During training program for the Vacation Bible Schools they will con duct, students gather for breakfast. Superintendent Bunnell reflected his enthusiasm for the Rural Out reach training program when he said, “As I drove into Camp Forward for the training conference, I heard hap py voices coming from the former Cook Shack, now used for an assem bly room. I soon learned that a prac tice teaching session was in progress, and that all the young people were enthusiastically participating.” The results of the entire Rural OuD reach program are numerous. Liter ally hundreds of young lives were touched for the Lord. The high school students engaged in the program were challenged with the importance of higher Christian education. Bible School students were led to seek God’s will for their lives through practical Christian service. The bonus benefits were the various degrees and diplomas awarded by BIOLA College to both high school and college stu dents. The greatest blessing, however, was the fact that precious young peo ple found Christ as their own personal Savionr.
Mid-summer activities find Tom Masters Miss Bess Spencer, team educators for Rural busy with junior groups in Nevada. Outreach Training program, greets summer workers at Placerville , C aliforma.
ication of the leadership. This was in dicated, first of all, by the fact that each Saturday in May (1961) was set aside for a Delegate Training Confer ence in the Los Angeles area, at which time the team members were in structed by missionary representatives and the leaders of Rural Outreach. Secondly, each team of five students was placed under the direction of a trained leader (Christian public school teacher or a director of Chris tian education). A team captain was also selected who was responsible for the devotional, social and liaison re lationships. However, the major training effort was conducted previous to final as* signments at two camp sites. Courses covering the lessons to be taught by the team members in Vacation Bible Schools, as well as practical work as signments, were included in the cur riculum. The group assigned to north ern California, including Larry Keyes, spent a week at Camp Forward and the Colorado team went to Camp ID- RA-HA-JE which is located near Den ver Colorado.
promote this project. This is how Larry Keyes became interested. He, as well as many other young people, was challenged to do something for the Lord in this program. However, they all soon learned that just any one would not be accepted for this assignment. There were application forms to be filled out, a6 well as apti tude and psychological tests to be completed. A thorough medical exam ination, plus a personal interview with Mr. Bunnell and Missionary John Hull, were also required. A fee of $125.00 per person (or more, de pending upon the area to which the applicant was assigned) to cover the cost of transportation, insurance, meals and other incidentals had to be secured in advance of the trip. Some of the prerequisites were that the ap plicant must be a dedicated Chris tian, must have a knowledge of the Word and must have had some ex perience in Christian service. The accelerated pace of the Rural Outreach training program is an in dication of the thoroughness and ded
Morning devotions seemed heightened in the refreshing nut-nf-dnors. Biola student Dale Storey at training camp.
During practical work time a group of Biola students help to build a chapel at Camp Forward, Placerville, Calif.
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