LifeTalk

David started at PCA in sixth grade and graduated in 2007. His sister Kathryn (‘10) and brother Jonathan (‘16) attended and graduated from PCA as well. In addition to playing sports at PCA, David was also involved with a couple of the PCA musicals - Bye Bye Birdie and Thoroughly Modern Millie! David went to Honduras on one of his minimester trips and it was not only fun and a culture-shock, it was a spiritually transformative exper...

We had a great conversation with PCA Alumni Council president Chase Hilbert and communications committee member Madison (Gurley) Lewis about their time at PCA, some of the highlights, and many changes from when they walked the halls to where PCA is today! So many great memories - Homecoming, Minimester, some great teachers/experiences - enjoy reminiscing with Chase, Madison, and Alex on this program. If you’d like to watch this c...

We had a fun and engaging conversation with PCA theatre teacher Pam Hurt and fine arts director Joel T. Rutherford about some (almost all) of the incredible theatre presentations that PCA has performed over the years.

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About PCA’s Theatre program:

Prestonwood Christian Academy has an award-winning and nationally-recognized theatre program that strives to provide Mid...

Guests: Katie (Nicols) Ellis, ‘04 Alumni, and Alex (Paulette) Bellamy, ‘06 Alumni and PCA Director of Alumni Relations

There are 27 Alumni families enrolled in PCA at the North and Plano campuses! These “Blue and Golds” families are parent(s) who are Alumni of PCA and have brought their children to PCA as students - which is so awesome!

Katie (Nicols) Ellis has a daughter, Elizabeth, in Pre-K4 at the North Campus and Alex (Paul...

We had a fun and engaging conversation with three outstanding young men who not only enjoyed their time at PCA, but also have gone on to continued success at college and in life. Kaleb Kyser (2010) is the oldest of the three Kyser boys followed closely by Chandler (2012) and then there’s a little gap before the youngest Max (2018) comes along. While Max is the only “lifer” of the three, Kaleb and Chandler started at PCA in the LS a...

Guest: Mrs. Beth Pattillo

Mrs. Pattillo did an incredible job as the “gatekeeper” for PCA working at the front desk for over a decade (2003-2014). Listen to her tell you about her journey to PCA with her boys Brian (class of 2003) and David (class of 2005). Did you know that Mrs. Pattillo was a substitute teacher at PCA before she started working at the front desk? Did you know what she taught French? Were you one of Mrs. Pattill...

Announcement: PCA Alumni Christmas Party (Family Festive Brunch), Saturday, December 17th at 10:00 am at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, TX - email Veronica Erickson at verickson@prestonwoodchristian.org for more details or check out the PCA website.

Kenneth graduated from PCA in 2011, matriculated to Texas Tech University where he walked on the football team! Kenneth describes himself as “calm and understanding.” Do you agr...

Announcement: PCA Alumni Christmas Party (Family Festive Brunch), Saturday, December 17th at 10:00 am at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, TX - email Veronica Erickson at verickson@prestonwoodchristian.org for more details or check out the PCA website.

Cesia was born and raised in Cuba - her father was a pastor and got connected with Dr. Larry and Delinda Taylor on a Minimester trip - which resulted in Cesia’s entire family m...

Announcement: Alumni Flag Football Thanksgiving Week Tournament - Friday, Nov. 25th - email Veronica Erickson at verickson@prestonwoodchristian.org for more details or check out the PCA website.

Stephen was the starting quarterback on the Lion’s first state championship in football in 2005. Stephen played with his older brother, Aaron, in the 2004 state championship game, which they lost…the game in which Aaron got injured. Bry...

Djery Baptiste has a pretty incredible journey - not only how he got to PCA, but where he’s been since he graduated from PCA in 2015. Djery matriculated to Vanderbilt University, played basketball for the Commodores, graduated in three and a half years, went on to earn his first masters degree from the University of Massachusetts and then has been playing professional basketball in Europe for the past few years.

Djery speaks four...

Listen as Brittni Beeson, class of 2006, shares how a PCA Minimester trip turned into a 10-year journey as a missionary to Hungary. Brittni’s episode is a huge encouragement and challenge to go on a mission trip, even if it’s just a short-term trip, to share the love of Christ with those who have not heard the good news of Jesus Christ!

Brittni’s challenge - God loves you, no matter what path you’ve been on or even if you’ve stra...

Sabeen Toranian is currently a senior at The University of Texas at Austin. She is studying neuroscience with a minor in Spanish, and she is planning on attending medical school after graduation. She is involved at Austin Stone, an incredible church in Austin, and IGNITE, a ministry to connect incoming freshmen at UT.

Sabeen’s father is an incredible jeweler and if you’re looking for a special piece, make sure you visit L’unique Je...

Ty Robinson, PCA class of 2005, joins us for a great discussion about the journey that God has taken him on - from his days at PCA, then on to the University of Oklahoma, the break-up of his family, his time as a whitewater raft guide in Colorado, his marriage to Fraley and most recently his continuing educational experience getting his Executive MBA at Harvard.

October 2009 was when Ty recommitted his life to Christ!

Ty literally ...

Guest: Megan Rogers, Director of Development Relations, PCA North

In this episode, we “give honor to whom honor is due” - thank you, Megan Rogers, for building the PCA Alumni network, council, connections, and podcast! While Megan wasn’t an “official” PCA alumni, she is an “adopted Lion” and proud to be part of the pride of Lions Leaving Legacies!

Megan has a little “side job” - she bakes incredible cookies - to find out more about...

Mallory Scottow Goerk 2009 joined us for a fun LifeTalk podcast! Mallory is an Art teacher at the Plano campus. We got the opportunity to hear how Mallory grew so much in her faith over the years from the time she came to PCA as a Freshman. Mallory gave such wonderful words of wisdom of how to read your Bible and what she wished she had known when she was younger. We got to hear so much of her story and I encourage you to listen to...

Audrey Sol Loyola 2015 joined us for an amazing LifeTalk podcast. We got to hear what Audrey has been up to since she moved back from Washington D.C. Audrey has a passion for politics and she shared her thoughts on what the next generations needs to be doing in order to be prepared and understand the importance of what is going on in the world. Audrey is the niece of Senator, Ted Cruz and has been campaigning for him her whole life...

Amanda Reynolds 2017 began working with ACTION in 2021 as the Short-term Missions Program Assistant. She currently serves with ACTION in Dallas, Texas primarily focusing on growth and development of the Great Commission. Her heartbeat behind her job is to seek people out and pray to the Lord, who is in charge of the harvest, to send more workers into his fields. (Matthew 9:38). Check out her information here: ACTION International- ...

Afshin Ziafat is the lead Pastor of Providence Church Frisco. He is a PCA North parent and has spoken at many chapels for our PCA students. We discussed how to do life well when you are in college, married life and having a family. His passion is to teach the word of God as the authority and guide for life, to preach Jesus Christ as the only Savior and Redeemer of mankind, and to proclaim the love of Christ as the greatest treasure...