Participants: Karen Thomas (Host), Moletta Robinson
Series Code: IAADD
Program Code: IAADD000024A
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00:28 Welcome to Issues & Answers.
00:29 Today our topic is every child's chance. 00:32 Researchers have described the key essential learning, 00:35 its common core states standards 00:36 have been adopted nationwide 00:38 so colleges have found 17 factors that are necessary 00:41 for children to thrive. 00:43 But what is the chance that every child deserves. 00:46 Our guest today is Walter M. Turner Jr. 00:48 He grew up in Los Angeles, California 00:51 and Principal Turner went to Walla Walla, 00:53 got his masters from there, 00:55 had his undergraduate degree from Oakwood University 00:58 in ministerial theology and education secondary, 01:03 you got a lot of degrees there. 01:04 Just a few. 01:05 And you served in different capacities 01:08 as principal, dean, missionary, 01:10 evangelist in United States and abroad. 01:12 Welcome to the program, Principle Turner. 01:15 Thank you for coming. 01:16 Thank you. Thank you. 01:17 Thank you so much. Appreciate the invite. 01:19 I know you had to stop the school day 01:20 and everything to be able to come 01:22 but we're so glad to have you 01:23 and you're here to share with us about, 01:25 what is every child's chance? 01:28 What does every child deserve? 01:30 Your word says that all thy children 01:32 shall be taught of the Lord, 01:34 and great shall be the peace of thy children. 01:37 I believe that, I teach that, I preach it, I live it 01:40 and it started with me way back in the third grade 01:43 when I had repeated third grade 01:46 for not doing well academically. 01:50 And but it was not until the sixth grade 01:52 that I had teachers that cared about me 01:55 and were determined that I would be a success 01:57 and not a statistic. 02:00 And we accept that Jesus Christ is our Lord and savior 02:03 in the sixth grade... 02:05 In the sixth grade? 02:06 In the sixth grade, continued on a public school 02:09 and went to Whaley Junior High School 02:11 in Compton, California. 02:12 Wow. 02:14 And it was that year that I decided 02:16 that I needed out of public school. 02:19 So you had just kind of gotten into a new faith, 02:22 had repeated the third grade 02:25 and now we're thinking that you needed a new kind of school 02:29 coming from Compton. 02:31 What did you do next? 02:32 You know, what is your family? 02:33 What kind of decisions did they make for you 02:35 so that you'll be successful? 02:36 Well, there are five of us 02:38 and we couldn't afford it 02:41 and my dad said, I would not give a one penny 02:44 for Christian education because I pay taxes, 02:48 and my mother stepped out in faith 02:51 through the encouragement of the dear sister 02:53 that brought her to the Lord 02:55 and said, I'm gonna put you in. 02:59 We're gonna put the children one at a time 03:00 and so I started at LA Union... 03:03 Oh, yeah. 03:04 In the seventh grade. 03:05 Wow. 03:07 And it was in the seventh grade 03:08 while I was having worship, the Lord said, 03:10 "Walter, I want you to be a minister." 03:13 In the ninth grade, He says, 03:15 "Walter, I want you to be a teacher." 03:17 And that's what He instructed me 03:19 to go ye therefore and teach all nations. 03:22 And that's what we've been doing 03:23 for the past 32 years teaching all nations. 03:27 So when you got that calling, 03:28 'cause not everybody gets a calling on their life, 03:31 you know, where direct kind of voice from God 03:33 at such a young age. 03:34 How did you receive that? 03:37 You know, what steps did you take after ninth grade 03:39 to be able to become that minister teacher? 03:43 Well, I listen to the Lord. 03:46 I spend lot of time in Bible study and prayer. 03:49 I did a lot of evangelism, 03:51 worked with the, the former George Rainey. 03:54 Our Pastor Samuel Myers in Los Angeles, 03:58 I worked with other evangelists in the LA area 04:01 where we raised a church every year 04:04 for about eight to nine years a brand new church. 04:06 Wow. 04:07 So I've lot of experience in evangelism. 04:09 And then as I was growing and studying, 04:13 the Lord said, go to Oakwood, 04:15 and I went to Oakwood and went right in education, 04:19 got my degree in theology 04:20 and modern history secondary education, 04:23 and from then on rest has been history. 04:26 Been rolling ever since. Been rolling ever since. 04:27 So now, like tell us some of the experiences 04:29 that you've had like, you know, 04:32 your first school was it all equipped, 04:34 did you have, you know, 04:35 every single thing that you possibly 04:37 could need in the classroom, 04:39 what was it like? 04:41 That was in San Francisco. 