Christmas Break and Textbook Orders

"It's beginnng to look a lot like Christmas!!!" For a Christian that little tune should be a jingle in our heads on a daily basis. Even though history lets us know that our Savior was not actually born in December but we need not worry or debate over that because as a truly wise man of G-d puts it, the Lord never actually told us to remember His birth, but to remember His death, burial and (Hallejuah) resurrection.

As you prepare for your final exams (those enrolled on campus), let not your heart become weary in the study and preparation - remember YOU HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE GREATEST TEST YOU WILL EVER HAVE TO TAKE and that is what? That's right, the day you ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS LORD OF YOUR LIFE. It was your choice and you passed with flying colors.

Enjoy your Christmas break, spend time with family and friends and share the Good News - the Gospel of Jesus Christ with someone. Visit a nursing home or a shelter the day after Christmas and share the love of Christ with a hug or a small gift. Often during the Christmas season, many churches and other organizations visit those in the nursing homes and shelters but forgot about them the rest of the year. So do a surprise drive by and visit your local nursing home or shelter the day after Christmas. Something to consider.

Also, for those taking classes on site, YOUR TEXTBOOK FEE for the January Winter Session IS DUE TODAY!!! Failure to HAVE ALL ORDERS PAID IN FULL will jeoparize your ability to continue in class because you will not have the necessary textbooks for the upcoming class.

If you have any questions, please contact us at (703) 791-3499, ext. 218.
Blessings to you!!!

OPEN HOUSE AND REGISTRATION

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

Open House and New and Returning Students Registration

Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010

12:00 p.m.

Where:

14654 Joplin Road, Manassas, VA 20112

Call (703) 791-3499, ext. 211 for more info.

All new and returning students must register!!!!

Excerpts from "Benefits of a Christian Higher Education" By Gary Ledbetter

College-bound students must take into account an amazing array of details as they finally decide where to enroll. For the Christian student, an additional characteristic should be considered—compatibility with his or her beliefs and lifestyle. My experience as a Christian college graduate and as the father of children who attend a Christian university suggests some benefits you should consider.

Relationships are an important part of any educational experience. Students away from home for the first time will find relational aspects of their education even more crucial. A Christian school is uniquely equipped to provide positive relationships for its students.

For one thing, most Christian schools are smaller. The largest may be only one tenth the size of a state's public university. A smaller student body allows for better attention from the school's faculty and administration. Size and the tendency of believers to watch out for one another can provide encouragement as well as accountability to a young person facing new challenges and opportunities. Certainly, a state school is interested in encouraging students, but a school with a Christian mission statement will be better equipped to meet these needs.

In addition to relationships, a Christian university or college will normally provide an atmosphere more familiar to Christian students. A non-Christian campus, especially a large one, can be quite a shock to incoming freshmen. The more wholesome environment on a Christian campus can provide just as many opportunities without all the distractions and stress. This is not to say that believers should be shut away from the world or be afraid of their neighbors. Higher education is an important job, and some students can find the flash and noise of a big college town detrimental to a good education.

A final benefit of Christian higher education is perhaps the most significant. The quality of a Christian college experience is higher than any other. Christian educators have an additional motivation to do their work with excellence—the call of Christ on their lives to do just that (I Cor. 10:31, Col. 3:17). Quality may also be enhanced by the emphasis on subjects and teaching deemed by God to be of first importance. A biblical focus will inform the manner, content, and even the scope of an educational experience, and Christian schools may be less influenced by cultural (or educational) fads.

A Christian college or university should also teach from a biblical worldview. Ultimately, there is little point in attending a school that calls itself “Christian” if it does not approach all truth as being from God. This is a potential strength as well as a challenge to Christian schools. A biblical worldview will see God as the source of truth in mathematics, science, history, and all other disciplines. Christians believe that God not only made all things, but also knows them intimately. Therefore, His lordship over our studies is not limited to biblical studies.

Not all students have the same needs, not even all Christian students. For many, though, a solid Christian college or university will be the right choice. A Christian school can provide a positive educational experience and a strong biblical foundation for all the things God will call upon them to do in the years that follow.

Gary Ledbetter serves as the communications director for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, located in Grapevine, Texas. Gary is a 1978 graduate of the Criswell College, and he and his wife, Tammi, have three children.

MM 505 EFFECTIVE BIBLE TEACHING EXTRA CREDIT

Effective Bible Teaching should be more than just a course for the serious Bible student enrolled at Carolina University of Theology. Remember one of your University's motto's is "Equipping Men and Women For the Call of G-d" while "Promoting Academic Excellence"!!!

As men and women of G-d effectively teaching the Bible should be like a drum beat in your heart that keeps beating until you do just that!!!

Here's an opportunity for you to earn some extra credit for MM 505 (only if you are currently enrolled in this class and the extra credit will only be applied  to that course). Answer the following:

1. In several sentences explain the unique characteristics of "The Cotton Patch Gospels" assembled by Clarence Jordan, Ph.D in New Testament Greek.

Email your answers back to cutofnova@aol.com before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010.

Blessings to you!!!

BA 201 Major Prophets

As we come to the close of our first semester of BA 201 Major Prophets, we know you are pouring over your notes and textbook as you review and study for your final examination on this Saturday, October 23, 2010.

Here's an opportunity for you to earn some extra credit. Submit your answers via email  or fax before 5:00 p.m.Monday, Oct. 25.

1. In the course of Israel's national history, there was the rise of five distinct orders - Priest and Prophets are two of these orders. Name the other three.

2. No prophet says so much about the coming of the Messiah as __________. For this reason, his book has been called the fifth gospel.

3. Complete the following chart:
(Answers must be exact)

4. The central thought of the book of Jeremiah may be expressed by bringing together two recurrent expressions, "I will______________" and "I will __________________.

Blessings to you!!!

CE 502 - History of the Scriptures (Extra Credit Opportunity)

For those students enrolled in CE 502, History of the Scriptures (How We Got The Bible), answer the following questions and email them to cutdean@aol.com before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 and you can earn 10 extra credit points for your final exam.

1. The Bible was originally written in _______, _______, and _______.
2. Jesus most likely taught in what lanaguage?
3. The Ten Commandments were written by the finger of God on stone tablets. (True or False)
4. The Old Testament writings were passed down from one generation to another by using the skin of "clean" animals as material for scrolls. (True or False)
5. The original thirty-nine books of the Old Testament were completed before Christ. (True or False)
6, In the First Century, the New Testament was first recorded in the Greek language on Papyrus. (True or False)
7. The Latin Vulgate is the manuscript translated by Jerome in 382 AD. (True or False)

8. Though recorded and translated by men, the Bible is the inspired Word of God.  (True or False)



9. Define revelation, inspiration and illumniation.

COMING SOON!!!Israel Study Pilgramage 2011

     Imagine yourself walking along the shores of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus based His ministry . . . Imagine yourself praying in the Garden of Gethsemane . . . Imagine viewing the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives . . . Imagine walking the cobble stone streets of the Old City of Jerusalem . . . Imagine standing on the very spot Jesus will reign as King on earth . . . Imagine peering into the Empty Tomb. Well you don’t have to imagine!!
    
Our University President, Dr. John R. Peyton, who is also Senior Pastor of Reconciliation Community Church in conjunction with Minister Victoria Hearst, Director of Praise Him Ministries, Ridgeway, CO will be hosting a Study Pilgrimage to The Holy Land – “Walking In the Footsteps of Jesus”.

     This Study Pilgrimage will forever impact the way you read and study the Word of G-d. It will forever change the way you witness, preach, teach and live as a disciple of Christ. Your walk as a Christian believer will grow stronger, your witness will become bolder, and your Biblical understanding will deepen. This Study Pilgrimage will change your life forever!

       From the coast and cities along the Mediterranean to Galilee to Jerusalem, Israel is not only rich with Biblical history, but it is the one place where all the greatest prophetic events of the future will unfold before all the nations of the world. Once you've walked on the streets and soil of Jerusalem, the imagery and the experience will stay with you for the rest of your life. As Believers, there is something about Israel that feels like home to all of us.
       Make plans to be a part of this Study Pilgramage of a lifetime!!!
       WHEN:  MAY 9 - 20, 2011
If you would like more information on the pricing, a reservation form and Carolina University Student Discount (you must be currently enrolled as a full-time student to be eligible for this discount) contact us at cutofnova@aol.com, please put in the subject block, "Israel Study Pilgramage 2011.
Blessings and Shalom Shalom.


    



Open House! Registration! Student Orientation

Time is Fast Approaching!!!

Mark your calendar!!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m.

Open House

Registration

Student Orientation

Call (703) 791-3499, ext. 215 for more info

or email us at cutofnova@aol.com

for more information.

Check out our new website and something for you to ponder . . .

We are excited about our new and updated website. Visit us at http://www.cutofnova.org/ and let us know what you think!! We thank our Student Records Administrator and all her hard work in assiting in getting our new site up and running. To G-d be the glory!!!

Here's something to ponder today.

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42

38 "You have heard that it was said, `An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; 40 and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; 41 and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.

"If someone insults you or tries to take advantage of you, how do you respond? Do you repay in kind? Jesus approached the question of just retribution with a surprising revelation of God's intention for how we should treat others, especialy those who mistreat us. When Jesus spoke about God’s law, he did something no one had done before. He gave a new standard based not just on the requirements of justice – giving each their due – but based on the law of grace and love. Jesus knew the law and its intention better than any jurist or legal expert could imagine. He quoted from the oldest recorded law in the world: If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe (Exodus 21:23-25). Such a law today seems cruel, but it was meant to limit vengeance as a first step towards mercy. This law was not normally taken literally but served as a guide for a judge in a law court for assessing punishment and penalty (see Deuteronomy 19:18). The Old Testament is full of references to the command that we must be merciful: You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD (Leviticus 19:18). If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink (Proverbs 25:21). Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done" (Proverbs 24:29). Let him give his cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults (Lamentations 3:30).

"Jesus does something quite remarkable and unheard of. He transforms the law of mercy with grace and loving-kindness. Jesus also makes clear that there is no room for retaliation. We must not only avoid returning evil for evil, but we must seek the good of those who wish us ill. Do you accept insults, as Jesus did, with no resentment or malice? When you are compelled by others to do more than you think you deserve, do you insist on your rights, or do you respond with grace and cheerfulness?

"What makes a Christian different from everyone else? What makes Christianity distinct from any other religion? It is grace – treating others, not as they deserve, but as God wishes them to be treated – with loving-kindness and mercy. Only the cross of Jesus Christ can free us from the tyranny of malice, hatred, revenge, and resentment and gives us the courage to return evil with good. Such love and grace has power to heal and to save from destruction. Do you know the power of Christ’s redeeming love and mercy? "
From "Daily Reading and Meditation" at http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/index.html.

Enjoy Your Summer Break, Stay Prayerful and See You In August!

PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU DURING YOUR SUMMER BREAK.

PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME OFF FROM YOUR STUDIES TO ENJOY TIME WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TO REALLY TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR STUDIES (OF COURSE NOT FROM THE WORD BUT JUST FROM YOUR CAROLINA U CLASS STUDIES)
TRUST ME THIS SUMMER BREAK WILL GO BY FAST!

WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THE UNIVERSITY IN PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN THE STUDY BODY NOT JUST IN NUMBERS BUT THAT THOSE ENROLLED AT OUR LOCAL CAMPUS AS WELL AS IN OUR DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY AND WILL BE USED BY G-D FOR THE BUILDING UP OF HIS KINGDOM.
PLEASE PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL CONTINUE TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE TO BECOME BETTER EQUIP FOR THE MASTER'S USE! WE NEED MEN AND WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE YOU ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE OF TIME AND YES THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO RIGHTLY HANDLE THE TRUTH.

