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Area Churches Vary in Spreading Gospel by George Lewis and Ron Barker The effectiveness of the churches in Riverside at spreading the Good News about Jesus would seem, at first glance, to be minimal. Their main contribution seems to be to continue to worship God at a time when everyone else is either too busy, ortooathiestic. While one might think that the lack of visible preaching done is the fault of unadventurous Christians, investigations have shown that people are being ministered to, and to a degree, the Good News is being spread. Calvary Chapel, Riverside, has no organized witnessing program. Their people just do it. As their pastor, Greg Laurie* put it, a healthy body reproduces itself. Calvary Chapel's only formal outreach is their Maranatha concerts. According to Laurie, all he does is to teach the Word of God. Witnessing is just a natural outlet for the people. This is not to make you conclude that churches with witnessing problems don't teach the Word. Laurie himself witnesses, and encourages his 'congregation' also to do so. But, according to him, there is no time where they say, "Now we will witness'. Lutheran Church of the Cross seems to be somewhat more in tune with the times' than your average Southern Baptist church. Upon arrival at a Wednesday night service there, a songsheet was presented. A quick glance at the sheet showed that about 3/4 of the songs were straight from the Jesus movement. After a young lady spoke on her home in Kenya, the pastor did a short sermon on healing. At departure time, they were into their healing service. The feeling of freedom that pervaded the room was the most notic- ible thing there. The program for the evening seemed to be very flexible, with an option for the Holy Spirit to do anything He wanted to. The church has obvious Charismatic leanings, but the people are being ministered to. There is no organized witnessing program that was visible. The mission of the CalvaryT Arrowhead convention is, accord ing to Earl Crawford, its associa- tional missionary, three fold. It tries to begin work in unchurched areas; provides programs of help to the churches, and tries to minister to the needs ofthe area. There- are 67 churches and 4 missions in the Association, according to Crawford. And, the association is to help the churches in their mission of ministering and witnessing. 'Every church is like a military outpost,' Crawford said, 'and each outpost is accountable to God for what will take their area.' Some ofthe things the Southern Baptists are into, according to Crawford are; -One church is sponsoring a Resort ministry at Big'Bear. -Lay evangelism programs are starting, with the emphasis on training and maturation. -Lifestyle evangelism; simply, finding ways to witness in your daily life. -Convalescent hospital ministries, and possible jail and industry ministries. Many people have claimed that the organized church is outmoded as a tool for preaching the Gospel. Though Heaven sent, the church is man-organized and man-run. Therefore, it will have flaws, faults, and failings. But, it IS one of God's major tools for promoting the Good News about Jesus. So, knocking your church is easy and popular to do; what is hard is getting in it, and figuring out what God has in mind for you. We 'BANNER-, ^^P»^ Page 1, March 7, 1975 ^^•^""■■i "^^ Chaillot Production Thespian Success by Bob Wilson The C.B.C. Drama Dept. production of Giraudoux's, The Mad Woman of Chaillot, proved to be tremendous. Though lacking in both money and experiencedactors, Dr. Irving Shaw has masterfully put together a top notch production. The play is about an eccentric French Countess named Orelia, who upon learning of some rich men's plot to blow up Paris in order to gain access to a purported fortune in Petroleum, sets up a trap to catch them so.a-* to make the world once again beautiful. The story is charming though lacking any real intellectual message. Denise Higgins, who played Orelia, performed her part with exceptional precision and timing. It is hard to believe that this was her first real attempt at acting. Mrs. Higgins has natural talent and performed as though the part were written just for her. She was particularly good in the" scene where she befriends the attempted drowning victim named Pierre, played by John Cummings. A pleasant surprise was the acting debut of Brian Nunn, who played both a comic juggler and a new policeman. Though having only a small part, his acting ability shined brightly. His portrayal of the clown was reminicient of Charlie Chaplin. The only thing that marred his near perfect performance was the juggling act he performed at the beginning ofthe first act. Although the play began a little slow at first due to the apparent lack of kineticism in the background, the pace soon picked up and failed to lag from then on. The scenery, made under the direction of Devona Dixon, in the last scene was exquisite. The first appearance of it brought enthusiastic response from the opening night audience. Dr. Shaw's Drama Dept. has come a long way in the past three years. When one considers that most of the actors and actresses in the play