christ's name. This attitude is integrated into all aspects of school life, from the kindergarten children who learn "not to hurt others on the inside or outside" to High School students preparing for their first overseas mission trip.

Heritage has developed two key programs to fulfill our mission to serve others.

Urban Servants

This program helps our students reach out in practical ways to serve others in Calgary. Students of all grades are involved.

Younger students participate in Urban Servants by traveling with the choir to perform for seniors in residences or care centres. The Compassion Club raises funds for children in the third world at chapel services. Students are encouraged and rewarded for finding ways to serve each other on campus.

Older students are involved in Urban Servants off-campus in a variety of ways. Students provide backpacks to street kids, sort food at the food bank, clean rooms at the Mustard Seed, or perform for and visit with seniors in residence. And on campus, there can never be too many random acts of kindness or other activities that demonstrate service in Christ's name.

Mission Trips

Every second year a team of High School students along with adult (parent and staff) sponsors participate in a Mission Trip and travel to a foreign country to serve local citizens. Previous trips have included travel to Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Students who participate in these trips not only give of themselves for the good of others, but they learn practical lessons in history, geography, international politics, and ecology and they may use a foreign language for the first time.

In 2006, our students traveled with Venture Teams International to Costa Rica where they did work projects and used music and drama to share the love of Christ at an orphanage, a drug rehab centre, a refugee area, a church and several missions. Past participants tell us their experience on a Mission Trip was life-changing!

Trips typically take place over spring break. Students in Grade 10 and older may apply for a place on the team. Mission team members must raise approximately $2000 per person.

Students interested in applying for the 2007 HCA Mission Trip should have a current passport.