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The Making of a Tradition:
A Behind the Scenes Look at JBU’s Candlelight
When JBU is All in the Family Images of Homecoming Winter 2007-2008
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president He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. Colossians 1:15-18
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JBU rightly claims “Christ Over All” as a defining feature of our community, but that phrase is more than a marketing slogan. “Christ Over All” makes claims about the Lordship of Christ that should deeply influence why and how we go about our work. Christ is the creator of all things. We study biology or psychology, not only because we want to be a doctor or psychiatrist, but because Christ is Over All, and he created our physical bodies and minds. We study political science or organizational behavior or leadership, not only because we want to understand power, but because Christ is Over All, and He created all thrones, dominions, rulers and authorities. Christ created this world, so we at JBU should be curious to study all aspects of creation to know Him better. Christ is the sustainer of all things. Christ does not just create the world and let it run its course. He is actively involved in sustaining it, and we find the evidence of His sustaining power in the strangest places: in the order that exists in mathematics, in the repeatability of experiments, in the cultural rituals of love, in the clarification of good arguments, and even in our mowing patterns to sustain Sager Creek. JBU should examine and learn the order of things because Christ sustains all things. Christ is the redeemer of all things. The world is deeply broken because of sin. Christ clearly redeems us from the penalty of our own sin, but He also redeems brokenness within this sin-soaked world. Christ is Over All in the discovery of new drugs to combat AIDS, in reconciliation in Northern Ireland, and in the adoption of an orphan into a loving family. JBU should promote and practice the restoration of brokenness. Christ is also the end of all things. All of creation has been made, is sustained, and is being redeemed to give praise to Christ. As we do our work at JBU, we honor Christ by creating and sustaining good things, and by redeeming broken things to make them good again. Such work is our act of worship for Christ who is Over All. Thank you for all your prayers, support, and encouragement to help us maintain “Christ Over All” at JBU. I deeply appreciate it.
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The Making of a Tradition
One of the most cherished traditions at JBU is a peaceful, worshipful event, but it requires months of work, many volunteers, and a flurry of activity across campus to bring it to life. by Andrea Phillips and Ali Holcomb
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John Brown University provides Christ-centered education that prepares people to honor God and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives.
Perspectives On ... “Lifestyle Worship” by Kayla White
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Window of Opportunity: The $20 Million Challenge
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Flashback: Remembering the Founder
O n T h e C ov e r : Seniors Christina Carnes and David Burney, and junior Katherine Grimes are members of JBU’s Cathedral Choir. Photo by Andrea Phillips
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Letters The Walterses Inspire a True Image of Love I read Hannah Nielsen’s excellent article on Jim and Lynda Walters with great interest and thought. My son Mark Durham ’95 and his wife Rebekah (Holmes) ’96 both had Dr. Walters, and they appreciated [the Walterses] so much they asked [Jim] to perform their wedding ceremony in 1995. Hannah’s detailed description of Jim and Lynda’s trials and unselfish behavior was very meaningful and thought stimulating. Sometimes we hear or see young people in the prime of their physical beauty, strength, and vitality pictured as the perfect idea of love, but certainly the unselfish love, which the Walterses reflect, is much nearer true, godly love. I am saving this issue of the Brown Bulletin for future reference in case my dear wife and I face such trials. Ken Durham Longview, TX
“I almost want to be a student again.” I finished reading the last Brown Bulletin yesterday, and I must say, “I was highly impressed.” So impressed that I “almost” think I would like to be a student there again. (Notice I said almost.) There is so much going on there. It is great to read about all the activities. I think it is just great that faculty, staff, and students raised money for the renovation project. Science has never been high on my list of subjects to study, but I was impressed with the work that Dr. Greuel is doing. The story about Jim and Lynda Walters was very touching. I think it is SO NEAT that the son of the retiring basketball coach will be coming to fill that position. Since he was a student there, he should feel “at home.” Barbara Bragg ’55 Camden, AR
JBU Reaches New Heights in Enrollment and Rankings
Thanks for a Great Homecoming The following letter was sent to President Charles Pollard. Thank you for allowing the Sound Generation to once again be part of the John Brown University Homecoming weekend. I had a wonderful time both playing with the group and seeing what is new on campus. I was particularly struck by the renovation of the Cathedral Group buildings. They are going to look terrific when they are done. I know that a lot of hours go into preparing for homecoming, so I am thankful to the members of your team that were involved. As my work schedule is quite crazy right now, this Homecoming weekend served as an oasis for me to refresh both mentally and spiritually. Beyond the practice and performance times together with the group, as happened in 2005, the times of worship and prayer were very special. Carl Walter ’76 Wildwood, MO
Students returned to campus this fall to hear the announcement that JBU ranked fourth in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” ranking. JBU’s fourth-place ranking amid 93 other schools in its category placed JBU in the top 5 percent of southern baccalaureate colleges. In the past six years JBU’s ranking has climbed from twelfth in 2001 and 2002, eleventh in 2003, eighth in 2004, and sixth in 2005 and 2006. On the heels of the U.S. News ranking announcement, JBU announced that total student enrollment for the 2007-2008 academic year hit an all-time high with 2,086 students. This is the second year in a row that JBU’s total enrollment has passed the 2,000 mark. JBU also set a new record with the largest number of new traditional undergraduates choosing the university. This fall, 464 new students began classes, including first-time freshmen and transfer students.
her class members shortly before returning to JBU.
JBU to Expand North Hall With record enrollment this fall, the need for additional housing on campus was highlighted. Following the annual fall board of trustees meeting, JBU announced that it will add a second wing to North Hall residence building on the campus. The new residence wing, which will house 80 students, will complete the second phase of North Hall, which originally was not expected to be completed until some time further in the future. But consistent growth in enrollment and a $3.5 million gift to the university moved the plans up. The new wing is expected to be completed in time for the fall 2008 semester.
CORRECTION Jerome E. Brown ’35 passed away on October 19, 2005, not in 2007 as printed in the Summer 2007 issue of the Brown Bulletin.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY: Letters are published with the permission of the author. Some letters are edited for length. Not all letters can be published. Published letters will be selected based on the value of their content, tone, clarity, and other such characteristics. Send your letters by e-mail to Andrea Phillips at aphillips@jbu.edu or by U.S. mail to: Andrea Phillips, Brown Bulletin Editor, John Brown University, 2000 West University Street, Siloam Springs, AR 72761.
guests, as well as English-speaking managers and coworkers. Kahnk began offering hour-long English classes for hotel employees before work three days a week. From the very first class, the turnout was spectacular. Nearly all the Spanish-speaking employees in the housekeeping department attended the class, some of them even coming in on their day off just to participate. The hotel was so impressed with Kahnk’s initiative and service, they published a press release about the classes, and a local television station featured Kahnk’s story in their news program. Kahnk (in the striped shirt) enjoyed a party with many of
JBU SIFE Soars at Nationals Again In May, the JBU Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team participated in the 2007 SIFE National Competition held in Dallas, Texas. The team of 16 students competed against the top 168 teams from different colleges and universities across the nation. In addition to tying for fifth place overall—for the fourth consecutive year—the JBU SIFE team was selected as the National First Place team for Business Ethics.
Professor Pens and Produces Original Play This fall audiences were transported to the Far East in JBU’s first original stage production, Children Elemental, which opened Homecoming weekend. The play about the broken relationship between a creator and his children— developed around the elements of earth, wind, water, fire, and metal—was written, produced, and directed by Jason Hough, assistant professor of communication and theatre. An artist’s rendering shows North Hall with the proposed “Phase 2” wing.
JBU Student’s Act of Service Is Applauded This summer, senior business and Spanish major Andrea Kahnk made the most of her internship with West Inn & Suites by stepping forward to meet a need that she witnessed first hand. After spending some time in the hotel housekeeping department, Kahnk realized that the Spanish-speaking employees were having trouble communicating with 4 Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008
The cast and crew of JBU’s groundbreaking play Children Elemental
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jbu in focus Hough was inspired to write the play after his trip to Tokyo in the summer of 2006, during which he studied Japanese culture and Kabuki Theatre. He became fascinated with the art styles of anime and manga, both of which are prevalent throughout his play. The cast and crew of Children Elemental garnered recognition and several awards at the Arkansas American College Theater Festival in Conway, Arkansas in November. Junior Jasmine Brown received an award for excellence in costuming, junior David Baker received an award for excellence in sound design, and Hough received an award for excellence in program design. Senior Sophie Morris and juniors Janelle Sando and Arthur Summers were selected as nominees for the prestigious Irene Ryan acting competition. Morris, Sando, and Summers will compete in the regional competition in Texas in the spring.
KLRC Listeners “Pay It Forward” JBU radio station KLRC encouraged listeners to do something a little different to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. Thanks to a partnership with Arvest Bank, listeners were given the opportunity to spread goodwill throughout Northwest Arkansas by “paying it forward” through random acts of kindness. Listeners were asked to go to KLRC.com and explain how they would “pay it forward” if they were given $101. KLRC announced the winning plans during the KLRC morning show Thanksgiving week. Each day, Arvest Bank awarded three randomly-selected listeners $101 to fund their “pay it forward” plan. Even before winners were selected, listeners were calling the station to share ways they were already paying it forward by initiating acts of kindness from paying for another customer’s purchase at the drive-thru to buying groceries for a needy family. When winners were announced on air, and they described their plans to help others in need with the $101, other listeners were inspired and spontaneously called the station with matching gifts to multiply the winner’s “Pay It Forward” efforts.
jbu in focus The new JBU Rogers Center is located just off I-540 in a building that is visible from the highway. The 15,000square-foot building has ten classrooms and five offices, an improvement from its previous facility that was half the size and located in Springdale. The center was moved to Rogers in an effort to improve facilities, expand classroom space, and better serve the growing population of students enrolling in JBU adult programs. CRE Executive Directoor Gary Oliver promotes healthy marriages to a group in Northwest Arkansas.
four free seminars in Northwest Arkansas this fall. The “I Choose Us: Growing a Passionate Marriage” seminar was presented at the Tyson Foods World Headquarters in Springdale, Harvard Avenue Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, and Embassy Suites in Rogers. A special seminar for engaged couples was also held at the Embassy Suites in Rogers. The two-day seminars equipped couples with eight hours of marriage enrichment education and offered each couple a personal couple’s assessment report and a discussion guide for ongoing couple interaction. Partnerships with Tyson Foods and J.B. Hunt allowed JBU to reach a tremendous number of participants, including employees of those companies, who might not have otherwise heard about the program. The J.B. Hunt co-sponsored program in Rogers was so popular that registration finally had to be limited to 250 couples. The phenomenal success of these programs is particularly encouraging given that Northwest Arkansas has the highest divorce rate in the state. Arkansas as a whole has one of the highest divorce rates in the country. These events offered a tangible way to help counteract the growing trend of divorce for Christian and non-Christian couples alike. Altogether, more than 900 people attended the fall CRE events, which were the first of their kind. Thanks to the five-year grant, CRE will be continuing marriage enrichment initiatives in Northwest Arkansas for the next few years.
