The Banner, Vol. 41 No. 4 - October 29, 1996

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 "We will shout for joy when you are victorious and we will lift up our banners in the name of our God."  Psalm 20:5	
Volume 41, Number 4 A Publication of the Students of California Baptist College October 29, 1996
Octoberfest provides fun for campus and community
By Nicole Salas
Staff Writer
If you wanted to see Kent
Dacus or Ted Murcray be a
ballerina for ten seconds, then
you should have attended the
Octoberfest last Saturday.
Octoberfest was a carnival put on by the California
Baptist College students, clubs
and staff. It was open to the
community. The carnival
started around 3:30 p.m. and
ended around 7:00 p.m. There
was food, games, and fun.
ASCBC sponsored
Octoberfest and gave two
dollars in free tickets to anyone who came. The tickets
could be used for any of the
games or events.
For instance, someone
could have put in a warrant
for someone else's arrest. The
arrested person had to sit in
jail for ten minutes or wait
only five minutes and take a
chance at a grab bag. The grab
bag was full of little things to
do like be a ballerina or sing
the Gilligan's Island theme
song. Dacus and Murcray were
obviously looking for the easy
way out but seemed to get the
harder way.
One could also get married.
Lucky for lovebirds, Elvis was
there and holding ceremonies
all day. There was also
Karaoke that attracted the singers who just wanted to sing
their hearts out.
If you were in for a challenge, you could have taken a
chance at the homemade bull.
The bull was homemade, but
was bucking contestants off
with no problem.
If you were a girl and always wanted a guy to write
you a personal poem to describe your beauty, then you
missed your chance.
If one was bold, then he
could have thrown a whipped
cream pie at an administration
member. There was a choice
of Dacus, Jerry King, Anthony Lammons, Kris Smith,
and Joe Womack.
Maybe someone just
wanted to jump around. There
was an Astrojump and it was
filled with excitement.
Maybe you just felt like
bowling. At the skeeball booth
you were given five balls to
score 60 points. Ifyoudid,you
were given a prize. And if you
wanted to take home a cake,
you could have joined the
cake walk.
Octoberfest was a fun carnival that cost barely any
money at all. It attracted a
crowd that allowed everyone
to have a good time, even those
being arrested or those wiping
whipped cream off of their
faces.
The Astrojump was one of the many attractions at Octoberfest
The Athletic Ministry offers support for athletes
By Aimee Munson
Staff Writer
"Athletic Ministry is
an opportunity for me
to model Christ to athletes," said Rick York,
the Athletic Minister for
California Baptist College.
Athletic Ministry is a
way to show these athletes
that you can be a competitive athlete without
compromising your principles in Christ.
The Athletic Ministry
meets together on Friday
mornings at 7:00 in the
A. J. Staples room to
pray. There have been 20
athletes meeting on a
regular basis, and 40 athletes have come at least
one time. "I want to
build a solid foundation
to go from," said York.
York also said that he
was happy about how
things were going and
how the athletes were in
volved.
It is not just the athletes that can be involved, but also anybody
who likes sports and who
cares about the athletes.
Ministry starts with
loving and just by going
to the games and supporting your fellow students you can be involved in Athletic Ministry.
"The goal of the Athletic Ministry is to help
Christian athletes grow
in their faith and to represent Christ in a manner
that brings nonbelievers
to a saving relationship
with Christ," York said.
The one main thing that
the Athletic Ministry
does is showing the athletes that they care and
support them. Even if
you aren't involved in
Athletic Ministry, we
should support each
other  as  brothers  and
sisters in Christ. This
could be done by just
leaving a little note to
tell them that you're praying for them.
If you are interested
in becoming involved
in Athletic Ministry,
stop by the Campus
Ministries office and talk
to Rick York. You are
also welcome to stop by
for prayer on Fridays at
7:00 in the A. J. Staples
room.