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Volume V, Number VII iStteat, NC 28757 February 18, 2005
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Activists March In Washington
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Two demonstrators at the 32nd annual March for Life stand in front of the Supreme Court in Washington,
D.C. A handful of people from Saving Arrows fasted for 30 days, beginning on January 22, to advocate
against the 1973 ruling in Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion. Saving arrows is a group opposed to
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by Erin Jones
With an unmistakable cadence,
200 people, 33 of them carry
ing white crosses each bearing
a year from 1973-2005, walk
single file in a fimeral procession.
The carriers of each wooden
icon, along with a large crowd
following are as quiet as the snow
that is falling on their shoulders.
There is, however, no casket, no
next of kin, or accident to blame
for their grief This procession is
for the 46 million abortions per
formed in the past three decades.
The group walks towards the
Supreme Court with determina
tion, but they carmot forget what
they have left behind. In their
wake looms the Planned Parent-
PC (USA) Moderator Visit Spurs Interest
by April Heyward
Rick Uflford-Chase, mod
erator for the Presbyterian Church
(USA), visited Montreat on Feb
ruary 13 for two meetings open to
the community and students.
Over 60 members of the com
munity attended the 4 pm meeting
at Gaither Chapel, and later that
evening over 20 students and
members fi'om Montreat Presby
terian Church attended an 8 pm
pizza party.
At both gatherings. Chase
introduced himself by first speak
ing of his early upbringings as a
Presbyterian preacher kid in York,
Pennsylvania. He also talked of
how his experience as a mission
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I Rescue those being led away to death;
■ hold back those staggering toward slaughter. ”
- Proverbs 24:11 NIV
worker for the PC (USA) since
1987 influenced him to spread
the importance of the church get
ting “out of the pews and into the
world.”
After speaking to the audience
during the first meeting, Ufford-
Chase answered questions about
New Immigrants Fellowship,
mission opportunities for young
adults, and the benefits of wor
shiping in a multicultural church.
“I would like young people to
know that we’re alive and rel
evant,” Moderator Ufford-Chase
explained.
At the 8 o’clock forum, students
asked questions in regards to the
hood facility of the Metropolitan
area where they have just spent
an hour and a half greeting and
attempting to council women
who are on their way inside.
“Despite the fact that we were
all passionate, everyone stayed
cahn and spoke to the women
out of love for them and their
pre-bom babies,” said Kortney
Blythe, a senior at Montreat, who
was among the activists.
Walking in the fimeral proces
sion, Blythe holds the cross with
her birth year, 1983.
Her passion for the end of abor
tion was fueled during childhood
by her uncle who started a non
profit anti-abortion organization
over 20 years ago called At the
Well Ministry.
Her interest in expressing her
beliefs via protest was rekindled
a year ago after she read signs
■posted by the National Organiza
tion for Women advertising a pro-
choice march. Blythe attended
the march but not as a participant.
She joined around 2,000 coun
ter-protesters in demonstrating
against the march. Since then,
she has attended as many events
as possible in coalition with Rock
for Life, an organization whose
goal,is “offering the tmth about
abortion, infanticide, and eutha
nasia to American’s youth
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moderator’s stance on homo
sexual leadership in the church,
interpretation of scripture, and
reconciliation within the church.
Sophomore Stephanie Johnson
said she was, “a bit amazed about
some of the questions. The mod
erator tried to answer the ques
tions to the best of his ability.”
Senior Tyler Greene com
plained that the moderator “didn’t
teach what we would call ‘the
inspiration of scripture’ or that
Christ is the only savior of the
world.”
The moderator’s trip to.
Montreat was a part of a tour of
twelve PC (USA) affiliated col
leges in North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
Johnson said the meeting was:
“insightful because I was able
to learn what the Presbyterian
[church] was about.”
Greene pointed out that
although Montreat is part of the
PC (USA) denomination, the
church and college are more bibli
cally conservative. He worried
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Ukrainian soloist from the Kyiv Youth Orchestra and Chorus performs for a packed Anderson
Auditorium. On February 14, the group, directed by Montreal alum Matthew McMurrin, returned to
campus in cooperation with Friends of Music, Montreal Presbyterian Church, and Montreal
Scottish Society.