JBU Joins Independent 529 Tuition Savings Plan to Make Paying for College Easier JBU has joined the Independent 529 (I-529) Plan, a tuition savings program that allows parents to prepay future tuition at rates less than current tuition. The plan is similar to other 529 tuition savings plans, but the
I-529 plan applies specifically to tuition payments at independent, private colleges and universities, including JBU. Tuition credit purchased today is guaranteed to satisfy costs at the time the child enrolls in college. For example, parents who purchase a half year of tuition today will receive a half year of tuition credit—regardless of the cost at the time—when the child later redeems the tuition certificate at a member college or university. Savings plans can be earmarked for any member institution and can later be transferred and applied to any other member institution, ensuring that students will be able to choose the private college best suited for them. Parents can even redeem their tuition savings without penalty if their child chooses a public or other non-member institution. More information is available at www.independent529plan.org.
For more information about these and other news stories, visit www.jbu.edu/news
Cathedral Group Construction Is Under Way Renovations on the inside and outside of the Cathedral Group buildings began this summer. Interior renovations were completed for the fall semester. Exterior renovations will continue into the new year, although progress is clearly visible as the limestone cladding climbs higher up the buildings each week. ■
New JBU Center Opens in Rogers The John Brown University Rogers Center is the newest location to offer JBU’s graduate programs and Advance Program for adult degree completion.
CRE Partners with Tyson and J.B. Hunt to Provide Marriage Seminars to NWA Thanks to a five-year, $2.7 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, the Center for Relationship Enrichment (CRE) was able to provide 6 Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008
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Waiting on God by Stan Mckinnon Campus Pastor Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14 (NAS) I am not by nature a very patient person. I am usually in a hurry, even when I don’t need to be, and I think I have finally figured out why. It’s not something I’m proud of, but it seems that I trust myself more than God. Recently, God has been teaching me that waiting on Him and His timing is a perfect antidote for my harried life. David was the most powerful king in the history of Israel. So isn’t it fascinating that he associated strength and courage with waiting? I would think that a king wouldn’t have to wait for much. That’s because I assume the whole point of having strength and courage is to be able to push my way into my dreams. But as powerful as he was, King David didn’t make any of his dreams come true. Every good thing in his life came as a blessing from the hand of God. A blessing is the thing we want most, but it can only come as a gift from God. And here’s the hard part: Whenever someone in the Bible received a blessing, it never seemed to arrive when people expected it. Usually, it arrived later than expected. And often, it was not in the form that people expected. Why do God’s blessings so often arrive late? Why do they arrive in a different form? Maybe it is because waiting for a blessing is the best way for our faith to grow strong and courageous. By waiting, our souls are given time to turn away from the thing we most want and turn back to the God from whom all blessings flow. By waiting, we realize that the real blessing isn’t that we finally get what we have long wanted, but that we receive it from our loving heavenly Father (James 1:17). By the time you have waited long enough to be that focused on God, hopefully you have become free from wanting anything or anyone else more than Him. Only then are you truly free, and that freedom is one of God’s greatest blessings.
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Alumnus and Technology Take Bible Teaching to Illiterate People Groups
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by Andrea Phillips According to International Orality Network figures, there are approximately 4 billion people who can’t, don’t, or won’t take in new information or communicate by literate means. These oral communicators constitute approximately two-thirds of the world’s population. Missionary agencies have built mission strategies around the goal of creating a written language form, teaching people to read and write, and translating scripture into the native language so that people could have access to God’s word and Christian teaching. Such a process can take decades. But now, thanks to today’s technology—including iPods®, MP3 players, and other digital media devices—missionaries are finding it easier than ever to deliver the gospel and teaching material to oral communicators instantly, and through the medium that oral communicators best connect with: the spoken word. In 2005, JBU alumnus Ed Weaver ’83 was working as a self-employed technology consultant when he found himself thinking about technology and missions. He asked himself, “What could you do with an iPod® in the work of missions if you don’t care about what the business model is, if you don’t care about making a profit?” About that time, a friend asked him to come along on a mission trip to Asia, which he did. Weaver and his friend recorded 17 hours of teaching at a pastors’ conference where semiliterate pastors were being trained to minister to their churches, all in a language unknown to Weaver. “There was a pastor at that conference who was not able to attend the first three days because of illness,” Weaver recalled. “We were able to give him those three days of training [in recorded form].” That first experience drew Weaver into a life of helping mission organizations reach oral communicators through
technology. In April 2005, he founded MP3 Reach, an organization that supplied mission organizations with the digital media devices they needed to distribute their messages to various—and often illiterate—communities. The devices are loaded with Bible passages, teaching material, and other recordings from the agency and then given to missionaries who use them to facilitate mission work and outreach. “Oral people are not stupid; they just learn in a different way,” Weaver said. “They have better memories. They learn through stories. They are told the gospel in story form. There are some cultures where the written word and linear thinking is good. There are other cultures where they have to hear in another way.” In September 2005, Weaver was invited to attend the first conference for the International Orality Network, “a partnership of every major missions organization on the planet that recognizes the importance of oral communication,” Weaver said. The conference provided resources and information to help mission organizations rethink and reach deeper into oral communication strategies, which can be a challenge to Western thinking. “[In order to give oral communicators all the messages in the Bible], they have to take the pastoral teaching and redevelop it in story, song, drama,” Weaver said. “You have to change your mindset. How do you create a story out of Ephesians? How do you act that out? You really have to think about that. “The vast majority of the work that has been done has been done in evangelism. Now the hard part is getting to discipleship. We’ve not done a lot of the second step, helping the lay leaders and the marginalized know how to live,” he said. Within two years of founding MP3 Reach, Weaver was working in 25 countries with 15 agencies, including East-
West ministries, Wycliffe, Trans World Radio, and Missionary Aviation Fellowship. This summer, Weaver began partnering with T4 Global, an organization working to train leaders in some of the poorest, hardest-to-reach communities in the world, primarily those in which people can’t or don’t read. Partnering with T4 Global has many advantages, Weaver said. “It puts me in a team situation. It puts me in a position where I’ll take second place, and I can’t take credit. And it allows me to team with a group of people who have more experience and credibility than I have on my own,” he said. Weaver is helping T4 Global place technology – the “mobile teacher” – and libraries of digital audio files in villages of great need, where missionaries can facilitate learning in small group settings through oral communication. “It’s the biggest thing going in missions these days, and it’s exactly what we need to be doing,” Weaver said. “I realized that this [work I’m doing in missions] really isn’t from me. To put myself in front of a tsunami of change in missions when I had never been on a missions trip before is crazy. This is phenomenal.” ■
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worship event for the entire community. “In a time where there is such an emphasis on electronic media, [the sound of people worshipping at Candlelight is] something profoundly unique,” Smith says, reflecting on those congregational carols, during which he conducts the audience. “It’s hearing 1,000 humans lifting up their voices. It’s not uncommon for me to see tears in the eyes of the people in front of me.”
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s spring arrives at John Brown University, new life is brought back to campus. The familiar sound of chirping birds draws students from their dorm rooms out into the warm open air to study on blankets in the grass, socialize on the steps around the clock tower, or to take a nap under the branches of a budding tree. The sound of shuffling feet and cheering teammates echoes across the sunny quad as a game of Ultimate Frisbee breaks out. In the Cathedral building, however, there is a sound that seems out of place: Christmas music. Deep in the recesses of the Cathedral of the Ozarks in room 103, Paul Smith, professor of music, is lost in the sounds of Christmas medleys. The top of his desk is gone. In its place are piles—piles of sheet music laced with Christmas arrangements and CDs of holiday classics. With his glasses perched at the end of his nose, all Paul Smith cares about on this warm Arkansas day is capturing the essence of Christmas. Although it won’t be performed until December, Smith picks out the music for the JBU’s Candlelight Service as early as he can the preceding spring. He tries to choose a variety of arrangements with different styles based on the skill and age level
of the overall choir. Smith finds that the more challenging and complex the music is, the more enjoyable it is for the audience. “I can honestly say that no matter how difficult the music is, the choir always comes through,” says Smith, who has been conducting Candlelight since 1987. “I personally feel God deserves our best. There is something noble working toward excellence especially in a world that praises or exalts mediocrity.” This music selection process is the first of many behind the scenes preparations for JBU’s hallmark holiday event held each December in the Cathedral. The program, which includes performances by the University Cathedral Choir, the Women’s Chorus, special ensemble groups, and a brass ensemble, requires a tremendous amount of planning, work, and dedication on the part of those involved. Those who attend Candlelight are invited to participate in the service by singing congregational carols such as “Silent Night” and “The First Noel,” which are interspersed throughout the group performances. Scripture readings and a brief homily delivered by a JBU faculty or staff member accent the music and help to make Candlelight a sophisticated and inspiring
andlelight began in 1942 under the direction of Dr. Mabel Oiesen, who was the university’s first full-time music director. Oiesen worked at JBU for 32 years, and with Candlelight, started the longest running tradition at JBU. “Mabel had a heart and a passion,” Smith says. “She gave birth to the music department at JBU.” The first Candlelight service was held in the basement of the Cathedral before the sanctuary was built. The service then moved to the old gym in the valley before finally moving to the sanctuary after its completion in 1957. “Candlelight then was not up to the quality of the performance we have today, but [the services] were amazing, better than anything else in the area,” remembers JBU Chancellor and Former President John Brown Jr. “There were more Christmas carols, and Mabel always ended with ‘Wreathe the Holly, Twine the Bay.’” The service, which has always been free and open to the public, was held on one night each year until 1967 when growing attendance persuaded the university to offer services on two nights instead of one. Today, the service is held on three consecutive nights – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – and is enjoyed by 3,000 people each year. And as the audiences grew, the event matured to become more professional, featuring more complex choral pieces, creating a more formal worship experience. “Candlelight is much more inspirational now than it was, more worshipful,” Brown says. “I think people are really tired of a commercialized Christmas that is centered on materialism,” Smith says. “Their spirits are so deprived of an opportunity to come to an event that is focused on a beautiful sense of worship. People enjoy taking time out of busy lives to do congregational carols and to drink in the beauty of the Cathedral.”
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t the end of the summer, students return to campus, reclaim the residence halls, and fill the classrooms to begin the fall semester. Chathedral Choir members also begin their routine of rehearsal. They begin learning the pieces they will sing throughout the year—there are about twenty songs to learn each year—but by October, all of their attention is on the
Paul Smith works with a student on a difficult section of music after the regular choir rehersal.
Christmas music that they will sing for Candlelight. “Choir rehearsal has its good days and bad days, but by far I feel like we have a lot more good days,” says junior soprano Katherine Grimes. “We can spend an entire class period on one song or section of a song and it seems like we just keep going in circles. However, there are always those moments when something clicks, and we get it right. It’s magnificent.” In addition to the hour-long class periods during which the entire choir rehearses as a group, sectional groups divided by voice parts—bass, tenor, alto, soprano—each rehearse an additional three hours a week at different times. Sectionals are led by upperclassmen with talent and experience, who are charged with the task of making sure each singer learns their part by the time Paul Smith tests them on it. “The older ones teach the younger ones,” Smith describes. “Not just the music, but that they have to know the music. [The older ones] can say, ‘Mr. Smith is serious. When he asks you to sing your part, you really have to know it.’ It creates a certain level of anxiety, but the tradition [of excellent music] didn’t get there on its own. We really preach excellence.” Jake Funk ’07 was section leader for the tenors when he sang with the choir. As their leader, he provided structure and helped the group stay on task during rehearsals. He directed songs, listened for blend and intonation, and critiqued the tenors so they could improve their performance. “I came in as a freshmen with a very disciplined tenor section. Their tradition was excellence through practice and, like I said, discipline,” Funk says. “When I became section leader my sophomore year, I wanted so badly to keep that tradition because it was awesome…. I don’t really know what kind of tradition I have established, but I do know the Jake Funk directs the Chamber Choir at one of their 10 p.m. rehearsals.
