Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Dec. 27-31-URBANA 76! Declare His Glory Among the Nations The llth Inter-Varsity Mis- sionary Convention convened at Urbana, Illinois, with 32 Multno- mah students a part of the 17,000 delegates in attendance. Sponsored by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Urbana meets every three years at the University of Illinois. f'Uncle Arnien left from the Portland airport with his brood of ll. Throughout the week, Mr. Arnold Pearson was affectionately so-called by the MSB students who travelled by chartered bus or plane from places in California, Portland, Seattle and Denver. Uncle Arnie's group was among the first to arrive at Urbana around 3:00 a.m. After camping outi' in lounges of the dorm complex, his group registered in the morn- ing for a iam-packed week of Bible study, workshops, mes- sages, and testimonies. Englishinan John R. W. Stott, key-note speaker of the convention, expounded on the Biblical Basis of Missions. He covered the area of world evan- gelism as spoken of in God's Word. He related the situation in the world today with the place and responsibility of both the individual believer and the cor- porate body of Christ. ,Through small group Bible studies, prayer groups and daily Bible exposition, delegates saw Godis glory and were encouraged to see a vision of declaring that glory to all nationsf' Evangelists, missionaries and former mission- aries from Latin America, Africa and the Orient, spoke in morning and evening sessions, and during discussions and elective work- shops. Though efficiently organ- ized by the IVCF staff, the con- vention was marked by inform- ality and not rigidity. Besides a speaker, the evening sessions were filled with multi-media presentations, testimonies and music led by energetic Canadian Bernie Smith. g One of the many highlights during the convention was the 'fSacrifical Lunchw on Wednes- day, Dec. 29. Delegates were encouraged to 'fskip a meal for hunger relief at the noon meal. The University of Illinois rebated IVCF almost one dollar for every delegate who did not eat lunch. Another highlight was the communion service which closed the convention New Yearfs eve. Marian Snyder and Barbi Bruton helped serve during the late evening communion service. One student expressed it this way, 'LA greater part of Urbana was 17,000 subjective experiences of the Lord. Another part of the conven- tion was the 30 degree below zero weather. Delegates woke up one morning to a campus blank- jxeted by snow. Shivering students waited in the freezing cold for many of the shuttle buses that took them here and there for meetings and excursions. Housing combined two or three delegates per room in the universityis dormitories. Just as on the Multnomah campus, the week was a time of getting to know another brother or sister from agdifferent city, a different Qbackground, a different life-styles glnagadidition to the US, delegates came from areas as far as Austra- lia, the Middle East, Europe and-I Asia. California had other highest representation of delegates. A majority ,of participants were college students or college gradu- ates, with the male delegates slightly outnumbering the female. delegates. f Afternoons were spent in workshops or in consultation with missionaries. Intercristo, a computer service, had matched students with the groups whose needs they might possibly tfulfillf Over 100 mission boards occu- pied display space in the uni- versity armory. Also in the display area was the Multnomah booth. Each of the MSB students took a turn at 'miinning the booth and an- swering the questions of inter- ested delegates. The other groups had PR men manning their booth so MSB had an added element of personal experience to share one-on-one with delegates. A new feature of the con- vention, The Social Context of the International Career, pro- vided two college credits and a program to integrate the Urbana experience with a delegate's View of the church. The course seriously considered the social context, i.e. the impact of a different culture on the career of a missionary. The Summer Institute of International Studies CSIISJ, a group created after Ur- bana 273 to follow up on the 'needs of students in secular col- I .leges who attended that conven- tion, inspired and coordinated the course attended by students from major universities such as MIT, USC, and the University of California. Jan. 17-On their return to Mult- nomah after the Christmas va- . rcation, a .panel of five out of the 32 students who attended fthe shared in SMU chapel? about their Urbana experience. Carol Wegner related the impact Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary, to Zaire, had on her concerning the cost of declaring God 's glory. She learned that in her vow to God for direction in the future, she had to remove the condi- tions she'had placed on it. Freshman Tim Robertson received insights into the mis- sionary's role on how to present the Gospel and also himself. Whenever he goes, wherever God 'trsends him, there will be a place

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in the backgroundl. Who is this? HH: 'This is HH. AY: And? Y Q f HH: HAnd we.'re ready for breakfast in bed. AY: f'Well, keep dreaming. HH: UNO, we're serious. Get your pencil. AY: Pencil? i HH: Yes, you have to get our meal ticket number. There are six of us here. AY: There7s only three of us so we can't do it. HH: That's perfect. You can carry one in each hand, i . AY: flong pausej 'fWe'll do it on one condition. You ebetter be in bed when we get theref, And in fifteen minutes, six trays were carried in. Wonder how much tip they gave? Dec. 17-Tree Trimming in Chapel 2 Kicking off the Student Goal Committee's program to help raise funds for the campus building projects students decor- ated an evergreen tree in the gym during Family Chapel. Dr. Aldrich announced the progress of the building plans and the need for funds. Students lrr were encouraged to consider what pledges they could make toward supporting the building costs. Dec. 17-Junior president bids goodbye Gary Parrett Wasil given a small farewell party in Ml asihe was not returning next semester. He sang one of his compositions, : We will go out with joy, for consideration as the class song. Dec. 18-Christmas Vespers Choir, Chorale, Band, en- sembles and a special Bell Choir presented a wide selection of Christmas music in the gymt Dec. 21-Carols in the lfibrary The quartet, the Uncalled Fourf' showed up once again. Rambling into the library at separate times, the four took stations in different parts df the study room. One by one they sauntered up to the reserved book platform, smuggling in their music under.. coats. Their renditions of -thelold-time favorites prodived a g od study break for those in the library. Dec. 25-Merry Christmas! A The weather . service report- ed that a barelyi lrneasureable amount of snow fell today in Portland. Dec. 29-3Q-Sports Ambassador in Pendleton Atit ' Instead of N their usual Christmas vacation tririlto Alaska to play 'village teams, the Multno- mah team participated Y in a tournament in Pendleton, OR. Jan. l-The nineteen-hundred- and-seventy-seventh year of our Lord has begun! l Jan. 4-Happy Birthday, Dr. Aldrich! Jan. 10-1 1 -Registration Though prediction had an increase in enrollment, the actual number of students registered was slightly lower than the fall semester figures. The freshman had 284g Juniors l6lg seniors l9lg grads 85, and MABS drop- ped to 5. g f ' xii 1-0-ll-Seniors retreat to Kah-nee-ta Over 80 seniors, including two married couples, partici- pated in this retreat. Simply a retreat to get away, the after dinner entertainment was swim- ming in 10-20 ldegree weather but a 96-105 degree pool. The first night 's program consisted of impromtu skits and special music.

