Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Spirltuol Life Committee: Front Row) Don Bergstrom. Joy Dezurik. Myndy Drenk. Korka Holvorson, Kristi Tomre. Lonsso Vtaseco. Alysso Krokowski. Shelley Peterson Row 2) Geri VonDeWoJker. Angle Sprenger. Corotyn Joe non Koren Volkxe. Sondro Sletten. Kore Oocon. Amoro Johnson. Heidi Lorson Row 3) Greto Thompson. Joonno Genovese. Trocy Nelson. Cheryl Osierhoose. Amy Koechel. Melisso Plzorro, Kothy Gustofson Row 4) Anne Merrlon, Cheryl Horn. Heidi Proetz. Soro Zimmermon. Row 5) Rich Evons. Scott AMord. Jenny Nyhuls. Heidi Helmlch. Louro flegon, Megon Newstrom. Andrew Gomson. Amy Porod Row 6) Mory Joehnert. Soro Nyhuls. Mork Hogfors. Mot Bortels. Casey Fronklln. Mortho Brondon Row 7) Betsy Dewey. Soroh Nordln, Amy Trlschler. Angie Nelson, Rochel Lee. Wendy Elsholtz. Pomelo Mockenhoupi. Dono Blumberg. Pot Kelley. Brion Lloyd. Left center: Members of the vorsify soccer teom look on os Steve Schwob (11) ond Rondy Bevis (12) exploin SPAM fitness. For left: Brett Mottson (11). Evrett Lunquist (11) ond Kori Morgentholer (11) listen Intently to the speoker during compus room chopel. Eoch doss gothered once o week In the compus room for worship. Mr. Denny Moon odresses the topic of chonge ond growing up during the foil Spirltuol Life Week. He helped moke it o meoningful week for mony students ond foculty members. Spirltuol Life — 25

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Changes Enhance Worship A new emphasis wos placed on spiritual life with rhe introduction of Youth Alive, the completion of rhe Board's survey of spiritual life influences, chonges in convocation, and foil Spiritual Life Week speaker Denny Moon. Youth Alive was a student Bible study which met on Mondoys at 7 p.m. and Fridays at 7:30 a.m. Students go together to sing, pray, have devotions, engage in Bible studies and group discussions about issues (n their lives, ond listen to guest speakers. They olso hod social activities such as gening together to eat and go bowling. The survey of the board suggested that students are more influenced by peers than teachers, ond resulted in o closer look at homeroom devotions as a meaningful method of developing students' spiritual life. • There were chonges in convocation such as rhe adding of the chimes, regular use of the choir, benedictions, more handouts and singing. During Spiritual Life Week, October 20-24, Reverend Denny Moon from Granby, Connecticut spoke to students ond faculty on the rheme Life Is Difficult. Rev. Dan Bergstrom felt Rev. Moon hod the gifts and talents for speoking to young people ond identifying with rheir hurts ond needs. One factor that mode Rev. Moon's speeches interesting wos his use of people from the oudience to ossist him. Mr. Gerald Nordstrom expresses his distaste for rhe importance students place on foshion. Mr. Nordstrom stressed internal development over externol oppeoronce. For right: Jodie Thiessen (11) ond Ryan Skonse (12) ponder the morolify in foodbuying decisions. Trocy Groy (11) ond Nicole Geodke (11) sell boked goods to raise money for rheir homeroom's Christmos box for rhe needy. 24 — Sptrlruol Life

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Play Cast Pulls Through With rhe lead, Charlie (Rich Anderson (12)), injured in practice rhe night before the fall play opened, it wos questionnoble whether Flowers for Algernon, would be presented on November 21 ond 22. Rich ond Jonelle Whittingham (12), student director, accidentally knocked down two supports for the Modrigol Dinner set while moving rhe piono. One of them fell on Rich's neck cousing him to spend two hours in the hospital. With rhe help of medication however, Rich was able to perform rhe next day. According to Ms. Meg Zouner, director, the performances went very well ond rhe cost did o good job despite problems they faced. The set wos multi-leveled with no backdrop because the ploy wos episodic (moved quickly from scene to scene). Since the ploy wos modern, - costumes were from stock or cost members' own clothes. The props were either made, brought or found. Audience reaction, said Ms. Zouner wos fovoroble ond they enjoyed it ond seemed to think it wos moving. In celebration of five weeks of reheorsol ond two performances, the cost hod o party or Elisso Lund's house offer Saturday night's performance. Upper right: Normo (Joy Dezurik) detains her pyscho mother (Ann Sorenson) os she straggles to orrock her son Chorlie (Rich Anderson). Lower left: Qurt (Note Cutlond) questions Chorlie (Rich Anderson) obout what he sees in the red ink blocks. Lower right: Nemur (Orion Johnson) ond Strauss (Mimi Ayres) orgue obout when to present their findings on Chorlie public 26 — flowers for Algernon