As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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Today we're going to be talking
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about evangelism
and discipleship,
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and we always
have to be reminded
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of the great commission
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that Christ has
given us as a church.
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Of course, it's
found in Matthew 28:19-20,
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Jesus says, "Go
therefore and make disciples
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of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father,
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and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have
commanded you, and lo,
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I am with you always,
even to the end of the age."
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It's a beautiful
promise that we have,
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but Christ is, He has
bestowed a blessing upon us
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a great commission
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that we go and make
disciples of all nations.
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Today on this program
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you're not going to
want to change the channel.
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In fact, gather
your friends around,
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get your notepads together,
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because we're going to want to
probably take some information.
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And we have our good
friend Dee Casper with us today
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and some good friends,
Hannah Peak and James Park.
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Dee, you're the
director of CORE Evangelism
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in Pennsylvania.
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And we're going to be
talking about with them
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in just a few moments
how you might want to become
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involved in the
CORE Evangelism School.
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It's a discipleship program
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that I'm sure
will change your life,
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but before we go any
further, we have a blessing
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that's going to be brought to us
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by our brother Wintley Phipps
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and he's going to be
singing for us, "Amazing Love."
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Amazing love,
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How can it be
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You broke the chains
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And set me free
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You filled my life
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With joy untold
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You light my spirit
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You feed my soul
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Now I want to let
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The whole world know
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Of all you've done
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For me
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I want to praise
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Your name
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Amazing love,
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How can it be
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You sent your son
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To die for me
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He took the blame
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Carried my shame
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All the way
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To Calvary
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When I thought I was
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Forever lost
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You caught my falling
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Soul
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I want to love you more
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Amazing love
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Amazing love
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Amazing
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Amazing love
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Amazing love,
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How can it be
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You would give your life for me
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You bring such comfort
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To my soul
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You raise me up
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And make me whole
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Now I want to let
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The whole world know
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Of all you've done
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For me
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I don't think
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I could ever
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Ever love you
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More
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Amazing love
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Amazing love
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Amazing love, how can it be
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Now I live eternally
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I once was lost,
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But now I'm found
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I was blind,
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But now I see
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And now I am
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Forever yours
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Soon I'll see your face
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And I will love you more
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Amazing love
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Amazing love
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Amazing love
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Amazing love
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Wow!
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Praise the Lord.
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Brother Wintley
Phipps, he's always a blessing.
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Love your music, brother.
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Thank you so much for all
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that you do for
the cause of God.
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If you're just
now tuning in with us,
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you're watching the Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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and this is 3ABN Today.
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And today we actually
have CORE Evangelism with us
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in the house today.
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And I'm going to officially
introduce our guest today.
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Brother Dee Casper,
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the director of CORE Evangelism.
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How are you, brother?
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Great, good to be here.
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Amen.
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It's a blessing to have
you guys here and, of course,
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to your left and to my right
here, we have Miss Hannah Peak.
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And, Hannah, you're not so much
a stranger to the 3ABN family,
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because your parents
work here and around the area.
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So it's a blessing to
have you here as well.
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Right, I used to work
here too before I moved away.
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Okay. All right.
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And then, of course, we
have Brother James Park.
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It's always a blessing
brother to have new faces
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and you are a new face here.
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Is this your first time on 3ABN?
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Yes, it is. Yeah.
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All right.
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Well, it's a
blessing to have you as well.
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Thank you.
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They, all of them
are here to tell us about
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the CORE Evangelism
Discipleship Program.
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And so, Dee, I'm
going to come to you first
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because got to ask them,
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I guess the most
important question.
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What in the world
is CORE Evangelism
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and tell us a little bit
about how it got started?
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Sure.
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So the CORE Discipleship
and Evangelism training program
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is a ministry of the
Pennsylvania Conference
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and we're basically discipling
and training young adults
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to own their faith,
to find their calling
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and to empower them
to change the world.
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That's kind of the
big picture intention.
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So kind of the 18
to 35ish demographic.
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We say ish, because you
know, we can talk about it,
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you know, if we're in
the general age range,
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let's talk about it.
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Let's see if this is a good fit.
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Sure.
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But, yeah, so
we're on the same campus
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as Blue Mountain Academy.
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So the academy was
built for 400 students.
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Many years ago, they've
got close to like 130 range.
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So we use half of
their dormitories.
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We eat in their cafeteria.
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So it's just a great partnership
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that we partner with them.
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They partner with us
and it's a beautiful area.
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The Appalachian
Trail is literally
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right across the street,
it's a super pretty place.
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And so that's the big picture
of what we're seeking to do
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and kind of how it operates.
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Amen. That sounds so great.
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And you mentioned Pennsylvania.
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So what specific
part of Pennsylvania?
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This is Eastern Pennsylvania.
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So we're like in
between Allentown and Redding,
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but an hour and a half
north of Philly, but Eastern PA.
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All right. Praise the Lord.
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I understand we
have a promotional video
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that you guys would
like to show us at this time.
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Sure.
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That kind of
gives a little bit more
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information about the program.
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So let's go ahead
and go to that video now.
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It really has brought me
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to a closer
relationship with him
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and that was just
through various things,
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whether it was
in class or outreach
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and canvassing
and Bible working,
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it's just really allowed me
to, through all of those things,
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just truly see who God is.
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Young people are wrestling with
knowing what the future holds.
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Does God actually
love and care for me?
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Where am I going?
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What does this
life have to offer?
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I believe CORE offers solutions
to all of these questions
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that you can
actually have an intimate,
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vibrant relationship with Jesus
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that you can be
fully known and fully loved
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by the God of the universe.
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I can see now how Jesus
sacrificed everything for us,
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how He can sympathize in
every problem we have in life.
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It's something I
never experienced before
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until I came to CORE.
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It seems so impossible,
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but this God
that we know already,
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He just gets
more and more awesome.
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He's worth knowing more
than like we thought He was,
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like, He's actually a
caring and loving Father
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and just give Him a chance.
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Every aspect of my life
has just completely changed it
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from where I was
to where I am today.
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And I can even see
the change in myself,
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and I can see the
change in my friends,
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and I can just see
the change in everybody.
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And it's a positive change.
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It's a good change.
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It's a change that
God would be proud of.
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And you know, I have
a friend in Jesus now
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and you know, that's
just been the biggest thing
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that I can take away,
you know, a friend in Jesus
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You build off of each
other and you fall down together
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and everybody
picks you up together.
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And that's the one
thing that I enjoy about CORE.
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There's so much
family and love here
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and that there is
adventures that we go on.
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There is laughter
and there is tears,
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and there is so much more
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compacted to like
nine months of CORE.
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It's been really nice
to just talk to each other
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and just really to grow together
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and just seeing each other grow
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and also just to
really encourage each other.
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To me, it's a real blueprint
school where you get to learn,
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you get to work
hard and you get to grow.
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If you're
already considering it,
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if you want some training
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you know, some
hands-on training where you can,
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you know, take a
break from the world,
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take a break from,
you know, the clutter of,
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of social media
and work and school
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and just the
chaoticness of life,
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you know, come
here and learn how to,
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you know, bring people
to Christ, how to soul win.
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And, you know,
you won't regret it.
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You won't regret it.
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It's the most
beautiful thing when someone
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gives their life to
Christ because of you.
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It's an incredible course.
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It's only nine
months out of the year.
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And if you come here,
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you'll have a once
in a lifetime experience
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being surrounded by individuals
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who share the
similarity with you
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of loving God and
wanting to know Him more.
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Wow. That's amazing.
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That was a really nice video.
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So, I'm sitting down here just
wondering how does something
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like this get started
because there's a lot I'm sure.
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And we're going to talk about
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what's involved in this program,
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but how did CORE
Evangelism get started?
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So there were a
people, a donor and a pastor
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that had a burden to
have a school of evangelism
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for young adults that
would saturate every teaching
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with the gospel, that
there wouldn't be a single class
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where they wouldn't see
the true character of God
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and to see Jesus
in every teaching,
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whether it be health
class or agriculture,
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or just really to make sure
that people are being focused
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on the core of Christianity
and the core of Adventism,
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which is to see
Jesus and the message
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of Christ of
righteousness in every teaching.
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So that was
kind of their burden.
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They approached me
about kind of helping them
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to start the school.
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We looked at different
places to partner and do it.
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And Gary Gibbs at the conference
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of the Pennsylvania conference.
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Certainly someone
who loves evangelism.
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And so they
approached him and say,
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would you be
open to us, partnering
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with the Pennsylvania
Conference in doing there?
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And so they said,
yeah, let's do it.
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And so three years
ago I got brought in
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and we didn't really
have anything at that stage.
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Like we had an
idea, we had a donor
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and we had a campus
that we could have access to.
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And in the span of 11 months,
this amazing miracle happened
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that it was just me and somehow
recruitment, development,
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hiring, curriculum, everything,
budgeting was all done.
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There wasn't any
staff, it was just me.
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I can't do that.
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Right.
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But somehow 11 months
later we were running a program
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and discipling students.
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And it's just
like, we fully believe
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that this is God's school,
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that we are a part of something
that's bigger than ourselves.
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Absolutely.
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And so, because I know what I'm
capable of and it's not that,
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but I... In traveling,
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I've been doing a lot of
traveling ministry for years,
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particularly to
this demographic,
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the 18 to 35ish age range,
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whether it be
actually even 15 to 35,
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high schools have been
like 31 of our academies
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and our college
and youth conferences.
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And in my travels, I
saw a lot of similar threads
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that I felt were underdressed
with our young people.
