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Union College News . . . . . . .24

Adventist Health System . . 26

Sunset Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Outlook StaffEditor: Martin WeberManaging Editor: Amy PrindleLayout Designer: Chris McConnellClassifieds/Subscriptions: Chris SmithCopy Editor: Chris Smith

News EditorsCentral States: Roger BernardDakota: Jacquie BiloffIowa-Missouri: Michelle MiracleKansas-Nebraska: John TreoloMinnesota: Jeff WinesRocky Mountain: Karen CressUnion College: Ryan Teller

Mid-America Union ConferencePresident: Roscoe J. Howard IIIVP for Administration: Thomas L. LemonVP for Finance: Elaine HageleAssociate VP for Finance: Walt Sparks

Local ConferencesCENTRAL STATES: 3301 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, KS 66104; 913.371.1071; www.central-states.org.

DAKOTA: P.O. Box 520, 217 North Grand Ave., Pierre, SD 57501; 605.224.8868; www.dakotaadventist.org.

IOWA-MISSOURI: P.O. Box 65665, 1005 Grand Ave., West Des Moines, IA 50265; 515.223.1197;www.imsda.org.

KANSAS-NEBRASKA: 3440 Urish Road, Topeka, KS 66614-4601; 785.478.4726; www.ks-ne.org.

MINNESOTA: 7384 Kirkwood Court, Maple Grove, MN 55369; 763.424.8923; www.mnsda.com.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN: 2520 S Downing St., Denver, CO 80210; 303.733.3771; www.rmcsda.org.

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OUTLOOK, (ISSN 0887-977X) April 2010, Volume 31, Number 4. Outlook is published monthly by the Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 8307 Pine Lake Road, Lincoln, NE 68516; Telephone: 402.484.3000; Fax: 402.483.4453; E-mail: [email protected]. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Outlook, PO Box 6128, Lincoln, NE 68506. E-mail: [email protected]. When possible clip name and address from a previous issue. Printed at Pacific Press Publishing Association, Standard postage paid at Nampa, ID. Free for Mid-America church members and $10 per year for non-Mid-America subscribers. © 2010 Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. All Rights Reserved.Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trademarks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.Unless otherwise noted, all photos are stock photography.

On the Cover: Adventist students on public cam-puses may be far from their spiritual support base. Are churches nearby willing to provide opportunities for fellowship?

Note: Central States is an ethnically diverse

regional conference encompassing the

entire Mid-America Union territory.

In This Issue...I’ve enjoyed many Sabbaths of fellow-

ship here in Mid-America, none more than one day spent with Dan and Carol Turk and their public campus ministry team at Colorado State University. The Turks facili-tate Adventist students and their guests in having a worship service on campus one Sabbath each month. (The other Sabbaths, students are encouraged to attend local Ad-ventist churches.) After worship, the Turks invite everybody over to their home for fel-lowship and food.

How delightful to see precious young adults relaxing and enjoying the Sabbath together in the refuge of a loving Chris-tian home. Conversations are informal yet substantive. Students share their lives with each other and with the Turks, discussing challenges and opportunities regarding their faith and witness. I could picture Jesus in the Turks’ family room; in fact I sensed His presence there, in the fellowship of His Spirit.

Carol and Dan Turk are among my great-est heroes in the Mid-America Union, along with others also involved in public campus ministry. You’ll read about some of them in this month’s Outlook.

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Outlook StaffEditor: Martin WeberManaging Editor: Amy PrindleLayout Designer: Chris McConnellClassifieds/Subscriptions: Chris SmithCopy Editor: Chris Smith

News EditorsCentral States: Roger BernardDakota: Jacquie BiloffIowa-Missouri: Michelle MiracleKansas-Nebraska: John TreoloMinnesota: Jeff WinesRocky Mountain: Karen CressUnion College: Ryan Teller

Mid-America Union ConferencePresident: Roscoe J. Howard IIIVP for Administration: Thomas L. LemonVP for Finance: Elaine HageleAssociate VP for Finance: Walt Sparks

Local ConferencesCENTRAL STATES: 3301 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, KS 66104; 913.371.1071; www.central-states.org.

DAKOTA: P.O. Box 520, 217 North Grand Ave., Pierre, SD 57501; 605.224.8868; www.dakotaadventist.org.

IOWA-MISSOURI: P.O. Box 65665, 1005 Grand Ave., West Des Moines, IA 50265; 515.223.1197;www.imsda.org.

KANSAS-NEBRASKA: 3440 Urish Road, Topeka, KS 66614-4601; 785.478.4726; www.ks-ne.org.

MINNESOTA: 7384 Kirkwood Court, Maple Grove, MN 55369; 763.424.8923; www.mnsda.com.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN: 2520 S Downing St., Denver, CO 80210; 303.733.3771; www.rmcsda.org.

Awakening to Public Campus Ministryby Martin Weber, DMin

I wish ever y Advent ist young adult in Mid-America would receive the qual i ty Chr ist ian educat ion of fered at Union Col lege, but whether by choice or by c i rcumstance, most end up studying on publ ic campuses. And in many secular c lassrooms, thei r fa i th and values are chal lenged al l week long . Things can get worse on week-

ends, when peers may invi te them to par t ies for hooking up.

Tragical ly but predictably, most Advent ist students do not sur v ive col lege years on publ ic campuses with thei r fa i th and church commitment intact . L ike sheep without a shepherd, they are scattered f rom the f lock of God.

Many never come back. I t doesn’t have to be that way. Not i f Advent ist congregat ions near publ ic campuses have Chr ist ’s hear t of compassion and are wi l l ing to extend themselves in minist r y to thei r younger brothers and sisters who come to thei r c i ty for an educat ion. After al l , these students are Advent ist church members just as much as those who attend a Chr ist ian col lege. And with lots of tender loving care f rom a local congregat ion near thei r campus, many wi l l f lour ish in thei r fa i th despite al l the dangers and chal lenges.

Indeed, this is happening here and there throughout Mid-America as church members faci l i tate fe l lowship and worship for Advent ist students on publ ic campuses. Our theme this month highl ights what they are doing .

Several years ago, the Nor th American Div is ion (NAD) awakened to the impor tance of minister ing to Advent ist students on publ ic campuses. (New resources are avai lable, which you’ l l see adver t ised on the next few pages.) One NAD ini t iat ive, in par tnership with several other wor ld div is ions, is the 180° Symposium, a study group comprised of those who have researched att r i t ion of Advent ist young adults as wel l as those who minister to them on both Advent ist and publ ic campuses. Several Mid-Americans are pr iv i leged to be involved with the 180° Symposium. In fact , Chr is Blake led discussion for the latest meet ing at Andrews Univers i ty. Our group also com-pi led a new book just publ ished by AdventSource: Reach Your Campus, Reach the Wor ld (see ad p.5). You’ l l f ind chapters by Ki rk King and mysel f . (Disclosure: nei ther of us is earning royal ty or otherwise prof i t ing mater ial ly.)

A key theme throughout the book is faci l i tat ing the involvement of our young adults in church l i fe—not just as attendees or even mere par t ic ipants but as ful ly empowered planners. I t is of paramount impor tance for church leaders at al l levels to sol ic i t not only the suppor t but the ideas and strategies of younger Advent ists. Elder Jan Paulsen, wor ld leader of the Seventh-day Advent ist Church, is leading the way with dialogue and promotion about young adult leadership. Mid-America Union president Roscoe J. Howard is doing the same in our region.

I saw this happening a few days ago dur ing an hour- long v is i t in his of f ice with Chr is and Candice McConnel l , two of my best f r iends (even though I ’m older than both of them put together) . The exci tement of the McCon-nel ls ’ young adulthood is tempered with insight and matur i ty beyond thei r years. Some of the most exci t ing and product ive things I ’m involved in have been joint minist r y ventures with them.

“What great new minist r y idea might Chr is and Candice have this t ime?” Elder Howard wondered as we f i led into his of f ice and sat around the conference table. I t was a plan to win the f inancial par t ic ipat ion of Advent ist youth and young adults in the mission of the church. Elder Howard l istened attent ively and asked percept ive quest ions. Then he leaned back and smiled. “You’ve real ly got something great here.” And he proceeded to make recommendations—and phone cal ls on the spot—to people in high places who could help make things happen.

This was church at i ts best—the wisdom and inf luence of veteran leadership suppor t ing and em-powering the insight and energy of young adult v is ionar ies. What I saw with Elder Howard and the McConnel ls went far beyond merely keeping young adults connected with the church. I wi tnessed a st rategic par tnership in minist r y—exact ly the type of thing that can and must be happening throughout Mid-America in local churches and on publ ic campuses.

