2012 Winter Silver Trumpet 1

Silver TrumpetVol. XXI No. 3
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Kentucky Mountain Bible College News
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Winter 2012
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COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY CONCERT
On September 7, the Phil
Collingsworth Family put on a
thrilling concert to the biggest
crowd we have ever had in the
new Helen Mathews Luce Chapel. The music was spectacular.
Several times the crowd gave
them standing ovations. In addition to the vocal music we were
blessed by exhilarating trumpet,
violin, and piano specials. The
frosting on the cake was when
Kim Collingsworth played her
special rendition of “How Great
Thou Art.” The glory of God
seemed to linger near, following
her anointed playing. A wonderful feature of the concert
was that it was much more than beautiful sounds pleasing
to the ear—it was a great worship experience.
The Collingsworth’s amazing music was augmented by the
terrific acoustics of the new chapel. Both Phil Collingsworth
and their sound technician bragged on the excellent acoustics
of the building. Phil Collingsworth said the acoustics of the
chapel were nearly perfect.
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WHY I BELIEVE IN KMBC
I believe in KMBC because it is committed to the
concept of absolute truth as found in the Bible.
KMBC agrees with the scriptures which teach that
some things are absolutely right, and some things are
absolutely wrong! The ever increasing popular
postmodern worldview is that there is no absolute
truth. This popular teaching holds that everything is
relative. Nothing is absolutely right, and nothing is
absolutely wrong! According to postmodernism we
have many options of truth from which to choose.
Each person is entitled to choose his own version of
truth. Whatever he chooses is right for him!
David Brooks, in his book The Organization Kid,
did an extensive study about students at Princeton
University. He says, “Today’s students do not inherit
a concrete and articulated moral system. ... When it
comes to character and virtue, these young people
have been left on their own ... go figure out what is
true and just for yourselves.”
When asked why Princeton doesn’t provide clear
teaching on morals, character, and virtue, a Princeton
Dean said, “We made the decision that these are
adults and this is not our job.” Pathetically this is the
typical attitude of secular colleges and universities.
They offer a multitude of options for truth—“Pick
out whatever suits your tastes!” It is no wonder that
our nation is morally adrift. The sad part is that many
so-called Christian colleges and universities are
adopting the same posture though usually less ex-
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treme at first. In many Christian universities absolute
truth is on its way out, and relativism is on its way in!
I believe in KMBC because it is solidly committed
to Biblical absolutes of right and wrong. We don’t
teach that right and wrong is a multiple choice option
and a matter of personal preference. We teach that
God’s Word is true and He has clearly communicated
in His Word absolute truths upon which we can build
our lives. We are not like the liberals who are in
search of the truth. Thank God that we have
discovered it in His Holy Word! Our big job is not to
discover it but rather to obey it.
IN THIS ISSUE
COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY CONCERT . . . . . . . . 1
WHY I BELIEVE IN KMBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2ND ANNUAL HOLINESS SUMMIT . . . . . . . . . . . 3
BEAUTIFUL STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
NEW BUSINESS MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONGRATULATIONS, STEVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
KMBC DRAMATIC MINISTRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
WORK TEAM ROLL CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
KMBC YOUTH CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TALENT EXTRAVAGANZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: TARA SILECCHIA . . . . 10
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: BOONCHALIT (Eung)
CHOKDEEPUSIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SWAUGER HALL RENOVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
WHY I HAVE PUT KMBC IN MY WILL . . . . . . . . 12
2ND ANNUAL HOLINESS SUMMIT
KMBC’s 2nd annual Holiness Summit, Oct. 28 - 30, was
another big hit. People came from 12 different states to attend
this special event. We had more outside guests attend this
conference than any previous conference. The three
evangelists, Dr. Nina Gunter, Dr. Norm Wilson, and Dr. John
Oswalt, preached excellent messages on the theme of
holiness. A number of people sought, found, and testified to
finding spiritual help at the altar during this summit. It was a
spiritually high time.
The music, preaching, and fellowship were all outstanding.
It was like a camp meeting compressed into three days.
Someone said it was like a camp meeting on steroids minus
the typical hard benches and hot sultry temperatures. A unique
and blessed feature this year was the service where two local
pastors shared one amazing story after another of powerful
conversions in their respective churches. They had us
laughing and crying at the same time. God was all over the
service. One guest from out of state said that service was
worth the whole trip! Attendees at the conference are already
making plans to
attend next year.
