eBridge February, 2002

February 2002

Dear Cambridge Family,

Greetings from Cambridge Study Center!!

We are excited to report that five of our Cambridge art students entered photos in the 2002 Creative Youth: 12th Congressional District Competition. High schools from eight counties were represented. Of the 91 works selected, nine were photographs. Three of the winning photos were from Cambridge students Christie Bell, Michelle Schaefer and Jeremy Thrush! Cambridge is pleased to be one of only ten schools represented in the exhibit. The winning art will be on display March 11 through April 28 at the Polk Museum of Art. Our congratulations to Christie, Michelle and Jeremy... and to Cannon Kirby their instructor!

Recently Cambridge art students also attended a gallery opening at the Ybor City School of Visual and Performing Art. Along with the art collection on loan from Mr. Bud Lee, photos by Cambridge students are also exhibited. Students Michelle Schaefer, Elizabeth Strawbridge and Jeremy Thrush have photographs of folk art still lifes on display, and photos of folk artist Mama Johnson by Cannon Kirby and former Cambridge student Richard Pearson are also shown. The exhibit, titled "Florida Folk & Outsider Arts," runs through February 28.

Along with Cambridge instructors Dustin Kirby and Bruce Kirby, some of the advanced Cambridge students recently attended a symposium on "The Quest for the Historical Jesus in Twentieth Century Scholarship" at Florida Southern College. The featured speaker was Carsten Claussen of the Protestant Theological Faculty of Munich speaking on the historical reliability of the Gospel of John. Other symposium participants were Ernst Baasland, Bishop of Stavanger in the Church of Norway, James Charlesworth, professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary and Walter Weaver of Florida Southern College. A time of lively discussion and lunch was graciously hosted afterward by Robin Tirrell in her home near the college. Thank you Robin!

The Young Artists Concert sponsored by The Bach Festival of Central Florida will feature two Cambridge students, Christie Bell, soprano and Katie Bell, soprano. The concert will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Winter Haven, Sunday, February 24th at 4:00 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door. Suggested donation: $10/adult, $5/senior, $3/student. For more information please call 863-605-2200. Our congratulations to Katie and Christie for being selected to perform at this Bach Festival event.

We have had an invitation from USF student and Cambridge parent Mary Malaspina to attend upcoming special lectures at the USF / Tampa campus on February 28th: "Athenian Democracy" by Princeton University professor Josiah Ober and on April 2nd: "Christians and Pagans in Ancient Paneas (Caesarea and Phillipi)" by Pepperdine University professor John Wilson. These lectures have been opened to Cambridge students. For more information contact Mary at 863.687.2019.

Cambridge was recently visited by Mark Bertram from Houston Texas. Mark is a student of adjunct faculty member, Dr. David McWilliams at Westminster Seminary in Dallas. Mark sat in on Cambridge classes taught by Eric Fullgraf and Dustin Kirby and with his wife Laurie attended the adult fILM fRIDAY at the Montgomery's featuring the Tom Hanks film Cast Away. Mr. Bertram leads Sword in Hand ministries in Houston.

Our first fILM fRIDAY for students this month had thirty in attendance at the study center for the screening of Sleepy Hollow. Discussion was led by Cannon Kirby. The next student screening is this coming Friday, February 22 when students will see The Truman Show. Discussion will be led by Eric Fullgraf. You need not be a Cambridge student to attend. Cost of admission is a snack: chips, cookies or 2 liter drink. You are welcome to bring a friend.

We are pleased to announce that Cambridge Study Center has been awarded a $60,000 Challenge Grant. This is an opportunity for you to have your donation to the study center doubled. In order to receive these funds, we must raise $10,000 every sixty days. We are still $3,980 short of our goal for the first sixty days. If these funds are not raised the matching funds will be lost. For your convenience you can make donations by credit card from our website (www.cambridgestudycenter.org). Just go to the Donations page and click the credit card icon. Or you can mail checks to the study center at 541 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33801. Donations to Cambridge are tax deductible.

We are grateful to the Lord for His provision and for the many opportunities He is giving our students and faculty to engage our culture. Please pray for our students, the faculty and the Cambridge Foundation Board as they seek to further Christ's Kingdom through the application of the Gospel to all of life.

Sincerely,

Bruce and Jane Kirby