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Missions
Missions
By Laura Adams

“We want to build a heart for outreach,

experience Jesus cross-culturally, and be
obedient to do what God would
want us to do”
 PHOTOS Katie Miller

THope
his coming spring, Caroline and Steve Poetzl will lead a team of eleven New
Christian College students and a matching number from Northwest Christian
University on its second outreach to Tijuana, Mexico. The joint team will also be
working with students from Southern California and Ohio.

“I look forward to meeting up with and ministering to desperate people,” said

Steve Poetzl, talking about the groups of illegal aliens that have been kicked
out of the United States and live in the border towns. Many of the people
do not have any work permits or visas or hope. “We can show them that
there is hope, “ he said.

While the team does not know what specifically they will be doing,
they are planning to work with a Mexico-based organization
Puente De Amastad, which means “Gateway of Friendship.”
Each student will have to raise about $450 for the trip and they
will be planning a couple of fundraisers. To save money, they
will drive rather than fly.

The purpose of the trip is to build the kingdom of God

through evangelism and service. “We want to build a
heart for outreach, experience Jesus cross-culturally,
and be obedient to do what God would want us to
do, “ said Carolyn Poetzl.

People in the community can get involved

by committing to pray for the team, helping
with the fundraisers and donating ministry
supplies such as blankets, soccer balls,
diapers, toothbrushes and anything useful
for work in poor areas.

The team that has been selected

from NHCC includes Ashley Franks,
Gwen Fielder, Daniel Wolf, Anthony
Argueta, Chris Erickson, Corinne
Neuschwander, Katie Miller,
Jasmine Johnson, Jessica
Vineyard, Sarah Smith, and
Daniel Loftis.
“It’s more competitive than tackle, it takes more
skill to get the flag.”
 PHOTOS Ryan Bluebaugh

L I G H T S
By Laura Adams

“Besides winning,” the best part of flag football, according to team co-captain
Brendan LeLacheur, “Is to play with the guys and see their abilities outside,
seeing them relax and have fun.”

This is the second year that New Hope Christian College students have played
Eugene city league flag football. The team is headed by Ryan Bluebaugh and
Brendan LeLaCheur.

The idea for playing was originally from Bluebaugh. “He leads it and I support
him and make things happen.” said LeLaCheur.

There are sixteen players on the New Hope team and eight are on the field at
a time. The rules are similar to regular football, except that players have two
flags that are pulled instead of being tackled. There are no fumbles and if the
ball hits the ground the play is dead.

“It’s fun,” says NHCC Flag football player Luke LeCavalier, “It’s more
competitive than tackle--it takes more skill to get the flag.”

Despite flag football’s general safer approach to the game, there have been
a couple of minor injuries this year. Dominique Watson pulled a hamstring
and Luke LaCavalier cut his leg on the turf and popped his left shoulder out
of socket.

The city league season is eight weeks long and there are four teams that play
once per week. Currently NHCC has two wins and two losses. You can see
them play Sundays between 6 and 9 p.m. at Jefferson Middle School. Each
game lasts about one hour.
Engaging

By Krista Goecker
N
ew Hope Christian College’s Professor Richard Beswick will teach
a new course Islam and Christianity this spring. With the new
class he hopes “to give students the background, experience
and confidence [so] that they can engage Muslims in dialogue on matters
of truth, present a compelling case for Christ and create a reasonable
foundation for friendship.”

The class will cover a wide variety of topics including Muhammad and his
call, Islam’s history, Islamic beliefs and practices, what the Quran says about
Jesus, the Bible, salvation, law, forgiveness, grace, the fall and judgment.
The class will also include Christian and Muslim apologetics, the reliability of
the Bible, the crucifixion, resurrection and deity of Jesus,  the character and
transmission of the Quran, and Islamic Mysticism and Muslim’s desire to
know God. The class will have both Muslim and Christian missionary guest
speakers, and debates from films, manuscripts, and Mars Hills Forum.

Dr. Beswick studied Philosophy of Religion and Ethics in his undergraduate

at the University of Oregon and world religions and apologetics at Yale
Divinity School. He has served as the director of the University Christian
Fellowship at the University of Oregon for the past 33 years. In this process
he has engaged people from many different religions. For the last five years
he and his team have worked with different Muslim leaders. He is now
meeting with two different Muslim groups. He has also taught the course on
World Religions for 11 years at Northwest Christian University and five years
at New Hope Christian College (formerly EBC).

Beswick thinks this class will be helpful to students by “reducing fear,

sharpening our appreciation of the uniqueness of Jesus and the salvation
offered only through him and forging links of friendship with Muslim students
while we have the opportunity.”

This class has been added to the curriculum because it is important to know
how to face the rising influence of Islam.

