What did the first five weeks of the Joshua Program at St. Dunstan’s Academy look like?
Lots of prayer, preaching, singing, worship, Bible study — and a whole lot of building.
But also:
- Slaughtering and butchering 65 chickens.
- Introduction to timber management: tree identification, felling, and milling.
- Hearing a world-class ensemble perform Bach Cantatas.
- Lessons in singing and plainchant from top-notch instructors.
- Hiking, camping, fire-building.
- Guest preaching from a renowned Anglican theologian.
- A service trip to Camp Deerfoot Blue Ridge to help raise the timber frame for their chapel.
As well as vocations talks from:
- The inventor of podcasting — the great and inimitable Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio Journal.
- A journeyman electrician who eventually built his own multi-national electrical company when he found that he could no longer stomach unethical practices in his industry.
- A nurse, arborist, farmer, & builder (one man).
- A software engineer, timber framer, and dairy farmer (one man).
- An Anglican deacon who is also a retired Chief Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force.
- A former U.S. Army Green Beret now leading Camp Deerfoot Blue Ridge.