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Jan Wubbena, professor of music and organist for Candlelight, also practices for the numbers he will play during the Candlelight services. He says he can’t remember the last time he missed a performance. “I like playing Christmas carols, and I like playing the organ,” Wubbena says. “It’s a privilege to have this calling. Music is a gift from God, and the ability to organize sound into music in order to convey emotion and meaning is an absolute marvel.”
W tenors are the best section in the choir. But maybe I’m a little biased.” Grimes describes sectionals as her favorite part of choir rehearsals: “It is the time we can relax and really get to know one another. With such a large choir, it can be hard to get to know people and form relationship with them. Sections become like a smaller family within the larger group … A section is a perfect example of what teamwork can accomplish. It takes each of us doing our best for all of us to sound good.” In addition to the regular choir rehearsals, many students take on additional responsibility to be a part of special ensemble groups. Those in quartets or the Chamber Choir, for example, learn additional music and attend additional rehearsals. Now graduated and hoping to become a conductor, Funk works part time at JBU and directs the Chamber Choir as they prepare their Candlelight performance. They rehearse Sunday nights at 10:00, and in the weeks leading up to the performance, they will add additional rehearsals during the week. “Mr. Smith always uses this analogy, but it’s true: It’s like time is your canvas, and the singers along with the notes are your colors. [In my conducting experience] I was able to paint whatever I wanted and it was exhilarating,” Funk says.
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s the singers are rehearsing, instrumentalists are also preparing for the big December event. A brass ensemble, an organist, pianists, and other musicians will perform and accompany the singers throughout the Candlelight program. About a month before the performance, Ernest Whitmore, JBU advising coordinator, brings the brass ensemble together for practices a couple times each week. Whitmore is the director of the brass ensemble and also plays the trumpet for the group, which consists of seven to eight members. Since the 1970s, he says, there has been a nucleus of brass players—mostly Whitmore family members—who play each year. Other members of the community are invited to play as needed each season. The ensemble will play a half-hour prelude to the service, which is a bit more like a short concert most nights when the Cathedral pews are full to capacity before the ensemble begins. During their practices, the brass players decide together which pieces they will play for the service. “We are always looking for new selections to play, though we often find our way back to old favorites we’ve played in the past,” Whitmore says.
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i th the constant sound of melodies and harmonies wafting through the cathedral as the rotation of rehearsals continues toward December, it can be easy to overlook the fact that it takes much more than music to put on this time-honored tradition. Early in the semester, tuxedos and gowns must be ordered to fit the new choir and chorus members. Even though the returning singers already have their outfits in hand, staff work to make sure jackets still fit, each pair of black shoes is appropriate, and there are extra bow ties on hand just in case one goes missing before a performance. The speakers for the service—those who will read the Christmas story and deliver the homily—are invited to participate, and each prepares his or her part. Posters are designed and distributed about town to promote the service. Public service announcements and press releases are written to alert the community and the media about the upcoming event. Programs, outlining this year’s order of service and listing the names of those performing, are laid out, proofread, and sent to print. More than 3,000 candles are purchased to fill the candelabras, to be carried by the choir, and to be held by every audience member during the singing of “Silent Night.” Christmas decorations are pulled out of storage. Every string of twinkle lights is inspected. The artificial greenery is evaluated. Replacements are purchased if needed. Altogether, between the music royalties, the promotional materials, the rental equipment, and the decorations, Candlelight costs around $6,000 to produce each year. Smith recalls a time when there was a discussion about whether to charge an admission fee or sell tickets to help cover the expenses of the service. Smith and others wanted to keep the tradition free to the public, and it still is so. “It’s never about the money,” Smith says. “We want this to be one time we say to the community, ‘We are going to give back to the community.’” Even without charging an admission fee, however, the university has been able to cover the costs of producing the Candlelight service through the generous gifts given by audience members during a time of offering each night. h e weekend before Candlelight the cathedral is buzzing. Members of JBU’s facility services hang big wreaths between the windows and above the organ. They polish the wood pews, shampoo the carpets, add extra seating, and do a detailed cleaning of the sactuary. “We take [the preparation] as a little fun,” says Chris Snyder, custodial staff in charge of set-ups, who leads the crew in the holiday prep. “It’s a busy time of year, but this gives us a change of pace. We finally know the holidays are here when we start setting up for Candlelight. It’s a lot more work, but
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we’re looking forward to the holidays, so it’s fun.” Choir students hang garland and decorate with poinsettias, naturally breaking into a Christmas carol or two as they work. They are excited for Christmas break and the chance to see family again, but are ready for the tough work still ahead of them in preparing for Candlelight. On Wednesday evening, the evening before the first performance, everyone involved in the service comes together in the Cathedral for a long and thorough technical rehearsal. Every movement of the evening is scrutinized and tried: When will the house lights dim and how quickly will they fade? How will the choir position themselves in the foyer for the first number? How will the 60 choir members light each of their candles in 60 seconds without setting someone’s hair ablaze? Which mics are turned on at which moment? When do the lights come up for congregational carols? How will the different ensembles and instrumentalists move on and off the crowded stage without toppling over? “The tech rehearsals can be stressful, but they are also exciting,” says senior soprano Christina Carnes. “These rehearsals can be a lot of ‘hurry up and wait.’ Yet, the excitement of the performance being just around the corner is always overwhelming. Everyone is usually in a great, festive mood and we are all cheerful and glad to be a part of choir.” “There can be panic times right before the performance when things don’t work.” Smith says. “Our goal is that by the time people show up they don’t notice anything and that nothing calls attention to itself. We want a flow of worship.” fter months of preparation, opening night of Candlelight arrives. The Cathedral sanctuary is aglow with twinkle lights and candles amidst pine wreaths, elegant Christmas trees, and the highlighted stained glass windows. Ten minutes before the prelude begins, there are ripples of movement across the pews as, here and there, closely seated audience members shuffle closer together to make room for one or two more latecomers. Some nights, the audiences are so large that people have to be turned away at the door. Last year, Smith recalls, one family drove from Texas just to be a part of the experience. When they arrived to find the Cathedral full to capacity and had to be turned away, the family decided to stay in a Siloam Springs motel so they could attend Candlelight the following evening. As the brass ensemble concludes their prelude of rich familiar melodies, the lights dim, allowing darkness and silence to fill the cathedral. The audience eagerly
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awaits the first note of the choir. Unexpectedly, voices are heard coming from the back of the room. The choir is circled in the back softly lifting their voices, which grow and resound from under the balcony to the stage at the front. Each of the 60 singers holds a candle, and as they move further into the sanctuary, the room is increasingly illuminated. The worshipful tones filling the air engulf the captivated audience. “I love performing ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ as a processional at the beginning of the performance,” Carnes says, describing her f avo r i t e m o m en t o f th e performance. “The room always seems full of a sort of sacred energy. Everyone is standing, singing joyfully as one body, the candles are flickering with the light of Christ and, ‘O come let us adore Him!’ echoes through the cathedral. Beautiful! This is my picturesque worship moment!” For two hours, the Cathedral is filled with music and with worship. As the house lights slowly come up at the close of the service, it’s easy to see the effect of the experience on the audience. Some are drying their eyes. Others are hugging loved ones. Everyone seems to have a peaceful countenance about them. For many in Northwest Arkansas – and even for some from other regions and other states – this event has come to mark the beginning of the Christmas season. Leeland and Rosalie Flickinger from Bella Vista, Arkansas have a few connections with faculty at JBU and have attended Candlelight for several years. “When we moved to Bella Vista people said we had to go, and we haven’t been disappointed,” Rosalie says. “We love the music and the candles, and the silence is wonderful.” Smith recalls a choir performance in Bella Vista during which he asked the audience how many people had attended JBU’s Candlelight: “Ninety percent of them raised their hands.” Siloam Springs resident Matt Snyder ’96 says he tries to attend the Candlelight service whenever he can. “In the midst of the busy Christmas season with its myriad commitments and distractions, the Candlelight Service always serves to slow me down and realign my focus on Jesus. I leave the Cathedral able to more fully appreciate the season.” That’s exactly what Paul Smith hopes for the program, that it brings people to God at Christmas time. “The center [of the program] is not on a show, but on a high worship experience,” Smith said. “We hope [people leave feeling that] they weren’t entertained, but that they were brought along in a real worship experience. This is a Christmas card to the community.” ■ Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008 13
All in the Family
Heather (Cauwels) Bunnel ’90
Diane (Walters) Breitkreuz ’93
John Bunnel ’87 Heidi Wilbanks ’02
Stephen Breitkreuz ’90
Mark Cauwels ’79 Lois Cauwels ’63
The majority of students who enroll as freshmen at JBU learn about the university
Paul Cauwels ’62
Alaina (Walch) Shuler ’03
Jack Cauwels ’56 Phyllis (Chalmers) Cauwels ’57
through someone they know. Often, it is a
Richie Shuler ’05
family member who connects that student to JBU. In the case of some students, so many family members have preceeded them
Johnathan Shuler ’02
Holly (Wilbanks) Shuler ’05
Peter Cauwels ’94 Amy (Lackey) Cauwels ’94
Robin (Shuler) Roberts ’83
Caryn (Cauwels) Shuler ’78
to campus that JBU has practically become a family trait, with shared JBU experiences connecting generations. On the following
John Veteto ’70 Janice (Cauwels) Veteto ’68
pages, you’ll meet some students who have Randy Shuler ’79
deep JBU roots, see the family members who Denise Cauwels ’83
own thoughts about what it’s like to grow
A Few Disclaimers:
2) We did the best we could, working with the students and reviewing JBU records, to identify as many family members as possible in these family trees. If you’re connected to one of these families but not included here, we appologize for missing you. That’s what happens when you skip that family reunion. 3) Unlike true family tree diagrams, the family pictures here are laid out somewhat randomly. Don’t suppose two people are married simply because their pictures are connected to each other on the page. 4) Some family members shown here have married into other large JBU families that could have filled countless pages in the magazine. But, since our space is limited, we had to cut it off somewhere. Appologies if your branch got “cut off.”
family
1) JBU recognizes any student who completes two semesters as an alumnus. Some of the people featured here may not have completed their degree, but we still count them as part of the JBU family. The class years shown represent the class each alumnus was connected with when they enrolled.
Shuler
up with the JBU gene.
