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April 1, 2008
BUA 360
College Preview Weekend, April 4-5
Friday, April 4th
1:30 p.m. Welcome & Registration
(Snacks)
1:45 p.m. Weekend Overview
2:00 p.m. Presidential Greeting
2:15 p.m. The Spirit of BUA
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Experience the BUA Classroom
·
Intro to Missions (Instructor Craig Byrd)
·
Personal Dimensions of Ministry (Dr. Nora Lozano)
3:30 p.m. Learn About Our Degrees
(Cafeteria)
3:50p.m. Drawing for Door prizes
4:00 p.m. Meet the Faculty
4:30 p.m. Main Campus Tour
6:00 p.m. Piper Village Tour
6:30 p.m. BBQ Dinner, Music, Student Gathering
7:30 p.m. “Movies with a Mission” at Piper
Village
Saturday, April 5th
8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Devotional
9:30 a.m. Why College? Exploring Your
Options
9:30a.m. BUA for You!
·
Admissions
·
Financial Aid
·
Transfer Credits
10:45 a.m. Parent Briefing
10:30 a.m. Student Life Testimonials
11:00 a.m. Q/A & Free Semester Tuition
Drawing
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Dismissal
Accents
Blog Launched
Click on the image above
to see áccents, the new web blog of Baptist University
of the Américas, designed to provide fresh news and
views on cross-cultural ministry from a Hispanic
perspective.
The blog is featured on wordpress.com at
www.accentsofbua.wordpress.com
While we are introducing the blog we will send you a few
reminders to let you know that we are here.
To subscribe to the blog and receive notices of all
updates, simply click onthe following Entries RSS <http://accentsofbua.wordpress.com/feed/>
or click on the same entry at the bottom of the blog
page.
You may also use Google, Yahoo, of any other news feed
reader or blog aggregators to subscribe.
If you are new to this technology, you may see a helpful
article on aggregators at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator
We hope you enjoy this latest tool for inspiration and
information about Hispanic and cross-cultural ministry.
The
Spring 2008 BUA English Writing Championships
Open to all currently enrolled BUA students
All entries must be submitted in triplicate (hard copy)
or by e-mail by April 1, 2008
to Prof. Maria Monteiro, Prof. Val Martinez or Prof.
Craig Bird.
Best Essay
Best Poetry
Best Short Fiction
$50 prize
$50 prize
$50 prize
Better Essay
Better Poetry Better Short
Fiction
$30 prize
$30 prize
$30 prize
Good Essay
Good Poetry Good
Short Fiction
$20 prize
$20 prize
$20 prize
Criteria:
Essays: 1,000-4,000 words/4-16 pages on the topic of
your choosing in either
Turabian or MLA format. Original or one submitted for
class assignment at
BUA. The word count applies only to the body of the
paper, not the
accompanying endnotes, bibliography etc. No submission
over or under the
guidelines will be accepted and judged. NO MORE THAN TWO
ESSAYS MAY BE
SUBMITTED PER STUDENT.
Poetry: 200-800 words/ 50-200 lines. Any genre. May be a
single poem or a
collection of poems, but no submission under or over the
guidelines will be
accepted and judged. NO MORE THAN TWO SUBMISSIONS
(single long poem or
collection of short poems) MAY BE SUBMITTED PER STUDENT
Short Fiction: 1,000-4,000 words. Turabian or MLA
style. May be a single
work or a collection of works. Any genre. No submission
over or under the
guidelines will be accepted and judged. NO MORE THAN TWO
FICTION SUBMISSIONS
MAY BE SUBMITTED PER STUDENT
Winning selections will be published electronically on
the BUA on-line
literary magazine.
Student Communications Team Brings New Media to BUA
Update
on Flickr Account for Student Photos
In the last eNuevas we introduced
the new media we are using, You Tube
and
Flickr.
We will use this Flickr page in the way we used the
photo galleries on the BUA web page. Since Kees has been
frequently asked
for photos he has taken of students,
we have set up a new
account on Flickr, named
BUA
extra. This Flickr page is created for a student photo
archive. You are free to download the photos; don't
forget to click the photo you want to download and than
click "all sizes" for the best resolution. If you have
photos you want to share you can send them to Kees (wabbring@bua.edu)
or either come by the office on Monday afternoons.
If you
see any photo you doesn't want on this page send an
e-mail to Kees and he will remove it.
For the future: - the link to
the Flickr photo galleries is on
the left bottom of the
home page.
- the link to the Flickr BUA
extra is on the bottom of the
menu on the
student page.
2008 Upcoming
Events
from Student Development
Senior Retreat, April 11-13
If you are planning to go or you want more
information, please contact Sandee
Elizondo, Director of Student Programs at
210.924.4338 x210.
Student
sports and exercise
Soccer
The soccer team is
playing on Saturdays between
2 pm and 6 pm. Come and cheer our Eagles to
victory !
For more information: contact coach Norberto
Prado at (903) 744 2904 or
nprado@bua.edu
Basketball
The BUA
Basketball team is playing Friday nights.
Games are played at Westover Hills
Assembly of God Church
located at 9340
Westover Hills Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78251.
For more information: contact coach Ronnie
DeSheles at (210) 643 1508 or
rdesheles@bua.edu
Gym
A fully
equipped gym is available for you in
building 7.
From Monday
through Friday:
10 am - 12 pm
- 4 - 6 pm -
8 - 10 pm.
A chance to train your body as well as your
mind.
