an eternal

perspective

Photos: Gary Hisaoka, New Hope Chrisitian College student lead chapel.
SENIOR BANQUET A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

a red carpet affair

The Senior Banquet was an amazing success this year with Ashely Franks and the
entire ASB presenting a night the graduating class of 2011 will never forget. From the
photography on the red carpet, to the wonderful hor d’oeuvres and entrées that were
served, so much was to be seen and enjoyed by the NHCC student body, faculty and staff.
One of the highlights especially were the amazing mock-cocktails made to order by Adele
Grimes, Stephan Ogasawara and Tyler Ogletree. The two MC’s that kept the evening going
were Ryan Joynes and Chris Erickson who mad e the attendees laugh with their banter and
video compilations involving the graduating seniors. Thank you to all who attended and
please enjoy the photos from this wonderful evening.
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ll over the campus of New Hope Christian College,
lives are being continually transformed through
Life Journaling. David LoftIs, a sophomore here
at NHCC, has been experiencing the power of
God’s Word through Life Journaling even before
he began to attend school here. In fact, David said his first
experience with reading the Bible was doing Life Journaling
at a youth camp.
The Life Journal was developed by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro as
a daily devotional plan by which the person journaling reads
through the Old Testament once and the New Testament
twice every year. The journal plan uses the acrostic SOAP to
represent the basis for the plan, which is reading and writing
Scripture, making an Observation on a scripture, Application
of the scripture into the life of the reader, and a Prayer to
finish.
David admitted that he disliked the Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday morning devotions when he first started coming
to them. Though David had been doing the SOAP journal
devotions before coming to school, he didn’t like the idea of
being made to do it. “It really rubbed me the wrong way. It took
something I enjoyed and made it forceful.”
Even so, David believes that the benefits of weekly morning
devotions far outweigh any of the negatives. He said it is
important to him to continue coming because he knows that
students in the future won’t know about it, and he wants
to be not only a good example, but also be involved in the
transformation process for their lives as well. David himself
has been positively transformed in a lot of ways through
PHOTO: DERREK MIYAHARA
the SOAP journaling. He said he thinks of SOAP journaling
as receiving a receipt that is proof of the transformation and
changes in his life. “I have concrete evidence in my hand of
those events,” said David. When he tells others about SOAP
journaling, he is able to look back on older journals and show
the change that has taken place between old journals and new
ones, as well as all of the earlier prayers which God has since
answered.
SOAP journaling has taught David how important it is not to
miss a day of reading God’s Word. In relation to Matthew 4:4,
when Jesus said that, “People do not live by bread alone, but
by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (NASB),
David realized that the feeling he has when he skips a meal is
similar to that when he skips a day of reading. “When I skip a
day of journaling, even though it is a minute amount of being in
the Word, I can tell that I am spiritually tired the next day or all
throughout that day,” said David.
David also said, “One thing that is extremely cool about the
journaling process is that it puts everybody on the same page.
Literally.” David appreciates how reading the Word together
opens up an abundance of conversation about God and the
Bible.”It’s like sitting down for a meal together. A meal is always
better when there is more than one person sitting there.”
As a word of advice to those who are skeptical of the power
of journaling, David advises that they put aside any negative
attitudes and give SOAP journaling an honest try. “If they want
to know if it truly works they have to try it and try it correctly.”
You have to put your whole heart into it for it to yield any results;
it is the same as doing anything else for God.
During the upcoming summer, many of the New Hope Christian
College students are planning to apply the skills and knowledge
they have learned over this past year in practical ministry
and marketplace assignments. After an entire school year of
listening to lectures, doing Bible studies, and writing research
papers, they will now have the opportunity to step out into the
“real world” and begin to apply that knowledge in their lives and
the lives of others. As the saying goes, learning doesn’t stop
in the classroom. It carries out and continues when you take
a step outside the College’s doors. I interviewed some of our
awesome NHCC students to see how they will endeavor to “live
exceptionally” in ministry and the marketplace this summer.
Here’s what they said.

“I plan to work with my home church and the youth back home in
Hawaii,” said Stephan Ogasawara, NHCC Sophomore.

“I’ll be working at two youth camps and a youth conference over

the summer; if I can sum up what I’ll be doing, it’s working a lot
and hanging out with the youth a lot,” said Ricky Kolve, NHCC
Sophomore. Russell Wilson, NHCC Junior, plans to “work a full-
time job.”

A group of twelve students will be involved in the “Release Your

Dreams” internship program at New Hope Christian Fellowship
in Honolulu, Hawaii, working closely with the church while being
mentored by various staff and pastors.