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You know, we're
talking about prophecy,
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we're talking about fundamental
beliefs in the sanctuary,
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which we have to talk about.
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Absolutely.
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And they need to
be rooted in that,
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but young people are
struggling with identity issues.
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They're struggling with
mental health challenges.
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They're struggling
with other things like this.
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I thought that if we're
going to develop a program,
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it needs to be
holistic in nature.
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Absolutely.
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Which is one of the
reasons why it's nine months
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was because we wanted
to give these students
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the proper amount of
time to learn their story,
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to process their story, to
find healing in their journey
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and to get a solid well-rounded
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biblical Adventist education.
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So that was kind of our burden.
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That was our
conviction, and it works.
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That's been the amazing thing
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is you've heard in the
stories in that video, like,
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it literally, when we say it's
a life transforming experience,
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that's not just like a tagline
for the sake of like marketing,
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that's literally
what's happening here.
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Absolutely.
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And so that,
that's what excites us
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to be involved in
something like this
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is to be able to, through
the means of training them
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in ministry and having classes,
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and having intensives
on mental health and health
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and agriculture
and everything else.
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The big picture idea was
to give them a well-rounded
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holistic picture what
the gospel can do for them
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and how they can
change the world,
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because even if
they aren't personally
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struggling with
mental health challenges,
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the people that
they minister to,
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there's a very high
likelihood that they will.
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And to just tell
people to pray harder
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or they need more faith
doesn't fix the problem.
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It increases the problem.
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So to teach them
how to tactfully work
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through their own story, find
healing and also help others.
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That was a really
important thing for us.
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So that was kind
of the conviction
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and the burden behind how
everything would be designed.
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So had the schedules designed,
the length of time the classes,
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the topics that we
cover, who teaches,
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all had that in mind,
they have to see Jesus.
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And there has to be
more than just a transfer,
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like a transfer of information
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like this should transform them.
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Absolutely.
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Not just give them
skills to teach and do ministry,
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which they get a
substantial education that,
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but also to
transform them as individuals.
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Absolutely.
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You know,
everything you're saying there,
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I heard that word
transformed so many times
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and that's important
because we have a lot of people
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who know information,
they know about Christ.
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They know a lot
of information about
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the truths that we believe,
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but yet they themselves
are not maybe converted
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or transformed by that gospel.
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So that's just
powerful, my brother.
00:17:47.66\00:17:49.50
So I also heard you
say a couple of times,
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18 to 35, 15 to 35.
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So there's probably
someone watching right now
00:17:54.57\00:17:56.30
that may not fit in
maybe that range that says,
00:17:56.34\00:17:59.61
man, I really want
to go to this school.
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So maybe talk a
little bit more about,
00:18:01.64\00:18:03.18
is it just within
that range or is there a,
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maybe an exception
from time to time about,
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you know, with outside of those?
00:18:08.08\00:18:09.52
Yeah. That's a great question.
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So the basic
design of the program
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was for 18 to 35 year olds.
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You have to have
finished high school
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that's kind of our prerequisite,
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but if you're in a
situation where you would like
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to take some time to deepen
your relationship with Christ,
00:18:18.83\00:18:22.20
there's a few options we have,
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one, CORE online
will be available.
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The goal is by January 1, 2022.
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So all of our classes
that we filmed in session,
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people can take online.
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So that's an option we have.
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The other option we have
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is for the
second semester of CORE,
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we kind of call it track two.
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Someone who's maybe in
a more mature age range
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that wants to take
five months of their life.
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And they're living in a dorm,
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they're eating in the cafeteria,
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just like our students do.
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They're doing five
months of Bible work.
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They're getting a majority
of our theology classes.
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That's another option.
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So let's say that
you're in your 40s
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or, you know, in
your 50s or something.
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And you're open to living
in a missionary environment
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and being trained and
taking those five months
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to really get a solid training,
to be able to do Bible work
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at your local church
and things like that,
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then we can totally have
an option for that as well.
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So we expanded our
borders for the second semester.
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So you wouldn't get the
canvassing in first semester
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or the mission trip
in the first semester,
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but you would at least
get the Bible work portion
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and a majority of our theology.
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We have a few prerequisites,
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but we would send those to them,
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watch a few classes
that you wouldn't get
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that you would need to have.
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We would send them
to them beforehand.
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Amen. That's awesome.
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Praise the Lord.
00:19:27.43\00:19:28.76
So I'm thinking as we're,
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as you're going
through all these details,
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you've kind of
already presented a few,
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but just want to
kind of hone in on
00:19:32.90\00:19:34.54
maybe the differences
between CORE Evangelism
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and some of these
other schools of evangelism,
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I'm thinking of
ARISE, which is phenomenal.
00:19:41.38\00:19:43.85
AFCO, I'm an AFCO graduate,
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Amazing Facts
Center of Evangelism.
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So what sets
CORE Evangelism apart
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as far as the difference between
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maybe what you guys offer
and what the others offer?
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Absolutely. I'm an
ARISE graduate, so, yeah.
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And so we've and
have taught at ARISE
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and been to different schools.
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And we're, we
weren't trying to do
00:20:00.43\00:20:02.46
what other people are doing.
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We were trying to
kind of design a program
00:20:03.87\00:20:05.57
from the ground up.
00:20:05.60\00:20:06.97
So this isn't,
because some of those people
00:20:07.00\00:20:08.74
kind of ask questions
like, which is better, which is,
00:20:08.77\00:20:10.87
it's really matter of
what you're looking for, right?
00:20:10.91\00:20:12.97
If you're just looking
for Bible work training,
00:20:13.01\00:20:15.04
you're looking
just to be discipled.
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.41
If you want to go to SOULS West,
00:20:16.44\00:20:17.78
because you're looking for
literature evangelism training,
00:20:17.81\00:20:19.85
it depends on what
you're looking for.
00:20:19.88\00:20:21.28
What we bring to the
table is a holistic education
00:20:21.32\00:20:24.25
where we're working
with a whole person.
00:20:24.29\00:20:25.82
They're getting health training,
00:20:25.85\00:20:27.76
significant training in
like medical missionary work.
00:20:27.79\00:20:30.29
We have a full
semester of canvassing
00:20:30.33\00:20:32.29
literature evangelism work,
00:20:32.33\00:20:34.16
which also helps them to
pay down some of their tuition,
00:20:34.20\00:20:36.36
half of what they make
goes towards their tuition.
00:20:36.40\00:20:38.57
And they're learning how to
do door-to-door literature work
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and doing in public places.
00:20:40.47\00:20:42.14
Then we have a two
week foreign mission trip
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that's built in as
part of the curriculum.
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So we're doing evangelism.
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.11
The intention is to be overseas
in the midst of pandemic,
00:20:47.14\00:20:49.64
that's kind of slowed us down.
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.18
But what we did last year
was we actually ministered
00:20:51.21\00:20:53.15
to refugees in Houston, Texas.
00:20:53.18\00:20:54.72
So Afghani refugees,
and Chinese refugees,
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and people from
other communities
00:20:57.55\00:21:00.12
who and other
places around the world
00:21:00.16\00:21:01.86
who were coming to
the States seeking refuge
00:21:01.89\00:21:04.33
or international
college students.
00:21:04.36\00:21:05.79
So teaching them how to
do cross-cultural witnessing
00:21:05.83\00:21:08.20
even if we
couldn't travel overseas.
00:21:08.23\00:21:10.13
But the first year we
actually went to Cuba.
00:21:10.17\00:21:12.10
In fact, we've had a
slide for this, I believe
00:21:12.13\00:21:13.94
from the mission
trip where we went to Cuba
00:21:13.97\00:21:15.80
and did two weeks of evangelism.
00:21:15.84\00:21:18.84
There were
children's programs, which is,
00:21:18.87\00:21:20.84
I think with the
pictures going to be,
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.21
it's just a picture of
someone presenting to children.
00:21:22.24\00:21:24.45
And it was an amazing
experience, but because of,
00:21:24.48\00:21:26.68
you know, political boundaries
now and COVID, and other stuff,
00:21:26.72\00:21:30.02
it's made it
difficult to be there,
00:21:30.05\00:21:31.39
but it was such an
amazing experience to see that.
00:21:31.42\00:21:33.32
There we go, so we've got
00:21:33.36\00:21:34.69
some of our kids teaching
a bunch of Cuban children
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.59
through the
means of interpreters.
00:21:37.63\00:21:38.96
It was such a rich blessing.
00:21:38.99\00:21:40.33
We want to go back so bad
and I hope that can be afforded
00:21:40.36\00:21:43.10
once borders open and COVID
and politics and other stuff.
00:21:43.13\00:21:46.74
But in the meantime, for sure,
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.90
they're involved in
cross-cultural witnessing
00:21:48.94\00:21:51.07
in some form or
fashion where we immerse them
00:21:51.11\00:21:52.91
into different
culture for two weeks,
00:21:52.94\00:21:54.84
just to see what the needs
are in the world out there.
00:21:54.88\00:21:56.58
Absolutely.
00:21:56.61\00:21:57.95
And even how to
witness to people
00:21:57.98\00:21:59.31
of those cultures here.
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And so after the mission
trip and our Christmas break,
00:22:00.72\00:22:04.19
then we have a Bible
work practicum for five months
00:22:04.22\00:22:07.36
where they're, then they've
worked with a local church
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.32
for nine full months, the
whole length of the program.
00:22:09.36\00:22:11.79
They're working within
a local church context.
00:22:11.83\00:22:13.83
So they're
teaching Sabbath school,
00:22:13.86\00:22:15.50
they're doing song service.