For more
information: contact Darryl F. Crooms
at (210) 924 4338
Swim
For a
refreshing exercise there is the Palo Alto
Natatorium:
COMMUNITY OPEN SWIM
Admission: $2.00 Adults ($1.00 Children
under 16)
Semester dates: January 15 – May 17, 2008
Tuesday & Thursday 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
CHILDREN UNDER 16 MUST BE accompanied by a
parent or a legal guardian. Parents and
legal guardians are also responsible for the
admission cost regardless of age or whether
they swim or not.
ADULT LAP SWIM
Admission: $2.00 per swim
Semester dates: January 7 – May 10, 2008
Monday – Friday 7:00 am – 9:00 am & 12:00
pm
– 1:00 pm
Monday – Thursday 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
NOTICE:
Times may chance for pool hours due to
special events - weekly updates are
available by calling the office at (210) 921
5234.
April 27 - Mission Club Fellowship
with Missionaries
Philip & Diann Whisnand
The Whisnands are common
people serving God in an uncommon place. Most Christians
would never consider trying to reach people with the
gospel at a horse race track. The gambling that goes on
at the race track has kept most Christians away from
doing evangelism and mission there. However, there are
thousands of people not involved in the gambling that
care for the horses. Often these people work and live in
the stable area isolated from contact with Christians or
churches. The Wisnands work as missionaries to those
working at the racetracks. Many they minister to are
Hispanics an often they are here as undocumented
workers. Come and hear how the Whisnands do mission to
reach lost people in an area that most people would
consider off bounds for sharing the Gospel.
Come enjoy the food,
fellowship, and conversation with the Whisnands
The fellowships will be a
come and go meeting at the home of Rick & Janie McClachy,
24611 Long Arrow, San Antonio. If you need
transportation call Rick McClatchy at 210-488-8169 by
April 24.
For a map to the
McClatchy's home:
click here
May 1-3 -
If My People....The Power of Prayer
Texas Baptist Ministry Assistants Conference
Cost:
$175 for TBMA Members
$225 to register for the
conference & TBMA membership
It will be a wonderful time
of training for the position of Ministry
Assistant / Secretary as well as spiritual
renewal and fellowship.
Make plans now to attend and
refresh your vision for the vital ministry
that you have in your community.
April
4.4-5 BUA360 College
Preview Weekend
4.7-11 IE Committee
Hearings for Columns 4 & 5
4.17-18 Course
Evaluations for Faculty not teaching during Fall 2007
4.21-25
Early Registration
4.25 North Texas
Alumni Dinner
4.30 Staff
Encuentro
May
5.5-9 Final Exam
Week
5.10
Commencement with Rev. Ellis Orozco, Location TBC, San Antonio
5.16-17 Pastor's
Retreat (BUA)
5.20 Board of
Trustees
5.26 Memorial
Day, BUA Closed
Rene Maciel
April 6
Preaching at FBC Mineral Wells, TX
April 13
Preaching at Williams Trace BC - Sugar Land, TX
April 20
Preaching at Jersey Village BC - Houston, TX
April 27
Preaching at 7th and Main BC - Bonham, TX
David
Maltsberger
till April 8
lecturing in Israel and Jordan
Nora
O. Lozano
April 4-5
Keynote Speaker at 5th Annual Women’s
Conference, Anchored Love Ministries - Houston,
TX
Paul
Kraus
June 20-22
Keynote Speaker at Pastoral Care &
Counseling Leadership Meeting - Cuernavaca,
Mexico
May 6
Ana Chavez
May 22
Maria Monteiro
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Continue to
pray for BUA trustee Don Guthrie,
pastor of First Baptist Church
San Antonio, who is recovery from cancer surgery and
anticipating more treatment.
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Louis
Villamar
would like to thank you for your prayers for his mother. She suffered
a heart attack last January, and was diagnosed with angina.
Additionally she has been treated in the past for high blood
pressure. She is at her home now and doing well.
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Please continue to pray for our student
Enrique Chavez who had
brain surgery last year and was going through several weeks
of chemo last month.
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One
of our students,
Darryl Crooms would like to thank you for your prayers for
his son who had an accident on his mini-cycle this month. He
suffered several bad bruises and they thought he had a
broken hip or femur bone.
He lost some major skin on both of his arms and a couple
places on his hip. He
is recuperating fast, he is going to school and he is doing
much better.
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Brother René
Maciel
asked for our prayers for his
father in law, Darwin Dunham. He had some medical test and
they found cancer. He is in a better condition but he has to
go through chemo this week.
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One of our alumni,
Ruben
Guerrero, graduated
from HBTS in 1977. He has been diagnosed with cancer. He
is now in hospice. He is at home in Mesquite, Texas. He is
in good spirits, very “uncomfortable” but thanking God for
coming to HBTS especially because this is where he and his
wife, Martha, followed God’s call to missions. Ruben and
Martha have served in many Latin American countries and
lastly with Samaritan’s Purse with Franklin Graham. If
anyone wishes to contact Ruben or Martha, they may do so by
calling their home at 972-686-6011.
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One of our students,
Pablo Hernandez, is
asking our prayers for his parents. His dad was diagnosed
with stomach cancer and it’s already in the advanced stages.
They are planning surgery to remove his stomach, but they
are not sure if it’s going to be enough to remove the entire
cancer. Brother Pablo is asking us to pray for his mom and
dad, as they pass through this difficult time.
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Brother
John David
Hopper
has congestive heart failure, and his heart is working at
about 30%. He is weak, but he is able to move around the
house and receive visitors. The praise is that the fluid is
finally gone, and he is able to breathe much easier. We need
to continue to pray for him and Joann.
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