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1 (SSN X) 50 Wachung Ave. P.O. Box 868 Plainfield NJ '. 'j' Se(od lla~ p)'>lage raid a Plainfield 'J.l 07()6 JUN. A MESSAGE OF HOPE The anciens chiseled on he Rock of Gibralar he words "ne plus ulra "-"no more beyond." For many years hese words warned seafaring men of he apparen danger of going oo far ou o sea. One day men sailed beyond he Srais of Gibralarand words of warning- o discover a new coninen. Laer men clim bed Gibralar and chiseled away "ne " leaving "plus ulra"- "more beyond. " 279 MLTON COLLlE LX~AR! ~L~ON W : ~ lbrar'<.'jr Two housand years ago he Lord Jesus Chris sailed hrough he srais of deah and on hird day He came back wih he message "plus ulra" "more beyond. "This hen is he word of hope ha he Lord's resurrecion proclaims o wenie h cenury man. i i -M. Rosenhal CAMP WAKONDA. Milon W June Day Camp. July8-i5-Junior July 'i5-23 -nermediae Aug Family CAMP MLES... Arkansas '. July -8

2 FEATURES The Sabbah Recorder Volume 20 No. fj Whole No THE CELEBRA TON OF MARRAGE AND A "NEW' NAME". 3 The Celebraion of Marriage and a New Name Rev. Elmo Fiz Randolph 4 Does l Make~.Oifference?... Susan.l'inde ' A SEVENTH DAY BAPTST PliBLCATO'... (lssn ]4X) is published monhly for $6.00 per year in he Unied Saes; $6.50 foreign by he American Sabbah Trac Sociey 50 Wachung Avenue P.O. Box 868 Plainfield NJ Second-class posage paid a Plainfield. NJ. POSTMASTER: Send address changes o P.O. Box 868. Plainfield NJ This is he 35h year of publicaion for he firs issue being published June ] Member of he Associaed Church Press and he Evangelical Press Associaion. does no necessarily endorse signed aricles. JOHN D. BEVS EDTOR William R. Ausin Mary G. Clare Linda D. Harris K. D. Hurley Rev. Leon R. Lawon Thomas L. Merchan Madeline F. RandoJph Rev. Herber E. Saunders. ADVSOR Y COMMTTEE Miss Florence B. Bowden Chairman; Rev. Charles H. Bond Owen H. Probasco Rev. Donald E. Richards. THEME SECTON This issue of he Sabbah Recorder feaures a heme secion on he family. Madeline Fiz Randolph of Boulder Colorado is our gues edior for pages 3-0. We appreciae her dedicaed service a'l a conribuing edior each monh as well as her work on his issue. [J ATTENTON: SOB MUSCANS f ineresed in audiioning for a place on he program of he 4h Bapis World Congress Torono Canada July an audiion ape can be made eiher a General Conference Adrian M 979 or submied ~ Lois Wells 430 Elrovia Avenue El Mone CA 9732 prior o Conference. This is anoher excellen opporuniy for Visibiliy for Sevenh Day Bapiss. 0 The influence of fhe marriage caemony upon millions of couples who have heen wedded down hrough he cenuries is immeasurable. Meaningful o a/l who winess if if is dollhfv meaningful o he paricipans who come info union "so long as you hoh shall live. " A conemporary service pus i so well heginning wih he words ''There are no ies so swee and sacred as (hose which you are abou o assume. There are no vows so solemn as hose which you are abou o make. There is no insiuion on earh so bles of God and on which His benedicion so ress as ha of he holl/(! which you are abou o jorm. " Marriages are solemnized in a variey of sellings. Many young couples rake grea ineres in wriing heir (hvn service and many prefer o have he wedding ake place in a naural ou-oj-doors seing. One hride and groonl-o-be wroe hese 'OWS v!hich Wefe repeaed in unison durin~ he ceremony: OUR GOALS Wi:' +LL WORK FOR TOGETHER OUR HARDSHPS +'E WLL ENDURE TOGETHER NSCKNESS WE WLL COMFORTEACHOTHER N HEALTH WE WLL ENRCH EACHOT/jER N SORROW WE WLL WEEP TOGETHER N JOY WE J'LL BE HAPPY TOGETHER N LOVE WE WLL CHERSH EACH OTHER Mos Proesan Chrisian marriage ceremonies coninue o follow he Anglican Book of Common Prayer ha had is heginnin~ in he year 549 and follow he radiional paern oj he berohal vows he rnarriage vows he exchange of rings and he pronouf/c(? rnen. There are few weddings where he bride and groom do no exchange rings a radiion jrom very ancien imes. The rniniser rnigh say "These rings are symbols of compleeness and emblems of eerniy. They are of me/al ha has been esed in he fire and proven rue.. They are jilling symbols of your lovefor each oher and your jaih in each oher. " We are suggesing a "new" symbol appropriae o he marriage service. On Augus 970 in he marriage ceremony solemnized for Philip and rene Lederer Rood in he Sevenh Day Bapis Church of Boulder Colorado he miniser gave he bridal couple he Bibliral WHTE STONE symbol jar he firs ime. (Since ha dae i has heen presened o he bride and groom in more han fify services in several saes.) Scripural suppor for he "whie sone" syrnbol is jound in Revelaion 2: 7 "To hose who win he vicory will give a whie sone on which is wrien a new name ha no one knows excep {he one who receives i. " (RS V reads "To him (hem) who conquers... ") ''hen one reads he Bible ex for his. symbol meaninf!..!ul inerpreaions are immediaely eviden. (. -.~ "--- :r-~- 7 fl f±."!~:'' -./- l r;/ H...-. l / ' / '..'". =.iif' /' ' ~!:r _. ::. j. -. ~//. 'J... ::r " 0" '.' -.' _. ~: ~... '.-... '."'< ". '-~'.:- --- o... /.. '. _' - -- '. ~.... '') ~' i'ffi~~ V;;.-:~; ~:~.. " l. ~ :. '. " --~ '.'~:. 'r ~ ~: S ~. "'... ':-.:. n; :;/.i '; : 'fi ~F' ;. The whie sones used in weddin~ services are irregular pieces of whie quarz found in he foohills of he Rocky Mounains mos of hem a Camp Paul Hummel. They are seleced of a size appropriae for displaying in he home of he hride and groom and very ofen have conours ha remind one q{ mounain peaks. The pasor has he whie sone placed wihin reach in he worship seing and afer he exchange of rings exhibis he sone o he wedding pary and congregaion a.s he inerpres he symbolism in a brief mediaion before presening i o he couple. The houghs abou his par of he service are very meaninrful o he hearers: "Today you (he bride and groom) are be!dnninf!. z{e wih a new name-a new family and home is being esahlished here. is imporan ha you seek o know your rue 'name' in God's book of life. The whie in your sone symholizes puriy and cleanness. Srive in your marriage for a pure and growing deph q{ love and sharing heween you. There are also imperfecions sreaks of dark color in he sone. This symbolizes life wih is imes of darkness when he love you share and your faih will bring you o he place oj winning he vicory. Your receiving ql a whie sone in accord wih he Biblical symholism is confingen on 'winning he vicory.' Le i be clear in your experience oj marriage ha he vicory is never won once and for alli is a day-in day-ou adv(?nure (d meeing lije's challenges and opporuniies and in being vicorious in dealing wih hem as Chris walks wih you. " A very rewarding resul oj inclusion of he "whie sone".symholism in a marriage ceremony is he allen(ive and enhusiasic reacion oj hose allendin~ he service. On one occasion he faher of he bride came o he miniser jollowing he service insising ha he oo mus have a whie sone. f is allvays a moving experience a he conclusion of a wedding o send he man and wife forh wih he words "Now may he courage qf he early morninf!. 's dawning and he srengh oj he eernal hills and he peace of he evening's ending and he love ql God be in your hears now and jorevermore. Amen. "[J -Elmo Fi!z Randolph 2 3 >'

3 :-l_f--=-~~=-_~_~=====::-_:~=" _="--=:.::2_ (c «-~ ' ''_J'''''''''~_''''''~''' i! ~~-""'l ~--:~ i '-'--~~~-".-'---'-~-~~~.''''' r-'i '-' : ' : j ~. i 'j' j)(j'''ll '~f ill ~ L i l)lf J f Hf.'(} C]'~ ~-.- ~--~lj '. l.. _. _..... Many people spend heir ime deploring wha hey.see in families abou hem or being quiely embarrassed by heir OW~ relaives who have had babies ou of wedlock been divorced or' oherwise have experienced failure or disappoinmen in marriage. Such people who seem o see only he negaive hings ha are happening end o become discouraged or even cynical abou families and wonder wheher here is any fuure for hem. ~ should' surprise no onc hai families are in rouble if we sop o (:"r realize how lile we do o prepare ') f.../ young people o undersand marriage~f.. and family life" We no only do no l~ii.. ~elp hen: we ofen miseducae hem ( / or marnage. ' / ~'-..~' '- 4<.~ ;... ~ Does j make a difference wheher he perlon you are dallng j.. a Chrhian or no? f you had asked me llial a couple years ago J would have hough ha il didll'llllaler much. And beside ha really didll'l walll anyone elling me how o run my daing e. BU you know God is he one who says in he Bihle 0 pul Him firsl in every hink. found He ljeans our daling life oo! Al he elld of high schooland he heginning of college J had a few daing experiences some more serious han ohers wih non-chrisians.. Those relaionships JLS/. weren' righ. J didn' feel God's presence in our daes mos of he ime and didn' feel like J could share all of myself wih he oher person and have hem accep and undersand. We couldn' share in prayers or church aciviies ogeher and our ideas Of) morals and values ofen differed in deciding wha we would do. Mos of all r found i hard o grow as a Chrislian because fel somehow ou of lune wih God's "bes " plan for my life. Don' hink our relaionship was all bad-we had many good imes ogeher bu ha jus made i easier o raionalize coninuing al' relaionship. wa< happy mos of he ime. Bu no really happy like was when knew everyhing was righ wih God. finally realized his jus wasn' wha Go~ waned for me. So gave up my daing life o Godleing Him know J would wai for His iming and rlls Him o lead me ino a Chrisian relaionship. Then a year of no daes followed. seems God jus doesn' always have he same ime schedule as we do. No daing anyone was well worh he peaceful feeling had as grew closer o my Lord because here was one less area separaing me from Him. Looking back can see all he ways God was working in my life eaching me o pu Him firs in every area of my life-he one hing ha will be he basis for a really happy and successful marriage. Las Augus r me a man who is a Chrisian. We're in love and are going o be married. realize now how exciing and blessed i is o wai for he Lord o lead you ino a relaionship wih he person He has made jus for you-a relaionship ha grows naurally wihou being forced or one-sided. 'd never been in a daing si uaion where a leas one of us wasn' "pushing" o make i happen. ronically enough neiher of us was looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend a he ime. We didn' know how hings would work ou. Bu we did know our God of infinie love and wisdom had a plan for us and we could rus Him wih our relaionship. This feeling of love and peace was so differen. To jus rus pu God firs and hen relax was he very hing God had been eaching me he year before. The disagreemens on values and decisions here were when had daed a non-chrisian were gone. n is place is a much deeper and sronger love because our uniy in obedience o God's will.. So does i make a difference wheher am seriously daing a Chrisian or non-chrisian? give a loud and Quick "Yes!" know i's someimes no easy; bu i's worh i in his area as in all oher areas o wai on God '5 iming. Then He can carry ou His loving plan for you o experience he absolue happiness He made you for. God says o pu Him firs and yield in faih o His wisdom in deciding when or who you should dae. Try i and see. T DOES MAKE A DFFERENCE! 