Numidia Mennonite Bible School - Reflector Yearbook (Numidia, PA)

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DIVISION IV - PRACTICAL ,STUDIES METHODS OF BIBLE STUDY I Sludy lo show lhysell approved unlo God, a workman lhal needelh nol lo be ashamed, righlly dividing lhe word ol lrulh. ll Tim. 2:I5. 1 Thy words were lound-, and I did eal lhem: and +hy,word was unlo me lhe ioy and reioic- ing ol my hearl. Jer. l5:l6. - Und-er lhe carelul guidance and direclion ol Brolher Lesler Shirk, we learned lhe lunda- menlals ol prolilable scriplure sludy. We were impressed, once more, wilh lhe lrans- lorming power ol lhe Word upon lhe diligenl searchers, and challenge by lhe many possible approacheslhal can be laken inlo lhe diveid- ol, lrulh. , As workers, we were lamiliarized wilh a variely. ol helps. Caulions, as well as praclical lips, were given on lhe usage ol helps. The Bible should lake Divine priorily over every work ol human hands. ' Using divers lechniques, we have sel our goal high: aiming lo develop apprenliceship in-lo maslery ol lhe Sacred Pages. . -Sandra Amoroso , VICTQRIOUS ' CHRISTIAN LIVING The Spirilual -lile is 'lhe mosl imporlanl parl olman's lile on earlh. Lile is shorl and il is mosl imporlanl lhal we live in Chrislian viclory, lelling Chrisl work in and lhrough us. ll is inleresling lo lhink on lhe exlenl lo which God has gone losecure our redemplion and enable us lo live vicloriously. God has delealed our enemies, He has mad-e sleps lo win our allegiance, and He has provided armour lor our spirilual ballle. God has done His parl bul we musl do ours. llfis our privilege lo become a Chrislian soldier, keep spirilually slrong, deal wilh oppos- ing lorces, learn lrom' divinely recorded lessons, and experience Chrislian assuranceil we meel lhe condilion. ll is said lhal whoso draws nigh lo God one slep lhrough doublings dim: 'God will advance a mile in blaiing lighl lo him. Lel us lake lhe whole armour ol God, lhal we mighl be able lo sland, so lhalin lhe end we mighl dwell wilh Him who has conquered our enemies. God is lailhlul - lel's doyour parl. -Barbara Carpenler PRAYER LIFE. Sweel hour ol prayer: how ollen- our hearls have echoed lhese slrains, yel how ollen we lail lo grasp lhe real power ol prayer. ln discussions led by Brolher Paul Ebersole, we probed inlo lhe sweelness ol communion wilh God. He who knows our lhoughls, yel desires lhal we slip up close lo his side, and- whisper lhere lhe joys and burdens of our hearls, as well as lhe needs ol olhers. How blessed is one who sils helplessly al lhe leel ol Jesus, and lells Him how lhe slormwinds blew, and meekly wails lor an answer. His prayers ascends lo lhe lhrone ol God as sweel perlume, a refreshing aroma lrom lhe sinlul world, when in Jesus name he pleads lor mercy. Then perlecl peace llows over his soul. He resls in lhe arms ol God as a lillle bird warm and sale inlhe clell ol lhe rock. Thus he leaves lhe beaulilul garden ol prayer relreshed and happy, lor Jesus knows il now, and all is well. L ' . ' - -Eslher L. Marlin INTRODUCTION TO CHILD STUDY During lhe lhird lerm Brolher Jesse Neuenschwander inlroduced lo us lhe sludy ol lhe child. I Our class period consisled ol lwelve help- lul and concise discussions on lhe lollowing lopics: J I. Conlribulions a Child Makes 2. Parenls' Allilude and Responsibililies I 3. Trulh and lhe lnnoncenl Child 4. Impressions on lhe Child's Mind 5. The Child and His Queslions 6. The Child and His Com lexes 7. Responsibililies ol Childiien 8. Guarding lhe Child's Environmenl ' 9. Guiding lhe lmaginalion and Thoughl Pallerns I I IO. Discipline and lhe Child I l I. Child Training 'I2. Eslablishing Ideals in Children The discussions were very ,praclical and inleresling wilh lhe help ol our leacher's abil- ily lo reminisce lo lhe days ol his childhood. Truly children are an herilage ol lhe Lord. and il's only wilh 'His help lhalwe can leach and lrain lhem in lhe righl way. A - 0 ' -Leora Miller I 28