have never had any previous training in the field of dramatics, and the deficit of money alloted for the production by the school, one can only applaud the cast, crew, technicians- and directors for a job well done. According to Dr. Shaw, "Everybody has done a good job. This is v^o c>vst aUeiiuca pi produced." State AWARE Session Set For Fresno WALTER R. MARTIN - held a seminar on the cults Wednesday afternoon of Spiritual Emphasis week. More than 200 were in at- tendence for the discussion. Martin is a noted author,'lecuter, and teacher in the field of cults and the occult. MacWhinney To Hold Previewof Spain Trip ■-■ ntiu^mimm ' ■ ■'- " — ^w-^h^ celebration, special interest groups, group singing,- renewal, and Praising the Lord will be held at AWARE, the state youth celebration, March 27-29. It will be held at the Fresno Convention Center and costs $3*0.00 plus meals. Program people include Barry St. Clair, David Haney, BurylRed, Gene Garrison, Cynthia Clauson. There will be two new youth musicals; "The Beginnings"and "Here Comes the Son". - It is hoped there will be 300college students to serve as small group leaders who will have all expenses paid for their training and for the conference. Seminary Teacher To Address M.A.s There will be a luncheon for all M.A. members and other Jr. and Sr. Church Related Vocation Volunteers at noon in the old college chapel Wed. March 19. Dr. Nobel Brown of Golden Gate Seminary faculty will be the speaker at the luncheon and at chapel that day. The luncheon is sponsored jointly by the M.A.'s and by Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Alumni Association. Students do not need to be planning to attend G.G. to go to the luncheon. Sign ups will be in Joe Cutsinger's of-* fice. Students sould sign upas soon as possible. - Dr. James MacWhinney, head of the Education department here, arid advisor for an educational tour to Salmanaca, wili hold a reception^ preview of his June trip, on the third floor lounge of Simmons hall March 12 at 7 p.m. Also attending will be Mr. Wayland Marler, Dr. Steven Pallady, and Mr. Mack Brandon*. The Cal Baptist professors will be in attendance to discuss credits for the trip with those people interested in going. The excursion will begin on Thursday, June 26, where the group will depart from LA International airport for London. There will be a three day layover in London where members may take optional tourist excursions or tour the town themselves. On Sunday the 29th, the group leaves for Madrid, Spain by air, and continues toSalmanacaby rail. Study begins at the University of Salmanaca on Monday June 30, and continues to July 25. During this time there will be an optional excursion to Madrid. July 26 begins a time of independent travel, or an optional tour to-Paris, France. On Wednesday, July 30, the whole group will meet for one last night in Paris, and the return flight to New York the next day. "During the t r i p", said Dr. Mac Whinney," students will be able to see some of the world's great art treasures. InSalmanaca, we plan to visit a bull farm, where the less cautious of us may practice some 'Cape work with some very young bulls." Christian Witness Needed On Riverside Campuses College students seem to become apathetic, realizing the weight of their soon-to-bt responsibilities when they graduate. The high- school student, on the other hand, leaves junior high with eyes wide in anticipation of what happens next.' He is usually always disappointed. All that is to come is either vocational training, or college prep. High school kids need Jesus. At three of Riverside's numer-• ous schools, e f for t s are being made. Campus Crusade TorChrist is working at Ramona, Arlington, and North highs. Ramona and La Sierra highs have 'Fish Clubs'. And, Riverside Christian High has Carol Christophersen, Terry Ek- strom and their ilk. Daryl Nuss, of Campus Crusade, says he is setting up Ramona, Arlington and North highs as 'model schools.' The idea is for others to come, see what is being done, and go away (having been trained by Campus Crusade) and do likewise. The way he usually operates, according to him, is the Christians on campus contact Campus Crusade. He then comes on campus and works through the people who _ contacted him. He does not deal with the Fish Club on campus; only through its leaders. Except for time before and after school, Nuss dbesn't do much work on campus per se. He organizes Bible studies off campus. He has a dream of 'his' schools becoming 'World Training Centers', where the kids, trained by Campus Crusade, would eventually go all over the world. Fish clubs are usually started by one zealous student. Though Ramona and La Sierra's clubs have the same name, they are not related. Mr. Reed, Ramona's ' activities director, had no idea what happened to the Fish Clubi on campus. Its leader, Mark Tun- 1 ney, graduated recently, and the club either went underground or out of business. On the other hand, "La Sierra's Fish Club is alive and well. Attendance is up, and Greg Laurie from Calvary Chapel teaches there on occasion. Riverside Christian High has about 110 students. According to their principal, the school has a Christian