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30 ALUMNI FILES BIOLA CONNECTIONS ❄ SPRING ’07
An Alumni Call to Service
Aquestion that has surfaced from alumni,
which was presented to the alumni
board for direction and implementation
was, “How can Biola students
and alumni put their faith and training into
action and demonstrate the love of Christ to
the local community and beyond?” With this
in mind, your alumni board has created a new
sub-committee focused on service and
missions projects that are promoted for
alumni involvement.
I believe Biola alumni are especially
prepared and trained to service action around
the world in missions and outreach —
whether through business as ministry,
medical service or teaching and preaching. I
was recently honored to join a group of eight
Biola alumni that included a dentist,
physician, several nurses and other professionals
to minister to more than 1,500
Dalit people, the “untouchables” of India. As
alumni, we were reminded how well prepared
we were by Biola for this type of service.
As students, you and I were involved with
outreach and service. When I attended Biola,
‘How can Biola
students and alumni
put their faith and
training into action
and demonstrate the
love of Christ to the
community and
beyond?’
every semester we had our “Christian Service
Assignment,” and it was a mandatory part of a
Biola education. Those programs still exist today
for Biola students, and research would tell us
that the students serve literally hundreds of
thousands of hours every year in local, national
and international ministry and service.
Why not integrate the same kind of
service program opportunity for our alumni
who are interested in serving our communities
with other Biola graduates? With this in
mind, the alumni board organized the first
“Biola Service Day.”
On Feb. 24 during alumni weekend, local
alumni and their families joined with Biola
students to serve the La Mirada community by
helping our elderly neighbors, local businesses
and community for the Lord Jesus
Christ. For more details, check out our Web
site at www.biola.edu/alumni.
Want your questions answered? Rick would like to hear from you (rick.bee@biola.edu).
Biolans serving the Dalit people in Andhra Pradesh, India: (Front row, L to R) Rick Bee
(’79, ’90, ’01), Russ Engevik (’79), Breanna Bee (student), David Hill (’94) (Back row, L to R)
Mike Winter (’80), Amy Engevik (student), Julie Bee (’80), Lauren Hiskey (student)
And, if you live out of the area and weren’t
able to come back for alumni weekend, and
would like to replicate the Biola Service Day in
your neighborhood and community, we would
love to hear about it and might even use a photo
of your service in an upcoming issue of Biola
Connections. And, watch the magazine for future
opportunities to serve together in short-term
missions and ministry.
I hope you will consider how you might
serve your neighbors and extend what we
learned so well as students of Biola. I look
forward to visiting with you soon to hear what
difference you have made for the kingdom!
Rick Bee (’79,
M.A.’90, Ph.D. ’01)
Senior Director of Alumni and
Friend Development