WE ARE EXCITED THIS WEEKEND TO BE CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE WORK OF OUR CLASS OF 2010. WE APPLAUD THE HARD WORK OF THESE FAITHFUL MEN AND WOMEN OF G-D.

WE ARE EXCITED THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE WITH US FOR THE WEEKEND AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF OUR GRADUATES.

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WHO IS A MAN AFTER G-D'S OWN HEART WHO LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF G-D AND THOSE CALLED TO THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST IS EVIDENT IN HIS DESIRE TO SEE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU BECOME ONE OF THE BEST FOR THE LORD.

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY BOARD, SEASONED MEN AND WOMEN AND G-D WHO ARE ABOUT A GOOD WORK FOR THE LORD.
CONTINUE TO STAY PRAYERFUL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF OF CAROLINA U - WE TRULY HAVE SOME FAITHFUL LABORERS THAT WE DON'T' TAKE FOR GRANTED AND TRULY APPRECIATE.

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR FACULTY, YOUR PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS, WHO WE KNOW HAVE STRETCHED YOU THESE PAST SEMESTERS BUT KNOW THAT THEY TRULY CARE ABOUT YOU AND SIMPLY WANT TO HONOR THE LORD AND BE A PART OF EQUIPPING YOU FOR THE CALL OF G-D.

BLESS YOU AND KEEP WATCHING YOUR EMAILS, POSTAL MAIL, THE WEBSITE, OUR CUT BLOG FOR UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE AND STUDENT ORIENTATION AND REGISTRATION DAYS.

BLESS YOU,
CAROL POWELL, ACADEMIC DEAN

Graduation 2010

We are so excited about our upcoming Graduations weekend! It is always an honor to be a part of celebrating the hard work and accomplishment of years of studying.

This year's graduation weekend is June 4-5, 2010 - kicking off with a Graduation Celebration Banquet. The catered event by an excellent Washington, DC/Northern Virginia local caterer is going to a time of just not good food but good fellowship and an encouraging Word to the Graduates through song, dance and the preached Word. If you are interested in being a part of the Celebration banquet, contact our offices before Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at (703) 791-3499, ext. 215 to see if we can squeeze you in.

The Commencement ceremony is Saturday, June 5th at 10:00 a.m.

To G-d be the glory!!!

Carolina University of Theology In Israel

(A few of the group members at the Western Wall) Israel 2010

Israel Study Pilgrimage 2010 was an awesome experience for every member of the 21 member group, under the leadership of Dr. John R. Peyton, Carolina University President and senior Pastor of Reconciliation Community Church, Manassas, VA and co-host, Minister Victoria Hearst, of Praise Him Ministries, Ridgeway, CO. From the time we landed in Tel Aviv to traveling to Ariel and planting vineyards on the hills of Samaria to looking with awe at Golan Heights, there was not one dull moment during our time in the Holy Land.

One word that kept coming off the lips of every member of the study group was "WOW". There was much note taking and picture taking, video and audio recording that was done that expanded our Biblical understanding of the nation of Israel and caused the Biblical accounts to come alive.

Dr. Peyton & members of the group-Baptism in the Jordan River)

To walk the streets where our Savior walked, to stand in the region where Hannah prayed, to be baptized in the Jordan River where our Lord was baptized, to "swim" in the Dead Sea, to pray and put prayer requests in the Western Wall and to actually see Golgotha and the evidence that we serve a risen Savior is more than many of us could bear!!!

Keep checking daily as we share a few pictures that we hope will bless and inspire you to come be with us in 2011!! More info to come on how you can gain tuition assistance if you are a part of the 2011 trip and course credit if you are currently enrolled or Continuing education credits if you are a graduate or not enrolled in CUT.

Enjoy!! We sure did!!

Shannon Boozer (Student Record Admin) being baptized

Tonya Griffin (Class of 2000)

Pat Wallace (Class of 2012)

Summer is on the horizion!

Well, can you believe this academic year is coming to a close and our summer break begins next week!!!