emphasis. At the moment, their only outreach is their choir and music programs. The school tries to do things in a Christian manner, the principal said. He expects the students to conform to the minimum Christian standards he sets. Carol Christopherson is 'almost a Jesus freak,' according to her principal. She was the recent editor of the school paper; it changes editors every six weeks. The editorial page seems to be on the first page of the paper. Carol wrote a very religious paper. There were some complaints that the paper was a little too religious. She is also the head of the prayer group on campus. According to her, of the 110 students, nine attend the prayer group, five regularly. She admits that she is not aware of what the freshmen and sophomores are doing, but she knows of only a ^■''flfflw's1 aim1 mmt'k mm WM a real driving interest in talking about Jesus. lt is possible that Jesus will come tomorrow. If so, what will He say about our outreach to the high schools? The Southern Baptists do have a high school ministry, but in my investigations I heard nothing about it. Is it possible that we are so used to reality we don't bother to fight itanymore? Trouveres Take Talents To Tennessee by Angela Morgan Nashville or bust. That's the slogan of Cal Baptist's singing group, Trouveres, as they prepare "for their two week adventure to Tennessee, which will take them through such states as Arizonia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana. The group left at 7a.m. Wednesday, Mar. and plans to return March 20. Fifteen people will be packed into two school vans with luggage, bodies, and of course," Mi ckey Mouse hats. Why? The hats are part of their costume, when they perform such Disney numbers as, "It's a Small World," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Zip - a - dee - Doo- Dah," "A Spoonful of Sugar," and "Supercalifragilisticexpi- alidocious." Foreign Students Await Yosemite There is still time for International students who are interested in going to the International Students who are interested in going to the International Students Conference to sign up. It will be held at Camp Sugar Pine near Yosemite National Park. The cost is $10.00 per person, but students not having the money who want to go should contact Joe Cutsinger. Sign ups are in Joe's office.
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Title | The Banner - March 7, 1975 |
Subject | California Baptist University -- Students -- Periodicals. College student newspapers and periodicals -- California. |
Description | The Banner is the student newspaper of California Baptist University. It has been in continuous publication since 1952.' |
Creator | California Baptist University |
Date | March 07 1975 |
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Language | en |
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Title | 1975-03-07-001 |
Transcript | Area Churches Vary in Spreading Gospel by George Lewis and Ron Barker The effectiveness of the churches in Riverside at spreading the Good News about Jesus would seem, at first glance, to be minimal. Their main contribution seems to be to continue to worship God at a time when everyone else is either too busy, ortooathiestic. While one might think that the lack of visible preaching done is the fault of unadventurous Christians, investigations have shown that people are being ministered to, and to a degree, the Good News is being spread. Calvary Chapel, Riverside, has no organized witnessing program. Their people just do it. As their pastor, Greg Laurie* put it, a healthy body reproduces itself. Calvary Chapel's only formal outreach is their Maranatha concerts. According to Laurie, all he does is to teach the Word of God. Witnessing is just a natural outlet for the people. This is not to make you conclude that churches with witnessing problems don't teach the Word. Laurie himself witnesses, and encourages his 'congregation' also to do so. But, according to him, there is no time where they say, "Now we will witness'. Lutheran Church of the Cross seems to be somewhat more in tune with the times' than your average Southern Baptist church. Upon arrival at a Wednesday night service there, a songsheet was presented. A quick glance at the sheet showed that about 3/4 of the songs were straight from the Jesus movement. After a young lady spoke on her home in Kenya, the pastor did a short sermon on healing. At departure time, they were into their healing service. The feeling of freedom that pervaded the room was the most notic- ible thing there. The program for the evening seemed to be very flexible, with an option for the Holy Spirit to do anything He wanted to. The church has obvious Charismatic leanings, but the people are being ministered to. There is no organized witnessing program that was visible. The mission of the CalvaryT Arrowhead convention is, accord ing to Earl Crawford, its associa- tional missionary, three fold. It tries to begin work in unchurched areas; provides programs of help to the churches, and tries to minister to the needs ofthe area. There- are 67 churches and 4 missions in the Association, according to Crawford. And, the association is to help the churches in their mission of ministering and witnessing. 