“New Hope is really achieving new levels of energy and impact, we have
an opportunity to bring the truth of the Gospel into a very tough and dark
arena.  Islam claims to be the final word in religious revelation.  But the
apostle John said, ‘the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were
realized through Jesus Christ.’  (John 1:17)”
 New Hope Christian College

Work in itself is not sacred, but what the believer brings to

it makes it sacred.

WORDS Laura Adams

S tarting next semester, New Hope Christian College will offer a new
course, Introduction to Business and Management, as part of a bachelors
PHOTO Derrick Miyaraha
degree in Leadership and Business. Headed up by David Brink, CFO and
instructor at the college, the new program is about developing a worldview
and application of strategic skills and techniques to enable students to
successfully lead in diverse kinds of organizations they will encounter in
their lives and careers.

“Leadership is leadership,” explained Brink, “Business does not just

happen, you make it happen, and learning the fundamentals of business,
organization and leadership are essentials to success. “ The curriculum
will include courses in Bible and Theology, General Education including
Math and Social Science, and Professional Education. The instructors
will include current faculty as well as a pool of highly qualified adjuncts,
including a Christian attorney to give the students a broad perspective.

Brink believes that good business is “every bit a much as ministry as

a vocational pastor, but it is stripped of the trappings of formal church
ministry.” He says that often pastors go into sales because they are
The Ignite Contributors “people people,” and that the business world is an opportunity for the
harvest.
Editor: Laura Adams
Cover Art: Gary Hisaoka
Layout: Ryan Bluebaugh
Offering the business degree in the context of the New Hope Christian
Writers: Krista Goecker, Aleisha Johnson College experience will help students not only learn business skills, but
Photographers: Ryan Bluebaugh, Derrick keep their moral foundation. Brink believes that Christians can be a light
Miyahara, and Katie Miller in the business world by doing their work “as unto Christ.” Referencing
theignite@newhope.edu
Miroslav Volf, a leading theologian and professor of theology at Yale, Brink
© 2010 New Hope Christian College said that, “ work in itself is not sacred, but what the believer brings to it
makes it sacred.”
G ary Lau is a visiting professor who is teaching
Team Leadership with Dr. Paul Leavenworth. They
were introduced to each other by Bobby Clinton of Fuller
Theological Seminary. “I wanted to teach a course based on
This is his second time visiting New Hope Christian
College and is enjoying his time here. “There is a sense of
friendliness, community and love, “ he said. “This place is
going to go far.”
his book The Making of a Leader and Dr. Paul Leavenworth
wanted to make a workbook based on the same book.” They
have finished the workbook and are team teaching the class
this semester at New Hope.

Gary Lau is a full-time Foursquare Associate Pastor at New

Hope Central Oahu, he is the Director of Undergraduate
Studies and also teaches Old Testament and New Testament
Survey at Pacific Rim Christian College in Hawaii.
Gary Lau teaches in Team Leadership class.

Visiting Professors
Visiting ProfessorsEnrich Campus
Enrich Campus Learning
Learning PHOTOS & WORDS Laura Adams

A
Andy Homer guest lectures in Vicki
Silverthorn’s counseling class.

ndy Homer is a visiting professor from Trinidad and

Tobago, an English-speaking, two-island country in
the Caribbean. He and his wife attended New Hope Christian
College (then EBC) from 1976- 1979. He is currently the
senior pastor and field director for Open Bible Churches in
Trinidad and Tobago. He is also an adjunct faculty member
for Caribbean Nazarene College. His wife is the regional
coordinator of Institute of Theology by Extension (INSTE) in
the Caribbean.

During his stay on campus, Homer has been teaching in

counseling classes and guest lecturing in missions classes.
His specialty is Marriage and Family Counseling and he has
been taking some time here in the U.S. to do some writing.
He will also be holding a family enrichment seminar Friday,
November 19.

One of the differences he noticed about people in the U.S. is

their public displays of friendship and affection. “We do not
hug and kiss in public,” he said, “Here people are not afraid
to show emotions.”
 n Saturday, November 20th, New Hope Christian College
will partner with Free People Eugene (www.freepeopleeugene.
com) in a joint outreach effort to the homeless of the Eugene area.
We will serve a Thanksgiving meal from 12 p.m.-3 p.m. at WOW
Hall (www.wowhall.org) in Eugene and are hoping to reach 400+ in
the homeless community.

Students, staff and community members can volunteer in various

ways, from food preparation and serving, relational ministry and
worship, to collecting sweatshirts and socks to pass out to those
who come.

“We are not serving the homeless to stroke our egos and please
our conscience,” says ASB president Chris Stites, “We want to
stop talking about serving and actually get our hands dirty.”

If you are interested in volunteering and serving anytime between

9 a.m.- 4 p.m., please sign up at the New Hope Christian College
reception area or contact Aleisha Johnson to find out how you can
be a part of sharing Jesus’ love with those in need this Thanksgiving
season.