I know many of you - including our faculty are looking forward to the time off to spend with family, friends and to just take a little break.

This has been an unusual year for the Northern Virginia campus due to the extreme winter weather we experienced which extended our academic year and caused us to lose our Spring Break but our faculty and students were patient and persistent and completed all courses of study.

We were also blessed to have two members of the University staff , one of our NOVA campus students and two of our alumni to be a part of a 21 member group to Israel to be a part of a Study Pilgramage with our University president, Dr. Peyton and co host, Minister Victoria Hearst of Praise Him Ministires.  We will be sharing some pictures from our time there. It was a blessing and we pray many of you will be with us next year for our 2011 Study Pilgramage to Israel.

Enjoy your summer break. If you are in the Distance Learning program, take advantage if you like of the time off as well. See you in August!!!

Experiential Books Part II - Final Exam Review

My! My! Time flies when you are having fun. We are almost to the end of our academic school year! I know many of you can't believe it. One . . .  no for some two more final exams to go and you will be free for the summer!! We know, we know you will mix Mr. Baxter so very much and won't know what to do with yourself on Tuesday nights!!!

You will be receiving a Study Guide for BA 103 Part II in lieu of an in class session via email. So please check your email and our blog daily.

Also keep the upcoming members and University faculty of the Study Pilgrimage in prayer who are a part of your class.

Also you should have received an invitation to the Class of 2010 Graduation Banquet and Commencement. We hope you will come and support the graduates and be encouraged yourself!!!

Blessings to you.

The Importance of Continuing Your Christian Education

    We don't take it for granted that the Lord has afforded us the opportunity to serve you as you continue your Christian Education at the college level.  
    We came across an article written by Gary Ledbetter entitled, "Benefits of a Christian Higher Education". We want to share excerpts from that article which we think will encourage you as you strive to continue your Christian Education. Mr. Ledbetter is a Christian college graduate and a father of children who attend a Christian university.
       "Relationships are an important part of any educational experience. . . A Christian school is uniquely equipped to provide positive relationships for its students. For one thing, most Christian schools are smaller. . .  A smaller student body allows for better attention from the school's faculty and administration. Size and the tendency of believers to watch out for one another can provide encouragement as well as accountability . . .  In addition to relationships, a Christian university or college will normally provide an atmosphere more familiar to Christian students. . . A final benefit of Christian higher education is perhaps the most significant. The quality of a Christian college experience is higher than any other. Christian educators have an additional motivation to do their work with excellence—the call of Christ on their lives to do just that (I Cor. 10:31, Col. 3:17). Quality may also be enhanced by the emphasis on subjects and teaching deemed by God to be of first importance. A biblical focus will inform the manner, content, and even the scope of an educational experience, and Christian schools may be less influenced by cultural (or educational) fads. . .A Christian college or university should also teach from a biblical worldview. Ultimately, there is little point in attending a school that calls itself “Christian” if it does not approach all truth as being from God. This is a potential strength as well as a challenge to Christian schools. A biblical worldview will see God as the source of truth in mathematics, science, history, and all other disciplines. Christians believe that God not only made all things, but also knows them intimately. Therefore, His lordship over our studies is not limited to biblical studies. . . . A Christian school can provide a positive educational experience and a strong biblical foundation for all the things God will call upon [the students] to do in the years that follow.
Gary Ledbetter serves as the communications director for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, located in Grapevine, Texas. Gary is a 1978 graduate of the Criswell College, and he and his wife, Tammi, have three children.

      If you are would like information about Carolina University of Theology, contact our offices at (703) 791-3499, ext. 211, 215, 218. Ask about our special tuition discount program good until April 30, 2010. Visit us at http://www.cutofnova.org/
    If you are already enrolled in Carolina University of Theology and you recommend a friend, family member, co-worker to the University  and they enroll, we have some special tuition incentive that will assist you as well. Call (703) 791-3499, ext. 211 for more information.