00:22:15.53\00:22:16.87
They're learning how to take
what they're learning in class.
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.03
And they're applying it in
a local context the same time.
00:22:19.07\00:22:21.77
So the community
that they canvas in
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.84
is the same
community they Bible work in.
00:22:23.87\00:22:25.37
It's the same
community they go to church in.
00:22:25.41\00:22:27.38
So they're learning
what it means to integrate
00:22:27.41\00:22:29.81
and invest into
community long term.
00:22:29.84\00:22:31.91
So that's kind of
what we bring to the table
00:22:31.95\00:22:33.35
that may be different.
00:22:33.38\00:22:34.72
There's some work study
options through canvassing,
00:22:34.75\00:22:36.82
Bible work, foreign missions
and what it's like to disciple
00:22:36.85\00:22:41.46
in a local church
context long term.
00:22:41.49\00:22:43.79
And then we have
an evangelistic series
00:22:43.83\00:22:45.16
in the fall.
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
And so generally our presenters
or I'm doing the series,
00:22:46.56\00:22:49.00
but the students are doing all
the boots and the groundwork,
00:22:49.03\00:22:51.23
giving studies, inviting people,
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.13
doing the health
nuggets, giving the song,
00:22:53.17\00:22:54.77
service, special
music, things like that.
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.01
Wow. That's amazing.
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.57
So before I get to
you guys in just a moment,
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.51
I'm going to come right
back to you for a moment.
00:23:00.54\00:23:02.21
And then I'm going to ask
you guys some questions here,
00:23:02.24\00:23:04.38
because I'm
interested in your feedback.
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.35
So someone comes
to CORE Evangelism,
00:23:06.38\00:23:09.78
they're student there.
00:23:09.82\00:23:11.15
What is, what are
they going to experience
00:23:11.19\00:23:12.52
while they're there?
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.89
Let's get into a
little bit more detail about
00:23:13.92\00:23:15.26
what they're going to learn,
00:23:15.29\00:23:16.62
what they're going to experience
00:23:16.66\00:23:17.99
once they're a part of
the program and on campus?
00:23:18.03\00:23:19.36
For sure.
00:23:19.39\00:23:20.73
So we've got like
an orientation week
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.10
that deals with a
lot of heart issues
00:23:22.13\00:23:23.47
to set them up to
succeed for the week,
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.83
how to have devotions,
how to have a prayer life,
00:23:24.87\00:23:26.80
what to do when you
fall and fail in ministry?
00:23:26.84\00:23:28.90
Like how do I work
through that when I mess up,
00:23:28.94\00:23:30.97
when things happen, thoughts
of condemnation and shame,
00:23:31.01\00:23:34.14
and guilt and
conviction, how to sort through
00:23:34.18\00:23:36.18
what comes from
God, what doesn't.
00:23:36.21\00:23:37.95
A lot of times
students feel like
00:23:37.98\00:23:39.31
I'm not worthy of being here.
00:23:39.35\00:23:40.68
And so, kind of
focusing on that.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.48
We've got a health intensive
00:23:42.52\00:23:44.75
and learning how to
live a healthy lifestyle
00:23:44.79\00:23:46.49
that will set
them up to succeed.
00:23:46.52\00:23:48.09
And then we have an
intensive on mental health
00:23:48.12\00:23:50.13
really early on in spiritual
healing with Paul Coniff
00:23:50.16\00:23:52.69
that really
sets them up to learn
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.43
what their story is, how Jesus
can connect with their story
00:23:54.46\00:23:57.13
and how to find
healing and freedom.
00:23:57.17\00:23:59.17
And then they do a
three week canvassing blitz.
00:23:59.20\00:24:01.37
And so, they're getting a
lot of hands-on experience
00:24:01.40\00:24:03.71
and what it's like
to do literature work,
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.37
hone down their fundamentals
00:24:05.41\00:24:06.74
because once the
regular schedule starts,
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.81
they've been
outreach three days a week
00:24:08.84\00:24:10.28
and then they do
some work on campus.
00:24:10.31\00:24:12.11
So they either work on
the farm or in the cafeteria.
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.62
They may help certain
departments of the academy.
00:24:14.65\00:24:16.28
If they have certain
skill sets that they've done
00:24:16.32\00:24:17.79
teaching before or
something like that.
00:24:17.82\00:24:20.56
And Blue Mountain Academy
has a certified organic farm.
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.29
So they're learning how
to actually do agriculture.
00:24:23.32\00:24:25.83
John Dysinger from
Bountiful Blessings Farm
00:24:25.86\00:24:27.76
teaches for a full week
on agriculture, the ABCs,
00:24:27.80\00:24:30.73
how to do it,
how to get involved.
00:24:30.77\00:24:32.67
So you're learning
how to have a work ethic,
00:24:32.70\00:24:34.20
how to do time management.
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.07
And that's pretty
much the first semester.
00:24:36.10\00:24:37.44
Then we start with theology.
00:24:37.47\00:24:38.81
So the three angels' messages
and the fundamental beliefs
00:24:38.84\00:24:42.04
and then we go
into the next semester
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.35
and that's where a lot
of other theology happens,
00:24:44.38\00:24:46.05
Daniel, Revelation, apologetics,
00:24:46.08\00:24:48.58
how to preach,
Christian service.
00:24:48.62\00:24:51.35
Gary Gibbs teaches on the
winsome witnessing content.
00:24:51.39\00:24:54.32
David Asscherick
teaching on apologetics
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.96
Mark Finley
teaches on preaching.
00:24:55.99\00:24:58.73
Nathan Renner teaches
on how to study the Bible
00:24:58.76\00:25:00.70
and how we got the Bible,
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.06
Chad and Fadia
Kreuzer on relationships.
00:25:02.10\00:25:03.97
So there's
practical Christianity.
00:25:04.00\00:25:06.77
What relationships are
about marriage and family?
00:25:06.80\00:25:09.90
Plus we have stuff
on time management,
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.77
conflict resolution,
mental health intensives.
00:25:11.81\00:25:14.71
So that's,
they're getting a full,
00:25:14.74\00:25:17.11
complete Adventist education,
00:25:17.15\00:25:18.71
the sanctuary public evangelism.
00:25:18.75\00:25:21.58
We give them the whole
thing, but it's measured.
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.62
So it's not like you're
drinking from fire hose.
00:25:24.65\00:25:26.72
Maybe 12 hours of class a week,
00:25:26.76\00:25:28.59
10 hours of work a week
and about 15 hours of outreach.
00:25:28.62\00:25:31.53
So it's spread out.
00:25:31.56\00:25:32.89
It's not the same
thing all day, every day,
00:25:32.93\00:25:34.56
which gives them variety,
00:25:34.60\00:25:35.93
which makes it easier to
absorb what they're learning,
00:25:35.96\00:25:37.93
and gives them healthy
exertion outside and so forth.
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.50
That's amazing.
00:25:40.54\00:25:41.87
Plus there's a day off,
like a total complete day off.
00:25:41.90\00:25:44.04
So it's not just
like, go, go, go, go, go.
00:25:44.07\00:25:46.11
Fridays are
completely off for them,
00:25:46.14\00:25:47.98
so they can go hiking.
00:25:48.01\00:25:49.34
Sabbath
afternoons are largely light,
00:25:49.38\00:25:51.48
so they can go hiking, hang out.
00:25:51.51\00:25:52.88
Sure.
00:25:52.91\00:25:54.25
Stuff like that. Wow.
00:25:54.28\00:25:55.62
That seems like such a blessing,
00:25:55.65\00:25:56.99
but I'm going to turn
here now to James and Hannah.
00:25:57.02\00:25:59.19
Hannah, let's start with you.
00:25:59.22\00:26:00.56
You were an intern
for CORE Evangelism.
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.99
Give us kind of your feedback
on your experience there
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.86
and anything that you
would like to share with us?
00:26:06.90\00:26:09.50
Okay.
00:26:09.53\00:26:11.17
So to me, CORE
answers not just the what
00:26:11.20\00:26:16.17
of
Christianity, but the so what.
00:26:16.20\00:26:19.24
Okay. All right.
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.24
A lot of times
I've heard the what,
00:26:21.28\00:26:24.48
the dos, the don'ts, the facts.
00:26:24.51\00:26:28.05
And growing up an Adventist,
I could tell you all of that.
00:26:28.08\00:26:33.66
But what did it do for me?
00:26:33.69\00:26:35.79
Honestly, not that much.
00:26:35.82\00:26:38.86
And so I've always kind
of struggled a little bit,
00:26:38.89\00:26:42.03
even with
interpersonal relationships
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.73
and God is some
kind of nebulous concept.
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.80
I don't see Him.
00:26:47.84\00:26:49.64
And sometimes it's
really hard to understand that.
00:26:49.67\00:26:53.41
And so, CORE makes Christianity
practical, something I can do,
00:26:53.44\00:26:58.58
not just the list
of do's and don'ts
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.25
or nebulous concepts.
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.42
So it makes the
experience of Christianity
00:27:02.45\00:27:03.89
come alive for you?
00:27:03.92\00:27:05.25
Right.
00:27:05.29\00:27:06.62
So you were the intern there.
00:27:06.65\00:27:07.99
So what specifically did
you do while you were there?
00:27:08.02\00:27:09.36
What I did is I
filmed the classes.
00:27:09.39\00:27:13.29
I was responsible for
setting up the cameras,
00:27:13.33\00:27:16.16
running the switcher,
editing everything afterwards,
00:27:16.20\00:27:20.70
and basically
kind of setting it up,
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.27
helping them get it
ready for CORE Online.
