The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 35, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 10, 1999 Page: 7 of 8
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Stutfenr Reporter
An interactive website will be
posted on the Internet in the next
few weeks by the Students' Associ-
ation? Spiritual Ufc Committee.
The purpose' of the website Is to
inform students of the committee's
projects and to obtain feedback on
the projects from students.
The website whose URL has
not yet been determined was
designed over the Christmas break
by Brantley Starr sophomore agri-
cultural communications major
from Abilene.
"Our committee is seeking the
specific directions the students
Scripture painted on library wall
Hotiy Rower
Stutter) t Reporter
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
and a light unto my path.
The recognizable Fsalm 119:103
floats just above Earths largest Dibte
and the words jump out as one
walks into the library.
It draws atten-
tion to the Bibk"
said Amy Stutts
library staff member.
"People who might
have just walked by
stop and notice it
now.
Kerry O'Neill
book preservation
assistant at the
library painted the wall message.
Marsha Harper library director
requested O'Neill to do die artwork.
"I felt so honored to be asked"
O'Neill said.
Honor was also part of O'Neills
color choice for the Scripture.
"I chose blue tones because to
me blue is an honorable color"
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developing interactive website
want us to take rather than just
making guesses on our own" said
Starr an SLC volunteer. "We'll try
to tell them what directions we're
going and then we'll let them
decide whether those arc good."
The site will feaiure separate
pages for each of the committees
withlr the SLC each with a
newsletter and information on
whom students should contact to
gel involved with the programs.
Some of the pages will have a
special survey section In which
students can type comments for
review by the SLC For example
visitors to the Tuesday Night
Devotional page will be asked to
rate the latest devotional and to
O'Neill said. "The tones go from
light to dark. The light tones remind
me of God and the dark tones of us
arid how God works it all together."
O'Neill spent a little time every
day for two weeks completing the
verse. One day she spent from early
evening until the next rooming
working. As the night wore on she
ft made me think about
perfect the word of God is and
the mistake shows the humanness.
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grew tired and said if one looks
closely the word Psalm is not
straight. She thought about fixing
the alignment but decided to leave
It.
"It made me think about Just
how perfect the word of God is and
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In addition to the exchange of
Information the SLC has another
more spiritual goal Tor its site.
"The website U going to show
the students that there are other
students on campus who care
about their spiritual develop-
ment" said Matt Taple sopho-
more Bible major from Orlando
Hla. who is the chairman of the
SLCb programs committee.
To follow up this goal the web-
site will be used to enhance the
Hltchln' a Ride program in which
students offer other students rides
to Abilene churches. A regularly
She said she enjoyed the two
weeks of work because she had the
chance to talk to students and tell
the story of the giant IHbfe.She said
she hopes the calligraphy will draw
attention to the ACU treasure.
"When it was against the brick
wall students never saw the Bible
but now tlut its against the wall its
much more
visible"
O'Neill said "I '
just think its
wonderful we
have the
worlds biggest
Bible and Its
displayed so
nicely."
The cho
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Kerry O'Afeff
sen Scripture focuses on Gods word
and was the most appropriate
ONclllsald.
"It makes sense they chose that
verse to be over the worlds largest
Bible" said Aaron Caraway sopho
more biochemistry major trom
updated llt of H churches attend-
ed by ACU students wiM fee posted
on the s&e along with the names of
students who cati give rides to
those churches.
The site will also have an inter-
active prayer request page. The
requests will be compiled .regular-
ly and brought up at committee
meetings a-nd devotionals.
Starr thinks the Internet U a
great place for the kingdom of
God.
"In our age of technology we
should use the technology to the
advantage of the kingdom of
God" he said. "If there's'mcdla out
there to use we should be using it
to make sure the truth is known."
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 35, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 10, 1999, newspaper, February 10, 1999; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99832/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.