“I honestly find it an honor to be able to carry on the legacy of my family at JBU. It is really neat to be able to talk about JBU as a part of my life and hear my relatives talk about how it affected their lives as well. I originally wanted to go to JBU because I knew that my grandparents, parents, and brothers met their spouses at JBU, and as a young girl, marriage was always on my mind. As I grew up, my reasons changed, and I looked forward to JBU’s small community and Christian relationships. After my first semester freshman year, I realized exactly why JBU is a legacy in my family: The love that JBU holds is unlike anything I have ever experience before! It is such a blessing for my parents to hear about how JBU has provided a great environment for my spiritual growth and to know that we share that experience with all my relatives who went to JBU.” Kristin Shuler, sophomore
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came before them, and read the students’
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family
Wilson The
“Since so many of my family members and family friends had gone to JBU, I grew up hearing about the ‘good ole days’ at JBU, coming to visit campus, and interacting with the amazing people that had graduated from JBU. All this was amazing, but actually being here has been more amazing than the stories. Meeting peers that have a heart to know, love, and serve God. Being surrounded by people who love and are trying to love people more. And then, when Homecoming rolls around, meeting the people my parents and grandparents went to school with, and seeing how God has worked through and in so many lives at JBU. It’s a bitterweet feeling know graduation is right around the corner. While I’m excited for what God has in store for me, I know I will miss this place like crazy.” Rachelle Wilson, senior
“I always knew that I wanted to come to JBU, even before I really understood what college was about. I would sit and listen to my dad and his old college buddies talking about their time at JBU, about pranks they pulled and the fun they had, or the all nighters spent writing papers on their typewriters or doing projects. Once I arrived on campus as a student, I knew I was where I belong, because it was the place so much of my family belonged. Now, I understand their stories even more because I have experienced them first hand.” Erin Wilson, sophomore
Erin with cousins Rachelle and Stephanie, who are sisters
During Homecoming this year, my sister and I tagged along with our parents as they hung out with other alumni. We enjoyed listening to stories about their college days: soccer games, group dates, the pranks they remember—and the pranks they would never admit to pulling. Listening to the stories about their years at JBU makes me appreciate my time here even more. JBU is challenging me intellectually and spiritually. Sure, I love the courses, books, projects, and papers. JBU is a great place to receive an education, but it’s more than that. Watching my parents with their former classmates makes me appreciate what really creates the JBU experience: the people. I guess that’s why being a part of a JBU family is so awesome. It’s not really about JBU as much as it is about the hall mates, the Bible study groups, the professors, the chapel speakers, and the intramural teams. JBU is an awesome place to go to college, but it would be nothing without the cool people. Stephanie Wilson, sophomore
Dave Wilson ’78
Dan Wilson ’80 Mary Ann (Taylor) Kelderman ’76 Alyssa (Hollingsworth) Felix’95
Ruth (Taylor) Owensby ’72
Dave Stephens ’85 Bill Hollingsworth ’67 Margo (Hollingsworth) Dodsen ’65
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Rodney Owensby ’71
Bob Hollingsworth ’62 Jan (Rankin) Hollingsworth ’62
Joel Wilson ’85 Jana (Hollingsworth) Wilson ’85
Amy (Hollingsworth) Stephens ’87
Joe Wilson ’53 Ruth (Colquhoun) Wilson ’54
Steve Wilson ’83 Joan (Taylor) Wilson ’84
John Hollingsworth ’64
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family
Siemens
“I am very privileged and honored to belong to a family with such a storied heritage at JBU. It is quite a feat for 32—and soon to be 36—relatives to graduate from the same university. The best part, by far, is being able to use the passing comment, “Well, 32 of my relatives graduated from here, so beat that!” Naturally, it makes sense that JBU should name a building after my family.” Kirk Denison, freshman
siblings Kirk and Amber with cousins Kyle and Libby
“Being a part of a large family that has been intimately connected to JBU helps me to feel connected to this place. Somehow the history of this school is important to me. What is happening at JBU now and what will happen in the future are also important to me. I love watching my family get excited about things here at JBU that are exciting to me. My JBU roots help me to feel connected to the school, and my experience at JBU is a bonding point for my family and me. I am grateful that God has allowed me to come here to be a part of JBU.” Amber Denison, senior
“What I find truly amazing is that, unlike many families these days, our get-togethers never involve arguments or heated debates. We just have a blast being together. We are always singing hymns or silly songs, playing games, acting out skits, eating, or just laughing with each other. If we tell stories about things that happened at JBU, everyone can relate. It is such an inviting atmosphere to be a part of. Food and music are probably the two most characteristic things about our family...where two or more of us are gathered, there is sure to be eight-part harmonies and a feast of snacks.” Kyle Spencer, senior
“People ask me how I first heard about JBU since I live so far away from the school. I used to get red in the face and quietly say that I just have a lot of relatives who have come through this school. But recently, I’ve realized that I am so blessed to have such a large family history here. I love telling people that I’m a third generation student at John Brown! It’s so fun to hear stories of things my relatives did when they were students here, but what is really great about being a third generation is knowing that everyone—from my grandparents down to my cousins and I—has been able to share a similar college experience.” Libby Redditt, sophomore
Dan Siemens ’76 Cindi (Grover) Siemens ’71
The
Joy (Clements) Karel ’82
Mary (Phillips) Leadabrand ’04
David Siemens ’85
Rosanne (Siemens) Redditt ’75
Lyn (Siemens) Spencer ’78
Doug Siemens ’80
Sarah Hattaway ’04
Walta (Siemens) Hattaway ’72 Brach Siemens ’01
Missy (Ware) Clements ’88
Stephen Phillips ’05
Julia (Freeman) Siemens ’80
Carole (Clements) Austell ’80
Rebecca Hattaway ’01
Tom Leadabrand ’02
Jonathan Clements ’89
Paula (Whitmore) Phillips ’78
Paul Whitmore ’47 Melody (Clements) Artz ’81
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Phillip Clements ’56
Viola (Walton) Whitmore ’50
Ernest Whitmore ’80
Dwight Siemens ’88
Jen (Martin) Siemens ’89
Margaret (Walton) Siemens Weathers ’47
Jan (Siemens) Kimball ’86
Don Siemens ’71 Sean Wallace ’88
Marcia (Whitmore) Wallace ’85
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Singing JBU’s Praises
Perspectives On ...
Lifestyle Worship: Rethinking our Daily Walk
by Kayla White
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2, NAS A topic of growing interest and discussion in many Christian circles today is that of lifestyle worship. A simple Google search of just these two words will reap over 17,000 hits, offering sites that range from church credos developed by biblical scholars to the blogging thoughts of teenagers. Usually, people associate the concept of lifestyle worship with the above passage from Romans. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we have defined lifestyle worship as an obligation: we are obliged to be nice to others, to abstain from profanity, to attend church at least once a week, to have a daily quiet time, and so on. This checklist for life becomes our concept of lifestyle worship. If we do the right kind of things and don’t do the wrong kind of things, we are worshiping God with our lives and showing the light of Christ to a fallen world. But, is that what it really means to have a lifestyle of worship? While we are most definitely admonished to be different from the world in Romans 12:2, I suggest that the “checklist” concept of lifestyle worship is a bit narrow and not at all what Paul had in mind. This idea of lifestyle worship was thrown into a whole new light for me recently through a discussion in my class, during which my students attempted to define the concept. We were focusing on specific worship experiences, both corporate and personal, that each student would describe as a mountain-top experience. Each of these powerful moments of worship had been significant milestones in their Christian journeys, and yet each student acknowledged that these peaks were short-lived. Real life happened the next day, and the reality of the world settled back in. One student’s question was this: 20 Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008
Even if life must happen—career, school, family, crises, vacation, even sleep—should we be content to come down from the mountain? In other words, how can we constantly reinvigorate our worship of God even as we are daily bombarded with life? We began discussing what authentic lifestyle worship might look like as it is fleshed out in our daily walk, and how we could truly worship from the heart day by day. Here are the few possible suggestions that we came up with: Stay faithful. Continue to spend time communing with God even if it seems mechanical. James urges us to “draw near to God and He will draw near to you” ( James 4:8, NAS). He will bless your faithfulness to His word. Get out of your worship rut. Try reading some of your favorite Bible passages in a different translation. If you normally read the NIV, try the NAS or the New King James. When on vacation or out of town, visit a church of a different Christian tradition. If you call a Baptist church home, visit a Methodist church or a Presbyterian church or an Episcopal church. Seeing something in a fresh way can reinvigorate and transform the mind and soul (Romans 12:2). Find a “sacred place” where you can be still and listen to God. Challenge yourself to follow Christ’s example and get away periodically to spend time in solitude (Mark 1:35). Get the bigger picture. God is redeeming this world back to Him, and He has entrusted the church with this task. One of the last things Jesus told his disciples before his ascension was that they were to be part of God’s plan to reach the world: “Thus it is written … repentance for forgiveness of
sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:46-47, NAS). Look away from yourself to those around you and ask: How can I be a part of this global restoration? In Romans 12, Paul was encouraging each Christian to consider their entire life—not just the “religious” aspects of it—and place it before God as an offering. That was the key to authentic lifestyle worship: making each act an experience of worship. What would our lives look like if we tried to see God’s hand in every moment? Read Paul’s words again in a fresh light: So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walkingaround life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out (Romans 12:1-2, The Message). May it be true of us. ■ Kayla White is Instructor of Worship Ministries at JBU. She holds a B.A. in piano performance,a B.S. in music education, and a Master of Music Theory from the University of Central Arkansas. She serves as the worship minister for CrossPointe Community Church in Tontitown.
by Grace Pennington JBU Sophomore
JBU DEBUTS NEW STUDENT-AUTHORED FIGHT SONG Murray Sells Gymnasium was filled with cheering and singing as the new JBU Golden Eagle fight song was debuted during the Toilet Paper basketball game on November 1. The song, written by JBU seniors John Venable and Adam Harbottle, was the winning entry in a student competition to write the new Golden Eagle Fight Song this fall. Sports Information Director Simeon Hinsey ‘01 said he had the idea about establishing a new fight song after Dustin Tracy ’07 wrote a column in the student paper last year saying that the university should have a fight song. Hinsey said that he didn’t ever remember the university having a fight song, and he began to consider Tracy’s suggestion this summer. “I took [the idea] to heart and said that we need to fix that,” Hinsey said. Hinsey said his first task was to find JBU’s old fight song, if one existed. He contacted Jen Heller, university archivist, who searched for an old fight song, but didn’t come up with anything. Then, while she was working on a photo project, she came across a fight song in a 1980-1981 JBU yearbook written by former JBU staff member Randall K. Bassett. She forwarded the song to Hinsey who then sent a copy to Paul Smith, music department chair, for his review. Smith did not think the music and lyrics were a fit for JBU today.
