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basketball team Mike Lightfoot
’78 has joined Nations of
Coaches as the Regional
Director for Indiana and
Michigan. His wife, Jacci, comes
alongside him to organize
“The Gathering,” a once-a-year
meeting at the NCAA Final Four
for coaches’ wives.
’80s
Linda (Andrzejewski)
Waltz ’87 recently began her
30th year as a teacher at St.
Anthony de Padua School in
South Bend, Ind. She teaches
7th and 8th grade algebra and
religion courses.
FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE
UPCOMING
CONNECTION POINTS
’50s
1 Quinton Everest, Jr. ’58
recently published Israel
the Chosen: Her Identity,
Land, Enemies, Religion and
Messiah, in which he draws
a parallel between ancient
and modern Israel. Scripture
is given the primary place in
the book’s arguments, with
quotes and excerpts from
evangelical Old Testament
commentaries.
2 Jack ’59 and Irma
(Washmuth) Longley ’58
now call California home.
Jack is currently serving in
his third interim pastoral
position since “retiring” from
his 31-year pastorate in 2009.
He is presently serving
the Taiwanese-American
Presbyterian Church in San
Jose, where he leads the
English congregation. Jack is
once again involved in youth
ministry, where he began his
ministry in 1959. Approximately
one-third of the congregation
is 5th grade through college.
Irma is still very involved
with her oil painting and was
recently selected to be in an
art exhibition at the Addison-
Penzak Jewish Community
Center in Los Gatos, and in
September, she will once again
be one of the featured artists at
the Almaden Women’s Club Art
Festival in San Jose.
OCTOBER ’17
7 Great Pilot Pig Out Alumni Dinner
Voices Of Triumph Reunion
Men’s Soccer Alumni Game
Men’s andWomen’s Basketball
Alumni Games
20 Grandparents Day
26 Founders Dinner
NOVEMBER ’17
3 Bethel Pilots vs. Notre Dame Fighting
Irish Exhibition Basketball
Game at Notre Dame
(Purcell Pavilion)
JANUARY ’18
13 Hoops and Hot Dogs - Mishawaka
20 Hoops and Hot Dogs - Fort Wayne
FEBRUARY ’18
13 Hoops and Hot Dogs - Indianapolis
APRIL ’18
18 Online Giving Day
MAY ’18
5 71st Commencement
Class of 1968 Reunion
3 At 81, DickMatteson
’58, of South Bend, Ind.,
recently completed his
fifth overseas mission trip.
Beginning in 1975, Dick’s work
trip locations have included
Bulgaria, Brazil, Mongolia and
Dominican Republic, often
accompanied by a son -- Burt
‘87 of Middlebury, Ind., or Phil
of Cascade, Mont. Additionally,
Dick and his wife Esther
(Pannabecker ’59) served
three stints in St. Petersburg,
Russia, between 1998 and
2003.
’70s
4 After his 30-year career as
head coach of the Bethel men’s
Alumni News
As I count up the number of alumni we have seen this summer, we are
up over 1,000! That’s exciting! Thank you to the hundreds who have
come to Bethel nights at the Missionary Church camps – we hope your
time at camp was refreshing and encouraging.
We had the opportunity to see many of you here on campus as you
came to help with CDYC (central district youth conference of the
Missionary Church) and Summer Of Service. Thank you for serving our
youth during those weeks! We loved having you back on campus.
The Missionary Church General Conference (SHIFT) gave us the
opportunity to spend time with over 200 alumni and friends in Fort
Wayne, Ind. We enjoyed a quiz game and some refreshments together.
And then 800 of you attended Bethel Night with the South Bend Cubs. It was another year of beautiful
weather, a great turnout and a win for the Cubs! We are already looking forward to next year and have
something special up our sleeve. We hope you’ll join us in 2018!
See you on campus soon!
Emily (Rodgers) Sherwood ’99, Director of Alumni Relations
574.807.7619