0 by Susan Pinder When we alk abou miseducaion for marriage we are hinking no only abou he misinformaion disseminaed by he media and enerainmen indusries bu also abou many of he misaken effors of our churches. One glaring insance of his is he way he idea of marriage is for happiness has permeaed our churches as well as our culure. s i any wonder ha many of us no o menion he younger generaion were ill-equipped for marriage? Told over and over again ha marriage was for happiness we were no prepared for he ineviable conflics failures disappoinmens and frusraions ha are par of every marriage" How much beer i would have been had we been old ha marriage is for GROWTH-and ha i needed careful skillful nururing. Furhermore wherever here is growh and change here are "growing pains" slch as anxiey ensions and various oher rorms of discom for as we confron new condiions and circumsances. n our churches many of us expec he pasor o counsel couples before he officiaes a heir wedding. We fail o realize ha each one of us has a minisry o surround he couple wih loving suppor. For insance insead of he usual bridal shower wha would i be like if in addiion o any gif we migh wan o give we handed he brideo-be an envelope in which we had wrien he idea or hough ha had helped mos o srenghen' our marriage especially when he going go rough? How much more valuable his shared wisdom would be han any gif cerificae or money! When each of us begins o undersand ha our own marriage. is of muual growh of boh parners hen we will begin o see new possibiliies. We will ake he ime. periodically o have a "healh check" for our marriage jus as we have our periodic physical and denal exams. (We have our auos serviced regularly wihou any sense of disgrace or failure in fac we have a sense of pride in aking good care of our cars. Why can' we have he same sense of pride in having a marial healh checkup once a year?) This is why housands of couples have gone o marriage enrichmen weekend or similar evens during he pas en years. They know hey have a good hing going and hey wan o keep i growing! Such an experience gives he couple he chance o une-up heir communicaions. A famous dralllai.'i once said "The rouble is people are always changing and hey forge o ell each oher!" Nowhere is his more rue han in our familie~. The "daily-ness" of living. ogeher ends o make us ake each oher for graned especially as we g(.' caugh up in he pressures of work parening and communiy life. requires a consan al.erness o be responsive o each oher's changing feelings and deeper needs. Forunaely we have been helped by behavioral scieniss o know ha he skills of communicaion are eachable. There are courses and exercises ha couples can ake which 'help hem become aware of he various mehods and levels of communicaion problem-solving and decision-making. There are ways of handling hones differences of opinion so he conlic becomes a consrucive raher han a desrucive experience. As Paul wroe o he Ephesians we need o learn "o speak he ruh in love" (Eph. 4: 5). Churches Women's Socieies Youh Fellowships and classes of all ages can begin o include in heir programs some of hese ideas and exercises o help all of us deal realisically wih he growh processes in our relaionships as husband and wife parens and children or whaever he relaionship. ' you are ruly ineresed in srenghening and enriching all marriages and families. including your own you will ally your)ei f wih hose forces ha are already a work. One valuable conac would (~oninlied on page 27) 4 5

4 ~ (- <'. ~ '. Good hings happen o good people. hink so. f you don' you jus need o sar looking pas he bad and seeing goodness. Happiness is enjoying your work feeling ha you have experienced paradise on earh and feeling glad glad glad glad o be alive-a leas someimes. Bliss is feeling hese ways almos all he ime. Happiness is loving your bes friend and leing i show. is doing 'hings ogeher and accumulaing advenures. Bliss is being married o your bes. friend-your buddy your pal and knowing ha you will never be away from him he res of your life. Bliss is he ulimae in happiness. My husband and me in a cave on a high school science expediion seven years ago. On our firs dae his car go suck on he back road of a universiy campus and no one bu a mainenance man blocks away was awake o help us. We have been having advenures ever since. feels so good o be able o alk abou people you knew or hings you did years ago and your mae knows exacly wha you mean because he was here and experienced i all oo. Time builds memories and makes friendships and places very special.. " BLSS S... Bliss is dreaming ogeher and seeing hose dreams come rue. Our big dream when we go ou of college and go married was o move o Colorado from Florida. My husband Sco was wonderful. He made a rip ou here a monh before we were married and found himself a job checked ou his chances for graduae school and financial aid and found he bes aparmen (for us) in Boulder o be our new home. was as if he had gone and prepared a nes for me. All had o do was follow and live happily. One aspec of our marriage have seen numerous people wonder over is why never seem o worry abou my husband. He may have been gone for hours up in he mounains and i is afer dark or i is in he middle of he day and he should be home from classes bu he is nowhere o be found. Afer many experiences of losing rack of him emporarily have learned ha he always comes back. Even if here had been an acciden know ha he has so much o' live for-we have so much o live forha he would never le go of i fe.. Neiher of us has any grea reason ' o worry. Wonying saps your srengh and leaves you wih less energy o enjoy life. rilll'll cull! hrxtll'llcl.! h~ D(ln na kad SCOi and are. never verv demanding abou each oher's ime. We prefer o be ogeher whenever possible bu hen we have our own free lives o lead also. Many Sabbahs will be heading off o church while Sco heads off ino he mollnain". We experience God in our own individual ways on sunny days. Since we do differen hings all day long we have a lo o ell each oher abou a he end of he day. This is rue for many coupies bu i is imporan o ake he ime each day o ell o share o discuss. f one is really ired when one comes home i is grea when he oher undersands. n my case ha means Sco lovingly hrows a blanke over me when collapse on he sofa. Friends a work are forever in awe a he money we have on hand o do wih as we please. The firs year of our marriage we kep careful rack of every penny-where i came from and where i wen. We gained an excellen sense of command over our finances which many people never experience. We are no so meiculous now bu we do consider carefully wheher we need somehing and wheher i is worh he price before we go afer i. Our purchases should definiely make one or boh of us happy-in a real and lasing way. Alhough presenly bring in mos of he money my husband does mos of our family's planning. rus him. He sudies ideas very carefully before making an invesmen-compares prices reads he consumer's repors and benefis from he experiences of ohers. Sco's imaginaion forges far ahead of our aciviies and acual expenses: n he world of dreams one can swifly maneuver hrough (coninued on page 27) n my years of marriage counseling have found ha here are wo Biblical principles of marial communicaion ha are especially imporum. Couple~ who follow hese principle" avoid much marial conflier. 'On he oher hand couples who violae hese principles frequenly "eem o be in a sae of ension or urmoil. The firs principle is SA Y WHAT YOU FEEL AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT. The only alernaive o doing his is hoping ha your spouse somehow will' read your mind. Unforunaely spouses (and oher morals) are nooriously inaccurae a mind reading. Unexpressed needs usually become unme needs and he resul is ofen feelings of frusraion and neglec. Far beer o simply ell your spouse wha you are feeling and waning. The Bible is clear abou he imporance of speaking up in relaionships. "... Speaking he ruh in love we are o grow up in all aspecs ino Him... " (Eph. 4: 5 NASV). is especially imporan o speak up when you are experiencing negaive feelings such as anger. "Sop lying o each oher; ell he ruh for we are pars of each oher and when we lie o each oher we are huring ourselves. f you are angry don' sin by nursing your grudge. Don' le he sun go down wih you sill angry-ge over i quickly; for when you are angry you give a mighy foohold o he devil" (Eph. 4:25-27 TLB). Here are examples of speaking he ruh abou wha one feels and wans. " fell lonely. van you o come home. " " 'm discouraged. need cheering up. " ge frusraed when you leave vour ~hings h'ing around. Please p'... "- pick hem up " As ill he las example saying wha vou are feeling and waning.' v... is paricularly effecive when your spouse is doing somehing ha you don' like. Simply express your feeling response o he negaive behavior and sae wha posiive behavior you desire. n his way you can avoid accllsing your spouse which migh pu hi m on he defensive and calise him o sumble (Rom 4: 3). Our Lord illusraed his firs principle beauifully in he garden of Gehsemane. was His darkes momen and His disciples insead of keeping wach wih Him were sleeping a shor disance away. Jesus could have accused hem: "You lazy disloyal good-for-nohings!" nsead Je~us expressed His feeling response o heir negaive behavior and le hem know wha posiive behavior He desired: "My soul is gri'eved o he poin of deah; remain here and keep wach wih me " (Ma. 26:38 NASV). n refraining from accusing His disciples Jesus avoided pulling hem on he defensive and making His las few hours wih hem srained and unpleasan. Similarly if a wife feels ignored by her husband she could accuse him saying "You are ignoring me." Bu his only would encourage him o defend himself raher han o deal wih he problem. nsead she migh beer say " feel ignored. 'd appreciae i if you would pu down your newspaper and alk wih me." f she uses his second approach saying wha she is feeling and waning she'll be much more likely o ge a posiive response. "SAY WHAT YOU FEEL" Dr. Jay S. Lindsay is a Chrisian psychologis pracicing individual marriage and family counseling in Denver Longmon and Eses Park Colo. He is also a frequen speaker a churches and rereas and is he hos of HFamily Focus" broadcas. Of course he par of he principle involving saying wha you are feeling is no o be 'aken as license for unleashing angry ouburss on your spouse. is never righ o scream " hae you!" f empers. flare ake a "ime ou." Give yourselves a half hour apar o cool down. Wai unil you are able o alk ou your anger in a conrolled and consrucive manner. Remember we are o speak he ruh in love (Eph 4: 5). Also "A good man hinks before he speaks; he evil man pours ou his evil words wihou a hough" (Prov. 5:28 TLB). The second principle is a corollary o he firs. FND OUT WHAT YOUR SPOUSE FEELS AND W ANTS. There are five seps o doing his. Firs observe your spouse's nonverbal communicaion by uning in o his body language and one of voice. Sop look and lisen! s his head hanging? Are his shoulders drooping? Does his hroa sound like i has a lump in i? Second describe iha you are observing. " see your head hanging and shoulders drooping and hear wha sounds like a lump in your hroa. " (coninued on page 27) 6 7

