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Fayetteville, NC
Vol. XXXVIII, No. 5
December 6, 2000
Different Kinds Of Worshi
By Jeanna Maynard
Contributing Writer
Come join us at our Ecumeni
cal worship services every Wednes
day at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel.
Reverend Carl King and the
newly activated Worship Team that
meet on Tuesdays at 11a.m. are striv
ing to put together some different and
unique worship experiences that ev
eryone can enjoy and appreciate. We
would like to encourage all students,
faculty, and staff to come and partici
pate in the service.
Each week a different person
will be selected to lead the respon
sive reading, say the opening prayer,
read the scriptures, and lead the con
gregation in reciting an Affirmation
of Faith.
If you are interested in sharing
your faith in this way, please contact
Campus Ministry. Upcoming events
at Chapel service will highlight the
Gospel Choir on Nov. 29, and a stu
dent will present the scripture in her
native language.
On Sunday, Dec. 3, there will
ROTC Battled Mother Nature
be a Moravian Lovefeast in the
Chapel. After this service, there will
be an opportunity to participate in
Christmas Caroling. Come and get
into the spirit of Christmas by your
presence at the feast and your voice
to the caroling.
On Dec. 6 (Reading Day), we
will have a communion service and
John Morris will lead the singing with
his guitar. Interesting past Chapel ser
vices have highlighted Rainbow’s
End singing group (Nov. 8), a Dedi
cation of Christmas Child shoeboxes
and a Liturgical Dance group ( Nov.
15).
On Nov. 18, a special prayer
Photo by Jami Sheppard
retreat was held at St. Andrews Meth
odist Church from 10-2 p.m.
Our worship team is excited
about all the possibilities for reach
ing out to others in Christ.
We would enjoy receiving
other ideas, so if you have an idea for
a special service you can contact us
at 630-7515 or through
Campusministry@methodist.edu.
Also, if you would like to receive e-
mail information about upcoming
Campus Ministry events or special
Chapel services send your e-mail ad
dress to the above site.
Francis Mohammed: More Than
Just A Staff Member
By Takechia Jackson
Contributing Writer
As the residents of Weaver Hall
head to class in the morning, Francis
Mohammed greets them with a smile.
Usually, she is taking out the
trash, vacuuming the floor, or dust
ing furniture. Quietly, humming a
song to herself, she looks up as some
one passes and smiles again. Her hair,
the color of cool ashes, is always
combed in the same direction. Her
skin, a light shade of maple, reveals
very few wrinkles. She looks neither
young nor old, somewhere in be
tween. The light-blue shirt that she
wears reads, “Francis” in dark letters
on the far comer.
Mohammed has been at Meth
odist College for two years. She
cleans Weaver Hall, an all-female
residence hall, and the Administration
building. Before coming to Method
ist, she worked at the Econo Lodge
in Fayetteville for three years, and
prior to that she worked seven years
at the Howard Johnson.
“I’ve been cleaning for years. I
came to Methodist for better pay and
benefits,” Mohammed explains.
Mohammed has three daugh
ters, whom she is very proud of. “I’ve
raised three good children. They
never got into a lot of trouble and they
are doing well for themselves,” she
states with a beaming smile on her
face.
Mohammed came from a very
large family. She had seven brothers
and two sisters. She admits that it was
sometimes tough, “but a close knit
family makes up the difference,” she
said.
She has three granddaughters,
with whom she loves to spend time.
However, when she is not spending
time with them, she is watching the
soaps.
“I love The Young and the Rest
less. I get pretty upset if someone calls
while I’m watching it.”
When asked what she enjoys
more than the soaps, she answered the
beach. She thinks that it is one of the
most beautiful places on earth. She
concluded that she doesn’t lead a very
fancy hfe, but “really enjoys” the way
that she lives.
The residents in Weaver love
having her around. Nicole Pratt, a
freshman, said, “I think that she is a
wonderful person. She keeps this
Photo by Jami Sheppard
Mohammed.
dorm looking good. She does a job
that many people would not want to
do, but she does it and she does it very
well.”
Mohammed has worked most
of her life at making the lives of oth
ers more clean and happy. Who
knows where her next stop will be?
Maybe she will stay with the Meth
odist College community for a while.
By Amanda Garcia
College News Co-editor
Have you ever gone camping
in thirty-degree weather with winter
like precipitation? Does it even sound
like something that you would like to
do, much less volunteer to do?
Well, about forty ROTC cadets
from Campbell University, Method
ist College, Fayetteville State Univer
sity, and UNC-Pembroke did just that.
From 5:30 A.M. on Saturday,
November 18th, until 1:(K) P.M. on
Sunday, the cadets of Campbell Bat
talion braved Mother Nature and had
a field training exercise at Fort Bragg.
The purpose of the exercise was
to evaluate cadets on the military
tasks that they have learned through
out the semester.
The first task put out to the ca
dets was day land navigation. The
cadets were put into buddy-teams and
given a briefing on the area. From
there they were given a map, com
pass, and grid coordinates of points
they were to find. They had to find 5
out of 7 points in less than three hours.
After running around in the
woods for several hours, the cadets
next task was to execute battle drills
that they had learned in class. Some
of these drills are react to contact,
ambush, reconnaissance, and knock
out a bunker.
Each cadet was given the op
portunity to be in charge of a six to
eight man squad. After receiving their
mission, it was the cadets’ job to lead
his or her squad in a manner that ad
hered to the battle drill that they were
taught.
In order to successfully com
plete the mission, the cadets were re
quired to give a take charge minute,
a warning order, an operations order,
and then lead the squad into the
woods in order to attack the enemy.
All of this was to be done within a
certain time limit, usually around an
hour.
On Saturday, there were 6 dif
ferent scenarios (or lanes). It was also
the practice day. It was the time to
ask questions and fix mistakes.
