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THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 3
DECEMBER 2014
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FROM STAFF REPORTS | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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Erik Tryggestad
BY LAURA AKINS | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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enrollment falls at
No complaints
on Sunday night
Church of Christ in Mobile, wanted
their daughter to experience high
school — even if she couldn’t meet the
academic requirements to graduate.
They considered three public
schools, but decided that Mobile
Christian School “would be a tremen-
dously positive experience” for their
daughter, Kathy Kendall said. The pri-
vate school, associated with Churches
of Christ, could not give Emily Kendall
a diploma, but agreed to take her as a
student, promising to do their best to
challenge her without frustrating her.
“The teachers have been very accom-
modating and willing to work with
her,” Kathy Kendall said. Her daughter
walks the same halls, goes to the same
classes and helps in the office.
At homecoming, after the shock wore
off a little, Emily Kendall looked up at
her father and said, “I’m so happy!”
He tearfully replied, “We are all
happy tonight, Emily!”
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■ ■ When the message blared
■ ■ across the loudspeakers,
■ ■■ ■ naming Emily Kendall
homecoming queen, no
W W one was surprised.
No one except Emily Kendall, that is.
Friends of Kendall, a senior with
Down syndrome at Mobile Christian
School in Alabama, said that her mouth
dropped open after she heard her
name. Her classmates cheered wildly.
Soon, she was pumping her fist and
taking a bow — lots of bows, actually.
“She deserved it,” said Claire Collins,
last year’s queen and a close friend
of Kendall, who proudly placed the
queen’s crown on her head. “You
want your homecoming queen to be
someone who talks to anyone, sits with
anyone. Emily is definitely that girl.”
Kendall’s parents, Tony and Kathy
Kendall, members of the Regency
Christian high school has
a special homecoming queen
OKLAHOMA CITY
■ ’m done complaining about
I Sunday nights — almost.
It’s never made sense
to me why, after a morning
of Bible study and heartfelt
worship, we pile our families
back into the car, return to
the church building and do
a scaled-down version of the
Inside Story
same thing.
I don’t
think Luke
and Amy
Carnagey
feel that way.
The young
couple and
their two
beautiful
girls used to
sit down the
pew from us. We don’t see
them there now. And, even
in a congregation of 2,500
souls, we feel their absence.
For more than a year, Amy
has battled an extremely rare
form of cancer. Like so many
cancer patients, she’s had
ups and downs, highs and
lows. Recently, she began a
new round of chemo.
The couple’s attitude as
they’ve faced the illness ...
I can’t even describe it. To
see someone really put their
faith in Christ is incredible.
During the week I inevitably
let the little, petty things get
me down. Then, on Sundays,
I see Amy’s name on the
prayer list — scribbled on
the white boards in nearly
every classroom — and I
snap back to reality.
Amy loves being a part
of the service — especially
the “Wonder of Worship,”
or WOW class, led during
the summer on Wednesday
nights by our worship
minister, Scott Young. We
learn new songs and belt out
old ones. It’s amazing.
See SUNDAY NIGHT, Page 4
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SCOTT DONALDSON, MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER
Newly crowned homecoming queen Emily Kendall gets a hug from last year's queen and
close friend, Claire Collins, during homecoming at Mobile Christian School in Alabama.
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For the third straight year,
Oklahoma Christian University
in Oklahoma City set an enrollment
record this fall. Oklahoma Christian’s
2,479 students represent a 2.2 percent
increase over last year.
“We’re proud to
have another record
enrollment with stu-
dents from all over,”
President John deSte-
iguer said.
Harding University
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reported a record num-
ber of undergraduates: 4,492, up 1.4
percent However, total enrollment fell
to 6,075, down 3.5 percent, as the num-
ber of graduate students declined.
Overall, enrollment at colleges and
universities associated with Churches
of Christ declined 1.6 percent, accord-
ing to figures provided to The Christian
Chronicle. Specific figures for fall 2014:
• Abilene Christian University,
Texas: 4,427, down 0.8 percent.
• Crowley’s Ridge College,
Paragould, Ark.: 223, up 14.4 percent
• Florida College, Temple
Terrace, Fla.: 555, down 0.6 percent
from last year’s record.
• Freed-Hardeman University,
Henderson, Tenn.: 1,846, up 1.9
percent.
• Heritage Christian University,
Florence, Ala.: 115, up 6.5 percent.
• Lipscomb University,
Nashville, Tenn.: 4,526, down 1.5
percent from last year’s record.
• Lubbock Christian University,
Texas: 1,902, down 5 percent.
• Ohio Valley University, Vienna,
W.Va.: 424, down 5.1 percent (While
the total headcount was down, full-time
enrollment jumped 1 percent to 364.)
• Rochester College, Rochester
Hills, Mich.: 1,134, up 0.4 percent
• Southwestern Christian College,
Terrell, Texas: 150, down 12.8 percent.
• York College in Nebraska: 400,
down 12.9 percent.
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