5 / PARENTS-GOD'S FRST TEACHERS! Every Chrisian paren who is earnesy seeking o walk wih he Lord has an urgen ferven prayer for his child which overrides all ohers-"lord may my child be drawn o You!" The beauy of His answer is ha He calls us o be used o accomplish i. The Bible is rich wih guidance for parens bu one very srong guidepos lies a he roos of our Old Tesamen heriage. Deueronomy6:4-9 is one of he mos repeaed and reasured of he Jewish Scripures. "Hear 0 srael: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love he Lord your God wih all your hear and wih all your soul and wih all your migh. And hese words which command you his day shall be upon your hear; and you shall each hem diligenly o your children and shall alk of hem when you si in your house and when you walk by he Wlry and when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall bind hem as a sign upon your hand and hey shall be as fronles beween your eyes. And you shall wrie hem on he door poss of your house and on your gaes. " is wonderful how God's Word provides an ideal parallel beween he siuaion of he Hebrew people a ha ime and ours as Chrisians oday. Once a person acceps Jesus Chris as Lord and Savior of his/her life he becomes grafed ino he line of Abraham and becomes a paraker of he special relaionship wih God which ha allows. Bu we know ha is only he beginning. Like he Hebrew people we have come ou of he "Egyp" of bondage of slavery o sin and oppression and deah bu we are no ye in he Promised Land. n order o learn o rus God compleely we need o pass hrough he wilderness of day-o-day growh and change. God has provided some srong guidelines which we should follow if we wish o reach full mauriy. For parens his passage in Deueronomy provides much food for such growh. 'd like o share some of my personal impressions of i wih you.. "And hese words which command you his day shall be upon your your hear... " We parens need o be firmly rooed in God's Word. We should srive o be well versed in he enire Bible since "all scripure is inspired by God and profiable for eaching for reproof for correcion and for raining in righeousness ha he man of God may be complee equipped for every good work" (2Timohy3:6&7). Being a disciplined suden of he Bible gives God a chance o wrie His ruh and principles upon our hears. "... and you shall each hem diligenly o your children... " "Diligenly" is a srong word. To each in his way is o each earnesly seadily and energeically. No halfhearedness or laxness will do for eaching our lile ones he hings of God. Consisency and enhusiasm are needed o hold he ineres of young minds and hears. There are many religious booksores oday which have excellen books children's Bibles records and oher aids o help during he early years. "... and shall alk of hem whenyou si in your house... " is imporan o have a family devoions ime each day bu we should no limi our alking of he Bible and our Lord only o h~ ime. We should be careful no o be guily of puing. Caherine Buchanan God in a "box"! We should be confessing our love for Him a every oproruruv. Tlere is ime and necessiy enough for ~ommon' words wih lile hear as we go ou ino he world bu wha a joy o be in a home where houghs of he Kingdom of God may be expressed openly! n his way we each our children o recognize he working of God in he life of he family and o no be ashamed of heir Lord. "... and when you walk by he way... " Perhaps we are ableo speak of our Lord a home bu wha abou ouside i? Are we ashamed of our esimony fearful of being hough srange or fanaic? f we are afraid o bear winess o our faih our children will learn o be also. Then here is he ime spen away from our homes in leisure aciviies. 's sad bu rue ha in his complex age few parens spend much ime jus relaxing and enjoying ime wih heir children. Too many young people have urned away from Chrisianiy compleely because hey came o hink i is jus an anisepic or "ivory ower" religion which doesn' really work as a lifesyle. Perhaps his is in par because hey never go really close o anyone who was makihg i work on a full-ime basis-someone whose life was really alive wih joy and peace and fulfillmen. We parens can be his person for our children! akes much of our ime and energy bu no one second of i is ever wased hank God! "... And you shall wrie hem on he door poss of your house and on your gaes. " Like he Hebrew people we are se aside by God as a "peculiar people." Weirdos or oddballs? NO bu differen yes! We are differen because we are looking oward he "Promised Land" of he precious Kingdom our Lord will se up and reign over on his earh. We need o insill in he hears _ of our children a deep longing and love for his coming Kingdom. We need also o hold ou for hem he presen choice of living he "Kingdom way" now. There is no greaer hope we can offer hem han his! 0 n fond memory of Fred and DoTi') Palmer of A (fred Srarion New York + + THE WORLD OF GRANDPARENTS! + + by Barb Snyder + + When was a child my grandparens were always more like playmaes han aduls. They played games wih us and were never oo busy o lisen o us or read a sory. was special visii'ne "Merna and Bepa" because we could wach Bepa go around on his huge riding lawn mower and Merna made he mos delicious hings o ea jus for you as if you were in a resauran. &epa did magic ricks and played his ukulele while you sang. He even made a record of me singing "Jolly Ole S. Nicholas." There was never oo much aenion for us when we visied Merna and Bepa. Since Bepa had a swee ooh here was an added aracion a my grandparen's house. There were all kinds of candy dishes siing around and you could be sure o find candy in everyone. Of course we were never allowed o empy a dish since Bepa didn' ake kindly o his candy dishes being empied on him or so Merna claimed! As grew older go o know my grandparens in a -new and refreshing way. learned my grandmoher's special feaure was empahy as evidenced when she pulled me from he dephs of grief. Living in a ciy wo hours from home had a boyfriend of wo or hree monhs and was feeling very comforable in our relaionship. Going away for a weekend wih my parens reurned o work and found he had been killed insanly in an auomobile acciden. Essenially alone o face his rauma called my moher o ell her. cried and sniffled over he phone and asis always he case wih deah here was nohing anyone could do o make i righ. Laer ha evening my grandmoher called afer alking o my moher. She never really said much bu wihin momens was crying on he phone wih me. moved me immensely o know she shared my. grief so deeply o cry wih me. As hung up sensed a closeness and comfor from her call. Her love shed some ligh in ha deep pi of darkness giving hope for beer hings o come. hen knew my grandmoher and probably mos grandmohers was a: special kind of person. My grandfaher was an enerainmen cener far beer han TV! He old sories of how he was an invenor and raveled o paen and sell his invenion. On one rip he nearly died in a hoel room bu was miraculously spared. He never forgo he names of places and even remembered such deails as he highway roues'. never knew a brain could sore so much informaion! He made sould sysems played he organ ukulele guiar and some insrumens don' even know he names of. You couldn' begin o measure he pride fel as he announcer for our home fooball games came boldly over he loudspeakers "Well hello here!" always made sure hose around me knew ha ha was my grandfaherup here! He also had a gif for wriing poery which was forunae enough o inheri. Fd like o share he following poems wroe in honor of my grandparens: Alhough he reired A. U. sough him ou. Wih him gone rheir sound sysem was a loud shour. He gave hem his hours and worked hard no douhr To please hem and give hem no reason o pour. When ar Merrill Field "Well hello rhere "he'd cry And everyone joyfully gave a reply. A spiri like his no one dared ro deny. A sourpuss even would smile and say hi. When God made Fred Palmer He hen broke he mold. A man such as rhis was worh more han raw gold. Done working he sared a "Youh Group" 'm old. He made all he eldersforge hey were old. He gave me his alen so ha could wrie Abou all he did ha was loving and righ. He shared all his ales for our own sheer deligh And offered us help when we had a small pligh. read his long poem for Bepa oday To ell how he shared all his love everyday. He'll always be special o me dare say. He loved us and shared in his own special way. TO MEMA PALMER Roses are red Violes are blue send all my love And bes wishes o you. Your hair's sof and whie And smile's so sincere No wonder your loved ones Hold you so dear. We're guily each day Of no pausin? o res And share our lives wih you And wish you our bes. So pause now o say You mean los o me A more loving grandmoher There jus couldn' be. The above poem was sen o my grandmoher when she was in he hospial following a hear aack and sroke. 'll never forge my visi o he hospial a ha ime. was so concerned abou how was going o ry o lif her spiris and make her happy. Upon arriving in her room she ended up eneraining me and making me laugh! Wha a swee spiri ha woman had always seeing he bes in hings and giving hanks in everyhing. Her deerminaion o recover quickly was an inspiraion and winess o me. There's sure o be many years before mee anoher person wih he posiive aiude and spunky spiried personaliy of my "Merna". The world shared by grandparens and grandchildren is always filled wih wonderful momens and special memories. These are only a few of mine. Can you recall yours? Have you recenly hugged your grandparens or given hem a call? Le hem know hey're special o you. They helped make you who you are!

