MINNESOTA CONFERENCE
Stone Ridge Hosts Student Round-up
Minnesota Conference Re-elects Officers Second Quadrennial Constituency Session held in Minnesota
Collene Klick
Photos: Brad Leavelle
Prospective students attending this year’s round-up, themed The Body Temple, dressed up in surgical garb and played the Operation game.
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ne of the jobs that falls on teachers in our school system is recruiting students. At Stone Ridge SDA Christian School, the principal and grades 1-8 teacher Rudy Carlson has found an exciting and engaging way to invite prospective students into the classroom. Every year we designate a special day for inviting students to experience the blend of Christian atmosphere, dynamic learning and friendship available here at Stone Ridge. This year’s theme was The Body Temple. The kids learned about healthy eating while creating their own fruit kabab. Then they took their resting pulse before and after exercising, comparing the two. They played the game Operation and dressed up in surgical garb, learning how to glove up and the correct way to remove gloves after you’re done with a “procedure.” They also got to see a real heart, view a
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specimen under a stereoscope, and see actual bone marrow in the bone. The highlight of the day was when each student did surgery on a Little Debbie. No, not a person—the snack cake! The challenge was to unroll the snack cake completely, turn it over and keep as much of the chocolate cover intact as possible. Sounds easy enough until you learn you can’t use your hands; you can only use your “surgical instruments.” In this case those instruments were a plastic fork, knife and spoon. Half of the children attending the round-up were not from Adventist homes. At Stone Ridge we actively recruit community students as we believe our school is a mission and we are committed to bringing the love of Jesus to the community, one child at a time. Collene Klick is a member of the Duluth Church.
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Justin Lyons was reelected as president of the Minnesota Conference.
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n May 15, 2016, the Minnesota Conference Association held their Second Quadrennial (108th regular) Constituency Session. During regular constituency sessions, electing officers for the next four years is a high priority. The names for each position are recommended by the Nominating Committee prior to the constituency session. Twenty members of the Nominating Committee are selected by the delegates of 10 territorial regions, meeting separately to select representatives from the region they represent. Three additional members are selected by the Board of Trustees. The committee is chaired by the Mid-America Union Conference president or his designee. This year Gil Webb, vice president for administration of the MAUC, chaired the Nominating Committee
Elder Brian Mungandi was re-elected as vice president for administration. a few weeks prior to the Constituency Session. We are pleased to announce that the constituency voted to re-elect Justin C. Lyons as conference president and Brian K. Mungandi as vice present for administration. Each candidate was recommended for re-election by the Nominating Committee, and was voted into their position by a sweeping majority. Reggie Leach has accepted the vice president for finance position in the Arizona Conference, and due to time constraints, a candidate to fill that role in Minnesota was not brought forth during the constituency session. That position will be filled through the regular hiring process by the Board of Trustees. Brian Mungandi is communication director for the Minnesota Conference.