President Advisory Council Summit
February 6-7, 2025
The Alfond Inn – Winter Park, FL
Welcome to the 2025 President Advisory Council (PAC) Summit! The PAC is a group of advisors to SCL. This gifted group of entrepreneurs and leaders provide advice, strategy, and support to SCL. This year, we have expanded the invitation to include other thoughtful leaders and organizations across a spectrum of industries.
The purpose of the Summit is to understand the state of the classical Christian movement and think strategically about how best to advance it. In 2010, there were 140 classical Christian schools and now there are now over 1,000. The current cultural and market conditions are ripe with opportunity and calls for decisive leadership and vision. We will primarily focus on SCL’s plan to develop a growth fund that would exponentially multiply new classical Christian schools. We are eager to hear your feedback, insights, and counsel on this bold vision.
Victor Hugo once wrote, “All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” The classical Christian movement is an idea whose time has come!
10:30 AM
Golf at Interlachen Country Club (Optional)
5:30 PM
Evening Reception & Dinner, Interlachen Room & Courtyard - The Alfond Inn (spouses welcome!)
8:00 AM
Breakfast, Interlachen Room - The Alfond Inn
8:30 AM
Welcome, Eric Cook & Leslie Moeller
8:45 AM
Devotion: The Hope of Classical Christian Education, Russ Gregg
9:15 AM
Classical Christian Education: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Eric Cook
10:15 AM
SCL Vision: Serving the Movement, Meeting the Moment, Eric Cook
11:00 AM
Growth Fund: Vision and Introduction, Eric Cook, Ben Lindquist, & Erik Twist
12:15 PM
Lunch, Interlachen Room - The Alfond Inn
1:00 PM
Growth Fund: Structure and Impact, Ben Lindquist of Arcadia Education
2:00 PM
Feedback and Questions
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Case Study: Ecclesial Schools Initiative, Kevin Clark
3:30 PM
Feedback and Questions
4:00 PM
Funding the Fund: Next Steps, Eric Cook & Jay Hein
4:30 PM
Adjourn
5:30 PM
Reception & Dinner, Interlachen Country Club (spouses welcome!)
Registration & Lodging Information
Golf Information
Interlachen Country Club
Address: 2245 Interlachen Court, Winter Park, FL 32792
Phone: (952) 929-1661
Thank you to David Odahowski and the Edyth Bush Foundation for their generous support of SCL’s President Advisory Council Summit.