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DIVISION III CHURCH HISTORY AND MISSIONS MISSION FIELDS OF TODAY Our mission is fo carry The Lighf IO The dark and sinful world. We musf show fhe world fhaf we have fhe lighf by living a changed life. Moses is an example. God called Moses when he was engaged in physical labor. When fhe Lord appeared in fhe burning bush, Moses furned aside and- God spoke. Moses was called fo lead men ouf of Egypf which is a fype of sin. , Isaiah asks how long he should give fhe message of salvafion. The Lord answered, Unfil fhe cifies be wasfed wifhouf inhabifanf In fhe greaf commission, we are command- ed fo feach all nafions , fo observe all fhings commanded by Chrisf. We sfudied various false culfs and isms so we would be beffer able fo 'reach fhem fo observe all fhings. This sfudy gave each of us a deeper sense of responsibilify fo fhe losf around- us. -Grace Shelley HISTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE I-Iisfory of God's People was a difficulf, fhough very rewarding class. Using as a fexf- book Mennonifes in Europe, we fraced fhe his- fory of fhe church from fhe aposfles up fo fhe presenf day. The early Chrisfian Church deparfed from New Tesfamenf Chrisfianify when -Consfanfine unifed church and sfafe. Dissenfing Chrisfian secfs such as fhe Monfanisfs, Novafions, and Donafisfs suffered general persecufion. Before fhe Reformafion, nominal Chrisfen- dom was divided info fwo groups, fhe Roman Cafholic and Greek Orfhodox. A+ firsf, fhe Reformafion was a movemenf back fo 'rhe scripfures. Buf fhe leaders Lufher, Zwingli, and 27 Calvin, soon adopfed fhe view fhaf union of fhe church and sfafe was necessary for fhe success of fhe church. This unscripfural error led fo fhe rise of fhe Anabapfisf movemenf and fhe founding of fhe Mennonife Church. Many of our forefafhers gave fheir life- blood for fhe faifh of fhe Gospel, buf God confinued fo raise up ofhers such as Grebel, Manz, Saffler, and Menno Simons fo carry on His work. Under fhe severesf persecufion, fhe church spread fasfesf. This should challenge us fo be more zealous in winning souls for fhe Masfer in fhis fime of prosperify. Lef us hold fasf fhe scripfural faifh of our fafhers. ' -Sharon Bauman BIBLICAL BASIS FOR MISSIONS Buf ye shall receive power, affer fhaf fhe Holy Ghosf is come up-on you: and ye shall be wifnesses unfo me bofh in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and- in Samaria, and unfo fhe uffermosf parf of fhe earfh. This was ,fhe greaf send-off for fhe early church. and sfill is for us foday if we claim fhis power. The early church preached ifs beliefs, nof ifs doubfs. If proclaimed Jesus Chrisf as fhe efer- nal Son -of God, incarnafe, crucified, risen. ascended. reigning. and coming again. Ifs mes- sage dealf wifh sin and ifs sure and awful penalfy, and wifh man's uffer need of a Sav- iour. We need Chrisfians foday wifh a frue Bib- lical passion for souls. The minisfer can do a greaf deal by relafing fo his congregafion fhe facfs of fhe afoning blood of Jesus Chrisf and fhe greaf salvafion I-le has made possible for everyone. Also, if is fhe dufy of every frue Chrisfian as a sfeward of fhe full gospel fo go ouf and bring sinners info fhe fold. I -Mark A. Sfrife

