Alumni Page

We are always blessed by notes, pictures, memories of days gone by, and gifts from HCA alumni (or Park Grove Christian Academy alumni!). Below are notes and pictures that alumni have offered for this page. You can get your updates and picture published here by sending them to Mr. Krussow, via our contact form. He would love to hear from you. Be sure to include basic information like your specific years at Park Grove Christian or Hope Christian, your graduation year, you name and contact info presently, etc. Of course, we encourage you to keep up with your past friends by Facebook and similar means. HCA does have a small presence on Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube.

Mathias Gibbens, Class of '07

I graduated in 2007 with a "large" class of five students, and I'm currently pursuing a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science at Bethel University. I work with the Web Services team as a student developer, working on writing and maintaining the software that we use to run Bethel's various websites. I also help to keep the computers and network at HCA running smoothly.

Raleigh Abell, Class of '86

My wife and I live in Owensville, MO and have 4 kids now. The oldest is 14 and the youngest is 2 years old. Emilee is 14 and a freshman in high school. She plays the guitar and sings on the praise team at church. Jeremiah is 11 and plays football and the piano. Benjamin is 9 and plays basketball and baseball. The youngest is Grace and she is two years old. When Amy and I first got married (been married since June 1, 1991....at least I think that's the right date....hahaha) we preached at a Christian church in Granite City, Illinois for a couple of years. We actually started out as the youth minister and then moved into the senior ministry. I graduated from St. Louis Christian college with a BS in Preaching Ministry.

I got laid off at the Chrysler plant where I spent the last 13 years. I am now in a Master of Arts in Counseling program at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. It is a two year two year track and will allow me to be Licensed Practical counselor. I am now preaching every week at the First Christian Church in Houston, MO on an interim basis. I hope to combine the counseling degree with my ministry degree and then be able to enhance the ways in which I can serve God. God has been good to Amy and I and has blessed us in ways which we could not expect.

Paula Holmbeck (Larson), Class of '84

I graduated in 1984 with Elaine, Ed, and Dan -- a small class of only 4, but loads of fun memories with those guys! I have many memories of many people while at PGCA; sometimes a face will come to my mind and I'll wonder whatever happened to that person or where they are now.

We have four kids: Kayla (17), Noah (11), Emily (3), and Olivia (2), and work with Youth With A Mission in Wisconsin. Sorry no facebook yet -- my teenager is bugging me to get on it. We'll see if I ever enter that world or not. :-)