Manna Bible Institute - Sower Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ALLEN D. ELLISON Favorite Scripture: I. Corin- thians 15:58 Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, un- movable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Church Affiliation: Third Eter- nal Baptist Church Christian Activities: Superin- tendent of the Sunday School Aim: That I might know Christ better. Testimony: I thank Jesus Christ for showing me what l'm really like on the inside. PHAUE FEATHERSON Favorite Scripture: 1 John 4:3,4 And every spirit that con- fesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of an- tichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come, and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Church Affiliation: Faith Fellowship Baptist Church Christian Activities: A witness for Christ. Aim: To be constantly in the will of the Lord. Testimony: I thank God forthe victory which I have in Jesus Christ. Because of Him I have been freed from the vices of this world and no longer have to suffer defeat. Manna has in- creased my Iove for Christ and others through the knowledge that I have acquired here. I thank God for Manna, and the fact that the unadulterated Word is being taught here. LINDY GUEST Favorite Scripture: I Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Church Affiliation: Sanc- tuary Church of God Christian Activities: Sunday School teacher, Bible Class teacher, supervisor of women. Aim: To continue my Christian education and to minister to those wherever I am led by the Spirit of God. Testimony: I thank God for salvation through the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. I also thank Him for being able to come to Manna to study the Bible that I might get a greater understanding of His Word, which will enable me through the power ofthe Holy Spirit to teach more effectively.

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CARRIE CREEKMUR Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord while He may be found. Call upon him while He is near. Church Affiliation: Holy Com- munity Church of God in Christ, Coatesville, Pa. Christian Activities: Church Christian Education director, BibIe'CIub teacher, Religious Drama Club director, Missionary Overseas worker, Calvary Healing Mission in Nigeria, West Africag visitation missionary for Lankenau and PGH Hospital and Veterans Hospital, Coatesville, Pa. Aim: To be a living epistle representing Christ in everything. Testimony: I thank God for salvation through Jesus Christ and the privilege I have to be a witness for Him everywhere I go. GENEVA DAVIS Favorite Scripture: Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Church Aftiliation: Nazarene Baptist Church Christian Activities: Aim: That I might be a vessel through which the life of Christ may follow. Testimony: The Lord brought me to a point in my life that I realized my righteousness was a polluted rag. The wages of sin is death and I earned it, but thank God I have eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. BERNIS DORSEY Favorite Scripture: 2 Timothy 213, 4 Thou, therefore, endure hard- ness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that war- reth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen to be a soldier. Church Affiliation: Grace Chapel Church Christian Activities: Deacon, Sunday school teacher and choir member. Aim: To do the work of a missionary. Testimony: I praise God for a saved life through the blood of Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the goseplf' i2 Tim. 1:10J.

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CHARLES HARRIS Favorite Scripture: Ephesians 2:8,9,1O For by grace are ye saved through faith, and not of your- selvesg it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his work- manship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Church Affiliation: New Cen- tral Baptist Church Christian Activities: Sunday School teacher, usher, member of Male Chorus. Aim: To be a vessel used of the Lord. Testimony: I thank God for His love for a lost sinner such as I was. I also thank God for leading me to the Manna Bible Institute. I can't explain the many blessings I have received in the four years I have been coming here at Manna, and I just praise God's Holy name. f I CHALMUS C. HARRIS Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater. Church Affiliation: Mt. Olive Tabernacle Baptist Church Christian Activities: Gosepl singer 8. Bible teacher Aim: To preach and teach God's Word. Testimony: I am convinced that by the grace of God He has spared my life for His own purpose and use. When I was a child the medical doctor thought that I was dying and gave up, delivering me into the hands of the Lord. As an adult I have barely escaped death at least five times. I found no real peace until I returned to Christ. I have discovered both peace and joy since becoming active in church, and faithfully attending this school. LUVADA HARRIS Favorite Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things what- soever I have commanded youg and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age. Church Affiliation: New Cen- tral Baptist Church: Fiev. Augustus Habershaw, Pastor Christian Activities: Member of the Missionary Society and Prayer Band: a deaconness. Aim: To be prepared for ef- fective witness for Jesus Christ to the unconverted I meet in my travels and on my job. Testimony: The Lord has been faithful to enable me to com- plete my studies at Manna af- ter five years of trying to do my best. It has not been easy. Many times I have had to depend on other classmates for help. But my dependence has been upon God for the wisdom, strength and under- standing I needed. I know the Lord has saved me to do His will. Praise the Lord!