Inspire, Fall 2001

Please join the Cedarville University family in prayer for our country, leaders, and those affected by the tragedy of Sept. 11,2001. Post your related prayer requests on the virtual "wall of prayer" at www.cedarville.edu . Campus Gets a "LIFT" T he University campus took on the look of a youth camp July 9-13 as 1,560 teens and staff participated in the LIFT (Linking an Interstate Fellowship of Teens) Youth Ministries camp. For many of these young people, the week was not only a first experience at Cedarville, but a first-time visit to a Christian university. Teens from 10 states as well as the Greene County community were ministered to through daily devotions and chapel services. Other activities included basketball tournaments, volleyball, softball, paint ball, soccer, tennis, a home run derby, and ping pong. Some campers were involved in ministry each afternoon, working in the Springfield inner city and with Greene County Children's Services. The week closed with an evangelistic candlelight service around Cedar Lake. Cedarville Takes Honorsfor Sports Web Sites and Publications S ports Web sites and publications designed by Cedarville University's Mark Womack '83, Dan Clingan, and Jim Clark '75 recently received top honors in the 2000-2001 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Sports Information Directors Association (NAIA-SIDA) Publications Contest. Mark, who is Cedarville's sports information director, took first place for both his Cedarville Yellow Jackets Web site and his American Mideast Conference site. Mark and Graphic Designer Dan Clingan took ninth place for their women's basketball brochure, and the two teamed with Production Coordinator Jim Clark to earn third for their softball brochure and seventh place for volleyball. The threesome swept first through third places for individual sports brochures(women's tennis, golf, and men's tennis). Photos for the brochures were provided by Scott L. Huck, University photographer. Mark Womack '83 Dan aingan Jim Clark '75 Cedarville University Hosts Creation Research Conference C edarville University hosted the conference "Discontinuity—Understanding Biology in the Light of Creation" August 15-17. Held in joint sponsorship with the Center for Origins Research and Education at Bryan College of Dayton, Tennessee, the conference discussed the diversity of life on earth. Presentations addressed the questions surrounding what modern biological science can tell us about the differences among the created kinds. Dr. Joe Francis, associate professor of biology at Cedarville, said, "The goal of the conference was to develop a model in which we can highlight these differences and use the model for research and education.'Discontinuity—Understanding Biology in the Light of Creation' brought together scholars of intelligent design typology and creation biology so that the principle of discontinuity could be elaborated." "Discontinuity is the creationist model of biological development," explained Joe. "Whereas evolution attempts to establish that all life-forms are connected and related by ancestry, discontinuity tells us that there are different entities. With discontinuity we see differences among living organisms that we cannot account for by ancestry. Together the conference scholars built a creation model based on the Genesis account of creation." Inspire 5