04:43 Matter of fact I was hired with a telephone interview 04:47 and my mother called me, she says, 04:51 "Walter. a Mister Stigner has called you," 04:54 I said mommy, "Stignar," 04:56 so I called the number, it was Mister Stigney. 04:59 Very fine Christian gentleman and he interviewed me, 05:02 next thing I knew my wife and I were headed to San Francisco. 05:07 Did we have everything? 05:09 No, but it was great school and several of the students 05:11 that we have taught 05:13 have gone on to be Christian professionals 05:16 in our Christian school in our small Christian school, 05:19 it went from K through tenth grade. 05:21 Yeah, I'm familiar with the San Francisco Bay area, 05:24 right, I worked there and lived there myself, 05:28 and so that's a kind of a interesting situation. 05:31 You've got a city, a big city environment there, 05:34 and a lot of private schools, 05:36 good private schools that are there 05:38 but kind of going on to what, 05:40 why was it so important do you think for people 05:43 to send their kids to a Seventh-day Adventist school 05:46 in San Francisco. 05:48 Several of the parents understood 05:51 that the foundation of their children, 05:54 the educational foundation of their children, 05:57 what they were doing at home was important 06:00 and doing for Sabbath school 06:02 church is very important, 06:04 but they always needed other tier, 06:06 and I believe in the home school 06:08 and the church approach 06:09 you need all three tiers, 06:10 and if one of those tiers is broken, 06:13 your children many time would be deficient 06:16 and it has been proven through studies 06:18 that the longer our children are in our church schools, 06:23 the likelihood of them staying in the church 06:26 and growing in the church increase, it increases, 06:31 if they've done the study, it has been proven. 06:33 And so San Francisco was a challenge 06:35 but it was good and several of those students 06:37 I've kept in touch with them, 06:39 and they're still in the church today. 06:41 Wow. Amen. 06:42 And you said they are also serving in capacities 06:44 as our Christian educators around the country. 06:47 Educators, doctors, 06:50 they worked, they worked in banks, 06:52 in other professions in the San Francisco area. 06:56 It's been a blessing. Wow. 06:58 So now you left San Francisco and did you go to... 07:01 I know, we've talked about 07:03 some of your boarding school experiences, 07:05 share us some of those life experiences with the kids, 07:08 what are some of the memories that you have from there? 07:11 Our first boarding experience was in little small school 07:16 in Pennsboro, West Virginia, self supporting school. 07:20 And that was a blessing 07:22 'cause one of the students that graduated from that school 07:26 is now a minister and has done great work 07:29 in the Adventist church. 07:31 From there another boarding school 07:33 we've worked in was Auburn Adventist Academy 07:36 in Auburn, Washington. 07:37 Great school, we love Auburn and I encourage anyone, 07:43 if you're looking for a school where your children 07:48 need to go away, please send them to Auburn. 07:50 So Auburn okay, 07:51 the question now everybody's boarding, 07:52 schools gonna say settle there, settle there, so... 07:54 Yes, there is no place like Auburn. 07:56 Okay, great. 07:57 So tell me about Auburn. 07:58 Tell me about some of the kids and some of the families 08:00 and some of the situations that you dealt with there? 08:04 Well, Auburn, Auburn was, it was wonderful. 08:06 We would on Sabbath afternoon 08:08 knowing that kids in the dorm love home cooking. 08:14 I would cook on Friday afternoon 08:16 expecting another 15 or 20 to come to the house. 08:19 Some would come on Friday night after worship and eat, 08:23 and some would come Sabbath afternoon 08:25 that we will see them mattering across the campus. 08:30 I said, young people, have you checked out the dorm? 08:33 Do the deans... 08:34 Know that you're out. And they would say, no. 08:36 I said, okay, well come on in, come on in, 08:39 and there is a kitchen go eat 08:42 and call the dorm and let the deans know. 08:46 It was just, that was one experience. 08:48 Something else that happened, our second year there, 08:53 I encouraged the juniors to take their campus for Christ 08:59 and they started their own prayer meeting. 09:01 Really, what did they do? 09:03 They divided in a several segments. 09:05 One was Bible studies, one was testimonies, 09:09 one was a music ministry, they had different ministries. 09:11 My job was simply to open the door and to monitor, 09:14 to make sure the kids were doing with, 09:15 they were conducting themselves. 09:17 And it was wonderful, several of the young people 09:21 that they brought in seniors, 09:23 they brought in freshmen, sophomores 09:25 and then around my third or fourth year there 09:28 'cause I worked there for six years. 