Rev. A. Theodore (Ted) Halsted, Jr. and his wife Marceline became en-thusiastic supporters of Africa University from its founding. In 1995, they endowed a scholarship in the Faculty of Theology, which has enabled seven pastors, to date, to obtain theological education. “We wanted to have a part in the amazing turn to Christ taking place in Africa,” Ted said.

Ted was born in Kalama- zoo, Mich., one of four children born to the Rev. Alfred T. and Florence Gor-ton Halsted. Ted earned his B.A. degree in English Literature from DePauw (Ind.) University in 1949. Shortly after graduating, he was one of 50 mission-ary interns commissioned by the Methodist Board of Missions (predecessor to the General Board of Global Ministries) to serve in south India and Pakistan for three years.

It was in India that Ted and Marceline met and later became engaged. Marceline grew up in South Charleston, W. Va., one of four children born to Paul and Frances Smith. She earned her B.A. degree from Morris Harvey College (now Charleston University) and her nursing degree from St. Frances Nursing School (W. Va.), with fur-ther preparation for mis-sionary service at Hart-ford Seminary (Conn.). In India, she was superinten-dent of nursing at Meth-odist Hospital in Nadiad, Gujarat State, and was one of the founders of the Methodist School of Nursing in Nadiad.

Ted returned to the United States in 1952 to attend Yale Divinity School. He and Marceline married upon her return in 1953. Two daughters, Gwendolyn and Carolyn, were born of their mar-riage. The Halsted family also included at various times through the years a number of exchange students.

From 1956 until his retirement in 1992, Ted served pastoral appoint-ments in the Detroit Annual Conference, in-cluding serving as district superintendent. Marceline

resumed her nursing ca-reer after their daughters became teenagers.

Since retiring and since Marceline’s death in 2005, Ted has continued to pursue his many interests. He plays violin in the Richmond Community Orchestra; he is editor of the Friends Fellowship Community newsletter; he sings in the chancel choir at Central United Methodist Church in Richmond; he has trav-eled to Russia, Haiti, Sierra Leone and with-in the United States on mission projects; and he is the author of two books: Spring-Fed Waters: the Story of a Lake in Northern Michigan and Grandfather Tales of Lake Louise.

This past March, Ted traveled to Zimbabwe to attend the 20th anniver-sary celebration at Africa University. A special thrill for him was meeting the two current recipients of his and Marceline’s endowed scholarship. “What a joy it is that we included Africa Univer-sity in our estate plans! Already our gift is a gift that keeps on giving!” Ted exclaimed.

—Elaine Jenkins,AU Development Office

Fall 2013

In this issue:

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The Halsteds’ Gift That Keeps on Giving

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Rev. A. Theodore (Ted) Halsted, Jr. and wife Marceline Halsted

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As A

frica Un

iversity celebrates 20 years o

f realized

dream

s, we lo

ok fo

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to yo

ur full sup

po

rt in 2013.

• Africa U

niversity is lo

cated in

Old

Mutare,

Zim

bab

we, an

d is th

e first fully accred

ited

Un

ited M

etho

dist–related

educatio

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con

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six faculties of

learnin

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natural reso

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Celebrating the Connection betw

een Africa U

niversity and U

nited Methodist

CongregationsFall 2

013

T he Illinois Great R

ivers A

nnual Conference

is expanding its “M

aking Dream

s Possible” scholarships cam

paign for A

frica University.

Launched in 2012, the

campaign had an initial target

of $250,000 for imm

ediate scholarship needs. In June, the conference quadrupled its cam

paign goal to $1 million

over the next four years. The

conference aims to fund eight

new endow

ed scholarships for students through this ex- panded effort.

The m

ove from im

mediate to

endowed scholarships allow

s the conference to do even m

ore for the university in a prudent, sustainable m

anner, accord-ing to R

ichard Straub, who

heads the conference’s Africa

University C

omm

ittee. Bishop

Jonathan D. K

eaton, resident bishop of the conference, said, “O

ur denomination has built

Africa U

niversity through

prayer, presence, apportion-m

ents and special giving. More

than 4,700 graduates have been sent into the w

orld from A

frica U

niversity.”Illinois G

reat Rivers already

has in place four endowed

scholarships that support undergraduate students. It also provides direct annual support to tw

o graduate students en-rolled in the Institute of Peace, L

eadership and Governance.

At the com

pletion of the cam

paign, the conference will

provide access to higher educa-tion for at least 10 undergradu-ate and tw

o graduate students. W

ith 12 scholarships endowed,

the gifts invested today by churches and individuals in the conference w

ill make dream

s possible in perpetuity.

