Final Chapel 2026: When the Spirit Moves

Some chapels you plan. And then there are the ones God takes over.

Pastor Fernando opened the final chapel of the year by inviting a few students to share what they had learned about God and how they had grown over the past school year. What began as a handful of planned testimonies quickly became something no one could have scripted. One by one, additional students came forward. Then staff members. Then a local pastor. Each one feeling led to share, to be honest, to speak aloud the lessons God had been teaching them in this season.

The transparency and vulnerability in that room was humbling. And it was beautiful.

Over and over, the same theme rose to the surface. Deep, genuine appreciation for this community. For how safe it feels. For how supportive and encouraging people are. For the way, over and over again, someone steps up in a meaningful way to show love right when it is needed most.

That is not something you can manufacture. That is what happens when a community is rooted in something real.

At PAA we are proud to be a place where students are known and loved. A place where they can grow academically, spiritually, and personally, held up by people who genuinely care. The final chapel this year was a powerful reminder that what we are building here matters, and that God is very much at work in this place.

What a way to end the year. Thank you to every student, staff member, and friend who was brave enough to share. You blessed every single person in that room.