eBridge January, 2002

Dear Cambridge Family,

Happy Year 2002! We trust you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends. We certainly did!

Cambridge hosted it's first ever (maybe annual) Christmas Open House during the afternoon of Sunday, December 9th. It was fun to spend some time with so many of our favorite people during this festive time of the year. We also wanted to give everyone who is not down at the study center on a regular basis a chance to see the wonderful facility the Lord has provided at First Christian Church. Thank you to all who encouraged us with your presence and also to all the students, parents and board members who helped with preparations and refreshments.

Alumni news: Friend and former Cambridge student Richard Pearson is being published! Richard will have his first book released, a collection of photographs of Cuba. Richard's book will arrive at Barnes and Noble, Borders and other bookstores in March, 2002 and will be available for $45. Richard recently lectured on photojournalism in the Creative in His Image class and was able to share many of his photos and experiences in Cuba with Cannon's fine arts students. In October Ben Keim was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma honor society at University of Virginia. PES is a national honor society that recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding freshmen. Ben continues his studies in the classics department at the University of Virginia. Aaron Mesh was awarded recently the Barbara L. Frye Scholarship for Journalism. Aaron is a junior at Covenant College. This is his second year as editor of Covenant's school newspaper, The Bagpipe. Bruce enjoyed visiting many of our alumni "on location" at Covenant during the Thanksgiving holidays. Congratulations all!

Current Cambridge student, Michelle Schaefer was featured in the January newsletter of the Polk Museum of Art. Michelle's tempera, "There's a Rainbow in My World", painted when she was in the fifth grade, was selected for the year long exhibit "Connection: A Shared Language" and purchased by the museum as part of their permanent collection. Michelle's painting has appeared in Art-i-facts magazine, Gulf Guide magazine and was used in 2001 for the PMA's Family Day poster. Michelle continues her involvement at the museum as a volunteer in the education department. Congratulations, Michelle!

Michelle and her picture!

Beginning with this issue, eBridge will feature links at the bottom of each newsletter. "Articles of Interest" and "Recommended Reading" are provided for those of you interested in learning more about some of the educational, apologetic and cultural issues of interest to the Cambridge faculty and students. Also at the end of each letter will be a brief notice of each fIRST fRIDAY screening for the coming month. Our regular fILM fRIDAY emails will continue to be sent out near the end of each month.

Our first fILM fRIDAY for students this month had thirty-five (35) in attendance at the study center for the screening of The Matrix. Discussion was led by Dustin Kirby. The next student screening is this coming Friday, January 25th when Eric Fullgraf will lead an interesting discussion on Toy Story 2. You will be surprised at the themes hidden in this well done animation! Twenty-two (22) showed up for our adult screening at Allen and Harriet Montgomery's for the Igmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal and Ron and Barb Mesh hosted an alumni film night over the holidays, showing the Emma Thompson film Wit after a dinner of pizza and salad. Bruce led the discussion and enjoyed a time of fellowship with former Cambridge students. Films for the month of February include Sleepy Hollow (Feb. 8) and The Truman Show (Feb. 22) for the young people, and Cast Away (Feb. 8) for the adults. Come if you can!

We look forward to a new year of preparing young people and adults to meet the challenges of engaging our culture with the gospel of Christ. Like many charitable organizations, Cambridge is experiencing a severe budget shortfall. Please pray with us that the Lord would provide the funds necessary to meet our present financial needs. We are grateful for your ongoing support and encouragement, and we are trusting in our sovereign God.

Sincerely,

Bruce and Jane Kirby