Mar t in Weber is assistant to the president in the Mid-America Union, communicat ion di rec-tor and editor of Out look.

Editorial

Public campus ministry—an opportunityby Hubert Cisneros

I grew up in the shadow of the Univers i ty of Colorado in Boulder. More than 30,000 students f rom al l over the wor ld came to our town to receive an educat ion at the foot of the majest ic Rockies. This being the Sixt ies, our parents and pastors caut ioned us to stay away f rom “The Hi l l” near center campus. Sex, drugs, rock and

rol l , and 3.2 beer c lubs spel led spir i tual danger.

Obviously the r isks of such a s i tuat ion meri ted caut ion and protect ion, but we Advent ists took separat ion f rom the wor ld to the ext reme of isolat ionism. I can’t remember our church, on the other s ide of town f rom UCB, fo-cusing any minist r y on that campus. I t was as though the univers i ty and al l i ts students didn’t even exist! When the church is v iewed pr imari ly a for t ress to keep the devi l out, i t ’s hard for us to ful f i l l the gospel commission.

Four decades later, I ’m wr i t ing this f rom Columbus, Ohio—home to Ohio State Univers i ty and i ts 65,000 Buck-eyes (and me for the past 11 years). Last month I found mysel f s i t t ing next to a young man in a restaurant. He was a pol i t ical science major at OSU f rom his home countr y of Somal ia. He was in America to prepare himsel f for becoming the future president of his countr y (quite an ambit ious fe l low, obviously) . As we discussed rel ig ion, I sensed both openness and mistrust of Chr ist iani ty—even though he had a t rue respect for Jesus Chr ist .

I to ld him that I was a Seventh-day Advent ist , and that we share many simi lar ways of l i fe and v iews of the end t ime. He seemed intr igued that I was a vegetar ian and didn’t dr ink alcohol . I fe l t accepted by him as an Adven-t ist—but not as a Chr ist ian.

Dr iv ing home, I ref lected on the fact that we as Americans don’t have to go around the wor ld to be missionar-ies—the wor ld is coming to us. I was also impressed that as Advent ists we have an inside advantage among other Chr ist ians for spreading the good news to our Musl im f r iends. The chal lenge: what is the most ef fect ive way to share Jesus Chr ist wi th those who are s incere yet resistant to Chr ist ian fai th?

I ’ve got that on my mind as I now move to L incoln, Nebraska, home of Union Col lege and the Univers i ty of Nebraska. Mid-America ter r i tor y hosts scores of publ ic col leges and univers i t ies with hundreds of thousands of students f rom around the wor ld. The Seventh-day Advent ist message and l i festy le of fers the best oppor tunity to overcome the mistrust that many young adults have regarding organized rel ig ion.

Do we appreciate the fact that Advent ists have common ground not only with fe l low Chr ist ians but also with Jewish people and with Musl ims? We can uniquely share Jesus with any seeker in a way that is disarming and compel l ing . The key to reaching God’s scattered remnant is the t ruth of His love in the context of the Great Con-t roversy stor y. Chr ist ’s sheep wi l l hear His voice as our message resonates in thei r souls, and they wi l l respond.

I see an example of this in the exper ience of my daughter, a PhD candidate in c l in ical psychology. To qual i fy for that program, she took a sociology class at the Univers i ty of Dayton in Ohio—a Cathol ic school . The 30 students in her c lass, f rom many rel ig ious backgrounds, had to give an oral repor t about any cul ture group in America. My daughter shared the cul tural norms that Advent ists share with people of goodwi l l in secular society, and then the unique bel iefs that make Advent ists a Chr ist ian group: salvat ion, grace and Jesus. Next she descr ibed the values we share with the Jewish fai th: obedience, the Ten Commandments and the Sabbath. F inal ly she ex-plained the points of fa i th in which Musl ims ident i fy with us: submission, the sanctuar y and last day events.

Her c lassmates responded with posi t ive interest about Seventh-day Advent ism and how inclusive i t is of others. She was pleased and proud with the interest and openness of her peers. She lef t the class feel-

ing hopeful .

Does her exper ience also sound hopeful to you? I f so, please join me for a “webinar”—an onl ine conversat ion about publ ic campus minist r y that I wi l l host the evening of Apr i l 8. Par t ic ipat ion is f ree! Detai ls are in the information box on page 11.

Huber t Cisneros is youth and church minist r ies di rector of the Mid-America Union.

Editorial

An Obligation and an OpportunityBy Ed Dickerson

S eventy percent of al l Advent ist young adults at-tend secular col leges and univers i t ies. Minist r y to them on publ ic campuses presents the church

with a great oppor tunity but also poses chal lenges.

Students have few resources, including money and t ime, to devote to a church family. When they graduate, they often relocate far away. Thus congregat ions and local conferences often see l i t t le potent ial in bear ing the expense and ef for t required to connect with them.

Such thinking is sel f ish and shor ts ighted. Advent ist students on publ ic campuses are souls for whom Chr ist died; we have a sacred obl igat ion to incorporate them into our church famil ies. Moreover, these young adults also represent a pool of talent that we simply cannot af ford to lose. They can help revi tal ize many a fai l ing congregat ion with thei r ta lent, and the church needs thei r future t i thes and of fer ings. Plus, thei r chi l -dren would help keep schools open.

Despite al l that, many local churches near secular col-leges and univers i t ies exhibi t discomfor t or even hos-t i l i ty towards those inst i tut ions. Even when not openly host i le, Advent ist congregat ions closest to these publ ic campuses are often incompatible with the out look and culture of the students.

Young adults long for and respond posi t ively to an Advent ism that welcomes quest ions, fosters spi r i tual growth and speaks thei r language. Far f rom “water-ing down the fai th of the pioneers,” this openness and adaptabi l i ty is a return to the fai th of those who bel ieved in “present t ruth”—truth that speaks to the quest ions of today, not the concerns of yester year.

To summarize: W ith our young adults on publ ic cam-puses, Advent ists have a talented populat ion whose ski l ls , chi ldren and income potent ial wi l l be needed by the larger church. Yet local churches and conferences often have l i t t le interest or incent ive to pursue that potent ial . Resolv ing this s i tuat ion must become a top pr ior i ty for the Advent ist Church in Mid-America.

Ed Dickerson leads The HomePage, which is a church plant whose target audience is young adults, and which extends campus ministry to Coe College, Mt. Mercy College and Kirkwood Community College, all in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also specializes in making the gospel accessible to contemporary audiences, especially young adults. His latest book, Torn: Jacob’s Story, is available from Pacific Press.

Ed Dickerson leads a church plant targeting young adults.

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Guest Editorial

Diane, Jesse, Mark, Amery, Faith, Lily and dozens of other former students of the University of Colorado at Boulder all have something in common. They testify that their current faith in God and continued involvement in a local Adventist congregation are largely due to the public campus ministry of Boulder Seventh-day Adventist Church. Beyond merely attending Sabbath services, most of these young adults are involved in congregational leadership.

Lily had never heard of Jesus before moving to Boulder from China. She was baptized before leaving Boulder and continues to serve Him today. Mark left Boulder to teach statistics in a Middle Eastern country so he could share Jesus with Muslims. Jesse, Diane and Amery have each found a church home and a leadership role in congregations where their employment took them. Faith remains an active member of Boulder Church. The experience of these

six students is repeated whenever a local congregation takes the time to invest in the lives of students.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in ministry for the younger generations. From Pathfinders and Sabbath school to a comprehensive education system, the church presents an image of truly caring for the next generation. However, when young people find themselves outside the bubble of institutional church life, support usually disappears. Most young people educated outside the Adventist system find themselves on their own. Some are even criticized for choosing a “secular” path. Stripped of their spiritual support system, faith is too often placed on the shelf with other childhood memories or drowned out by the ever-present voice of skepticism.

The overlooked reality is that these students offer the church incredible opportunity. It has been demonstrated in Boulder and in dozens of other locations that when the church invests in students, these students will invest in their church after graduation. Ministry to college students, whether they attend a church-sponsored school or not, can help reverse the trend of declining tithe and aging constituencies. The church—and that includes every level of denominational governance, every local congregation and every member who occupies a pew—can make a difference in the life of a student. However, for the church to accomplish this vital task, it will be necessary to go outside the safety of the church halls and walk with the students into the world and onto the secular campuses.

