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Volume VI, Number I Mofttfeii, N^'|^57 September 16, 2005
Grillin’-Up In Asheville
by Jessica Brown
Note: As a ministry, senior Adam
Ripley serves grilled cheese
sandwiches to those attending
the Friday night drum circle in
Asheville.
Q: What started the “Grilled
Cheese” Vision?
A; Back probably in mid June
[senior] Alicia Kelly had the
idea of going to the Drum Circle
in Asheville and taking a char-
eoal BBQ grill to cook s-mores
and give them to the hippies
and homeless. When the drum
eircle was over we broke out
the grill and began to hang out
with people and eook s-mores.
All went really well until about
midnight when the police came
and shut us down. Apparently
it is illegal to have an open fire
in Asheville city parks. Despite
my encounter with the law it
was an amazing experience and
, the beginning of an incredible
opportunity to build friendships
and serve those in need.
In order for the ministry to
continue we had to come up
another method of cooking.
Grilled Cheese became our
new food, and thanks to Bill
Cain, we had a camp stove to
cook over until I could afford
my own. One week a homeless
man told us that grilled cheese
sandwiches are a comfort food
for him and take him back to
good memories from his child
hood. In a world where so
many are broken and hurt a
gPod memory ean do wonders
for our souls.
Q: What can we, as Mon-
treatians, do to support this
vision?
A: I try to go to Asheville
every Friday night with other
Montreat students and spend
a few hours at the drum circle
cooking grilled cheese sand
wiches and forming relation
ships with others. Although
we do give out sandwiches,
the primary focus is relational.
Many of the people that come
to us for food have a greater
need for a friend or just some-
“Drum Circle” commences every Friday night as a part of a weekly festivity in Asheville.
with another type of food and body to talk to, and by serving
“SALT 2005”
them food it creates a level of
trust right from the beginning. If
you feel led to support the drum
circle ministry, feel free to come
with us one Friday night and
hang out. I usually leave around
8:30pm from Montreat and stay
until about midnight, sometimes
later.
If you would like to support
the ministry but do not have
time, I also graciously accept
donations. However, because
of the sheer number of people
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by Lindsey Migliori
Christ - Centered
Student - Focused
Service - Driven
These three simple statements
are Montreat College’s mission
statement in brief The last of
the three, “Service - Driven” is
such an important aspect of
our lives as Christ followers
and Montreat Students, yet so
easily neglected and set aside
to schedules, self-service and
“needs”.
Chaplain Bill Cain sees
S.A.L.T. (Servant And Leader-
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“Your beginnings will seem humble,
w prosperous will be your future. ”
-Job8:7NIV
ship Training) as an opportunity
“to help students see that their
call is to be servants of Jesus
Christ by sharing His compas
sion with others.” Christ calls
His followers to be service-
driven in the majority of his
teachings. When asked about the
greatest commandment, Jesus’
response was: Love God, Love
People (Mark 12:29-31). This is
what we as a church, are called
to do.
In lieu of Hurricane Katrina,
Dr. Cain made the last minute
decision to change the direction
of S.A.L.T. 2005. The retreat
scheduled in Asheville during
September 16 to the 17 has
moved to Ocean Springs, Mis
sissippi from September 16 to
the 18. Approximately 70 Mon-
treatians will venture to Missis
sippi in order to work at the First
Presbyterian Church in Ocean
Springs.
A 57-passenger bus and a
college van will depart at 6:00
a.m. on Friday the 16 and return
by midnight pn Sunday the 18.
The volunteers will sleep in the
fellowship hall of the church
and spend the weekend clearing
debris and offering whatever
assistanee may be needed to the
families in the Ocean Springs
community.
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