Shares God's love with the community Good Xews representsjfarding through song When the last note has been sung and the microphones have been turned off, it is the hope of the Good News Singers that the tune their audiences carry in their hearts when they leave is one ofpraise andworship to God. That, they said, is the reason they sing. The group consists of four women and four menwho commit themselves to carrying the message of Christ through song into different communities around the country. This year's group included SaraKirkpatrick, Deborah Root, Rochelle Rose, SandiWright, Tony Brown, Micah Parkhurst, Marcus Reese and Teddy Warren. "The goal of our group is to minister through song and in doing so, to lift the name ofGod and grow spiritually ourselves," Wright said. Good News singers had an important secondary goal as well. "Another goal of the singers is to be good ambassadors for Harding and to represent Harding in the best possible way wherever we go. We also do our best to keep the element of entertainment in all we do. We want people to enjoy the music that we sing as praise to God," Parkhurst said. During the first semester, the Good News Singers invested large amounts oftime into learning new music and forming the bond ofunity they needed to be able to effectively minister to the people in their audiences. "I tried out for Good News singers because I wanted to be involved in a small group with the purpose of ministering to others. At our first practice we all prayed together, for each other and for the work we wanted to do. I could already begin to feel us coming together simply because of our common goal," Rose said. Wright also said that "it is very important for us, as a group, to have and to maintain a common goal because when we reach out to people, we want them to hear the strong message that we are seeking to communicate." The group sang a wide variety of Christian music, ranging from traditional hymns to contemporary arrangements, all ofwhich carried the lyrics oflove, hope and praise to God. "It was so fulfilling whenwe were singing and we would look at people in our audiences and see in their eyes the feelings that we were singing about," Wright said. "And it was a true blessing to realize that God was touching people through our words." Building personal relationships with each other and being able to effectively minister to those they came in contact with was the underlying theme in the thoughts expressed by each member of the Good News Singers. And this year, the good news of Christ was heard because of eight students and their commitment to the music God placed in their hearts. - Allison Rector French Club. First row: Alisa Lundy, Anabella Ruiz, Melissa Gardner. Second row: Olivia Long, Anna Jones, Phoebe Ashton, Jamie Cogburn. Third row: Matt Quigley, Sandi Wright, Anastasia Yecke, Jaime Evans, Liz Smith. Fourth row: Winfred Wright (faculty sponsor), Matt Prince, Heather Pogue, Alex Ivannikou. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. Good News Singers. First row: Rochelle Rose, Sandi Wright, Sara Kirkpatrick, Deborah Root. Second row: Marcus Reese, Micah Parkhurst, Teddy Warren, Tony Brown. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. 190 French Club and Good News Singers
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