The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 46, Ed. 1, Friday, March 10, 1989 Page: 3 of 8
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Members of the Chicago Spring
Break Campaign will help renovate a
house with the assistance of the
Habitat for Humanity organization.
"Our main project will be
renovating a house in Ceccro a small
development in West Chicago but we
will do other work related with the
church" said Kyle McAlistcr cam-
paign leader.
The sponsor for the group will be
the Cardinal Drive Church of Christ
in Rolling Meadows a suburb of
Chicago.
Throughout the week the students
will participate in other projects in-
cluding Sunday night worship service
and spending time with the teen-agers
said McAlistcr senior radio-TV major
from Arlington.
The group will leave for Chicago
March 17 and will return March 24.
McAlistcr said the campaign is not
full and anyone needing further in-
formation can contact him at 673-0330.
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The Spring Break Campaign to St.
Louis will be ready to work for seven
encouraging days said Todd Parrish
junior management major from Alvin.
The campaign will work with the
Mid-County Church of Christ. Stu-
dents will work with the internship
program directed by Stanley Shipp.
Parrish leader of the campaign said
that after a Bible study every morning
with Shipp the campaign members
will either participate in door knock-
ing cleaning a park or working in a
soup kitchen.
Parrish said the campaign also will
work with a youth detention center in
St. Louis.
Parrish said that St. Louis campaign
member Scott Hall sophomore
business administration major from
Austin has organized the Bible
studies as well as a retreat this
weekend with the Chicago and Bloom-
ington campaigns.
The purpose of this retreat is for
everyone to get to know each other
better and to focus on the objective of
the campaign Parrish said.
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Campaigners traveling to
Bethlehem Pa. will conduct worship
services in a prison said David Little
campaign member.
"We arc there to ignite them for a
newborn excitement for Jesus" said
Little senior social science education
major from Campbell Calif.
The group also will door knock and
conduct Wednesday evening and Sun-
day morning services at Bethlehem
Church of Christ the group's sponsor
'church.
The students will be challenged
because the church is young and has
lost most of its enthusiasm said Andy
Gambordella minister at Bethlehem.
Chris Seidman freshman radio-TV
major from Austin is leading the
campaign which includes many
members of the Freshman Action
Council.
Students campaigning to Bloom-
ington Ind. will try to make the
churches in the city more visible said
Gregg Hensley campaign leader.
The group will conduct a meeting
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at 1329
Wcstheimer said Hensley sophomore
ISQSmissionary major from Houston.
Everyone is welcome he said.
"We have seven people in the group
right now" said Hensley "and we
would like the others to join us."
The campaign will be March 16-19
at the Bloomington Church of Christ.
"The place needs attention to help
the churches grow there" said
Hensley "and that's what we'll try to
do."
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Twenty-one students will door
knock and invite people from the
community to nightly dcvotionals led
by students on their campaign to
Stoncy Creek Church of Christ in
Toronto.
Grant Boone radio-TV major from
Nashville Tenn. is sharing the work
and responsibility of leading the group
with Joel Quilc sophomore education
major from San Carlos Calif.; and
Kari Robnett junior elementary
education major from Iowa Park.
"The church has a really strong
children's ministry and we're hoping
to reach more parents through their
children" Boone said.
The people in Toronto face a kind
of adversity that Bible Belt people
could never know Boone said.
The students also will have the op-
portunity to participate in fun activi-
ties. The group will spend a day in
the city.of Toronto. They also will go
to Niagara Falls.
The group vill return March 24.
Members of the Philadelphia Spring
Break Campaign will spend some of
their time promoting the marriage and
family film scries of Drs. Carl
Brecheen and Paul Faulkner.
The series will be conducted March
20 and 22.
Members also will pass out fliers in
the Philadelphia area and work with
the elderly said Kyle Curby cam-
paign leader.
Fourteen students have sjgned up
for the campaign and six spaces are
open said Curby senior psychology
major from Waco.
The group will leave from the
DallasFort Worth airport March 17
and will return March 25.
Curby said he informs group
members of new developments and
corresponds with the group's sponsor
East Delco Church of Christ in
Philadelphia.
Middletown Conn. will be visited
by 1 1 enthusiastic Spring Break
Campaigners led by Derek Chance
sophomore communication major
from Round Rock and Greg Dowell
junior psychology major from Walnut
Calif.
While in Middletown the cam-
paigners will spend their mornings
learning biblical lessons about how to
serve and in the afternoons they will
"go out and practice what they learn-
ed" Chance said.
Afternoon excursions include work-
ing in a soup kitchen and a battered
women's shelter. The campaigners
also will visit a juvenile detention
center where they and tbejd.dtfjffjll
perform skits.
The main goal for the trip is to
"serve the people of the Middletown
community and get those people in-
terested in missions and in reaching
out to people" Chance said. "We
want them to see how God can use
their lives."
Members of the Spring Break Cam-
paign to West Haven Conn. will
spread the gospel to many people who
never have even heard of the Church
of Christ said Tony Morrow cam-
paign leader.
"The Church of Christ in West
Haven is only a year old so it will
give us a better view on how things
are outside the Bible Belt" said Mor-
row senior Bible major from
Amarillo.
Mark Curtis sophomore biology
major from Oregon City Ore. said he
is looking forward to the campaign
and is excited about the group's plan-
ned trip to Manhattan N.Y. and Yale
University.
"I think it's going to be really cool
because I'm going to learn a lot about
myself help other people and have a
great time to top it off" Curtis said.
Morrow said the group will deal
with prostitutes in New York City
who are between the ages of 1 1 and
14.
"It sounds pretty wild but it's reali-
ty there" Morrow said.
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