Table of Contents Mid-America Union September 2009 Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Defending Adventist Fundamental Beliefs . . . . . . . . . . 4 "Radical Retirees" of the MidAmerica Union. . . . . . . . . . 6 "Shining Star in St. Louis". . . . . 6 "Riches in Retirement Building God's Kingdom". . . . . . . . . . 7 "Retiree Volunteers in District Churches". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 "Uplifting Their Neighbors" . . . 8 "Littleton Retirees Make Big Impact". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 "More Than She'll Ever Know". . . 9 Central States News . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dakota News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Iowa-Missouri News. . . . . . . . . . 14 Kansas-Nebraska News. . . . . . 16 Minnesota News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rocky Mountain News . . . . . . . 20 Union College News . . . . . . . . . . 22 Adventist Health System. . . . . . 24 Mid-America Blog Update. . . . . 26 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Farewell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sunset Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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OUTLOOK, (ISSN 0887-977X) September 2009, Volume 30, Number 9. Outlook is published monthly by the Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 8307 Pine Lake Road, Lincoln, NE 68516; Telephone: 402.484.3000; Fax: 402.483.4453; E-mail: info@maucsda.org. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Outlook, PO Box 6128, Lincoln, NE 68506. E-mail: outlook@maucsda.org. When possible clip name and address from a previous issue. Printed at Pacific Press Publishing Association, Standard postage paid at Nampa, ID. Free for Mid-America church members and $10 per year for non-Mid-America subscribers. ©2009 Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. All Rights Reserved. Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trademarks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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In This Issue... Did you know you can mingle witnessing with having fun? And that's not just for kids! Perhaps we can get so serious that it paralyzes our outreach for Christ and generates toxic anxiety in our churches. See our president’s editorial across the page. Jesus was a man in touch with sorrow, yet He generated joy. He understood about parties for a purpose. Not everyone approved:“This man fellowships with sinners!” was the critique of Christ’s outreach strategy.Yet he kept socializing with poor as well as rich, famous and infamous,
On the Cover: Cover photographer Norman Bolejack loves to head to the mountains and shoot wildlife—with a camera! He put his new Nikon D90 to good use in capturing the joy of these two women you can read about on page 9.
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troublesome men and even scandalized women. This month you’ll read about retirees who are fruitful and fulfilled in selfless service for the Savior. Some of them are having quite a bit of joy about it. Their stories start on page 6. Nevertheless, some fellow Christians consider Adventists a joy-deficient, legalistic, unbiblical cult. Recently I attended a public seminar where SDAs got blasted with such allegations. To counter these attacks against Adventism around the world, several of us have started a new website. See page 4, and check out www.sdaforme.com.
Martin Weber, editor
Outlook Staff Editor: Martin Weber Managing Editor/Ad Manager: Amy Prindle Layout Designer: Amy Prindle Classifieds/Subscriptions: Chris Smith Copy Editor: Chris Smith News Editors Central States: Kymone Hinds Dakota: Heidi Shoemaker Iowa-Missouri: Michelle Miracle Kansas-Nebraska: John Treolo Minnesota: Claudio Consuegra Rocky Mountain: Karen Cress Union College: Jacque L. Smith
Mid-America Union Conference President: Roscoe J. Howard III VP for Administration: Thomas L. Lemon VP for Finance: Elaine Hagele Associate VP for Finance: Walt Sparks
Local Conferences CENTRAL STATES: 3301 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, KS 66104; 913.371.1071 www.central-states.org DAKOTA: P.O. Box 520, 217 North Grand Ave., Pierre, SD 57501; 605.224.8868 www.dakotaadventist.org IOWA-MISSOURI: P.O. Box 65665, 1005 Grand Ave., West Des Moines, IA 50265; 515.223.1197 www.imsda.org KANSAS-NEBRASKA: 3440 Urish Road, Topeka, KS 66614-4601; 785.478.4726 www.ks-ne.org MINNESOTA: 7384 Kirkwood Court, Maple Grove, MN 55369; 763.424.8923 www.mnsda.com ROCKY MOUNTAIN: 2520 S. Downing St., Denver, CO 80210; 303.733.3771 www.rmcsda.org