The New JBU Fight Song, Sung to the Tune of “On Wisconsin”
Raise a song both loud and proud Eagles onward soar Pressing on to victory Letting out a roar! J! B! U! Stand up! And shout! To the gold and blue be true Cheer and fight for victory Cause eagles we’re all for you! “The biggest problem with the song was that the words might be acceptable in 1935, but they’re so antiquated that I’m afraid that they would be met with laughter instead of enthusiasm,” Smith said. Smith suggested that Hinsey make writing the new fight song a contest for students to compete for the bragging rights and prize money. Hinsey liked the idea. “We wanted it to be the students’ fight song,” Hinsey said. “When you think of a fight song, it is something that pulls everyone together. When an entire gym sings the words, it puts everybody on the same page.” Almost 20 students signed
up to write a fight song for the contest, but only six groups sent submissions in. A committee including Hinsey, Smith, Robyn Gordon (director of athletics), and Jeff Soderquist (assistant director of athletics) picked Venable and Harbottle’s fight song because it was simple and something that the whole student body could enjoy. “Their song was something that would be easy for students to remember and easy to catch on to,” Hinsey said. Venable found out about the competition through EagleNET, JBU’s intranet site, and he asked his roommate, Harbottle, to help him author the song.
“We thought it would be fun and the money was nice,” said Venable, who together with Harbottle received $100 in prize money. “More than that, the thought of going down in JBU history was meaningful.” The two students wrote the song’s lyrics about three weeks before the deadline and submitted the words and the recording of them singing the song on the last day of the competition. They looked at other fight songs to get an idea of what it might sound like, but they were going for a mix of a traditional and new sound, they said. “We enjoyed writing the fight song because it’s always fun and a challenge to come up with something new,” Harbottle said. “Sometimes we would sit for twenty minutes to think of one word for the song.” Harbottle said that he wants students to be excited and passionate about the song and allow it to unite the JBU student body. Hinsey said that he hopes the fight song is something that can be used at many activities across campus, not just sports events. He also has hopes of putting the fight song music online to let students download the song as a ringtone. “Let’s get excited! We’ve got a lot to cheer for,” Venable said. ■
Visit www.jbu.edu/athletics to hear the song online.
H
omecoming 2007 “Connecting for Generations to Come” was a celebration to remember. Hundreds of alumni found themselves at home again on campus in October, even though both the buildings and the people have changed in appearances! The family ties of JBU, however, remain today. Enjoy these glimpses of the fun and friends we saw that weekend, and start planning now to join us next year!
The Sound Generation performs at Saturday’s Showcase with surprise guest Roy Clark.
Homecoming King Nathan Fields escorts Queen Leslye Bourquin (left) and Queen Tracie Faust from the soccer field. 22 Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008
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Shawn Toenyes ’97 and Janet Naramore ’72 present the Outstanding Alumnus Award to J.R. Whitby ’71 during the Showcase.
Spectators and participants enjoy the Homecoming parade, featuring student floats. Above, Mayfield residents and alumni represent generations of Mayfield women.
Alumni of the soccer program celebrate 30 years of soccer at JBU.
Alumni of the Irish Studies program celebrate 10 years of JBU travels to Ireland.
JBU’s Heritage Society, alumni who graduated from JBU 50 or more years ago, gather and induct new members during the weekend.
Bill ’69 and Dianne Hume meet sophomore scholarship recipient Charles Greathouse at the annual Scholarship Recognition Dinner. Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008 23
a window of
opportunity
On the heels of JBU’s highly successful $10 Million Challenge for endowed scholarships that was completed in January 2007, JBU is grateful to announce the launch of a new challenge campaign: The $20 Million Challenge. Class of 1962
An anonymous donor has pledged up to $10 million in matching funds for gifts designated for endowed scholarships and endowed programs across campus. This new challenge will add $20 million to the JBU endowment fund for student scholarships and essential programs.
Class of 1967
Class of 1972
Class of 1977
Class of 1982
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Homecoming Reunions
Funds raised by the $20 Million Challenge have the potential to endow: •
faculty development grants
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the discipleship program within the Office of Christian Formation
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scholarships and program costs for JBU’s new undergraduate leadership program
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the expansion of programs offered by the Center for Relationship Enrichment
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undergraduate and graduate student scholarships
JBU has five years to raise the $10 million in endowment funds for these areas in order to receive the full $10 million in matching funds. Both current gifts and certain irrevocable deferred gifts are eligible for the Challenge match. (Some minimums apply.) For more information about this wonderful $20 Million Challenge opportunity, contact JBU University Advancement at (800) 446-2450.
Class of 1987
“It is a rare opportunity that gives alumni and friends a chance to double their endowment gift, and we are thankful for this challenge.”
Class of 1992
Class of 1997
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Dr. Jim Krall Vice President for University Advancement Brown Bulletin Winter 2007-2008 25
from the
director’s desk
Coming Home Imagine with me what it was like to be at Homecoming 2007. Down at the alumni soccer game you hear alumni players, some from the original 1978 team, asking Coach Bob Gustavson for an oxygen tank ... after just the warm ups. Sneaking into the Class of 1957 reunion, you see alumni talking to JBU freshmen who are taking a survey about what dating was like back then. You hear an alumnus tell them, “With all the rules, you just had to be more creative!” On Thursday and Friday nights, after a practice for Saturday’s Showcase performance, 80 members of The Sound Generation and many of their spouses meet to share a meal. They recount both hilarious and deeply personal stories of their time in the Sounds that impacted the rest of their lives. Standing in front of the Cathedral Group, you see all three buildings being transformed by the new tinted, modern windows and the light-colored, cut limestone carefully being placed by the masons. You realize that the buildings will be even more beautiful when they are finished than they have been this past half-century. These are the images that stick with me even now. I am continually amazed to see how people are touched by their return to campus. Campus may not look the same, and the people may not look the same, but the feeling of being part of the JBU family is as real now as it was decades ago. In the business of our lives, it’s easy sometimes to forget about those things that have really shaped our lives. Where would we be now if we hadn’t been at JBU then? It seems that each Homecoming we remind each other just how thankful we are for that experience. And we are encouraged to hear how the Lord has worked in each of our lives since leaving JBU. Sometimes, it can be just the boost you need to go back and face your busy life with a refreshed perspective. Already, plans are underway for Homecoming 2008, when we will celebrate the completion of the Cathedral Group renovations, hear the largest Cathedral Choir ever assembled, mark the 50th anniversary of the basketball program, and host reunions for the English Department, several classes, and other groups. And we will be reminded once again just how significant the JBU experience has been in our lives. Join us October 10th and 11th!
Jerry Rollene ’75
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Elizabeth (Beauford) Besinger ’33
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Lucille (Lowe) Arrington ’41 John Maus ’41 Dick McCartney ’47 Ellis Tiffany ’43
1950s
Ray Arnold ’50 Rusty Baker ’55 Don & Deloris (Calhoon) Bubna ’52 ’52 Luther Butler ’52 Bob Cook ’53 David Denyer ’57 Helen (Entz) Eshleman ’55 Roger Flanagan ’57 Otto & Leona (Neufeld) Gutwin ’54 Dick Luebben ’51 Ginger (Cole) Mayo ’55 William “Bud” McCleskey ’55 Ernie & Grace (Thorson) Otto ’56 ’55 Frank Shannon ’58 Norma Smith ’55 Bill Smith ’55 David Streck ’57 George Townsend ’58 Harry & Beverly (Janssen) Webster ’58 ’58 Helen (Standridge) Willis ’57 Herb Zimmerman ’51
1960s
David Beilfuss ’64 Bill Brown ’64 Don Campbell ’65 Carl Carlisle ’66 Dave Carnahan ’66 Larry Condley ’69 Roger Cross ’66 Bill Daughaday ’64 Evelyn (Insco/Hardcastle) Davis ’68