00:27:23.30\00:27:26.17
To be honest, I
didn't want to come to CORE.
00:27:26.21\00:27:28.24
I wasn't planning
on coming to CORE,
00:27:28.28\00:27:30.45
but I am so glad that God
grabbed me and took me to CORE.
00:27:30.48\00:27:34.95
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:27:34.98\00:27:36.32
Sometimes we go places
00:27:36.35\00:27:37.69
where we don't
think we'll end up, right?
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.05
And God's like, well, you know,
He throws a little curve ball
00:27:39.09\00:27:41.82
at us and ends up at extremely
incredible blessing in the end,
00:27:41.86\00:27:45.49
so it sounds like it
was a blessing to you?
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.00
Absolutely.
00:27:47.03\00:27:48.36
Praise the Lord.
00:27:48.40\00:27:49.73
An 11th hour
labor for her story.
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.40
We make kind of a
last minute decision.
00:27:51.43\00:27:52.90
We really want to
film our sessions,
00:27:52.93\00:27:54.40
our classes in
session this year,
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.27
but we need
someone who has experience
00:27:56.30\00:27:57.77
in filming and editing.
00:27:57.81\00:27:59.14
And I knew Hannah because
00:27:59.17\00:28:00.51
I used to work
next door to here.
00:28:00.54\00:28:02.11
And she was the perfect fit.
00:28:02.14\00:28:03.48
She had everything we needed,
00:28:03.51\00:28:04.88
but she wasn't just
sitting behind a camera, like
00:28:04.91\00:28:07.38
when we would have classes
00:28:07.42\00:28:08.75
or when we would
have certain experiences,
00:28:08.78\00:28:10.15
like she was being convicted,
00:28:10.19\00:28:11.69
she was testifying to
what God was doing in her life.
00:28:11.72\00:28:13.82
And she was
inspiring our students.
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.72
And how, you know,
she's just the intern
00:28:15.76\00:28:17.59
some people may think,
00:28:17.63\00:28:18.96
you know, like she's
just here to push buttons
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.33
and run cameras, but she
was a student in many fashions
00:28:20.36\00:28:23.80
and it changed her life.
00:28:23.83\00:28:25.17
Like, you know, Hannah,
you were baptized this year.
00:28:25.20\00:28:26.74
Right.
00:28:26.77\00:28:28.10
We've got a
picture of that actually
00:28:28.14\00:28:29.47
during the evangelistic series.
00:28:29.50\00:28:30.84
We had this
touching conversation
00:28:30.87\00:28:32.21
on the way home one day
when we had the baptism topic
00:28:32.24\00:28:34.44
in the evangelistic
series as I was preaching,
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.38
and Hannah's life was
touched and she got baptized.
00:28:36.41\00:28:39.48
It was just such a blessing
that we didn't push or prod,
00:28:39.51\00:28:43.69
but just the
Spirit of God was working.
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.29
And we had a conversation.
00:28:45.32\00:28:46.65
It was just so special
to see someone that I knew
00:28:46.69\00:28:49.36
and loved and cared
about for before she came
00:28:49.39\00:28:52.09
and to be able to take her
through the waters of baptism,
00:28:52.13\00:28:54.30
such a blessing.
00:28:54.33\00:28:55.66
So I'm guessing that
that at 3ABN background
00:28:55.70\00:28:58.57
and media helped you
out a little bit there?
00:28:58.60\00:29:01.27
That did too.
00:29:01.30\00:29:02.64
Actually I
learned most of my media
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.17
and stuff with
Wayne Atwood up in Canada.
00:29:04.21\00:29:06.51
Got you. Okay.
00:29:06.54\00:29:07.88
Because you travel a lot, right?
00:29:07.91\00:29:09.24
I do.
00:29:09.28\00:29:10.61
I took an
internship up there in Canada
00:29:10.65\00:29:11.98
to learn the media
stuff, which was really useful,
00:29:12.01\00:29:13.95
actually helping with Dee.
00:29:13.98\00:29:15.88
That's awesome. Praise the Lord.
00:29:15.92\00:29:17.62
Well, that's great to hear.
00:29:17.65\00:29:18.99
We'll come back to
you in just a moment.
00:29:19.02\00:29:20.36
But James, brother,
you went, you actually
00:29:20.39\00:29:22.02
went through this
nine month program.
00:29:22.06\00:29:24.63
And so tell us a little
bit about your thoughts,
00:29:24.66\00:29:27.26
your experiences
while you were there?
00:29:27.30\00:29:28.63
Yeah.
00:29:28.66\00:29:30.00
First of all, it's, I think
00:29:30.03\00:29:31.37
it's one of the most
well-rounded programs
00:29:31.40\00:29:32.73
and things in general
that I've ever seen in my life.
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.30
You talk about holistic
healing and true education
00:29:36.34\00:29:40.68
and it's got it all.
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.04
It teaches you like Hannah was
saying in a practical setting,
00:29:42.08\00:29:46.11
how to have success
in your Christian walks.
00:29:46.15\00:29:48.65
Because I think a lot
of us are young individuals
00:29:48.68\00:29:52.45
who are decided
to seek in the Lord,
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.42
and we just
don't know how to do it
00:29:55.46\00:29:56.86
or what that looks like.
00:29:56.89\00:29:58.33
You know, we're
convicted in our hearts
00:29:58.36\00:30:00.30
that we've had an
encounter with Christ
00:30:00.33\00:30:03.20
in our times of need.
00:30:03.23\00:30:04.67
And if we want
to leave the world
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.33
behind and follow
Him, but how do we do it?
00:30:06.37\00:30:09.70
And what does that mean for us?
00:30:09.74\00:30:11.57
And CORE was just
a great place for us
00:30:11.61\00:30:13.58
to be in a safe
environment where we can thrive.
00:30:13.61\00:30:17.15
And we had staff, we had
friends, we had teachers,
00:30:17.18\00:30:22.18
we even had Blue
Mountain Academy and our,
00:30:22.22\00:30:25.02
even our local
churches around us supporting us
00:30:25.05\00:30:29.39
in a great way
that really allowed us
00:30:29.42\00:30:32.13
to be just truly who we
were, where we came from
00:30:32.16\00:30:36.87
and just start from
ground zero and go up, you know?
00:30:36.90\00:30:41.34
Absolutely.
00:30:41.37\00:30:42.70
Even if that meant
breaking this down a little bit,
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.24
figuring some things out, but...
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.31
Right, right.
00:30:47.34\00:30:48.68
So what was your...
00:30:48.71\00:30:50.05
What was your
absolute favorite thing
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.41
about the entire program?
00:30:51.45\00:30:52.78
The thing that you
took away the most,
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.15
that really impacted you?
00:30:54.18\00:30:55.82
Yeah.
00:30:55.85\00:30:57.19
So I would just say
00:30:57.22\00:31:00.76
being able to interact
with the teachers there at CORE.
00:31:00.79\00:31:06.29
That's amazing. Yeah.
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.23
It wasn't just the all
nine months internship to us.
00:31:08.26\00:31:13.67
But we did get to have
Dee for a few of those weeks
00:31:13.70\00:31:16.67
and it was some
life-changing powerful stuff.
00:31:16.71\00:31:20.38
And I know his stuff
is on AudioVerse talks
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.01
about righteousness by faith.
00:31:23.04\00:31:24.38
Right.
00:31:24.41\00:31:25.75
And you get to learn
about that while you were there?
00:31:25.78\00:31:27.12
Yeah.
00:31:27.15\00:31:28.48
Did you have
a... Did you come away
00:31:28.52\00:31:29.85
with a broader understanding
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.22
of what righteousness by faith
00:31:31.25\00:31:32.59
is because we hear that language
00:31:32.62\00:31:33.96
thrown around a
lot in our church
00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32
and a lot of people
don't fully understand
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.69
what it means to experience
righteousness by faith?
00:31:36.73\00:31:39.49
Did you come away with
a better understanding?
00:31:39.53\00:31:41.33
Absolutely. Definitely.
00:31:41.36\00:31:43.10
Amen. Yeah.
00:31:43.13\00:31:44.47
We were just talking about
that in the drive down here
00:31:44.50\00:31:45.83
that like the faith of Jesus
and what it can do for people.
00:31:45.87\00:31:48.70
So that was a
big component to us.
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.77
Like if they don't see, like,
if someone doesn't see Jesus
00:31:50.81\00:31:53.31
in one of our classes,
they're not coming back,
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.44
they won't teach here anymore.
00:31:55.48\00:31:56.81
Like, it's that
important for them to see
00:31:56.85\00:31:58.65
and how that applies
in a practical sense, so.
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.68
Praise the Lord.
00:32:00.72\00:32:02.05
It was always Jesus first.
00:32:02.08\00:32:03.42
And I grew up Christian
myself in a Christian home
00:32:03.45\00:32:06.99
and I didn't stray
too far away from it
00:32:07.02\00:32:09.72
for the majority of my life,
00:32:09.76\00:32:11.13
but to actually dive into
the text and the scripture
00:32:11.16\00:32:14.53
and to see Jesus practically
through the teachers,
00:32:14.56\00:32:18.80
as I was
mentioning before as somebody
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.47
who was wanting
to seek the Lord,
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.04
I didn't know how to do it
or what that might look for.
