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Published June 27, 2008 12:05 pm - This is the 26th year for the Joplin college to hold the talented teens’ event. The two groups of youths are returning this weekend from a 12-day tour as far north as Montana and south to Arizona. Rich Brown: Group to offer Highest Praise during OCC concert Ozark Christian College calls Highest Praise “an 18-day intense taste of ministry.” And that 18 days draws to a close at 7 p.m. Sunday. That’s when the two groups of 99 high-school students from 12 states come together one last time in the OCC Multipurpose Building for a joint concert. This is the 26th year for the Joplin college to hold the talented teens’ event. The two groups of youths are returning this weekend from a 12-day tour as far north as Montana and south to Arizona. It is a ministry in which they have carried its message through music and drama in churches and communities. This year’s theme has been “The Voice of the Savior,” with narration written by Mary Green, director of drama at OCC. Green’s description of the program comes in the form of a question: “Are we listening ... do we really listen to what God has to say to us?” Then, she adds: “He is hard to hear in this noisy world that is competing for our attention.” Highest Praise participants got together on the OCC campus for the first time June 12-17 after auditioning last January. They left on tour June 18. They are students who developed their talents in high-school bands, choirs and drama departments and decided to use those skills for God’s glory. Some have called the Highest Praise tours a life-changing experience. Scott Handley, director of the OCC Music Department, and Tim Mahn, of the OCC music faculty, directed the two tours. High-school students interested in applying for next year’s group may contact the OCC Music Department at 626-1234, ext. 2400, or obtain information from the OCC Web site: occ.edu/Events/OCC.HighestPraise.aspx. The application deadline for next summer’s event is January 2009. Pro-family group launched The Missouri Family Policy Council, associated with Focus on the Family, has been formed to promote family-friendly public policy from a Christian point of view in the Show-Me State. “Our mission is to advance Christian values in our culture and biblical principles in our government that support and strengthen the traditional family,” said Joe Ortwerth, executive director of the council. “We will work to do so by promoting Christian citizenship in our churches and communities and by promoting Christian statesmanship among our elected officials.” Ortwerth, who served 12 years as a state representative in the Missouri Legislature, said the council’s educational efforts will concentrate on promoting the benefits of traditional marriage, protecting the sacredness of human life and preserving the liberties of religious freedom. 
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