For years, Illinois Great R

ivers has had a strong com

mitm

ent of supporting A

frica University.

Many people have been involved

in seeing the dream becom

e a reality through personal com

mit-

ment, m

onetary contributions, building-projects support and fundraising for direct and en-dow

ed scholarship support for Pan-A

frican students. In 2012, Illinois G

reat Rivers

was one of 27 annual confer-

ences that paid 100 percent of its apportioned share of funding to A

frica University.

‘Th

e wo

rk o

f Go

d’

Africa U

niversity considers the form

er Central and South-

ern Illinois conferences as founding partners for fundrais-ing for the B

ridge to Dream

s in honor of B

ishop Woodie

W. W

hite, the Richard R

eeves W

esley Foundation and a m

aintenance building for the A

frica University farm

. E

nrollment at A

frica Uni-

versity is at an all-time high.

The current enrollm

ent of 2,000 represents students from

29 countries. How

ever, this grow

th also means rais-

ing additional funds to assist students.

New

programs are em

erging, helping A

frica University to

grow and rem

ain relevant to com

munity needs across the

continent. The new

graduate program

s in Child and Fam

ily Studies and Public Policy and G

overnance are making sig-

nificant inroads as graduates return to their hom

e countries to address a m

yriad of issues. N

ow in its 21st year, A

frica U

niversity is part of a crucial feeder system

for nurturing a new

generation of principled leaders in A

frica.—

Adapted from “The Acacia”

newsletter and the Illinois G

reat Rivers Annual C

onference website

Richard Straub, conference AU

comm

ittee chairperson (left), and Bishop Jonathan Keaton (right) w

ith AU

student, Ivan Milosi.

Illinois G

reat Rivers Exp

and

s A

U Sch

olarsh

ips

Illinois Great Rivers Expands AU ScholarshipsNow in its 21st year, Africa University is part of a crucial feeder system for nurturing a new generation of principled leaders.

Hockessin UMC Supports Endowed Scholarships for AU Students Sam HodgesDelaware congregation leads in contribution to endowed scholarships.

AU Graduate Serves as Church and Society Organizer in the CongoBarbara Dunlap-BergAdo Omakinda Odimba credits Africa University with providing foundation for a life of service.

Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Shapes the Life of a NationMelissa LauberPartnership with Zimbabwe United Methodists fosters mutual sharing.

The Halsteds’ Gift Keeps on GivingElaine JenkinsSeven pastors, to date, have obtained a theological education at AU, thanks to generous Michigan couple.

1

Rev

. A. T

heod

ore

(Ted

) H

alst

ed, J

r. an

d hi

s w

ife

Mar

celin

e be

cam

e en

-th

usia

stic

sup

port

ers

of

Afr

ica

Uni

vers

ity fr

om it

s fo

undi

ng.

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995,

they

en

dow

ed a

sch

olar

ship

in

the

Facu

lty o

f The

olog

y,

whi

ch h

as e

nabl

ed s

even

pa

stor

s, to

dat

e, to

obt

ain

theo

logi

cal e

duca

tion.

“W

e w

ante

d to

hav

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part

in th

e am

azin

g tu

rn

to C

hris

t tak

ing

plac

e in

A

fric

a,” T

ed s

aid.

Te

d w

as b

orn

in K

alam

a-

zoo,

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h., o

ne o

f fou

r ch

ildre

n bo

rn to

the

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. A

lfred

T. a

nd F

lore

nce

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-to

n H

alst

ed. T

ed e

arne

d hi

s B

.A. d

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e in

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lish

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re fr

om D

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nive

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ortly

afte

r gr

adua

ting,

he

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0 m

issio

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tern

s co

mm

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ned

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etho

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rede

cess

or

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ener

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bal M

inist

ries)

to s

erve

in

sou

th In

dia

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stan

fo

r th

ree

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as in

Ind

ia th

at T

ed

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r be

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d.

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ew u

p in

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uth

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rles

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W.

Va.

, one

of f

our

child

ren

born

to P

aul a

nd F

ranc

es

Smith

. Sh

e ea

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her

B

.A. d

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om M

orri

s H

arve

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olle

ge (n

ow

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rles

ton

Uni

vers

ity)

and

her

nurs

ing

degr

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from

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Fran

ces

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sing

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(W. V

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with

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ther

pre

para

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for

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-si

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rvic

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emin

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(Con

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he w

as s

uper

inte

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nt o

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sing

at M

eth-

odis

t Hos

pita

l in

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iad,

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tate

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was

on

e of

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foun

ders

of

the

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hodi

st S

choo

l of

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sing

in N

adia

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retu

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to th

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nite

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ates

in 1

952

to a

ttend

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ivin

ity

Scho

ol.