Rachel Ure, NHCC Freshman from Scotland, plans to interact

with a fellow classmate, apply ministry skills she has learned and
learn more about American culture. “I’ll be traveling to Illinois
with Gwen Fielder. We will visit different places and hangout with
some of Gwen’s school buddies.” Her time at NHCC has been
helpful in adjusting to the culture shift, a different setting indeed
than her home in Scotland. Speaking of ministry skills, one of the
graduating Seniors will go right into vocational ministry. “After my
wedding and honeymoon with my beautiful wife, I plan to go right
into my full-time job working at a church. It’s a huge leap of faith,
but I know that I will be able to put into action the things I have
learned at NHCC,” said Chris Stites.

Finally, several plan on getting some R & R time over the

summer. “I’ll just sleep and hangout with friends and enjoy the
summer!” said Kellen Ainley, NHCC Freshman.
FACULTY SOAP

“For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an

eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison...”

2 Corinthians 4:17

Paul is speaking into a situation in which the Church finds

itself surrounded, perhaps even immersed, by wickedness
and immorality. Though we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit,
we carry this treasure in a dying and decaying body. In the
midst of all this potential discouragement and defeat, Paul
lifts us above our circumstances and gives us an eternal
perspective. What arrests my attention most significantly
is how Paul perceives his personal suffering on behalf of
Christ. Paul, who experienced five whippings, was beaten
three times with rods, stoned, shipwrecked three times,
threatened by robbers, imprisoned, persecuted by Jews
and Gentiles, and betrayed and abandoned by fellow
believers, refers to all these as “light” and “momentary”
afflictions! How can this be? Is Paul in denial? He goes
on to tell us that compared with the “eternal weight of
glory” there is no comparison and so his sufferings fade
into insignificance. God’s eternal perspective deflates the
power and pain of suffering to the point that all suffering
is “light and momentary.”

Sometimes I tend to focus too much on suffering as

something that is “unfair” compared to how much I have
“done for the Lord.” I fail to remember that suffering and
discipline are necessary for my spiritual maturity. In fact,
I forget that I have chosen to embrace suffering as a
friend. Through suffering, God the Spirit is doing a work
of transforming us into the image of Christ “to the glory
of God, the Father.” Only an eternal perspective gives us
a view of the end goal for those who are in Christ Jesus.
This perspective also lifts us above “self” so we can
see from God’s viewpoint. I need to be more consistent
seeing life from God’s point of view.

“God, our heavenly Father, raise me by Your Spirit

above my circumstance to see Your purpose for my life.
Don’t let me stay under my circumstances but help me
to see how You are working in and with them to conform
my character to Christ’s. Teach me to be thankful in
everything, including suffering and discipline, as means
whereby You bring glory to Christ. Help me to see all
of life through Christ’s eyes; then I will have an eternal
perspective too. I pray in Christ’s name, Amen!”
 iscipline. Accountability. Relationships. All
these things can be used to describe what
a leader is. Recently, NHCC freshmen
Anthony Argueta and Elaine Naulu have
been learning about leadership by serving
in ministry at The Father’s House (formerly
Jubilee Church).

“We had been attending The Father’s House

for about two months when Anthony and I felt
like giving back to the church and community,”
said Elaine. This ministry opportunity allows
Anthony and Elaine to work with the youth
and minister to them in various ways.

“A big part of it is developing relationships with people,

especially the youth. It’s important because leadership involves
relationships,” said Anthony.

“We want to help the youth and it helps that we are closer in age
to them; it’s easier to relate to them in their struggles, questions,
and interests,” added Elaine.

But helping a group and leading is no small task. It requires a

lot of work and effort, especially in the areas of discipline and
accountability. This discipline was developed through important
daily tasks, such as daily devotions, prayer, and staying
academically strong in all their Bible classes.