We ask for your prayers for our Student Records Administrator

We know that 1 Johyn 5:14-15 gives us the assurance that the confidence we have in the Lord is that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us and if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petions that we desire of Him, so we ask that you will please keep our Student Records Administrator, LaShannon Boozer in prayer.  Her father died on Saturday, February 27, 2010. Please keep the entire family in prayer during this very difficult time.

We are believing G-d for souls to be drawn unto the kingdom of G-d at the funeral services and that the Lord will use Shannon to minister into the lives of her family members.

The University President has requested that all University Staff stand with our dear sister at the funeral of her father which will be Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Augusta, Georgia,, therefore Experiential Books (BA 103) will be rescheduled for Monday, March 1, 2010 in lieu of the regularly scheduled Tuesday evening.

Thank you for your understanding and patience during this semester of classes. With the winter blizzard causing cancellation of several classes, we are truly grateful for how our students have remained faithful, steadfastness and unmovable in the continuance of their Christian Education at Carolina University.

Blessings to you.

Vice president of Uganda visits Manassas area | InsideNova.com

Dr. Peyton and the Vice President of Uganda, Professor Gilbert Bukenya

Many of you had the opportunity to hear his excellency, Vice President Gilbert Bukenya share at Reconciliation Community Church this past weekend. Click on the attached link!!!
This is a divine connection and appointment!!!!



http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/manassas/article/vice_president_of_uganda_visits_manassas_area/52265/





Vice president of Uganda visits Manassas area InsideNova.com

ATTENTION!!

There will be class on Tuesday, Feb. 16th - Experiential Books Part I. Please be on time as we have much information to cover!!!

Also, please note for Saturday, Feb. 20th - Old Testament History Part I will BEGIN AT 8:00 A.M. Only for Saturday Feb. 20th!! Please be on time!!!

Any questions, please contact Dean Powell at

Extension 211.

We hope and pray you have been keeping up with your textbook reading and course questions during the snow days.

Vice President Gilbert Bukenya will be at Reconciliation Community Church

Vice President (Professor) Gilbert Bukenya will be at Reconciliation Community Church where the University President, Dr. John R. Peyton is Senior Pastor.

It is truly an honor and priviledge to welcome Vice President Bukenya to the Washington, DC metropolitian area.

We were honored to be welcomed to the home of Vice President Bukenya in September 2009 during our mission trip to Uganda and the Lord used this brother in Christ in a mighty way during our time there as well.

Our annual mission trip to Uganda for 2009 was from Sept. 1- 21. An advance team of 6 which included Dean Carol Powell, Minister Kenny and Pat Wallace, Reggie Banks, Arthur Diggs (all students of Carolina Univeristy of Theology) and Deborah Miller traveled ahead of the group of 60 to prepare the way for their arrival. The rest of the team arrived on the 10th of September with Dr. Peyton-eight of whom are students and alumni of Carolina University of Theology-Gwen Sea (08), Victoria Soberanios (08), Antonio Mason, Michelle Oden, Sarah Siglar, Triane Clowers, Don Byrd, Shannon Boozer (Student Records Administrator), and Minister Marvin Griffin, a member of our faculty.

Our main purpose for returning to Uganda was to minister with Pastor Irene Manjeri, of Bethel Healing Center, Kampala Uganda and to spend time with the children at the Bethel Kids In Needs Home and Oprhanage that Pastor Irene founded and is director of and which we support on a monthly basis. The orphanage is home to 75-100 children. Man of these children's parents have died from Aids but by the grace and miracle of G-d all of these children are aids free!!!

Dr. Peyton encouraged nine other pastors from across the nation to be a part of this powerful missionary trip and their lives have not been the same since their return.






We invite you to view a portion of our 2009 Mission to Uganda, by clicking on the following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk92XKpNrvQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7yKsUhpgxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kQ5MIPcXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBOt6ROVLvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hefIQTLs-sU

 Bless you.

Carolina University of Theology Winter-Spring 2010 Class Schedule Update

CAROLINA UNIVERSITY OF THEOLOGY Winter - Spring Session 2010

Class Schedule Update

Due to the severe winter snow storms, we have extended our 2010 Winter/Spring Session.

