Engineering Auditorium Shakes!
Ramesh C. Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard
The engineering auditorium
in Benedum Hall shaked on Sat, Sept 27 at 7:00 p.m. as more than 80
spectators watched. Yet, not one person moved away from the auditorium.
Instead, they were mesmerized by the ‘Break and Pop Dance team w/ Brown
Hornet’. They could not get enough because the audience wanted more and
more.
Photo by Ramesh C. Reddy
Audiences watch "Break & pop dancing w/ Brown
Hornet"
After the team performed rarely did people step away from the auditorium! Rather, they stepped up to
the performance of the “Anointed Steps of Faith” step team. The step team
performed to the scripture of John 3:16 which states, “For God so loved
the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Photo by Ramesh C. Reddy
"Anointed Steps of Faith" step up at "Plugged!"
They were followed by three contestants
for a karaoke contest worth $100.00.
Anne Garland Neel, a Resident Assistant
(RA) and member of Cornerstone 220, a college ministry for students won
the contest when she performed to the song “Respect” by Aretha Franklin.
She received a standing ovation from the
audience after her performance and was the audience’s choice to win the
$100.00.
She was excited to win the money but
decided not to keep it.
“It feels great. I am going to pray about
where to give it to”, said Neel.
Photo by Ramesh C. Reddy
Anne Garland Neel performs "Respect" by Aretha
Franklin
After the contest was over, there was a
brief intermission followed by live music with ‘Seeking Selah’
Jennifer Caul, president of Chi Alpha
ministries later addressed the audience.
“Why are we here? The answer is JESUS
CHRIST! My God and my Jesus say there is only one way”, said Caul.
Caul later addressed the audience about
two misconceptions of Christianity:
1.
Christianity and the Bible is a bunch of rules
trying to hold us back.
2.
Church is a bunch of hyprocrites.
Caul asked the question of
the audience, “Is true freedom going out and having sex with 5 million
people or true freedom not to do that but keep yourself to one you want to
marry?”
Caul also mentioned to the
audience that the hypocrisy of the church does not take away from the life
of Jesus Christ and what He could offer people turning to Him.
She ended her talk with an
anecdote called ‘The Bridge’ to relate John 3:16 to the audience. In that
anecdote she talked about a man and his son. The man would take his son to
work while he worked in a railroad booth. He loved his son so much. The
man heard a train coming and had to lower the bridge but saw his son get
stuck on the tracks. He could save his son who he loved so much or save
hundreds of people on the train who would die if the bridge was not
lowered. He decided to lose his son to save hundreds of passengers.
Caul wanted the audience to know that’s
what God did for us when He allowed His son to be sacrificed for the sins
of the world that we maybe saved.
Before leaving the stage, she led the
audience in a prayer of giving their lives to Christ which many of them
repeated with her.
The event called “Plugged” ended with
the band “Seeking Selah” leading the audience in worship.
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