Youtube Contest

There is a popular thing called “Vines” circling around right now which is a video about ten seconds long. Typically, these videos are funny and completely random. Now, Central is going to have their try at this trend. The students are being encouraged to make their own videos that will be submitted for prizes. If a student wants to make their own individual video then it has to be ten seconds or less. The other option is to make the video with their dorm wing and that video can be up to thirty seconds in length. The videos have to remain appropriate and are encouraged to be funny. The theme for the video is supposed to be “Tigers are _____”. For example, “Tigers are exciting” then do a video about an exciting central student. The first prize for the individual video will be a $50 gift card and the second place video will get a $25 gift card. The winning wing video will get a pizza party for their wing. The videos have to be sent to the central administration email by December 5^th. All the videos will be posted online and the students get to vote on the video they want to win. The Central students better start working on those videos if they want to win the prizes.

A link of your video must be sent to Admissions@centralchristian.edu , please put in the subject line: Facebook Fall Contest- 2013. In the E-mail please make sure to include your name, phone number and E-mail, RA’s please include your dorm and wing name.

 After you send your video footage in, please go and check the clip board in the admissions office to make sure your entry was received.  We will be posting them all together where voting will take place.

Click here to watch our demo video!

 

Central Christian Receives Largest Ever Gift From 1937 Alum

McPherson, KS – November 18, 2013 – Today, Central Christian College received its largest-ever estate gift. Mrs. Lela (Hudson) Honkonen, a graduate of the Central College class of 1937 and resident of Batesville, Arkansas, passed away in April, three months after her 100^th birthday, and Central Christian College received an estate gift of over $1,000,000.

 This gift illustrates the love that Mrs. Honkonen had for her experience at her alma mater and her desire to help future Central Christian students. In 2009, Lela’s sister, Altha Hudson, left an estate gift of over $800,000 to Central Christian College.

 The sisters’ Central experience began in 1935, during the throes of the Great Depression. They came to Central from Texas, at the urging of their brother, Ursi, who had attended a year earlier after learning about Central while on a harvest crew. The sisters put in many hours of hard work, primarily in the kitchen, to pay their school bill. Both graduated in 1937.

 The sisters returned to Central's campus for their 50^th class reunion in 1987 where they learned of the opportunities available to create endowed scholarships to help students attend Central. Later that year, Lela and Altha established the Hudson Scholarship together and, after Lela married, they each established their own scholarships. Now, current students benefit from both the Lela Honkenen Scholarship and the Altha Hudson Scholarship.

 Lela and her husband, Hugo, were both retired employees of the federal government, with Lela working 43 years in Washington D.C. as a transportation specialist. She noted that she desired the estate processed to be used for tuition and books for deserving and financially challenged young students of her alma mater. 

 The estate gift will help fund the President’s Opportunity Grant Program, which was founded this summer and is designed to assist needy students who desire to work to help fund their education. Central Christian's President Hal Hoxie noted, “Lela valued her Central education and desired to help young people have the same opportunity. Connecting her gift to the President’s Opportunity Grant Program is a perfect fit, as Lela and her sister, Altha, worked their way through graduation at Central in the 1930s. Her gift will help support the endowment of the Program, enabling it to benefit students for many years.”

 Eight students are currently in the Presidential Opportunity Grant Program and Central Christian is planning to expand it to forty students in the fall of 2014. Central is actively seeking other donors to help fund the Program’s endowment and, eventually, the Program is designed to become a self-sustaining program. President Hoxie desires to help students graduate from college debt-free and the President’s Opportunity Grant is one of the ways to accomplish that mission.

 “We praise God for Lela’s life and for the blessing that has been realized as a result of her stewardship and this generous gift to her alma mater and future generations of Central students!"

 

Justice Week: Free2Walk

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. - Psalm 33:5

Last chance to get involved!

Free2Walk 5K walk/run will start at 9:30am. The trail begins at CCC’s plaza, heads north toward Ave A, East at Ave A toward Wall Park, then finally circle back around to CCC. All the proceeds will go to the Set Free Movement.

Registration ends November 16th (tomorrow) and donations end on the 18th!

For more information, FAQ’s, or to register, go to this website: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/9075205183

Thanks to everyone who is doing their part to further the Kingdom of God!

BY: Ariana Matty

Justice Week: Compassion International

Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. - Isaiah 1:17

Samuel Orlando from Manasseh Ministries in Kansas City is coming to speak in chapel tomorrow. He’ll be sharing about what his ministry does to help victims of human trafficking and his personal journey through the Compassion International system and how he was kept out of child slavery because of his sponsored family.


No, for real. This guy was one of those scruffy kids from the Compassion International pictures you browse through and think, Too bad I don’t have enough money do anything about this.

