Victory Academy for Boys

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

We not only live in the woods, we learn and play in them as well!

From daily instruction and work to special week-long retreats, the outdoors is an important classroom for our students. We know that our students will experience both enjoyment and frustration in our programming. There are aspects of outdoor work and play that are quite hard and challenging – but rewarding. The times of success and ease will motivate our students to stretch themselves even further. The more difficult times will produce tension in their lives that will expose them to some inward realities. Their responses to these challenges often bring many opportunities for personal growth and ministry.

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WORCS (afternoon program)

Our physical education program is a step beyond what most schools are able to offer. Our students have the opportunity to learn specialized sporting skills that are rooted in outdoor experiences.

  • Mountain Biking
  • Canoeing
  • Competitive Archery
  • Bouldering
  • Cardio and Strength Training
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Our work integrated learning program is designed to expose our students to some agricultural fields of study and basic maintenance and carpentry skills. We desire to give our students transferable skills that will aid them in their future careers.

  • Apiary
  • Apple Orchard
  • Maple Syrup
  • Basic Carpentry
  • Basic Vehicle Maintenance
  • Career Skills
  • Business Planning
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In our academics, we introduce our students to the agricultural and business sides of homesteading concepts such as beekeeping, producing maple syrup, and keeping an orchard. This program provides transferable skills that will aid them in the future and offers us unique opportunities to build relationships and teach the gospel. Support our student enrichment program by ordering some Sasquatch Sweets products for your home!

Additional information and encouragement:

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Outdoor Education

Mark & Lynne

Mark and Lynne Massey joined the Victory staff in 1995. After serving as houseparents for three years, Mark was asked to take the director position. Since ’98, Mark has not only directed the ministry, he has also regularly involved himself in the lives of the guys.

Mark trusted Jesus Christ as Savior as a teenager and went on to grow in the Lord. He served on a bus route and took missions trips to Mexico and Haiti that opened up his eyes and heart to the needs of the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. After spending the summer of 1986 in Haiti he moved from North Texas back to his childhood home area in central Florida where he met LynneLynne works alongside Mark, counseling moms, planning and preparing meals, and squeezing in secretarial work. Both are involved in the ministries of their local church. Lynne sings in the choir, does special music, serves in the nursery, and organizes the “meals for those in need” program.

Lynne was saved as a child and saw God work in her life through many people in her local church and Christian school. She traveled a summer with the Academy of Arts drama team and ministered faithfully in her local church. It was at her church during her senior year of high school that she met Mark. After their marriage in May of 1988, they served together in various programs of their church.

After four years of ministering to teens and their families, Mark and Lynne believed that God would have them get more training and commit their lives to full-time vocational ministry. In 1992 they moved to Wisconsin to complete their undergraduate training at Northland Baptist Bible College, both graduating with bachelor degrees in 1995. Mark later completed his Master of Arts in Theology/Biblical Counseling from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, MN in May of 2008.

Mark and Lynne have five children: Laura, Rory, Russell, Grace, and Emma.

“I AM SO BLESSED TO HELP YOUNG MEN GRAPPLE WITH APPLYING THE LOVE OF GOD TO THEIR DAILY STRUGGLES.”

Mark’s Credentials:

  • BA Bible, Northland Baptist Bible College
  • MAT Biblical Counseling, Central Seminary, Minneapolis
  • In certification process for ACBC

Other Team Members: