Inspire, Spring 2007

Spring 2007 To find out more about these stories, visit www.cedarville.edu/whatsabuzz and follow the prompts for the Inspire page. Giving it All Away Recently, two groups of Cedarville University business students started companies with the goal of giving all the profits away to the Children’s Rescue Center of Springfield, Ohio. The students’ products — an all-weather performance blanket and a team spirit rally towel — quickly sold out. In addition, each student donated a minimum of 10 hours of service to the center, totaling more than 450 hours. They presented a profit check of $3,000 to the Children’s Rescue Center on December 11. Put on Your Jacket Winter weather can be frightful, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have proper protection from the cold. With this in mind, students from two Cedarville University service organizations, Alpha Delta Omega and Delta Omega Epsilon, held a University coat drive and gathered approximately 35 bags of donated winter clothing for the Salvation Army. Going and Making Disciples Dr. David Stevens, executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, defines “missions” as “meeting people at their point of need.” As the keynote speaker for the 2007 Missions Conference, he urged students to use their education and professional talents to boldly go wherever God calls them. Women of Courage January 15, 2007 marked the nation’s first Martin Luther King Day since the death of Coretta Scott King. In honor of Mrs. King and the other women who played influential roles in the civil rights movement, Cedarville University’s Martin Luther King Day chapel focused on the theme “Women of Courage.” Derrick Green ’97 directed the program. A Man and His Hats At the drop of a hat — literally — Dr. Joe Cornelius can make the history of African-Americans come alive. Known as “The Hat Man,” Dr. Cornelius presents the progression of black history through a one- man act with various hats and voices. He brought his program to Cedarville University on January 17 as part of Central State University’s Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference. Cedarville University was pleased to partner with Central State to celebrate culturally responsive teaching through this event. Would Jesus Do Short-Term Missions? Would Jesus go on a short-term mission trip? Dr. Robert Priest of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School addressed this question as well as many others facing today’s global church in the February 6-8 Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program at Cedarville. Across the back from left to right are CU students Steven Johnson ’08, Ragen Horst ’08, Joshua Ortiz ’08, and Katie Pelon ’08. Receiving the check are Nancy Lutz and Susie Rastatter of the Children’s Rescue Center.