Be sure to
look for the
announcement
of next year’s
Holiness
Summit in the
next Silver
Trumpet
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BEAUTIFUL
STEPS
Pictured here is Jerry McLaughlin, who lives
near Canton, Ohio, and his crew, redoing the steps
that lead to our gymnasium. The concrete had
been severely eaten away in many spots. When
approached about repairing the steps he suggested
that we let him cover them with attractive paving
brick. Thanks, Jerry and crew, for coming up with
a much better solution than we had originally
planned. This new brick job will set off the
gymnasium, making it look much more stately
and attractive. KMBC has been greatly blessed by
having many talented work teams help us
improve and enhance our campus facilities.
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NEW BUSINESS
MANAGER
In August, Joy Carpenter Paul became KMBC’s
new Business Manager. Mrs. Paul had lived in
Hyndman, Pennsylvania, prior to coming to KMBC.
She had just retired after working in banking for
forty-five years. For twenty-five of those years she
worked as Chief Operating Officer. Joy comes to us
very well qualified to serve as our business manager.
She is very congenial, gracious, professional, and
easy to work with. Her joining the KMBC team is a
real answer to prayer. She and her new husband,
David Paul, were married on June 23 of this year.
David teaches, works as an Administrative Assistant,
and serves as our campus counselor. The Pauls are a
great asset and blessing to the KMBC campus.
CONGRATULATIONS,
STEVE
Pictured here are Steve and Melissa Lorimer, who are
being honored for Steve’s successful completion of his
Masters of Business Administration Degree. Steve is
KMBC’s technology guru who works very hard to keep
KMBC’s technology up to speed and on the cutting edge.
The college is very blessed to have our very own
technology expert living on our campus. Steve could
easily go elsewhere and pull down a very handsome
salary, but he has chosen instead to work at KMBC
because he feels God has called him to this work. Steve
not only works on our computers but also produces almost
all of the software that we use on campus. He has built our
own campus phone system, chimes for our chapel,
accounting software systems, and much, much more.
Many of these systems are better than we could buy on the
commercial market. It would cost multiplied thousands of
dollars to purchase the many systems he has built for the
college. Thanks so much, Steve, for using your special
talents to better KMBC and advance God’s Kingdom.
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KMBC DRAMATIC MINISTRIES
The KMBC Dramatic Ministries class diligently prepared the fall production of “No
Compromise and the Fool.” The event was
held November 16th at 7:00 PM in the Helen
Matthews Luce Chapel, with KMBC communications professor, Dr. John Neihof directing.
The performance featured a series of
sketches with Biblical messages, written by
James Mulholland. Inspiring, comedic and
convicting performances challenged and entertained the audience. The KMBC campus
family, the Mount Carmel High School students, along with visitors and guests made up
the audience.
After the performance, the drama students
celebrated their success with family and
friends.
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WORK TEAM ROLL CALL
DATE
NAME
STATE
#
WORK DONE
July
Gary Knox
OH
12
Carpet/Carpentry/Painting
Jack Duff
KY
1
Trim
Dick Burk
PA
5
Carpet/Carpentry
Gary Knox & Co.
OH
6
Painting
Jason & Cindy Murphy
IN
7
Cleaning/Finish Work/Painting
Sept
Tom Harper
IN
1
Finish Work
Oct
Gary Knox
OH
4
Carpentry/Heating/Cooling
Jerry McLaughlin
OH
6
Masonry
Jack Duff
KY
1
Flooring
Jerry McLaughlin
OH
3
Masonry
Jack Duff
KY
1
Flooring
Aug
Nov
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KMBC YOUTH CAMP
This past summer KMBC had an exciting youth camp, with campers coming from six different states! Many of
the youth got definite spiritual help—a
number testifying to getting saved and
others testifying to being sanctified.
Our goal is to make the camp a powerful spiritual event in their lives that
they will never forget. During the day
the campers were able to take some fun
excursions off campus to enjoy some of
the surrounding natural beauty. They
went caving and canoeing, and hiked to
the top of Natural Bridge plus played a
number of fun and unique games on
campus.
This camp is very reasonably priced
at only $80 for six days—a bargain
compared to most other youth camps.