6 The "respecable" people of Jerusalem and he neighboring areas migh well have called John he Bapis a "wild man." He was gaun and unkemp had no concern for cosmeics a soliary soul who appeared suddenly wih a fearless message of denunciaion of prevailing sins of he people. He demanded repenance. Yes hey migh have dismissed him as a menal case or a fanaic wih a srange religious quirk. You will remember ha Jesus laer quoed he remarks of he religious leaders abou John: "He hah a demon." And a he same ime hey were denouncing Jesus as "a winebibber and gluon" because He was no an asceic. However he people who heard he message of John he Bapis could no dismiss him nor his message ha easily. He mesmerized he people drew hem by his very exposure of heir sins-and by his announcemen ha he Kingdom of Heaven was near he Messiah a hand and ha he call o repenance and bapism was o prepare heir hears o receive he Chris. Repenance would remove he obsacles of disobedience and self-will. 0 "Prepare ye he way of he Lord make his pahs sraigh. Every valley shall be filled and every mounain and hill brough low; and he crooked shall be made sraigh and he rough shall be made smooh; and all flesh shall see he salvaion of God. " -Luke 3:4-6.. THE WAY BACK And he people came from far and near as he word of John's minisry spread. They came o hear a message ha was unpalaable and which was ye irresisible and hopeful. For he Kingdom was offered hem. We realize ha because of associaions and aiudes oday his word "repen" has unplea'xul connoaions. is a favorie word of wild-eyed fanaics. We end o associae i wih flashing eyes a shrieking voice and srange personaliies. A sriking sigh around Lakewood and Denver is a car bearing hese words spray-can-pained full lengh of he body: "Repen or Perish-Turn or Burn." The general reacion of he public appears o be ioleran humor for "he obsessions of some people." Perhaps wih our mind-condiioning we would have been inclined o caegorize John he Bapisas a man wih an obsession. We should realize ha where "repenance" is simply made a cachword for some religious groups i ends o creae a sense of guil over "sins" we have no commied a neuroic "guil" ha overwhelms is vicim so ha he canno escape from i-and ha indeed prevens him from facing and dealing wih he acual sins and aiudes ha separae him from God. So how is "repenance" o be def me ' d?. R. Newon Flew has wrien: "By re- Rev. Edgar Wheeler Pasor Denver CO "Turn Jrom your sins... urn o God... Jar he Kingdom oj Heaven is a hand. " -Mahew 3:2 (Living Bible) a reurn o he allegiance due o God. Their convicion was ha moral and religious evils are in heir essence a. falling away from he will of God... Repenance means () ha he sinner recogrizes his sin for wha i is a rebellion agains God. (2) Tha he forsakes i uerly dissociaes himself from i and pus i ou of his hough; he fully resolves in his mind ha he will no do i again. (3) Tha so far as possible. he makes reparaion for his ~ SlS.. Repenance~Being Sorry And Changing Repenance is a deep moral and ehical process a change of hear and will and a urning o God. "Le he wicked forsake his way and he unrigheous man his houghs; and le him reurn uno he Lord and he will have mercy upon him; and o our God for he will abundanly pardon" (saiah 55 :7). The sim- p es definiion is: "Being sorry for your sin and quiing i." Repenance is a recurring heme in he Bible and in Chrisian eaching. And i mus be. The docrine of "accepance" has ofen run amuck empying he gospel of is moral and ehical demands and denying he holiness of he God of grace. This docrine simply declares ha God is so loving ha in His eagerness o accep he sinner He compromises His own holiness and dispenses wih all condiions for receiving His grace and being acceped. Now as in John's ime he hear's preparaion o receive salvai'on is ha of repenance which removes he ob- sacles of disobedience and resisance o God and opens he hear for (lod's work of redempion and renewal. Many people say hai John augh repenance and Jesus laugh faih. Bu noe ha Jesu enered His public minisry on his heme: "Now afer John was pu ill prison Jesus came ino Galilee preaching he gospel of he kingdom of God and saying he ime is fulfilled and he kingdom of God is a hand; re[en ye and believe he gospel" (Mark :4) Peer on he day of Penecos' answered he inql iries of he fcople "vm shall we do?" wih he words "Repen and bel ieve... be bap ized. " Paul a Ephesus declared: "Wih Jews and pagans alike insised on repenance before God and rus in our Lord Jesus." Tha hones facing of one's sin and need and dealing decisively wih i is essenial o saving faih. Repenance deals oo wih facs no heory. John he Bapis insised on "fruis worhy of repenance" raher han claims o a spiriual heriage from he pas ("Children of Abraham" ec.) declaring ha "he axe is laid a he roo of he rees "-Go d goes o he L- roo of he ma er of wha we are in our hear-inen. Three Classes of Hearers. ohn answered hree classes of hearers specifically when hey inquired as o wha hey should do: To he ciizens a large he replied:"he ha hah wo coas le him impar o him ha hah none; and he ha hah mea le him do likewise" (Luke3:). His words apply as well oday: We are called o urn from he grasping self-cenered maerialisic. aiude.. o become generous canng glvlg. The call of he Lord o repen is in sronges conras o he muliude of voices ha declare ha change is des- peraely needed bu who conclude ha here is no hope of is ever coming ax deadline durin g Lenen seas~ abou. For he Lord has brough us he when presumably people are aking an qospel: he Good News ha here hones look a hemselves. " sill a God o believe in a goodness o be rused a renewing and re-creaing To he soldiers He answered: "Do Spiri o move us round ill we are facing To he publicans he ax collecors He replied: "Exac no more han ha which is appoined you" (Luke3:)3). Tha can apply wo ways: honesy a- mong governmen officials and honesy among he ciizenry regarding heir debs o our governmen. Someone hal) suggesed ha perhaps he governmen had is reasons for placing he income violence o no man" neiher accuse ally man falsely; and be conen wih your wages" (Luke3:4).Again he words fi oday: Do we respec he righs of ohers? Do we ake unjus advanage'? Do we lse "power plays" and sraegies o conrol ohers and ge 'ha we wan? L ~. B. Meyers assers ha Chrisians need o face hemselves and ake he road o(repenance: "Much of wha we call Chrisianiy is bu chrisianized heahenism. glazes over coveousness. luxurious self-indulgence compliance wih fashion and worldliness; i admis ino is high places men who hrive on oppression of he poor; i condones he oppression of he naive races he sale of opium and spiris; he shameless raffic in impuriy; i rears he ideals of he world in he place of he changeless cross of he slain Chris wih is divine SOiTOW and blood. Ah we need ha John he Bapis should come wih his sern words abou he axe he winnowing-fan and he fire. Nohing less will avail o prepare he way for a new coming of Chris." However in order o ge he rue picure we mus always associae repenance wih faih. Repenance is no an end or duy by iself. s objec and is hope are he grace of God offering salvaion hrough he forgiving redeeming work of Jesus Chris. The word as used by John he Bapis by Chris and by he aposles carries a brigh noe of hope: "Repen for he kingdom of heaven is a hand." "Repen ha he imes of refreshing may come. " We are well aware ha o acually bring abou a meaningful inner revoluion demands some force beyond ourselves. The will for change is ours bu we canno accomplish ha deep-down change wihou help. And so he demand is accompanied wih he call o have faih. "Believing" according o Jesus Himself is TRUST-a confidence in he Faher He reveals rus in he God of generosiy and ruh and kindness. in he righ direcion. "The (rule) of he Spiri of life has se me free from he mv (rule) of sin and deah" Paul exuls. And we can oo! We can believe ha we have a God who knows he human conflic from he inside whose Son has been baered and bruised by he very hings ha conaminae our lives oday and killed by our subbornness and indifference. And his is a God who goes on loving and calling by whose Spiri we can be urned round and sc free. When was a suden in seminary in New Orleans. a suden reurned from a weekend away and old of rying o ge o Alexandria Louisiana by back roads. Being hopelessly los he sopped o inquire direcions from a farm woman. She made several effors o give direcions and finally gave up saying " don' hink you can ge here from here. " Gein$ There from Here The good news of he gospel is ha we can "ge here from here " when i comes o reurning o God! We can repen and urn o God in saving faih and God in His mercy will receive us giving us new birh and everlasing life. And furher i ells us ha God enables us o have saving faih. Faih does no well up from inside of us. is drawn up by ha which aracs our faih. "And if be lifed up will draw all men uno myself" Jesus declared. is hrough he crucified risen and living Chris ha God draws us o Himself in faih and saves us. And in he ac of repenance we give Him he room o make His impression on us. The road of repenance is a coninuing way. is no jus a way back from a bad pas; i is he road o he fuurea glorious fuure. While here is ha iniial ac of repenance ha occurs wih conversion which brings abou a profound change in he direcion of our lives and our relaionship wih God we are sill human and fallible. As he aposle Paul confessed of himself we ofen find ourselves doing he hings ha we don' wan o and no doing wha we wan o do. Our human naure ends o draw us off course dld correcion is in order so ha we will no coninue and become hardened in sin. (coninued on page 26) '"