After completing all six gruel
ing lanes, the cadets were then taken
Cadet pulls security during an operations order.
Photo by LTC Robbins
back to the land navigation site. Af
ter a quick hot meal, they were sent
back out into the woods for night land
navigation. The same things applied
as before, only this time it was dark
and you only had to find 3 out of 5
points.
After completing the night land
navigation, the cadets were supposed
to get ready for a night’s sleep under
the stars. However, Mother Nature
decided to make the tiresome week
end a little more interesting and pro
vided some sleet and rain for the ca
dets.
One of the things that the Army
prides itself on is its ability to adapt
and overcome. Due to Mother
Nature’s gift, it was decided that the
cadets would all sleep in a medium
sized Army tent. Thirty cadets were
placed on the ground in their sleep
ing bags nice and tightly packed to
gether. Those with sleep apnea snored
the night away, while the others
around them laid awake all night,
grateful to at least be dry.
Bright and early Sunday morn
ing long before the sun rose, the ca
dets were up and at it. The first thing
on the agenda was a forced ruck
march. For those of you not aware
of what that is, just know that it is very
tough to go as fast as the pace setter.
If you are capable to keep up, life is
made tough by simulated rounds
coming down out of the sky, causing
you to hit the deck for a few seconds,
and then getting back up and sprint
ing with 35 pounds on your back the
length of a football field. That hap
pened several times along the ruck
march.
When the cadets finally
reached the battle drill lanes, they
were broken down into their squads
again and sent out to be graded on
their abilities to lead. Their jobs were
made all the more difficult by having
to deal with miserable, cold weather
and tired, wearisome cadets.
After several iterations, a few
cadets were having to receive medi
cal attention due to the cold and wet
situation. The call to end the exer
cise early was finally given after it
was decided that mother nature would
not cooperate. The health and well
being of the cadets was priority since
they have to go to advanced camp this
summer in order to get their commis
sions.
A Methodist College cadet,
Anthony Hanson, felt that although
the conditions were not optimal, a lot
of good training was still received.
“In a real world battle you are
not always going to have things go
your way. It was good experience for
us, especially for those who have
never done anything like that,”
Hanson remarked.
Methodist Holds Annual Concert
Photo by Tabitha Stookesbury
The Monarch
Messenger staff
wishes you, your
family, and
friends a safe,
Happy Holiday!
See you next
semester!
Photo by Jami Sheppard
Members of Synergy.
By Carrie Adcox
Editor-in-Chief
Methodist College held its Sec
ond Annual Friends of Music Holi
day Concert Nov. 28.
The Music Department incor
porated the many elements that cre
ate music in this concert. There were
a variety of styles and musical direc
tions. From the classically trained
voice students to instrumental jazz
style renditions of holiday favorites,
the concert twisted through the many
corridors of music.
Special guest Louis Seymour,
Methodist College Alumni, per
formed two secular piec-,.’S. His haunt
ing baritone rose above the piano
chords with eerie ease and precision.
Rainbow's End performs at the Holiday Concert.
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Seymour graduated from Meth
odist College in 1995 with a Bach
elor of Music. He then went on to
earn his Masters of Music and Mas
ters of Art at Ohio University.
Angalie Quinn and Christian
Baumgart joined vocal forces to per
form “Angels’ Carol”, a John Rutter
selection. Their two voices blended,
melting against the other voice. Their
style was seductively complimentary.
Each voice was single; yet through
dramatic dynamics, those two indi
vidual voices became mirrors of each
other.
Rainbow’s End, the Methodist
College Scholarship Vocal Ensemble,
performed three selections. This
year’s group performed together
nicely. Their chemistry was visible
under the harsh stage lights. Genuine
smiles of enjoyment were seen on
their faces as they sang to the audi
ence, and to each other.
Rachael Shultz, Desiree
Horton, and Bryanna Patterson
played “Carol of the Bells” with wind
instruments. This instrumental rendi
tion echoed off the walls of Reeves
Auditorium. The complexity of the
selection was minimized by the eu
phemistic interpretation, creating a
quiet still among the audience.
Synergy performed several se
lections from various ethnicities to
emphasize the non-traditional holiday
interpretations. Their use of motions
and gestures added to the visual in
terpretation of the song.
The Instrumental Ensemble
performed several jazzed holiday
songs. The audience laughed as the
ensemble donned Santa hats, includ
ing Dr. Bruce Blanton who caught his
hat from a member of the ensemble
who tossed it. Dr. Blanton pulled it
on his head with a huge smile. The
audience was encouraged to sing
along to the familiar favorites and
they did, loudly and a little off key.
But that was acceptable to everyone
as the holiday spirit prevailed.
The performance closed with
the Concert Choir. This group of stu
dents performed several selections.
Brenda Vandervort’s strong mezzo-
soprano voice was highlighted in “Go
Tell It On the Mountain” arranged by
Phillip Kern. Her final solo at Meth
odist College was successful. After
the concert, all she could say was, “I
can’t believe it’s over.”
Brad Laub displayed his voice
in the selection, “Give Me Jesus” ar
ranged by Moses Hogan. This tenor’s
voice demonstrated the controlled
restraint of voice majors. The thin, yet
strong quality of his voice produced
a flute-like sound.
The Concert Choir and
Synergy are conducted by Betty
Neill Parsons.
Mr. J. Michael Rogers and Dr.
L. Bruce Blanton conducted the In
strumental Ensemble.
Students of Dr. Sue Snyder per
formed all the solos. Dr. Jane
Gardiner assisted by playing the pi
ano.
Look for the next joint concert
next spring and be sure to attend. The
audience was full; yet, there were
empty seats still available.
Vandervort.
Seymour.
Chorus uses movement.
Photos by Jami Sheppard
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