More than 100 members of the MBBS community traveled the crooked mountain roads to Hartland Christian Camp for the seminary's annual retreat. At an elevation above 4000 feet the sky shows what it can look like without the mascara of smog that occasionally blankets the Fresno area.The highlight for many MBBS'ers, however, centered upon the words of former President and Old Testament scholar Elmer Martens. Martens and current MBBS Pastor in Residence Gaylord Goertzen teamed together to crack open the first chapter of Genesis during Saturday morning worship. I believe that in the photo above Elmer is cracking wise about something that Gaylord finds pretty amusing; as did all in attendance I'm sure.
The theme for the school year, as chosen by the Student Leadership Team, is "Beginning" as taken from the first words of our holy text. (In the beginning God created... for those of you who need the teleprompter on this one.)
The Hartland retreat also affords students, staff and faculty alike the time to forge new friendships and strengthen existing ones. The happy lads below posed for this picture in an attempt to personify the positive, friendly vibes of the MBBS community. (Even though two of them are from Nebraska and were already in mourning over that fact that their beloved Cornhuskers got spanked by USC on Saturday by some horrible amount of points. They were asked to wipe the tears from their eyes before this very photo. It took like 45 minutes, but as you can see by the result, the wait paled in comparison to the results.)
4 comments:
Looks like you guys had a good time. I hope there wasn´t a problem with forgotten items this year :)
What's the story behind the "forgotten items?"
you´ve got to ask around a bit. Perhaps one of the Nebraska guys can help you out ;)
NOOO! Don't leave me in the hands of the Nebraska guys!
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