Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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This year ' s MAP cabinet made many decisions that brought change and marked a turning point in the history of MAP. It is believed that the new direction taken is producing a more relevant missions program for this campus. Probably the most significant step taken this year was to replace individual national prayer groups with mission emphasis services on Thursday evenings. Though taken with some reservation we feel this change to be a meaningful and necessary step. The effect of this year ' s program has placed a new emphasis on prayer in the life of the Christian student. It has also removed the responsibility of prayer for missions from the group and placed it on the individual. How do I come before Almighty God? Do I please Him as a chum With the tinsel of my tongue? With a thoughtless whispered prayer Before a meal made with care? With ambiguous idioms, At the end of the day ' s humdrum? Or by sulking away the sorrow of the day As an afterthought that the night has brought? Ben Fraser

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The student searched. For himself and for his purpose. Relevance in religion was his cry. Concern for a con- temporary application was his need. Prayer, worship and charity were his methods. Christ was his answer. Student involvement was the theme for relevance. For something to be pertinent, one must first be a part and so the student wanted a viable and active place in pulpit leadership. There was no room for a God of the status quo. The student was concerned that his faith be dynamic, not static; living, not dormant. He believed the Christian life should be more than a system of dogmas, a creed or a pledge.