STUDENT ACTIVITIES
DEVOTIONAL LIFE The College feels the spiritual life of the individual student in the midst of a program of study to be of utmost importance. Each fall, soon after classes are in progress, there is Spir itual Emphasis Week. Once each se mester the school observes a planned Day of Prayer, and informal prayer groups meet as a regular part of dor mitory life. The annual Torrey Memo rial Bible Conference and the Mission ary Conference are hi gh points in the development of the sp iritual life of the student. STUDENT MISSIONARY UNION The Student Missionary Union (SMU) of Biola College is an active chapter of the Student Foreign Missions Fel lowship, a national organization of students who are looking forward to foreign missionary service. The Student Mi ssionary Union is a student organization of which every student of Biola College is a member. A major function of SMU is to provide opportunities for students to share their faith in Christ by various means of evangelism. The SMU Gospel Teams sing and testify in churches, colleges, high schools, and you th camps. The Student Missionary Union, under the sponsorship of World Op portunities, sends approximately 300 students into the Los Angeles Watts area each week to share Christ. Once every two weeks SMU sponsors a prayer chapel in which students are divided into groups praying for vari ous parts of the world. By arranging for missionary speakers, financing the 40
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