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Homecoming Festivities
Anderson Attends
Conference
by Jill Roberts
Our special activities of
Homecoming began Monday
morning, October 1, with
Convocation at 10 a.m. The
Pep Club gave demonstrations
on clothing to wear during
each day of “Spirit Week.’ ’
There was also a presentation
of the Homecoming Court and
our well known Mr. Cavalier,
Jim Montgomery.
Tuesday was hat day.
Students wore any type of hat
that pleased them. Wed
nesday will be country day.
Everyone dressed up as
cowgirls, cowboys, hillbillies,
or anything else just as long as
they looked as though they
were from the country.
Thursday was called back
wards day. Students walked
backwards, wore their clothes
backwards, and some classes
sat backwards. Friday was
color day. Each person was to
wear our school colors which
are blue'and gold. There will
be a movie in the Chapel
Friday night at 7:00 p.m.
After the movie there will be a
Ug bonfire with singing and
fellowship. The new
dieerleaders will also conduct
a pep rally.
The main event day will be
Saturday. That morning there
will be a caravan of cars
decorated in the school colors.
At 2:00 p.m. the Montreat
Soccer team will play Pied
mont Bible College. Saturday
night there will be a dance at
9:30 p.m. with music by the
Sugarcreek Band, from
Charlotte, North Carolina.
The theme of the dance will be
“Color My World.’ ’
Montreat’ s Homecoming
Queen for 1979-80 will be
crowned at the dance at 11
p.m. The candidates for
Homecoming Queen are:
Regina Duke from Franklin,
N.C.; Donna Osborne from
Orlando, Fla.; Charlotte
McNeil from Fort Lauder
dale,, Fla.; Missy Porter from
Roaring River, N.C., and
Esther Ramlogan from
Sangre Grande, Trinidad.
Candidates for the Maid of
Honor are: Gay Anderson
from Waxhaw, NC; Tamara
Cooper from Ada, Mich.;
Karen Drost from Yonkers,
NY; Susan Pierce from
Savannah, Ga.; and Tara
Rand from Charlotte, NC.
by Peggy Martin
Does rubbing elbows with
the top representatives of
missions sound interesting tc
you? Well, that is exactly
what Hicks Anderson was
doing last week. From Sept
24 to 27, he attended the
Evangelical Toren'Missionary
Association retreat in Kansas
Qty. It was an execuitve
retreat, with 170 heads of 81
different missions attending.
Mr. Anderson represented a
Latin-American mission he is
very familiar with: he used tc
be a missionary there. He
went to the retreat officially
representing the board ol
directors of the mission, bul
also representing Montreat-
Anderson College. He hoped
to represent the Latin-
American mission and show
that Montreat-Anderson has
an interest in global missions.
With the support of students
of Montreat, missions such as
Student Mission Fellowship,
Urbana Conference, and
Summer Missions can get on
their feet and moving.
While at the conference, Mr.
Anderson went to group
discussions and workshops on
such topics as “How to reach
the hidden people,’ ’ whom
students themselves can help
reach merely by getting in
volved as individuals and with
church groups. You see, the
lidden people are the ones
that don’t get involved.
MAC Students
Reach Out to JEC
Nominations for the 1979 Homecoming Queen are, left to right: Missy
Porter, Esther Ramlogan, Charlotte McNeil, Regina Duke and Donna
Osborne (photo by Andy Andrews)
by Debbie Wright
For the past several years
the Juvenile Evaluation
Center in Swannanoa has been
visited by students from
Montreat-Anderson College.
Sponsored by the S.C.A.
every Sunday men and women
from the college spend time
with the youth at the
evaluation center. After a
prayer breakfast at 9:00 the
group of approximately
fifteen guys and ten girls head
to Swannanoa to lead Bible
studies, sing-a-longs an-
difiscussions at the center.
There are various reasons
v4iy the group goes. They go
to evangelize, witness and
according to Richard Roc-
canti,S.G.A. President, “to be
an example for the kids.
Someone they can look up to.
Kind of like a big brother.’ ’
Jon Faraone, a sophomore
and leader of the Bible study
on Sloop B ward became in
volved because of his own
past. “I feel the Lord really
wants to go talk to those guys
who are less fortunate than I
am. It’s a big part of my life
because of my own past,’ ’
says Jon.