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PERSONAL EVANGELISM ln our sTudies oT Personal Evangelism, we used The book en+i+led Personal Soul Winning. This class was TaughT by BroTher Alvin Snyder. Mark l6:I5 reads, And l-le said unTo Them. Go ye inTo all The world, and preach The gospel To every creaTure. ChrisT sTill gives us This command Today To go and preach To The losT world. We as ChrisTians are disciples oT ChrisT, so we oughT To be bringing souls inTo l-lis kingdom. A soul searching quesTion Tor each oT us is. When did l lasT speak To someone abouT Their soul? We also discussed diTTerenT ways oT wiTnessing and how To deal wiTh diTTerenT relig- ions and culTs. There were Times when we shared personal experiences which were very valuable. Many Times we can be sTrengThened as well as learning new meThods Trom each oTher. AT Times BroTher Alvin would seT up a siT- uaTion ThaT we as personal workers mighT geT inTo, Then he would challenge us wiTh The guesTion, WhaT would you do or say in dealing wiTh This person? We may learn diTTerenT ways oT approach- ing and Talking To people, buT above all we musT be in righT sTanding wiTh God and allow l-lis SpiriT To direcT our ThoughTs and words. We musT also know God's word in order To Tell and convince oThers ThaT whaT we have is worTh living Tor. -Josiah Beiler 1- RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC' Speaking To yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiriTual songs, singing and making melody in your hearT To The Lord. Eph. 5:l9. This is whaT we endeavored To do in RudimenTs oT Music class. We used a book ThaT TaughT The.TundamenTals oT music. Our Teacher, BroTh- er Aaron Weaver, drew The Tive lines and Tour spaces, called The sTaTT, on The board. On The sTaTT, he drew The noTes and poinTed To The noTes we were To sing. SomeTimes iT goT raTher conTusing. We learned, or aT leasT Tried To learn, boTh round and shaped noTes. We also learned To read The Time signaTure and To bea+ Time accordingly. I TrusT ThaT Those oT us who have Taken This course have learned how To beTTer sing praises To our Lord and Maker. -Wilmer Eshbach 29 YOUTH PROBLEMS T YouTh problems. WhaT are They? you ask. Well, ThaT is iusT whaT we discussed in YouTh Problems class. WiTh Bro. Ben Eshbach as The Teacher, we began by Taking a look aT our salvaTion, and how we can be assured oT iT. This is basic To solving The problems in- volved in This period oT liTe. We also discussed The necessiTy of proper aTTire, a problem ThaT is noT really Too greaT To The Truly born again ChrisTian, buT yeT so many young, people are showing an evidence oT an uncrucified liTe in This area. We also discussed some oT The principles in choosing a life companion: A. Pure ThoughTs lead To a pure liTe. B. We can'T aTTord To neglecT our privaTe devoTional liTe. C. Are our inTeresTs The same? D. Young Tolks should always seek counsel of some maTure person be- Tore daTing. Also, we discussed The purpose oT courT- ship and how iT should be conducTed, The seriousness oT engagemenT and marriage, how To prepare Tor a God cenTered wedding, and a home life ThaT God can bless. YouTh problems proved To be a very prac- Tical class and gave us many ThoughTs and warnings To heed as we sTrive Toward perTec- Tion in The midsT oT a loose moral socieTy. -Luke G. Sensenig TYPING PaTience is a virTue, possess iT if you can, is The saying ThaT is someTimes heard. Typing can be a means oT TesTing The paTience oT an individual. SomeTimes we wished we could go a biT TasTer, buT couldn'T seem Tosremember The locaTion oT The keys. We knew, however, ThaT we would hardly dare To sTeal a glance aT The keyboard iT we wished To masTer The course. And so we labored slowly buT surely on. This class meT in The dining room wiTh SisTer Anna Eshbach as Teacher. Using Tor a TexTbook. Typing Made Simple , we began wiTh iusT a Tew leTTers, going on To words, senTences. and shorT paragraphs. Many Times we were discouraged by our misTakes, buT we kepT sTriving Toward per- TecTion. -Sandra KurTz