Janice Dinkela ’69 Annetta (Gratzl) Elgie ’67 Judie (Stahl) Emanuel ’68 Mary Epps ’68 Ernie & Carla (Stockdale) Ferguson ’69 ’69 Joan (McCrery) Ferguson ’62 Sandra (Roseberry) Glaser ’63 Chuck Golladay ’67 Jerry Habecker ’64 Susan (Matthies) Hamilton ’64 Marjorie (Homrighousen) Hanson ’69 Doris (Dickman) Hobbs ’67 Larry Hoffman ’68 Jodie (Storm) Huse ’69 Delores (Kacalek) Jenisch ’63 Harry Johnson ’65 Elaine (Janssen) Jury ’70 Timothy Kauffman ’62 Bob Kershaw ’67 James Kipp ’63 Tim Kooi ’69 Robert Kulvicki ’63 Glen Letellier ’68 Kay (Oliver) Lewis ’68 Gary Lingle ’60 Gary Logan ’67 Denny Milgate ’63 Steve Molnar ’67 Dan Neuenswander ’60 Fred Nordquist ’64 Dick Papworth ’69 Roger Pfanstiel ’67 Fred Phillips ’60 Karen (Pash) Phillips ’67 John Pickle ’61 Jerry Powell ’62 George Pryor ’60 Gary Ratzlaff ’67 Larry Reich ’66 Grace (Johnson) Richards ’68 Sue (Walter) Senzig ’68 Francene (Davis) Sharp ’62 Mary Ann (Wiggins) Simmons ’67 Adele (Landon) Simpson ’67 Bill Smallman ’62 Beth (Browning) Stockton ’69 John Stroup ’69 Barbara (Herold) Thompson ’69 Sharrel (Becker) Walter ’67
Bob Weathers ’67 Ted Weathers ’64 Cindy (Schimpf) Webb ’68 Garrett Wilson ’63 Jeri (Hewey) Yagoobian ’68 Nancy (Sheets) Zercher ’66
1970s
Vicki (Wasson) Agee ’77 Kathleen (Carlson) Arnold ’70 Rebecca Ball ’77 Richard & Linda (Hanson) Bedgood ’70 ’67 Richard Bollinger ’72 Kathy (Poor) Boyts ’78 Austin Bridges ’78 Connie (Prinzing/Hamilton) Brown ’70 John Brown ’71 Becky (Zachor) Carlberg ’78 Jerry & Donna (Groseclose) Carlin ’77 ’78 Terry Christopher ’76 Dee Cline ’72 Joeita (McAbee) Clouse ’74 Carita (Lipps) Crain ’73 Janet (Roberts) Crawford ’73 Cid (Dewar/Preece) Cutts ’77 Jeff Davies ’79 Steve Davis ’74 Pat (Carter) Dixon ’75 Charles Eckardt ’73 Darrell & Maureen (Medley) Farney ’70 ’68 Cinda (Coliz) Farrell ’72 Christine Fornell ’73 Donald Frey ’79 Steve Genheimer ’76 Marsha George ’79 Betty Gibbs ’75 Lee Ann (Dubach) Gooderl ’77 Bill Griffin ’73 Patrick Grona ’75 Richard Hannah ’74 Melanie (Schmidt) Hawthorne ’76 Debbie (Fowler) Hess ’70 Doug Jacobson ’76 Chuck & Patricia (Baylis) Jensen ’72 ’72
Nan Jones ’74 Paul Jones ’76 James Kelley ’79 Charles & Malia (Davis) Kennedy ’79 ’79 Kathy King ’73 Vicki King ’75 Jack Knapil ’76 Jerry Knode ’78 Lavonda (McIlvain) Kopsa ’79 Leonard Lakey ’71 Becky (Haynes) Landreth ’76 Mark & Marilae (Barnes) Latham ’75 ’77 Glenda (Batchelder) Lawson ’77 Barry Luchene ’79 Teresa (Brewer) Mallette ’73 Bernie Maret ’70 Karen (Thomas) Markham ’72 Beverly (Pulis) McDaniel ’71 Michael Messerli ’73 Mary (Harlan) Miller ’77 David Montague ’72 John Newcomer ’73 John Norberg ’72 Denise (Scruggs) Peabody ’76 Vickie (Blatchley) Penn ’79 Jean (Perry) Petersen ’76 Leon Phillips ’70 Bill Phillips ’73 Daniel Qualman ’74 Jerry Rollene ’75 Evelyn (Landreth) Scheiman ’77 Terrie (Hardy) ’77 Howard Semmler ’78 Karen (Blink) Sietsma ’75 Brian Smith ’77 Marsha (Wilson) Smith ’76 Renee (Rerrell) Smith ’71 Marvin Smith ’74 Jack St. Pierre ’77 David Stoddard ’77 Barb (McCullough) Strombeck ’76 Diana (Maines) Summers ’78 Arthur Sundquist ’73 Robert Thompson ’71 Joyce Tucker ’79 Charles VanDenburgh ’74 Barbara (Shallenberg) Wagner ’71
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1980s
Dave Albers ’80 Hector Alvarado ’89 Chuck Anderson ’82 Steve Anthes ’84 Dirk Baumann ’82 Kelly (Tinnin) Bigley ’82 Cindy (Gonzales) Blackman ’86 Tonnya (Turner) Blaylock ’87 Kristin (Lindquist) Branan ’84 Holly (Wilson) Brown ’85 Barbara “Bobbi” (Teasdale) Buchanan ’83 Danny Burhenn ’86 David Capp ’88 Danny Carlton ’85 Dawn (Monforte) Casey ’82 Darlene Chute ’83 Steve Cook ’86 Pamela (Long) Daroff ’81 Lori (Leckrone) Devaney ’85 Dan Devries ’86 Patty (Allie) Durkee ’82 James Ebel ’85 Mary (Stoehr) Emerson ’85 Tim Feldman ’89 Ann (Gossett) Gatewood ’85 Marty Glass ’83 Debbie (Shoop) Godsell ’89 Lorri (Wahlgren) Goode ’88 Robyn Gordon ’85 Lance Harris ’88 Jerry Harrison ’89 Jay Harrison ’89 Joe Harvey ’88 Jill Haseltine ’89 Scott Hawes ’88 Karen Heath ’87 Don Hedges ’80 Jill Hersha ’87 Geoff Hurte ’87 Ginny (Schultze) James ’82 Peder & Nancy (Otto) Jessen ’83 Steve Johnson ’83 Ann Jung ’82 Doug Keating ’85 Phil Kennedy ’87 Jan (Siemens) Kimball ’86 Lois Klem ’82 Sue (Hopma) Kline ’85 Lois (Lionberger) Langehaug ’81 Tim Layman ’83 Dave LeVan ’87 Julie (Rockwell) Longman ’89 Chuck Lowry ’85 Cheryl Luedke ’82
Ellen (Loder) Marchi ’80 Dee (Watkins) Masters ’85 Gregory McBride ’86 Diane (Tooley) McClary ’85 Mark Miller ’89 Tori (Primuth) Miller ’88 Chuck Mixon ’85 Brian Moody ’88 Dawn (Bailey) Morales ’85 Becky (Scott) Mottola ’86 Daniel Mouttet ’84 Daniel Muzzy ’80 Mike Nachbar ’80 Rob Nilsen ’86 Kerry (Blythe) Nunley ’83 Tony O’Connor ’87 Mike Ogburn ’88 Patty (Hoffman) Parlee ’82 Christie (Davis) Pettibon ’89 Aaron Phillips ’80 William “Skip” Pickle ’85 Tom Pitts ’83 Mark Pollitt ’86 Rod Randol ’83 Stephanie (Hall) Regier ’83 Lydia Reimers ’87 Joe Rider ’87 Elsa (Villa) Schmidt ’84 Joleen (Mc Cullough) Schneider ’81 Jay Seegert ’86 Kelley (Bridgman) Sharber ’85 Monty Shipp ’87 Susan (Wallin) Simmons ’89 Brian Skurdal ’89 Gabe Smith ’85 Philip Smith ’87 Carol (McManis/Pattavina) Sothman ’81 Damon Steele ’85 Todd Steelman ’89 Jeff Stewart ’83 Tim Stough ’85 Elliott Strom ’87 Beth (Woodman) Stutz ’89 Jayne (Befus) Thomsen ’80 Kristen (Pierce) Unterberg ’87 Hal Walker ’82 Robin Wentworth ’84 Evelyn (Bauer) Wolff ’83
1990s
Lorena (Rovira) Anglin ’96 Babur Asad ’96 Gina (Graham) Baker ’97 John Barr ’98 Brandon Batchelor ’98 Karyn (Ely) Beckner ’97 David Bennett ’91 Ruth (Gustafson) Bethea ’95 Erin & LeAnn (Wojakowski) Bird ’95 ’95 Rebecca (Barber) Blair ’95 Philip & Wendi (Perkins) Bland ’97 ’98
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Kim (Johnson) Boggs ’91 Veronica (Smith) Bond ’90 Rhea Borja ’90 Amy (DeMaranville) Bottomly ’98 Joy (Edwards) Bourdess ’93 Kristen (Schley) Bowling ’90 Kim Boyce ’95 Ethan Brown ’95 Paul Burbank ’99 Bryan & Kelley (Gean) Burwick ’95 ’93 Jennifer (Turnbow) Call ’99 Dixie (Brumbaugh) Christian ’99 Kim (Taylor) Contreras ’92 Tom Cook ’90 Cheryl (Helmuth) Coons ’98 Kathy Cotton ’99 Brent Cox ’93 Jon Crenshaw ’99 Pamela (Hale) Cubas ’99 Stephanie (Fast) Cunningham ’97 Diana (Williams) Dearing ’95 Renee Decker ’97 Julio DeLaEspada ’97 Wendy (Drummond) Dewerse ’91 Yvette DeZalia ’95 Kyle Dickerson ’93 Denise (Schimke) Dicks ’91 Matt Dickson ’92 Christina (Timboe) Drake ’93 Lynette (Kilcrease) Duncan ’95 Eric Dunn ’95 Mark Durham ’95 Patrick Elrod ’96 Marsha (Smith) Emanuelson ’95 Kara (Hersha) Engbrecht ’91 Troy English ’96 Lisa (Brice) Finger ’98 Christi Flaherty ’90 Randy Flowers ’93 Claudia (Benware) Ford ’98 Scott Foster ’98 Shelah (Hall) Fred ’97 Chad Friesen ’95 Tiffany Garcia ’99 Nadja (Stricker) Garner ’95 Maria (Roeder) Gordon ’92 Laura (Devries) Gowan ’99 Ruth (Bonge) Graham ’99 Josh Granderson ’95 Bekah (Hoke) Granstrom ’98 Dan Greene ’98 Kent Gregg ’93 Janis (Swiderski) Gregory ’96 Andrew Griffin ’96 Merry Grotti ’97 Joel Gutierrez ’94 Andy Hamilton ’95 David Harrison ’90 Josh Hemingway ’98 Nadine (Dewerse) Heywood ’95 Beth (Raby) Himschoot ’98 Todd Hinshaw ’98 Kenneth Holloway ’90 Robert Holloway ’99
Jenna Hubbard ’94 Lindon Hulse ’92 Darren Hingram ’93 Tasha Inlow ’96 Kristin (Misegades) Isaac ’97 Michelle (McDonald) Jackson ’96 Rose Mary (Brooks) Jackson ’99 Genevieve (Benware) Jaeger ’96 Amy (Jolliff) Jarchow ’96 Joy Ji ’95 Delrina Johnson ’95 Keith Johnson ’93 Scott & Tasha (Leadabrand) Jones ’96 Philip Kaufman ’95 David Kelly ’97 Jon Kendall ’96 Kristi (Pope) Key ’94 Carrie (Jensen) Kroeker ’98 Olivia (Shay) Kuzy ’98 Chris Layfield ’98 Matt Lethbridge ’97 Becky (Bennett) Lindell ’98 Luke Lofgren ’97 Amy (Saenz) Loften ’90 Jenny Loken ’98 Jennifer (Gumm) MacKenna ’98 Evelyn Magalasi-Ridley ’95 Mindy (Klotz) Manuel ’96 Jennifer (Hampton) Marcum ’93 Rachel (Gustafson) Masters ’93 Paige (Ward) Mayhew ’90 Kristin McCarthy ’93 Whitney (Lehenbauer) McClellan ’99 Jennie (Couts) McDonald ’96 Jill McNew ’97 Kenneth McPhail ’99 Vasthi (Newsome) Mears ’96 Laura (Wiley) Meixner ’98 Kevin Mills ’95 Andrew Mincks ’98 Luis Moreno ’98 Tracy (Pells) Mott ’95 Rebecca Mullikin ’99 Vonda Murphy ’96 Tina (Simoni) Nobriga ’99 Matt Noland ’97 Guillermo Nunez ’92 Erin (Brandt) Officer ’99 Deb Olson ’95 Amy (Lowe) O’Shields ’97 James Owens ’95 Gregory Paschal ’92 Eric Pearcy ’98 Sara (Harris) Pegg ’95 Laura (Ott) Pittman ’98 Andrew Pruett ’95 Yvonne (Dunn) Raub ’92 Becky (Howard) Redwine ’98 Christy (Steensland) Reece ’99 Jennifer (Wagner) Reed ’98 Staci (Lowe) Riess ’92 Megan (Hunnicutt) Rikli ’99 Christina (Overholt) Riley ’97 Jennifer (Bragg) Rivers ’96
