The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 43, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 20, 1994 Page: 1 of 15
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ACU Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Sunday Feb. 20 1994
jMoonies Kojies ducks claim Broadway glitz
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Sing Song 1994 like Broadway left
Some students disappointed and other
students basking in the spotlight of success.
Of the three categories judged men s
social clubs women's social clubs and
classes the overall award winners were
Galaxy Ko Jo Kai and the junior class.
In women s division the first-place one-
inality award was given to the cats of Tri
Kappa Gamma and second place went to
the leprechauns of Ko Jo Kai.
- Ko Jo Kai won first place in women's
clubs costumes and Tri Kappa Gamma
won second place.
The first place for women s vocals was
awarded to Ko Jo Kai and Sigma Thcta Chi
received second.
In the men's division the lumberjacks of
Galaxy won first place in all categories
with Sub T-16's Barney fans receiving sec-
ond in originality and Gamma Sigma Phi's
hcadhuntcrs winning second in costumes
and vocals.
The originality award was judged on
originality of idea storyline and lyrics and
choreography. The overall success award
was given to the act with the highest score
of all three categories combined. Originality
counts 20 percent costumes count 20 per-
cent and vocals count 60 percent.
Sing Song participants spent hours
preparing for the three performances.
"Sing Song belongs to the Moonics; it is
the spirit of Galaxy" said Jody Wilson
Galaxy member and sophomore biology
major from Boyd. Wilson said the most dif-
ficult part of Sing Song preparations was
keeping everything organized but he added
that meeting old members of Galaxy and
listening to them encourage the men partici-
pating this year was uplifting. Galaxy sang
about a fellow lumberjack named Brawncy.
Todd Strickland Sub T-16 member said
he was stunned when Sub-T won originality
'We were encouraging
each other but not
pushing each other. We
weren't kilting each other
to win
Jennifer Trry
because they performed to have fun not
win.
The men of Sub-T portrayed small chil-
dren and their director Cayce Powell
dressed as the popular children's purple
dinosaur Bamey.
Strickland said Sub-T won first place in
costumes two years ago but the last time
the Subbers won overall was 1984.
Jennifer Terry member of Ko Jo Kai
said the most difficult aspect of Sing Song
was managing her time.
Terry sophomore undecided major from
Spring said she started her studies early so
she didn't become too stressed.
She said the best part about Sing Song
was "the spirit of pulling together. We were
encouraging each other but not pushing
each other. We weren't killing each other to
win."
Becky Baldwin member of Ko Jo Kai
said she was glad she participated in Sing
Song because she became familiar with
more of her club mates.
Ken Butler youth and family ministry
Rainbow School
f parking lot
still off limits
By Amy Shoppord
Student Reporter
Second-time offenders' cars parked in
the Rainbow Bible School parking lot
will be towed said Ruth Ballcw director of
the school.
"Our parking problem is far from
solved" Ballcw said of the lot located on
East North 16th Street cast of University
Church of Christ.
Each morning Ballcw finds three to five
student cars in the lot despite the sign post-
ed that requests students park elsewhere.
She leaves notes on the windshields of the
cars the first time and has them towed the
second time.
Ballcw said the preschool benefits when
students do not park in the Rainbow School
parking lot.
Especially on cold windy or rainy days
parents need to get their children out of the
weather ns quickly as possible. Students
who park in that lot leave limited room for
parent parking.
Ballcw suggested that instead of parking
in the Rainbow School lot students should
park in the lots in the alley east of Univer
sity Church of Christ.
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Lucky charmers
Members of Ko Jo Kai perform their Sing Song act
dress rehearsal Thursday in Moody Coliseum.
Alysu Wain
'It's Your Lucky Day When Charmed by a Kojio" during
Minter Lane congregation celebrates 30 years
By Debbie Crawford
Opinion Pago Editor
Minter Lane Church of Christ will celebrate 30 years of
fellowship Sunday.
From John Elkins who has been an elder through most
of the church's 30-year history to Rochelle Stripling
sophomore social work major from Salado members of
i this congregation repeatedly say the strongest magnet that
brings them back to Minter Lane each Sunday islovc and
QK family atmosphere.
Elkins said: "The most special part of being a member at
Minter Lane is the love of the people. Minter Lane is well
known for its people loving each other and expressing that
lave There has never been any serious division among the
elders. We have always had a cooperative spirit."
