Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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FE VRUMEW IIMIIARQIHI 22 -ZW Parent's Weekend It was great to have the parents come and share in our world - attend our classes, meet our friends and profs, check out the Organ Grinder, Roses, or Eskimo fudge delights at the airport. Activities highlighting the weekend were a basketball game, the president's brunch, faculty-staff- parent tea, and most especially the I Love America concert Saturday night. A special thanks goes to those whose folks couldn't come - those who doubled for us in the dishroom, waitressed at the brunch, or gave up their beds. 22 Volleyball The volleyball team played their last game of the season and scored a win against Concordia. Captained by senior Sharon Littleton, the 12-woman team had an 8-4 season. Yeh team!! Bl I Love America Concert Individuals from 30 area churches com-. bined to make up a mass choir and orchestra in the I Love America concert held at the civic auditorium. John W. Peter- son and Don Wyrtzen, authors of the musical, were present to direct and accom- pany the presentation. Many members from Multnomah's band and choir were in- volved, including soloists Julie Anderson, Debbie Faris, and Frank Eaton. Colonel Heath Bottomly was there in person to offer his testimony. 26-22 NLCAA Tournament MSB finished third in the NLCAA Basket- ball Tournament. Northwest Christian and Concordia finished first and second respec- tively. Our season record in the league was 5-5. 5 Grads Dine at Mitchell's Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell had the grads over for dinner!! Grads will never forget Mary Mitchel1's pecan rolls nor Dr. Mitchell's story about the candle. The engagements of John Tiffin to Kathy Baldwin and Don Mortenson to Dawn Chadek were an- nounced. It was good to see that all the grads turned out!! Senior Bicentennial Banquet The class of '76 got together for dinner and fellowship at the A-Frame. Howie Smith and Gary Drechsel were M.C.'s for the program while Julie Machacek, Richard Smouse, Haig Valenzuela, Linda Ballweg, John Legas, Rochelle Huitt, and Gerry Blankenheim took us back in history! Julie Machacek was in charge of program and skits and Nancy Call was responsible for the cuisine. 83 M53

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82 M53 J TIIHIIE F IF'ilUJfiTVflJ ' Spring brought an awakening! An awakening to the changes taking place all around us. The air was fresher, warmer, the sky bluer, and flowers were blooming all over campus. More people were laughing, skipping, jumping, racing, taking long walks and having long talks. We weren't in as big a hurry - we took more time to smell the flowers. Spring was the opposite of fall, in that in the fall we were more academic, not giving enough time to people. In the spring we were more people-oriented, not giving enough time to academics! We had studied hard all year, we were tired of books - besides, the end was so near we could taste it. We rationalized, It's people I'm going to have to be relating to for the rest of my life anyway, right? We became more people oriented in our ministries, activities, relationships, and even our giving. We were people oriented in our burden for France and the ministry of the basketball team. We pledged nearly 519,000 and watched God really stretch us. We prayed urgently for people half-way around the world that we didn't even know. The members of choir, chorale, and band reached out to people in the Northwest and Canada in a widespread ministry over spring break. Others of us went home and ministered to the church body and influenced the lives of those in our youth groups. Wherever we went we prayed for each other and sought each other out when we gut back to school to see how everything went. We learned more about reaching out to people at the Men's and Women's Fellowship Retreats. Becky Manley talked to women about the necessity of being human in talking to people about Christ. When I share my humaness, people tell me they see God. When I try to cover up, they tell me they see Becky. We became more people-oriented when we allowed ourselves time away from the studies just to Stalk. Time to open up and allow another person to enter in to the things we were struggling with. What am I going to do when I leave here? What is God trying to teach me through these circumstances? We expressed our concern for people when 199 of us donated blood - that life-giving item that couldn't be manufactured. We actively did something about our concern for people on Outreach Day, giving ac- count for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. We were breaking away from the Holy Huddle Syndrome and hopefully allowing ourselves to be transparent before the world. Dr. Earle Cairns, speaking during the Spring Lectureship Conference, challenged us to be concerned with the people of our nation and our part as saints in society and the possibility of our involvement in a Christian revival. Seniors and grads became more people-oriented as they thought about leaving for good. They were to be scattered to the ends of the earth, perhaps never seeing each other again this side of heaven. Yes, many changes had taken place. Our concept of God had changed, we were more equipped to meet each other's needs, and we realized more fully how much growing we had to do. These are some of the events that made Spring 1976 special: by Vickie Webb

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811 M53 lg? Talent Show Grads s onsored a talent show in the din p - ing hall featuring readings, skits, and music of talented students and faculty of MSB. It was great to see Roger Congdon, Dave Needham, and Barry Keiser in non- classroom situations. J an Ward gave us the special Happy Birthday variation and Les Winslow reminded us to Love Jesus and Hate Sin in sign language. W5 SMU Offering for France Students, faculty, and staff responded warmly to the SMU project of raising funds for the basketball team's trip to France. W6 Basketball team and cheerleaders leave for France WQQ Spring Break Spring break-away - nine big days to be anywhere but school. We were still in the middle of a studious t?J semester, and we all took some books home with great expec- tations, but few of us cracked one! Ap- proximately 150 students were involved in tours arranged through the school, ministering in western U.S., Canada, and a portion of Europe. bill-W Women's Fellowship Retreat Trout Creek Bible Camp in Corbett, Oregon, was the scene of the annual Women's Fellowship retreat. Rebecca Manley, Bible Study Coordinator for Inter Varsity on the Reed, Whitman, and Willamette campuses spoke on evangelism. The theme of the retreat, To be what you want me to be, O Lord focused on how we could develop our every potential as women of God. Miss Manley applied this specifical- ly to the area of witnessing - being fully ourselves, open and honest with those we share with. A special thanks to Rochelle Huitt and her committees that planned the retreat. Wow! It even snowed!! Sli-W Men's Fellowship Retreat The annual men's fellowship retreat was held at Camp Trestle Glen in Barton, Oregon. Speaker for the retreat was Mark Bailey, a professor from Western Conser- vative Baptist Seminary. He spoke on the theme Perspective,'l centering in on how to have a perspective like Christ's. Two seminars were held: Practical Principles on How to Walk with God,', by David Needham, and Principles on How to Live with a Person, by Bill Muir.