President Barb Bellefeuille gives the closing message for Spring 2023 student chapel.

This morning we are blessed to hear from Scott Tuttle, a serial entrepreneur from Wakarusa, IN. He started out in the RV industry and has expanded to own a number of different businesses, as well as found jtwo non-profit organizations, including the Tuttle Family Foundation which provides funding to individuals and charities.

When he is not running one of his businesses, Scott can be found volunteering as a coach or mentor, participating in an outreach, or sharing with one of Bethel’s business/entrepreneurial classes.

*With speaker permission, minor edits have been made to this recording.*

This morning we are blessed to hear from Pastor Kent Koteskey. Yeah, that last name might be sound familiar. You may know his donut munching selfie posting brother, Keith. Kent is also 50% responsible for creating the fabulous Shelby Koteskey, a sophomore at BU.

Kent serves as Executive Pastor at Hope Missionary Church in scenic Bluffton, Indiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from Asbury University and his master’s degree from Huntington University.

Kent enjoys the great outdoors, a good cup of coffee, and his wife, Amy, who he’s been married to for 29 years. Together they have four children.

We’re continuing our STORIES OF GRACE series, highlighting God’s faithfulness and loving-kindness in the lives of Bethel University faculty and staff. This morning we are blessed to hear from Bethel’s VP for Enrollment Management, Amanda Slaughter.

Amanda is originally from South Central Los Angeles, California. A senior executive with more than 18 years of experience in higher education, she has worked with undergraduate traditional, nontraditional and graduate students through enrollment, financial aid, career services and student retention at a number of Christian Colleges and Universities in California, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and now Indiana.

Amanda obtained a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and a minor in Biblical Studies at Biola University. She earned her master’s degree in Higher Education at Geneva College. She continued her education with the CCCU Leadership Development Institute (2015) and Summer Institute for Reconciliation at Duke University (2010).

Amanda has been married to Andrew, a therapist, for 17 years, and they have a 12 year old son, Jonathan.

We’re continuing our STORIES OF GRACE series, highlighting God’s faithfulness and loving-kindness in the lives of Bethel University faculty and staff. This morning we are blessed to hear from Colletta Rhoads.

Colletta serves as Diversity and Intercultural Specialist on campus. She came to Bethel after serving in South Africa for 12 years, where she worked with “Healing Hearts Transforming Nations” ministry, focused on ethnic healing and reconciliation.

Over the years Colletta has been able to live into her passion to the be a bridge builder across the cultural divide and participate in the healing and formations of ethnic identity. 

Colletta loves to travel and express creativity through dance and art.

Would you please welcome Colletta Rhoads.

Edwin Carrington serves as Associate Professor of American Sign Language (ASL) in Bethel’s Sign Language Interpreting Department.

Prior to coming to Bethel, Edwin taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for eight years.  While he was there, he attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Springfield where he earned his Master’s degree in Liberal & Integrative Studies.

Edwin has exclusively focused on collecting and researching original Deafmade contrivances for the past 14 years and is working on manuscript now.

He has been married to Kendal for 17 years, and they have two sons. They enjoy trying new and unique gourmet foods, and Edwin enjoys the challenge of catching trophy-size flathead catfish.