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team members:
Zeno Charles-Marcel,
president of
medical affairs
(left), is joined by
Roby Sherman,
medical director,
and Justin Neubrander,
physician’s
assistant, at
Wildwood Lifestyle
Center and Hospital
in Wildwood,
Georgia.
it’s their first
introduction to
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
More than 70
students attend
the Wildwood
College of Health
Evangelism at any
given time, learning
the basics of
preventive medicine,
natural remedies,
community
health ministry,
and evangelism.
Advanced tracks are offered in wellness
coaching and ministry management. The
latter track is geared toward training
young leaders to establish new mission
outposts that operate lay training
schools and lifestyle centers similar to
Wildwood’s.
During the past year Wildwood has
established two health clubs in the local
community, serving residents interested
in natural health and vegetarian
cooking. Outreach efforts are taking
place in the Westside neighborhood of
Chattanooga, Tennessee. Students and
staff visit homes, offering health information
and advice, as well as giving
Bible studies. They also present health
expos and cooking classes.
Wildwood operates a restaurant called
the Green Thumb Vegetarian Kitchen in
downtown Chattanooga. Through the
restaurant, contact is made with businessmen
and businesswomen looking
for healthy meal options. Wildwood’s
Green Thumb Health Club meets
monthly to demonstrate vegetarian recipes
and present health lectures. This
gives Wildwood leaders the chance to get
to know restaurant customers on a more
personal basis and to share the gospel
with them.
“The health message helps to break
down barriers in the hearts of people God
puts us in contact with,” says Hartley.
Parts of the campus are more than 70
years old, and Wildwood has needed to
do extensive modeling and updating to
its campus structures in recent years.
Seven new homes have been built, along
with a new men’s dormitory. Several
homes, two other dormitories, and the
lifestyle center have also been remodeled.
These renovations have given the campus
an updated look that matches the
improvements to the medical program.
Wildwood continues to be involved in
overseas mission programs as well. It
has expanded overseas primarily
through its affiliated LIGHT (Lay Institute
for Global Health Training) program.
The LIGHT global headquarters is
located on the Wildwood campus.
LIGHT has trained more than 6,000 laypeople
around the world in the past
four years alone. It has developed a
training curriculum that many other
organizations are using to establish new
lay training schools in various parts of
the world. These new schools equip laypeople
to serve as medical missionaries
in their local communities.
“The work at Wildwood is multifaceted,”
Hartley says. “Over the years it
has served to be a light in God’s church,
and we pray that in the future days it
will continue to be instrumental in preparing
people for Christ’s return.” n
Visit www.wildwoodhealth.org for more
information about Wildwood’s various
programs.
New and improved: (top to bottom)
Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel, Wildwood’s new
president for medical affairs, greets a
patient at Wildwood Lifestyle Center and
Hospital in Wildwood, Georgia.
Wildwood Lifestyle Center and Hospital is
known for the beautiful trees and vegetation
that surround its campus in Wildwood,
Georgia.
The lifestyle center at Wildwood has been
recently remodeled.
A variety of healthy food choices are
offered to residents at Wildwood’s newly
remodeled lifestyle center.