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Recently at ASI,
I met some people
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that are doing
great things for God...
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Stay tuned to meet them...
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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Today our Program
features people that I met
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at this year's ASI...
they have great ministries
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and are on fire for the Lord...
let's see what they're doing...
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The first interview
is with Keith Hackle,
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Outreach Coordinator
for Harbor of Hope Ministry
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in Michigan... let's
see what Keith has to say.
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So, Urban Report is
here in Cincinnati at ASI...
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and I'm here with
Elder Keith Hackle
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of Harbor of Hope Ministries,
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So nice to meet you...
Thanks for having me...
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So, let's talk a little bit
about you and your background...
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Where are you from?
I'm from Cincinnati...
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I'm actually living
in Berrien Springs now
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and it was amazing when I
found out that ASI would be here
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in Cincinnati... I'm like,
"Wow, I get to go back home
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and participate at
ASI at the same time...
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Yeah... now, did you grow
up in the inner city yourself?
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I did grow up in
the inner city...
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What was that like for you?
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It was tough... it was
tough, I knew my dad...
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my mom was a single parent...
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it was a lot of heartache
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a lot of hard times
because Dad would give promises,
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he would give expectations
and he wouldn't always
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be able to follow through...
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there was an environment
in which I grew up in...
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that lot of people
don't make it out...
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so, being here in
Cincinnati, in the inner city,
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my mother did an excellent
job of trying to encourage me
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God placed individuals in my
life that allowed me to see that
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there was a gift
that God had given me...
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Ah... an ability
that He had given me,
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and I began to be able to
see that... and to believe it...
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That's incredible...
so you felt early on...
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you had a relationship with
the Lord early on in life...
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Yes... yes and
you felt a call...
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Definitely... see,
that whole sense of purpose
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that's what Dare
to Dream is about...
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we want young people to know
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that God has a
divine plan for them...
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and that they're not
just arbitrarily here...
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but there is a plan...
in divine order for them...
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so, okay, so, fast forward...
so how did you actually get into
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Harbor of Hope Ministry?
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Okay, I was here in
Cincinnati, and we were debating
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on whether we would be
moving to Berrien Springs...
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I read an article
in the newspaper...
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about the Ministry...
and how it's impacting
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the youth in
Benton Harbor, and I said,
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"When we go... to settle there,
once me and my wife decided
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that we would go... I
said, "When we get there,
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I have to check
this church out... "
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Ah... and I got there...
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and I just saw the amazing
things that were happening...
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Tell us what it does...
what is Harbor of Hope about?
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It's kind of... two-fold...
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there is your
regular Sabbath Service
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where we pick the kids up...
we have 7 buses that go out
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to the Community...
and bring the kids in...
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Wow! wow... we
give them breakfast...
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there's a Sabbath School,
there's a Worship Service,
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there's lunch...
and then, they go home
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on the Sabbath...
so you feed the kids...
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you give them breakfast...
Yes... definitely...
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which is something that...
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a lot of times they
are missing breakfast...
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You're right...
Wow! so you give them the
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physical food... Hmmm... hmmm...
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before you give them
the Spiritual Food...
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Yes Ma'am...
Awesome... awesome...
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Okay, so go ahead... run
me through the day again...
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So, that's Sabbath...
we have Sabbath School
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and those things
take place on Sabbath...
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but then we have
another component called
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Sidewalk Kids Zone... and
what Sidewalk Kids Zone is
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that four days...
throughout the week...
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during the five weeks
of summer, we take a bus
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it's a bus that
has been designed
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specifically for what we do...
we take it into the Community...
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and we hold
Programs, four days a week...
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in the Community...
and it's amazing because
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we reach so many more... I
mean... we just completed it
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a couple of months ago,
and we had 300 kids show up
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to attend the
Programs every week...
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Wow! so you imagine...
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we're reaching, probably,
ten times as many individuals
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during those weeks...
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You know what's so
great about this...
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this is what Jesus did... Yes...
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He met people where
they were, Yes Ma'am...