Tuesday Classes – Experiential Books Part I
Class 1 January 5 Completed
Class 2 January 12 Completed
Class 3 January 19 Completed
Class 4 January 26 Completed
Class February 2 Cancelled-Snow Day
Class February 9 Cancelled-Snow Day
Class 5 February 16 Make up date of Snow Day
Class 6 February 23 Make up date of Snow Day
Class 7 March 2
Class 8 March 9
Class 9 March 16-Final Exam

Tuesday Classes – Experiential Books Part II
Class 1 March 23
Class 2 March 30
Class 3 April 6
Class 4 April 13
Class 5 April 20
Class 6 April 27
Class 7 May 4
Class 8 May 11
Class 9 May 18

Saturday Classes-BA 102 – Old Testament History Part I
Class 1 January 9 Completed
Class 2 January 16 Completed
Class 3 January 23 Completed
Class January 30 Cancelled-Snow Day
Class Feb. 6 Cancelled-Snow Day
Class 4 Feb. 13 Make up date of Snow Day
Class 5 Feb. 20 Make up date of Snow Day
Class 6 Feb. 27
Class 7 March 6
Class 8 March 13
Class 9 March 20 - Final Exam

Saturday Classes-BA 102 – Old Testament History Part II
Class 1 March 27
Class 2 April 3
Class 3 April 10
Class 4 April 17
Class 5 April 24
Class 6 May 1
Class 7 May 8
Class 8 May 15
Class 9 May 22

Prayer Request

We would ask that you would keep in prayer a 12 member team that will be leaving on February 22, 2010 to Haiti for a short-term  mission trip under the leadership of the University's President, Dr. John R. Peyton.

This trip was planned and scheduled in 2009 but we now understand even the more why the Lord appointed this month as the time He would have us in Haiti.

As you know Dr. Peyton is also the senior Pastor of Reconciliation Community Church. Reconciliation Community Church has been supporting two ministries in Haiti since 1988 - Pastor Luc St. Felix, pastor of Missions  for Christ, Haiti, Port au Prince and the Sunshine Orphange Home under the direction of the Ganthiers in Petionville. Pastor Luc's ministry includes overseeing over 60 churches in mountain villages as well as schools and feeding centers in the mountain villages of Santo Desert which is about an hour and 45 minutes from Port-au-Prince; in  "Fonds-Verettes Trois-Mats" and "Foret Des Pins" which are about two hours from Port au Prince. He also has church and school in Croix-des-Bouquets. Croix-des-Bouquets was a voodoo temple and through the ministry of Pastor Luc, the witchdoctor there was won to Jesus and his place was turned into a church. It is about 45 minutes from Port au Prince as well.

Pastor's Luc's church and training center (where he would bring the pastors under his leadership from the mountain villages to train in the Word of G-d and ministry) was completely destroyed in the earthquake. There were members of the church inside when the earthquake hit. This great man of G-d has lived a life of faith dedicated to winning Haiti for Jesus Christ. Despite the news that is often aired about this island - there are a people of G-d in Haiti winning souls!

The Sunshine Orphange home is home to children who parents have either died or abandoned them (before the earthquake). "Poppa and Momma J" Ganthiers have taken in children for over 25 plus years and are the only parents that many of these children will ever know. (The picture to the left are some of the children at the Sunshine Home. Photo was taken on our last trip in 2006). We know with what has taken place, many more children will need the love and care of Poppa and Momma J.
 

Dean Carol Powell will also be a part of this trip. Haiti was her first missionary travel in 1988 and she has a (spiritual) daughter in Tros-Mats (Marianna) who she met when in '88 when Mariann was only 5 years old.                                                            
                      Marianna and her daughter)----> 

Thank you n advance ifor your prayers and we are believing to be used by G-d in whatever way He deems fit while we are in Haiti.

What Exactly Is Cabin Fever?