Stripling said she enjoys attending Minter Lane because
of Its; openness. "It's obvious that the people there love
each" other and ore involved in each other's lives. You feel
like you arc pan of a family" she said.
Speaking about Tony Ash pulpit minister at Minter
Lane and professor of graduate Bible Stripling said: "I
love him as a person and I love his seimons because
they're always relevant to my life. They always challenge
me. Also the service is different; they aren't afraid to try
something new."
Arthur Brant senior youth and family ministry major
from Abilene said he especially enjoys the worship. "They
spend 30 minutes dedicated strictly to praise. I like the
Focus Fellowship too where we get out of our scats go get
some coffee and greet one another."
Another prominent feature of Minter Lane that continues
to influence its success is its emphasis on missions said
Gaston Tarbct missionary-in-rcsidence and elder at Minter
Lane.
"We have really encouraged people to be involved in
starting churches in unchurched areas" he said. "We have
had lots pf missions students." Many students who attended
Minter Lane later became missionaries he said.
Tarbet's biggest responsibility at Minter Lane has been
administration of the Mission Apprentice Resource Korps
the MARK program which trains missionary helpers he
said. People entering the program make a minimum com-
mitment to work for two years in the field providing assis-
tance to missionaries.
Another missions-oriented program Minter Lane has-
been involved in is Global Campaigns. Les Bennett missionary-in-rcsidence
and elder at Minter Lane began the
ministry in 1980.
Bennett said he initiated the program "to encourage
ACU students and others to be involved in summer mission
campaigns to other countries."
In the past 14 years Global Campaigns has sponsored
campaigns to Asia Europe and Latin America he said.
Tarbct said the Minter Lane congregation currently sup-
ports three missionary families and one woman missionary
in foreign countries. Over the years the congregation has
supported an average of two to five families at a time he
said.
One missionary OK the church currently supports
Stephen failak and his wife Reba were to be in Abilene
Sunday. Bilak and his wife have been in the mission field
for 35 years.
He and his family work with Slavic World for Christ a
broad-based speaking and benevolence ministry Bilak orig-
inally began as a radio ministry broadcasting into the Sovi-
et Union. Bilak is based in Bonn Switzerland.
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major from Midlothian and member of Phi
Quag Mire said he thought his club per-
formed its best Saturday because Friday n
song was cut from the act causing the per-
formance to be rough.
Jeremy Hailc freshman prc-law major
from Irving and participant in the freshman
class act said the most difficult part of Sing
Song was "putting egos aside and working
as one."
Misty Vettcr sophomore communica-
tions major from Nashville Tcnn. said
time management was tough "but in the
end the excitement was worth it." Vettcr
performed with both Kappas and the sopho-
more class.
Kasey Pipes Sing Song production man-
ager Galaxy performer and sophomore
human communication major from Fort
Worth said "Everything went smoothly
and I would do it again."
Lectureship tent
displays about
120 booths
By Debbie Crawford
Opinion Page Editor
A cool blustery wind has whipped
through the big blue and white striped
tent on the Big Purple Stomping Ground
since Wednesday.
The tent in the parking lot north of
Edwards Hall open since Saturday is full
of booksellers and exhibitors from different
parts of the country.
Thorn Lemmons manager of ACU
Bookstore said his office sent out more
than 140 applications for booths in October.
Approximately 120 responded by the Dec.
15 deadline to claim their spaces in the tent
this year.
Bessie Sloan secretary for Lemmons
said the exhibitors' rent.il fees range from
$80 for non-commercial booths to $125 for
commercial exhibitors.
Some larger exhibitors may rent four to
eight spaces. All money ganercd from tent
rental fees funds the Bible Department said
Lemmons.
Among the larger exhibitors present arc
Gospel Advocate from Nashville Tcnn.
20th Century Christian from Nashville
Bible House from Searcy Ark. and Bai-
ley's from Lubbock.
Lemmons said he has accommodated
"just about every exhibitor who wanted
space this year. Every space is booked."
Some exhibitors who did not reserve
booths will come to town to claim booths
of exhibitors who reserved spaces but did
not show up.
"We hold a drawing at 10 a.m. Monday
morning to decide who gets any no-show
spaces" Lemmons said.
Carlos Rodriguez director of ACU's
physical plant said the process of creating
a marketplace in a tent takes a "coordinated
team effort" he said.
