Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Evangelists In the early fall, after the first several weeks of becoming accustomed to campus life, we take time out for a week of special consideration of the Word and of our per- sonal relationship to Christ and to our fel- low men. This fall the Pastor of Students, Myron Augsburger, led us in the Conquest of Holiness by way of the conquest of sal- vation, life, love, victory, obedience, the Spirit-filled life, eternity. We were drawn into spiritual unity as we joined hearts and efforts to “follow . . . holiness.” At the change of semesters when course examinations are completed and the Spe- cial Bible Term students have joined the college family, then comes again the pause in the year’s activities for another time of special, spiritual refreshing before plung- ing into the heavy work of the last semes- John R. Mumaw Myron Augsburger ter. For this second Revival Week, the College President, John R. Mumaw, ac- cepted the responsibility of serving as our evangelist. Through message after mes- sage we were brought nearer and nearer to Christ until we came to the place where we beheld the suffering, dying Lamb of God; the offering through which we are sanctified once for all. And beholding Him afresh our love grew stronger—our love for Him and for each other. We followed on and saw His death, our death; His life, our life. We searched and understood more clearly the Person who has come to live within us; His purpose, how He works, what He accomplishes for us, and what He desires to do through us. Finally, as we stood looking back across the panorama of spiritual wealth our hearts exclaimed with Paul, “We are more than conquerors through him that loved us!” ... EVELYN E. KING

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LEFT: Roland Yoder; BACK ROW: John Herr, Lois Mumaw, John Mus- selman, Bernard Martin, Evonne Shank; FRONT ROW: Loretta Shrock, Gladys Lehman, Ronald Beverlin, Edna Slabach, Margaret Lapp, Keith Esch. It was our Christmas social] but the mere social soon faded into oblivion; the platform became a Judean hill; the darkness, a win- ter night; the ladies, haloed- angels with their song; and sud- denly, we who came to worship .Him realized that it was Christ- TaSiee Social Committees “Say, how about serving on the social committee this year? I knew you would. And by the way, youre re- sponsible to plan for the ‘peak climb’—that’s three days from now!” Other activities under the wing of the social commit- tee include the Thanksgiving social, criticism slips, skating parties, open house, and the big event—the spring banquet. Agreed, it is a lot of work, but the reward of making life more interesting for others is much greater. ... Kerra Escu 27

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April April April April April April April April April April April April April Touring Chorus ITINERARY 7—Messiah College, Grantham, Pa. 8—Maple Grove Church, Atglen, Pa. 9—Conestoga Church, Morgantown, Pa. 10—Heretord Church, Bally, Pa. 10—Rockhill Church, Telford, Pa. 11—Doylestown Church, Doylestown, Pa. 12—Skippack Church, Skippack, Pa. 13—Wesley Chapel, Newark, Del. 14—Greenwood Church, Greenwood, Del. 15—Holly Grove Church, Westover, Md. 16—Mt. Pleasant Church, Fentress, Va. 17--Warwick River Church, Denbigh, Va. 17—Richmond Mission, Richmond, Va. We sang the praises of God: “ ‘Let all together praise our God upon His lofty throne’... ‘Thou, who, as the great Crea- tor, art by all Thy works adored.’ ” We sang of Christ’s sufferings and death: “‘Thy groaning and Thy sighing, Thy thousand tears and crying, that once were heard from Thee’. . . “They crucified my Lord. ” We sang of His victory and exaltation: “O, higher than the cherubims, more glo- rious than the seraphims’ . . . ‘Come, Thou blessed Prince of Peace.’ ” ... REBECCA STOLTZFUS