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for him if he has an attitude of a servant. Effective ministry will come if he works alongside the natives instead of over them. The one thing that had the strongest impact on Rosemary Hill was the cost of committ- ment. lt was an area she had never thought about, especially here at MSB, surrounded by love and fellowship. Rosemary explained how Dr. Roseveare graphically illustrated the cost by stripping a full-blooming tree. First she re- moved its flowers, then its leaves. Next she broke off every single branch. Finally she stripped-even the bark of the tree to show one may sometime lose everything. The illustration had its effect on us, too. On the last day of Urbana, convention speaker Luis Palau, evangelist and graduate of MSB, shared how his vision for the field of missions had been ex- panded. To the five panelists, Urbana had caused their visions to expand. To those of us who heard their testimonies, our visions were expanded not only in the area of missions, but in the cost of committment and in de- claring His glory in our daily living. Jan. 13-Chapel Challenge ln the second chapel of the new semester, Bruce Wilkinson hit home with his challenge. He rebuked us, and rightly so, telling us that we were spiritually drying up, even here on the Multnomah campus. We did our Christian service duty and attended classes and chapel. But, he asked, did those things make our spiritual lives alive? Why weren't we on fire? Had we lost what we had? Where was that love we possessed as we passed our classmates on the sidewalk with hardly a 'fHi, how are you', to spare? It boiled down to the fact of SIN. Not a sound could be heard in the large CB auditorium. lf Wilkinson had dropped a pin, we would have heard it. There was an immediate conviction and re- action in our hearts as the Holy Spirit moved among us. On campus, prayer groups formed. Students were confessing and getting right with the Lord. Love began to wear work clothes. It was a good way to begin the semester. Jan. 14-Housing Rearrange- ments Due to decrease in enroll- ment, two women's dorm houses were closed since dorm spaces had to be filled first. The girls were shifted to rooms in the dorms or in other houses. The two houses were made available for married-student rental. Girls already in the dorms were also moved around because it was too noisy or too hot were they had been. l One girl, Wanda Wood, moved from Memorial to Sut- cliffe. Ten following girls in Memorial moved either to an- other dorm section or merely down the hall: Joan Anderson, Judy Brady, Tina Bock, Dynell Faszer, Wendy Fisk, Lucy Haag, Becky, Haas, Laurel Haley, Stephanie Lamb, Dawnita Libby, Kari Nelson, Donna Sheets and Lynn Staton. Valerie Guyer, a freshman, replaced Nevelle Kuckuck as an RA in Rutcliffe. The two dorm houses closed were Sunnyside, 8506 N.E. Pacific CNadine Olberg, RCD, and Haunyaucker Hilton, 8344 N.E. Pacific fRoilyn Barn- hart, RCb. Of Sunnyside, Sue Casper moved to Jacque Knuppe's house. Ruth Brown, Melody Gorbet, Cindy Lauer, Diane Mink, Nadine Olberg and Roberta Wigger all moved to Memorial. Of Haunyacker Hil- ton, Janie Bergman moved to Cindy Berg's Nostalgia Nookj' while Teresa Higer and Janice Nelson moved to Crystal Ralphs' Omega House. Roilyn Barn- hart, Kathy Cole, Annette Horton and Grace Wong moved to Memorial. The freedom and conveni- ence of living in a house had to be forfeited. The girls in houses develop a closeness and unity, and that also had to be broken apart. First reactions to the an- nouncement of the moves were surprise and frustration. The night after the an- nouncement some of the girls got together to talk out their re- actions and feelings. Though up- set to lose the closeness of the house, they confessed their honest feelings in prayer, not being super-spiritual and accept- ing ofthe situation. Consolation came when they thought God must have something better for them. They thought God ,might Lise them much more to encour- age others when broken apart. Praying for their attitudes, the girls felt more sadness than bitterness. Adjustments back to dorm living came gradually, but they