eBridge November, 2000

Though we are thankful for your interest and support of Cambridge Study Center throughout the year, we are especially mindful as Thanksgiving approaches of God's goodness to us through your participation in the study center. We appreciate your encouraging comments, prayers, gifts, and the privilege of being part of your child's education.

We are excited to report that effective December 1, 2000 Bruce will be working fulltime as Director and instructor. After 11 years on staff at Covenant Presbyterian Church, it is strange to think of Bruce's not being there in an official capacity, but we will be involved in many other ways and we look forward to continuing to worship and serve with our Covenant church family. We are amazed and grateful to see God provide the funds that have made this possible.

The field trip to the Gainesville Book Sale was a huge success. 37 students, parents, and friends traveled in a chartered bus, leaving at 5:30 a.m. and returning at 3:30 p.m. David Brandt provided a breakfast of pastries and juices served on the bus. Thank you, David! Many books were purchased at incredibly low prices...books for use in the student's classes, others to build their personal libraries. Nathan Sligh found a complete set of Will Durant's Story of Civilization and Trudi Sligh discovered a large number of books for her classroom library at Geneva Classical Academy. Chris Calkins selected quality children's books to add to baby Simon's library...all the Fullgrafs and Kirbys appreciate that! Our thanks to Don Collins, our bus driver from Central Florida Transit (see picture below--click on it to see it full size), who did such a great job driving us from Lakeland to Gainesville, and back again.

November Film Nights: (1st and 3rd Fridays of the month - 7:30 p.m. at the Kirby's) featuring Ponette on the 3rd and Wise Blood on November 16th. This is a time for students and their friends (parents are always welcome!) to view a serious film and participate in the discussion that follows. While having a fun social time with friends, students also learn to be discerning regarding today's films.

College bound fourth year students Jacqueline Thrush and Katie Mesh have returned from college preview trips to Covenant College and Covenant, Grove City College and St. John's College respectively. This is an exciting time for them as they make final decisions about their college years.

Katie Mesh has recently been inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the National Honor Society, at Polk Community College where Katie takes college classes to satisfy high school requirements in PCC's dual enrollment program. Congratulations Katie!

Josiah Armes was featured on Good Morning Tampa Bay on October 4th. He did a great job with his interview and his music. ( We have the tape! ) Next performance for Josiah: Classical Thanksgiving and Christmas Concert featuring Marie Johnson, piano and Josiah Armes, pipe organ on November 26th at 3:00 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church. For more information e-mail Josiah at solideogloria@ithink.net. At 12 years of age, Josiah is the youngest student at the study center. Keep up the good work Josiah!

Robert Tirrell is teaching a six weeks chess class for seven 1st-7th graders from Lakeland Christian School. Robert currently competes in the K-12 Polk County division tournaments as a 9th grader. Robert has been playing chess since the 4th grade and won 1st place in the Polk Scholastic Regional Tournaments in grades 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. He also won 1st place in the Florida Central Scholastic Regional Tournament (5th grade) and 1st place in the Florida West Regional Scholastic Tournament (8th grade). In addition to chess Robert enjoys skate boarding and has just designed and built a neighborhood skate park with his friend Scottie McBride in Scottie's cul-de-sac. Excellent, Robert!

Kelli Mutz (who has 7 brothers, 4 sisters and one brother-in-law! ) just returned from a sightseeing packed educational tour of Washington, D. C. with her dad Bill, her mom Pam (who is also a student in the adult class at the study center), her brother Michael and her baby sister Emma. Along with becoming expert subway riders, the Mutzes visited the major memorials, the Smithsonian's Natural and American History Museums, the National Archives, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the White House, and the FBI. Pam and Bill have also just returned from speaking at the Family Life Conference in Portland, Oregon. We are grateful for their commitment to share what Christ has done through their family with others!

Miriam Keim, Lauren Saunders and Bucky Banks continue to excel on their swim teams. Miriam and Lauren even have had the pleasure of competing against one another when LHS and LCS participate in the same swim meet.

We congratulate Dustin Douglass and Jonathan Streets on an outstanding soccer season at Lakeland Christian! Since they are seniors, their talents will be missed on the team next year! Dustin is seriously considering Covenant College...Jonathan is still in the decision making process. Dustin and Jonathan have participated in the Logic and Thoughts Captive Supplementary classes.

Classes continue to go well...we enjoy having all the students in our home and consider each of them part of our family. They are special in unique ways and bring their own personalities, talents, strengths, learning styles, etc. to the family...and what a lively family it is! They are all loved and appreciated as special persons God has created. Please contact the study center if you would like to see all of them in the student directory on the website (www.cambridgestudycenter.org)...you can request a password to access the directory. We would love for you to get to know them in this way so that you can pray for them individually.

Brochures were mailed a few weeks ago regarding the short term classes currently being offered. The next classes open for registration are available after the first of the year. January - Theater: The Stage of Ideas (V.C. Kirby) March - Mere Christology (D. McWilliams) April - How to Argue with Your Child...and Win! (D. Kirby). These classes are designed to equip believers to engage their culture. Please contact us if you did not receive a brochure or if you would like more information.