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and

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arri

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pon

her

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in 1

953.

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o da

ught

ers,

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wen

doly

n an

d C

arol

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rn o

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ir m

ar-

riag

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he H

alst

ed fa

mily

al

so in

clud

ed a

t var

ious

tim

es th

roug

h th

e ye

ars

a nu

mbe

r of

exc

hang

e st

uden

ts.

From

195

6 un

til h

is

retir

emen

t in

1992

, Ted

se

rved

pas

tora

l app

oint

-m

ents

in th

e D

etro

it A

nnua

l Con

fere

nce,

in-

clud

ing

serv

ing

as d

istr

ict

supe

rint

ende

nt. M

arce

line

resu

med

her

nur

sing

ca-

reer

afte

r th

eir

daug

hter

s be

cam

e te

enag

ers.

Si

nce

retir

ing

and

sinc

e M

arce

line’

s de

ath

in 2

005,

Te

d ha

s co

ntin

ued

to

purs

ue h

is m

any

inte

rest

s.

He

play

s vi

olin

in th

e R

ichm

ond

Com

mun

ity

Orc

hest

ra; h

e is

edi

tor

of th

e Fr

iend

s Fe

llow

ship

C

omm

unity

new

slet

ter;

he

sin

gs in

the

chan

cel

choi

r at

Cen

tral

Uni

ted

Met

hodi

st C

hurc

h in

R

ichm

ond;

he

has

trav

-el

ed to

Rus

sia,

Hai

ti,

Sier

ra L

eone

and

with

-in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

n m

issi

on p

roje

cts;

and

he

is

the

auth

or o

f tw

o bo

oks:

Sp

ring-

Fed

Wat

ers:

the

St

ory

of a

Lak

e in

Nor

ther

n M

ichig

an a

nd G

rand

fath

er

Tales

of L

ake

Loui

se.

Thi

s pa

st M

arch

, Ted

tr

avel

ed to

Zim

babw

e to

at

tend

the

20th

ann

iver

-sa

ry c

eleb

ratio

n at

Afr

ica

Uni

vers

ity. A

spe

cial

thri

ll fo

r hi

m w

as m

eetin

g th

e tw

o cu

rren

t rec

ipie

nts

of h

is a

nd M

arce

line’

s en

dow

ed s

chol

arsh

ip.

“Wha

t a jo

y it

is th

at w

e in

clud

ed A

fric

a U

nive

r-si

ty in

our

est

ate

plan

s!

Alr

eady

our

gift

is a

gift

th

at k

eeps

on

givi

ng!”

Ted

ex

clai

med

. —El

aine

Jenk

ins,

AU D

evel

opm

ent

Offi

ce

Fall

2013

In t

his

issu

e:

606313/50M

Th

e H

alst

eds’

Gif

t Th

at

Kee

ps

on

Giv

ing

Family Photo

Rev.

A. T

heod

ore

(Ted

) Hal

sted

, Jr.

and

wife

Mar

celin

e H

alst

ed

100 Percent SupportThank you for supporting Africa University through your 100 percent remittance of the Africa University Fund apportionment in 2012. Jurisdiction Total Support and Annual Conferences with 100 percent or more in 2012 (includes 2011 performance)

North Central Jurisdiction 2012 2011East Ohio 100% 100%Illinois Great Rivers 100% 100%Iowa 100.57% 100%Minnesota 100% 102.86%Northern Illinois 100% 100%West Michigan 100%West Ohio 100% 100%Wisconsin 169.31% 151.51%

Northeastern JurisdictionBaltimore-Washington 100% 100%Greater New Jersey 104.69% 100%New England 100% 100%New York 100% 100%Susquehanna 100%Peninsula-Delaware 100% 100%Upper New York 100% 100%West Virginia 100% 112.46%Western Pennsylvania 100% 100%

South Central JurisdictionCentral Texas 100%Kansas West 100%Louisiana 100.03% 100.01%North Texas 100.50%Oklahoma Indian Missionary 100% 100.05%Southwest Texas 100%

Southeastern JurisdictionFlorida 100% 100%Holston 100% 100%North Carolina 100% 100%North Georgia 113.58%Red Bird Missionary 100% 100.06%Tennessee 100%

Western JurisdictionAlaska United Methodist 100% 100.02%Desert Southwest 100% 100%

As Africa University celebrates 20 years of realized dreams, we look forward to your full support in 2013.

