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With the warmth of a family member, Charles White, a pastor and great-grandson of Ellen G. White, drew students closer to their Adventist inheritance at 海角视频鈥檚 annual Adventist Heritage Colloquy. White is the senior pastor of Camelback Seventh-day Adventist Church in Phoenix, Ariz., and a PUC alum.

In 鈥淔aith of Our Fathers,鈥� the opening hymn, the audience sang the praises of a Christian inheritance, and the Heritage Singers performed a toe-tapping rendition of 鈥淪atisfied.鈥� Afterward, PUC President Dr. Heather Knight introduced White and the accomplishments of his great-grandmother, Adventism鈥檚 co-founder and the world鈥檚 most translated female author. 鈥淥ur priority should and always must be on people,鈥� White said, as he shared family stories to create a 鈥渟ense of connectedness.鈥�

鈥淒id you ever meet your great-grandmother?鈥� Charles White is often asked. With a laugh, he said he called upon the reasoning skills of 鈥渕ath majors and nonmajors鈥� to do the calculations: Ellen White passed away in 1915. However, through his stories students had the chance to become better acquainted with members of the White family, such as 鈥淪leeping Willy,鈥� Ellen White鈥檚 somnambulance-prone son.

鈥淚 thought it was very interesting to hear about E.G. White from a family member. Even though [the speaker] had never met E.G. White, obviously he had many stories that many sources didn鈥檛,鈥� said PUC student Michael Borchik. White also noted his family鈥檚 passion for the gospel and commitment to sharing the advent hope, whether in the U.S. South or abroad in Australia.  

Ellen White鈥檚 great-grandson began and ended his morning talk at PUC by referencing the college鈥檚 rich Adventist heritage. Adventism鈥檚 co-founder was instrumental in the formation of 海角视频, and also spent the last years of her life at nearby Elmshaven. White spoke from the pulpit his great-grandmother used when preaching at PUC, but also noted that 鈥淛ust because I鈥檓 a great-grandson of Ellen White doesn鈥檛 (make) me any closer to who she was and her mission than any of you can be.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檝e been in ministry for over 40 years, and every day I use something I learned or was directed to learn from my education at PUC,鈥� he said. Charles White also noted that 鈥淕od has a purpose and destiny for this school,鈥� and that PUC and its students 鈥渨ere not here by chance.鈥�

Before the sanctuary鈥檚 historic Rieger pipe organ signaled the end of Colloquy, Charles White encouraged students to take full advantage of their time at PUC. 鈥淥ffer a blessing to everyone, not a bowed-head blessing, but an open-eyed one,鈥� he advised. 鈥淢ay God be with you as you continue your growth in education here at PUC.鈥