Gregory Robinson ’90 Laura (Bland) Rodgers ’94 David Rohlfs ’92 Raphael Romero ’98 Yolanda (Romero) Gutierrez ’90 John Rorke ’96 Ruthann (Hudson) Ross ’94 Efrain Rovira ’90 Steve Ruble ’90 Kathy (Guyer) Rupprecht ’91 Rhonda (Schroeder) Rush ’95 Kip Salser ’94 Amy (Swanson) Salve ’98 Kris (Driskill) Saunders ’98 Sean Sawatzky ’96 Joel Sawyer ’98 John Schaefer ’97 Deedra (Lindsey) Scherm ’94 Susie (Crozier) Schmersahl ’97 Lisa Scmidt ’95 Kimberly (Neilson) Schoepke ’94 Mark Scott ’93 Bill Seabert ’96 Gary Seiter ’96 Stephanie (Smith) Shepherd ’93 Jamie (Babcock) Shirley ’97 Sam Short ’98 Laurie (Whiteman) Simonsen ’93 Rebecca (Armstrong) Skinner ’97 Ted Smith ’97 Kristen (Clyde) Smith ’98 Stacy (Freeman) Smith ’93 Melanie Sorensen ’98 Mike Sorensen ’97 Mary-Lois (Jones) Stedman ’95 Patrick Steelman ’95 Beth (Roark) Stewart ’98 Darby Stewart ’95 Elizabeth (Warman) Stewart ’96 Michele (Phillips) Straubel ’97 John Stuart ’90 Doug & Robyn (Culberson) Stucky ’90 ’92 Sherri Swilley ’91 Greg Tarrant ’99 Mary Thomas ’98 Leanna Thompson ’92 Penny (Schulz) Trachy ’90 Leah (Justice) Tucker ’93 Susy (Wright) Tucker ’95 Sarah (Weiford) Turnbull ’98 Mindy (Franklin) Van Andel ’95 Mary Jo (Ferris) Vogel ’93 Jenny (Davis) Voth ’99 Amber (Schmidt) Waldeier ’97 Arne Walker ’95 Carissa Ward ’94 Tom Wawersich ’99 Jeremy Weathers ’97 Greg & Amber (Friesen) Weigler ’98 ’99 Nancy (McClendon) Westfall ’95 Lisi (Clark) Wickham ’97 Jenni (Mosley) Willis ’92
2000s
Jonathan Abbott ’05 Raquel Aburto ’03 Glenn Adams ’03 Christy (York) Agee ’05 Amy (Geary) Agneta ’03 Kari (Hatfield) Ahnfeldt ’00 Ian Aipperspach ’05 Abelardo Andino ’06 Peter Armstrong ’00 Mari Asper ’02 Donnie Baker ’01 Nick Ballard ’04 Maria Ballestas ’05 Chris Baran ’06 Joseph Baran ’07 Barkley (Robinson) Beers ’02 Janna Beers ’02 Joel Befus ’03 Chris Beilfuss ’07 Desiree (Harris) Bennett ’03 Kassy (Bohlender) Bentley ’03 Charlene (Handiboe) Birky ’00 Becky Blevins ’00 Jordan Blood ’05 Jesse & Amber (Carter) Boggess ’05 ’03 Kim (McDonald) Borkert ’02 Jason Boucher ’05 Kara Bradford ’05 Traci (Collins) Bradley ’05 Lydia (Hershberger) Brady ’04 Charles Brewer ’05 Cynthia Brown ’04 Mark Bucholtz ’00 Laura Burmeister ’05 Laurie (Dodds) Cangelosi ’05 Virgil Cannon ’01 Amy (Harbottle) Carter ’05 Natalie Carver ’00 David Castillo ’04 Marco Castro ’07 Raquel Castro ’04 Sarah Chess ’05 Kenneth Childres ’02 Lindsay (Easu) Chism ’02 Allie Clark ’05 Alicia Cleaver ’06 Amber (Squires) Coats ’02 Susan (Raby Lindley) Coffman ’05 Kevin Coleman ’07 Trevor Collinson ’06 Erin (McCammon) Conrad ’01 Janet Cooney ’05 Matthew Cooper ’05 Joe Corn ’04 Nick & Kim (Dykman) Cornett ’06 ’07 Meredith (McLain) Craig ’00 Megan (Jones) Davis ’06 Sarah (Allen) Davis ’00 Mark Dawson ’07 Erin Day ’06 Jeff Day ’06 Amanda DeMoss ’06
Kim Denneny ’07 Julie Desmond ’04 Zach DeYoung ’05 Cesar Diaz ’05 Mariam DePasquale ’06 Abby Dorman ’05 Kari Drinkwater ’05 Kimberly Durrett ’02 Bill Dye ’06 Liesel (Klinetob) Dykes ’00 Jill Easterlund ’07 Allen Eavy ’06 Lynn Elbrecht ’04 Ivonne Escorcia ’07 Kelley Etchieson ’00 Esther Ewert ’07 Andrea Fast ’05 Heather Fast ’01 Matt Feyerabend ’05 Dylan Fila ’04 Laury Fiorello ’03 Heidi Fishburn ’05 Carrie (Burns) Fisher ’04 Matt Fisher ’03 Kimmie Fraley ’03 Jolee Frasier ’05 Lisa Freyenberger ’01 Connie Froman ’06 Asa Fry ’07 Wayne Fuller ’01 Angela (Burger) Funke ’05 Randa (Senzig) Garrett ’01 Caitlin Getchell ’07 Steven Gilbreath ’05 Michael Glass ’06 Jamie (Paskiewicz) Gaudie ’00 Donovan Gray ’04 Genevieve Greathouse ’06 Leah Greene ’06 Rebekka Greenlee ’07 Chris Grizzle ’05 Carrie Guyll ’04 Bill Hall ’07 Hannah Hall ’05 Rachel (Casey) Hamann ’04 Allison Hamm ’06 Brown Hanna ’01 Kristen (Tjader) Hargett ’00 Laura Harman ’05 Richard Harman ’04 Matt Hartgrove ’01 Sandra Heiss ’06 Jen Heller ’07 Ana Lu Herrera ’07 Liz (Smith) Herron ’05 Matt Higgins ’06 Paul Hill ’01 Ali Holcomb ’06 Bob Holden ’02 Laurel (Arnett) Holler ’01 Cammy (Williams) Howells ’02 Chelsea Hudson ’05 Jessica Hunsberger ’07 Christy Hunt ’02
Benjamin Immink ’04 Julie Jackson ’05 Amy (Olsen) James ’04 Andrea Jantz’03 Israel Jernigan ’06 Angie Johnson ’03 Jeannette (Kroeker) Johnson ’02 Rachel Johnson ’07 Larissa Jordan ’07 Emma Kalka ’07 Cambria (Thimell) Kaltwasser ’06 Bonita Kenney ’05 Tyler Kidd ’06 Lauren Kindscher ’03 Laura (Henley) King ’04 Jason & Melinda (Ott) Knott ’01 ’99 Toni Laforge ’00 Pam Lamontia ’06 David Leiffer ’00 Miriam (Miller) Lein ’02 Kelli (Johnson) Lenz ’01 Chris LeRoux ’06 Andrew Lietzen ’07 Ryan Likes ’07 Nick Long ’00 Hannah (Schrader) Lopez ’04 Megan Lunberry ’02 Melody Mallory ’07 Valerie (Parsons) Manthe ’02 Shane Mark ’03 Allison Martyn ’05 Chad Mathis ’01 Rebecca May ’06 Mike McCarthy ’07 Sarah (Morse) McClure ’01 Megan McKenney ’06 Nathan McKinney ’07 Raelene (Haggard) McKinnis ’03 Michelle McLemore ’06 Meredith Menhennett ’04 Anna Messerly ’04 Kerry Meythaler ’00 Jordan Milano ’07 Michelle Millard ’04 Aaron Miller ’06 Gretchen (Merwin) Miller ’05 Debra (Johnson) Minnich ’06 Melissa (Oosterman) Mitchell ’02 Diogenes Molina ’07 Bryson Moore ’03 Augusto Morales ’03 Jared & Valerie (Rautenkranz) Murray ’08 Dana Nance ’06 Elizabeth Nance ’04 Keith Nazworth ’07 Anna Neale ’06 Elizabeth (Vander Drift) Newton ’03 Jonna (Henderson) Nixon ’01 Katy Noffsinger ’05 Jennifer Novey ’02 David Okada ’06 William Oliver ’04 Trisha O’Neil ’05 Krystal (Kovach) Osbon ’00
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It’s All About the Students I support John Brown University because I want students to have an opportunity at a great education. I love JBU dearly, and I think it is wonderful that kids continue to attend the school after all these years. I am happy to have a small part in helping students come to JBU–a truly life-changing place.
2000s (cont.) Daniel Ostendorff ’07 Pam Ozenberger ’05 Lauren Palmer ’03 Monica (Hattu) Pangaribuan ’02 Felicia Parmain ’06 Tanya (Maurancy) Paul ’05 Jennifer Paulsen ’07 Jeffrey Peabody ’04 Laura Peiser ’04 Valerie Pense ’06 Silvy Perkins ’06 Amanda Peters ’03 Darren Pike ’07 Joy (Hartman) Poindexter ’00 Nate & Rosa (Lind) Pond ’02 ’01 Sarah (Cheyne) Pond ’04 Jason Poovey ’05 Chad & Jessica (Hanson) Putman ’00 ’00 Kristen Raikes ’07 Monica Ramirez de Tapia ’03 Ashley Ramsey ’07 Ryan Ransdell ’07 Daniel Ray ’07 Kyle Raymond ’07 Matthew Reddin ’03 Natalie Reid ’06 Jeff Reimer ’03 Douglas Riddle ’07 Mandy Riester ’06 Clint Riggin ’02 Trisha (Rein) Rindels ’00 Daniel Rodriguez ’05 Juan Rodriguez ’06 Sherrie Rohde ’07 Bobby & Sara (Bredfeldt) Rojas ’06 ’06 Jill Ross ’07 Roxanne (Guess) Ross ’06 Mark Rotramel ’03 Amy (Zilen) Rudy ’00 Ana Ruiz ’07 Tyler & Kelly (Greene) Sanderford ’00 ’00 Kristen Sands ’07 Kacie (Siemens) Sawatzky ’06 Mark Schafer ’07 Sara Schumacher ’01 Rachel Seauve ’03 Bryan Seba ’06 Carrie (Gimple) Shaffer ’00 Daniel & Melinda (Brooks) Shinault ’04 ’04 Travis Shook ’05 Anna (Lance) Shurtleff ’04 Luke Silvey ’06 Seth & Krista (Sizemore) Simmons ’06 ’06 Richard Skeens ’03
Micaiah (Doss) Slaton ’02 Dan Smith ’00 Liz (Habermas) Smith ’00 Paul Smith ’02 Shelley Smith ’00 Brent Snyder ’07 Jami (Anderson) Solomon ’02 Rob Sorbo ’07 Gina (Castillo) Sosa ’06 Zachary Stankovits ’01 Beth Steinbrenner ’03 Dana Sterling ’02 Mark Stoner ’03 Richard Sullivan ’03 Susan (Edwards) Sullivan ’00 Ryan Swofford ’01 Darci (Hornok) Szymanski ’06 Paul Teasdale ’06 Annie (McGuire) Tharp ’04 Anna Joy Thomas ’03 Jaimie Thompson ’02 Johanna (Moore) Thompson ’00 Bob Timmons ’05 Lisa (Gustafson) Toews ’04 Hannah Tranberg ’07 Dorothea Trauger ’05 Erin (Sebeck) Truitt ’04 Gareth Unruh ’00 Ross Van Dyke ’05 Brad Vaughn ’00 Daniela Vega ’07 Todd Vick ’07 Danielle Vogus ’07 Christi Vondrak ’07 Kelly Walberg ’02 Rachel Walker ’06 Cam Ward ’04 Caryn Weaver ’06 Laura (McPherson) Weaver ’03 Trey Weaver ’03 Melanie (Dewberry) Webb ’03 Emily (Largent) Welch ’06 Linda Welch ’06 Steve Welch ’01 Abbie Wertz ’05 Ray West ’04 Eric Whittaker ’02 Jessica (Huffstetler) Wickersham ’04 Josh Williams ’02 Marie Williamson ’02 Laura Wirth ’01 Lucas Witt ’06 Andrew Yi ’07 Ruth Zeledon ’04
Lola Woodard 1938 JBU Graduate,
pictured with scholarship recipient Tiff Knott (junior)
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alumni NEWS
1940s
Betty (Brown) Votaw ’46 – Betty served in the mission field with her husband Paul for five years in the 1940s and early 1950s. They retired in Freeport, Illinois. Paul went to be with the Lord on July 30, 2007, leaving Betty, three children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1950s
Walter & Helen (Entz) Eshleman ’55 ’55 – Walter and Helen have been married for 62 years, and Walter celebrated his 95th birthday on August 4, 2007. The Eshlemans have eight children, nineteen grandchildren, and three great-granddaughters and attend Sheridan Hills Baptist Church. David Turley ’56 - David was recently presented a certificate for the anniversary of his ordination by the General Council of the Assemblies of God. He serves as chaplain with Volunteer Hospice, is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and is a liscensed clinical social worker. David and his wife, Mary, have one son, Matthew. u
1960s
Willadeen (Arnold) Chamberlain ’64 – Willadeen Chamberlain was honored as the 2007 Wyoming Woman of Distinction on September 7. This award celebrates her significant impact on women and families in Wyoming with regard to education, community, health, and legal issues. Prior to accepting this award, Chamberlain served as the vice president at Laramie County Community College and then started her own counseling service, Willadeen Chamberlain Christian Counseling Service. Willadeen and Peter have three daughters: Lori Perry; Lashelle Brant; Lyndi Gilliam.