• Africa University is located in Old Mutare, Zimbabwe, and is the first fully accredited United Methodist–related educational insti-tution on the African continent, established by action of the General Conference.

• Africa University offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in six faculties of learning: agriculture and natural resources, education, health sciences, humanities and social sciences, management and adminis-tration and theology. The Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance offers post-graduate diplomas and master’s programs.

Celebrating the Connection between Africa University and United Methodist Congregations Fall 2013

T he Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference is expanding its

“Making Dreams Possible” scholarships campaign for Africa University.

Launched in 2012, the campaign had an initial target of $250,000 for immediate scholarship needs. In June, the conference quadrupled its campaign goal to $1 million over the next four years. The conference aims to fund eight new endowed scholarships for students through this ex- panded effort.

The move from immediate to endowed scholarships allows the conference to do even more for the university in a prudent, sustainable manner, accord-ing to Richard Straub, who heads the conference’s Africa University Committee. Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton, resident bishop of the conference, said, “Our denomination has built Africa University through

prayer, presence, apportion-ments and special giving. More than 4,700 graduates have been sent into the world from Africa University.”

Illinois Great Rivers already has in place four endowed scholarships that support undergraduate students. It also provides direct annual support to two graduate students en-rolled in the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance.

At the completion of the campaign, the conference will provide access to higher educa-tion for at least 10 undergradu-ate and two graduate students. With 12 scholarships endowed, the gifts invested today by churches and individuals in the conference will make dreams possible in perpetuity.

For years, Illinois Great Rivers has had a strong commitment of supporting Africa University. Many people have been involved in seeing the dream become a reality through personal commit-ment, monetary contributions, building-projects support and fundraising for direct and en-dowed scholarship support for Pan-African students.

In 2012, Illinois Great Rivers was one of 27 annual confer-ences that paid 100 percent of its apportioned share of funding to Africa University.

‘The work of God’Africa University considers

the former Central and South-ern Illinois conferences as founding partners for fundrais-ing for the Bridge to Dreams in honor of Bishop Woodie W. White, the Richard Reeves Wesley Foundation and a maintenance building for the Africa University farm.

Enrollment at Africa Uni-versity is at an all-time high. The current enrollment of 2,000 represents students from 29 countries. However, this growth also means rais-ing additional funds to assist students.

New programs are emerging, helping Africa University to grow and remain relevant to community needs across the continent. The new graduate programs in Child and Family Studies and Public Policy and Governance are making sig-nificant inroads as graduates return to their home countries to address a myriad of issues.

Now in its 21st year, Africa University is part of a crucial feeder system for nurturing a new generation of principled leaders in Africa.

—Adapted from “The Acacia” newsletter and the Illinois Great

Rivers Annual Conference website

Richard Straub, conference AU committee chairperson (left), and Bishop Jonathan Keaton (right) with AU student, Ivan Milosi.

Illinois Great Rivers Expands AU Scholarships

Illin

ois

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at R

iver

s Ex

pan

ds

AU

Sch

ola

rsh

ips

Now

in it

s 21

st y

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ica

Uni

vers

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t of a

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for

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of p

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ges

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Part

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nite

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AU Graduate Serves as Church and Society Organizer in the CongoBarbara Dunlap- Berg

In January 2013, the United Methodist Board of Church and Society conducted its first-ever grassroots organizing workshop to achieve social jus-tice in Zimbabwe. Twenty-sev-en people gathered at Africa University for the three-day training.

One participant was Ado Omakinda Odimba, a graduate of Africa University and now an organizer in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“I have long been interested in social justice ministry,” Odimba said. “I was recommend-ed by an-other Africa University graduate

to serve as church and society organizer in Congo. I attended the training and started working

on several plans for church and society ministry in the Congo.”

Transforming communities into “safer havens, where peace, justice and self-realization is made possible with good health” is important to Odimba.

“The country has gone through a lot, and I feel that solutions need to be developed and implemented locally,” he said. “Thus our work in organiz-ing workshops and seminars to enable people to grasp positive

How You Can Help

Africa University continues to be the evidence of faith, hope and belief in the visions of dreamers. We are counting on you! Your church’s 100 percent apportionment remittance means 100 percent support of Africa University’s operational budget. Consider these addi-tional ways of helping the uni-versity to educate new leaders for the nations of Africa:

Planned Gifts – Planned gifts are the foundation for the long-term survival of Africa University. For many, a be-quest offers an opportunity to make a more substantial charitable gift than would be possible during one’s lifetime. As you make your estate plans, consider leaving a gift to Africa University in your will. If you already have included Africa University in your estate plans, please let us know so we may welcome you to the Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society.