00:32:23.07\00:32:25.91
Look like for myself
and for my friends around me
00:32:25.94\00:32:29.11
and being able to come across
00:32:29.14\00:32:31.15
and interact with
the teachers and see how,
00:32:31.18\00:32:34.92
they are just human,
you know, just like us,
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.95
regular people who were
along the way figuring it out
00:32:36.99\00:32:40.86
as they were going
and how God used them
00:32:40.89\00:32:43.43
and blessed them in a way where
00:32:43.46\00:32:45.89
they could do ministry just
by being themselves, you know?
00:32:45.93\00:32:50.00
And it gave me
something to look forward to.
00:32:50.03\00:32:53.13
And so I think that was one
of my biggest takeaways at CORE
00:32:53.17\00:32:55.90
Amen. Praise, the Lord.
00:32:55.94\00:32:58.24
So, Hannah, I have to
ask you the same question
00:32:58.27\00:32:59.81
because even though
you were back there filming
00:32:59.84\00:33:01.58
and doing kind of all
the media related stuff,
00:33:01.61\00:33:04.68
what really stuck out
to you about this program
00:33:04.71\00:33:06.82
that you took away like,
wow, this is the one thing
00:33:06.85\00:33:09.22
that really affected
you the most positively?
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.52
Yeah. I want to
capitalize on two things.
00:33:11.55\00:33:13.86
James said the safe environment
00:33:13.89\00:33:18.79
and also making
Christianity a real.
00:33:18.83\00:33:21.66
Amen.
00:33:21.70\00:33:23.10
CORE is a safe
environment for you
00:33:23.13\00:33:25.73
to spread your wings a bit.
00:33:25.77\00:33:29.60
And if you mess up or you
do something you shouldn't do,
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.87
the staff aren't going to
get mad at you and expel you.
00:33:32.91\00:33:36.75
They'll sit down with you.
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.11
They'll talk to you.
00:33:38.15\00:33:39.48
They're not going to
come across as judging you
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.15
one strike and you're out.
00:33:42.18\00:33:45.62
That's really nice because
you don't have to be afraid
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.56
of trying and messing up.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.99
In fact, like, if you don't
try and you don't make mistakes,
00:33:51.03\00:33:54.36
well, if you
don't make mistakes,
00:33:54.40\00:33:55.73
you're not even trying.
00:33:55.76\00:33:57.20
How's he going to learn?
00:33:57.23\00:33:58.83
And secondly, that
making Christianity real.
00:33:58.87\00:34:03.14
I also grew up in the church,
00:34:03.17\00:34:05.94
my family from way
back was in the church.
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.74
And so, you know,
it's kind of habit
00:34:08.78\00:34:10.81
what you're raised
with, but they say,
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.15
God has no grandchildren.
00:34:13.18\00:34:15.62
So it's got to be
your personal experience.
00:34:15.65\00:34:18.59
And sometimes
when it's just a habit,
00:34:18.62\00:34:21.16
it becomes really
mundane, routine, boring.
00:34:21.19\00:34:24.83
You just kind of
going through the motions,
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.59
but going to CORE
brought that experience alive?
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.56
Yeah.
00:34:28.60\00:34:29.93
You learn how to
do it for yourself
00:34:29.96\00:34:31.70
and make it real to yourself.
00:34:31.73\00:34:33.60
And Christ becomes
real to you, right?
00:34:33.64\00:34:35.74
Exactly.
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.34
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:34:37.37\00:34:38.94
So I have to just ask this
one last question to James.
00:34:38.97\00:34:41.21
And by the way,
if you guys feel free
00:34:41.24\00:34:42.58
to chime in on anything
00:34:42.61\00:34:44.31
that we want to talk
about in the remaining time,
00:34:44.35\00:34:46.31
but while you're going through
this program as a student,
00:34:46.35\00:34:49.78
I'm listening to
everything, you've listed off
00:34:49.82\00:34:51.82
that we're doing
this, we're doing this.
00:34:51.85\00:34:53.19
And you said, it's not like
drinking from a fire hydrant,
00:34:53.22\00:34:55.29
but you literally took
the words out of my mouth
00:34:55.32\00:34:57.06
because I'm
thinking man, nine months
00:34:57.09\00:34:58.69
of this, this, all these things.
00:34:58.73\00:35:01.26
So did you, was
there ever a point
00:35:01.30\00:35:02.76
where you just felt like,
man, this is just so much,
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.93
too much work or this
is just too much to bear.
00:35:04.97\00:35:08.47
Give me your thoughts on that
00:35:08.50\00:35:09.84
because there may be someone
watching at home and say,
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.21
man, I don't know if
I want to come to that
00:35:11.24\00:35:12.61
with all that he just listed.
00:35:12.64\00:35:14.11
It seems overwhelming.
00:35:14.14\00:35:15.48
What's your
thoughts towards that?
00:35:15.51\00:35:16.85
Yeah.
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.21
The way that Dee set up
the program... First of all,
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.81
I want to say that
00:35:19.85\00:35:22.08
it's one of the most
well rounded programs
00:35:22.12\00:35:24.09
and you never see something
that has as much as it has
00:35:24.12\00:35:27.99
and have as much
success as it did
00:35:28.02\00:35:31.29
without the hand of
God being totally involved.
00:35:31.33\00:35:34.20
And like Hannah
was mentioning before.
00:35:34.23\00:35:37.10
I've also felt the same way that
00:35:37.13\00:35:39.23
CORE was a safe environment
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.70
and also an
understanding one too,
00:35:41.74\00:35:44.04
because it allowed
us to be at a place
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.21
where we get to learn.
00:35:46.24\00:35:47.58
And it's a lot of information,
it can be a lot of information,
00:35:47.61\00:35:50.75
but you know, Dee understands
us young, young individuals,
00:35:50.78\00:35:53.95
especially for us who
want to take a gap year
00:35:53.98\00:35:56.52
or who might've even
dropped out of college
00:35:56.55\00:35:58.59
or are seeking to know what
their careers might look like
00:35:58.62\00:36:03.73
in the future.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.13
And he just set it up in a
way where you can just succeed,
00:36:05.16\00:36:07.93
you know, one of
his biggest things
00:36:07.96\00:36:09.33
was setting us up for success.
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.80
And he, he's... I guess
God set it up in a way where
00:36:11.83\00:36:16.81
it wasn't too much at once.
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.44
You know, he didn't
reveal all the light
00:36:18.47\00:36:20.08
and just completely blind to us.
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.74
So it was just a
little, you know?
00:36:21.78\00:36:23.95
Brother, I got you.
00:36:23.98\00:36:25.85
Just a little bit at a time
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.85
that the classes
weren't overwhelming,
00:36:27.88\00:36:29.75
they're very enjoyable.
00:36:29.78\00:36:31.69
And it was built in a way
where it wasn't too mundane.
00:36:31.72\00:36:37.63
There was always something new.
00:36:37.66\00:36:39.06
It's always exciting.
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.63
We always had next week
00:36:40.66\00:36:42.00
and the next day
to look forward to.
00:36:42.03\00:36:43.47
Not too much homework?
00:36:43.50\00:36:44.97
Yeah. Not too much.
00:36:45.00\00:36:46.33
We actually don't
really give homework.
00:36:46.37\00:36:48.80
So that was, so
anything that they do
00:36:48.84\00:36:50.47
that isn't a homework category
00:36:50.51\00:36:52.07
is directly tied to
growing in with Jesus.
00:36:52.11\00:36:54.28
So we have a book club, they
do some scripture memorization,
00:36:54.31\00:36:56.85
but we didn't want this to be
00:36:56.88\00:36:59.95
an excruciating
academic environment.
00:36:59.98\00:37:02.42
We wanted to
give them experiences
00:37:02.45\00:37:03.79
that could draw
them closer to Christ
00:37:03.82\00:37:05.15
and give them the
tools to take it even deeper.
00:37:05.19\00:37:07.32
So like, yeah, we
tried to build variety
00:37:07.36\00:37:09.62
and so that they
wouldn't be so crushed out
00:37:09.66\00:37:11.86
because we knew what was
going to be asked of them.
00:37:11.89\00:37:13.73
So we're like, if
we spread this out,
00:37:13.76\00:37:15.43
alternate, what
happens on each day?
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.23
Give them days off,
then it's going to be easier.
00:37:17.27\00:37:20.10
But if you
don't manage your time
00:37:20.14\00:37:21.54
well, it'll be hard for sure.
00:37:21.57\00:37:22.90
But like, if you're, if you are,
00:37:22.94\00:37:24.64
and we have
classes on time management,
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.07
if they do that,
there it's doable.
00:37:26.11\00:37:28.74
Sure.
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.11
Yeah.
00:37:30.15\00:37:31.48
So everything that was
asked of us was very reasonable
00:37:31.51\00:37:33.25
and we're
totally on board with it.
00:37:33.28\00:37:35.32
And if we ever came up
on late like 10 minutes,
00:37:35.35\00:37:37.35
where he's just like
you know what, that's on me.
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.86
He wouldn't work with us
on getting things on time.
00:37:40.89\00:37:44.13
That's so
awesome. Praise the Lord.
00:37:44.16\00:37:45.73
Yeah.
00:37:45.76\00:37:47.10
And I would say the
CORE is a great place.
00:37:47.13\00:37:50.47
If you are not an academic
person who likes to study a lot
00:37:50.50\00:37:54.97
and having your nose
stuck in a book all the time.
00:37:55.00\00:37:57.44
Because like the
classes aren't super long,
00:37:57.47\00:37:59.64
you get breaks, reasonable
breaks between the classes.
00:37:59.67\00:38:02.98
So you can get up and wiggle.
00:38:03.01\00:38:04.35
And if you're like me
sitting still and concentrating
00:38:04.38\00:38:06.25
for a long period
of time is really hard,
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.02
you know, you always
told in church to quiet.