09:30 There were students that, they said, "Mr. Turner, 09:32 we need to have our own Bible study in the afternoon." 09:36 So I opened up the dorm, 09:39 I mean up the chapel at the school 09:42 and they start off with 10 kids, 15, 25, 30, 09:46 next thing though we were in the library, 09:49 it was scores of children. 09:50 Wow, just voluntary. Yes. 09:52 Not required worship, just on their own. 09:55 Yes. On their own. 09:56 So was every job perfect at the school 09:58 that you ever went, 10:00 no problems with any of them, right? 10:01 Well, being the... 10:03 I went, I started there 10:05 as the eleventh and eighth grade, 10:07 I mean the Bible eleven teacher. 10:10 And I taught some math and some history on the side. 10:14 My fourth, fifth and sixth year, 10:17 I became the vice principal and village dean. 10:23 And someone had told me that I was gonna be a dean. 10:25 And I said, oh, no, I'll never be a dean. 10:27 But yes, I became the dean, 10:29 the village dean, the head dean. 10:31 And there were some students that we had to ask 10:34 not to return unfortunately. 10:37 One of them that we had to ask not to return, it was rough. 10:42 Yeah. 10:44 His mother and father were very hurt by it, 10:46 but they knew it was the best thing. 10:48 About a year later 10:52 spoke to the young man and his parents, 10:55 he is now giving Bible studies and bringing others to Christ 11:00 for the same reason that he was asked to leave, 11:02 he is now ministering to those type of individuals. 11:04 Wow. Wow. 11:06 So and he said, the best thing for him was 11:08 for us to ask him to depart. 11:11 It turned his life around. 11:12 How about academically, you know, 11:14 lot of times people say, 11:15 well, it's really great to be able to send your child 11:17 to a Adventist school but the academics, 11:21 you know, we know they're gonna get Jesus 11:23 and everything but... 11:26 You know, do you have any stories of were you've seen 11:28 people's lives totally turn around some kids, 11:30 maybe they came in low and you know 11:32 share with us then? 11:33 I have several. 11:37 There was one young man in San Francisco. 11:40 He was not doing well academically. 11:45 And he was a discipline issue. 11:47 We had to encourage him. 11:49 Back in those days, you could use other methods 11:52 to help them to... 11:54 And now we cannot. 11:55 Yes, amen. 11:58 But I learned that by taking this young man 12:00 and putting him in the dirt. 12:03 Having him digging the dirt, 12:04 it did something to burn off that extra energy 12:09 and his mother says, "Mr. Turner, 12:11 what are you doing to my son?" 12:12 I said, "Oh, oh, oh, wait, wait, wait, Mrs. Ramoue, 12:15 what do you mean what I'm doing to your son." 12:17 My son is not getting in trouble, 12:18 his grades have gone up, what has happened? 12:20 I said, "Oh, it's simple, I put him in the dirt." 12:23 In the dirt? 12:25 He, teacher would send him to my class, 12:27 he'd get in trouble, I send him out into the garden 12:29 and say, I say, Eakay, I need two rows, 12:33 I want all the weeds taken out, I want you to dig it up, 12:36 take all the weeds out, he did a beautiful job. 12:39 His academics went up, 12:42 his discipline issues went down. 12:44 The same young man started attending Sabbath school 12:48 and he was there before the Adventists were 12:51 for Sabbath school. 12:52 He was there at 9 o'clock 'cause he had to catch the bus. 12:55 And he also joined pathfinders he and his brother. 12:58 And thank God, it was a miracle that happened years later. 13:03 I was the only teacher 13:04 that he invited back to his wedding. 13:06 Wow. My wife and I. 13:08 That's really great. 13:09 That's just one and now there have been other young... 13:11 Tell us some more. 13:13 That have struggled over the years. 13:16 And I remember one young man 13:19 I taught in Las Vegas and the pastor said, 13:24 my son has never done well in school, 13:29 and he has turned it around and it's all because of Mr. T. 13:33 And I said, no, it's not me, it's Jesus. 13:36 I'm just loving the kids and helping them to know Jesus 13:40 as their personal savior and putting before them 13:42 that they can be whatever they want to be 13:45 and so yes, there have been students throughout the years 13:48 that have just, they did just enough to get by 13:51 and I've held the fire to them, 13:54 I said, you can be, you could do better than this. 13:57 You know, there is no mind we have been told 13:59 there is no mind that is too dull to learn, no mind. 14:01 Right, right. 