Stephen D. Holtrop personal info

Personal Stuff

Places I've Lived | Family | Hobbies | Bible | Church

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	Places I've Lived
	Amsterdam, The Netherlands --born there! I tried to jump into the canals Lansing, IL --where I was when Kennedy was shot
	Belmont, MA --my Pop was a perpetual student at Harvard North Haledon, NJ --now I was suddenly a preacher's kid Grand Rapids, MI --Calvin College helped me put it all together Miami, FL --no, I didn't buy a gun; good eye-opening experience though
	Sioux Center, IA --Local T-shirt: "If ya ain't Dutch, ya ain't much!" Iowa City, IA --"nuclear-free zone," record number of PhDs per capita Animations by S. Holtrop 1997
	Huntington, IN --longest I've lived anywhere; home town of a certain former vice president

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Family
Spouse: Sharon Bouma Doctoral student in sociology at Purdue University. Teaching: Teaching Assistant and Adjunct instructor in the Sociology Department at Purdue; Sociology Department and EXCEL adult program, Huntington University. M.S. in Sociology, Purdue University, August 2000 B.A. in English, Calvin College, 1981 Formerly Regional Administrator of Leader Accreditation and Coordinator of Leader Applicants, North Central Plains Region: La Leche League International ~mother-to-mother support, education, information~ Email: sharon @ bouma-holtrop.com
Children: Rachel (b.1983) Elizabeth (b.1985) Jimmy (b. 1989)

Hobbies

Web design--especially pages on teaching methods & weather maps
    See Writing Lesson Plans
Home improvements--we bought a 1921 house and have been doing stuff to it ever since
Photography--taught high school photography, love photographing kids & parties
Swimming, biking, or rollerblading--got to do something to burn calories
Sailing--especially a 14' Hobie Cat on Lake Michigan!
Computers--part of my JOB is chasing that mouse around
Weather:


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Breezing Up by Homer

Animations by S. Holtrop 1997

Huntington Weather:


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Churches

Member, First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, IN
       + Adult Sunday School teacher
       + Strategic Planning Committee
House church in Fort Wayne, 2000-2001
College Park Church, United Brethren in Christ, Huntington, 1999-2000
First Christian Church, Huntington, 1998
My background: Christian Reformed Church (Dutch Calvinist)
Huntington University is owned and operated by The Church of the United Brethren in Christ

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   Favorite Education-Related Bible Passages

Still Life with Open Bible
by Van Gogh
Micah 6:8 "And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Matthew 25:23 "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."
I Corinthians 10:31 "Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
On-line concordance: Bible Gateway

Huntington University | Education Department

Master of Education | EXCEL Program for Adults | Graduate Programs in Ministry

30 Jan 2008
email: sholtrop @ huntington.edu

Lecturing and sailing animations by S. Holtrop 1997

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	Churches
	Member, First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, IN + Adult Sunday School teacher + Strategic Planning Committee House church in Fort Wayne, 2000-2001 College Park Church, United Brethren in Christ, Huntington, 1999-2000 First Christian Church, Huntington, 1998 My background: Christian Reformed Church (Dutch Calvinist) Huntington University is owned and operated by The Church of the United Brethren in Christ
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	Favorite Education-Related Bible Passages
Still Life with Open Bible by Van Gogh	*Micah 6:8* "And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Matthew 25:23 "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!" *Philippians 4:8* "Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." *I Corinthians 10:31* "Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." On-line concordance: Bible Gateway

Spouse: Sharon Bouma Doctoral student in sociology at Purdue University. Teaching: Teaching Assistant and Adjunct instructor in the Sociology Department at Purdue; Sociology Department and EXCEL adult program, Huntington University.

Children:

Rachel (b.1983) Elizabeth (b.1985) Jimmy (b. 1989)

Spouse: Sharon Bouma

Doctoral student in sociology at Purdue University.
Teaching:
Teaching Assistant and Adjunct instructor in the Sociology Department at
Purdue; Sociology Department and EXCEL adult program, Huntington University.

Rachel (b.1983)
Elizabeth (b.1985)
Jimmy (b. 1989)