Usahwira – This word in the Shona language means “a beautiful friendship.” En-courage your local church to become a partner with Africa University by supporting one student at the university for four years. The cost to support one student annually is $5,400. Local churches may provide full or partial scholarships.

Endowment Fund – Give to the Africa University Endow-ment Fund (World Service Special Gift #03-01-88). The interest income from the endowment is used to provide scholarships for our students.

Africa University is supported by congregations and indivi- duals across The United Methodist Church. Let’s work together to continue the trans-formation of lives and of Africa.

For more information, please contact:

Africa UniversityDevelopment Office

P.O. Box 340007Nashville, TN 37203-0007(615) 340-7438 (phone)

(615) 340-7290 (fax)audevoffice@gbhem.org

www.support-africauniversity.org

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Hockessin UMC Supports Endowed Scholarships for AU Students

Sam Hodges

Hockessin United Methodist Church, in Hockessin, Del. is a vital congregation conducting and supporting many ministries, one of which is Africa Univer-sity. The Peninsula-Delaware Conference’s 450 churches fund scholarships for Africa University students, and Hockessin UMC is the leading contributor to the cause. That translates to about $40,000 of the $250,000 the conference has raised.

Kevin Goodwin, a longtime member of Hockessin United Methodist, points to strong clergy support and to church members, including a Peace Corps alum,

who have a particular interest in helping a United Methodist institution committed to training leaders for Africa.

“There’s a passion,” he said.

Others point to Goodwin’s special pas-sion, which has led him to become a champion for Africa University within and outside his home church.

Goodwin, a senior data analyst for DuPont Capital Management, recalls attending General Confer-ence 1996, and hearing an appeal for the school.

“I had never heard of Africa University and wondered why they wanted my money,” he said. “I had them send me some infor-mation. And in that information was how an annual conference could endow a scholarship. In ’97, when the conference passed a resolution to do that, I became the spokesperson. Our church chose to take the lead in raising money.”

Goodwin and Hockessin Unit-ed Methodist have been Africa University champions ever since.

He’s been on the school’s devel-opment committee since 2000. That has him making several ap-pearances on the school’s behalf each year. He’s appeals coordina-tor for the conference (which has him lifting up Africa University Sunday) and missions cluster chair for his church.

This year, Peninsula-Delaware Conference funds are providing one full scholarship and two partials. The recipients are Banza Mutunda Mimi, of the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo, who is studying health services manage-ment; Marc Kamuze, also from Congo, who has been studying English intensively before be-ginning a business management major; and Takudzwa Andrew Kaguramamba, of Zimbabwe, pursuing an education degree with a focus in history.

Goodwin has not gotten to know them. But his visits with Africa University students and alumni – including translators at General Conference 2012, where Goodwin was a delegate – have left him ever more convinced of the cause.

— Hodges is a freelance writer in Dallas

Baltimore-Washington Conference Shapes the Life of a Nation

Melissa Lauber

This summer, a diverse team of 33 people journeyed to Zimbabwe to deepen the part-nership of the Baltimore-Wash-ington Conference and the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area and unite in common ministries. Bishop Marcus Matthews, episcopal leader of the Balti-more-Washington Conference, led the team.

“The partnership between the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area and the Baltimore-Washington Conference was forged 16 years

ago by the Holy Spirit,” said Greater Washington District Superintendent Joseph Daniels, who now leads the Africa Initia-tive Project for the conference. It was “designed for long-term learning and spiritual blessing.”

One of the remarkable suc-cesses of this partnership has been a focus on HIV/AIDS education at Africa Universi-ty and throughout the nation that has dramatically raised awareness of the causes of the disease and helped stem its spread. “The Baltimore- Washington Conference has been involved with Africa University from the very be-ginning and still is,” Jim Salley, associate vice chancellor for institutional advancement, said. “That is a God-given gift to us. We can’t say thank you enough for being the church, not only in the U.S., but also in the world.”

For Bishop Marcus Matthews, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-

Washington Conference, whose ministry emphasizes education, living in the fullness of God often involves learning. As the vice chairperson of the board of directors for Africa Universi-ty, he was excited about the po-tential the pastors’ school has to ripple throughout churches and communities, shaping the life of a nation.

“This is a spiritual thing for me,” said Bishop Matthews, “because every time I see the students, I see the face of Christ in them. Their stories … touch the heart. Many of them have lived lives that have been broken. But the universi-ty helps put them back togeth-er. This is a place of transfor-mation – for the students and for the continent.”

