Winter Flicker Program —
A Big Success
by Betsy Beebe
There once lived a young
man by the name of James.
James loved to run. He had
a big dream, and that was to
one day be the best runner
in the worid. He was deter
mined to obtain this high
goal. James would run for
miles and miles; in fact, he
ran hundreds of miles. He
lifted weights and worked
for hours. For hours on end
James practiced. Some
days his body ached and
was so tired that he could
hardly move, but he kept go
ing. He worked hard, deter
mined to be the best.
James worked his way up
to the hardest and fastest
races. He ran them well but
couldn’t quite beat the best
man. He was so close yet so
far. James kept trying but
couldn’t win first prize. He
was becoming frustrated.
Just about then, James
started to find notes taped
on his [ocker — notes of en
couragement. Sometimes
even scripture was written
on the notes. James would
sit and read them. One day
before his race he read a
note that quoted Philippians
4:13: "I can do all things
through Christ who gives me
strength.” He decided to
give the race to the Lord.
James won the race. He
was so happy and wanted
badly to thank the person for
all the notes of encourage
ment. The person had
anonymously given support
to and pointed James’ atten
tion to the Lord. James
found the missing element
to the running of the race
because of his friend. He
finally-found the person, and
she was someone he least
expected — someone who
he thought didn’t care about
athletes. They became
good friends and together
grew strongly and happily in
the Lord
There are two major pur
poses of the Flicker pro
gram: to promote sharing
and to set up a situation
where people learn to oivet .^jj^*"'
encouragement and help
others. The job of a Flicker
is to anonymously give^l
moral and spiritual support’'
to an athlete. ^
The Flicker program is not
only beneficial to the*
athlete, but also to thef
Flicker. The Flicker arouses!
the interest of athletes and
stimulates motivation
within them, both in their!
athletic endeavors and per
sonal lives. An example of
this would be that the
Flicker shares a thought or
idea which serves as in
spiration to the athlete. The
athlete thinks about it dur
ing the game and performs
better. The athlete becomes
excited to learn more so that
he or she can excel in their
endeavors. Over a period of
time, the athlete develops
into a well-rounded member
(Cont. on pg. 2)
/ MQ!MEAT-MlM§aN' COLLEGE
" .-Sr •
Vol.5
March 31,1983
Conference Christianity
And Literature — Aoril 14-16
The fifth annual South
eastern Regional meeting of
the Conference on Chris
tianity and Literature will be
held at Montreat-Anderson
College April 14-16, 1983.
According to Mr. Don King,
program chairman, “CCL is
a national organization of
scholars interested in the
relationship of Christianity
and literature and is
dedicated to scholarly ex
cellence and fellowship
among college-level
teachers of literature.”
Readings of poetry and
scholarly papers will be
presented by conference
participants from as far
away as Oklahoma, Michi
gan, New York, and Florida.
Also, a discussion session
will be offered concerning
teaching literature from a
Christian perspective. The
English Department of
Montreat-Anderson College
is hosting this year’s Con
ference on Christianity and
Literature, and Dr. Gray is
serving as the local ar
rangements chairman.
Btudent participation is
encouraged at any or all ses
sions; however, session 3 of
Friday, April 15 will be of
special interest to the
students as Richard Burnett
(sophomore) will be serving
as a panel reactor. Con
ference programs may be
obtained from Dr. Gray or
Mr. King.
SESSIONS
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Morgan Science Building,
Room 110
Topic: Teaching Literature
from a Christian perspec
tive.
“The Irrelevant, the Immoral,
and the Boring: The Errors
of St. Augustine’s Writing
and Literature Teachers,”
Edward Veith, N.E. Oklaho
ma A. & T. College.
“Rediscovering the Spiritual
Life: Christian Studies at
Hillsdale College,” Ben
jamin Alexander, Hillsdale
College.
BREAK
Panel reactors:
Russ Gill, Eion College; Paul
Hesselink, Covenant Col
lege; Sandra Nelson, Colum
bia College; Richard
Burnett, student, Montreat-
Anderson College.
Andrus, Blackwood and Company in concert March 12 in
Panama City, Florida
Thom Johnston
Interviews
Terry Blackwood
course, good for my ego.
People are always impress
ed by her title and by the
fact that I’m married to her.
It’s especially rewarding on
top of just the fact that she’s
my wife and we get along so
well. I don’t know....It’s kin-
da hard to list all the
benefits. I do get a lot of at
tention that I might not have
gotten if I had married some
ordinary giri but she’s....
weli, she’s such a beautiful
girl and God brought her in
to my life. The wonderful
part of it is that she is not
only beautiful outside, she’s
beautiful inside. We get
along beautifully. We share
a lot of the same interests.
We both are called to
minister in song, and for her
it’s more in testimony, but
she has an album out that is
doing real well. I don’t
know... it’s an exciting life
-it’s never dull. There’s
always something coming
up. It’s challenging and it’s
something around the cor
ner that we’re e^ccited about,
partly due to the fact that
she was Miss America, and
there’s a lot of attention
drawn to that title and peo
ple interested in her coming
and we’re doing a few things
together: concerts and
churches where we’re sing
ing together.
There are also liabilities
too, frankly. Unless a man is
very secure in who he is and
unless he is the kind of guy
who can handle that kind of
attention that she gets, it
would make it difficult for
him. In her particular situa
tion, it’s great that we mar
ried, because I had pretty
well established a career in
gospel music before we
(Cont. on pg. 4)
Andrus, Blackwood, and
Company is one of the
forerunners in the field of
contemporary Christian
music. Their popularity is
due in part, no doubt, to the
impressive credentials that
each member of the band
brings into the group. Terry
Blackwood and Sherman
Andrus are the leaders of
the band, and both are
former members of the Im
perials. Other members of
the band bring in experience
from such southern gospel
groups as the Singing Spear
Family, The Happy Good-
mans, and the Blackwood
Brothers, and still other
members of the band have
specialized training in
sacred music and jazz. This
great diversity and high
caliber of experience work
together to form a styie of
contemporary Christian
music that is hard to
classify but fantastic and
uplifting to iisten to.
On Saturday, Mach 12,
whiie on spring break, I had
the opportunity to ex
perience an evening of
praise with Andrus, Black
wood, and Company in
Panama City, Florida, along
with Morningstar, a local
Christian band. After the
concert, I was able to spend
some time with Terry Black
wood, and he was gracious
enough to grant this inter
view.
Thom Johnston: First of all
Terry, what is it like being
married to Miss America?
(Terry is married to Cheryl
Prewitt, the Miss America of
1980.)
Terry Blackwood: Wonder
ful! It has a lot of fringe
benefits. It’s always, of