Studies show that at least 70 percent of Adventist college students attend non-Adventist colleges and universities. In the Mid-America Union Conference (MAUC), this translates into an estimate of more than 2,000 students.1 They choose these schools because of the degrees they offer, their proximity to home or because they are affordable. These Seventh-day Adventist students need to know that their church cares. They need encouragement, support and training. If local church leadership will open the doors of participation, these young people will transform the church and lead it into a vibrant future.

Ministry for college students is not just about retention, however. These students interact with the thought leaders of tomorrow’s world. They walk the

Giving Away the Kingdom on Campusby Pastor Kirk King

Kirk King, regional Adventist Christian Fellowship representative


Campus Ministry Feature

campus with thousands of students searching for meaning in life that only Christ can provide. Though it will take a paradigm shift, the church’s young people, who are being educated outside the Adventist bubble, can become effective disciples for the Gospel.

There are more than two million college students in the MAUC territory this year.2 That is nearly the same as the combined population of Denver, Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis. What resources would the church invest in any one of those cities if they were without an Adventist presence? What will the church invest in the 2,000 to reach the two million?

The good news is that there are successful models to follow. There are resources and experienced campus spiritual leaders who can provide direction and ideas. Adventist Christian Fellowship (ACF) is the official umbrella organization of the North American Division (NAD) for public college ministry. Its charter is to provide resources, training, support and networking for this specialized ministry. Ron Pickell—the coordinator for ACF NAD, who has more than 26 years of full-time ministry on the public campus—encourages local student groups to register at www.acflink.org, network and learn from experienced

leaders across the North American Division.If your congregation is close to a college or

university, and most are, you can begin with a few simple steps. First, be ready to welcome students when they arrive in your community. Find out when each semester begins and watch for visitors. Students will often check out the local church and, if they are welcomed, likely return.

Second, provide relevant programming for college students. They will usually lead, but it may take a local member or a pastor to initiate and help them organize. Invite students into your homes. Provide food. Students like to eat and are always attracted to free food, especially if it is home cooked and served in an environment that reminds them of their home. Most students from Adventist backgrounds like to have time together on Sabbath, especially Friday nights. Sabbath activities are a link to their years of growing up Adventist and provide alternatives to the numerous activities that are less than conducive to Christian faith.

The home church should also continue to be a source of support while students are away at college. You can help as the initial transition to college is

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made by providing students with addresses and contact information for any Adventist churches close to the college. With their permission, you may even make an initial contact on their behalf so the local congregation knows they will be coming. Be interested in the student’s personal life. Find out when they will be home for break and involve them in the worship service. While students are away, keep in touch. Offer to become their Facebook friends, send them newsletters and updates on church events, and be sure to recognize special events like birthdays and graduations. Maintaining an authentic personal connection will continue to make the home church attractive.

Another twist to this ministry involves commuter students. It is estimated that up to 60 percent of college students attend a community college or a full four-year college or university close to home. Most commuter students live at home or close by yet many stop attending church after high school. These students soon outgrow the youth Sabbath school, and few churches know how to engage them in age appropriate programming. For these students, the best plan is to get them involved in creating their own innovative and relevant ministries. Share a meal and pray with them—often. Invite them to participate in the church’s leadership team. College students are often best suited to design church programs attractive to the local culture. So, if a congregation can reach the students, they can reach their community.

Finally, go with students and help them form an Adventist based ministry on campus. This will provide access to campus resources and help connect them with other Christian ministries. Challenge them to share the Gospel with friends on campus in words and actions. Jesus met people where they were, and He served them by listening and attending to their needs. As Ron Pickell likes to say, “Jesus came to give away the Kingdom.” What students learn and what the church will discover is that Jesus is already at work on these campuses. It is our privilege to join Him in sharing the good news of salvation and His soon return with the campus and with the world.

Pastor Kirk King, veteran spiritual leader for youth and young adults, is Mid-America’s representative for Adventist Christian Fellowship. He is also president of Service Safari, a non-profit based in Colorado, dedicated to training and mentoring youth and young adult leaders for a life of service. In addition, King is associate director of the Adventist Center for College Faith.

Adventist Center for College Faith is another connection re-source for high school and academy seniors as well as cur-rent college students. To access this ministry, visit www.ac-flink.org and click on the link to the Center, where you can find a student survey. You will also find Spiritual LIFE for College and Beyond, a downloadable presentation for acad-emy senior Bible classes, Sabbath schools or youth gather-ings. A small booklet by the same name is available through the Center or from AdventSource: 800.328.0525; www.ad-ventsource.org.

1 According to the Adventist Center for College Faith.2 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Educa-tion Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2008

Connecting on the Public Campus

Adventist Youth Transition Network connects high school graduates and college students with ministries and churches when they leave home for college. Locate the ministry on www.adventistyouthspace.com.

Resources for Public Campus Ministry

Kirk King, author of the accompanying article, has partnered with Ron Pickell, a California pastor active on public campuses, to develop resources that help congregations and student groups launch and grow sustainable ministries on public campuses. Funded by the North American Division, their efforts resulted in three videos, a book (The Word on Campus: A Guide to Public College Ministry), and three workbooks. All are available through www.adventsource.org or 800.328.0525.



Update from Iowa State UniversityBy Alison Carleton, MD

In October 2008, Outlook reported on the amazing resurrection of Adventist Christian Fellowship (ACF) on the campus of Iowa State University (ISU). Following is an update.

Often the outcome of an initiative is different than what was originally envisioned but is better for having made adjustments.

Dr. Alison Carleton, who facilitates ACF on the ISU campus, realized recently that the Adventist students involved seemed to prefer different activities than what she had in mind. Since they are willing to take ownership of their own events, she turned the planning over to them.

It’s been a good thing. The students now meet almost every Friday evening in the apartment of Emmanuel, ACF student leader, to discuss a topic of interest

to them. Occasionally they invite a guest speaker, such as a local pastor, to help guide the discussion. Often they meet Sabbath afternoons for activities. In addition, they are active leaders in the local Adventist church. More than ever, ACF is meeting the needs of Adventist students at ISU.

Emmanuel is an international graduate student from Ghana, West Africa, pursuing a MFA in Graphic Design. He enjoys his studies at ISU and the lively environment of Ames—but not always the weather. “I knew it was going to be cold,” he says with a smile, “but I had no idea it was going to be this cold.”

Emmanuel reports being raised by a “lovely” grandmother who is a strong Anglican and an educator. As such, she wanted the best for his education. However, their locality was not suitable for that goal. So when he was nine, she sent him to live with one of her children, a teacher at Adventist Teacher Training College.

Most of the friends Emmanuel played soccer with were Adventists, and they seemed to know more than he about the Bible. His experience with the children’s church service and the Adventist Youth program superseded his early religious experience. “I found joy that was immeasurable,” he says.

Since then, Emmanuel has been involved in Adventist activities, ranging from youth camps and camp meetings to singing and leadership positions. He testifies, “For me, there is no joy greater than knowing the truth, because it is the truth that will set us free. I also know Christ as my Savior and brother, as He says in John 14:6: ‘I am the way, the truth and the life…’ This is my blessed assurance, because Jesus is mine.”

Emmanuel has experienced the fulfillment of God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord.” He sees his leadership of ACF as the Lord’s doing.

When Tim, ACF’s former president, was about to graduate, Emmanuel accepted that responsibility. He hopes that in the days ahead ACF will be fully organized and functional, serving the Lord in every capacity possible. He keeps that goal in mind while

Dr. Alison Carleton


Students enjoy a bonding experience in Adventist Christian Fellowship.

Friday evenings at Iowa State University, Adventist students enjoy informal interaction along with a discussion.



hosting ACF at his apartment for the Friday night discussions.

Dr. Carleton remains the official facilitator of ACF because she has become acquainted with the processes necessary to keep ACF an officially recognized group on the ISU campus. More importantly, she has no plans of moving away from the area. A college group needs a permanent person to anchor campus ministry, since students come and go over the years.

As an interesting and exciting result of her involvement with ACF, Dr. Carleton has become a member of the Iowa State Religious Leaders Association (RLA). She attends monthly meetings and interacts with those in charge of other religious campus groups. This gives the other religious leaders an opportunity to know an Adventist and get a feel for what we are like. In addition, Dr. Carleton has gotten to know the other religious leaders and learn about other spiritual campus activities that Adventist students might enjoy doing in the future.

Even now, much is happening. There are prayer walks on campus, Christmas caroling, relationship weekend retreats and homeless awareness sleepouts. ISU recently hosted its first VERITAS forum—a lecture series about the problem of pain and suffering and a rational belief in God. RLA meetings also feature guest speakers from various ISU departments or areas of student interest, so campus spiritual leaders can learn more about what is going on. Through RLA, Dr. Carleton obtains the official list of students who have declared Adventism as their church of preference when they registered at the university.