00:38:08.05\00:38:11.49
It's quiet, sit down.
00:38:11.52\00:38:12.85
That's right.
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.22
Not in CORE.
00:38:14.26\00:38:15.59
I got you. You can be yourself.
00:38:15.62\00:38:16.96
Sure, so it sounds like a
very raw and open environment
00:38:16.99\00:38:18.33
where people can be themselves?
00:38:18.36\00:38:19.69
Yeah. Vulnerability
is welcomed and praised.
00:38:19.73\00:38:21.80
How we do
disciplines, different.
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.16
Like instead of just
getting on to people for things,
00:38:23.20\00:38:25.47
we help them think
through, how did you get here?
00:38:25.50\00:38:27.84
Why did this happen?
00:38:27.87\00:38:29.87
Ellen White talks about this.
00:38:29.90\00:38:31.24
I think it's in
the book Education,
00:38:31.27\00:38:32.61
but it's in the
context of education that
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.38
we need to bring
the student to a place
00:38:34.41\00:38:36.04
where they recognize
that what was done is wrong.
00:38:36.08\00:38:38.21
But then she
says we need to enlist
00:38:38.25\00:38:39.71
their will in its correction.
00:38:39.75\00:38:41.82
And so, kind of taking that
approach of self-governance.
00:38:41.85\00:38:44.25
So we don't really, we're
not trying to control these kids
00:38:44.29\00:38:46.99
and, you know, tell them
what to do and when, like,
00:38:47.02\00:38:48.89
we have
principals, we have a handbook,
00:38:48.92\00:38:50.89
we're on the same
campus as minors, you know?
00:38:50.93\00:38:52.83
So we have to have policies,
but in a general sense,
00:38:52.86\00:38:55.46
like we want to teach
them to think for themselves
00:38:55.50\00:38:56.93
and navigate through it.
00:38:56.97\00:38:58.30
We have a class
in critical thinking
00:38:58.33\00:38:59.67
just to learn how
to think for yourself.
00:38:59.70\00:39:01.57
Our fundamental beliefs
class is totally different
00:39:01.60\00:39:03.47
than the way
it's generally done.
00:39:03.51\00:39:04.84
We actually give them
the texts in the order
00:39:04.87\00:39:07.08
in which they're
shared for a study,
00:39:07.11\00:39:08.94
but we don't
tell them what to say.
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.51
So for the first hour, they're
just wrestling with a text
00:39:10.55\00:39:12.65
and having the experience
with the text for themselves
00:39:12.68\00:39:15.65
before we tell them anything.
00:39:15.68\00:39:17.02
So instead of just
saying, here's what you say
00:39:17.05\00:39:18.79
after you read this verse
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.16
and here's the
argument you'll get.
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.52
We teach them how to
think instead of what to think.
00:39:21.56\00:39:24.93
Then we go through it together.
00:39:24.96\00:39:26.36
So it's three
hours per doctrine a day.
00:39:26.39\00:39:29.20
So we have like five weeks
00:39:29.23\00:39:30.93
of Adventist
fundamental beliefs.
00:39:30.97\00:39:32.87
But by doing that,
they're having to experience
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.80
with the text before someone
tells them what to think,
00:39:34.84\00:39:36.97
so that when they're
giving a Bible study,
00:39:37.01\00:39:38.67
they're better
prepared to do that.
00:39:38.71\00:39:40.64
We go through
objections, we go through,
00:39:40.68\00:39:42.11
we help them see
where's Jesus in this text.
00:39:42.14\00:39:44.31
That's the other thing
that as they're studying,
00:39:44.35\00:39:46.15
where's the heart of God.
00:39:46.18\00:39:47.52
Where's the gospel in this text.
00:39:47.55\00:39:48.88
And how does that fit into
the narrative of this doctrine
00:39:48.92\00:39:51.62
or this topic?
00:39:51.65\00:39:52.99
So by doing that, it
kind of helps them long-term.
00:39:53.02\00:39:55.72
But as you mentioned,
we have an hour of class
00:39:55.76\00:39:57.49
and then a 15 minute
break, hour of class,
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.00
15 minute break, then an
hour of class and that's it.
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.96
Then you have lunch,
then there's either work
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.67
or there's outreach
and so proper breaks.
00:40:04.70\00:40:08.67
It's not like
you got three minutes
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.04
to hope your brain comes
back, you know, like you.
00:40:10.07\00:40:11.94
Go out and take a breath of air
00:40:11.97\00:40:13.31
and then come back
and we'll start again.
00:40:13.34\00:40:14.68
Right.
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.04
So we give them longer breaks
just to be able to process it
00:40:16.08\00:40:17.41
because we do ask a lot, but we
try to set them up to succeed.
00:40:17.45\00:40:20.08
Got you.
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.45
So what's the general schedule
look like on a daily basis
00:40:21.48\00:40:23.35
so what times it
start, end from day to day?
00:40:23.39\00:40:25.75
So Sundays they have
outreach in the afternoon.
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.29
So it starts later in the day,
00:40:28.32\00:40:29.66
they have a little
bit of worship at 11.45.
00:40:29.69\00:40:31.66
I think the academy
does two meals that day.
00:40:31.69\00:40:33.13
So they have like a brunch, so
they can sleep in a little bit
00:40:33.16\00:40:36.40
after partying
hard with Dutch Blitz
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.27
or something the night before,
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.77
you know, or Catan or something.
00:40:39.80\00:40:42.37
So we have reasonable bedtime.
00:40:42.40\00:40:45.31
You have to be in bed by 11
on Sabbath, Sabbath evenings,
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.78
but still and
then they have outreach
00:40:47.81\00:40:50.11
through the
course of the afternoon
00:40:50.15\00:40:51.48
and early evening,
00:40:51.51\00:40:52.85
Monday through
Thursday, they have class.
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.32
So they worship at
7:40, breakfast is like seven,
00:40:54.35\00:40:57.35
worship is 7:45 to 8:15.
00:40:57.39\00:40:59.35
The students are the
ones giving the worship talks.
00:40:59.39\00:41:01.52
So they're getting
lots of opportunities
00:41:01.56\00:41:03.26
to learn how to
do public speaking
00:41:03.29\00:41:04.63
because we've got around
a dozen students each year,
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.96
the last couple of years.
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.33
And I think
seven, the first year,
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.70
a dozen last year
around the same this year.
00:41:09.73\00:41:11.27
And so they're
learning how to give worships
00:41:11.30\00:41:14.84
multiple times that
we assigned the topics.
00:41:14.87\00:41:16.54
So had to tell your
testimony in 15 minutes,
00:41:16.57\00:41:19.87
had to do a character
study on someone in the Bible,
00:41:19.91\00:41:22.91
pick a song, pick a proverb,
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.98
share something from a
chapter in Steps to Christ.
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.25
So they're learning how
to preach in different ways,
00:41:27.28\00:41:29.12
on different topics throughout
the course of the year.
00:41:29.15\00:41:32.02
So they have class
from 8:15 to 11:45.
00:41:32.05\00:41:35.62
On Monday and Wednesday,
00:41:35.66\00:41:36.99
they have
outreach in the afternoons.
00:41:37.03\00:41:38.63
Tuesday and Thursday,
they do work on campus
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.33
from like one to six.
00:41:40.36\00:41:41.70
So it's just a five hour
shift on the cafeteria working,
00:41:41.73\00:41:44.80
so learning how to
cook or they're doing stuff
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.14
in the farm,
learning how to do agriculture
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.77
or maybe doing grounds.
00:41:49.80\00:41:51.31
If they have
experience in construction,
00:41:51.34\00:41:52.71
they can be doing
that with the academy
00:41:52.74\00:41:55.31
doing kind of maintenance stuff.
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.35
If they have
specialized experience,
00:41:57.38\00:41:58.81
like one of our students
was a great photographer.
00:41:58.85\00:42:00.68
He helped with the marketing
department at the academy.
00:42:00.72\00:42:03.15
So he was helping doing
video and photo stuff for them.
00:42:03.18\00:42:05.55
So it just depends on
what their background is.
00:42:05.59\00:42:07.46
May be able to plug that in,
00:42:07.49\00:42:08.82
to help the
academy meet their goals
00:42:08.86\00:42:10.56
and also help our students
00:42:10.59\00:42:11.93
learn to be responsible workers,
00:42:11.96\00:42:13.83
so that that's
making them well-rounded.
00:42:13.86\00:42:15.53
And then Fridays,
they have the day off,
00:42:15.56\00:42:17.03
they do laundry in the morning.
00:42:17.07\00:42:18.40
We have worship that night.
00:42:18.43\00:42:19.77
Sabbaths, we go to
the church in the morning.
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.14
So we split the group up,
half works with one church,
00:42:21.17\00:42:23.10
half works with another.
00:42:23.14\00:42:24.47
So they get more
chances to have leadership roles
00:42:24.51\00:42:26.71
as opposed, you
know, 50 kids in one place,
00:42:26.74\00:42:29.54
then no one really
gets to do anything.
00:42:29.58\00:42:30.91
They just attend.
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.28
They're participating
in church for nine months.
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.42
And then in the afternoons,
we don't really ask much of them
00:42:34.45\00:42:37.12
on Sabbath so
they can go for hikes,
00:42:37.15\00:42:39.59
have a study together,
engage in lay activities
00:42:39.62\00:42:41.92
if that's their thing,
if you know what I mean
00:42:41.96\00:42:44.59
or, you know, then we
have worship in the evening.
