Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Tim Snyder 1 1 .Lg Q J Jerry Prouty p, dividual. Something more like How to be a more Christ-like person. How to clean up your life and open the channels between you and God. I Monday. Pastor Hazen begins with two imperatives from the Word. Not options, not alternate plan B for the effective dis- ciple, but IMPERATIVES. Matthew 28:20 and Acts 14 teach C15 Evangelism - declar- ing, proclaiming, testifying, witnessing, C23 Discipleship - teaching, strengthening, fellowship, praying, exhorting, es- tablishing, admonishing. With these two im- peratives in mind we need to ask ourselves . . . Why do we exist? Why do we exist in Portland? Why do we exist at Multnomah? For in evangelism, God calls a people out for Himself 3 in discipleship, God equips a people for His glory. On the very first day, Pastor Hazen wasted no time in giving us food for prayerful consideration: One of the greatest hindrances to discipleship, he said, is an unforgiving spirit-especially toward our parents. Tuesday. What are the implications of be- ing a disciple? The answer to that question is the answer to this question - What's it going to COST us? It's going to cost us our Jerry Prouty ffiborej Sylvia Espinoza gives her testimrmy :luring the Spiritzml Life Relreal. while speaker Reza Duzfid Hazen lixfeux. fUj1per leftj RfJIl'ldl1!I fuller prexelllx llJefelf0u'slJij1 group program In Ibe facully on Tuesclu-y. Sept. 2. fLeftj Students lisleu :luring 41 lllfffillg ai lbe Canby re- lreaut. whirl: z'limu.x'ed the rrnlfererzre. LOVE LIFE! We had to ask ourselves, Whom do we love most? CLk. 141267 'tWhat is ruling in our lives right now? If material things, for example, dominate, then God CAN'T. Wednesday. What are the implements of discipleship? One is the ministry of the Holy Spirit applying the Word to our hearts. God's very presence is in our lives-an awesome thought. Another is men and women faithful to God. Pastor Hazen im- pressed upon us that there are men and women of God that we should recognize for the positive ways they have influenced our Christian walk. Also, the awesome knowledge that there are people that are reading our living epistlesf' Thursday. What are the impediments of discipleship? The first class a ,961 impedi- ment: BITTERNESS. Bitterness was defin- ed as anything that causes disunity. The most amazing truth that Pastor Hazen shared here was . . . We become like the people we resent because we focus on them instead of Jesus Christ. It is good to remember Christ's words, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do'. Friday. What is the impact of dis-

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Although Spiritual Life Week appeared to be the launching pad for take-off on Mult- nomah's discipleship program, the count- down began months ago. How did it all begin? When did the God of the universe begin to assemble the pieces? What led both student body president Rowland Salter and Pastor Dave Hazen to testify, We're in- volved in something bigger than our- selves ? Let's take a journey back to the previous spring semester when it all started. In the spring of 1975 Tom Erickson and the faculty invited Pastor Dave Hazen of the Cole Community Church in Boise, Idaho to come to Multnomah's Spiritual Life Week the following fall and share on the subject of dicipleship. Rowland Salter was not involved in this decision, nor was he aware of it. Meanwhile, Rowland was mak- ing plans to run for student body president on a platform of discipleship. He and Pastor Hazen had already established the previous summer 119743 that Rowland would return the summer of 1975 and intern at Cole Com- munity. They had become close friends and corresponded. The day before student body elections Rowland called Pastor Hazen long 'C . .Therefore go and make of all di eiple nation Matt. 28:19 Rev. David Hazen speak: in rlmpel during 1lJe Spiritual Life Crmfereure iu Sepienzber. distance and shared with him his platform. It was then that Rowland discovered that Pastor Hazen had been asked to speak at the conference. Hazen told Rowland that if he won he would accept the invitation. He encouraged Rowland to run for the entire year. Rowland felt that the Lord was really working as they received, mutual confir- mation that they had independently arrived at the same emphasis. Rowland won the election and at year's end left for Boise to spend a summer working closely with Pastor Hazen. The conference itself was held September 1-6, 1975, with a week-long series of chapel messages culminating in weekend messages at the Canby Retreat. Pastor Hazen spoke on Discipleship-A Way of Life. For him it has become a way of life-a way of walking, talking, moving out and interacting. He wanted that for us. He conveyed a care for our lives. A care for the building up of the Body of Christ, individual- ly and corporately. We may have expected a how-to ap- proach, with a list of cut and dried do's and don'ts on How to be a good Disciple and love it. Instead he began with the in- Q5 M53

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:- 4-1? lllllll Carl Thompson flyzjzer rigblj D111-e lluesl. Bob Clurfy and .Hike Nystrom lure! u'ilf1 P41111 Peubmff in lair home zvlzere bit wie .1 - - f - Rf!-1'!'L'C'. funky lzreifkffzyt early meek for lbe fellowship grollfl. fRiglJ!j from lefl. Ilouwrfl 5'miIlJ, jerry Pmnly and Hobby Bruokx nice! with Prof. jlirkc-y Duty for Ifaeir weeklyfel- lou-.vhijz group. cipleship? The anticipation of the weekend away at Canby is overwhelming. The weather is beautiful. The last chapel message was The Impact of Discipleship. What could have more im- pact than personal testimony? Several couples from Cole Community came to testify in person the impact discipleship was making on their lives and the lives of those they were discipling. The idea of discipleship sounded pretty good in theory - but could we make it a campus-wide reality at Multnomah? In God's infinite timing, the conference emphasis coincided with the start of an organized program to be initiated by stu- dent body president Rowland Salter and his cabinet. The program of discipleship, or suppor- tive fellowshipf' was introduced to the Multnomah family at large the week follow- ing the conference. This was the take-off. Where would it go? The program invited participation from Christian Supply staff and wives, Mult- nomah staff and faculty and their wives, plus all students. Each staff and faculty member. and spouses participating, would Jerry Prouty .-ff disciple a maximum of three students from the grad and senior classes. Each grad and senior participating would in turn disciple a group of three from the junior and freshman classes. Seniors and grads that chose to participate fully would be involved in two groups. It was emphasized from the beginning that the groups should adopt a climate of Hsupportive fellowship, where everyone shared and ministered to each other equal- ly, instead of one person taking over an ad- visory influence. Each group was advised to meet for one hour per week. The first half hour would be used for individual sharing, prayer, and ac- countability in three areas: schedule, devotions, and relationships. The second half hour would be used for group discussion on a chapter of The Measure of a Man by Gene Getz. This was the recommended but not required agenda for the meetings. Initial response to the program was en- couraging. by Vickie Webb Carl Thompson