As an official ISU student organization, ACF still maintains its web page at www.stuorg.iastate.edu/acf/, which is updated by the students. It includes links to local Adventist churches. Although ACF tried advertising in the student paper and going to the club fair at the beginning of each semester, no new members have been recruited through these efforts. It seems that students who want to find ACF will do so mainly through the website (which shows up on a Google search of ISU student organizations, “religious”), or by attending one of the local Adventist churches and being told about ACF by church members.

Although some of these changes may not be what Dr. Carleton originally envisioned, she rejoices in God’s leading as ACF continues to find its place on the ISU campus.

Alison Carleton, MD, is a family practice physician in Ne-vada, Iowa, who facilitates the ministry of Adventist Chris-tian Fellowship on the campus of Iowa State University.

April 8 Webinar on Public Campus Ministry

Thursday evening, April 8, Mid-America’s new youth and church ministries director, Hubert Cisneros, will conduct a “webinar”—online interactive seminar—for anyone interested in public campus ministry. The event will last just one hour, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. CDT. You can participate free of charge from the comfort of your home via the Internet.

Cisneros envisions a conversation of ideas. Joining as a guest expert will be Monte Sahlin, director of Creative Ministries. Sahlin will share an overview of the Adventist Fresh Expressions event on May 8-9, which he will present with Peter Roennfeldt in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You will hear how Adventists all over the world are “having church” in coffee houses and house churches such as Milton Adams’s Simple Church (www.SimpleChurchAtHome.com). The webinar will welcome your questions and comments.

The goal of the webinar is to begin a community to encourage and support one another in outreach for Jesus on Mid-America’s public campuses. You must reserve your webinar space in advance at: www2.gotomeeting.com/register/365889171.

After registering you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information and instructions for logging in on April 8.


Kansas City Churches “Share the Hope”by Roger Bernard

Departing pastors (left to right) Marcellus Howard, Compton Ross and Bobby Waters

Incoming pastors (left to right) Cryston Josiah, Ronald Williams and Gil Webb

It was a first for Kansas City congregations of the Central States Conference—the first time these church families had worshiped together outside of federation or camp meeting. The weekend was particularly special because it combined an installation convocation and officers’ training.

The program started on a Friday night with the conference president, Dr. Charles Drake, exploring the theme “Share The Hope,” with its focus on evangelism, nurture and stewardship.

Sabbath morning, congregants enjoyed fellowship during a thought provoking Sabbath school service led by Linwood Church.

Divine worship was equally inspiring as the Central Area Mass Choir lifted their voices in praise to God.

During this service, three new pastors were installed: Pastor Cryston Josiah was installed into Beacon Light Church, Pastor Gil Webb to Linwood Church and Pastor Ronald Williams to Bethel Church. This unique ceremony featured the outgoing pastors—Bobby Waters, Marcellus Howard and Compton Ross—both literally and figuratively passing the torch to the new pastors.

Their call for unity is the focus in every area of the Central States Conference, which spans the

nine-state region of the Mid-America Union. Pastors and their churches are being encouraged to collaborate for finishing God’s work.

Divine worship ended with words of power and encouragement from Dr. Randy Stafford. After dinner, Central States officers conducted workshops that highlighted the conference’s strategic plan. Instead of a SWOT analysis, they presented the SOULS analysis model (Strengths, Opportunity, Unity, Loving Relationships and Stewardship).

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Central States News

Central States member Samuel Turner Sr. (second from right), president and CEO of Shawnee Mission Medical Center, received the Crystal Angel Award from Adventist Health System at its recent Conference on Mission 2010. The award acknowledges individuals who make significant contributions to the advancement of the Adventist healthcare mission and show outstanding leadership in specific mission-related achievements, projects and programs as well as overall spiritual leadership. Pictured above with Turner (left to right) are Rich Reiner, Donald L. Jernigan and (far right) Max Trevino.

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Dakota Student from Union College Goes to Haitiby Brittany Nunez

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The author was among a group of students in the International Rescue and Relief (IRR) program of Union College who went on a mission to Haiti. Following is her testimony.

Upon arriving in Haiti, we did

various tasks for the clinic where we stayed. We set up tents for other volunteer groups working under the supervision of ACTS World Relief, which coordinated logistics for medical volunteers.

The first full day there, our group helped with body recovery from a flattened apartment building. The building’s owner, Pauli, had several family members killed in the earthquake, as well as many friends that had been her tenants. One child had been trapped in the building, along with a nine-year-old friend and her mother. The other two were killed, but this little girl was pulled from the wreckage nine hours later without a scratch. She and Pauli are now even closer than before the earthquake.

The second day, half of our IRR team returned to body recovery searches. The rest of us divided

into teams to assist physicians and nurses. Two medical teams set up day clinics in the streets of Port au Prince, treating whomever they could with available medications—mostly Tylenol, antibiotic ointment and multi-vitamins.

There were more critical injuries from the earthquake at the hospital, where three IRR students assisted. Loma Linda University was in charge there, organizing volunteers and medical

teams. Volunteers witnessed multiple orthopedic surgeries and a c-section. The circumstances of the hospital, though fairly well equipped, were still without many necessities, forcing the doctors and nurses to be creative. Thankfully, there were still enough medications to properly deaden injuries so the patients could rest peacefully while in surgery.

One of the highlights was dealing with the children. Young faces peaked out everywhere. Although their eyes were big pools of seriousness, a smile from one person was usually all that was needed to make a child beam

a smile back. One of the team members brought bubbles, stickers and balloons to help evoke giggles from the most sullen children.

Our supplies and techniques were amazingly effective. Even some serious adults got in on the fun and grinned mischievously when they grabbed a bubble bottle and sneaked up on one of the unsuspecting Americans to blow bubbles in their face. Coloring books and crayons were also provided for the kids, who seemed to enjoy coloring only if someone else was there coloring with them.

This proved to the students how important a little love, attention and affection is for a young person. The children had food, water, care and shelter within the hospital compound, yet they were often overlooked by busy adults.

Haiti will be in the recovery stage for a long time. Although the situation is getting better, many volunteers are still needed as conditions are quite challenging.

It was an amazing experience with plenty of good and bad. I am extremely thankful that I got to go and look forward to returning to Haiti during Union College’s spring break.

I am especially glad to be part of IRR with the opportunity to have received so much training. I’m eagerly anticipating the semester I’ll spend next year in Central America, as that training will make me even more efficient and effective in a disaster situation because of its focus on tropical medicine, practical clinical experience and mission outposts.

Brittany (center) working in a Haitian hospital operating room



Dakota News

The Witness of Community Combinesby Jacquie Biloff

Acrolights’ Anti-drug Gymnasticsby Kim Boyko

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Harvest is everything on the plains—the summation of months of effort—but the wet October of 2009 delayed the Dakota soybean crop. Fortunately, November provided the warmth that October denied.

Five or six Dakota farmers joined together, eyeing crops with a critical gaze, harvesting whatever field was moisture correct. They shuttled machinery back and forth among neighborhood farms, hurrying before bad weather again hindered progress. When the moment came that someone’s soybean crop was ready to harvest, neighbors who

cared drove through the door of necessity, answering a voice not even asking. It was a profound gesture of communal helpfulness.

Neighbors offered not only their combines, tractors and trucks, but their own manpower to harvest the soybeans and truck them to the storage elevator in town. Meanwhile, silent and unnoticed, Adventist volunteers supplied meals for these community heroes.

The cooperative mission was accomplished. Neighbors who recognized no differences in beliefs or outlooks managed to meet the necessity. They are Dakotans,

not needing any acknowledgment but their own inner sense of accomplishment.

Sometimes you hear a sermon, and sometimes you see one; the Dakota volunteer farmers lived one.

The Acrolights of Dakota Adventist Academy (DAA) have hit the road with their anti-drug gymnastics program. The team is comprised of 27 students from all over the world, including Korea,

Thailand and Canada.Feb. 1 was a busy day for the

Acrolights. At Christ the King

Catholic School, the Acrolights went into action at 10 a.m. Their inspiring performance for the elementary students included acrosport gymnastics (where people are used instead of

apparatus), plus skits and testimonials.

Skits that were both educational and entertaining illustrated how drugs and drinking harm the body. Some of the testimonies from DAA students explained how drugs and alcohol had negatively affected their own lives. The obviously awed and receptive audience responded when asked

what they had learned from the performance: “Don’t take drugs!” That afternoon, the Acrolights received a similarly enthusiastic

response at St. Anne’s Elementary School.