—Adapted from a blog by Lauber, Baltimore-Washington

Conference director of communi-cations. She was part of the dele-

gation that visited Zimbabwe.

Mel

issa

Laub

er

Bishop Marcus Matthews (middle)and Rev. J.W. Park, dean of the BWC Cabinet, greet Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa, of Zimbabwe in Mutare.

Hockessin UMC members display AUF appreciation banner.

Omakinda Odimba

and possible concepts toward development and engagement to successful ministry as part of their faith and testimony as Christians.”

At Africa University, Odimba studied marketing. However, a vocation on peace building, community healing and devel-opment piqued his interest.

“Now that I am involved in it, I look forward to this being part of my life and continuing to work on social justice issues. It’s a new direction that puts (into) practice my academic skills, personal vocation and understanding of my call and faith for service.”

Odimba credits Africa

University with providing a strong foundation.

“I acquired a lot of skills by engaging in extracurricular activities in the chaplaincy,” he said. “More than that, it was the multicultural experience, under-standing others and being ready to serve others. AU prepared me (for) a life of service, valu-ing the good of the community

and seeking to make the world a better place as we all benefit from it.”

The lessons he learned out-side the classroom, he noted, were just as important as those he learned inside the classroom.

“The mere fact of living with people from different cultures, developing new relationships (and) exploring faith beyond our background and reality be-yond our cultures transformed me,” he said. “I take pride in be-ing an Africa University gradu-ate because I believe I have had the best education one would have desired that is complete, from academic to social.”

— Dunlap-Berg is internal content editor at United Methodist Communications, Nashville, Tenn.

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Neal Christie (GBCS), Omakinda Odimba (middle) and Pierre Omadjela (far right), both AU grads, at the State House in Kinshasa.

Give Faithfully.Give Hope.Order a family of resources to help tell the story of the AfricaUniversity Fund apportionment:

• Africa University Fund: Pieces of the Dream DVD (600512)

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Learn more about how you canput your faith into action bycontacting the Africa UniversityDevelopment Office at(615) 340-7438,audevoffice@gbhem.org orwww.support-africauniversity.org.

Visit Africa University’s website at www.africau.edu.

Encourage your local church to set a 100-percent apportion-ment remittance goal! Sending a portion of your goal each month makes it easier to reach full remittance by year’s end.

Africa University Fund appor-tionment receipts from local churches provide the basics necessary to operate the university, such as utilities, equipment and faculty salaries.

Honor your friends or family bysponsoring an Africa Universitystudent in their name.

AU Graduate Serves as Church and Society Organizer in the CongoBarbara Dunlap- Berg

In January 2013, the United Methodist Board of Church and Society conducted its first-ever grassroots organizing workshop to achieve social jus-tice in Zimbabwe. Twenty-sev-en people gathered at Africa University for the three-day training.

One participant was Ado Omakinda Odimba, a graduate of Africa University and now an organizer in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“I have long been interested in social justice ministry,” Odimba said. “I was recommend-ed by an-other Africa University graduate

to serve as church and society organizer in Congo. I attended the training and started working

on several plans for church and society ministry in the Congo.”

Transforming communities into “safer havens, where peace, justice and self-realization is made possible with good health” is important to Odimba.

“The country has gone through a lot, and I feel that solutions need to be developed and implemented locally,” he said. “Thus our work in organiz-ing workshops and seminars to enable people to grasp positive

How You Can Help

Africa University continues to be the evidence of faith, hope and belief in the visions of dreamers. We are counting on you! Your church’s 100 percent apportionment remittance means 100 percent support of Africa University’s operational budget. Consider these addi-tional ways of helping the uni-versity to educate new leaders for the nations of Africa:

Planned Gifts – Planned gifts are the foundation for the long-term survival of Africa University. For many, a be-quest offers an opportunity to make a more substantial charitable gift than would be possible during one’s lifetime. As you make your estate plans, consider leaving a gift to Africa University in your will. If you already have included Africa University in your estate plans, please let us know so we may welcome you to the Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society.

Usahwira – This word in the Shona language means “a beautiful friendship.” En-courage your local church to become a partner with Africa University by supporting one student at the university for four years. The cost to support one student annually is $5,400. Local churches may provide full or partial scholarships.

Endowment Fund – Give to the Africa University Endow-ment Fund (World Service Special Gift #03-01-88). The interest income from the endowment is used to provide scholarships for our students.

Africa University is supported by congregations and indivi- duals across The United Methodist Church. Let’s work together to continue the trans-formation of lives and of Africa.

