Elim Bible Institute - Oasis Yearbook (Lima, NY)

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We attend classes each morning at the Methodist church on Dean St. The afternoon is spent doing work duties and holding outdoor children’s meetings. After dinner we meet for prayer in the Blue Room and then off to Man¬ hattan. With the two-edged sword in our hand and the Four Spiritual Laws in our mouth, we dare to lead a soul to Christ. In the darkness of Greenwich Village, we pre¬ sent Christ, the light of the world and in the East Side we challenge the existentialists with the existential reality of Jesus Christ. The Staten Island Ferry gives us a time to relax and sing the praises of God to a captive audience. And in Times Square, we have an open-air pulpit to de¬ liver the gospel to a collective congregation of drunks, prostitutes, businessmen, hippies, and tourists. After an eventful evening in which almost anything can happen, we pile into our van and head back to the secur¬ ity of Dean St. — home away from home. We fall on our knees, not only in exhaustion, but in praise to our Lord Jesus for what He has done this evening, and claim His grace for the following day. es out the garbage Ken Lawson and Dave Martin dishwashing. 42

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Mission Field In Itself City Training is much more than an evangelistic center. It is a place of closely knit fellowship and intense per¬ sonal relationships. We learn to share each other’s joys, and bear one another’s burdens. For all of us, a term at E.C.T.C. is an unforgettable experience of the providence of God, bringing us to our knees in utter dependence on Him. As we daily exhaust ourselves in ministry to others, we find the key that unlocks His storehouse of abundant grace. Most of all, though, City Training is the home of our beloved friend and “father”, Dennis Hunt, with his wife, Joan, and two children. Located in “scenic” Bedford-Stuyvestant, Brooklyn, we live in two tenement houses with a “lovely” view of Dean St. Our neighbors are a lively bunch — prostitutes, pimps, junkies and rats. But in the midst of it all, we discover that Jesus Christ is still Lord, and He is reaching out to the poor in spirit. Kid’s Cave every Sunday morning. » 1 m . “m

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Mike Mulvaney, Cheri Talbot, Jim Orred and Paula Humphreys minister on Times Square. Bro. Spencer gets into the act. of7hTyear% TERRIFIC HUMPH A RIP- jot ,ME S MASON The N.Y.C. team sings 1 ‘ Pass it on on the Staten Island Ferry. People on the street are hungry for the word of God. Even a busy truck driver took time out to + n I V nKrmt Ipciiq. 43