Rodriguez said ACU rents the tent from
Abilene Tent and Awning for a $3000 fee
that covers using the tent and having
employees of Abilene Tent and Awning set
up and take down the tent.
Once the tent was in place physical
plant employees began unloading sawhors-
cs and plywood on temporary loan from
Abilene Lumber Co. from trucks that were
loaded at least a day in advance and
installed electrical wiring and outlets for
exhibitors' signs.
Please sec Tent p.1 6
76th annual Bible Lectureship to focus on
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k of Isaiah
By Kelly Davidson
Student Reporter
The 76th annual Bible Lectureship will
enable about 8000 people to learn about
the book of Isaiah Sunday through Wednes-
day. The theme of Lectureship "A Light to
the Nations: Messages From Isaiah" will
be" presented from different angles in about
40 classes said Bill Young director of
clnrch relations and Lectureship.
Young said "A Light to the Nations" is
drawn from Isaiah 42:6: "I will keep you
and will make you to be a covenant for the
pedple and a light for the Gentiles."
fhljip Slate chairman of the Department
of Missions said Isaiah has been called the
most spintual of the prophets. Isaiah wrote
much about the human's mission in this
world and he emphasized that Israel should
serve from the heart. As a result God would
deliver find bless Israel Slate said.
"Isaiah is calling Israel back to the spiri
tual center of her being as the people of
God" Slate said. "They were to love God
and keep his commandments."
Seven keynote speakers will address
themes from Isaiah in Moody Coliseum all
four days of Lectureship.
Lanny Henninger minister of University
Avenue Church of Christ in Austin will
deliver the opening lecture "Worthy is the
Lamb" Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Henninger said because the lecture he
will present will establish the tone for the
rest of the Lectureship week he will focus
on God's holiness and "the redemptive
intent of creation."
"We draw our essential strength from the
Lord God who sits on the throne who chas-
es us in spite of ourselves" Henninger said
Shelton Gibbs III minister of Greenville
Avenue Church of Christ in Richardson
will present his keynote lecture "Faith is
the Sure Foundation" Monday at 9:45 a.m.
Jimmy Adcqx minister of the Southwest
Church of ClrTist in Jonesboro Ark. will
address this same theme of holiness in Isa-
iah from a different angle in his keynote
lecture "God's Holiness is His Alopc."
Monday at 7 p.m. ;
Adcox said the text for his lecture wjlj be
the sixth chapter of Isaiah and he will pre-
sent God through Isaiah's eyes. Adcox said
'God has focused himself
in a people. ... Israel was
formed not to boast but
to serve. "
Philip Slate
he wants to help the audience "see the tran-
scendence of God."
Most humans have a deeper allegiance to
things and people other than God Adcox
said u
"We're not often drawn to our knees in
absolute awe. If we saw Him as He was we
would be" he said.
A different view of the book of Isaiah
will be presented Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. by
Rick Marrs associate professor of religion
at Pepperdine University in Malibu Calif
Marrs said his lecture "The Heart of the
Matter: God's and Ours" will compare and
contrast the human heart and the divine
heart.
Marrs also will address Isaiah's view of
how faith influences humans' understand-
ing of world events and worship he said.
"Israel was unique in how she saw the
world and the relationship between the dif-
ferent nations" Marrs said.
Randy Becton executive director of Her
aid of Truth ministries will deliver "God's
Prpmise of Deliverance" Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Slate's lecture "The Israel of God: Past
and Present" will address the missionary
purpose of God's people Wednesday at
9:45 a.m. $
Slate said the function of the Israelites
who biblically includes both Jews and Gen-
tiles was to reveal God to the pagan people
of the world.
"God has focused himself in a people
and he intends for them to live in a way that
says something about him to people who
don't know him" Slate said.
"Israel was formed not to boast but to
serve" he said.
The concluding lecture "Grace and
Truth for All Nations" will be presented
Wednesday at 7 p.m. by Dr. Tony Ash pro-
fessor of Bible and pulpit minister for
Minter Lane Church of Christ in Abilene.
Ash will present the book of Isaiah from
a missions standpoint speaking about the
message the church should carry as a mis-
sionary and how financial stewardship can
fund missions.
Other Lectureship classes will begin
Monday morning.
Lectureship schedules are available at the
Lectureship information desWin the Cam-
pus Center.
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