For more information, please contact:

Africa UniversityDevelopment Office

P.O. Box 340007Nashville, TN 37203-0007(615) 340-7438 (phone)

(615) 340-7290 (fax)audevoffice@gbhem.org

www.support-africauniversity.org

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Hockessin UMC Supports Endowed Scholarships for AU Students

Sam Hodges

Hockessin United Methodist Church, in Hockessin, Del. is a vital congregation conducting and supporting many ministries, one of which is Africa Univer-sity. The Peninsula-Delaware Conference’s 450 churches fund scholarships for Africa University students, and Hockessin UMC is the leading contributor to the cause. That translates to about $40,000 of the $250,000 the conference has raised.

Kevin Goodwin, a longtime member of Hockessin United Methodist, points to strong clergy support and to church members, including a Peace Corps alum,

who have a particular interest in helping a United Methodist institution committed to training leaders for Africa.

“There’s a passion,” he said.

Others point to Goodwin’s special pas-sion, which has led him to become a champion for Africa University within and outside his home church.

Goodwin, a senior data analyst for DuPont Capital Management, recalls attending General Confer-ence 1996, and hearing an appeal for the school.

“I had never heard of Africa University and wondered why they wanted my money,” he said. “I had them send me some infor-mation. And in that information was how an annual conference could endow a scholarship. In ’97, when the conference passed a resolution to do that, I became the spokesperson. Our church chose to take the lead in raising money.”

Goodwin and Hockessin Unit-ed Methodist have been Africa University champions ever since.

He’s been on the school’s devel-opment committee since 2000. That has him making several ap-pearances on the school’s behalf each year. He’s appeals coordina-tor for the conference (which has him lifting up Africa University Sunday) and missions cluster chair for his church.

This year, Peninsula-Delaware Conference funds are providing one full scholarship and two partials. The recipients are Banza Mutunda Mimi, of the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo, who is studying health services manage-ment; Marc Kamuze, also from Congo, who has been studying English intensively before be-ginning a business management major; and Takudzwa Andrew Kaguramamba, of Zimbabwe, pursuing an education degree with a focus in history.

Goodwin has not gotten to know them. But his visits with Africa University students and alumni – including translators at General Conference 2012, where Goodwin was a delegate – have left him ever more convinced of the cause.

— Hodges is a freelance writer in Dallas

Baltimore-Washington Conference Shapes the Life of a Nation

Melissa Lauber

This summer, a diverse team of 33 people journeyed to Zimbabwe to deepen the part-nership of the Baltimore-Wash-ington Conference and the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area and unite in common ministries. Bishop Marcus Matthews, episcopal leader of the Balti-more-Washington Conference, led the team.

“The partnership between the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area and the Baltimore-Washington Conference was forged 16 years

ago by the Holy Spirit,” said Greater Washington District Superintendent Joseph Daniels, who now leads the Africa Initia-tive Project for the conference. It was “designed for long-term learning and spiritual blessing.”

One of the remarkable suc-cesses of this partnership has been a focus on HIV/AIDS education at Africa Universi-ty and throughout the nation that has dramatically raised awareness of the causes of the disease and helped stem its spread. “The Baltimore- Washington Conference has been involved with Africa University from the very be-ginning and still is,” Jim Salley, associate vice chancellor for institutional advancement, said. “That is a God-given gift to us. We can’t say thank you enough for being the church, not only in the U.S., but also in the world.”

For Bishop Marcus Matthews, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-

Washington Conference, whose ministry emphasizes education, living in the fullness of God often involves learning. As the vice chairperson of the board of directors for Africa Universi-ty, he was excited about the po-tential the pastors’ school has to ripple throughout churches and communities, shaping the life of a nation.

“This is a spiritual thing for me,” said Bishop Matthews, “because every time I see the students, I see the face of Christ in them. Their stories … touch the heart. Many of them have lived lives that have been broken. But the universi-ty helps put them back togeth-er. This is a place of transfor-mation – for the students and for the continent.”

—Adapted from a blog by Lauber, Baltimore-Washington

Conference director of communi-cations. She was part of the dele-

gation that visited Zimbabwe.

Mel

issa

Laub

er

Bishop Marcus Matthews (middle)and Rev. J.W. Park, dean of the BWC Cabinet, greet Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa, of Zimbabwe in Mutare.

Hockessin UMC members display AUF appreciation banner.

Omakinda Odimba

and possible concepts toward development and engagement to successful ministry as part of their faith and testimony as Christians.”

