About Us

The Northern Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association (NVHAA) is an all-volunteer legally incorporated 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.  Established in February 2015, NVHAA provides the organizational, financial, legal, logistical, and administrative support needed for the operation of numerous high school homeschool sports teams. NVHAA’s daily operations, policies, and procedures are overseen by a Board of Director’s who ensure that the teams and all volunteers abide by the NVHAA Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as well as the Centurions policies and procedures.

Purpose and Vision:

The NVHAA Centurions was established to provide middle and high school homeschooled young men and women (ages 12-18) the chance to play competitive high school sports in a Christian environment. The NVHAA  is a Christ-centered organization that seeks to glorify God (Colossians 3:23) and strengthen the participants Christian values in the context of learning and playing high school sports.

Participation in the program will provide a format for life, teaching young men and women:

• To run hard after Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2)
• Competing to win without compromising their Christian values, (1 Corinthians 9:24)
• Achievement without an attitude of winning at all costs (1 Corinthians 9:25-27)
• Self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)
• Perseverance (Philippians 3:13-14)
• Teamwork (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
• A high level of accountability (Colossians 3:22-24)

The NVHAA Centurions are:

1. A Christian-led, homeschool, high school sports organization that serves the Lord first.
2. Sports teams which attempt to play within their strength band and engages in competitive sports.
3. Sports teams that incorporate homeschool parents in the leadership of the team and board of directors.
4. Sports teams that seek out a growing network of college scouts and resources.
5. Sports teams that travel to National Homeschool sports tournaments whenever possible i.e. Florida every November to play in the National Homeschool Football tournament.

NVHAA Statement of Faith*

• We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
• We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His atoning death on the cross and bodily resurrection, in His ascension into Heaven to the right hand of the Father, in His present ministry of intercession for us, and in His return. (Deity-John 1:1) (Atonement-Hebrews 9:15-22) (Virgin Birth-Matthew 1:18, 25) (Bodily Resurrection-1 Corinthians 15:1-8) (Sinless Life-Hebrews 4:15) (Personal Return-Hebrews 9:27-28)
• We believe that by grace we are saved through faith in the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and this salvation is the gift of God. (John 3:16;John 5:24; Titus 3:3-7)
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. (John 14:15-26; John 16:5-16; Ephesians 1:13,14)
• We believe that man was created in the image of God, but because of sin, was alienated from God. We believe that Jesus Christ paid the penalty of the sin of mankind of dying on the cross.
• We believe in the forgiveness of sins.
• We believe in the coming judgment and that those who believe in Jesus will spend eternity in heaven.
• We believe God created us male and female and that marriage constitutes the union between one man and one woman. (Gen 1:27, Matt 19:4-6, Mark 10:6-9)
• We believe in the biological male and female gender of an individual at birth.(Gen 1:27, 5:2)

MASCOT:   CENTURIONS                      Verse: Matthew 8:5-13 

The Faith of the Centurion
⁵ When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶ “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷ And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸ But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,^[a] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel^[b] have I found such faith. ¹¹ I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹² while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³ And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment. ESV Bible translation

LOGO:    WREATHED CHI RHO 

The Chi Rho is one of the earliest forms of christogram (a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol). It is formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters chi and rho (ΧΡ) of the Greek word “ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ” = Christ in such a way to produce the monogram. Although not technically a Christian cross, the Chi-Rho invokes the crucifixion of Jesus, as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ. The Chi-Rho symbol was used by the Roman emperor Constantine I as part of a military standard.
According to Lactantius, a Latin historian of North African origins, in the Battle of Milvian Bridge 312 AD, legend holds that Constantine I saw this symbol in the sky along with his entire army and that night had a dream which told him to put a “heavenly divine symbol” on the shields of his soldiers. Should he carry this sign into battle, he would be victorious, In Hoc Signo Vinces – “In this sign, you will conquer.” Constantine’s highly outnumbered army won the battle and the Roman Emperor Maxentius drowned in the Tiber River. The battle marked the beginning of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity and his impact as the first Christian emperor in spreading Christianity throughout the Western World.
The use of a wreath around the Chi-Rho symbolizes the victory of the Resurrection over death, and is an early visual representation of the connection between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his triumphal resurrection. In the wreathed Chi-Rho, the death and resurrection of Christ are shown as inseparable.
The use of the symbol on the Roman standard, conveyed another victory, namely that of the Christian faith: the Roman soldiers who had once arrested Jesus and marched him to Calvary now walked under the banner of a resurrected Christ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho