Students participate in Good Friday at CAC
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April 8, 2026 | Written by Mattie Tucker |
Last Friday was CAC’s 4th annual Good Friday celebration. In preparation for Easter weekend, our school has been spending this special day learning, singing, and growing the faith of our students since 2023. The idea for this day was created by Former CAC President Carter Lambert who wanted to have a day of worship separate from the regular routines of a school day.
The main speaker for this year was Don McLaughlin. He is a proud CAC grandparent and comes down from Atlanta to see his granddaughters and speak at things like Good Friday and teacher inservice. Mr. McLaughlin is also Mr. Tappe’s long time mentor.
“[Don McLaughlin] is not only a gifted speaker and communicator, but someone who provides insight and thoughtfulness generationally,” Mr. Tappe said. “He’s so personal with his approach that you feel like he’s speaking to you, and I think teenagers appreciate that kind of energy and intentionality.”
Photo by Hayden Ramsey
Photo by Hayden Ramsey
This year, Mr. Tappe asked the breakout session speakers to come up with an acronym for students to easily remember and take away something from each of their 3 sessions.
“For me personally, as a parent, I just thought it would be cool to ask a student what three classes they went to and get back a whole bunch of letters and then have them explain what the letters meant,” he said. “It’s a way of opening dialogue as well as giving each student something to remember and put to use.”
One of those speakers is Mr. Doug. Mr. Doug is drama teacher Mrs. King-Barr’s husband. His class was titled P.R.O.P. which stands for Prioritize Restoring Others Principle. In his class he taught about how in everything Jesus did, his focus was on others and helping them and also how we should use Jesus and his teachings to build others up not justify our wrong actions or hurt others. Mr. Doug also wanted to make his class a fun way for students to be able to get something out of the bible while not having to listen to lots of long speeches.
“This year, I adapted my time to be more about movement and wondering… I explained the set up of the trap for Jesus and then invited the students to tell the rest of the story as they think it could happen,” Mr. Doug said. “One of my favorite moments was when a group of students played out their conclusion as if Jesus was about to get arrested for healing the man and then the man with the restored hand slaps the Pharisees to help Jesus escape.”