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instead of... it's
so great because...
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you're not even expecting
them to come into a Church
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right now...
you're going to them...
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Yes... and
you're picking up these
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children... Hmmm... hmmm...
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and teaching them
and feeding them... and
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this is incredible...
this is a wonderful work
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so, what kinds of programs
do... when the kids come...
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let's say I'm "little
Johnny" or "little Sally"
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what are they going
to see when they come to
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one of the Programs?
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Well, when they come to
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our Kids Zone... Right...
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what will happen is...
they see this orange bus
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come into the Community...
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Ah... it's like
the Ice cream man...
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It's like the Ice cream
man... there's no music yet...
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we're working on the music...
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but they see this orange
truck come into the Community...
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so they already know
that something's going on...
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there are kids
painted on the side of the bus
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and things like
that... so when they come...
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and we have games first...
we start off with the games...
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get them active...
get them ready to go...
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and then there's Quiet
Time... we go over the rules
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and we say, "This is what's
expected of us and of you... "
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and then... after
that... we go into a story...
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and during that
story... it takes common things
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and it interjects
Jesus into the story...
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Oh... like what... like
what... give us an example...
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Okay, so one
example... there was this cat...
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by the name of Johnny...
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and Johnny decided
to leave the church...
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he became an alley cat...
well, the pastor from the church
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reached out to
him... reached out to him...
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but Johnny wanted to be like
the other cats in the alley...
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he wanted to be an "alley cat"
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so, the pastor continued
to try, continued to try...
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continued to
try... and at the end...
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the pastor was
able to show Johnny that
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that he continued to apologize,
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he continued to apologize,
saying that he was sorry...
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saying that he
wanted to come back...
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but when the
environment changed...
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let's say if it
was snowing outside
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he wanted to go back...
but if it was nice and sunny...
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he wanted to
stay there... Hmmm...
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he continued to say "sorry"
and what the message is...
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is that...
that's how we do Jesus
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when things are the way that
we would like for them to be...
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and having fun...
Oh, come on now...
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we don't want to go
or be involved with it...
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but when things are bad...
then we say, "we're sorry"
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the beautiful thing that
we communicate to the children
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is that Jesus forgives us...
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if we really,
really mean what we say...
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Yes... and we're humble...
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and we're
submitting and we say...
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we apologize...
that Jesus forgives us
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Yes... and what that gives them
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is that even though
they messed up in the past...
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that we serve a God who is
willing to forgive our mistakes
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and give us a second chance...
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Oh, that's wonderful...
to take lessons in life
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and apply Jesus to
them... and show children how
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Jesus is relevant... Yes...
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You know, this is
not some age-old deal
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that's irrelevant...
Jesus is relevant to their
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everyday
lives... and you show that
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someone loves them
Yes... that's right...
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and cares about them...
that is just so wonderful...
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so you got the Kids
Zone... Hmmm... hmmm...
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you've got... what's the other
program that you were saying?
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The other component is
the Harbor of Hope Church
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which is the
regular worship service
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and then we have SOTC
which is the mentoring...
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for the kids... Oh...
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then we have the
outreach for the parents...
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Let's talk about
the mentoring, Yes...
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So what happens there?
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At SOTC, we... because
most of the kids worship
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with us on
Sabbath... what happens is...
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then we... on
Sunday... we gather,
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and we have them
bring their homework...
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we have them talk
about certain things
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so there is a
mentor-mentee relationship...
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someone that you can confide in
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someone who's
going to encourage you
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to be the best
that you can be...
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someone who believes in
you... someone who wants to
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challenge you and
dare you to dream...
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Oh, come on... come
on... I love it... I love it...
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so you have that environment...
and what it does is that
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it allows kids to
believe... and start to see that
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success is possible... Yes...
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despite the fact
that they are growing up
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in a bad environment... Yes...
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Oh, this is so... this is so...
right up Dare to Dream's alley
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you know what I
really want to do is...
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is have you on Urban Report...
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when we can do
like a longer program...
