Bruce is well into his third week working fulltime as director and instructor at the study center. He is settling into a schedule of administrative duties and he has rescheduled some of his classes from nights to days! There is a long list of things to be done that have been pushed to one side as the study center has grown while Bruce continued to work fulltime at Covenant Presbyterian Church. We are grateful for the donations that have made this change possible. Please pray with us that God will continue to provide through His people.
Bruce's Wednesday night adult class is growing and this group continues to have a great time discussing Moby Dick and Francis Schaeffer's Escape From Reason. Discussion since August has centered around Hemingway's Islands in the Stream and London' Sea Wolf. Discussion of Escape from Reason also began in August and will continue for several more months. It will be followed by Hans Rookmaaker's Modern Art and Death of a Culture. Another adult class is planned to begin in August 2001.
Student news: Josiah Armes presented a wonderful Classical/Holiday pipe organ concert at Southside Baptist Church on Sunday, November 26th. It was a blessing to see (and hear!) Josiah use his talents to glorify the Lord. Congratulations to Lauren Saunders on a super column in the Ledger high school supplement section a few weeks ago. Miriam Keim was chosen Rookie of the Year on the Lakeland High School swim team and lettered as a freshman! Gail Borden (one of our adult students) was recently recognized as the top customer representative for Hall Communications. Gail invited Bruce and I to the "Lessons and Carols" at All Saints Episcopal Church, a service that we found both edifying and worshipful. We enjoyed fine fellowship with Gail at the English tea that followed.
Friday night, December l6th was the last film night of the year. Film nights will resume the 1st and 3rd Friday nights in January 2001. If you haven't been to a film night, we'd love to have you visit anytime. Each night a serious film is viewed followed by a lively discussion, refreshments and fellowship. Film nights are open to adults as well as students and their friends. The website has a "Film Nights" page that will list scheduled showings, as well as past films.
Short term classes: The next short term class, Theatre:The Stage of Ideas begins on Monday, January 8th. This class is a survey of major plays and movements from William Shakespeare to Sam Shepard. It will feature the viewing of six plays followed by critical discussion. The class is scheduled for Mondays, Jan.8 through Feb.19, 6-9 p.m. Please go to our website or call the study center at 646-7669 for more information or to register. Cannon Kirby, instructor for this class, also will be teaching an adult class at the Polk Museum of Art in the Spring. The class will study the history, techniques and art of photography. Contact the museum for more information.
Don Rule (another of our adult students) continues to volunteer many hours fine tuning the study center website. If you have never visited the website or haven't logged on in a while, take a look: www.cambridgestudycenter.org. Thank you Don for all your hard work!
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Things will slow down around here for the next few weeks while classes are out for the holidays. We look forward to seeing our alumni over Christmas break to catch up on all their news from their respective colleges. When classes resume in January, we hope many of you will visit us to see what learning is like at Cambridge Study Center!
We hope you are enjoying this holiday season with your family and friends. This time of year especially reminds us of God's goodness to us through the birth of His son, Jesus Christ. What incredible grace when Christ became man to redeem sinful man.
