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“there are a lot of christians who want to stay isolated in the church and don’t serve the world around them. But i can’t divorce doctrine from practice. Providence has trained me to live out my theology.”
—sarah bergquist
Living out
my theoLogy
by mark Pomerville
ON MAY 5, 2018, Sarah Bergquist ’18 and her classmates proudly walked across the stage at Commencement and concluded their studies at Providence Christian College. This year’s senior class featured 27 students—the largest assembly of degree candidates in Providence’s history.
Dr. David Corbin, vice president for academic affairs, delivered this year’s commencement address, this is Living Water, which was a call to action for every senior to remember that their faith in Christ is like water, which will replenish them daily as they begin a new chapter of their lives.
“My hope and prayer for you is that you will draw from His well daily,” Corbin told the graduates. “May His water flow within
you so that His good news will pour out onto others for His glory.”
For Bergquist, Corbin’s speech was particularly poignant, as she embarks
on an exciting new career that will undoubtedly involve putting Corbin’s charge for biblical stewardship into action.
Originally from San Marcos, California, Bergquist received her Liberal Arts degree with an emphasis in Humanities and Biblical and Theological Studies, and she hopes to pursue a career in youth ministry, a field for which she has a passion and God-given calling.
Before attending Providence, Bergquist served at several middle school winter camps, and discovered that she had a
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