That's the question for today? With the blizzard conditions we are now experiencing in the Washington, DC Metropolitan, Northern Virginia area, the term is being used on a regular basis. What exactly is cabin fever? We have received several emails from students, alumnus and faculty alike, saying they have "cabin fever." Even the weather and news casters on TV keep using the phrase. So what exactly is cabin fever.

Cabin fever is an "idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in, in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period (as in a simple country vacation cottage during a long rain or snow). Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, forgetfulness, laughter, and excessive sleeping, distrust of anyone they are with, and an urge to go outside even in the (less miserable) rain, snow or dark." WOW!!! I guess we can say some of us have cabin fever.

Well, we don't want any of our students to suffer from cabin fever, spring fever or any other kind of fever, so watch your emails for some assignments for BA 102 - Old Testament History and BA 103 -Experiential Books.

No, no, you don't have to thank us. We know you are truly appreciative and we love you too.

Here's a sample of what you can be on the look out for: BA 103 - Experiential  Books Part I:

1. Explain the central issue of the book of Job.


2. There are two “basic approaches to explaining the central issue of Job” what are they?

3. What date was Job written?

4. What is the central message of Job?

5. Satan was called to present himself before God, why is this important?

6. How many cycles of discourse were there between Job and his friends?

7. How many times did each of his friends dialogue with Job?

8. What are the four areas that God challenges Job on? 

9. What bearing does God’s rebuke of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have on the inspiration of the Bible?

You can start on the above questions if you are enrolled in BA 103 - Experiential Books and check your email for your additional assignments.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it . . . OH NO!!!

We know if you feel like we feel, we want to say "ENOUGH ALREADY" with regards to the snow that has covered our area for the last two weeks.

Due to the unexpected and unsual amount of snow fall this academic year, the University Winter-Spring Session will be extended to make up for the snow days.

We will be emailing to you the updated academic calendar and mailing a hard copy to you as well.

Continue to read your course material and do the required assignments.

Don't worry, we will be seeing you soon!!

What's missing from this picture?

YOU!!!!!

We hope you are finding your Carolina University of Theology News informative and helpful. This year we will be utlizing this site on a more regular basis, so we encourage you to check weekly for important news and updates.

We are here to serve you and to see you glorify G-d in your life and to help you complete this portion of your Christian Education!!

Study Pilgramage To Israel

Shalom! Shalom! We pray you are still enjoying your course of studies! Know that your labor is not in vain. Also know that we are praying for you as you continue this portion of your Christian Education.

In our recent newsletter, we shared about an upcoming Study Pilgramage that is being hosted by our University President, Pastor John Peyton of Reconciliation Community Church. Many of you have contacted the University for additional information.. Please contact Deborah Woolen, Pastor Peyton's Administrative Assistant at (703) 791-3499, ext. 204 for trip information.

We are still working on granting you continued education credits for graduates of Carolina University of Theology as well as current students.

Please contact the University Dean directly for information on tuition discounts available for currently enrolled students at Carolina University of Theology who will be a part of this 2010 Study Pilgramage at (703) 791-3499, ext. 211.

Blessings to you and we pray you will be able to be a part of this life changing experience that will open the Bible up to you even the more.

It "Pays" To Check Out Carolina University of Theology News!!!

Congratulations to Minister Frank Marfo and Don Byrd on responding to the 20 point extra credit question for BA 103!! Keep up the good work!!! (Tuesday Jan. 12th was the last day to submit your answers.)

For your notes for BA 103:

In Chapter 1 of the Book of Job we see Job's Piety and Job's Problem.
In Chapter 2 we see satan's Persistence and Job's Paitence.
In Chapter 3 we see Job's Pondering.
In Chapter 1 we see "attack". In Chapter 2, we see Affliction. In Chapter 3, we see Anquish.
     There are two possible meanings for the name of Job. One comes from an Arabic root and means "one who turns back (repents). Another derives from a Hebrew root and means "the hated (persecuted one)". How do both of these meanings prefigure the experiences of Job in the book that bears his name. Your answer is worth another 10 points!! Email your answers by January 19, 2010.