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because, to me, this
today... is just kind of
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wetting our Viewers' appetites
but I really would like to
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talk to you...
because what you're telling me
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is so critical...
it's so critical...
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to the healthy
development of the child...
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that mentoring... and
then inserting yourself
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into their needs... Yes...
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they need homework assistance,
they need to know that
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God's got a plan...
that is incredible...
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what is your vision
for Harbor of Hope...
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where do you see it going?
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The vision is to
have a group of kids...
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that start to apply themselves,
and not only apply themselves
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but encourage other
kids in the neighborhood
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to apply themselves...
that's the first vision...
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a component of that... is
also allowing for the children
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and the impact that is
being made in their lives
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to then go home and to
impact their parents...
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because... we believe
that if the children come
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and they are interacting with us
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they are being
Discipled with us...
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but then they go back
home into that environment...
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where individuals
don't encourage them...
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don't believe in them...
don't give them the things
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that they need... then,
there's kind of something
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missing... so, we also reach out
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to their parents... and
make it a "family environment"
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Yes... where everyone
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comes to know Jesus...
and that at least one...
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if only one...
someone is saved...
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That is so...
that's beautiful...
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and that's... again...
again... this is not a situation
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where it's just like...
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"Okay, we're just going to
give the kids something to eat"
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or... "we're going to
tell the kids about Jesus... "
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or... "we're going to help
them with their homework... "
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you're doing all of
the above... Yes... yes...
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so what you're doing is
you're showing these children
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just how important it
is... just how relevant Jesus is
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to them... Yes... yes...
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that is so
beautiful... so, as we close...
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because again... the
time limit here is just...
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our time is limited
here... I understand...
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what would you say...
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to that inner-city child
that... really is looking for
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something... something
else... to reach out to...
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what would you say...
look into that camera...
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and speak to that child
that is in need of something...
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My message to
that child is that...
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"I know your situation
right now it may look like
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you're all alone... it
may look like there's no hope
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it might look like there's
no chance for you to make it
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and you may be on
the verge of giving up...
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but my encouragement
to you, my appeal to you
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is that you don't give up...
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first of all... you
reach out to Jesus...
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He's been there with you,
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even though it
doesn't seem like it
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every step of the way...
then after you reach out to Him,
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He's going to give you
the courage to move forward...
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take that courage and
believe that He is able
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to help you be... and
do... whatever it is...
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you want to
achieve in your life...
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and you keep walking with hope,
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keep walking with
Jesus, and you'll be fine... "
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Praise the Lord...
thank you so much...
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what else can I say behind that?
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I want to thank you
so much for being with us
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I want to make
sure that you know
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that you have an invitation
to be a guest on Urban Report
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so, we can talk more about
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about Harbor of Hope...
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Wonderful... thank you very much
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Thank you, may God bless you...
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What a blessing
Keith Hackle is...
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to say to young
children, "Don't give up...
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keep moving forward in Jesus...
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have courage... and
move forward in Jesus... "
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That ministry is a
wonderful blessing...
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and we're going to have
Keith Hackle on Urban Report
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so that we can do... a much
more complete interview with him
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Next you're going
to meet Tim Allston...
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Tim Allston is the
Director of Public Relations
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for Oakwood University...
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Tim has some very
interesting things to say
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about what's
going on at the Oaks...
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shout-out to those
from the Oaks yeah...
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I have the privilege of sitting
here at ASI in Cincinnati...
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with Tim Allston...
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Tim, welcome to Urban Report...
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It's good seeing
you again, Yvonne...
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Tim Allston is the
Public Relations Director
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for Oakwood University...
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Tim, I've known you for a
while and you have a very strong
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public relations background...
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tell us a little
bit about yourself...
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Who is Tim Allston...?
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Sure, Tim Allston...
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I'm the product of SDA
Church School Education,
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my parents raised us in
the Greater Boston Area,
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then in 1972 they accepted
Administrative staff positions
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at Oakwood
College at the time...
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Right... I then went on to
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my alma mater...
Hampton Institute
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now Hampton University...
as I look back on it now
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it was my "prodigal
son journey" Okay...