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.36
So we have vespers
Friday night and Saturday night.
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.66
And this year we're
going to be incorporating
00:42:48.70\00:42:50.37
more guest teachers
into our vesper slots.
00:42:50.40\00:42:52.93
So they're getting more exposure
00:42:52.97\00:42:54.30
to different types of ministry.
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.67
Who's doing
this, who's doing that?
00:42:55.70\00:42:57.34
Like we've got
digital media evangelism
00:42:57.37\00:42:58.81
is one of our topics.
00:42:58.84\00:43:00.21
So people who are doing podcasts
00:43:00.24\00:43:02.34
or like Lineage Journey,
00:43:02.38\00:43:03.78
how they come in and talk
about doing media stuff for,
00:43:03.81\00:43:06.51
so they get to interact
with Adventist influencers
00:43:06.55\00:43:08.85
in digital media, learning
their story, how it started,
00:43:08.88\00:43:11.52
what worked, what didn't.
00:43:11.55\00:43:12.89
So we'll incorporate more
of that in our vespers too.
00:43:12.92\00:43:14.66
That is amazing.
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.12
Praise the Lord. So, okay.
00:43:16.16\00:43:17.59
Someone's wanting to
watch it right now. Okay.
00:43:17.63\00:43:19.69
Let's talk about finances here?
00:43:19.73\00:43:21.06
Sure.
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.43
How are we
going to pay for this?
00:43:22.46\00:43:23.80
What's the price of
the program, all of that?
00:43:23.83\00:43:26.10
Yeah. It's a great question.
00:43:26.13\00:43:27.70
So the way we set it
up mimics a school year.
00:43:27.74\00:43:29.50
So they start in
late August at the end,
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.34
of the end of May or early June.
00:43:31.37\00:43:32.91
So they could have a summer job.
00:43:32.94\00:43:34.28
They could canvas
the summer before.
00:43:34.31\00:43:35.64
The Pennsylvania Conference
00:43:35.68\00:43:37.01
is rebooting a
canvassing program.
00:43:37.05\00:43:39.05
And one of my staff, their
husband is going to run it.
00:43:39.08\00:43:42.05
And then the
other two of my staff,
00:43:42.08\00:43:43.42
they actually are going to
help run that in the summer.
00:43:43.45\00:43:44.99
So they could canvas
the summer before they come
00:43:45.02\00:43:47.09
and take their proceeds
and put towards their tuition.
00:43:47.12\00:43:49.69
And then they
canvas the first semester,
00:43:49.72\00:43:51.83
which also goes
towards their tuition.
00:43:51.86\00:43:53.73
And if they wanted to,
they could canvas the summer
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.86
after they graduate and backdate
00:43:55.90\00:43:57.60
that towards their tuition.
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.00
And if they do
those three things,
00:43:59.03\00:44:00.77
they're going to be close
to paying off their tuition
00:44:00.80\00:44:02.37
by itself.
00:44:02.40\00:44:03.74
Plus when a student
is accepted, we give them
00:44:03.77\00:44:05.54
a fundraising letter
we already wrote for them.
00:44:05.57\00:44:07.61
On our letterhead, it
explains a whole program.
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.54
They just put in their
name that gets into family,
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.68
to friends, to church
members, it's tax deductible.
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.98
The gift they can give,
00:44:14.02\00:44:15.35
they give to the worthy
student fund to set them up.
00:44:15.38\00:44:17.75
And so we do what we can to set
them up to succeed financially.
00:44:17.79\00:44:21.59
The overall cost
right now is about $10,000
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.76
and that's three meals
a day, seven days a week,
00:44:23.79\00:44:26.49
plus your lodging,
00:44:26.53\00:44:27.86
plus a mission
trip and a plane ticket.
00:44:27.90\00:44:29.70
So that's cheaper than
going to boarding school.
00:44:29.73\00:44:31.80
You go to other
schools in evangelism.
00:44:31.83\00:44:33.54
Generally the cost is
about $5,000 for three months.
00:44:33.57\00:44:36.44
We're $10,000 for nine
months and we're giving them
00:44:36.47\00:44:40.04
three meals a
day, seven days a week.
00:44:40.08\00:44:42.21
Most of these programs,
either you cook for yourself
00:44:42.24\00:44:44.05
or you get two meals a
day, like five days a week,
00:44:44.08\00:44:46.01
you don't have to
worry about cooking.
00:44:46.05\00:44:47.38
It's all built in.
00:44:47.42\00:44:48.75
That's amazing.
00:44:48.78\00:44:50.12
And they have vegan options,
00:44:50.15\00:44:51.49
there's vegetarian
options in the cafe.
00:44:51.52\00:44:52.85
So they got a
big, nice salad bar.
00:44:52.89\00:44:54.22
They bring in
stuff from the farm
00:44:54.26\00:44:55.59
and use in the cafeteria.
00:44:55.62\00:44:56.96
So that's basically the
way that we've set it up.
00:44:56.99\00:44:59.59
And so we do what we can.
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.73
Then we've got a
worthy student fund
00:45:01.76\00:45:03.10
and that's
certainly something that,
00:45:03.13\00:45:04.47
you know, viewers, if
maybe you can't come to CORE,
00:45:04.50\00:45:06.84
this is an
opportunity for you to ensure
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.77
that young people are
having experiences like James
00:45:08.80\00:45:11.27
and Hannah had
to be able to come.
00:45:11.31\00:45:13.74
So even if maybe
this isn't your gig
00:45:13.78\00:45:15.84
and you just wanting to do
CORE online or something else,
00:45:15.88\00:45:18.31
we really need an army of
givers to ensure that people
00:45:18.35\00:45:20.82
like this can come and
we can grow the program
00:45:20.85\00:45:23.22
because we'd rather
have close to 25-30 students.
00:45:23.25\00:45:25.85
We just started so it's early,
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.22
but I think having more
students would be a blessing.
00:45:27.26\00:45:29.92
And the more
support we can get in that
00:45:29.96\00:45:31.29
regard will help as well.
00:45:31.33\00:45:32.66
That's amazing.
00:45:32.69\00:45:34.03
We do our part to
make them do their part.
00:45:34.06\00:45:35.40
You know, so students
aren't just getting handouts,
00:45:35.43\00:45:37.03
like they're working hard
to get where they're going,
00:45:37.07\00:45:39.17
but some of them could
use some additional help.
00:45:39.20\00:45:41.00
So if we can help
with that at CORE,
00:45:41.04\00:45:42.90
plus we give them the
canvassing opportunity.
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.04
That's kind of how
we try to set them up.
00:45:45.07\00:45:46.41
Awesome.
00:45:46.44\00:45:47.78
So this is a...
00:45:47.81\00:45:49.14
This is the CORE
Discipleship Evangelism program.
00:45:49.18\00:45:51.25
So how is this program
impacting evangelistically?
00:45:51.28\00:45:56.58
Let's talk about, what are
the kids going to take away
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.79
because we have about
five minutes or so left.
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.52
So I just want to get
into the evangelism aspect
00:46:00.56\00:46:03.93
of this program in the
aftermath of a student leaving,
00:46:03.96\00:46:07.40
what are they leaving with
and what tools do they have
00:46:07.43\00:46:10.17
to be able to go
now be an evangelist
00:46:10.20\00:46:12.43
in their community or
in their church, whatever?
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.50
That's a great question.
00:46:14.54\00:46:15.87
So some people think
that if you're just running
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.77
like a discipleship program,
00:46:17.81\00:46:19.61
it doesn't really
work evangelistically.
00:46:19.64\00:46:21.14
Like sometimes
there's this premise,
00:46:21.18\00:46:22.51
like you get to
pick one or the other,
00:46:22.54\00:46:23.88
we designed it to
where you get both.
00:46:23.91\00:46:25.31
They did $45,000 in
canvassing last fall
00:46:25.35\00:46:27.85
in the midst of a pandemic
00:46:27.88\00:46:29.78
with 12 students
part-time three days a week.
00:46:29.82\00:46:32.65
They had a
three-week blitz and part time
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.82
and had tremendous
results, canvassing.
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.93
Bible work, they had
over 20 something studies
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.86
that were going
in the community.
00:46:38.89\00:46:40.30
We had multiple baptisms.
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.66
We did a full
length evangelism series
00:46:41.70\00:46:43.26
in the two churches
that we worked with.
00:46:43.30\00:46:44.77
The Bible worker in one church
did a one set of meetings.
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.44
I did the other set of meetings.
00:46:47.47\00:46:49.20
And even the way we did
the meetings was different.
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.91
So we did the WW
Prescott model of seeing Jesus
00:46:52.94\00:46:55.51
at the heart of
every single message.
00:46:55.54\00:46:57.48
And it worked,
people were coming.
00:46:57.51\00:46:59.15
We had like, I
think that meetings I did,
00:46:59.18\00:47:00.68
we had like 12 to 18
visitors every night throughout,
00:47:00.72\00:47:03.82
that was the same average
00:47:03.85\00:47:05.19
throughout the whole length
of the meetings, 19 meetings.
00:47:05.22\00:47:07.22
We had multiple decisions
for baptism that happened
00:47:07.26\00:47:09.39
during the
meetings that were baptized
00:47:09.42\00:47:10.76
and those who made decisions,
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.13
you know, to be baptized
in the future in both places.
00:47:12.16\00:47:14.80
So evangelistically,
it works, churches grew,
00:47:14.83\00:47:17.23
churches were revived.
00:47:17.27\00:47:18.60
Canvassing.
00:47:18.63\00:47:19.97
Lots of literature went out
for the students themselves.