On Feb. 12, the Acrolights did a show for school kids at Fort Pierre, South Dakota. They also performed before high school students in Onida, who responded with a standing ovation. The next day, a Sabbath, the Acrolights led Sabbath school and worship services at Pierre Church.

The Acrolights thank Pierre Church for feeding them and the owner of the local Comfort Inn for letting the team stay free for three nights.

Coached by Christopher and Kari Morrison, the Acrolights have pledged themselves to God as His team and have been blessed in all their performances. To book a tour with the Acrolights, please call Christopher at 701.258.9000.

Acrolights perform and testify for Jesus

Combines in action during the harvest


Dakota News

Kirksville Fair Booth Promotes Adventist Faith and Healthby Sheri Dye

Iowa-MissouriCamp Meeting

Featured Speakers:

Camp MeetingTheme: Out of the World and Into The Word

June 1-5, 2010 | Sunnydale Adventist Academy | Centralia, Missouri

Jon Paulien, PhD, accomplished author and dean of the School of Religion at Loma Linda University, will speak on the book of Revelation, Wed.-Fri. evenings and on Sabbath.

Marvin Moore, prolifi c author and editor of Signs of the Times, will speak on the book of Romans, Wed. - Fri. mornings, and on the Investigative Judgment, Wed. & Th. afternoons.

Martin Weber, DMin, author and assistant to the president and communication director of the Mid-America Union, and editor of Outlook magazine, will teach the Sanctuary truth with illustrations from his experiences as a police chaplain, Wed. - Fri. mornings.

Marquis Laughlin is an artist who performs dramatic solo Scripture presentations. He will share the book of Daniel on Friday evening and the book of Revelation on Sabbath afternoon.

Gail Coridan, women’s ministries coordinator and wife of president Dean Coridan, will present A Walk Through the Old Testament, Wed. - Fri. afternoons.

Check the Conference website, www.imsda.org for more Camp Meeting 2010 information including, housing and meal registration forms, hotel information,

a complete schedule and more.

Jon PaulienMarvin Moore Martin WeberMarquis LaughlinGail Coridan

Hosting a booth at the fair is a great way to spread God’s Word and introduce your local church to the community. Last summer, Kirksville Church in Missouri re-ceived much community exposure from its booth at the county fair. There was a drawing for a beautiful family Bible and an illustrated veg-etarian cookbook. Church mem-bers who staffed the booth also distributed literature that shared Christ’s love and healthful living principles.

Sheri Dye is the wife of Kirksville dis-trict pastor Neil Dye. Adventist books and a family Bible attracted attention at the county fair in Kirksville.

Have you ever felt tied down? Trapped? You want to be FREE, but don’t know how? Jesus knows how to set you free! “So if the Son sets you free, you will be FREE indeed” (John 8:36).

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June 13-20Tween Camp

June 27 - July 4Teen Canoe

July 21-25Oasis Camp

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Iowa-MissouriCamp Meeting

Featured Speakers:

Camp MeetingTheme: Out of the World and Into The Word

June 1-5, 2010 | Sunnydale Adventist Academy | Centralia, Missouri

Jon Paulien, PhD, accomplished author and dean of the School of Religion at Loma Linda University, will speak on the book of Revelation, Wed.-Fri. evenings and on Sabbath.

Marvin Moore, prolifi c author and editor of Signs of the Times, will speak on the book of Romans, Wed. - Fri. mornings, and on the Investigative Judgment, Wed. & Th. afternoons.

Martin Weber, DMin, author and assistant to the president and communication director of the Mid-America Union, and editor of Outlook magazine, will teach the Sanctuary truth with illustrations from his experiences as a police chaplain, Wed. - Fri. mornings.

Marquis Laughlin is an artist who performs dramatic solo Scripture presentations. He will share the book of Daniel on Friday evening and the book of Revelation on Sabbath afternoon.

Gail Coridan, women’s ministries coordinator and wife of president Dean Coridan, will present A Walk Through the Old Testament, Wed. - Fri. afternoons.

Check the Conference website, www.imsda.org for more Camp Meeting 2010 information including, housing and meal registration forms, hotel information,

a complete schedule and more.

Jon PaulienMarvin Moore Martin WeberMarquis LaughlinGail Coridan

Omaha Memorial Angels Earn First Placeby John Treolo

At the Mid-America Union Pathfinder Bible Bowl, the Omaha Memorial Angels received one of four first place trophies. Club members answered questions based on the books of Daniel, Hosea and Joel at the annual event, held at College View Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sheila Rushlau (far left), leader of the club, and Travis Sager (far right), Kansas-Nebraska Conference Pathfinder director, pose with the Angels. Other clubs receiving honors were Wichita Cornerstone Conquerors and Piedmont Park Thunderbirds (third place each) and College View Trailblazers (second place).

Sixteen clubs competed in the Mid-America Union Bible Bowl. Pathfinders find it rewarding to participate in the Mid-America Union Bible Bowl.

Plat te Val ley Academy Hosted by College View Academy

Lincoln, NE | April 23-24Info: www.plattevalleyalumni.com

Enterpr ise AcademyGreat P la ins Academy

Enterprise, KS | April 9-10Info: [email protected]

ACADEMY ALUMNI WEEKEND

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Midland Students Excel in Brain Gamesby Tom Seibold

Midland Adventist Academy (MAA) made its first trip to Southwestern Adventist University’s biennial “Brain Games,” a science and math competition, and found a formula for success.

This year’s competition featured the theme “Outbreak” and consisted of a simulated public health emergency about which students had to gather clues, analyze data and draw conclusions. Fourteen SDA academies from throughout the United States participated.

MAA seniors Shelby Seibold, Sarah Whitson and Robby Willer learned about pathogenic outbreaks and epidemiology through lectures and on-campus interactions with college students, who played the roles of patients, nurses and lab technicians.

Jason Donovan, MAA science teacher, served as sponsor for the trip and assisted the three students, who worked as public health investigators attempting to define what the germ was, where it came from, how it spread and how to stop it.

When the awards were presented on the final day, three teams tied for a second-place finish. However, based

on a multi-part scoring system that included extra points for writing a press release, judges cited MAA as the clear-cut winner for first place.

“It was a great learning experience,”

said competition participant Sarah Whitson. “I felt we were doing a good job analyzing the data, but with 14 schools in the competition, I wasn’t sure if we would win.”

Sarah Whitson, Shelby Seibold and Robby Willer take notes on the condition of a simulated public health victim during the “Outbreak” competition.

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Her Sermon Changed Our Livesby Dawn Campanello

Lastine Excitement at Pipestoneby Aquarius Jones

One sermon can change lives. I know this from personal experience.

Last year, one comment from Pastor Elvera Blake impacted not only my life but those of my students. She challenged us: “Let’s become people of the Word.” She urged us to spend more time reading the Bible than reading devotional books.

For years I’ve been reading a devotional book every morning. Now I set my book aside and got out my Bible. I started in the book of John, and when I finished with it, I went backwards to Luke, Mark and Matthew. I love starting my day in God’s word.

In planning morning worship for my students this year, I decided to have them read the book of John, slowly, verse by verse. What a blessing this has been in my classroom! Here are their testimonies about what they’ve learned.

When asked what one thing

really stood out, Cherish Jones said, “I learned that you can’t underestimate God, and I learned a lot about what Jesus was really saying.”

I asked them what surprised them most about the book of John. Joe Nelson said, “That so many prophecies came true.”

Natalie Crosby wrote, “It surprised me how much the disciples did something stupid, but Jesus forgave them and still loved them just the same.”

My final question to my students was “What one thing inspired you the most from reading the book of John?” Connor Dedeker wrote, “To never give up on God. He is always there to help you when you need him most.”

Samuel Bustamante said, “John had a great relationship with Jesus; I can have that relationship with Him, too.”

We are now reading through the book of Revelation.

All this came from a simple

challenge in a sermon by Pastor Blake, to become people of the Word. That’s what’s happening in the 7th and 8th grade classroom at Minnetonka Christian Academy.

Two years ago, Dr. Mike and Kathleen Lastine committed themselves to each other in marriage, for better or worse. Already, things are better. Last December the two became one in Christ through baptism into Pipestone Church. Mike rededicated his life through rebaptism, and then Kathleen took the plunge for Christ the first time.

Pastor Michael Jones was delighted, especially since this was his first baptism. “It was exciting to see these two commit their lives to Jesus at the same time,” said Pastor Jones. “But even more exciting are the things yet to take place. In March, Dr. Mike will be holding a nutrition class, and Kathleen will facilitate her second depression seminar this autumn.”

