Vol. 12, No. 2
September 22,1982
Oxford Heads
Prayer Breakfast
by Brian D. Fuller,
Editor-in-chief
Jim Oxford doesn’t
have an 8:00 class on
Tuesdays. Yet he still
gets up at 6:30 to
prepare for Prayer
Breakfast. Every Tues
day at 7:15, as soon as
the cafeteria opens its
doors, Jim herds ten to
twenty early morning
zealots into the ex
ecutive dining room for
food, fellowship,
prayer, and instruction
from the Word.
Jim’s position as
Student Government
Association Vice-
President requires him
to lead this time of
spiritual growth. Vice-
presidents in the past
have held Prayer
Breakfasts, but not
with the new, in
novative ideas that Jim
has come up with.
“We’d like to get some
of the faculty to come
and talk,’’ says Oxford,
“maybe get some
musicians and have a
singing and praising ;
time some mornings.
Some days we’ll have a
prayer list and have
nothing but solid
prayer the whole time.
I’m open for sugges
tions.”
It’s that openness’
that makes Jim such'
an ideal leader for the
Breakfast. He admits
he can’t do it alone so
“Janet Shockey is go
ing to help me. She
went to [Prayer
Breakfast] a lot last
year and I’m going to
be relying on her a
whole lot for help.
She’s volunteered to
help me. I need her,
too,” Jim said. Oxford
encourages everyone
to help him. He’s really
counting on input to
decide the shape the
Breakfast will take.
Whatever the format,
Jim wants to see a lot
of people at 7:15 on
Tuesday. “This year,
we hope to get a lot.
I’m talking about forty
to fifty people. I’d like
to see us even expand
it out into the whole
cafeteria.”
As free as the form
may be, Jim Oxford still
has some definite
guidelines for the
Breakfast: “To me.
Prayer Breakfast
should be a time where
you get a bunch of peo
ple and just really lift
up the event to the Lord
and just come together
real closely spiritually
and praise God...and
just have a real close-
knit relationship.”
Jim wants to instill
in the Montreat college
community a prayer life
which is “humbling
yourself before the
Lord, recognizing that
we are sinners, and we
do need a Savior!”
Call to me and I will
answer you, and I will
tell you great and
mighty things which
you do not know—
Jeremiah 33:3
On The
Road Again
Above: James A. Oxford, man of
prayer.
Below: The 1982-’83 General
Assembly Singers.
(Not pictured: Sherri Newsome).
by Kevin Caldwell
Montreat-Anderson
College is proud to an
nounce the 1982-83 edi
tion of the general
Assembly Singers.
The General
Assembly Singers is a
group of selected
students who share the
good news of Jesus
Christ in song. The
group was chosen
through auditions by
directors Ted Crist and
Julia Roberts. The
selection of the group
is based on several dif
ferent factors. One fac
tor is voice quality and
overall musical ability.
Another factor is the
ability to blend with
others. Yet another,
and perhaps most im
portant, is the in
dividual’s belief in
Jesus Christ as Lord
and Saviour. Many
hours of prayer went in
to making the selection
of the group, giving the
Lord the final decision.
The group is com
posed of four sections.
The soprano section
consists of sopho
mores Cathy Franklin
and Sherri Newsom,
and freshman Karen
Wilkerson. The alto
section includes
sophomore Julie Etua,
and freshmen Jackie
Hines and Stephanie
Schauber. Tenors in
clude sophomores
Jody Dorrel, Chris Dur-
rance, and Bryan Cur
tis. Basses are
sophomores Mike Co
ble, Mike Yarbrough,
Kevin Caldwell, and
freshman Scott Fuller.
The group will begin
activities with a three-
day “Discovery” trip,
designed to get the
members acquainted
with one another, on
September 24. Con
certs will be presented
in various churches in
North Carolina and
Tennessee. During
Spring Break, the group
will travel to Houston,
Texas, and parts of
Louisiana, performing
two or three times a
day. The group asks
that they remain in the
students’ thoughts and
prayers throughout the
year.