1. REPRESENTING her discus· sion group at the first all-school retreat at Camp Wyldewood, Libby Cochran reports what her group discussed . 2. WAITING for buses to take them to the fall retreat on Discipleship, students take time to become better acquainted. 3. BRIEFL Y, Timothy Club Presi· dent David Weidner addresses the crowd at the morning devotional during Lectureship week . 4. AFTER a refreshment break, Ann .~ Shields discusses with Karen Embry what they have learned at the retreat. 5. CAMPUS counselor Terry Smith stops in the student · center to talk with a friend as Tim Lowry plays with his daughter. a year of spiritual growthl "When you see students . .. really serving. caring and receiving people in love - you know God is moving." - Terry Smith them with the resources to engage some of the most dyna· mic men in the brotherhood. Following Henderson was Nick Young from Anderson, In· diana. After his two days on campus the OCC graduate could see that something spiritually great was rappening at Harding. In praise of the situation he made the un· solicited comment, "If this had been happening when I was in college and I had known about it , I would have come to Har· ding for sure . After seeing this I know I will send my children to Harding." At each meeting that followed , larger crowds attend· ed as the spiritual momentum of the year continued. Continuing to express an interest in self-improvement, students attended the 1978 Lectureships. The theme for the program was "How Great Thou Art." Some 80 or more students also attended the three· day World Missions Workshop at Freed·Hardeman College. The Workshop was centered around the theme, "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?" As the year progressed other seminars involved the students in more meaningful ways than just being members of the au· diences. In preparation for the Prayer Enrichment Seminar with speaker Albert Lemmons , over 100 students participated in a prayer chain . For eight days students prayed for the seminar during specified 30·minute time segments. The result was someone praying every hour until the seminar began in the American Her· itage auditorium on Friday night , November 10. Over 600 people packed into the Spiritual Life ~ 37
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