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I was trying to run away
from all of those basics...
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and it took me 42
years to get back on track
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which actually
happened in October of 2011...
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when President Pollard...
the new President of Oakwood
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asked me to return to Oakwood,
and that ended the journey
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the wilderness
wandering of 42 years...
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and now I'm enjoying the
paradise from the journey...
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Oh, praise the
Lord... you know... what...
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okay... here's
the deal... Okay...
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Today we have
such a limited time...
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Sure... so I'm
going to make sure
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that I have you as a
guest on Urban Report...
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I mean... for a full
program... Promise...
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I do... I promise... and
I'm telling my Viewers now
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I promise that we're
going to have Tim Allston
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and his... I want to know
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your whole journey
because it sounds to me
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that God has brought
you a mighty long way...
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and so, we want to know
what has God done in your life?
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you know... what kind of journey
what did you go through...
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so, you promise... I promise...
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All right... good, good, good...
so tell us what you do now
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with Oakwood...
and tell us about
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what's going on with Oakwood,
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why should we be
excited about Oakwood?
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Well the reason you
should be excited...
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and I was a
student... I have to say...
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I went to Oakwood...
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Well we can tell by
your demeanor and bearing
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that you are Oakwood alumni...
Come on now... come on now...
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you know what to
say... come on...
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There's so much
happening in Oakwood...
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but our job as
Public Relations Team
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"PR" as we call it...
our job is to capture,
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capsulize and
communicate the Oakwood story...
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Okay... and to communicate it
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with speed... with
accuracy... with consistency...
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and with passion... to
those Organizations and
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public... upon whom our
success or failure depends...
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Okay... Our job is
telling the story...
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Tell us the story...
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Well, okay, Oakwood
began in 1896 officially...
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it began on the site
of what was at one time
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a slave plantation... Really...
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the most famous slave
of all... Dred Scott...
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was a slave on that
plantation at one time...
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in 1895 Ellen White
the Founder of this Church
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came to this land and said,
"God has shown me this property
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for the education and
training of the newly-freed man
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the Black man in this Country"
so, in 1896... one year later...
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Oakwood Manual
Training School began...
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a 115 years later...
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we are
progressing... we are growing...
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we are still fulfilling
the mission of the Church
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we are training young
people and older adults
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to hasten the
second coming of Christ...
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Hmmm... through
all of the different
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academic and
Community-relations vehicles...
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That's wonderful...
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when someone comes to
you and says... you know...
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sometimes our HBCUs Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
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are not up to par... Yes...
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what would you
say about Oakwood?
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Oakwood is
accredited... is it not?
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Fully accredited...
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What would you say
when someone tells you that?
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What I'd say is the fact that...
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that may be true
in some instances...
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but it's never been
the case with Oakwood...
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Okay... what I would tell them
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is the fact that, "You will get
a good quality education... "
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at any of the 2300 colleges
and universities in the Country
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but you're going to find
Jesus Christ at Oakwood...
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Hmmm... we are very intentional
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from the top...
all the way across...
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let me tell you
what I mean... Okay...
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all higher-education
institutions have a President
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Right... at Oakwood...
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our President and our
Board of Trustees have put
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in the
President's job description...
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that he or she will be
the Chief Spiritual Officer...
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for the University... Hmmm...
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what that says is
"from the top... "
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unapologetically...
unashamedly...
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spirituality is
where we hang our hat...
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Oh... from the top...
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across the board...
Wonderful... that's wonderful
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so, the President is
the Chief Spiritual Officer
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CSO... Wow! and
his responsibility
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is to lead the
student body to Christ...
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Yes... his job as president
is to lead the Institution
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and our stakeholders
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into a higher level of
responsibility to Christ
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as Servant
Leader... he is Servant Leader
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and what he's also
done in that way is
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he has created through the Board
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a Chaplaincy Team on
Spiritual Initiative...
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Heretofore we've
always had one Chaplain...