At Africa University, Odimba studied marketing. However, a vocation on peace building, community healing and devel-opment piqued his interest.

“Now that I am involved in it, I look forward to this being part of my life and continuing to work on social justice issues. It’s a new direction that puts (into) practice my academic skills, personal vocation and understanding of my call and faith for service.”

Odimba credits Africa

University with providing a strong foundation.

“I acquired a lot of skills by engaging in extracurricular activities in the chaplaincy,” he said. “More than that, it was the multicultural experience, under-standing others and being ready to serve others. AU prepared me (for) a life of service, valu-ing the good of the community

and seeking to make the world a better place as we all benefit from it.”

The lessons he learned out-side the classroom, he noted, were just as important as those he learned inside the classroom.

“The mere fact of living with people from different cultures, developing new relationships (and) exploring faith beyond our background and reality be-yond our cultures transformed me,” he said. “I take pride in be-ing an Africa University gradu-ate because I believe I have had the best education one would have desired that is complete, from academic to social.”

— Dunlap-Berg is internal content editor at United Methodist Communications, Nashville, Tenn.

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Rev. A. Theodore (Ted) Halsted, Jr. and his wife Marceline became en-thusiastic supporters of Africa University from its founding. In 1995, they endowed a scholarship in the Faculty of Theology, which has enabled seven pastors, to date, to obtain theological education. “We wanted to have a part in the amazing turn to Christ taking place in Africa,” Ted said.

Ted was born in Kalama- zoo, Mich., one of four children born to the Rev. Alfred T. and Florence Gor-ton Halsted. Ted earned his B.A. degree in English Literature from DePauw (Ind.) University in 1949. Shortly after graduating, he was one of 50 mission-ary interns commissioned by the Methodist Board of Missions (predecessor to the General Board of Global Ministries) to serve in south India and Pakistan for three years.

It was in India that Ted and Marceline met and later became engaged. Marceline grew up in South Charleston, W. Va., one of four children born to Paul and Frances Smith. She earned her B.A. degree from Morris Harvey College (now Charleston University) and her nursing degree from St. Frances Nursing School (W. Va.), with fur-ther preparation for mis-sionary service at Hart-ford Seminary (Conn.). In India, she was superinten-dent of nursing at Meth-odist Hospital in Nadiad, Gujarat State, and was one of the founders of the Methodist School of Nursing in Nadiad.

Ted returned to the United States in 1952 to attend Yale Divinity School. He and Marceline married upon her return in 1953. Two daughters, Gwendolyn and Carolyn, were born of their mar-riage. The Halsted family also included at various times through the years a number of exchange students.

From 1956 until his retirement in 1992, Ted served pastoral appoint-ments in the Detroit Annual Conference, in-cluding serving as district superintendent. Marceline

resumed her nursing ca-reer after their daughters became teenagers.

Since retiring and since Marceline’s death in 2005, Ted has continued to pursue his many interests. He plays violin in the Richmond Community Orchestra; he is editor of the Friends Fellowship Community newsletter; he sings in the chancel choir at Central United Methodist Church in Richmond; he has trav-eled to Russia, Haiti, Sierra Leone and with-in the United States on mission projects; and he is the author of two books: Spring-Fed Waters: the Story of a Lake in Northern Michigan and Grandfather Tales of Lake Louise.

This past March, Ted traveled to Zimbabwe to attend the 20th anniver-sary celebration at Africa University. A special thrill for him was meeting the two current recipients of his and Marceline’s endowed scholarship. “What a joy it is that we included Africa Univer-sity in our estate plans! Already our gift is a gift that keeps on giving!” Ted exclaimed.

—Elaine Jenkins,AU Development Office

Fall 2013

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ill make dream

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in seeing the dream becom

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was one of 27 annual confer-

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29 countries. How

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grow and rem

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for nurturing a new

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newsletter and the Illinois G

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Illinois Great Rivers Expands AU ScholarshipsNow in its 21st year, Africa University is part of a crucial feeder system for nurturing a new generation of principled leaders.

Hockessin UMC Supports Endowed Scholarships for AU Students Sam HodgesDelaware congregation leads in contribution to endowed scholarships.

AU Graduate Serves as Church and Society Organizer in the CongoBarbara Dunlap-BergAdo Omakinda Odimba credits Africa University with providing foundation for a life of service.

Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Shapes the Life of a NationMelissa LauberPartnership with Zimbabwe United Methodists fosters mutual sharing.

The Halsteds’ Gift Keeps on GivingElaine JenkinsSeven pastors, to date, have obtained a theological education at AU, thanks to generous Michigan couple.

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