Read a little bit of his story here:


Samuel Orlando was born in a very poor province of the Dominican Republic called Luperon, Puerto Plata. He had slim possibilities of gaining a decent education due to extreme poverty within the community. His parents were missionaries in Luperon where most children didn’t have the possibility of regular meals much less the resources to obtain an education. At 25, his father first heard of Compassion International, and he immediately started the process to launch this program in Luperon. He saw it as a blessing that would help his son and other children in the community to obtain an education; his father knew that education was one of the keys to overcoming poverty. Unfortunately Samuels’ father passed away, but the vision was planted and five years later his mother married another pastor and returned to Luperon to continue the work that was already begun there.

Thanks to Compassion, Samuel was one of the first children sponsored in that area. A humble family from North America planted a seed and provided him the opportunity to graduate from high school, receive a healthy breakfast, a clean uniform and school supplies, thus changing the course of his life forever. He was able to obtain an education, become a recording engineer, a musician, and a Christian singer. According to Samuel, “One of the greatest things is that now I am able to give to others a similar opportunity that was provided for me!”

Compassion International proves that you don't have to give hundreds of dollars to help someone, but their educational, physical, mental, social, and spiritual growth is worth every penny.

Check it out. I dare you: http://www.compassion.com/

BY: Ariana Matty

Justice Week: Operation Christmas Child

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!  - Isaiah 30:18

Operation Christmas Child!!

If you’ve never heard of it, one of the main things Operation Christmas Child is known for is that it works worldwide to provide Christmas presents to children who can’t afford it. These presents aren’t just stupid toys and games though. Included are school supplies, hygiene items, small pieces of clothing and accessories, and even personal notes from the people packing the shoebox.


You can still pick up a shoebox from the Student Development Office until tomorrow. Donate items and money there too, before tomorrow.

Operation Christmas Child box-packing will commence at 7pm in the Tiger Den tomorrow!

BY: Ariana Matty

Atheists jump on board with Megachurch Movement?

The megachurch movement has become so appealing that apparently Atheist have decided to get on board and begin creating their own.  You heard me right, a group of people opposed to organized religion are in a way creating their own organized religion.  The idea was the brainchild of British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans.  Jones grew up a Roman Catholic, but left the church later in life.  It was his return for a Christmas carol concert that sparked his passion.  Jones shared his thoughts in an interview with Gillian Flaccus entitled “Atheist ‘Meganchurches’ Crop UpAround The World.” Jones stated:

"There was so much about it that I loved, but it's a shame because at the heart of it, it's something I don't believe in," Jones said. "If you think about church, there's very little that's bad. It's singing awesome songs, hearing interesting talks, thinking about improving yourself and helping other people — and doing that in a community with wonderful relationships. What part of that is not to like?"

Jones in essence missed the camaraderie that he felt at church, the relationships, the positive messages, the singing, and the bonds.  He just did not miss God.  Jones and Evans began prepping to try to create this same church concept just minus God.  The “church” for lack of a better name is called Sunday Assembly.  They even have a motto- Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More.  They gather on Sunday mornings, they have meet and greets, they play get to know each other games, they sing positive songs (Lean on Me and Here Comes the Sun), there is a message, they share about community service projects, pass a collection, and retire for some refreshments.  It sounds like a normal morning at your local church really, but God is not invited.

These churches started in England and spread to Australia and America meeting in San Diego, Nashville, New York, and other larger cities.  They claim they are not trying to come down on believers or mock them in any way they just want a place to meet and express their common ideas and beliefs.

Flaccus article really was an interesting one and I suggest you follow the link above and read it for yourself, but I wanted to focus on another aspect.  It was the fact that many of the members seem to be disenfranchised Christians, who have left their faith and been stumbling around blind looking for something.  I feel like the message I am hearing is that the idea of the modern Christian church is wonderful, but that much like communism doesn’t work well except in theory.  People like the idea and want to belong, but just aren’t feeling the vibes.  So, they have begun to look for a better model or a different type of place where they can gather and feel love.  The funny thing to me is they are running from a church to a church.

The big problem is how do we address this in the church?  People are hurting and need the love and friendship that churches seem to be missing or unable to provide.  What does the church need to do or change to better minister to the lost?  Maybe there is no answer, but it feels like there has to be something we can do to meet these lost souls and share the love.  Just some thoughts… what are your thoughts?

Justice Week: Live58

To loose the chains of injustice... to set the oppressed free... to share your food with the hungry... to provide the poor wanderer with shelter... when you see the naked, to clothe them - Isaiah 58:6-7

Live58 is a lifestyle movement to end extreme poverty through authentic Christian living, giving people opportunity to put their faith into action and letting them see the direct impact they make. They made a movie about true events of the global Church taking action against extreme poverty and modern slavery. Come watch it with us at Starting@9 in the Mudhole.



The hope is that people will understand the connection between extreme poverty and modern day slavery. After the movie, we’ll discuss it and what we can do to help.



What is Live58?: http://www.live58.org/about-live58

We have everything we need.

Will we do everything it takes?

BY: Ariana Matty