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Boston Street Hosts International Day
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Jesus Was There on My First Day of School
Christians celebrate multicultural community By GARY S. COLLINS
When students arrived they couldn’t believe their eyes By ELIZABETH RODRIQUEZ
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Union Students Help with Hurricane Sandy Cleanup The needs were not what they expected By RYAN TELLER
What’s Online?. . . . . . 3 Perspectives. . . . . . . . . 4 Tom Lemon . . . . . . . . . . 4 Martin Weber. . . . . . . . . 5 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mid-America. . . . . . . 9 Central States. . . . . . 12 Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Iowa-Missouri . . . . . 16 Kansas-Nebraska. . . 18 Minnesota. . . . . . . . . 20 Rocky Mountain. . . . 22 Union College. . . . . . 24 Farewell. . . . . . . . . . . 26 InfoMarket . . . . . . . . 27
IN THIS ISSUE
Cover Photo: Pastor Gil F. Webb is the new vice president for administration of the Mid-America Union. Photo by Kevin Hosley.
OUTLOOK (ISSN 0887-977X) January 2013, Volume 34, Number 1. OUTLOOK is published monthly (10 months per year) by the Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 8307 Pine Lake Road, Lincoln, NE 68516; Telephone: 402.484.3000; Fax: 402.4843.4453; Email: info@maucsda.org. Printed at Pacific Press Publishing Association, Periodical postage paid at Lincoln, NE and additional offices. USPS number 006-245. Address changes should be sent to Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, PO Box 6128, Lincoln, NE 68506. Free for Mid-America church members and $10 per year for non-Mid-America subscribers. ©2013 Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. All Rights Reserved. Unless noted, all uncredited photos are stock photography. Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are registered trademarks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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OUTLOOKMAG.ORG January 2013
As we enter 2013, changing needs and opportunities demand new and creative methods of nurture and evangelism—even as we cling to the unchanging truth as it is in Jesus (our Seventh-day Adventist message for Earth’s last days). Christ came to the world as the ultimate change agent. “I have come to start a fire on this earth,” He declared, “and how I wish it were blazing right now!” (Luke 12:49, Message). Unfortunately, the religious establishment threw a wet blanket on His initiatives. In the name of Moses, God’s prophet, they decided that “the old is good enough” (Luke 5:39, NASB). Is your local church likewise clinging to outmoded ideas and methods? If so, please reconsider. Under the leadership of Elder Tom Lemon, Mid-America Union president, OUTLOOK Magazine has committed the year 2013 to the theme of “NOT business as usual.” This month we focus on “NOT church as usual.” See what you think as you read these pages. —MARTIN WEBER