MANSFIELD — Mansfield Christian School has announced that it will induct four new members into the school’s Hall of Flames at its annual banquet on Friday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m/ at MCS.
Community members/guests are welcome to attend the banquet in support of the inductees or to learn about the school’s new STEM program which will be highlighted that evening. This is a free event and is fully catered by the Ontario Event Center and What’s 4 Dessert.
If you would like to attend, please reserve seats by contacting the school at 419-756-5651 (x.200) or email trueblood.judy@mcsflames.org.
Here’s a closer look at the class of inductees:
Dr. Nathan R. Lowe
Dr. Nate Lowe graduated from Mansfield Christian School in 1992 and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from Taylor University in 1996. Nate spent 15 years teaching, coaching, and leading at West Noble High School in Ligonier, Indiana. During that time, Nate completed his Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ., Indiana.
God then called Nate to work at the Crossing Educational Center, a faith-based alternative school for struggling students. He spent four years as the Principal and Superintendent of the Crossing, helping to lead more than 1,000 at-risk students statewide, on 20 campuses, with 110 faculty. In this position, Nate completed his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Purdue University.
Today, Nate is an Assistant Professor in the School of Educational Leadership at Indiana Wesleyan University and the Principal License Program Manager. Cultivated by his parents, Walt and Lin Lowe, Nate has a passion for missions and has involved himself on work teams to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Hungary, and McAllen, Texas with World Gospel Mission – for whom Nate is also a board member.
Nate, his wife, Anne, and their three children pursue missions and ministry together as a family – consistently seeking ways to mentor and lead the next generation of Christian young people.
Dr. Timothy Bartholomew
A Board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Tim Bartholomew graduated from Mansfield Christian School in 1989. Tim and his wife, Dr. Huyen Ngoc Bartholomew, a physician and anesthesiologist, have served as volunteers in Christian mission hospitals in Niger, Cameroon, Mali, Chad, Guinea, Gabon, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Cambodia since 2003.
Tim brings an advanced level of medical service to Africans with critical oral problems that would otherwise be available only in the US or Europe. Tim graduated with honor from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and was four-year resident of the Medical College of Virginia for Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. He completed Oral Surgery Fellowships at Loyola University, Chicago, The Oral Surgery Institute, Nashville, The University of Miami, George Washington Univ. Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Providence Hospital, Detroit.
The Bartholomews are associates of Marketplace Ministries, a division of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. In 2015, Tim received the Humanitarian of the Year Award for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and in 2010 was named Humanitarian of the Year by the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Tim and his wife, Huyen, have one daughter.
Mrs. J. Kaye Hahn
For over 30 years, Mrs. Kaye Hahn served the families at Mansfield Christian School as both a teacher and a leader. She began her work at MCS in 1977 as a teacher’s aide and then was hired to teach second grade in the fall of 1981. Respect for her professionalism and leadership grew quickly, and in 1989, she became the first female administrator at MCS, serving as the Elementary Principal for grades K-6.
For the next 19 years, Kaye would lead the elementary school through times of remarkable growth and transition. Kaye’s family has been involved with MCS since its inception as her younger brother was an MCS student in the early 1960s. She and her husband, Tom, always knew that a Christ-centered education was what they wanted for their sons and Mansfield Christian was that clear choice.
Mark Hahn graduated from MCS in 1989 and Matt Hahn graduated in 1992 and are serving the Lord in Virginia and Indiana respectively. Kaye graduated from The Ohio State University in 1981 and today, is back at OSU-Mansfield preparing young teachers for a career in education.
Since her retirement from MCS in 2008, Kaye has been the Homeless Student Coordinator for Mansfield City Schools, Vice Chair of the Mansfield Homeless Coalition, a board member for Community Action for Capable Youth (CACY), and a grant-writer/facilitator for an after-school program. At present, she remains active at Mansfield Alliance Church, and also serves on the board at Family Life Counseling, the Child Evangelism Board, and the Harmony House Board.
Mrs. Paula J. Smith
In 1982, Mrs. Paula Smith became the first female history teacher hired for secondary grades at Mansfield Christian School. For the next 26 years, she faithfully and diligently taught God’s truth to the students at MCS. From 1982 – 2006 she instructed her 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students in World History, Ohio History, American History, and World Geography.
She also helped to establish and grow the cheer program by serving as a cheerleading advisor for the junior high, freshmen, JV, and Varsity squads during her time at MCS. After graduating from Marshall University in Huntington, WV, with a Bachelor’s in Health, Physical Education, and Social Studies in 1964, Paula taught three years in public schools before her family settled in Mansfield.
She and her husband, Don, determined very early that their sons would attend MCS and they would be committed to Christian education as a family. That commitment never wavered as Paula was highly regarded for her character, biblical worldview integration, and sincere desire to be faithful to the calling of teaching.
Since her retirement, Paula has volunteered alongside Don for project work at MCS, while also serving on the Board of Directors at the Harmony House, volunteering for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Richland County Fair Board, and serving as a Park Steward for the Friends of Mansfield Parks.
Don and Paula Smith, have two sons that are both MCS graduates: Dr. Cy Smith (Class of 1987 and present Superintendent of MCS) and Rev. Dr. Paul Smith (Class of 1991 and Senior Pastor at Crosspoint Alliance Church in Idaho).