14:02 So I believe it and I tell kids regardless of your past scores, 14:07 regardless of your low grades, you are intelligent, 14:10 you are smart, and they said, "I am?" 14:14 And then I help them, take them where they are 14:17 and then build them up, and then as they see 14:19 success breed success, and that's very, very important 14:23 that our audience misunderstand. 14:24 Success breed success, so if every parent, 14:27 teacher, educator, 14:31 church member will simply take the kids where they are 14:34 and continue to give them positive encouragement. 14:38 They will climb and as a result 14:41 some have become great leaders in our church today. 14:43 They've baptized many souls, so God says, 14:46 he said, Walter, go take this gospel to all the world, 14:48 teach all nations, I have done that 14:50 and those students have gone throughout, 14:52 throughout the world. 14:54 Some have been missionaries, 14:56 there two have been my own children. 14:57 Wow. 14:59 And that has been a blessing. 15:01 Well, I'm big on the Christian education too... 15:02 Yes, Ma'am. 15:04 As a Christian educator, I got my shirt on. 15:05 Yes. 15:06 Okay, and my children have gone through. 15:08 Amen. 15:09 But what can you share with your audience 15:11 what is special? 15:13 What happens like in a typical day 15:15 in a Adventist school? 15:16 What's so special about there as supposed to maybe 15:20 another kind of a school. 15:21 Why again we got to go back to that 15:23 because a lot of people are asking that question. 15:25 Yeah, you know, 15:26 if I take my kid to my children to church, 15:30 you know, helping them after school 15:32 and we're having worship in our home, 15:35 you know, and the cost for Christian education? 15:39 The cost, I deal with that first. 15:40 The cost is an investment. 15:45 It's not, yes, I could drive a nicer car today, 15:50 I could have nicer clothes and fancy house, 15:54 but knowing that my children and I've called them, 15:59 text them on Sabbath morning, they text me 16:04 and they've told me daddy we're in church. 16:07 I said, "Why are you texting me in church?" 16:10 You know, there was something happening in church 16:11 and as if is it 16:13 something exciting was happening in church 16:14 that they want me to know about it. 16:17 That is very, very important. 16:21 The foundation that we set with the morning worship 16:24 with Sabbath school and then school, why school? 16:29 We're taught, we are told about serving the Lord 16:33 that is that early education, 16:35 those first few years, many wait till college. 16:41 And I say it kindly, it's too late 16:43 because their habits have already been formed. 16:46 So we over the 32 years, 16:50 the teachers that I have worked with 16:51 were shaping and molding characters. 16:54 When a child has an issue, we can stop and we can pray. 16:58 We can encourage them. 16:59 We can put our arm around them. 17:01 And they're hurting on the inside, 17:03 they're coming from situations where home may be broken. 17:07 And we can say, Jesus is there with us. 17:11 We can do this in Jesus. 17:12 The Lord is going to anoint. 17:14 He's gonna work the situation out. 17:15 I've had to bury students. 17:17 I've had to deal with those that have lost loved ones. 17:21 And when you can take that spirituality and the academics, 17:27 then you have a holistic person, 17:28 and they're well rounded, 17:30 and they can go on to do great things. 17:32 So the typical day, yeah, but the typical day, 17:36 we start the day off with worship. 17:38 We start it off with Jesus. 17:39 I've had parents tell me, "Mr. Turner, 17:42 I know my child is active but one thing that 17:47 I'm loving above all things is him coming home 17:50 quoting scripture, singing the Christian songs, 17:54 excited about his studies. 18:00 What else can I say, it just, 18:02 and then you just continue to build on that 18:04 and continue to build on it. 18:05 And as a result every school, 18:08 every school that I administered in 18:11 several have given their life to Jesus, several. 18:16 And that's the most important thing, 18:17 you know, that's the big why, 18:19 that we want to have the kids be 18:21 able to give their hearts to the Lord. 18:23 You mentioned something that I want to go back to, 18:25 you said that you had to bury some students. 18:27 Yes. 18:28 How old were they? 18:30 One was in the, 18:31 I believe she was a first grader, she had cancer. 18:34 First grade? 18:35 So there is no guarantee 18:36 that children are gonna live a certain life 18:39 and then we hope maybe when they get older, 18:41 then they'll accept Christ and they'll kind of come back, 18:45 first grade, that's kind of young 18:47 and what was the other age of the other one? 18:49 There've been, there've been... 18:51 There was one young man, he was in his early twenties. 