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Hmmm... hmmm... that
is no longer the case now,
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we have a Chaplain who
is in charge of Faculty
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we have a Chaplain
now in charge of Staff...
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Hmmm... we have a new Chaplain
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that's come on
board... that's in charge of
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female students
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and we have a Chaplain now
in charge of male students,
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and the reason that's important
in answer to your question
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by HBCUs... is
that... within the
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United Negro College
Fund... they all are private...
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historically Black Schools...
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Oakwood University has
the highest male enrollment...
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41 percent... Really?
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Historically, our Historically
Black Private Schools
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according to the
President's CEO of the
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United Negro College
Fund, Dr. Michael Lomax...
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their basic range is
between 30 to 35 percent...
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Oakwood is at 41
percent... Hmmm...
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we are very intentional...
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about young black men
coming to our School...
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when you get young
Black men to the School
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young Black women
are going to come...
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Ah, so you know that
eh? We've observed it...
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Well, you know...
and that's so true...
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and so... one of the
things that we want to do
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at Dare to Dream we
really focus on Black males
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a lot on Dare to Dream
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because we know what's
going on, we know about the
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disproportionate
incarceration, and convictions
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we know what's going on
educationally and Societally...
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so, this is so good
that intentionally...
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you are reaching out
and including Black males
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because one of the things
again with the family unit...
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the family unit is
in such dis-repair...
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and we need our Black men...
to be the fathers and husbands
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so, this is so great
that Oakwood is doing that...
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The Bible requires of
us... the Bible says...
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Priest, Protector and Provider,
That's right... that's right...
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and we're very, very
intentional about it...
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It's an exciting
time to be at Oakwood...
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Yes, tell us some more...
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You need to come back...
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Well, I mean... we do produce
some Programming out of Oakwood
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Yes... which is really great...
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"Living Testimony" and then...
so we're doing some things
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out of local... which
is really great... so...
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at Oakwood... you can
learn to be a leader...
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at Oakwood... you don't have the
concerns about certain things
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that you would have in
another School, for example,
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you can learn "Leadership"
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you can have a "new
connection with the Lord"
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so, at Oakwood... I mean...
Oakwood... I love about it...
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and my parents
went to Oakwood...
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and so... you
know... it's a great thing...
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We are very intentional
about Leadership Development
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and Leadership
Training at Oakwood...
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on several different levels...
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the President
said to us last week
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at our Colloquium... our
Annual Faculty Staff Colloquim,
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he said... "An
informed people are easy to lead
00:20:15.85\00:20:19.79
and impossible to
enslave... " Oh...
00:20:19.82\00:20:22.83
"An informed
people... easy to lead...
00:20:22.86\00:20:25.83
and impossible to enslave... "
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and one of the vehicles by which
we are making that happen is
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in our Leadership
Development Program...
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Our first lady, Dr.
Prudence Pollard who was
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a Leadership Development
Expert she has taught us
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and she is teaching us
that Leadership is developed
00:20:40.28\00:20:42.94
from the inside-out... Hmmm...
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most secular
Leadership Development Programs,
00:20:45.54\00:20:48.27
try to develop Leadership
from the outside in...
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but, when you have it within...
which is Christ-Centered...
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Yes... it flows
to the outside...
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but... beyond that...
we're starting, in September,
00:20:56.05\00:20:59.58
a Leadership Academy
for Faculty and Staff...
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and the reason for that is...
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so that at all
levels of the University...
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at top level...
middle... and lower...
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that Leadership is
trained... it is intentional...
00:21:10.64\00:21:14.21
it is not by happenstance...
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it also fits in with the issue
00:21:16.52\00:21:18.39
that you're talking about
with our young Black men...
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In our history... we have
had strong, Messianic Leaders...
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Yes... Malcolm,
Martin, Marcus Garvey,
00:21:23.97\00:21:26.30
Elijah Muhammad...
and when these Leaders
00:21:26.34\00:21:28.61
are off the scene through
assassination or imprisonment,
00:21:28.64\00:21:31.30
the Organizations died...
because middle-management
00:21:31.34\00:21:33.95
was not developed to move up...