She conducted her first seminar before being baptized.

Minnetonka students reading their Bibles.

Dr. Mike and Kathleen Lastine embrace at their baptism.

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Karate for Jesus at Renew Community Churchby Pastor Adam Breiner

Students Lead Maplewood Academy Week of Prayerby Brittany Lippincott

What do you do when you have more children coming to church than you have volunteers for children’s ministry? Renew Community Church was blessed last autumn with that wonderful problem.

The solution? Karate classes for both youth and adults. Every Monday night, young people invite friends from the community to attend beginner karate classes taught by Adam Breiner, Renew Church team pastor.

“What we are doing is reinforcing

our biblical community and family values,” says Breiner, a certified Black Belt karate instructor. “Rather than getting into discussion groups about what it means to be a friend or respect others, youth and children practice it on the mat, right alongside adults.”

Wearing uniforms and white belts, students of all ages work together toward individualized goals. “We have had many people from the community come in to attend classes and then engage in church life,” says Breiner. “It’s

been a great way to do children’s ministry while we have growing pains, and it opens up one more door for the community to be a part of the church.”

A recent student-led week of prayer left an amazing impact on Maplewood Academy. Six days were packed with prayer, praise and life-changing testimony.

Students Hiboombe Haamankuli, Jervon Niska, James Syvertson, Lizzy Romuald, Tessa Garmaker, Baron Juhl, Elissa Figgins, Sarah Ventura, Ronald O’mirera and Kelli Vigil all shared their stories with fellow classmates. Topics included counting one’s blessings, the benefits of following Christ, the perils of judging, how to hold on to Christ and how God provides.

Many speakers confided that it wasn’t easy to share their testimony in front of the entire student body. When asked which was harder, shooting free throws in a basketball game or public speaking, senior Hiboombe Haamankuli replied, “Definitely public speaking!”

Regardless of their nervousness, student speakers communicated a blessing to their peers. Junior Taylor Engel said, “I thought it was really cool how everyone shared their story; I especially enjoyed Ronald’s story about how God brought him and his family from Africa to the U.S.”

On Friday evening, students participated in an agape feast, enjoying food, friends and fellowship. They reflected on the benefits received during the past week, and how they learned to focus on others rather than themselves. A Communion service that followed provided opportunity to contemplate Jesus and His sacrifice for them.

Concluding the week of prayer, Kelli Vigil, campus ministries leader, challenged fellow students to “go fishing” and catch souls for

Christ. During the following week, one student responded by making a commitment to Jesus.

Brittany Lippincott is a senior at Maplewood Academy.

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Students shared life-changing testimonies.

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Uniting Church and Workplace for Community Needs

Mile High Connects with Advent Hopeby Sandy Hawkins, teacher at Mile High Academy

As a child, Patricia Armijo remembers the days when she had one pair of socks and washed them by hand every night so she would have a clean set for the next day’s classes. Sometimes they were still wet, but she wore them anyway.

A memory like this is all it took for Armijo, a MoneyGram senior administrative assistant in Lakewood, to organize some co-workers and purchase new shoes for underprivileged Denver-area schoolchildren who often rely on ill-fitting hand-me-downs. Armijo reports, “They’re embarrassed, can’t participate in sports and can’t even play during recess.”

Shoes for Children is sponsored by True Life Community Church

in Littleton, Colorado. Under the program, individuals donate money to purchase $15 gift certificates for shoes at Payless Shoesource stores. Armijo enlisted the participation of five MoneyGram colleagues. With their help, the church raised more than $900 to buy shoes for more than 70 children at Cowell Elementary School, an inner city school with many students in poverty, ranging from ages 3 to 12.

The students received the certificates Dec. 8 at the school’s pre-Christmas program. “The students, families and school community are very grateful,” said Donna Foster, school nurse. “It warms your heart to see a

child smiling ear-to-ear as they proudly show off their new shoes. I get goose bumps just from the memory.”

Armijo is pleased that MoneyGram employees could partner with True Life Community Church. She is pondering the possibility of forming a foundation to benefit many more Denver-area school children. Armijo also hopes to make the Shoes for Children program a regular partner with MoneyGram.

Pastor Bob Reynolds of True Life Com-munity Church in Littleton, Colorado, submitted this for publication in Out-look. Adapted from the company news-letter, MoneyGram.

Students from Denver’s Mile High Academy are collaborating with Advent Hope Ministries to help child orphans of AIDS victims in Kenya, Africa. Mile High kids collected clothing and toys to support the ministry of a retired missionary doctor and his wife, Stan and Jean Wheeler.

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Over the past four years, True Life Community Church has donated $15 gift certificates for disadvantaged children at Christmas to purchase shoes at Payless Shoesource. True Life member Patricia Armijo also introduced “Shoes for Children” at her workplace, as reported here in MoneyGram, her employer’s newsletter.

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Young Adult Organizes Haiti Benefitby Weldon Treat

All Things Work Together for Soulsby Barry Taylor

Casper Adventist Church held a community benefit concert on Jan. 30 to support the earthquake relief efforts of ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) in Haiti. Erin Flanagan, a recent Union alumnus who teaches music in Natrona County, initiated the Saturday night event. She brought together a wide variety of Chris-tian musicians from the commu-nity, including strings, guitars and vocals. More than 165 attendees—at least half of them community guests—donated $2,000.

Weldon Treat is pastor of the church in Casper, Wyoming.

Four people have united with Campion Church through the ministries and networking of people and organizations. Pat Schladetsky moved to Colorado from Las Vegas, where she had begun watching telecasts from

3ABN (Three Angels Broadcasting Network). The Holy Spirit was preparing her heart for the day when a student literature evangelist from Campion Academy came to Schladetsky’s door. Schladetsky then inquired where an Adventist church was located and began Bible studies.

Linda Webster had been away from the Lord many years before being drawn back

by 3ABN messages that she heard in the home of an elderly woman she was taking care of.

Sienna Turner attends HMS Richards Elementary. The influence of godly teachers,

grandparents and church family supported and encouraged her in taking her stand as a disciple of Jesus.

Stephen Clark came to Christ through the ministry of the Johnstown/Milliken branch Sabbath school. His daughter shared with him DVDs from David Asscherick, which convinced him about the Seventh-day Adventist message.

God works through various means to reach souls for Christ—who now are working together with their church family to impact their world for Jesus.

Barry Taylor is pastor of Campion Church.

Left to right: Pat Schladetsky, Linda Webster, Si-enna Turner, Stephen Clark, Pastor Barry Taylor

Event organizer Erin Flanagan (left) with Tom McDonald and Rachel Green, who helped her with the benefit concert

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Union College Students Help in Haitiby Ryan Teller, director of public relations

For Justin Woods, a senior in Union College’s International Rescue and Relief (IRR) Program, helping people runs in the family. His parents spent years working for relief agencies in developing nations, including a year in Haiti when Woods was a boy. “My father has worked in situations like they are facing right now in Haiti,” he explained. “When I heard about the earthquake, I was really interested in going, more so because I know the place.”

With less than two-days notice, Woods, along with three other students and a staff member from the IRR program, left Nebraska bound for Haiti. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince just one week after a massive earthquake leveled much of the city, leaving an already desperately poor country in a catastrophic situation.

Like Woods, many students in the IRR program are driven by a desire to help people. “These students have within their nature a desire to help people in difficult circumstances,” said John Thomas, the program’s administrative director. “That is what their degree is leading them to, and that is why they went to Haiti.”

Union College has sent three teams from the IRR program to the decimated country, each doing a variety of tasks, from searching destroyed buildings for the living and the dead and assisting with surgeries in the Adventist hospital to operating mobile public health clinics throughout the city.

Flexibility Training

Initially told they would be setting up bases for relief workers,

the first team had a change of plans even before reaching Haiti. In Miami, they were told to prepare for search and rescue. After scrambling to find ropes, pulleys and other rescue equipment, the team ended up searching with a rescue dog for just one day.

Ginger Hany—a senior who, like all IRR students, has emergency medical technician training and a variety of other survival and rescue certifications—spent the rest of the time helping doctors in the understaffed hospital. “I learned a lot in a couple of days,” she said. “I did everything from searching to treating wounds to changing IVs to handing out medication.”

As more medical teams arrived and the hospital returned to somewhat normal operations, subsequent IRR teams helped staff a clinic across the street from the hospital. Operated by a local doctor, the clinic dealt with the day-to-day needs of the local population so the hospital could focus on more serious injuries and illnesses.

