Issue 2

Bible College News

Bible College adopts new mission statement!
by: unknown

The Canadian Mennonite University (a Bible college) adopted a new missions statement the other day! It reads:

Canadian Mennonite University is an innovative Christian university, rooted in the Anabaptist faith, moved and transformed by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Through teaching, research and service CMU inspires and equips women and men for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.


"After enthusiastic discussion, the mission statement was unanimously approved. This statement will later be supplemented by two further sets of statements. The first is a series of Basic Commitments; the second is a series of program-specific statements (for Menno Simons College, CMU Main Campus and Outtatown—formerly School of Discipleship) that will address basic description, mission, goals and educational philosophy of the program centres." (source:http://www.cmu.ca/news/nov18.html)

SouthEastern Free Will Baptist Bible College Calendar of Events
from SEFWB Website

Oct. 20-21, Missions Conference
Nov. 3-5, Get Aquainted days, everyone invited to join!
Nov. 17-19, Basketball tournament
Nov. 22-28, Thanksgiving Holiday begins!

.Updates.
by Jamie Lane

There comes a time in every man's life when he looks for a mate. A life-long partner to keep their clothes ironed, their bookshelves straightened and their kids "raised up rig't". There are several people in colleges around the world that are looking for these life-long mates. With their permission, their stories are posted below. Some names have been changed.

"The Story of two hearts becoming one"
"Steve" and "Ali" (really Matt and Allison)
-- from Allison's perspective.

Well it all started one Friday night, the girls wanted to go out to the Benny Hinn Crusade. At first I was so excited because I love to be healed... but then I got this weird feeling, and I told one of my friends-- "I have the feeling I'm going to meet someone tonight that's going to be close to me for the rest of my life." Then she said your crazy and I told her no really... "you know what I don't want to go anymore", she asked why and I told her because I' am scared. See I had just come out of a bad relationship and I didn't want anything to do with guys at the time. I felt like I needed my space. I just wanted friends for the mean time.

So I got to the crusade and started dancing down stairs with the girls. Then I got kind of bored so I went to the second floor. I stayed there for a while then these guys wanted to talk to me but I wasn't in the mood, so I left and went upstairs to the third floor where they were playing Christian-rock en español, now this was my type of music. I was walking through the door when I spotted him, just standing there, then I realized he was looking at me too, so I took my sight off of him quick and kept walking hoping he didn't notice. As I was walking I felt someone with their hand on my head. I got so nervous I didn't know what to do. I was going to ask him what he wanted when he told me "you look so beautiful may I heal you?" You could only imagine what went threw my head! I wanted to say yes so bad but I couldn't I was so nervous so I told him no.

Then later that night I went to buy some Bibles for my friends and me when he showed up and tried to pay and I nicely said no thank you I already paid. Then I wanted to know if he was really following me and interested, so I went back down to the first floor and yup he followed me --well discreetly because he had to play it cool with all his friends and didn't want to make it that Obvious. So I went back upstairs and he followed, then I started looking at those slain in the spirit all by my self -- and about two minutes later he came up to me and started raising his hands and trying to heal me again.

Then he asked if it was ok for him to keep healing me and I said "well your already healing me, so sure." Yes I know I was being kind of mean but I didn't mean to, but that's just the way I was feeling because I was so nervous. I didn't know how to act and I also didn't know if it was him, if he was the guy I was suppose to meet that day. So we continued dancing in the spirit, and I was healed of several things. Then he asked me my name and what I worked in then I asked him his name and his profession and he told me he was in the "Jesus business", we talked more about that subject, because at the time I was interested, anyways after a while, my feet got very tired and I asked him if he mind if we just lay on the floor for awhile in the spirit. Before that, I took off my high heels, he said no, so then I went to go sit down and when I reached down to take off my shoes he started unstrapping them for me. That's when it got to me, he was so sweet and such a gentleman unlike other guys that were usually at the crusade. All they ever wanted to do was be the guy who caught me when I feel out. And for those wondering, yes and he put the shoes back on when I left.

So I gave him my number. He called me the next day and the next and the next. So we became very good friends up to the point where I felt that I could tell him anything and I did. It had to have been at least 3 or 4 times that he asked me to be his girlfriend and every time I told him I couldn't, and I really couldn't because I knew I wasn't ready for another relationship at the time and I didn't want to hurt him in any way because he didn't deserve it. So feeling sorry for him, I gave in. I am now the healthiest person in the dorm (this week aside).

This story is an adaptation of a real life story but instead of a crusade, involves someone dancing in a club. This is a merely fictional story and is not meant to be true.