18:55 He had a disease, it took his life, 18:58 but there's one thing that inspired me, 19:00 he came to my house and said, Mr. T, 19:03 I know you're here, I just came back to see you, 19:05 and he began to tell me his experiences with Christ. 19:08 He says, I have this disease, the doctors have it in checked 19:13 and... 19:15 but the greatest thing that moved me was him sharing 19:20 how he's grown in Christ, his growing in Christ, 19:24 then two months later we learn that it took his life. 19:29 So I've had a few and it hurts 19:31 but knowing that the children are resting in Jesus. 19:34 Yes. 19:35 And I can't, that's worth it all. 19:39 It's worth it all. 19:40 It is, it is. 19:42 So let's say a parent decides okay, 19:45 we're gonna just figure out some kind of way 19:48 to pay for this education 19:51 and they bring the child to your school 19:54 and the student is low. 19:57 What kinds of things you said about little successes? 20:00 What kinds of things do you implement 20:02 to be able to help children achieve? 20:05 I've had students that couldn't speak English. 20:11 So I... 20:12 one thing I did with him, this is the fifth grader, 20:14 couldn't speak English, I had a few of them 20:17 and so I worked with phonics, very important. 20:22 So not only did I have my 20:25 non-English speaking students to phonics, 20:27 I had everyone do phonics, 20:29 because as you break up the phonics, 20:31 whole language is good you need it, 20:33 but there's something about phonics 20:35 because that's what turned me around. 20:37 I could not read, 20:39 I could not see the board, I need glasses. 20:41 And, but the teacher taught me phonics, 20:45 I was able... 20:46 Once I finally caught on that education is important 20:49 and my mother wasn't gonna accept anything else than, 20:53 and she caught my attention. 20:55 Right. 20:57 But the key was phonics, so I've taught kids phonics, 21:01 I believe in taking, taking the rudiments 21:04 of building up the comprehension. 21:07 And 'cause they have build up the comprehension, 21:11 there's various things we're using at our school in Alcy. 21:15 And as we're building up their comprehension, 21:17 we have discovered that as you build that up, 21:22 the test scores start going to the roof 21:24 because then they can get start reading 21:26 all types of genre because you've built up the reading, 21:30 and then of course with the math. 21:31 We've done several things with our math, 21:33 with the new math system 21:35 we have in our Adventist system, 21:36 and our kids are making strides and so we're looking... 21:41 What I like to see with my students 21:44 is two years of growth in one year. 21:46 So if a student is low, very low 21:48 you take them where they are, 21:50 you build on those low areas and success breed success, 21:54 and next thing you know, 21:55 the child says I am intelligent, 21:57 I can learn and he starts taking of. 21:59 Right, so where does the Word of God 22:02 come into this reading and math 22:06 and science and social studies, 22:08 how was that integrated in Adventist schools? 22:11 Throughout the whole curriculum. 22:13 Bible is not just taught in Bible class. 22:16 Biblical principles are expounded upon, 22:19 are shared in all of, in every aspect. 22:23 I've heard it from all of my teachers. 22:24 I've walked in the classrooms, one of which is yours. 22:27 Yeah. 22:29 And I've heard the Word of God being expressed in science. 22:32 I've heard it expressed in social studies, 22:35 that is not going to happen in public school. 22:37 It can't happen in public school. 22:39 Right. 22:40 They aren't sure... In fact they're opposite... 22:42 They aren't sure whether or not we came from monkeys. 22:43 Yeah. 22:44 Now I share with my students. 22:46 I've known individuals that look like monkeys, 22:48 they may act like monkeys 22:49 but none of us have ever come from monkeys. 22:51 They are not our cousins. Right. 22:53 We are made by the creator. 22:55 We come from His hand. 22:57 And so there is like this whole new curriculum 22:59 with Adventists that's by designed, 23:02 tell us a little bit about that as it relates to science? 23:06 It's excellent. 23:07 It is excellent. 23:08 I've had parents tell me that it is, that what she, 23:11 one of parents mission to me just recently 23:14 that what she is doing in nursing, 23:15 what she is studying in nursing, 23:17 it's being presented on a easier lower level 23:21 in our seventh and eighth grade curriculum. 23:23 And she is saying she is excited, 23:25 she says, this is the best science program 23:27 she has ever seen. 23:29 We're one of the best in the country. 23:31 Wow, so what about the common core state standards 23:34 and you know all of these other kinds of things 23:37 that are, you know, does it 23:38 will students coming to an Adventist school get that? 23:42 Will they get? That class. 