Contents Editorial CHARLES SCRIVEN OCTOBER 2009 In Every Issue 6,000 and Counting llie Petruzel was living outside Washington, D.C., in a wealthy suburb where 3 | Editorial teenagers had credit cards, and some drove BMWs to class. Friday nights he and E his friends would gather at the nearby McDonald’s restaurant looking for a party. L H 4 O A | Newsline Y He was one of the lucky ones of the world. He had more than enough money and N N cars, and what’s more, he had time to hang out with his friends. But when a Washing - A E E 8 | Potluck L ton Post reporter asked him how he felt about where he was, he said: “This is the most Y B O A boring place I’ve ever lived.” T M O M H U Perhaps his comment was, in part, a teenager’s pose. But Ollie Petruzel did P S 19 | Healthcare News Y B understand that having everything doesn’t mean you’re okay. Without a purpose that goes beyond con - O T O sumption and carousing, you’re trapped inside your own ego. Nothing is vivid except what you lack—the H P Newsletters 10 sense of significance, passion, and adventure. 23 Allegheny East COMMISSIONED News & Features 25 Allegheny West At Kettering College of Medical Arts, our graduates include people like Echo Tuinstra VanderWal. She 27 Chesapeake completed our program in physician assistant studies. Now she, her physician husband, and their four sons 10 | Mission Accomplished 29 Highland View Academy spend 10 months a year in a mobile clinic ministry called The Luke Commission. The ministry takes place in 31 Mountain View southern Africa where the couple meets and attempts to alleviate “a lot of pain and heartache.” Beverly Cobb, PhD, RN 33 Mount Vernon Academy The Luke Commission takes its bearings from Jesus’ story, and the husband and wife who do the work After 42 years of operation and careful consideration, Kettering College have found significance, passion, and adventure. 35 New Jersey of Medical Arts in Kettering, Ohio, recently updated its mission Paul wrote, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins” (1 Cor. 15:17, NIV). state ment. How is the school implementing their new objective? 37 Ohio Jesus walked the Earth when most people were stooped under the lash of oppression. The cross, a symbol of 39 Pennsylvania the Roman Empire’s deadly politics, was all too common 41 Potomac along the roads to Jerusalem. The average teenager did not 12 Core Curriculum enjoy the luxury of privileged boredom. | 43 Shenandoah Valley Mindy Claggett Academy Into that world Jesus brought a life-affirming perspective that was as fierce as fire. He wanted all humanity to have life, 44 Takoma Academy Kettering College is known nationwide for its strong graduate and and have it abundantly (see John 10:10). What He stood for, undergraduate programs in health sciences. Discover what seven 45 Washington Adventist moreover, was as pertinent to Ollie Petruzel’s boredom as to areas of streamlined coursework the Ohio-based school now offers. University the lot of people living under Roman cruelty and arrogance. In Jesus’ view, the abundant life was both generous and 14 | Every Step of the Way 51 | Bulletin Board hopeful. You had a passion for the whole person—a passion for your own and your neighbor’s well-being. And inside of Lauren Bongard Schwarz 55 | Last Words that passion, you felt joy. You simply never thought, “This is the most boring place I’ve ever lived.” One point of the resurrection message is that God approved how Jesus lived and what he stood for. God With guidance from school and Kettering (Ohio) church leaders, Rohanna Edwards Kettering College emphasizes spirituality in healthcare. Learn how approved and made sure the vision, and the Man behind it, would never die. students grow in “mind, body, and spirit.” Ever since, some people—not the majority, perhaps, but enough to make a difference—have lived, not for themselves alone, but for others. By God’s grace they have transcended, if not completely overcome, their Follow us at twitter.com/VisitorNews. human sinfulness. And in the faces of others, down to “the least of these,” they have seen the face of Christ, 16 | Lessons Learned and felt a sacred kinship calling forth a sacred gesture—care. Soon 6,000 Kettering College graduates will have taken the gospel legacy with them into the healthcare John Fierce About the Cover: The Boonshoft Building, on the workplace. Some of them have been generous in the way of the graduate whose family names its ministry As part of Kettering College’s service learning honors program, a campus of Kettering College The Luke Commission. Few have been bored, and most have found significance, passion, and adventure. four-year human biology student shares the lessons he learned and of Medical Arts, in Kettering, That’s what you get when, like Christ, you set out to do something about human need. blessings he received during a mission trip to