The students also went into the city slums with mobile health clinics, helping doctors and nurses dispense basic care and medicine. “It was very rudimentary care like cleaning wounds and treating minor issues,” said junior nursing/IRR major Joe Galan. “Anything more serious we referred to the hospital.”

As the crisis progressed through response stages, the IRR students quickly learned to be flexible and help wherever they were needed. “We were expecting to work in

Joe Galan, senior IRR and nursing major, visits with a Haitian family at a mobile clinic in Port-au-Prince.

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the hospital,” explained senior IRR major David Skau, part of the second relief team. “We ended up spending two days doing body recovery.” Although the team had the help of a bulldozer some of the time, “it was slow work because we were hampered by the lack of heavy equipment to move the concrete and rebar,” he said.

The group searched a collapsed six-story apartment building for the bodies of family members known to be under the rubble. “Body recovery was definitely a new and unpleasant experience,” said Daniel Rogers, a senior IRR major. “But we were able to bring closure to some families.”

At that point, most of the initial earthquake related injuries had been treated. But the third team, which returned to Union on February 17, found that lack of food and water remained a serious problem.

“Every evening Dr. Eddy, the local doctor who ran the clinic, took a group of us out to distribute food prepared by volunteers at the hospital to the tent cities around Port-au-Prince,” explained Alicia Archer, a senior nursing major. She saw desperation as hungry people lined up for food—sometimes in an orderly fashion, but other times pushing in on the volunteers, on the verge of becoming a dangerous mob. “It’s easy to think that people have no respect,” Archer continued. “But they are just trying to survive.”

Inspired by the People

Pierre Omeler, a junior IRR major, was amazed by the spirit of the Haitian people. The son of a

Haitian immigrant, Omeler grew up in Haitian communities in the U.S. and learned to speak Haitian Creole. He visited Haiti several times as a boy and has many close relatives in the country—all of whom survived the quake. “It was amazing that even though the people are in a very desperate situation, they take the time to help each other,” he said.

Some Haitian translators offered him a coconut. As he drained the sweet milk from the shell, he noticed that the three Haitians shared another coconut, each taking a turn to drink. “I felt really bad,” he said. “After that I began to observe that people were sharing everything they had.”

For each of the teams, possibly the hardest part of the trip was leaving the people they had grown to love and who needed so much. “I wish I could have stayed,” said Sarah Sexton, a junior IRR major.

“It was hard to leave,” agreed Hany. “I would go back in a heartbeat. It was amazing to be able to help people.”

But after dealing with the death and destruction, Skau questioned the usefulness of the trips. “I felt we had made precious little impact, pulling a few bodies from the rubble out of tens of thousands.” He even felt his work in the clinics made precious little difference in the sea of human suffering.

But during a group Bible study back on campus, Paul’s words to the Phillipians spoke to his heart : “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus … taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself and

became obedient to death—even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:5, 7, 8).

“I remembered that Christ would have died for just one,” Skau explained. “I don’t have to be saving lots of lives—if I can help even one, the service was worth it.”

These trips were made possible through nearly $25,000 donated by alumni and friends of Union College. If you would like to help Union continue to send IRR students to help respond to disasters, you can made a tax-deductable donation at www.ucollege.edu. Just click on the Haiti story.

Union College CalendarApril 1-4 Homecoming Weekend

April 15-17 Preview Days

April 17 Gymnaires Home Show

April 22-24 Preview Days

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Gratitude BloomsAnnual gift ties a nurse and patient together through the years

Every Feb. 28, Ann Kruse hopes to receive flowers. These are not a belated Valentine’s gift from her husband, but rather a 16-year celebration of life.

The occasion marks the day that Ann helped save the life of Larry Johnston. In gratitude, each year Larry personally delivers flowers to Ann.

“Every year on the same day, Larry brings flowers to me at work,” says Ann, a registered nurse at Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Colorado. “Sometimes, I don’t even see him. But when I see those flowers, I know that he’s made it another year and that makes me feel so good.”

Sixteen years ago, Larry woke up in the middle of the night not feeling quite right. Although he didn’t have any of the classic signs of a heart attack, his wife, who is a nurse, convinced him to go to the hospital.

Once there, the medical team discovered that Larry was in the throes of a heart attack. An angiogram revealed that he had 99 percent blockage in one artery

and 95 percent blockage in another. He was stabilized and moved to the intensive care unit to await bypass surgery. It was there that he met Ann, one of the nurses who cared for him for just a day before he was transferred to another hospital for surgery.

“As patients, we can’t really judge the doctors’ and nurses’ medical expertise, but we can judge their compassion,” says Larry, now 75 and a retired senior instructor at the University of Colorado. “Ann was absolutely unique in her care and concern. She took the time to talk to me and made me feel like a person, not just another sick patient.”

Ann brushes off the idea that she is somehow unique. Healthcare is filled with these stories; she just happens to be the one this time, she says. Like so many healthcare professionals, Ann—who has been a nurse for more than 35 years—feels it is an honor to care for others.

“I put my faith in the Lord that I can do the right thing and say the right thing,” she says. “I always pray for two things. I pray that I will do a good job for my patients and I pray for them.”

As Larry lay in the hospital bed awaiting surgery, he worried that he would never be able to fly again, one of his dearest passions. He asked Ann if she thought he’d fly again.

“She said, ‘I don’t know, but if you do go flying, take me with you,’” Larry says.

After surgery and nine months of rehabilitation, Larry regained his pilot’s license and invited Ann into the sky to celebrate his recovery. “He told me that I had his life in my hands and now he had mine in his hands,” says Ann as she remembers that December flight.

The flowers started the following year and have continued every year since. “Nurses don’t usually get enough appreciation, so I bring her flowers,” says Larry, who is now a volunteer pilot with two organizations that transport patients.

For Ann, the flowers are a symbol of Larry’s work. “It’s the idea of Larry being able to turn around his life and continue to pursue his passion for flying.”

This article was submitted by Stephen King, senior vice president for mission and ministry for Colorado’s Adventist hospitals, and written by CMBell Company.

Larry Johnston, pilot, celebrates life each day after having his saved at Avista Adventist Hospital. Because of her role in his care, Larry sends nurse Ann Kruse flowers every year on the anniversary of his heart attack.

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FarewellArmstrong, Francine Lynn, b. Feb. 6, 1955, d. Feb. 21, 2010, in Fort Dodge, IA. Member of Fort Dodge Church, where she was a SS teacher in the Children’s Division. Survived by daugh-ters, Jennifer Lynn, Autumn Armstrong, Therese Armstrong and Molly Edwards; son, Gar-ret; sisters, Carol Summers and Cheryl Gnade; brothers, Bruce, Robert and William Armstrong; mother, Mildred Samuelson Armstrong.

Beck, Margery K., b. Aug. 8, 1921, in Yutan, NE, d. Jan. 31, 2010, in Lincoln, NE. Member of College View Church. Sur-vived by daughters, Geraldine Pomrening, Muriel Cheney, and Mavis Armstrong; sons, Harley and Larry Beck, and Jack Hanan; two brothers; one sister; 19 grandchildren; and 29 grand-children.

Eckland, Rosemary Virginia, b. Sept. 8, 1918 in Omaha, NE, d. Jan. 6, 2010, in Grand Junction, CO. Member of Grand Junction Church. Preceded in death by spouse, Elvin Andrew Eckland. Survived by daughter, Donna Raye Priest; son, Richard Elvin Eckland; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Gates, H. Gordon, b. Feb. 20, 1923, in Denver, CO, d. Dec. 20, 2009, in Denver, CO. Member of LifeSource Adventist Fellow-ship Church in Denver. Served in Iwo Jima during World War II. Survived by wife of 67 years, Nida; daughters, Gloria Cross and Debbie Brownfield; son, Gordon; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Guy, Brady Allin, 30, of Way-zata/Waconia, d. Feb. 4, 2010. Survived by parents, Jon and Cathy Guy, and Bob and Jeanne Pierce; sisters, Joanna Pierce and Barbara Guy; brothers, Joel Pierce and Jeffrey Guy; brothers-in-law, Josh Clapp and Chris Leonard; grandparents, Herman and Jane Guy, and Al-lin and Shirley Karls.

Hagelgantz, Evans M., b. May 14,

1930, in La Crosse, KS, d. Feb. 19, 2010, in Lincoln, NE. Mem-ber of Holland Church. Alum-nus of Union College. Survived by sons, Michael and Mark; daughter, Denise Polk; sister, Al-thea Nazarenus; five grandchil-dren; and one great-grandchild.

