Upcoming November Second Saturday Seminar

Logos Christian College and Graduate Schools
Second Saturday Seminars

Our Second Saturday Seminars have proven popular and successful. Students from all over the Jacksonville area have taken advantage of these accelerated classes and have made progress towards their spiritual and ministry goals. These classes meet on the one Saturday, with a post-class assignments due 60 days after the Seminar. These Seminars can be taken on the undergraduate or graduate level.

We are pleased to offer our next seminar scheduled for Saturday, November 8th. We will be offering this class at our Ponte Vedra location on the campus of Christ the Redeemer.

PTH102/502 Discipleship by Steve Shamblin, November 8, 2008

This course is designed to examine the interpersonal relationships and character development of the student while applying the principles to the process of discipleship,

Steve is a pastor and itinerant teacher with a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of Discipleship You can learn more about him at this website www.steveshamblin.com

Call our offices at 904-273-4452 to enroll or to get more information.

What: Second Saturday Seminar
Where: Logos Christian College and Graduate School, Ponte Vedra Campus, 190 S. Roscoe Blvd. Ponte Vedra, FL 32082
When: November 8, 2008, 9AM - 3:30PM*
Cost: Undergraduate $225 -- Graduate $315

*A box lunch will be available for purchase at the Seminar.

"Training today's learners to be tomorrow's leaders"

Other Second Saturday Seminars to look forward to:

NTS310/710 Pastoral Epistles by Dr. J.L. Rivera, January 10, 2009
PTH302/702 Principles of Administration and Organization by Dr. J.L. Rivera, March 14, 2009
THE490/890 Names of God by Dennis Hodulick, May 9, 2009

LEST WE FORGET!!!!

I’m sure everyone reading this can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard or saw the tragic news of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York. This is the day that changed the world as we know it forever.

As we remember all those who lost their lives in this horrific event and pray for their families left behind I pray we will never forget the evil that perpetrated such an awful deed.

I also want to pay tribute to the many Logos alumni that were at ground zero on that fateful day. They worked around the clock giving assistance to the rescue and recovery effort. Please click on the following link and scroll through the dramatic slide slow and purpose never to forget!!
911 Photos (Recently Declassified)

Logos Classes Available at Two New Locations

Great news. Logos Christian College is offering classes at two new locations. We are now able to help you accelerate the completion of your program by scheduling classes at:

Celebration Church, Jacksonville:

NTS101/501 New Testament Survey: Monday evenings 7:00 - 7:50, September 8 - December 15
SYS210/610 Bible Doctrines - Monday evenings, 8:00 - 8:50, September 8 - December 15

Christ the Redeemer, Ponte Vedra:

PRE201/601 Preparing a Biblical Message - Saturday, September 15
PTH202/602 Discipleship - Saturday, November 8

Call 904-273-4452 for more information or to register. Click on the highlighted text for directions.

2008-2009 Second Saturday Seminars

Logos Christian College and Graduate Schools

Second Saturday Seminars

Our Second Saturday Seminars have proven popular and successful. Students from all over the Jacksonville area have taken advantage of these accelerated classes and have made progress towards their spiritual and ministry goals. These classes meet on the one Saturday with a post-class assignments due 45 days after the Seminar.

We are pleased to offer our next seminar schedule for Saturday, September 13th. We will be offering this class in our new Ponte Vedra location on the campus of Christ the Redeemer.

PRE201/601 Preparing a Biblical Message

(Homiletics 1)

taught by Dr. J.L. Rivera

This course is designed to assist the student in gaining the skills necessary to produce quality bible-centered messages to be delivered in churches, classroom situations, nursing homes, jails or any other place where people are willing to gather to be inspired from the Word of God. Elements of spiritual preparation, exposition of biblical themes and principles, structure, and delivery will be presented. This class forms the foundation for effectively communicating the Scriptures.

Call our offices at 904-273-4552 to enroll or to get more information.

What: Second Saturday Seminar
Where: Logos Christian College and Graduate School Ponte Vedra Campus, 190 S. Roscoe Blvd. Ponte Vedra, FL 32082
When: September 13, 2008, 9AM - 3:30PM
Cost: Undergraduate $225 -- Graduate $315

"Training today's learners to be tomorrow's leaders"

Other courses to look forward to:

PTH102/502 Discipleship by Steve Shamblin, November 8, 2008
NTS310/710 Pastoral Epistles by Dr. J.L. Rivera, January 10, 2009
PTH302/702 Principles of Administration and Organization by Dr. J.L. Rivera, March 14, 2009
THE490/890 Names of God by Dennis Hodulick, May 9, 2009

I THINK I HAD RATHER PLANT A FEW TREES

Early in my ministry, and that was awhile ago, I heard an illustration that I have used in many of my sermons and lectures. I have no way of knowing if it was fact or fable as I canʼt even recall from whom I heard the story. It was as follows:

Someone asked an elderly Priest what he would do if he knew he only had one day left to live. The Priest didnʼt even hesitate, but answered with deep conviction, I would plant a tree! Honestly, I canʼt recall what emphasis or point was made or intended by the speaker I heard using the story in his sermon. However, the impression that it had on me was quiet profound as I have never forgotten it and still use it often.

