Moody Bible Institute - Arch Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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STUDENT MISSIONARY TEAMS M.U. Meets Demands Of Local Churches To meet the demands of local churches for missionary information and inspiration, five Student Missionary Teams traveled to Chicagoland churches to conduct young peoples’ meetings and church services. Four hundred churches received invitations to use the teams. These Satur- day and Sunday evening programs presented the needs and efforts of missions. Each service included a message, missionary presentation and special music. Team members were chosen during audi- tions in May and September. Teams represented five areas of the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and North America. The Asia team, led by Fenton MacDonald, toured several states during Easter vacation. All of the teams met for prayer each Sunday afternoon in Massey Chapel. The Asia team trio plans to present their challenge in song. BOTTOM ROW: Europe Team: Bob Folden, Gene Detwiller, Jane Fairchild, Gloria Ottun, Tom Givens. North America Team: Bob Hogsett, Kem Luther, Joan Acker, Jeanne Isaac, Dee Dee Ott, Dennis Shippy. South Amer- ica Team: Dick Johnson, Normi Johnson, Lynda Priefer, Lloyd Goheen. Asia Team: Steve Aldrich, Jeanne Price, Sherry Mellott, Sallie MacLeod, Fenton McDonald, Pat McGee. Africa Team: Bill Harrier, Grace Anne Seger, Martha Thomas, Joanne Madison, Denny Bauer.

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Ron Denison; Jim Geisler; Pam Wilson; Ken Enger; Marilyn Stoller; Boyd Wilson; Jack Lilley; Lois Douglas; Aprile Erbe; Karen Feist, Prayer In North America Prayer Focus, Larry Cavin relates a witnessing experi- ence. Focus secretary; Larry Cavin, Prayer Focus leader; Archie Short; John Fuqua; John Bishop; Beth Ann Moon; Dave Clark; Brian Roe. PRAYER FOCUS Prayer Focuses On Foreign Mission Fields Missionary Union Prayer Focus aimed its arrow of be- lieving prayer once again at the target of world missions. The eight circles of interest were Africa, Asia, Europe, In- dia, Latin America, North America and the Muslim and Hebrew worlds. In past years these eight groups met on Thursday mornings during the assembly hour, and two of them met each night of the week, Monday through Thurs- day. This year the focuses met Tuesday through Thursday evenings. They were changed because of Monday night’s heavy music schedule and other factors. The prayer focuses sighted three basic aims this year: 1) to inform the student body about world missions, 2) to learn together with the student body the importance and power of prayer and 3) to intercede for areas of need. Highlights in the different focuses consisted of a film “Viet Nam Profile’; Dr. Goldberg’s presentation of ““Wit- nessing to the Jew”’; and prayer cells which sprang up from several prayer focuses.

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Ian Leitch presents a challenging introduction to “coffee house evangelism” with sound effects. After a short testimony, Dick Paddy shows slides of his work with service- men in the Philippines. 25 Friday night focus leader, Rod Kamrath, welcomes Dick Paddy, who ministers to servicemen. M. U. FOCUS Human Interest Enlivens Missions Rod Kamrath, Friday Night Focus leader, expressed a desire to inject a new enthusiasm and interest into this branch of Missionary Union. He did it by scheduling such speakers as Clyde Taylor, with the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association, who effectively portrayed missionary life. Previous years stressed missionary facts. This year M. U. Focus gave an overall view of Missionary personalities and life as well. M.U. Focus placed a special emphasis on home missions. Several Friday evenings presented the work of men like George Sweeting, Moody Church pastor, Wesley Hartzel, Chicago's American news reporter, and Tom Skinner, New Y ork youth worker. The purpose of the accent on home missions was to bring before Moody students the vast op- portunities for Christian service on the home field.