Holt, Herbert, b. Nov. 8, 1924, in Archer City, TX, d. Jan. 29, 2010, in Montrose, CO. Member of Cedaredge Church. Preceded in death by spouse, Dodie. Survived by daughters, Teresa Thomason, Patti Plimpton, Cyndi Payne and Robyn Fo-land; sister, Leona Kemp; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Hornung, George Steven, b. Jan. 2, 1942, d. Jan. 18, 2010, in Lin-coln, NE. Member of Northside Church, Lincoln. Survived by wife, Deloris; daughters, Sheryl LaDuke and Stacey Sadowski; grandson, Conner Sadowski; brother, Jim; and sisters, Anita Reschke and Lina Tracy.

Johnson, Christopher Dale, b. Aug. 7, 1990, in Columbus, NE, d. Dec. 28, 2009. Member of Columbus Church. Sur-vived by parents, Dale “Av-ery” Johnson and Christine Dauel; siblings, Nathan and Re-becca Johnson, Easton and Kai-tlin Dauel; grandparents, Dale and Shirley Johnson; great-grandfather, Earl Widhalm; aunt, Nicole Johnson-Hamling, and family.

Kipp, Julia Pearl (Steiner), b. March 23, 1920, in McKenzie County, ND, d. Jan. 18, 2010, in Caldwell, ID. Member of Caldwell Church. Served as food service director for Maple-wood and Spangle Academy, and Oshawa Missionary Col-lege. Survived by husband, Wallace; daughter, Helen Pyke; sons, Lyle Godfrey and David Rikustad; 10 grandchildren; and eight grandchildren.

Lind, Albert Clayton, b. Dec. 3, 1916, in Lincoln County, NE, d. Feb. 15, 2010, in Gothenburg, NE. Member of Gothenburg Church. Survived by wife, Mar-

garet; sister, Ruth Callahan; sis-ter-in-law, Mary Lou Peckham; brother-in-laws, John Peckham and Dan Peckham; and 37 niec-es and nephews.

Magaña Correa, Orlando Julio, b. April 15, 1952, in Belize, Central America, d. Feb. 2, 2010, in Hen-derson, CO. Member of Olathe Hispanic Church. His denomi-national service spanned 33 years as pastor, then as Hispan-ic and multi-cultural ministries coordinator for Belize (Central America), Illinois, Nevada/Utah, and Rocky Mountain conferences. Survived by par-ents, Marcial and Rosa Maga-ña; sons, Orlando, Dennis and Kenneth; sister, Ruby; brothers, Romeo, Oswaldo and Ivan; and two grandchildren.

Mayo, Patricia Shannon, b. May 27, 1936, d. Jan. 30, 2010, in

Davenport, IA. Member of Dav-enport Church. Survived by daughters, Mary Lugo, Melody Keppy and Tamara Rothschild; sons, Ross and John; brother, Dalton Ewers; 20 grandchil-dren; and 15 great-grandchil-dren.

Naustdal, Gloria (Kaminski), b. Oct. 7, in 1931, in Columbia Heights, MN, d. Jan. 17, 2010, in MN. Member of Hutchinson Church. Survived by husband, Art; son, Bruce; daughter, Bar-bara Christensen; brother, Don Kaminski; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Northrop, Francis Merle, b. April 15, 1921, d. Feb. 8, 2010, in St. Genevieve, MO. Member of the St. Louis West County Adventist Church. Survived by son, Da-vid; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Colorado April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30Denver 7:25 7:32 7:39 7:46 7:53 Grand Junction 7:39 7:46 7:53 7:59 8:06Pueblo 7:23 7:29 7:36 7:42 7:49

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Kansas Dodge City 8:04 8:10 8:17 8:23 8:30Goodland 7:12 7:19 7:26 7:32 7:39Topeka 7:47 7:54 8:01 8:08 8:15Wichita 7:53 7:59 8:06 8:12 8:19

Minnesota Duluth 7:39 7:49 7:58 8:08 8:17 International Falls 7:46 7:56 8:07 8:17 8:27 Minneapolis 7:42 7:51 8:00 8:09 8:17

Missouri Columbia 7:33 7:40 7:47 7:54 8:01 Kansas City 7:43 7:50 7:56 8:03 8:10Springfield 7:37 7:43 7:49 7:55 8:02 St. Louis 7:25 7:32 7:39 7:45 7:52

Nebraska Grand Island 7:59 8:07 8:14 8:22 8:29Lincoln 7:53 8:00 8:07 8:15 8:22 North Platte 8:09 8:17 8:24 8:32 8:39Scottsbluff 7:21 7:29 7:37 7:44 7:52

North Dakota Bismarck 8:14 8:23 8:33 8:42 8:52Fargo 7:58 8:07 8:17 8:27 8:36Williston 8:26 8:36 8:47 8:57 9:07

South Dakota Pierre 8:10 8:19 8:27 8:36 8:44 Rapid City 7:21 7:30 7:38 7:47 7:55 Sioux Falls 7:55 8:03 8:11 8:20 8:28

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Ruff-Langley, Barbara Louise, b. June28, 1930, in Wheatland, MO, d. Jan. 29, 2010, in Stew-artsville, MO. Member of Three Angels Church in St. Joseph, MO. Survived by daughters, So-nya Jurgens and Mary Langley; sons, James and David Langley; sisters, Alice, Rose Mary and Sharon Perry; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Santee, Irene Cortez, b. Sept. 1, 1930, in Liberal, KS, d. Jan. 2, 2010, in Euless, TX. Member of Independence Church and wife of deceased pastor, Burton Santee. Survived by daughters, Theresa and Linda.

Simpson, Palma “Pam” H, b. Jan. 24, 1927, in Odessa, TX, d. Sept. 14, 2009, in Grand Junction, CO. Taught for the denomination in Texas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Member of Grand Junction Church. Survived by husband, Dr. Joe Simpson; daughter, Jeanne Davidson; sons, Joe and Kelly; eight grandchildren; and

two great-grandchildren.

Sims, Herschel Boville, b. Aug. 6, 1913, in OK, d. Dec. 30, 2009, in Collegedale, TN. Member of McDonald Road Church. Long-term employee at South-ern Union College. Preceded in death by wife, Eloise; and son, Herschel Ray. Survived by daughter-in-law, Wynona Har-rison Sims; grandsons, Tony and Christopher Sims; six great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.

Sparks, Harriette F. (Love), b. Feb. 9, 1912, in Blessing, TX, d. Jan. 29, 2010, in Loveland, CO. Member of Twin Peaks Church. Preceded in death by husband, Vere; son, Roger. Survived by sons, Richard and Walter; daughters, Jeannine Chambers and Loa Hagelgantz; 16 grand-children; 28 great-grandchil-dren; and 12 great-great-grand-children.

Sudds, Delbert R., b. Oct. 10,

1920, in Kingston, Ontario, Can-ada, d. Feb. 10, 2010, in Lincoln, NE. Member of College View Church. Ordained minister and retired Publishing Secretary, where he served Albert, Wash-ington, Alaska, Mexico, and Or-egon conferences. Survived by wife, Phyllis; daughter, Sharon Paul; son, Wayne; bother, Jack; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Waterman, Clara Alvina (Egg-eling), b. July 15,1914, in Culb-ertson, NE, d. Oct. 28, 2009, in McCook, NE. Member of Tren-ton/McCook Church, NE, for more than 63 years. Preceded in death by parents, Alvin and Emma Eggeling; husband, Roy; and brother, Alvin Eggeling, Jr. Survived by daughter, Lois; sons, Robert, Kenneth, Wilbert and James; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

Weaver, Helen, b. Dec. 4, 1918, in Springfield, MA, d. Feb. 4, 2010, in Springfield, MO. Member of

Springfield Church. Survived by sister, Florence Leeming; and nephew, Brent Temple.

Welch, Catherine “Cathy,” b. March 29, 1934, in Blair, NE, d. Feb. 14, 2010, in Ft. Worth, TX. Member of College View Church. Survived by husband, Clifford; daughters, Brenda Fleming and Susan Wooledge; sister, Corinne Biffar; brothers, Sheldon and Roger Warrick; and four grandchildren.

Wentland, Berneice E. (Fischer), b. Feb. 4, 1933, in Golden Val-ley, ND, d. Feb. 6, 2010, in Rose-burg, OR. Member of Monroe Church. Survived by husband, Laverne; son, Daryl; daughters, Cynthia Wentland-Mortenson, Clarice Wentland-Ficken, and Joleen Wentland-Shepard; sis-ters, Ruby Tebelius and Shirley Baumgartner; brothers, Erling and Dennis Fischer; five grand-children; one step-grandchild; and four great-grandchildren.

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