For me, I heard that old Priest saying that he always wanted to be sowing into the future. He wanted to plant something that would outlive him and produce fruit long after he was forgotten. I have used that illustration to challenge people around the world to invest themselves into projects and causes greater than themselves, endeavors that only God could complete.

I have felt for a couple of years that all of my experiences to date have led me to this unique season of my assignment in Christʼs Kingdom. I thought I would be able to plant a tree, i.e., Logos. I would do my best to grow Logos and then turn it over to someone to take it to the next level. And you all know I have tried!! To them all, I sincerely repent, and ask their forgiveness for my lack of faith and poor discernment of Godʼs will. I only had enough faith to plant "a" tree. God had something else in mind.

Instead of planting one tree, God is allowing me to plant a several trees and all under the stewardship of people of which some have been in my life for over thirty years. Over the past year the LGN Presbyters and I have been in prayer and consultation seeking to discern Godʼs direction for the various ministries of Logos. Here is where we are at this present time.

Instead of asking a single person to attempt to give leadership to all the unique entities within LGN, it seemed good to us and the Holy Spirit to begin giving autonomy to the separate ministries. Therefore, Logos Christian College and Graduate Schools has moved to the campus of Christ the Redeemer Church and Redeemer Family of Ministries in Ponte Vedra, FL. Dr. JL Rivera will serve as President and I will become Chancellor for the foreseeable future.

Universidad Cristiana Logos, our Spanish school, will be fully under the direction of Roberto Sanchez and his board. Roberto has been with me for 12 years. Roberto and his team have already put a contract on their own property in the San Marco area here in Jacksonsville, FL.

Logos Educators Network is released to the leadership of Misty Lapinski and her capable board. I will continue to lead the University, publishing and ecclesiastical arms of LGN. While we all remain in the LGN family, the sons and daughters are now released to grow their own. I am praying that over the next few years God will bring those He chooses to husband the remaining "trees." For the time being we continue to function well as we transition and with the wise use of technology none of our students or ministry family will even notice a difference. We have all been together serving you for a long time already. Granted, over the next months and years, some of us will decrease that others may increase, so the Kingdom might be extended.

I want to personally thank all our team here at Logos and especially our Presbyters for their faithful commitment to the Lord first and then to Deborah and me. They have stood with us through the good, the bad and the ugly. God bless you all! You will all be kept up to date as we move forward on this exciting journey.

LOGOS Student Wins Vocal Competition

Aaron Unthank, a current student at LOGOS, was recently named the winner of the 2007 CityJam Vocal Competition. The 2007 CityJam Vocal Competition consisted of 25 contestants from Florida’s Bay Area and as far up the east coast as Charlotte, North Carolina. The two-night event featured a delightful variation of musical genres representing everything from jazz standards to country and pop to inspirational sounds.

Go to Aaron's YouTube presentation and listen to his award winning performance. Also, visit Aaron's website for a closer look at this gifted entertainer and Man of God.

The Dynamic Power of Prayer

I have been reading Simon Chan’s book entitled Spiritual Theology. It is proving to be one of the most challenging and enriching books I have read in a very long time. In fact I am also reading his book on Liturgical Theology as well. I am on my third read on that one. Now back to Spiritual Theology.

One of the chapters is on "The Theology and Life of Prayer." There is portion I what to share with you and I am sure it will impact you as it has me. I trust you will order the book and receive its full value. Let me know what you think.

“This dynamic of prayer—divine initiative and human response—has been expressed in various ways. Thornton calls it the via media principle, meaning that devotion always grows out of doctrine, feeling out of fact. The most sublime contemplative prayer begins with the simple recognition of the coming of the Word to us. The human race, says von Balthasar, was created to hear the Word, and only in responding to the Word rises to its full dignity. In responding to the Word we discover our true innermost being, namely, our life in the Trinity, without which we are dead even while we live, unable to be fully the persons we are meant to be. We are what we are by virtue of this most intimate of relationships. In the words of von Balthasar, no relationship is closer, more rooted in being itself, than that between the man in grace and the Lord who gives grace, between the head and the body, between the vine and the branches. But this relationship can only have full play …. if the freedom of the Word is answered by a corresponding readiness on the part of man to hear, to follow and to comply. If indeed prayer is human readiness to hear, to follow, to comply so that the utterly basic relationship with God can be more fully realized, it explains why prayer is regarded as the heart of religion, the very sword of the saints and the mother and source of the ascent of the soul to God. In prayer we begin to see ourselves as God sees us and we see God as He is. In prayer we acknowledge that we are not in control. This is simply acknowledging a basic fact of our existence. Not to pray is to take destiny into our own hands, to falsify our true self as dependent creatures and to deny God as the Sovereign One.”

I think God is calling us to PRAYER!!!!