Mennonite Brethren Bible College - Rainbow Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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MR. GIESBRECHT Staff Advisor Left to right — Anne Loewen, John Toews, Helen Fast, Dave Loewen (Chairman), Myrtle Mendel and Siegfried Epp. n m m fc s I “The PRAYER of a righteous man has great power in its effects” (James 5:16b). One of the Christian’s primary tasks is evangelism. We are responsible for bringing the “Living Water” to our generation. Our task at College is accomplished by many and varied phases of devoted labour such as personal work, preaching, and pastoring. The part of the Foreign Missions Committee of our school in this great work of evangelism, is to promote the ministry of prayer. Knowing that continuous prayer has great power in its effects, we have taken upon ourselves the task of interceding for lost humanity and for the evangelistic witness of today. We have a threefold purpose in our intercessory program. Firstly, our prayer to God is that men everywhere might be saved from an eternity of death to an eternity of life. Secondly, it is our concern that through this prayer program each student will become aware of his responsibility to this age and will become burdened for the souls still lost in sin. Thirdly, it is our aim to acquaint ourselves with the work of our mission board and the efforts of other evangelical missions, in order that we may become aware of what is being done and what is yet to be done. We believe, that with these purposes accomplished, we as students will be more ready to hear and answer God’s call to service. God has answered our prayers and many students have become burdened for missions. We are grateful for this and shall continue to make our requests known unto God. Dave Loewen.

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MR. MARTENS Staff Advisor Music plays a vital role in the Christian’s spiritual development. We have learned to realize how important it really is and how basic it has become to our form of worship. Man’s desire to praise God is not satisfied in a mere verbal¬ ization of truth; rather it seeks a deeper mode of expression. Music fills this special need and makes our worship more meaningful by enhancing and intensify¬ ing the truth. Left to right — Margaret Pauls, Jeggy Martens, Nick Kaethler, Joan Rempel, Bill Baerg (Chairman). Because our school realized the value of the ministry in song, several octets, quartets, trios, and other ensembles of various sizes were formed. The college family, local churches, missions, Sunday Schools, Old Folks Homes, and jails have tasted the fruits of this ministry. We thank God for the many open doors which we were able to enter with the songs of salvation. An enriching experience for the College and the whole constituency was the presentation of two larger works: “The Messiah” by G. F. Handel and “The Requiem” by Brahms. Mr. Victor Martens, the head of the music department, was the conductor of the 175 voice oratorio choir in both productions. Of spiritual and educational value to the 30 voice A Cappella Choir was the singing of Bach’s motet “Jesus Meine Freude.” This work was also recorded and broadcast over the CBC network. In addition, the choir worked on a repertoire of songs which were used in the visitations to the Manitoba, Alberta, and B.C. churches. A donation of $2,500 was made by the student body to the music department towards the purchase of an organ. The music committee, expresses its gratitude to the student body for its sacrifice which made this gift to our Alma Mater possible. It was a God-given privilege for the committee to assist in the various musical activities of our College. May God grant that our every contribution has furthered His cause. BILL BAERG.