SBC News

A new scholarship has been created for students entering Steinbach Bible College. The $2000 scholarship will be awarded to five students who are applying to SBC to be students for the 2010-2011 academic year. SBC wants to recognize individuals who have demonstrated the potential for ministry leadership and who are supported in their pursuit of higher education.

The students have returned from their Mission Xposure trips. The second year students who were visiting northern communities returned late Wednesday evening and the third year students arrived back early Thursday morning and in the evening on Friday.

They came back full of stories of the people they encountered and new perspectives acquired on their own lives and mission. Continue to pray for the students and staff as they process the information and relationships that were built through their different encounters. This coming week the students will be sharing their reflections and stories in chapel. Chapels begin at 11:30am and are open for anyone to attend.

On Wednesday morning 29 students and two faculty members left Steinbach Bible College for a week of ministry in Northern Manitoba. They will reach Thompson later on in the day for a time of orientation with Continental Mission Inc.

Students welcomed an interruption to the Mission X module with the celebration of the Oylmpic flame passing through Steinbach. The route carried the flame right past the high school and college buildings.

As the hallways come back to life, new faces are being spotted among the returning students. Fifteen students have enrolled for the second semester of studies. While there are some students who have not returned, the large enrollment for semester will more than compensate for the students that have left. Classes for semester 2 begin January 25. There is still time for anyone else who would like to apply for this semester.

The two teams of senior students and their faculty advisors have left for their Mission X adventures. One team flew to Guyana on December 30th; the other left for the Philippines on January 4th. The Guyana team is led by Terry and Luann Hiebert and Rob Reimer is leading the other team to the Philippines.

After many hours of memorizing lines, set preparation, rehearsals and late nights, the cast and crew of SBC’s Doc’s Holiday, can finally relax and know that their hard work was appreciated by all who attended the four performances.  

Impact 2009 went down as another weekend of meaningful ministry by those attending the weekend retreat. For the first time in Impact history, it lasted 2 nights and 3 days.