7 by Alan Crouch don' believe ha crime is God's will bu God can use any circumsance including one caused by crime o furher His purposes. Las Ocober 30 our house was burglarized. Among he iems solen (and no recovered) was our color TV se. For over wo monhs we wen wihou a TV alogeher. Tha was long enough o kick he habi and learn o enjoy he many benefis of doing wihou. n early January a friend offered us his old black-and-whie porable se. We acceped his generous gif wih a promise o ourselves ha we would keep i in is box in he bedroom and bring i ou only for special elecass. We've kep ha promise. Yes my boys and wached he Super Bowl. We've seen some college baskeball games and par of one baseball game. Recenly all of us horoughly enjoyed C.S. Lewis' "The Lion he Wich and he Wardrobe' 'and discussed he parallels beween i and he sory of Jesus Chris. We've also wached a Charlie Brown special or wo and he Grammy Awards. During he four monhs (a his wriing) ha we've had he se we've wached i an average of less han one hour per week. Many weeks i has remained enirely in he box. nsead we play more games read more books and magazines draw more picures play he piano lisen o records alk wih each oher more and occasionally do he supper dishes o- BEYOND THE.. FLCKERNG SCREEN ge her. The oher evening he boys and sood ou fron and couned he sars as hey came ou unil hey became counless. For several evenings recenly he boys and a couple of neighbor kids caugh fireflies in he woods nex door-during prime ime. Prior o our loss we had fallen ino he paern of waching many TV shows as a maer of daily rouine. My wife. and debaed wheher "Liar's Club" encouraged dishonesy and gambling bu didn' sop he boys from waching i. We ried o raionalize he brualiy porrayed in caroons by saying ha he characers and siuaions are no real and herefore no harmful. Yes "Sesame Sree" and "Elecric Company" were good and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" was nohing shor of excellen. Television is ruly a mixed curse. Bu now our ime is no longer divided ino half hours and hours. The yranny of "having" o ge done wih supper or "having" o ge home in ime for whaever show has been removed. Moreover he insidious adverising jingles have been prey well flushed from memory. Our family sill has all he problems ha any family has save one. Jus as elevision is 0 he cause of all of life's difficulies is removal is no he soluion o hem all. Bu when read of sudies ha show a relaionship beween TV viewing and his or ha problem offer boh a prayer of concern and a prayer of hanks. wrie his o offer encouragemen o any of you who may be wishing o cu down on your family's viewing ime. also offer congraulaions o hose of you who have already done so or who have eliminaed TV alogeher. Anoher friend had old me before our burglary ha she and her husband do no own a TV. When we los ours her example helped persuade me ha we should no seek o replace i. believe ha God has used a hef o open my family's eyes and enable us o see beyond he flickering screen. D STRANGE LGHT LEADS CAMBODAN REFUGEES KHAM PUT Thailand-Khun Poa a nineeen-year -old girl escaped he Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia afer an arduous journey wih 00 ohers hrough miles of jungle canals mounains and rivers. A midnigh-ligh darkness hampered he sruggling group as i crossed a valley beween wo high mounain ranges. "We could see absoluely nohing" Poa laer old missionary Maxine Sewar. -"We didn' even know where o sep." Suddenly hundreds of fireflies swarmed ino view. Their glow made enough ligh for he people o see he pah. The refugees reached he nex mounain by "firefly ligh." Afer delays due o disorienaion and weariness-a one poin Poa hallucinaing was sure she saw he ocean-he escapees lierally saggered ino Thailand. Poa had o be carried o he refugee camp. Two monhs of medical reamen were necessary before she recovered said Mrs. Sewar in he April issue of The Commission magazine. Afer Poa was ransferred o Kham Pu refugee camp she was invied o a Chrisian meeing. Alhough she had seen enough bamboo o las he res of her life she agreed o aend he meeing in he bamboo-hach enclosure. " know ha old man" she exclaimed a a picure on he wall of he chapel. "He is he one who led us and showed us he way o Thailand and freedom." She was poining o a picure of Jesus. D Bapis Press Camp Board in session; Don Graffius Presiden. The exising camp lodge/dining hall is receiving a new roof as well as an addiion o he rear. Anoher building is planned before camping season his year.. ) by Rev. Francis D. Saunders Residen Camp Manager ( J n 968 Camp Joy began permanen residence a Berea Wes Virginia when he Richie Church under he pasoral leadership of Rev. Leslie Welch deeded he camp sie induding he school building o he Camp Commiee. The Richie Church is o be commended for is generous giving of ime and monies o make his Camp Joy sie useable for Associaio n camps. For several years since he Board of Direcors in faih secured he services of Bond Associaes o draw up an exended plan for developing Camp Joy faciliies many in~ dividuals in he Souheasern Associaion have been dreaming and praying for God's direcion in launching his mos imaginaive and progressive plan. Encouraging signs have appeared in.978 which indicae ha God is answering our prayers and ha our dreams are being realized. The securing of he services of Rev. Francis Saunders as "Residen Camp Manager" assised by his wife Lila who also serves as reasurer is one of he signs. For some hiry years hey have been serving in pasoraes from "Cali. o Rhodi." as he song goes and in all of hese areas of service hey were acive in camping programs. They have come o Wes Virginia on a reiremen basis serving as pasor of he Richie Church as well as manager of he camp and hope o be used of God in his dual role in he Kingdom's work. Anoher sign is he visionary acion of he Board of Direcors under he leadership of Don Graffius in securing a gran in funds and an addiional loan from he Trusees of he Memorial Fund o pu he exising building which is solid in srucure and well worh proecing under a new roof which projec will also add an addiional room 2 x24 fee a he rear of he building o be used in he expanding minisries of he camp. Anoher building will be consruced hopefully before camping season begins in July. This building will be uilized as a badly needed girl's dorm. Oher signs are gifs and expressions of ineres and commimen from churches groups and individuals who are rallying o Camp Joy's call for suppor. This call has been emphasized by he residen manager and he reasurer who have been visiing he churches of he Associaion sharing wih an audiovisual presenaion he hopes and dreams he plans and projecs for he fuure of his work among he churches and for our youh. The resuls as shown in renewed ineres and financial suppor have been mos saisfying. Camp daes have been se direcors and cooks have been secured and plans are going forward o hold camps for Senior Middler and Junior ages. Any who would like furher informaion concerning wha is happening a Camp Joy may conac Residen Manager F.D. Saunders Berea Wes Virginia '. ;---.'"

8 A SHORT HSTORY OF CAMP JOY. STORAGE 2. VEHCLES 3. RES. orr. HOME 4. RTCHE CHURCH 5. ARCHERY RANGE 6. OLD SCHOOL BLDG. 7. PARKNG 8. HEALTH LODGE 9. ADMNSTRATON 0. CENTRAL LODGE. COOKS 2. POOL WTH BATH HOUSE 3. OFFCE/lOUNGE 4. CONF. & RETR. CTR.- LODGES 5. TOLET 6. FAMilY CAMPNG 7. VillAGE S. ACTVTY FELD 9. LATRNE 20. MULT-PURPOSE SHELTER ~.... " " 'h ~... ~ ~ :: ". V ~@ ""... : '..... "'p- J.j' ".. 'J ;' -" :!' / ' ' l'.' ftl':_./ ~ ~./... ".. ~'r'" ~ -... "..... '- [@J '~:"" f' -... ~ - ~... ':.& ' ' h ~-... ~ / ' '-' " " VlJ-- "'''~ ' '.' -"... ' DEVELOPMENT PLVJ FOR / / / LEGEND / Exising srucures Proposed srucures []! Propery Line-CampJoy' _._----- Propery Line -Richie Church scale -_====- o DO 200 J 00 fce (bldg '5 no proporional) by Ashby Randolph Camp is alway:;'oo.mud! The Junior campers are e~gaged in a marble hun oo.in he mud. "Dear Mom camp S such f un. ". Volleyball is always an imporan par of Senior camp. From a small beginning of abou' welve boys and girls a New Milon Church yard under Carol and Lucrea Bond in ens he youh camp of our Souheasern Associaion has grown ino hree camps wih abou DO young folks The camp moved from New Milon o Berea hink in 934 probably wih A. T. Booms as direcor and Elonda Randolph swimming and recreaion direcor. O. B. Bond and Thurman Brissey were direcors also a Berea when here began o be many classes and recreaional aciviies added. These camps had around 35 youh. Anoher year camp was a New Milon wih Oris Suler direco.r and his was he year ha Goldie Brissev was he cook vhich she was for many years. Also she helped wih all he camp programs as did Emme Booms A. T. Booms Ashby Randolph Rev. Trevah Suon and his wi fe Mary. Rev. Marion Van Horn was also direcor a New Milon one year wih Grea Randolph saring her wonderful naure appreciaion classes which she kep up for many years. This camp has been in many oher plal'es such as Webser Couny 4H Camp Upshur Couny 4H Camp Marion Couny 4H Camp Chesnu Ridge lear Morganown a a camp near Salemville Pa. and finally back o Berea as "Camp Joy." Some of he direcors of he camps over he years were Rev. Marion Van Horn Rev. Kenneh Davis Rev. Leslie Welch Rev. Clifford Hansen Rev. Francis Saunders Rev. Paul Green Rev. Duane Davis Rev. Charles Graffius Rev. Delmer Van Horn and Ernes Bond. Since he camp was divided ino hree age groups here have been oo many direcors o menion. would no do o close his hisory of our SDB Camp Joy wihou saying ha Rev. Leslie Welch Waler Lee Bond David Curry Leland Bond' Bob Kargarisc and Neil Mareny have had much o do wih planning building and mainaining' Camp Joy during hese difficul years a Berea. ; 4 5