00:21:33.99\00:21:35.34
Hmmm... hmmm...
we're not going to let that
00:21:35.38\00:21:37.25
happen at Oakwood...
00:21:37.29\00:21:38.36
Oh, that's
great... that is great...
00:21:38.39\00:21:40.41
but when you have that
kind of leadership at the top...
00:21:40.44\00:21:41.96
Dr. Pollard... understand...
our President... Leslie Pollard
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Let's talk about him...
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Sure... he brings to us
a unique set of skills...
00:21:45.10\00:21:48.35
he has the academic doctorate,
he has the ministerial doctorate
00:21:48.39\00:21:54.21
and he's got the MBA... so
he's able to be conversant,
00:21:54.25\00:21:58.26
and comfortable in
academic, in ministerial...
00:21:58.29\00:22:01.89
He's a slouch eh...
he's been wasting time...
00:22:01.92\00:22:05.49
and in the
Business Community... Wow!
00:22:05.53\00:22:08.69
so he brings to
us that trifecta...
00:22:08.73\00:22:10.98
Yes... and we can
see that improvement
00:22:11.01\00:22:13.18
already on the campus...
he's an Oakwoodite... like you
00:22:13.21\00:22:16.42
he came to Oakwood...
he'll tell the story...
00:22:16.46\00:22:19.22
that he came to
Oakwood from New Orleans...
00:22:19.25\00:22:21.98
the product of a single parent,
00:22:22.01\00:22:23.41
his mother brought
him to Oakwood in 1974
00:22:23.45\00:22:26.34
pulled together all
of the cash she had...
00:22:26.38\00:22:29.24
put it in his hands... she said,
00:22:29.28\00:22:30.73
"Son, if I had more...
I would give you more... "
00:22:30.76\00:22:34.75
Hmmm... hmmm... and
so, he began to progress
00:22:34.78\00:22:38.34
get his Undergraduate Degree,
then one Master's degree,
00:22:38.37\00:22:43.04
then another Master's
Degree, then a Doctorate,
00:22:43.08\00:22:46.67
Wow! then another Doctorate...
00:22:46.71\00:22:48.36
Wow! he returned to Oakwood,
00:22:48.40\00:22:49.99
the Community... in
1993- '94 as the Senior Pastor
00:22:50.02\00:22:56.19
of the Oakwood Church... so
this is a second coming for him
00:22:56.23\00:22:59.59
Yes... and for us...
00:22:59.63\00:23:00.91
yes... okay...
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.05
he married his
college sweetheart...
00:23:02.09\00:23:03.92
he says that when he
was... he went to a women's dorm
00:23:03.95\00:23:10.81
worship program... and heard
this young woman from New York,
00:23:10.84\00:23:14.99
Jamaican
extract... stand up and recite
00:23:15.03\00:23:17.75
"God's Trombone" from
James Weldon Johnson...
00:23:17.78\00:23:20.05
verbatim... and he said,
"Wow! how does she do that?"
00:23:20.08\00:23:24.68
what kind of person...
what is the... you know...
00:23:24.71\00:23:28.55
and he began to check
out this Prudence LaBeach
00:23:28.59\00:23:32.40
ultimately, they
became a couple...
00:23:32.43\00:23:37.48
ultimately they
married, produced two beautiful,
00:23:37.52\00:23:40.99
wonderful,
professional daughters
00:23:41.02\00:23:42.41
and two of them have returned
to give us a one-two punch
00:23:42.44\00:23:44.99
like never before...
Wow! that's incredible...
00:23:45.02\00:23:48.03
what a blessing to
have him back at Oakwood...
00:23:48.07\00:23:51.04
in this capacity...
00:23:51.07\00:23:52.59
when he can pull from
all of these disciplines
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and really just... excel...
and we're benefitting from them
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and let me say a
couple of things...
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our fund-raising
efforts have increased...
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our Alumni are giving more...
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we're raising more
on different projects
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because of his business bend...
we now have an ISO designation
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International
Standards Organization
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it is a quality
standardization of business...
