Wycliffe College - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Tfzeological Committee Since the formation of the Toronto School of Theology, all the theological colleges, including Wycliffe, have had to make certain changes in their individual curricula. Though each college retains its separate traditions, there are now many centralized functions of an intellectual, social, and devotional nature in which all colleges are invited to participate. What our theological com- mittee seeks to provide in college has therefore been extended in scope and opportunity through T.S.T. For example, T.S.T. invites leading theolo- gians from all parts of the world to give seminars and lectures which all students may attend. Nevertheless within the College itself we have had a number of our own speakers at the Theolo- gical Committee meetings on Wednesday after- noons. Tony Tyndale, National Secretary of l.V.C.F. in Canada, led a Bible Study on Nehemiah, - John Wynburne Chapter 8. We were privileged to have the former Primate, the Most Rev. Howard Clark, who answered with customary wit and lucidity ques- tions on the contemporary Church put to him by the students. Our own Dr. Jocz gave us a talk and led a discussion on Syncretism, an issue on which he is expertly qualified. lt's always a stimulating occasion when Arnold Edinborough addresses us, and our last meeting with him was no exception. We were very pleased that lVlichael Green from St. John's College, Nottingham, England, was able to be with us for an afternoon. He gave us great encouragement and challenge to our own spiritual lives. Our only regret was that he was unable to spend longer with us. ln the Spring term we are aiming at a more devotional focus, and a variety of speakers have been invited. f Wycliffe - A Free 11Ief!1oa'1kf's View There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punish- ment, and he who fears is not perfected in Iove. fl John 4:18i The Free Methodist Church has its own Colleges in the States where ministerial candidates can get a B.A. or IVI. Div. degree. l chose Canadian schools because of various reasons, not excluding nationalism, and l am glad that I did. I can remember when I decided to go to Carleton University there were some professing Ufree lVlethodisti Christians who raised their eye- brows at this decision and there were some others who verbally questioned my attending a secular college. I became so fearful of what this secular school would do to my Christian experience that in my first year there I refused to take any courses in religion. I was fearful, and I was not without punishment. Consequently God only allowed me to have the bare minimum of marks necessary to pass my first year. But how we learn! If we search for God we can find Him, and we find Him where we least expect Him. I found that the Spirit of God was being exercised in individuals whose attitudes, concepts, and aspirations were as freed - Allan Lyle from selfish motivation as my own, and no doubt more so. And so I came to Wycliffe. I was not fearful of coming here but I was concerned lest I as a non- Anglican would be like a square peg in a round hole. This has not been the case. I doubt very much that I would have been any better accepted if I had gone to our own College for a theological training. I am anticipating a good stay in this school. I was a little timid about church affiliation when I first came here but the early social evening in the T.V. room dispelled those doubts. The songs we sung were songs I was used to singing. The out- look on life by the students, as I perceived it, was one I appreciated and could identify with. The food was well-ordered too. I like to think that we believers, regardless of our church affiliation, can find brotherly love and friendship no matter where we go. All we have to do is look. There is not much excuse for any one of us to be fearful of life because in Jesus Christ we have that great common ground where all men of Christian experience can find fellowship and brotherly love. T 52 I

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A Prayer of Hope .on Good friday Bruce McCallum Lord Jesus Christ, We ask that you vvould help us stop, to ponder, in silence, the pain you bore this day. Thorns hurt. Pain is quiet.. .so too is love. Amid the pain, the ache, the dirt, the hate, You come to tell of love. Hovv often have we suffered pain but not the pain that comes from loving Your will more than our- selves. We suffer pain, the pain of failures, of selfishness. We ask forgiveness. Forgive our refusal to accept suffering as part of love. Stop us from vvanting to be safe at all costs!!! Fill the silent aching void of our very selves... with your love, that fearful soundless love, that came in pain to take avvay our pain. Thank you, Jesus, that you turn suffering into redemption. Thank you, Lord, for vvaiting beyond the grave so that vve may live and love. Help us novv to love, to expose ourselves, to risk, to suffer, for your sake. Amen. T The W ycliffe follege Cfmpe! S.B. Omoregie Silence! The guarded passage opens out: A glossy floor and glittering vvalls, A concave canopy on its redoubtg Viewful and straight along the archvvay. And thoughtful: lt pleads the passer to enjoin Without regard to person and to post, A pensive thought on the loftier moods, Winning and bright on a chapel scene. John Wycliffe's chapel comes to vievv This time without the Lollardsg But Christians calm in thought and hue, Streaming in turns to take their pevv. Engravings and murals tell their ancient tale, Of hovv the holy chapel vvon its fame. Though in speechless colours loud and lovv, To chants they stand in full response. The pastor's lips shut thus and ope, His message, divine, to essay to release, For sure content at heart he shovvs, As did the Lollards in Wycliffe's days. T Solomon B. Omoregie, from Benin City, Nigeria, is doing grad work in educational planning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. S'IAPEI.I.S, SEWELI., STAPELLS, PATTERSON 81 RODGERS BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS CANADA TRUST BUILDING Suite I800, I'IO Yonge Street cable: STALAW TORONTO I, CANADA Telephone: 366-1525 51

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Hope - Wycliffe Preacfzersl Ps Hi Mare! Another Primate! W ycliffe - A Femhuhe View Three years at Wycliffe have made a tremen- dous mark on my life. I arrived with great feelings of trepidation and excitement to find that I was the only girl. I felt rather out of place. Obviously I was not the only one who was uncomfortable, forthe other students proved they were gentlemen by never leaving me on my own around the col- lege. My first year was very difficult.as I was never sure whether or not I really belonged to the stud- ent body. I got to know a few of my fellow stud- ents that year but it was not easy as I rarely saw them except at lectures. I was told by others that a girl had to do better than a boy, because of this I made an effort to conform. I even went to Saint Paul's Church because I felt that this would be more acceptable to Wycliffe than Saint Thomas' to which I belonged. Through Saint Thomas' I came to know many of the Trinity students and became closer to them than to my fellow students at Wycliffe because the former were able to be themselves and did not have to try to be nice to me. The best times of my first year in Wycliffe were the Wednesday Communion Services and breakfasts following. Here I found a tremendous fellowship and derived the strength and hope to continue. Phyllis Lock Two good friends left at the end of my first year, but very soon with the return to Wycliffe for my second year, a real bond of fellowship be- gan to grow among us all. Through many struggles and much searching for identity and community, I became more fully human. I learned to share both my sorrows and my joys with these new- found brothers in Christ. I have come to love Wycliffe and all she stands for. Her faculty, students, teaching and in- tention will all play an integral part in my future life. I know I speak for my brothers also, when I say that what I want is what is best for the College and the future students. I hope and pray that I have been able to make a positive influence on the life of Wycliffe and the people there. Parting is such sweet sorrow , - and it will be sad to leave my friends and brothers, but there is something more. I have shared with each of them and so as I leave I will take with me some- thing of each one which has become part of me. This is what will stand me in stead for my future ministry in God's Church. So it is that I leave, with anticipation for the future, looking forward with expectation to seeing Christ work in our world. We are one inthe Spirit T 53