9 THE '. is a pr;yuege o respond o your inviaion o send a "paragraph saemen of greeing" for he June' issue of he Sabbah RecOrder as he publicaion marks is 35h year. To have survived and hrived 'is worhy of noe which is cause for hanksgiving o God. To have minisered in Chris's name and in he power of he Holy Spiri whom He sends is cause for rejoicing. We would join he celebrans of his significan occasion in congraulaions for pas performance and prayers for coninuing presenaion of an effecive. winess o His saving grace and power.. May he sream of Sevenh Day Bapis paricipaion in he work of he Kingdom of God hrough he prined page flow onward "unil He comes." -Rev. Hurley S. Waren Wakefield R. Edior There are many Sevenh Day Bapiss of over "hree score years and en" who can say wih some degree of saisfacion and pride ha he Sabbah Recorder has come regularly o heir home for as long as hey can remember. Younger people in growing numbers have a differen kind of pride; hey are happy o be new in he faih and o have recenly found he joy and srengh ha come from reading his denominaional publicaion. All of us can ake some pride in is permanence for a person would have o be almos wice hree score years and en o remember when he Sabbah Recorder sared proclaiming Bible ruh and serving our people. On his 35h anniversary hose of us who have had he responsibiliy of ediing he' Recorder may well call aenion o is age and viriliy. is now one of he oldes of all religious ~eriodicals in he Unied Saes. has survived while some older and younger periodicals of oher denominaions have succumbed. We can be happy ha our people have mainained sufficien ineres and suppor o make his possible~ Through he years he Recorder has very evidenly been meeing our needs as individuals and as a Conference. conains welcome news from he grass roos and from he boards and agencies bu i is more han news. nourishes he whole body wih spiriual food on a coninuing regular basis. Tracs and imeless docrinal maerials in prined form have heir place paricularly for oureach purposes bu our Recorder appeals and saisfies because i is for he mos par imely. was my privilege and keenly fel responsibiliy o si in he edior's chair for some weny years. One doesn' have o be a highly rain ell docor o feel he pulse or o record blood pressure and oher vial signs. Afer observ.; ing hes~ vial si~ns for a. whole gene~aion. feel ha. he prognoss for our people S good. Will remam good f we ake nourishmen and give aenion o exercise. May he Sabbah Recorder coninue o be "jus wha he docor ordered. " 0 -Rev. Leon M. Malby Dayona Beach FL Edior "" ; Edior John D. Bevis saes ha "in 35 years of publicaion he size has changed bu he message remains he same. " Ea Norh O'Connor has served many years as proofreader for he Sabbah Recorder. She handles renewals and is personally acquained wih hundreds of subscribers. Leon Clare handles he mecha~cs of geing he Recorder acually produced. The enire ~rining process has grealy changed during he 3S-year re period... J~ " ':.. '~ '0' ;:. i Ji. ".'.;~ ". ': ~ Throughou is 35 years and hireen ediors he. Sabbah Recorder has buil up a rich legacy of service o he cause of Chris and Sevenh Day Bapiss. Quie a ransformaion has aken place in recen years however am confiden ha he original purpose and unique message of he Recorder has no been alered. We live in a ime of innovaion and change hus i is indeed remark-. able ha our magazine has no only endured bu coninues o be a viable force in he life of he denominaion. n he days ahead may we coninue o use he Sabbah Recorder as' an effecive means of communicaing he "glad idings of Jesus redempion and release." -John D. Bevis Plainfield NJ Edior For 35 years he Sabbah Recorder has exered "a mighy influence" among and for Sevenh Day Bapiss. Tha is an unusual record-appropriae cause for celebraion! The firs ediorial during my enure as Edior in he issue of Sepember quoed as he supreme consideraion "... o make he Sabbah Recorder a medium of communicaion beween he churches of our denominaion an organ for he exposiion and defense of our denominaional faih and pracice a means for he equal promoion of all branches of our denominaional work and a help o all is readers in heir endeavors o conceive he rues aims and reach he nobles ends of life. " " Now from a differen bu equauy iheresed and concerned vanage poin commend he Sabbah Recorder no only on is longeviy bu for noable achievemens. hrough he years. To he usual birhday wish "Many happy reurns" wan o add ferven prayer ha God will guide and bless as Sevenh Day Bapiss coninue in heir effors o reach he nobles ends for Chris and His Cause! -K.D. Hurley Plainfield NJ Edior-J )

10 firs in a series on our China mission by TornMerchan hisorian }j) "OAHU (H ('HHSTA... EH( 'ATlO... -Mrs. Mar~ Clare The eyes of he world are on China and none more so han hose of American Sevenh Day Bapiss whose firs larges and longes-lasing foreign mission was on Chinese ~oil. Esablished in 847 and mainained coninuously unil he forced wihdrawal of our missionaries in 950 he mission came o include a large church boys' and girls' schools a medical mission and vocaional raining for adul women. Much of he credi mus be given o our firs missionaries "he Pioneers. ~ Solomon and Lucy Carpener were in heir lae hiries when hey se foo in China; heir co-workers Nahan and Olive Wardner were in heir mid-wenies. The Carpeners had experience in educaion and in he pasorae; in fac Mr. Carpener had preached he inroducory sermon a he annual meeing of he Sevenh Day Bapis Missionary Associaion (laer Sociey) in 845 one year before he was called o be our firs foreign missionary. His ex had been Mahew 28: 9-20: "Go ye herefore and each all naions.... The Wardners were newly graduaed from Alfred Academv.. The firs goal of our missionaries afer hey arrived in Shanghai in he summer of 847 was o learn he language well enough o conduc public worship. They hough his could be accomplished in wo years: in 849 hey began holding services in a large room in heir residence. Six monhs laer hey bapized heir firs four convers and in July 850 hey organized he Shanghai Sevenh Day Bapis Church vih seven consiuen members. ' A he same ime he wo young women began he work hahev would coninue hroughou heir vears as missionari~s he educaion of yo~ung childrei in Chrisian eachings as well as basic skills. And he men added rac publicaion and disribuion o heir missionary aciviy. The 850's began wih he consrucion and d~dicaion of a new chapel larger and closer o Shanghai's busling crowds bu a revoluion in he firs half of he decade and ill healh in he second severely hampered missionary aciviy. Boh he Wardners in 857 and he Carpeners in 859 were forced o reurn o he Unied Saes o re(over heir healh bu no before recording one of heir mos successful years-857-in which hey bapized six persons including heir firs woman conver. was he conclusion of a decade of missionary service for he Wardners bu in 860 he Carpeners were able o reurn o China. Wih he Civil War in progress in he Unied Saes and a desire o free Missionary Sociey money for he employmen of anoher missionary couple o China Mr. Carpener assumed his own suppor wih some renal income and par-ime work as an inerpreer for he U. S. Consul in Shanghai. n 865 he Carpeners once again were forced o reurn o he Unied Saes for recuperaion. and no knowing when hey would be able o reurn hey lef behind hree newly oriened elders and a deacon o shepherd he'lile flock of some weny members. All hree elders disinguished hemselves during his period and subsequen imes when he Chinese were lef wihou a missionary: Chau Chang Lau was chosen pasor of he Shanghai church; Le Erlow began a long minisry as an evangelis; and Keang K warw... L.- ~ ~ opened he branch mission saion a Lieu-oo. Finally in 873. afer he Missionary Sociey had coninually called for replacemen missionaries o China. he Carpeners agreed again o re[um o he mission field. hough hey had no assurall'e ha heir healh would hold ou long. Following he coll:rucion and dedicaion o a new chapel Lucy CarpclHcr succumbed o illnes.<.; Sepember aged 63; anci Solomon Carpener was forced by ill healh o permanenly vacae he field in 876. Their mi:sionary aciviy in China had ~panned hree decades and hey had ~lcl'l'ssfully and firmly planed he fir" Se(:llh Day Hap is foreign mis.-;ion. Solomon and Lucy Carpener (NEXT MONTH-"The Schools") Th~' Word is a ligh.. FRENDSHP n he firs pages of he Bible he Lord God says " is no good for man o be alone." n order o funcion as persons we mus inerac wih ohers share our experiences alk laugh and play ogeher. "Long-erm happy friendships indicae na a person has a srong sense of self-worh and he abiliy o give himself or herself wihou he fear of becoming depleed." Did you ever hink abou God as your friend? As someone who is oally involved in your life? Someone who wans o give you he bes here is a share in His eernal happiness? "No longer do call you servans."" Jesus old His disciples "bu have called you friends. " God comes o us in he Per SOil of Jesus o ell us He is our Friend. He asks us o ener a close relaionship wih Him. He wans us o enjoy His presence as we enjoy he company of a special Friend. He knows how in our humaniv we sruggle make misakes become di~couraged. How we need forgiveness comfor and srengh. HO' we need His help o grow in spiri He gives i hrough many sources. One is human friendship. Two women alked olle day abou he crises hey had helped each oher hrough in he years hey had been friends. "Because you love me wih such consancy sllcil generosiy such selflessness." said Olle " can believe in God's love for me." The love of rue friends is an image of Clod's love for us. Jesus ells us o love one anoher. He knows ha where here is love here is an amosphere in which people hrive emoionally and spiriually. Our friends like ourselves are imperfec human beings bu heir love brings us srengh. Friendship is a baske of bread from which o ea for years o come. Good loaves fragran and warm miraculously