Next year’s camp is July 29 - Aug 3.
Based on early interest, expressed by a number of
pastors, we are expecting a significant increase in
attendance for next year.
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TALENT EXTRAVAGANZA
KMBC’s spring recruiting event, April 19 &
20, is going to have an exciting new feature!
High school juniors and seniors who have
musical or public speaking talents will be
invited to come to the KMBC campus and
compete in a talent contest. Winners will be
awarded a KMBC scholarship.
The emphasis of this recruiting weekend will
be “Using Our Talents for God!” On Friday
evening, April 19, three KMBC singing groups will be
using their talents to present a sacred concert. Make plans
now to come and hear the KMBC Choir, the Voice of
Truth, and By Grace. We encourage pastors and youth
leaders to begin making plans with their youth to come to
this “Talent Extravaganza.”
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STUDENT
SPOTLIGHT:
TARA SILECCHIA
Tara Silecchia is a freshman from Scio, Ohio who
came to KMBC with a call to missions. She had been
impressed that this school was a place that she could
grow, and according to her, she “absolutely” has. Tara
is studying Elementary Education, and while she
doesn’t know where God wants her to go exactly, she
is getting ready and is willing to follow Him wherever
He leads. In the preparation she is finding that her
desire to serve Christ in missions is also growing. She
is solid in her faith and a light here already on campus,
so pray that Tara will abound even more and more in
the love of God.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT:
BOONCHALIT (Eung)
CHOKDEEPUSIT
Boonchalit (Eung as he is called around here) came
from Bangkok, Thailand to the states to attend highschool.
As he was seeking where to attend college, God clearly
closed doors and opened the one to KMBC. Eung is a
Sophomore this year, and plans to return to Thailand
[which is part of the 10-40 window] when he graduates in
some kind of “home” missionary capacity. He says he has
grown in his spiritual life since being at KMBC,
mentioning that his classes have stimulated his thinking
and deepened his understanding of life in the Spirit, which
has strengthened his ability to live for Christ with
consistency. An accountability group has also been part of
helping him to grow. Eung is a blessing, and his upbeat
attitude on campus is a great encouragement. Please pray
that God will work in him all that he needs to minister
under God’s anointing and power.
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CHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES
Peter Shirokov shared his
powerful testimony about coming
to Christ as a young Jew in the
Ukraine, the amazing leadership of
the Lord in bringing him to the
USA to study, and now as he serves
Christ in vibrant ministry with
Chosen People Ministries. Peter
also opened the Word of God to
strongly challenge us to “Go, and
take the Gospel to all nations!”
This ministry was founded in 1894
by Leopold Cohn, an orthodox
Jewish rabinical student who found
Jesus as Messiah. The ministry is
committed to sharing the Good
News of salvation with His chosen
people and any others who seek
Him.
SWAUGER HALL
RENOVATION
This summer, work teams braved the
stifling heat and completely renovated the
third floor ladies’ dorm of Swauger Hall.
Crews stripped the floor down to the bare
studs. Following this, the floor was rewired,
re-drywalled, and painted. New light fixtures,
trim, and carpet were installed, making the
place look brand new. New dorm furniture
was also purchased for the floor. The ladies
were delighted when they returned from
summer vacation and found their floor
completely redone. We are very grateful to
the KMBC Alumni Association for providing
the funding for this project. Praise God, three
of the four floors in the ladies’ dorms have
been completely renovated, including new
dorm furniture for the rooms.
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WHY I HAVE PUT
KMBC IN MY WILL
We wish to thank a special friend and supporter who
recently made KMBC the primary beneficiary of his will.
When asked why he chose KMBC, he gave the following
reasons: He is a conservative evangelical in the Wesleyan
Arminian tradition and wants to support a college that
believes as he does. He said he appreciates the fact that
KMBC emphasizes holiness and has not drifted like a lot
of schools. He wants to support KMBC because we are
training people for the ministry and for missions. He feels
comfortable investing his money in the school because it
is well managed fiscally.
Another positive factor to him is that KMBC is a
smaller school where his contribution can make a real
impact. KMBC is deeply grateful to our friend and all
others that have included the college in their estate
planning. Inheritance money is a tremendous blessing
because it helps the college do a better job and provides a
more secure financial foundation for the future.
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