'Every church is like a military outpost,' Crawford said, 'and each outpost is accountable to God for what will take their area.' Some ofthe things the Southern Baptists are into, according to Crawford are; -One church is sponsoring a Resort ministry at Big'Bear. -Lay evangelism programs are starting, with the emphasis on training and maturation. -Lifestyle evangelism; simply, finding ways to witness in your daily life. -Convalescent hospital ministries, and possible jail and industry ministries. Many people have claimed that the organized church is outmoded as a tool for preaching the Gospel. Though Heaven sent, the church is man-organized and man-run. Therefore, it will have flaws, faults, and failings. But, it IS one of God's major tools for promoting the Good News about Jesus. So, knocking your church is easy and popular to do; what is hard is getting in it, and figuring out what God has in mind for you. We 'BANNER-, ^^P»^ Page 1, March 7, 1975 ^^•^""■■i "^^ Chaillot Production Thespian Success by Bob Wilson The C.B.C. Drama Dept. production of Giraudoux's, The Mad Woman of Chaillot, proved to be tremendous. Though lacking in both money and experiencedactors, Dr. Irving Shaw has masterfully put together a top notch production. The play is about an eccentric French Countess named Orelia, who upon learning of some rich men's plot to blow up Paris in order to gain access to a purported fortune in Petroleum, sets up a trap to catch them so.a-* to make the world once again beautiful. The story is charming though lacking any real intellectual message. Denise Higgins, who played Orelia, performed her part with exceptional precision and timing. It is hard to believe that this was her first real attempt at acting. Mrs. Higgins has natural talent and performed as though the part were written just for her. She was particularly good in the" scene where she befriends the attempted drowning victim named Pierre, played by John Cummings. A pleasant surprise was the acting debut of Brian Nunn, who played both a comic juggler and a new policeman. Though having only a small part, his acting ability shined brightly. His portrayal of the clown was reminicient of Charlie Chaplin. The only thing that marred his near perfect performance was the juggling act he performed at the beginning ofthe first act. Although the play began a little slow at first due to the apparent lack of kineticism in the background, the pace soon picked up and failed to lag from then on. The scenery, made under the direction of Devona Dixon, in the last scene was exquisite. The first appearance of it brought enthusiastic response from the opening night audience. Dr. Shaw's Drama Dept. has come a long way in the past three years. When one considers that most of the actors and actresses in the play have never had any previous training in the field of dramatics, and the deficit of money alloted for the production by the school, one can only applaud the cast, crew, technicians- and directors for a job well done. According to Dr. Shaw, "Everybody has done a good job. This is v^o c>vst aUeiiuca pi produced." State AWARE Session Set For Fresno WALTER R. MARTIN - held a seminar on the cults Wednesday afternoon of Spiritual Emphasis week. More than 200 were in at- tendence for the discussion. Martin is a noted author,'lecuter, and teacher in the field of cults and the occult. MacWhinney To Hold Previewof Spain Trip ■-■ ntiu^mimm ' ■ ■'- " — ^w-^h^ celebration, special interest groups, group singing,- renewal, and Praising the Lord will be held at AWARE, the state youth celebration, March 27-29. It will be held at the Fresno Convention Center and costs $3*0.00 plus meals. Program people include Barry St. Clair, David Haney, BurylRed, Gene Garrison, Cynthia Clauson. There will be two new youth musicals; "The Beginnings"and "Here Comes the Son". - It is hoped there will be 300college students to serve as small group leaders who will have all expenses paid for their training and for the conference. Seminary Teacher To Address M.A.s There will be a luncheon for all M.A. members and other Jr. and Sr. Church Related Vocation Volunteers at noon in the old college chapel Wed. March 19. Dr. Nobel Brown of Golden Gate Seminary faculty will be the speaker at the luncheon and at chapel that day. The luncheon is sponsored jointly by the M.A.'s and by Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Alumni Association. Students do not need to be planning to attend G.G. to go to the luncheon. Sign ups will be in Joe Cutsinger's of-* fice. Students sould sign upas soon as possible. - Dr. James MacWhinney, head of the Education department here, arid advisor for an educational tour to Salmanaca, wili hold a reception^ preview of his June trip, on the third floor lounge of Simmons hall March 12 at 7 p.m. Also attending will be Mr. Wayland Marler, Dr. Steven Pallady, and Mr. Mack Brandon*. The Cal Baptist professors will be in attendance to discuss credits for the trip with those people interested in going. The excursion will begin on Thursday, June 26, where the group will depart from LA International airport for London. There