muliplied; he baske never empy (he bread never sale. -Caherine de Virck A Time To Gahedl WAYS TO NOURSH FRENDSHP Permi your friends o be hem..'lelves. Accep hem as hey are. Be graeful for wha is here no annoyed by wha friends can' give. Accep each onc's imperfecions-and individualiy-and don' fed hreaened i ' heir opinions and ases someimes differ from yours Give!ach oher space. We are eniled o our privae fcclings and houghl'~. Friends who ry o invade he inner space of one anoher risk desroying he relaionship; Be ready [() give and 0 receive. Be eager o help and able o ask for help as well. Bu don' be over -demanding or le yourself be used. Make your advice com-rucive. When a friend needs o alk lisen wihou inerrupion. f advice is asked for bc posiive and supporive. Be loyal. Loyaly is faihfulness. means "being wih" your friend in bad imes as well as good. means honoring confidence. means neiher disparaging a friend in his absence nor allowing ohers o do so. Give praise and encouragemen. Tell your friends wha you like abou hem how hankful you are for heir presence in your life. Deligh in heir alens applaud heir successes. Be hones. Open communicaion is of he essence of friendship. Express your feelings good and bad insead of boling up your anger or anxiey. Clearing he air helps a relaionship grow. Bu be aware of wha is beer lef unsaid. Trea friends a5 equals. n rue friendship here is no Number One no room for showing off how smar and successful you are for envy for feeling superior or inferior. Trus your friends. We live in a messy imperfec world made up of imperfec people. Trus can be berayed bu i is essenial o friendship. Make he effor o believe in he inrinsic goodness of your friends. Be willing 0 risk. One of he obsacles o close relaionship is he fear of rejeciun and hur. We don' wan o re~eal our vulnerabiliies. Bu unless we dare o love ohers we condemn ourselves 0 a serile life.! Chrisopher News Noes 'A faihful friend is a sure shelfer whoever J7nds one has found a rare reasure.. Sirach 6: 4 8 9

11 c SEVENTH DAY BAPTST GENERAL CONFERENCE ADRAN COLLEGE ADRAN MCHGAN Augus REGSTRATON NFORMATON * Regisraion will begin Sunday Augus 5 a 2:00 Noon +n RUSH UNON l! i: nfonnal.sharing imes were an imporan par of he weeklong sessions as pasors shared ogeher heir dreams for Sevenh Day Bapiss. Dean Herber E. Saunders direced he sessions and led a wo-day workshop on small church minisries. Fory-hree persons regisered for he sevenday conference. Gerry Van Dyke of Denver CO. conducs an informal discussion hour on Summer Chrisian Service Corps. S V.j" Jl~ MNSTERS' ~ B A P T Dr. James L. Powell direcor of he Cooperaive Program Promoion of he Souhern BapisSewaidship Commission in Nashville TN leads a wo-day workshop on Bib~ lical sewardship. S. Kenneh Davis of Bale Creek M was oneof six pas~rs who led he confere~s in a sudy of he book of Ephe Sans. Ohers were: FranCS D. Saunders Vicor W. Skaggs Kenneh B. Burdick Delmer E. Van Horn and Don A.. Sanford. Oher pasors paricipaed by leading worship and conducing prayer sessions. A P CON~FEJElJCE ~ 2 6 M A Y MLTON WSCONSN S T 2 E. Wendell Sephan family and marriage counselor from Wes Harford cr leads woday workshop on pasoral' counseling. Barbara C. Saunders of Plainfield NJ conducs a workshop for minisers' wives who were presen a he conference. Discussion cenered on he book of Philippians and he roles of clergymen's wives..j! ) l * pre-regisraion EARLY is highly encourged o reduce ime confusion and gray hairs for he regisraion conuniee! Jus fill ou he regisraion form add up oal coss and mail form and che~k no laer han 7/23/79 o: SDB General Conference Regisraion Donald G.. Ruder Chairman P. O. Box 58 Whie Cloud Michigan Phone REGSTRATON FEES: The fee for regisraion for aduls and children S ROOM AND BOARD PACKAGE RATES: This includes room & board Sunday evening hrough Sunday breakfas and he one-ime campus use fee. Bed linens soap fresh owels every 3rd day are provided. Aduls and children over 2.. Children 2 years old and under HOUSNG (ROOM ONLY) PER NGHT: Linens ec. would be provided as above. for children and aduls The rae S he same Double occupancy per nigh. Single occupancy per nigh. Sleeping bags on floor per nigh $ 9.20 $ $ nfans bed wih paren no charge n. MEALS: ADULTS: Breakfas $.70 CHLDREN: Breakfas $.85 Lunch 2.50 (2 &.. Lunch.25 under) Dinner.80. Dinner 3.60 MSCELLANEOUS: Trailers (self-conained ONLY) on Dawson Hall parking lo: Double occupancy ( 2 persons) per nigh For 3 or more persons per nigh One-ime campus use fee for all regisrans excep hose who buy he package plan... ~ $

12 CONFERENCE PUBLCTY 5h of a Series. Toal C~nference coss and regisraion fees have now been esablshed for aendance a he Adrian M' h' Conf b" C gan.. erence egmnmg Augus 5 Sunday evening and conmumg hrough Sunday breakfas Augus We are ~iving he complee breakdown of coss so ha you can gve ad~ance planning as o how you desire o arrange your oomg and lodging requiremens. Room charge is $5.25 per nigh - double occupancy $6.50 per. nigh - single occupancy ~2.00 per mgh per child using own sleepmg bag on floor No charge for infans Meals Breakfas $'.70 Lunch $2.50 Dinner $3.60 Campus use fee $.95 for every regisran V ASHNGTON-Too ofen our naonal menal healh care sysems have no room for he elderly Rosalynn Car~r old paricipans in a wo-day m~emg here on menal healh and agmg. "The harsh realiy abou our presen sysem of menal healh care i~ ha for oo many professionals and n oo many programs he el~erly do no exis' " Mrs. Carer said. " shall never forge wha one woman wroe me while was working wih he Presiden's Commission on Menal Healh... 'One reaches he age where one is considered no o exis.' " Mrs. Carer noed he complex :oos of menal healh problems n old age-financial worries unhappiness over he loss of ;ocial saus grief over he deah of loved ones. "All his can lead o depression even suicide" she said. ' ~ep. Claude Pepper D-Fla. chairman of he House Selec Commiee on Aging sponsor of he conference old he audience ha 25 percen of all suicides in America are by people over 65. Only percen of he populaion is over 65 hesaid. 22 AGNG MENTAL HEALTH CONSDERED BY PANEL By Carol Franklin "n. he U.nied Saes you have one snke agans you if you are old'" PeppeT said "wo srikes again's you f you are menally ill and hree srikes if you are boh old and menally ill. " ' Mrs. Carer as well as oher ~peakers urged increased research no he problems of aging and menal healh. Rober Buler direcor Of. he ~aional n.siue o~ Aging sal~ Research S no frivolous..s he ulimae service and he ulimae cos conainmen." ~erber P~rdes direcor of he N~lOnal nsiue of Menal Healh poned ou ha less han one percen of ~e na.ion:s psychiariss are n g.enanc pracice. "There is a pe~vaslve sense of pessimism in he m.edlcal profes~ion abou working Wih older paiens. This mus be deal wih in he raining period for docors nurses social workers and relaed fields.". ' Wilbur Mills former chairman of he House Commiee on Ways All meal ~rices for children 2 and under will be one half adul pnce:. Breakfas $.85 Lunch $.25 Dinner $.80 The General. C;onference regisraion fee se by he General Councl S $9.20 per regisran children 2 and under $5.00. The oal pric.e for an adul double occupancy for he full conference S:. Room-7 $5.25 $ Meals-23 $ 52.0 Campus Use Fee. $.95 Conference regisraion $ 9.20 Toal $00.00 n. planning yo~r rip o Adrian Michigan be sure o consder he vacaon possibiliies a week bef~re or afer Conferen~ as n:enioned i~ h~ March Sabbah Recorder. No menoned n h.a arjcl~ ~ he. busies waerway in ~he world a Saul Saine Mane n Michigan's Upper Pen n~ul~. The "Soo locks" in he S. Mary's river beween Mchgan and Canada carry more onnage of freigh han any oher waer~ay on earh-acual fac! This is a comforable ~ay's dnve. from Adrian if you need o do i all a?nce. Snce here S so much of ineres beween he wo poms however.you will be emped o ake more han one day for he np. See you in Adrian Augus 5! 0 -Conference Hos Commiee George Parrish and Means spoke on he special problems of he elderly and he use o.f alcohol ~nd oher drugs. Looking f and rm afer his bou wih alcoholism five years ago Mills old he cro~d "'m avery very graeful alcoholc.'."sob~r can deal wih realiy" Mlls said. " used o live for he fanasy.world creaed by he bole.... Two hngs made me an alcoholic.dran~ booze and mixed drinks wl~ hlghly addicive drugs was akmg for a back ailmen." Mills acknowledged ha he was v~ry lucky because friends cared abou h~m and docors did no pamper him. "Also was employed even hough was 65 " Mills said. "Mos people. a 65 are reired--and reiremen S awfully hard. Bu sudies have s~own ha here is a lower alcoholsm rae where here is planned recreaion for he elderly The idle mind russ.". Paricipans me several imes in as.k forces o develop speci fic legislave proposals o improve he p~esen syse~ of care for he elderly Wih menal llnesses. ~ ~ -8a/)/ i. fjuhlrc Ajlain he CHURCH n ACT N CHRSTAN COFFEE HOUSE HGHLGHTS ALFRED OUTREACH ALFRED NY-The Alfred Parish House has aken on a new look Saurday nighs o accommodae a <=hrisian environmen for college sudens. Tables for four wih checked gingham ableclohs candles and appropriae banners encircle he sounds of Chrisian music provided by Beverly Ausin formerly of he 978 Ligh Bearers eam. Free popcorn and soda coffee desser and ho chocolae sold a cos provide a relaxed and pleasan amosphere. Bev Snyder iniiaed and developed his idea wih suppor from Dave Snyder as well as he Alfred SOB Church. "We feel we serve a leas wo specific purposes" wries Bev Snyder "an alernaive social siuaion for hose who enjoy geing ogeher in an amosphere free from smoke and alcoholic beverages and ha of inroducing young people o he Lord in he process of enjoying good music and good company." Beverly Ausin came o Alfred on faih and was able o ge a