Inspire, Summer 2010

Gift Annuity Rates Are Up! Contact our office or visit our award-winning website to find out how YOU can benefit! 1-800-766-1115 www.cedarville.edu/giftlegacy From top: Kevin visiting with one of the young men living with the Dyes • Bill and Marcie Curry and Lisa and Kevin Gwin at Breakthrough • Kevin, Brian, and Bill enjoying a time of fellowship Kevin ’ 96 and Lisa (Mariano) Gwin ’ 99 Vision Nehemiah and Breakthrough Urban Ministries A trip to Chicago with Inner City Impact changed Kevin Gwin’s life. “God showed me this was where He wanted me to be,” he said. “I could see my place in ministry.” The PURSUE program he coordinates, a ministry of Vision Nehemiah, prepares urban teens for a successful college experience and has awarded more than $66,000 in scholarships since 2007. In 2002, Kevin started Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Chicago’s East Garfield Park community where he serves as pastor. “I hope to bring diverse communities together to talk about issues, foster discipleship, and develop leaders,” he said. “The church is the best place for that.” Early childhood education is a key interest for Kevin’s wife, Lisa. She studied elementary education at Cedarville, and now she coordinates Breakthrough Beginners, a preschool program equipping young children for kindergarten. The collaboration between Breakthrough and Vision Nehemiah, and these graduates’ Cedarville connection, strengthens them all professionally and provides spiritual and emotional encouragement. “It’s too much for one family to carry,” Marcie said, “but God has worked that out.” You may contact Brian Dye ’99 at brian@visionnehemiah.org ; Heidi Dye at heidi@visionnehemiah.org; Kevin Gwin ’96 at kevin@visionnehemiah.org ; Lisa Gwin ’99 at lgwin@breakthrough.org; Bill Curry ’96 at bcurry@breakthrough.org; and Marcie Curry ’97 at mcurry@breakthrough.org. Learn more about Vision Nehemiah at www.visionnehemiah.org and Breakthrough Urban Ministries at www.breakthrough.org. Photos provided by Scott Huck, University photographer at Cedarville. You may contact him at scotthuck@cedarville.edu.