00:47:20.00\00:47:22.17
We have multiple students
right now that are Bible working
00:47:22.20\00:47:24.31
for the Pennsylvania Conference.
00:47:24.34\00:47:26.47
James is looking
into doing Bible work.
00:47:26.51\00:47:27.91
He's furthering a little
bit more studies right now.
00:47:27.94\00:47:29.48
He's looking to do Bible work.
00:47:29.51\00:47:31.51
Hannah is actually looking
to do overseas mission work.
00:47:31.55\00:47:33.42
So she's looking to teach
English overseas in Brazil.
00:47:33.45\00:47:36.82
And I've got students
who have broad backgrounds.
00:47:36.85\00:47:39.55
So some go back to
college with a solid foundation
00:47:39.59\00:47:42.86
to know why they
believe what they believe
00:47:42.89\00:47:44.56
going into local churches
and helping at their college.
00:47:44.59\00:47:47.30
Other students are going
into ministry right away.
00:47:47.33\00:47:49.30
I've got two students
right now in Eden Valley.
00:47:49.33\00:47:51.33
So one is helping
in the education side,
00:47:51.37\00:47:53.34
I think they're like
helping is like the assistant
00:47:53.37\00:47:54.87
to the education
department at Eden Valley.
00:47:54.90\00:47:57.04
And another is working
with the health coaching.
00:47:57.07\00:47:59.21
So there's broad opportunities
for them to plug in.
00:47:59.24\00:48:02.24
People call us all the
time. Can we get your students?
00:48:02.28\00:48:04.68
So there are plenty of
employable opportunities
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.02
once they leave it, the
really the choice is theirs.
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.75
Wherever they feel
God's calling them,
00:48:09.78\00:48:11.45
but they have a foundation
00:48:11.49\00:48:12.82
that will work
evangelistically in any area.
00:48:12.85\00:48:14.66
Right.
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.02
So it's not like they're
going to come to this school
00:48:16.06\00:48:17.39
and then, you know,
once it's all over with,
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.13
there's not any
options out there,
00:48:19.16\00:48:20.90
endless options
within the community?
00:48:20.93\00:48:22.93
And it's not
limited to Bible work.
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.80
So not all of
them will Bible work.
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.17
Some are going to go
into literature work.
00:48:26.20\00:48:27.54
Some may go to SOULS West
and continue that education,
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.97
do canvassing, do
Bible work, medical work,
00:48:30.01\00:48:32.67
you know, doing health stuff.
00:48:32.71\00:48:34.74
So there's lots of
options or overseas missions.
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.61
Right. Amen.
00:48:36.64\00:48:37.98
So, you know, someone's
watching right now thinking,
00:48:38.01\00:48:39.81
man, I like
Dee, he's a good guy.
00:48:39.85\00:48:41.45
You're one of the teachers.
00:48:41.48\00:48:42.82
So what are you, what
do you teach specifically?
00:48:42.85\00:48:44.59
If someone comes, what are
they going to hear from you
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.32
as a teacher?
00:48:46.35\00:48:47.69
I teach about a
third of the classes.
00:48:47.72\00:48:49.06
So about a hundred hours.
00:48:49.09\00:48:50.43
So the full Adventist
fundamental belief class
00:48:50.46\00:48:51.79
I told you about, the
three angels' messages,
00:48:51.83\00:48:53.16
Christian service,
falling and failing in ministry,
00:48:53.19\00:48:55.53
devotions, prayer,
claiming the promises of God
00:48:55.56\00:48:59.27
in Scripture, The
Spirit of Prophecy
00:48:59.30\00:49:01.90
and biblical leadership.
00:49:01.94\00:49:03.77
I think that's the main
big picture classes we have.
00:49:03.81\00:49:07.28
So I teach those and
then Mark Finley teaches
00:49:07.31\00:49:09.18
on preaching, him
and Chris Holland.
00:49:09.21\00:49:11.11
Yeah. Let's talk about
some of the guest speakers.
00:49:11.15\00:49:12.48
So you have Mark
Finley, who else?
00:49:12.51\00:49:14.12
We go to his
facility to Virginia.
00:49:14.15\00:49:15.65
We go to him to do it there.
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.22
Tinio probably help us
with some health stuff too
00:49:17.25\00:49:18.95
as I hope.
00:49:18.99\00:49:20.32
And then David Asscherick
teaches on apologetics.
00:49:20.36\00:49:22.26
Nathan Renner on
how we got the Bible
00:49:22.29\00:49:23.89
and how to study the Bible.
00:49:23.93\00:49:26.76
Don McIntosh teaches on
what they're doing at Weimar
00:49:26.80\00:49:29.53
with total community involvement
00:49:29.56\00:49:30.90
and then health and prophecy.
00:49:30.93\00:49:32.27
Dr. Lee Willard,
he teaches on natural.
00:49:32.30\00:49:34.20
He teaches on herbs
and natural remedies.
00:49:34.24\00:49:36.57
Rico Hill and Lance Wilbur
teach, Lance had a program
00:49:36.60\00:49:39.01
with Dwayne Lemon on
Dare to Dream Network I think.
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.18
And then Rico did
from sickness to health.
00:49:41.21\00:49:43.28
And so they, he
teaches on health for us.
00:49:43.31\00:49:46.85
Paul Coniff teaches on mental
health, on spiritual healing.
00:49:46.88\00:49:50.29
Dr. K'dee Elsen, she
teaches on mental health,
00:49:50.32\00:49:52.89
and we have a bunch of people.
00:49:52.92\00:49:56.89
Steve Grabiner
teaches on the Book of Daniel.
00:49:56.93\00:49:58.56
James Rafferty from
3ABN, he teaches on Revelation.
00:49:58.59\00:50:01.10
No, James teaches on Revelation.
00:50:01.13\00:50:02.56
Steve Grabiner
teaches on Daniel.
00:50:02.60\00:50:04.43
And yeah, so it's a
really broad lineup.
00:50:04.47\00:50:06.77
Our website lists
all of who teaches.
00:50:06.80\00:50:08.80
Wayne Blakely talks
about issues in homosexuality
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.94
and how the church can
navigate that in a winsome way.
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.68
Gary Gibbs teaches
on winsome witnessing.
00:50:14.71\00:50:16.38
So that's kind
of the big picture.
00:50:16.41\00:50:18.55
They go to our website,
00:50:18.58\00:50:19.91
they're going to see
all the people who teach.
00:50:19.95\00:50:22.12
And we add people over
the years, all that's there.
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.42
So they say who's
teaching and what they teach.
00:50:24.45\00:50:26.69
Absolutely.
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.06
We've got about a minute here
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.42
before we go to
our address role.
00:50:29.46\00:50:31.69
So you can know how to contact
00:50:31.73\00:50:33.33
and get in contact
with CORE Evangelism.
00:50:33.36\00:50:34.93
But I got to, I
turned to you guys now,
00:50:34.96\00:50:36.46
there may be a
student watching right now
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.10
that's maybe your age
or contemplating on coming.
00:50:38.13\00:50:40.94
What are your thoughts for them
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.34
just really quickly for someone,
00:50:42.37\00:50:43.71
what encouraging
words can you give to them?
00:50:43.74\00:50:45.51
Yeah.
00:50:45.54\00:50:46.88
I mean, the school is
really affordable and Ivy school
00:50:46.91\00:50:49.84
cost about 60, $70,000 and you
might get something out of it,
00:50:49.88\00:50:53.28
but this is something
that's truly life-changing.
00:50:53.31\00:50:55.78
And it'll
definitely not only set you up
00:50:55.82\00:50:58.05
for success in ministry,
but for the rest of your life.
00:50:58.09\00:51:00.86
Amen.
00:51:00.89\00:51:02.22
And so, it's
brought me a lot of healing
00:51:02.26\00:51:03.89
and I've seen a lot of
change in not only myself,
00:51:03.93\00:51:06.09
but also my peers and my friends
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.56
and even on the
high school campus,
00:51:08.60\00:51:10.23
it's just a well rounded program
00:51:10.27\00:51:11.87
that you can leave with a lot
of experience under your belt.
00:51:11.90\00:51:15.87
Praise the Lord.
00:51:15.90\00:51:17.74
So we want to actually
give you an opportunity
00:51:17.77\00:51:21.11
to know how to contact, whether
it's via email, phone call,
00:51:21.14\00:51:25.41
reaching out to
CORE Evangelism School,
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.18
because you know,
someone who might want to go,
00:51:28.22\00:51:30.49
or you yourself want
to have this life-changing
00:51:30.52\00:51:33.69
evangelism experience.
00:51:33.72\00:51:35.52
If that's you, then
this is how you contact them.
00:51:35.56\00:51:38.26
If you would to contact
00:51:42.33\00:51:43.87
or know more about
CORE Evangelism School,
00:51:43.90\00:51:46.53
you can write to them at 2363,
00:51:46.57\00:51:49.40
Mountain Road,
Hamburg, Pennsylvania 19526.
00:51:49.44\00:51:54.88
You can also call them
00:51:54.91\00:51:56.31
at (484) 232-9239.
00:51:56.34\00:52:01.15
That number again
is (484) 232-9239.
00:52:01.18\00:52:06.76
You can also email them
at Info@CoreEvangelism.com
00:52:06.79\00:52:11.66
That's Info@CoreEvangelism.com
00:52:11.69\00:52:15.33
or visit their
website at CoreEvangelism.com
00:52:15.36\00:52:19.70
That's CoreEvangelism.com
00:52:19.73\00:52:23.27