23:43 Oh, yeah. 23:44 We have... It's been proven. 23:46 That a student will be average in our schools, 23:49 leave and go to public school and next day, 23:52 you know, they're top at their class. 23:55 And the parent say, well, how can it be? 23:57 It's real simple. 23:59 Because we don't have 24:00 the discipline issues of public school, 24:02 so our teachers can teach. 24:06 We're held to a higher standard, 24:08 so we're not able to... 24:09 What standard? 24:10 When you say you are held to higher standard. 24:12 what does that mean? The word. 24:13 The Word of God? The Word of God. 24:15 God says that our children are to be taught, 24:17 they had to be the head and not the tail. 24:19 That's true. 24:21 He wants our kids to be the head, not the tail. 24:23 So since he wants our kids to be the leaders. 24:27 I share with my parents and my students. 24:30 There are ten people looking for a job, 24:34 there're only two jobs. 24:37 Why not, shouldn't those two jobs go to us? 24:41 And what has happened over the years, 24:43 our Adventist children are well prepared 24:46 to go into every aspect of service. 24:51 I've had, I've known individuals 24:52 that attended Oakwood and because of their academia 24:56 and because of them pushing and doing well 24:58 on their test scores as well as in their school work, 25:02 they have been offered jobs. 25:04 One for the CIA 25:08 so I know this happens. 25:11 Wow, wow so where it is okay 25:14 so we've talked a little about the spirit, 25:15 we talked about the academics, 25:18 what about social? 25:19 Social? 25:20 That's very, very important 25:22 because our kids just like any other children 25:27 come to us with their issues, 25:32 and so we encourage 25:35 going spiritually mentally and socially. 25:38 We encourage our kids 25:39 on how they are to speak to each other. 25:42 How they are to relate to each other? 25:45 How they are to respect each other? 25:48 And if a student decides 25:51 they don't want to be respectful, 25:53 obedient, courteous, kind, 25:56 then we have to ask them, 25:58 maybe this is not the place for you. 26:00 But for the most part after much prayer, hard work, 26:04 the majority of them 26:06 through the anointing of the spirit, 26:07 turn it around and say, I want this. 26:12 And I got so many parents say, 26:13 there's something different about my child, what is it? 26:17 I said, I don't know. 26:19 Wow. 26:20 But I do, I guess I do know what it is? 26:22 It's the spirit. The Holy Spirit. 26:23 The God has promised, that in the last days, 26:26 He would pour our His spirit upon all flesh, 26:28 that's a promise. 26:30 And so I claim it, 26:31 I claim for the anointing of God upon the children. 26:33 And then, not only the children but upon their parents. 26:38 And as a result of the children hearing about Jesus, 26:41 we've had non-Adventist parents 26:44 accept Jesus as their personal savior. 26:47 One school I taught at just recently, 26:50 the whole family was baptized 26:53 because of the daughter. 26:54 I made a call during one chapel, 26:57 and the girl went to the bathroom, 26:58 got on her knees, gave her life to Jesus, 27:01 went home told her parents about it 27:04 and the whole family was baptized. 27:06 Well, Principal Turner, 27:07 this has really been enlightening, 27:09 it's been fantastic. 27:10 We didn't really get a lot into the sports, 27:11 but the sports have a part to play 27:13 in Adventist education just briefly? 27:15 Briefly. 27:17 Sports does, but I encourage young people, 27:20 God has not called us to be professional athletes, 27:24 and yes, I do know some individuals 27:26 that have had the opportunity to go into professional sports 27:29 but they have not. 27:30 Wow. 27:31 Because of the Sabbath issue. Right. 27:33 Play the sports, have fun, but don't forget Jesus. 27:36 Well, I want to thank you so much 27:38 for coming to the program today. 27:39 It's just been very enlightening, 27:41 we really appreciate your coming. 27:44 We always like to end with a prayer 27:46 for the families that are part of this, 27:48 so we probably close out today with our prayer. 27:51 Would you offer prayer for us? 27:53 Yes, let us pray. 27:54 Father God, in the name of Jesus, 27:56 we want to thank You for this privilege 27:58 to be here today to share 28:01 and to experience You. 28:02 There are many people that are listening today, 28:06 they need to put their children in church school, 28:08 they need to make a decision. 28:10 They may not be able afford it. 28:13 They may not know where the school is. 28:15 Oh, please, dear Lord, 28:16 open the door, just as You did for me. |
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