“Throughout the school year, NHCC has taught us a lot and

now I think it’s important that we put into practice and ‘walk the
talk’ in everything we’re learning. It can’t just go by; it needs to
impact the hearts of others in the whole process,” said Anthony.
However, there have also been some roadblocks and
challenges in their new experience. One of them was trying
to achieve a balance in leadership roles and managing their
time wisely.
“As a leader, it can be frustrating when you end up getting
drained and burned out completely--it’s a cycle of ‘do, do
and do.’ This has definitely helped me manage my time and
discipline myself with homework, social time, and spending
time with God; in a way, it has helped in all the other areas of
my life,” said Elaine.
Another challenge or struggle is patience and all the waiting
that comes before actually leading (as in waiting for the right
moment and not rushing into it). Ambitious leaders can fall
into the trap of rushing too fast into a leadership role without
a strong mentor and foundation.
“I struggled a lot in the beginning because Saul (the youth
group pastor) didn’t give us major roles, but instead slowly
had us lead the group--a gradual process. But it made me
grow more because I was able to be mentored by Saul and
his example of leadership,” said Anthony. In this great
opportunity, both Anthony and Elaine were able to garner
leadership nuggets of wisdom that will help with their
future ministries.
“It has been a life-changing experience for me so far and
it helped ignite my burning passion for youth,” said Elaine.
“I think this experience has helped me to grow and helped
my intense desire to minister to youth and to impact
people for the kingdom. Both Elaine and I have grown
in our leadership skills, and it resulted from God’s grace
and from applying the knowledge we’ve learned. It helped
mold us. All I can say is, “WOW! This is so awesome!”
said Anthony.
 s the Class of 2011 finish up their time here at New Hope Christian
College and venture out into the world with the tools and knowledge in
reaching the lost we at Ignite thought it would be good to honor these
graduates in a piece we call Seniors: What’s next? We interviews all 19
of the graduates and asked them a series of questions and we took some
of the best things they had to say so please enjoy and congratulate the Class of
2011.

JOSHUA VALENTINE EMILIE FORSBERG

INTERCULTURAL jason northway CHRISTIAN
STUDIES BIBLE AND MINISTRY COUNSELING
LEADERSHIP
What is next for you after you graduate? What are some lessons you learned in the
I currently work at Jasper Mountain What is a quote or scripture classroom that stuck with you?
Safe Center. A treatment facility for that has stuck with you in “I want to get a masters degree but
physically and your personal life? not for the sake of having a degree
emotionally Micah 6:8- “He has because I just want to continue
abused children showed you, O man, learning so that I
who have what is good. And can effectively
become what does the LORD help people
abusive to require of you? To act more.”
others. We justly and to love mercy and to
teach them how walk humbly with your God.”
to live in a healthy
family and attempt to
have them move out of the treatment
system that many have been stuck in
for years prior to coming to us.
SARAH FOX chuck fenwick
INTERCULTURAL PASTORAL STUDIES
STUDIES
TIA VENCILL What is your favorite quote in being here at NEW
PASTORAL STUDIES What is next for you after you HOPE?
graduate? One of my favorite quotes is from a
What are some lessons you learned in the For me after I former pastor in the area, Keith
classroom that stuck with you? graduate is a little Jenkins from Jubilee World Outreach.
different then what I He used to close the service by saying,
As much as you “Go with God and He
expected a year ago,
want to wait, will go with you.”
but for now it will be
DON’T PUT
being a new mommy,
OFF TILL
and spending time with
TOMORROW
my baby when born!
WHAT YOU
CAN DO
TODAY!
 christa Goecker
INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

When asked what WAS one of her most significant

moments here at NEW HOPE?

“I had such a great time leading my Ignite

team of off-campus women. God has been
really working on my confidence and ability
to disciple people.”

BRE GOECKER
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

Favorite thing a faculty or staff member ever said?

A life changing quote by Pastor Wayne

Cordeiro from a conference she attended
before she ever considered coming to New
Hope Christian College (then, Eugene Bible
College), “The grass is not greener on the
other side, it is greener where you are, where
you water it.”
 CHRIS STITES
PASTORAL STUDIES
VICTOR ALEXANDER
PASTORAL STUDIES What are some key points in your life that God
has worked on in your life this past year?

What is a quote or scripture

Wow…I would say not only
that has stuck with you in understanding but experiencing grace
your personal life? and also learning my
MARK LAMIERE Lonny Burke:
identity/ position
in Christ. I can
PASTORAL STUDIES ‘The Will of God is say for a fact
not a place, it is a that I have
relationship.” God’s grown more
What are some life lessons you learned at will does include the in the last few
New Hope? outcome of ending up months than
“Read the Bible slowly, obey somewhere, but what is most important is ever in my life.
immediately, and cultivating a strong relationship with God. I God seemed to bring
remember that feels that far too often people are searching everything perfectly together at the last
every Christian is for the Will of God when it comes to major moment before I dove into this chaotic/
learning day by decisions in life while neglecting to live out exciting new season.
day to His will on a daily basis. I believe that God
be less of a has told me to “go,” so I have wholeheartedly
hypocrite
and heretic...
chosen to go into the ministry and trust the
Lord for direction along the way. FREIDA BROWN
including me.”
PASTORAL STUDIES

what have you

learned?