Kathy Brake, also a
sophomore participates in the
Bible study-devotional in the
girls wing of the Evaluation
Center. They sit in a circle,
sing songs and share their
testimonies. “We just sit
around and talk. We don’ t
bombard them with our
Christianity. The girls need
stimulus as human beings,’ ’
says Kathy.
When asked why she
became involved, Kathy
answered, “the Lord con
victed me to go last year but
this year He’ s given me i
great love of his people that
iHs helped me to overcome
tny fear of reaching out.’ ’
The group is aiming towards
getting a larger number of
consistent, dedicated students
going. They need more guys
who can play guitar to help
lead the sing-a-longs. The
group sees in the future
established friendships and
the opportunity for some of the
youth to venture outside the
Evaluation Center. The main
purpose though is love. Says
Kathy, “we figure the kids at
the J.C. could use some love.’ ’
Homecoming Maid of Honor nominations are, left to right: Gay Anderson
Susan Pierce, Tara Rand, Tamara Cooper, and Karen Drost (photo by Andv
Andrews)
Students Called to Urbana
by Kathy Brake
Then I heard the voice of the
Lord saying “Whom shall I
send and who will go? ’ ’ Many
here on campus have heard
the voice of tiie Lord in their
own hearts and have agreed to
go. To Urbana that is. Those
vtiio are thinking of missions
in any capacity are realizing
that Urbana is a great first
step to finding out more in that
area. There are several
various reasons why students
from Montreat are going to b
be heading for Illinois this
December from the 27-31.
Just as many and more ex-
dting are the ways that the
Lord has provided for His
children to participate in this
•aluable experience.
A freshman who will be
ittending is Debbie Wright.
Debbie first became in
terested in Urbana during the
slide presentation that was
shown during one of our
Hrlier convocations. She had
lad to really pray about going
xcause she was supposed to
have been a counselor at a
Youth for Christ convention.
“But’ ’ , she said, “the Lord
really spoke to me during the
slide show.’ ’ Debbie says she
is interested in going because
shwe wants to “look at dif
ferent opportunities of
missions and to look at
missionaries as they really
are; not the stereotype. Most
people have the idea that
missionaries live in shacks
out there are different jobs to
be filled. Debbie’ s trip is
being funded by money she
has saved and by con
tributions from members of
her church. She also plans to
do odd jobs at home during
breaks and she has a hobby
vdiich she hopes will bring a
little money - making
Christmas wreaths.
Susan Longenecker has
been thinking of going to
Rubana for the past three
years. She first became in
terested when her aunt at-
toided the last conference
and in December the chance
will be here. Susan hopes to
get “a more knowledgeable
view of missions from
^eakers who know what they’
re talking about.’ ’ Her
grandfather, who is “very
mission-minded’ ’ is paying
for half 0 of the trip. The rest
will be paid for out of her
summer . earnings.
Mark Snoddy, who spent
this past summer in Haiti has
become very interested in
missions and some of the
problems involved which his
summer experiences brought
to his attention. He says, “The
Presbyterian church is not
sending out missionaries but
recalling some.’ ’ He ex
plained that the Presbyterian
funds are getting low and they
cannot afford to support their
missionaries. Mark hopes to
get some “new views’ ’ .
Hany Wahby, a student
from Egypt attending Mon
treat will also be going to
Urbana. He first read about
the conference in “His’ ’
magazine, an Inter-Varsity
publication. Then his brother
and some friends told
hihabout their own ex
periences after they attended
the Urbana conference three
years ago. Hany explained
that his reasons for attending
were so that he would be able
to update his friends on any
new ideas that would help
them in their faith back in
Egypt. “Egypt is almost
closed to the world,’ ’ he says.
‘There is not a lot of Christian
literature to read. So, Hany
plans to be a sort of liason for
lis friends; telling them about
new things happening in the
Christian world.
As for mine and my fiancee
Joe DeVries’ story - we would
love to share it with you
sometimne. There is one thing
r d especially like to share
with you now. Don’t ever be
afraid to take that first step
of faith because I’ve learned
that the Lord himself is
always faithful to catch us.
See for yourself and - We’ 11
see you in Urbana!