July 2007 - Southern Adventist University

Georgia-Cumberland News“I enjoy fellowship andthe sermons, but I thinkmost of all it’s interactingwith others and seeinghow the Lord is workingin other people’s lives. It’ssomething we look forwardto every year.” said VincentBanks, a member of theAdairsville, Ga., church.He was speaking about theannual camp meeting onthe campus of SouthernAdventist University in Collegedale,Tenn.Camp meeting includedevening meetings, May30-June 2, with seminarsalso available on May 31and June 1. The highlightof camp meeting was Sabbathmorning, when IlesAuditorium was filled fortwo church services andTed Struntz had notalways planned to becomea minister. He originallyaspired to be a medicaldoctor, then accepted God’scall to pastoral ministry“Harvest Time” at Camp Meeting 2007Struntz Ordained into Gospel MinistryTed and Lynette Struntz stand with their daughterafter the ordination service.Sabbath school as SeventhdayAdventists gathered toworship.On Friday evening andSabbath morning, DerekMorris, D.Min., shared athree-part series, “Prayingthe Radical Prayer,” whichfocused on the text foundin Luke 10:2, “Thereforesaid he unto them, theharvest truly is great, butthe laborers are few: prayye therefore the Lord ofthe harvest, that he wouldsend forth laborers into hisharvest.”With the theme “HarvestTime” for CampMeeting 2007, the focustruly was evangelism andpersonal willingness to minister.Ed Wright, Conferencepresident, shared, “Let uswhile leading a spiritual retreatduring his senior yearat Laurelbrook Academy.On May 12, Struntz wasordained as a Seventh-dayAdventist minister. The ceremonytookplace at theKnoxville,Tenn., FirstchurchwhereStruntzserves asassociatepastor.One ofthe highlightsof hisministry, asStruntz describedit,was leadingFeatured speaker Derek Morris, D.Min., leads the congregation ina song with the words from Luke 10:2, the Bible verse his sermonswere centered around.pray that we will see withnew eyes the ripening harvestthat surrounds us. Let’scovenant to bring a newChristian with us to campmeeting next year—not theresult of our pressure ormanipulation, but the resulta group of lay-evangelists toIndia where they conductedevangelistic meetings resultingin more than 1,400baptisms.At the ordination service,the Conference wasrepresented by Ed Wright,president; Steve Haley, vicepresident for administration/secretariat; Stan Patterson,vice president for pastoralministries; and Rick Greve,evangelism and ministerialdirector for the northernregion.The ordination messagewas given by WaltWilliams, associate professorof Christian ministriesand director of InMinistryat Andrews TheologicalSeminary in Berrien Springs,of God’s Spirit ripening theharvest, and our decision tobe faithful to His call.”To hear sermons andsee pictures from CampMeeting 2007, visit www.gccsda.com.—BY REBECCA BROOKSMich. Williams drew attentionto 1 Samuel, chapters1-4, applying it to Struntz,quoting, “I will raise Me upa faithful priest, that shalldo according to that whichis in Mine heart and in Minemind; and I will build hima sure house; and he shallwalk before Mine anointedforever.” (1 Samuel 2:35)The ordination prayerwas given by Steve Haleyand Allan Williamson, directorof church ministries forthe Southern Union. Thebenediction was presentedby Struntz’s father-in-law,Rus J. Aldridge, pastor inUmatilla, Fla.—BY MARTIN KNOPPERRebecca BrooksJuly 2007 • TIDINGS 13