1970s
Janet (Roberts) & Jeff Crawford ’73 – Janet and Jeff are planning a move through Jeff ’s work to Moscow, Russia where he will work with the American Embassy. They have done much traveling with his job and look forward to the move.
Chuck McCullough ’75 – A celebration was recently held to honor the 21 years of service served by Pastor McCullough. He has worked at White Rock Baptist Church for these 21 years and the community is very grateful to him.
1980s
Chuck Anderson ’82 – Chuck graduated from Mars Hill Graduate School with a master of counseling psychology and a master of divinity. He now works as a psychotherapist. David & Dawn Capp ’88 – The Capps happily welcomed Hannah Grace Capp into their family on December 21, 2006. Bill & Mindi Stevenson ’88 ’87 – Mindi recently graduated from the University of Ulster with a master of arts in Irish studies. Bill and Mindi both work in the international office at John Brown University.
1990s Amy (DeMaranville) & Josh Bottomly ’98 – Amy and Josh recently adopted a son from Ethiopia. Silas Tesfamariam was born December 29, 2006 and officially became their son on May 9, 2007.
Lisa (Brice) & Phillip Finger ’98 – Lisa was married on March 3, 2007. She has also recently started a long-term contract position with a marketing department at Microsoft. u Beth (Raby) & Tim Himschoot ’98 – Beth and Tim welcomed their son, Henry Clack, on July 3, 2007. Henry weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19.5 in. long.
Becky (Bennett) & David Lindell ’98 – Becky was married to David on September 23, 2006. She is working in sales at Weir’s furniture while David attends Dallas Theological Seminary. u
Gary & Jennifer McAlpin ’99 – Gary and Jennifer recently welcomed their daughter Kiana Wyvonne Nah-Nay-A-Beke into the family. She was born June 11, 2007, at 8 lbs. 4.5 oz. and was 18 in. long. Also, Gary accepted a position with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma as a family therapist.
Eric & Joy Pearcy ’98 – Eric and Joy recently celebrated the birth of their son, Drew Austin Pearcy, born October 30, 2006. Drew weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 21 in. long.
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Raphael & Melissa Romero ’98 – Raphael and Melissa were married on June 10, 2007 in Whittier, California. Raphael says, “God is good and faithful to provide a suitable helper and companion.” u
Amy (Swanson) & Sunil Salve ’98 – Amy and Sunil have three daughters: Anjali, 5; Alayna, 3; Annelise, 1. They enjoy raising them to love the Lord. q
Mindy (Franklin) & Rodney Van Andel ’95 – Mindy and Rodney announce the birth of Ethan Luke on June 29, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs. 4.5 oz. and was 21 in. long. They also have two daughters: Abbey, 4; Lauren, 2.
2000s
Ian Aipperspach ’04 – Ian recently graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth with a master of ministry in church music with concentrations in organ performance and conducting. Beginning August 2007, Ian will begin pursuing a Ph.D. in fine arts in conducting at Texas Tech University. Camille (Williams) & Ian Howells ’02 – Ian works as a registered nurse and Camille is a program director in the Student Leadership, Involvement & Community Engagement office at Colorado State University.
Stephanie (Smith) & Travis Shepherd ’93 – The Shepherds welcomed a new daughter into their family on May 5, 2007. Elizabeth Diane was born weighing 10 lbs. 10.6 oz. and was 20 in. long. They have two other daughters: Noelle, 3; Natalie, 15 months.
Jeannette (Kroeker) & Lamar Johnson ’02 – Jeannette and Lamar were married on June 16, 2007. Jeannette teaches middle school math and Lamar works for the Army National Guard. u
Sue Ann Pekel ’05 – Sue Ann has recently accepted a position at the Bentonville Public Library in which she will work toward building a children’s library program. She is completing a master’s degree in library science and says this about the new children’s program: “…these are times to motivate children’s interests in books and enjoyment of books.” Trent Pepper ’05 – Trent recently graduated from law school at the top of his class. He is starting a one-year clerkship on the Minnesota Supreme Court and plans to complete an appellate clerkship next year. Eric & Britni (Nation) Roa ’02 ’04 – Eric and Britni were married April 1, 2007. Britni works at Hudson Global Resources and Eric is the director of operations for Richter-Scale Productions in Denver. u
Matt & Kristin Schulte ’02 - Matt and Kristin went to Georgetown, South Carolina to meet Jeanette (Kroeker) Johnson ’02 and celebrate the birth of their new son. Joshua Timothy was born June 28, 2007.
Myra Lou Barnard ’44 passed away on May 28, 2007. Myra Lou led a full life serving as a missionary with the Wycliffe Bible Institiue. Throughout many trials, she stood strong and blessed those around her. Robert E. Carlson ’50 went to be with the Lord on April 25, 2006. He worked as an accountant and was the treasurer in various churches. Robert is survived by his wife, Gloria Carlson, five children, and eight grandchildren. Roger Jackson ’62 went home to be with the Lord on July 7, 2006, following a battle with chronic inflammatory demileanating polyneuropathy. After being diagnosed with this disease, Roger became a quadriplegic. The family moved to Ohio to be near a daughter, and Roger was moved to a Catholic care facility. While in the care facility, Roger was able to witness to and spend time with many of the patients and staff. When his last moments came, his wife Jan and daughter Angela were able to be with him singing and praying for an easy passing. Several of the people blessed by Roger’s presence came by to comfort and mourn with the family. Roger leaves behind his wife Jan and three daughters. Selma (Jantz) Ladwig ’39 passed away June 25, 2007. She is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren, and two siblings. Edward Marshall ’51 died of cancer on June 3, 2007. Edward was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Marshall, and survived by two children, three grandchildren, and two sisters.
JBU Alumni & Friends
IRELAND TOUR May 11 - 24, 2008
See spectacular vistas and dramatic countryside, walk in the steps of great Irish Christians, visit ancient monastic sites as well as the “C. S. Lewis Trail,” and enjoy a JBU Cathedral Choir concert during their tour of Ireland.
Cost per person: $3,500* *Cost includes: Roundtrip airfare (Newark to Belfast), hotel accommodations, ground transportation, entrance fees, some meals, porterage and luggage tags, driver and guide gratuity.
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In Loving Memory
Space is limited. For details, contact Tracy Balzer at tbalzer@jbu.edu or 479-524-7461.
Carrie Oliver went to be with the Lord on July 2, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. Carrie was wife, mother, national speaker, author, teacher, university instructor, and licensed professional counselor. Carrie was the director of the University Relationships Initiative with The Center for Relationship Enrichment at JBU. She and her husband, Dr. Gary J. Oliver, traveled both nationally and internationally, providing their Growth-Focused™ Marriage Enrichment Seminars and parenting workshops. She contributed to several books and magazines, and with her husband, was a regular magazine columnist. To learn about Carrie’s journey with cancer, her hope in the Lord, and tributes to her beautiful spirit, visit www.carrieshealth.com Carrie was tragically preceded in death by son, Matthew Oliver ’07, who passed away May 5, 2007. Matthew is remembered as a vibrant, creative, and passionate young man who loved the Lord, his family, his fiancée, and his friends. Carrie and Matthew are survived by husband and father Gary Oliver; son and brother Nathan Oliver and his wife Amy; son and brother Andrew Oliver; and Carrie’s parents and sisters. Parker Olney ’39 ended a battle with Alzheimer’s disease by going to be with the Lord on August 8, 2007. During his life, Parker served in the U.S. Navy, worked as a school superintendant, and served as a chaplain at a mental hospital.
Paul E. Wagner ’70 went to be with the Lord on August 27, 2007. In the years prior to his death, Paul worked for the East Akron Insurance Agency and served as a president for Youth for Christ of Cuyahoga Falls in 1966. He is survived by his mother, great-aunt, and cousin.
Roger Weaver ’51 passed away August 2, 2007 at the age of 83. Throughout his life, Roger served as commandant of Brown Military Academy of Siloam Springs and Sulfur Springs. He also was a missionary in Africa. Roger is survived by his wife, Edith Weaver ’52, four children, and a brother.
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ATTRACTIVE RATES. When you compare our gift annuity rates with what you might receive from a certificate of deposit you will be pleasantly surprised. (Rates are between 4.7%-11.3%*.) REGULAR PAYMENTS. When you establish your gift annuity, you decide how often you want to receive your payments (with certain restrictions). FIXED INCOME. Your payment rate will be locked in at the time you obtain your gift annuity. LIFETIME BENEFIT. Gift annuities are for life. And if you have a two-life gift annuity, when one person dies, the other can continue to receive the same amount for the rest of his/her life. DEPENDABLE SOURCE. JBU stands behind each of its gift annuities. Guaranteed. RELIEF FROM TAXES. Since part of your contribution for a gift annuity is considered a charitable gift by the IRS, you will receive an income tax charitable deduction to apply on an itemized tax return. SIMPLE PROCESS. We can provide you with a tailor-made illustration so you can see how it all works with your age and contribution amount included.
Remembering the Founder Fifty years ago, in 1957, JBU founder John E. Brown Sr. passed away, leaving behind a legacy that has impacted thousands of lives around the world. He was a remarkable visionary with profound charisma, devoted to preaching the gospel. This year, as the Cathedral of the Ozarks is finally being completed as he envisioned it, we remember the man who started it all.
The Founder in the 1950s
Preaching to a sizable crowd in one of Waterhouse’s wooden tabernacles, probably in California in the early 1900s Shortly after his conversion, as a member of the Salvation Army
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“I give God the credit, full credit, all credit. I was an ignorant boy when God saved me in the Salvation Army, and it dumbfounds me, all but literally paralyzes me, as I stop to think of the vast world being served today out of that hole in the ground—out of what folk ridiculed as a school built in a cornfield.”
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from John Brown Sr’s radio message: “Serving the World under Two Flags,” published in Master Builders of the World (January 1956) * Rates will vary depending upon age and number of beneficiaries.
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