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typically, for
businesses, as a result...
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the ISO designation that we have
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we are the first and only
HBCU with that designation...
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we're the first and only
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Seventh-day
Adventist Institution
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with this designation
and we're the first and only
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Alabama Institution
with this designation...
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what it does... it demands of us
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to have quality at all
levels of the institution
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codified, written down,
rules, regulations, so bad
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as we were talking before...
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if, for any reason,
Leadership leaves...
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we're not having
that "Leadership Drought"
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Yes... we could pick up
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because we have
the documentation
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Oh, yes, so it's not
centered on one person
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That's right... so
that if that person
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is no longer there...
it continues as before...
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Right... it's
system-wide... Wow!
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The other thing that's
happened under his leadership
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is the fact that we
are now reaching out
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definitively to the one
billion Muslims in the world...
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we have created
what is called "CAMROU"
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Center for Adventist-Muslim
Relations at Oakwood University
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yes... I
interviewed the Director...
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Oh, Keith Burton? Yes,
Keith Burton... Dr. Burton
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Wonderful guy... Incredible...
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The kind of linkages that
he is making for the Church
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Yes... and for Oakwood...
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Yes... incredible!
00:25:32.18\00:25:33.30
Wow! thank you so
much for coming...
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I can't even thank you enough,
we have to have you on again...
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Let's do it again...
Absolutely... God bless...
00:25:38.16\00:25:40.73
Blessings on you
too... Thank you...
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Can you see why... why
Tim Allston is the Director
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of Public Relations
for Oakwood University?
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He is on fire for Oakwood...
and that's what we need...
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one of the things that
excites me about Oakwood...
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is this whole idea
of intentionality...
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the intentionality
from the top-down...
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to have a spiritual
impact on the students...
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to give them Jesus Christ,
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and to give them
tools for living...
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and to help them
to move into Society
00:26:13.51\00:26:15.63
and to be productive
members of Society...
00:26:15.67\00:26:19.10
and not just...
kind of treading water...
00:26:19.14\00:26:22.12
but to excel... can you
tell that I'm an Oakwoodite,
00:26:22.16\00:26:26.12
a former Oakwoodite? I
loved Oakwood and for me
00:26:26.15\00:26:30.00
it opened up a
lot of opportunities
00:26:30.03\00:26:32.90
and doors... and
that was a blessing...
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so, if you have a
young student in your home
00:26:35.25\00:26:39.65
that's ready for college...
send them to Oakwood...
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consider Oakwood...
our guests are planning
00:26:42.41\00:26:45.50
to come back and to
do a full Urban Report
00:26:45.54\00:26:48.56
with us... so that we
can find out more about them
00:26:48.60\00:26:51.61
what they've been
through... their ministries...
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.62
and what
they're doing for God...
00:26:54.65\00:26:56.45
this is an important thing
00:26:56.48\00:26:58.29
because you have a
ministry for God...
00:26:58.33\00:27:02.06
there's something that
God has for you to do...
00:27:02.10\00:27:05.26
that is tailor-made... a plan...
that's tailor-made for you
00:27:05.29\00:27:10.30
find out what your
divine purpose is...
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.83
and then walk in that purpose...
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If you'd like to learn
more about these ministries...
00:27:14.76\00:27:19.27
you can go to their websites...
00:27:19.30\00:27:20.56
Keith Hackle's
ministry is Harbor Of Hope
00:27:20.59\00:27:25.03
so the website is
www. HarborOfHopeSDA.com
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that's www. HarborOfHopeSDA.com
00:27:29.50\00:27:34.83
and, of course, Tim Allston
can be reached at Oakwood...
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so it's www. oakwood.
edu that's oakwood. edu...
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Please consider
supporting these ministries
00:27:46.16\00:27:49.32
both with your prayers
and financial support...
00:27:49.36\00:27:52.46
it's so important that they
know that you're behind them...
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Thanks for tuning
in... join us next time...
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it just wouldn't be
the same without you...
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