Belize. Ohio, was photographed by Lee Ann Yahle. Charles Scriven, PhD, is president of Kettering College of Medical Arts in Kettering, Ohio. 2 | VISITOR OCTOBER 2009 | 3 Newsline Newsline CELESTE RYAN BLYDEN public preaching of the Seventh- baptized.” Those “children” num - president. His goal is to double Washington Adventist University New Treasurer ber 13,000, and likely countless ASI membership and “share the Joins Pennsylvania day Adventist message than any in Takoma Park, Md. “This other preacher during the 20th others, for the kingdom of God. big blessing of ASI with the resource fair is about community The Pennsylvania Conference century,” wrote Harold Lee, for - greater group of church members building,” said Deborah Roach welcomes mer Columbia Union Conference ASI Collects in North America, and through - who serves as AHRC’s corporate Pastor Ron president, in his 2006 book $2 Million for Ministry out the world.” secretary/treasurer. “Today we’ve Christman, E. E. Cleveland: Evangelist The intensity of the Arizona The 2010 ASI Convention will cultivated stronger ties with CPA, who Extraordinary , co-authored by heat matched the fervor of the be held August 4-7 in Orlando, Fla. community through food, fun, began his Monte Sahlin, director of research committed individuals attending Learn more at asiministries.org. friendship, and financial help.” new role as Buddy Goodwin, pastor for the for the Ohio Conference. the 2009 ASI Convention in —Conna Bond treasurer Boulevard Church in Philadelphia; In 1954, when he was elected Phoenix recently. Despite tough last month. Before accepting this Deborah Roach, AHRC’s corporate associate secretary for the church’s economic times, the more than Philadelphia Fair Aids position, Christman served as secretary/treasurer; Darryl Stovall, Ministerial Association, Cleveland 2,000 convention attendees, Community in Need the business manager for Forest AHRC board chairperson; Vernon became the first black man to inte - including several hundred chil - A group of Adventists in Lake Academy (Fla.) and as the Bramble, a consultant for AHRC; grate a department at the Adventist dren and youth, dug deep and Philadelphia are offering hope and secretary/treasurer for Adventist- and 120 other volunteers coordi - World Headquarters. He remained gave more than $2 million to sup - a helping hand to the many fami - laymen’s Services and Industries nated a successful community in the position for 23 years, and port 37 ASI-sponsored ministry lies who are struggling to make it (ASI), a supporting ministry of the resource fair in Philadelphia. recounted working for racial equal - projects around the world during through these hard economic North American Division. ity within world church leadership the next year. “Many of the times. Called the Adventist With the help of Bible worker “I believe we have been blessed in his autobiography Let the Humanitarian Resource Center information as possible to help Lillian Torres (above, right), the in answer to prayer to have Ron Church Roll On. In addition to writ - (AHRC), this 10-year-old nonprofit hurting neighbors get back on their event organizers—Allegheny East join the Pennsylvania Conference ing 15 books, he authored the organization coordinated the sec - feet and improve the quality of life and Pennsylvania conference and our ministry team,” says con - Adult Sabbath School Quarterly ond annual Community Resource for their families,” said Darryl members—signed up 70 individ - ference president Ray Hartwell. twice and wrote numerous articles Fair at Pennsylvania Conference’s Stovall, AHRC board chairperson. uals for Bible studies. Learn more “He clearly is passionate about for Adventist magazines. Boulevard church in northeast “Our mission is to empower indi - at ahrc-phila.com. —Darriel Hoy the mission of the Seventh-day Cleveland was born in Philadelphia last month. The main viduals and families by providing Adventist Church, and highly ded - Huntsville, Ala., and upon gradu - goal was to connect underserved educational support and life Correction icated to its beliefs and purposes.” ating from Oakwood Junior Col - and unemployed community enhancing opportunities.” Business owner Tiffany King Read more in Pennsylvania Pen on lege (now Oakwood University) in projects are buildings—orphan - members with resources, informa - Attendees were also treated to was incorrectly identified in page 39. —Tamyra Horst Huntsville in 1941, served as a ages, schools, churches, health tion, and inspiration. free food, prizes, and health the September 2009 issue. The volunteer pastor in Ohio. His later clinics, and television stations— Supported by 15 churches, screenings by students from Visitor staff regrets this error. E.E. Cleveland work there in 1982 resulted in a that will enable community out - 120 volunteers, and a slew of Passes Away church plant in Columbus.