Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Spiritual Renewal Right -Fall Spiritual Re- newal speaker, Ron Hutchcraft. Below - Bill Gilham, spring Spiritual Renewal speal er, illus- trated his message with earth suits and stuck feelers. Spritual Renewal Week is an uplifting, challenging and sometimes hectic week that is provided for Taylor students in the faU and spring semesters. The week helps students focus on God as well as provide practical advice for common rela- tionship problems. From Monday, Sept. 12 to Friday, Sept. 16, Ron Hutchcraft, current head of Campus Life high school and junior high programs in New Jersey and New York, was the guest speaker. The theme for the week was Beyond Rhetoric to Reality: How to graduate from Christian vocabulary to Christian reality. Throughout the week Hutchcraft gave many practical insights into the Chris- tian hfe and how to apply them in the outside world. Some of his topics included Beyond Casual Character — staying in Mint Condition , Beyond Spectators — The Safety Beyond Security and Beyond Mediocrity. He also spoke on the dedica- tion Christians need for pure Christian life and talked further on this subject in terms of dating and marriage. Hutchcraft has a long history of being involved with Youth for Christ and Campus life and has served as executive vice president for YFCAJSA. He was also area director for the group in the Northeast and was an award-winning contributing editor to Campus Life magazine. The speaker for the 1989 spring session of Spiritual Renewal Week was Dr. Bill Gilham who used his casual appearance and easy going manner to give students a different approach to the week. His theme was Victorious Christian Living. Taylor students learned about earth suits and stuck feelers as Gilham used creative analogies to present his main slogan — God makes no provision for changing YOUR life. He only makes provi- sion for living His life through you. The week centered on the individual and its search for true identity in Christ and how to allow Christ to express His life through us in order that we might do his w ill on earth. Like Hutchcraft, Gilham spoke on relation- ships, specifically, how the influence of our parents affects our personality. Gilham received his doctorate in education from Oklahoma State University and has a long list of occupational experi- ences; he was a public school teacher and administrator, a member of the Oklahoma Education Association Staff and an associate professor of psychology at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Both speakers were brought to Taylor by a grant from the Staley Distin- guished Christian Scholar Lecture Program. Spiritual Renewal 21

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Parents ' Weekend Top - Tami Fuhrman, senior, and her proud parents. Right - Speaker for the Saturday prayer breakfast, Rev. Ronald Coffey. Hugs, kisses, care packages and going out for real food were only a part of Parents ' Weekend 1988. The weekend started out with a chapel message on Friday Oct. 7, by Presi- dent Jay Kesler, who paralleled our relation- ship to our heavenly Father with our relationship to our earthly father and mother. A majority of parents started arriving later in the afternoon and were given a complimentary book. Family Forum, authored by President Kesler, as they registered. The Taylor University cookbook entitled Uncommon Dining, was also sold at the registration tables throughout the weekend. Each cookbook cost about $10 and the amount collected went to the student assistance fund. Later that evening, the Taylor concert band and the Taylor Sounds, performed for visiting parents. The band, , directed by Professor Albert Harrison, assistant professor of music, performed Variations on a Korean Folk Song and Second Suite. Taylor Sounds, directed by Dr. Jerry Giger, chairman of the music de- partment, sang songs such as Amazing ; Grace, Take the Name of Jesus, and a calypso tune, 5 iMfDe£ o. The speaker for the annual prayer breakfast on Saturday was the Rev. Roland Coffey, Southeast Regional Director of Le- ToiuTieau Ministries International. His son,. John Coffey, a Taylor student, was killed this past summer in a motorcycle accident. Coffey spoke on Christian parenting in times of a crisis. The parents ' association craft sale followed the Sunday breakfast. Many of the crafts were donated by parents of Taylor students and all money received from the sale went toward the student assistance fund. Sporting events dominated the rest of the afternoon. It was Taylor against Tri- State University in soccer where Taylor emerged the winner after senior Joel Durkovich ' s first-half goal. Football was also on the agenda. ; The Taylor Trojans defeated Rose-Hulman Institute 21-10. It was a come from behind win as the Trojans were down lO-O at the half. During halftime the 1948-1951 Taylor football team was recognized. ' Beverly Rinaldi and Buddy Green performed in concert for students and their families that Sunday evening. Rinaldi in herl operatic style sang both sacred and secular selections. Greene performed, as would be expected, with his harmonica. He played different styles of music from different regions of the country and the world. Finally, as Parents Weekend came to a close. President Kesler gave the Sunday morning worship message to a packed chapel. The worship theme for the morning was God is our father, all-wise and unconditionally loving. President Kesler ' s message compared a shepherd caring for his flocks to God caring for his people. As Sunday afternoon ap- proached, so was it also time to bid farewell to parents and family-until Thanksgiving. 20 Parents ' Weekend

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Right - The guys from First West Wengatz rock the house with their version of Runaround Sue. Above -Sporting spandex and a tutu, Scott Johnson, sophomore, gracefully performs the Bohemian Ballet. Left - Translated from the Swahili as Oh Praise the Lord, Lon Mashburn, freshman and Tad Guyre, junior, jam to the African rhythm of O Sifuni Mungu. 22 Variety Show