North Central University - Archive Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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thQee CQagii $1M WC Commute McGuire, Brown Cruse frocks minister musically studentst values By Danny Thompson bizarre hairstyles are usually associated rock concerts. with rock concerts-events that in the The Student Life department of creaming guitars, driving. past no tidedicated Christian would believes that Christian music is Irea beats, vocalists prancing dare attend. However, these character- to exhort and encourage people. 11 about the stage; provacative, istics are becoming more popular in der to facilitate students hearing tiu flashy, clothes; punk or Christian contemporary and Christian music, NC presents the Christian Art Z V m C! H Although the analogies his songs involved were somewhat hard to interpret for some, Barry McGuire touched NC's students' hearts with his music. Youngest member of the Cruse - family, Cindy, received the With a soft, worshipfui style, most comments on her pro- Scott Wesley Brown ministered i vocative movements on stage to as well as entertained stu- and style of clothing. dents. 1 8- Student Life

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Bud Fortney Visits Angela Merry in her room during Sunday afternoon open dorms. The Chapel of- fers a quiet place for Don- na Boyer and Iohn McKinley to spend some time reading together. UonQde gummiegt Qemimattf JR DOUg and Cathy Brendel led this year's dating seminar. By Lauren McIntosh nd now the nightmare continues... stated the comedian. Following a low rumble of self-conscious laughter throughout NC'S chap- el, he continued the familiar yet frustrating saga in HDating Conduct. This was only one area covered by Doug and Cathy Brendel during the two-day relationship conference on October 15 and 16. The funny, relaxed duo began touring churches across the country in 1981 with the uWorld's Funniest Seminars. When asked why they considered their presentation the worlds funniest, Cathy replied, Cause we're doing it; Doug canit stay serious for very long. ttWeire not here to be heavy'duty, in-depth psychologists, she continued, tiAll we want is to help kids admit they have doubts or need help. Doug added, There are a lot of Christian couples that feel they're the only ones with a particular problem. But we havenit seen a tunique' problem in four years. After the seminar Karen Luke reflected, iiWe made a list of qualities we wanted in a man. I came to the sad, but true, reality that my man' couldnit possibly have them all? ttWe should date for pure fellowship, commented Ran- dy Williamson. ttWe should drop the walls and grow in our horizons and relationships by communicating while we strive to keep our vertical relationships as our number one goal.

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ory Cont. from page 18 lyrics, such as ttCosmic Cowboy, a lit- how far we can push God? Mason, as . s The school brought in Scott tle hard to follow, she and others found do sorne other students, beheve the r191. Brown B arr M cGui re him worshipful and ministry oriented. only dlfference between Chrlstlan and esteyn and other artiZts , Cruse was a drastically different sto- secular rock is that the hard to gtfgrizegelso appeared in N05 chap- ry. The music was loud and the lyrics understand words are sometimes about although not as part Of the Artist Se- hard to hear, yet that wasntt the Iesus Instead of drugs. 5, ttCruse is made up of younger primary concern of NC students. The Paul Watkins, a forrner seculalr1 m.us.ic :mbers 0f HThe Cruse Family, key issue was the1r appearance. ttThe fan, stated that the prlmary emp' 3818 1:1 tich ministered effectively in chapel way they were dressed made you won- secular concerts was enteitallnmertl, t year. The hew group appears to der. . . st-ated Mason. Thelr physlcal and the band focused 01:1 se -g oiry,.h re a different approach to music. actlons were also questloned. Clndy left some concerts very epresse , e Barry McGuire and Scott Wesley Cruse was very proyocative in some of commented. because they dittrltltdmeet wn were both very simple musi- her body motlons. . C . my expectatlons of excttement. asan n3, quiet and worshipful. Robin Chrlstlan musm keeplng pace Wlth wentnto conoerts to have a row y Ilestad found Brown to be an artist the secular worlo ralsed an unportant ttlme. She sald she often left concreris j ministered. Although Molly Ma- questlon for semor Molly Mason, nttis lonely because the words were so 0 - 'found some of Barry McGuire's contemporary Chrlstlan musrc seelng low. Cruse's style of dress and actions on stage caused students to evalu- ate how far is too far in Christian concerts. Wallestad stated, At the beginning of the Cruse concert, I felt they focused on their own glory. Despite this similarity to secular concerts, he and other students found that once they looked past the dress, loud music, and s . t actions of Cruse, they could worship. However, many students believe that worship should be the primary theme in Christian concerts. Concerts- 1 9