KATIE MILLER That I am God’s

JASON MAYER CHRISTIAN COUNSELING daughter. I
INTERCULTURAL STUDIES am the king’s
daughter.
Yeah. I thought
What are your plans after graduation? I was worthless. I
Tell me a teacher that has
really helped you in thought nobody
My wife and I are planning to go
shaping your thought would listen. I think there is a big
do our training with Youth with a
here at NEW HOPE? healing in my past.
Mission in Australia.The training is
for 6 months and planing to be staff Ms. Kutz who
and do descipleship taught me speech
afterward in and literature really MATT HILL
Australia. I took an interest to PASTORAL STUDIES
want to raise who I am and what the
up dreams were that God had planted inside
leaders. me was. She not only helped me develop what is next after you graduate?
my speaking and analytical reading skills
“I would like to get my masters in
but she also mentored me in how to reach
Philosophy and
my goals and dreams by taking me to
learn the original
missions conferences, connecting me with
biblical
missionaries doing what I would like to do
languages. So
and on a daily basis encouraging me and
when studying
seeing how I was spiritually and physically
I do not have
doing.
to go off of
someone else’ s
work.”
 KYLE OGURKOW
PASTORAL STUDIES

What is your vision for your life?

“Over the summer, I plan to marry the love of

my life, Rosie Pemble....

...I have this dream and desire to build and

start a youth recreation center--it will be a
place where the youth can come to hang out
and seek help 24/7, kind of like the YMCA.”

ROSIE PEMBLE
PASTORAL STUDIES

Favorite thing a faculty or staff member ever said?

“One day, Dr. Burke came into the office and

told me that he was excited to see the leader
I was becoming and that he knew that God
was going to use me in a big way.”
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SIMPLYJESUS

The Scripture 2 Corinthians 11:3 states

that the enemy would love to lead our
minds astray from the purity and simplicity
of our devotion to Christ. Wayne
Cordeiro, beloved author, church planter
and evangelist, yearns for the Church to
get back to Jesus, pure and simple.

Cordeiro’s passion for bringing people

back to the simplicity and purity of Jesus
comes alive with each turn of the page.
You will be encouraged and inspired back
to Jesus.

Its time.

THE IRRESISTIBLE CHURCH

This book is perfect for a twelve week

small groups program where everyone
will find themselves refreshingly involved
in bettering their church. It holds the
beginnings of a compellingly new future.

In this book, Wayne Cordeiro shares

his expertise on how to be a church that
God can’t help but bless. When a church
has a hunger for the presence of God,
promotes healthy relationships, and
connects everything to a soul, it becomes
a church that’s irresistible to God, and
naturally becomes one that people love to
attend.
WORDS: RYAN BLUEBAUGH

PHOTOS: MICHAEL WILLIAMSON

“It’s exciting when I look out into the classroom,
all I see are Frodo’s and all I am doing is
helping to prepare students for the journey God
has called them to.”

“I remember when in the third grade. Sitting on the right side of the church, five
rows back, looking out the window and the pastor was explaining James 3:1,
‘Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you
know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.’” Dr. Bonnie Lee reflects.
Upon hearing this she remembers telling herself, “I have enough accountability
already, I’m never going to be a teacher.”

“God has an ironic sense of humor.” After she graduated from the University of
Oregon, a friend asked if she would be willing to help out at Pacific Christian
High School to finish a class that was studying Huckleberry Finn. She said,
“yes,” thinking it was only temporary. She laughed as she explained how one
class became, two, two became three, and by the end of the year she was
teaching English for all four grades. The next year Dr. Clayton Crymes, Vice
President of Academics at Eugene Bible College asked her to teach one writing
class. She states, “I literally just fell into this position.”

After serving both the high school and college for six years, Dr. Lee moved up
to Eugene Bible College in 1999. Since then, that one class has turned into
a list of several classes that include: Expository and Research Writing, Small
Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication, Introduction to Literature,
Shakespeare (next Fall), Carribean Literature, Mid-evil Literature, Native
American Literature, and Beowulf. Needless to say, she keeps an exhausting
schedule, but there are no complaints from this inspirational woman. In fact,
she has been inspired by all the recent changes and continues to thrive in her
teaching. She quotes Andrew McCann, “Behold brave Frodo / Ring bearer
bound for Mordor, / Better him than me.” As a huge smile creeps across her
face, she explains with joy how that is her heart for the students as she teaches
and how that quotation, in a way reflects the heart of the school. “It’s exciting
when I look out into the classroom, all I see are Frodos and all I am doing is
helping to prepare students for the journey God has called them to.”