Abilene Christian College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

Seekers of the Word gets official recognition During the spring semester Seekers of the Word, a Christian drama troupe, received official recognition as a student organization representing ACU, said RaDonna Belk, freshman radio-television major and member of the troupe. Seekers of the Word was the idea of Alan Brown, junior youth ministry major from Rockville, Md., and president of the troupe. Brown transferred to ACU in the fall of 1981 with the hope of joining the former ACU acting troupe, HIS Players. Since HIS Players no longer existed, Brown decided to fill what in his view was a gap in ACU's extracurricular program. Seekers of the Word's initial perfor- This page: top f Chris Marshall, freshman business major, ana' Alan Brown, junior youth ministry major, en- courage the audience to join them in a songj center - A member of Seekers of the Word plays a solo part during a per- formance for student leaders and members of the administrationg bottom left - Members of Seekers ofthe Wordg bottom right - Scott Ripley, freshman computer science major, and Marc Cates, freshman from Odessa, conclude a dramatization. 'QA FRONT ROW - Tonya Kennedy, Marc Cates, Della Bowen, Debbie Thedford. ROW 2 - Laura Stroup, Laura Jo Stewart, Alan Brown, Chris Marshall, Deyne Parks. ROW 3 - Susan Threlkeld, Robert Mathis, RaDonna Belk, Scott Ripley, Susan Chambers, Linda Draleau, Dennis Miller, Dana Small. ROW 4 - Anna Rouse, David Fox. Valerie Gower, Louis Fleming, Ron Nutt, Mike Moore. mances occurred in and around Abilene for area churches and youth groups, Belk said. The troupe drew ideas from material that some of the members had gathered in the past. They presented them to the public in the form of songs, skits and au- dience participation activities. As some of the group's leaders reflected on the past year, they agreed on one ac- complishment: spiritual growth of the troupe. Robert Mathis, a freshman from Gar- diner, Mass., and public relations director for the troupe, said, "We've had our sparks and our disagreements, but we're solidify- ing more every day." He added that members realized they were not professionals, but tried to concen- trate on conveying important messages about life in Christ to their audiences. Brown said he was pleased with the group's accomplishments this year, and although he had only one year left at ACU, he already saw potential leadership for the troupe. "Seekers of the Word is here to stay as long as its members remember why they are performing," Brown said. "We're go- ing to take out a little time to say we care, we want to help, and we want to reach out and touch your lives through our skits or through our songs or just by being there." Seekers of the Word