will be a three day layover in London where members may take optional tourist excursions or tour the town themselves. On Sunday the 29th, the group leaves for Madrid, Spain by air, and continues toSalmanacaby rail. Study begins at the University of Salmanaca on Monday June 30, and continues to July 25. During this time there will be an optional excursion to Madrid. July 26 begins a time of independent travel, or an optional tour to-Paris, France. On Wednesday, July 30, the whole group will meet for one last night in Paris, and the return flight to New York the next day. "During the t r i p", said Dr. Mac Whinney" students will be able to see some of the world's great art treasures. InSalmanaca, we plan to visit a bull farm, where the less cautious of us may practice some 'Cape work with some very young bulls." Christian Witness Needed On Riverside Campuses College students seem to become apathetic, realizing the weight of their soon-to-bt responsibilities when they graduate. The high- school student, on the other hand, leaves junior high with eyes wide in anticipation of what happens next.' He is usually always disappointed. All that is to come is either vocational training, or college prep. High school kids need Jesus. At three of Riverside's numer-• ous schools, e f for t s are being made. Campus Crusade TorChrist is working at Ramona, Arlington, and North highs. Ramona and La Sierra highs have 'Fish Clubs'. And, Riverside Christian High has Carol Christophersen, Terry Ek- strom and their ilk. Daryl Nuss, of Campus Crusade, says he is setting up Ramona, Arlington and North highs as 'model schools.' The idea is for others to come, see what is being done, and go away (having been trained by Campus Crusade) and do likewise. The way he usually operates, according to him, is the Christians on campus contact Campus Crusade. He then comes on campus and works through the people who _ contacted him. He does not deal with the Fish Club on campus; only through its leaders. Except for time before and after school, Nuss dbesn't do much work on campus per se. He organizes Bible studies off campus. He has a dream of 'his' schools becoming 'World Training Centers', where the kids, trained by Campus Crusade, would eventually go all over the world. Fish clubs are usually started by one zealous student. Though Ramona and La Sierra's clubs have the same name, they are not related. Mr. Reed, Ramona's ' activities director, had no idea what happened to the Fish Clubi on campus. Its leader, Mark Tun- 1 ney, graduated recently, and the club either went underground or out of business. On the other hand, "La Sierra's Fish Club is alive and well. Attendance is up, and Greg Laurie from Calvary Chapel teaches there on occasion. Riverside Christian High has about 110 students. According to their principal, the school has a Christian emphasis. At the moment, their only outreach is their choir and music programs. The school tries to do things in a Christian manner, the principal said. He expects the students to conform to the minimum Christian standards he sets. Carol Christopherson is 'almost a Jesus freak,' according to her principal. She was the recent editor of the school paper; it changes editors every six weeks. The editorial page seems to be on the first page of the paper. Carol wrote a very religious paper. There were some complaints that the paper was a little too religious. She is also the head of the prayer group on campus. According to her, of the 110 students, nine attend the prayer group, five regularly. She admits that she is not aware of what the freshmen and sophomores are doing, but she knows of only a ^■''flfflw's1 aim1 mmt'k mm WM a real driving interest in talking about Jesus. lt is possible that Jesus will come tomorrow. If so, what will He say about our outreach to the high schools? The Southern Baptists do have a high school ministry, but in my investigations I heard nothing about it. Is it possible that we are so used to reality we don't bother to fight itanymore? Trouveres Take Talents To Tennessee by Angela Morgan Nashville or bust. That's the slogan of Cal Baptist's singing group, Trouveres, as they prepare "for their two week adventure to Tennessee, which will take them through such states as Arizonia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana. The group left at 7a.m. Wednesday, Mar. and plans to return March 20. Fifteen people will be packed into two school vans with luggage, bodies, and of course" Mi ckey Mouse hats. Why? The hats are part of their costume, when they perform such Disney numbers as, "It's a Small World" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "Zip - a - dee - Doo- Dah" "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Supercalifragilisticexpi- alidocious." Foreign Students Await Yosemite There is still time for International students who are interested in going to the International Students who are interested in going to the International Students Conference to sign up. It will be held at Camp Sugar Pine near Yosemite National Park. The cost is $10.00 per person, but students not having the money who want to go should contact Joe Cutsinger. Sign ups are in Joe's office. |