fullime job in a group home for rearded aduls. The church is supporing Rev in her work as well as assising Ferne Snyder in accommodaing Bev in her home. Bev's musical group has grown o include: Craig Mix on bass guiar Chris DeSain oli piano Dave Snyder singing and Beverly and David Crocker on elecric guiar. This venure has been blessed wih many donaions as well as Chrisian college sudens and church members volu'neering "heir services in he kichen seing up and conribuing food. ; sound sysem was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Palmer's esae and Ed Crandall and Al Rogers consruced a porable plaform for he musicians. How is i doing? ~ wries "We feel he response has been good and praise he Lord for i. Our capaciy is approximaely 75 and we have ranged beween s udens during he four weeks we have been in operaion." They have hopes of exending his minisry o high school sudens during he summer and solici your prayer suppor for his worhwhile minisry in a college communiy. Cl NEBRASKA SOB NEWS NORTH LOUP NE-A Chrismas musical drama showing God's love hrough he year "365 Days of Chrismas Each Year" by Rober Manzke under he direcion of Joni Goodrich was given by preschoolers on up o een-agers a Chrismas ime. There was a lesson in his o carryon hrough he year. The annual church business meeing was held in January. The resuls of he elecion were John Williams pres.; Colle Soper sec.; Sheldon Van Horn reas.; Frances Van Horn ass. reas.; Alice Maxson hisorian; Berha Clemen Recorder reporer; Dawn Richards organis and pianis; Louise Brennick and Jeneane Abel ass. organiss; Merlyn Van Horn rusee; and Vicor Skaggs o coninue as pasor. Dean Herber Saunders was wih us Tuesday evening January 23 wih an address on Sevenh Day Bapis Cener on Minisry and oher denominaional maers. Also in January he new hymnals "The New Church Hymnal" were dedicaed. Lloyd Needham a represenaive of he Gideons brough he message February 0. Mary Clare execuive secreary of he Board of Chrisian. ~ Educaion conduced a workshop on "The Youh Fellowship ir: he Local Church" February 24 and 25. A Planning Rerea was held March 9 and 0 wih "A Glorious Church" as he heme beginning wih a Sabbah Eve service which included Communion wih families seaed around ables. Besides he regular Fellowship Dinner held once a monh a Valenine social was held a he church he evening of February 0 a soup supper Sunday March 8 and Lenen breakfass alernaely a he Unied Mehodis Church and our church wih men of boh churches and ohers aending. One couple Henry and Helen Ruyle had a golden wedding celebraion March 8. Mr. Kim Sauer acceped a call o be assisan o Pasor Skaggs his summer. Pasor Vicor Skaggs is aending he Minisers Conference a Milon W he las week in April and James Goodrich is leading he worship service April 28. The severe weaher w l a reason for lower aendance )luring he winer monhs. Sickness wih some hospializaions was also a facor. Only once March 3 were church services cancelled. Now i is springime and Chrismas Every Day o show God's love. [- -Berha Clemen AND A LTTLE CHLD SHALL LEAD THEM... LTTLE GENESEE NY-The Lile Genesee church has he privilege of working wih and for a group of children from he village. There are only wo from he group ha have an SOB background. Mrs. Margare Burdick invied he children o form a junior choir wih her as direcor. There are up o welve children in he choir. has been a learning experience for hem no only o learn how o sing ogeher bu also how o ac in church. is indeed exciing o see he progress hey have made. The Sabbah School classes and he Bible Club ha our former pasor and his wife conduced (Rev. and Mrs. Kenneh Van Horn) gave hem a Bible background hey had no had before. They began o have an undersanding of wha being a Chrisian means. n fac hree acceped Chris as heir Savior and were bapized. n he pas few monhs we have seen some in he group leading in various ways. During he farewell ea for "Pasor Ken" and Doris Van Horn people were invied o reminisce and ell abou some ineresing or humorous happening or give a word of appreciaion. Suddenly he Junior Choir decided hey oo waned o speak. The choir came forward and faced he audience. Two girls spoke in appreciaion of all he Van Horns had done for hem hen all ogeher he choir said "Thank you." n January one of he choir girls was quie ill and in he hospial. 23

13 ! i i i i " i 'j.. i f One Sabbah morning jus before church he children were' hinking abou her and hey asked heir direcor if hey could pray for her. A prayer for heir friend followed. A week before Valenine's Day a couple of boys came o my door and asked for he church key. They waned o decorae heir Sabbah School room "for heir eacher." They were so excied abou surprising her. They spen a lo of ime puing up sreamers and valenines. The nex nigh he boys came again for he key-o do "more decoraing." This ime i was for one of he boy's siser's Sabbah School room o surprise her eacher. Yes he eachers were surprised and very pleased.. More recenly hree boys from he Sabbah School came o my door and asked me if hey could have a church spors eam! was pleased ha hey waned a church-relaed spors eam. promised hem ha would alk o ohers abou i and we would see if his could be arranged. Easer Sabbah one of he girls sang "Chris our lord s 'Risen in Migh Glory in he Highes" for he Sabbah School. laer during he church worship service she discovered ha her grandmoher had come o church. She knew ha her grandmoher had waned o hear her sing he song so she asked he choir direcor if she could sing i during he service. Needless o say she was given he privilege. is indeed a hrill o see hese youngsers grow in ineres and sensiiviy o ohers. is a challenge and a privilege o serve hese children and see hem grow in Chrisian love and behavior. 0 -Lea DeGroff SPRTUAL GFTS WORKSHOP HELD NEW AUBURN W-The New Auburn Sevenh Day Bapis Church held is January business meeing following a delicious poluck dinner. Usual business was discussed and new officers were eleced. Pasor Dave Taylor was unanimously voed o coninue as our pasor. Pasor Dave led a Spiriual Gifs Workshop his pas winer on Friday nighs wih an average aendance of fifeen. Je Cades a group of young people from our church and communiy mee on Sabbah afer- THE COVENANT.' of be BERLN NEW YORK SEV~E'NTHDAY.BAPTST CURCH rv~.a.9ree~2ke~b.. ~~:.c()m:fuand.meris of ?nd:w.alkih..b.~ff.io;f.esusChris. '.'.....'l "{.i "i</< ~.'l.>.. '. ' WE A.EJ.E:eg.~~c Ph~fJ'0ilY Se~i:puresas ouf rule of faih afi!df!~~g~ic~"...?. "... WE AGREe Q wach.omereach()~her for good o he ip9nh~we~~y~:uild u~.oge4ef.. inclrisj growj.n'grace.and a>;firhef:.~qvl~d~~.. Of ru~..alj4lle.insumenal.in.gril'lsln.g men~b/a'savijg knowledge of o.ur LordanclSavioJesu~C~ris. WEAOREE.Jo faihfullyael'ld Wappoinmens andbear heburdensandexpens~sof he church according as God may give us severally he abiliy. '. ' " ''.. noons a he church o fe0wship oge her and learn of God's love.. We are all excied abou plans for he celebraion of our cenennial which will coincide wih he Norh Cenral Associaion during he week of Sepember 30-0cober 7. The heme for he cenennial will be "God's Pioneers for 00 Years." -Pam Norh FARNA CHURCH. CELEBRATES 3TH ANNVERSARY FARNA L-On Resurrecion Sabbah April 4 he Farina Sevenh Day Bapis Church celebraed is one hundred and hireenh anniversary. The weaher was perfec and we were blessed wih he aendance of Sabbah keeping people from Saunon Alon and Moun Vernon llinois in addiion o a very nice delegaion from he Sone For Church. Special music from he Moun Vernon and Sone For groups was enjoyed by all. We especially hank God ha Pasor Carlos Mc Sparin was able o preach and conduc he Communion service. His many hear aacks cerainly have no dampened his zeal and enhusiasm o preach he gospel. We pray ha he wi have many more years o carryon he work of he lord. Following services a bouniful dinner was served in he.parish hall and everyone enjoyed he fellowship wih people of like faih. was indeed a wonderful Sabbah. 0 -Thelma Sewar ~. EXCHANGE CAMPER PROGRAM The Camp Program Commiee of he Board of Chrisian Educaion has informed each camp of he 979 Senior High Exchange Camper schedule. We are happy ha many of he camps have repored heir represenaive o us; leers have gone o each of hese people.. The schedule is as follows: Allegheny Associaion-Camp Harley Suon-Peggy Suon o Camp Joy Easern Associaion-Camp lewis Ronda Jacobson o Camp Harmony Mid-Coninen Associaion-Camp RivervieW-Darcy Lippinco o Camp Pacific Pines Norh Cenral Associaion-Camp Holson-Lori loofboro o Camp Harley Suon Souheasern Associaion-Camp Joy Lisa Pinder o Camp Lewis Souhwesern Associaion---Carnp Miles -Sharon Monroe o Camp HolsonO William Armsrong a member of he Plainfield NJ church was honored a he recen meeing of he Board of he American Sabbah Trac Sociey. Mr. Armsrong has served for weny years much of ha ime in commiee work relaed o he publishing house. He was given a special plaque as well as a proclamaion of appreciaion. RECENT "HAPPENNGS" N DENVER DENVER CO-Several all-church evens added ineres and meaning in March and April. On Sabbah nigh March 24 he second "annual" alen show was again shared wih Boulder Sevenh Day Bapiss. Afer a bouniful poluck supper in Fellowship Hall mos of he group reired o he sancuary for a hymnsing and informal vesper a sunse. When hey re enered he hall hey found he sage se for an amaeur program of music skis a disc jockey pleny of puns and general fun. Many laen abiliies were uncovered! The following day March 25 again brough some Boulder church members down for an all-day join seminar on "The Touch of His Hand"-a sudy on person-o-person Chrisian winess. "Triumphal Enry" weekend he combined choirs of Denver SDB Church and Firs Bapis Church Boulder sang "The Crucif~on" by John Sainer under he direcion of Gary Cox on Sabbah in Denver and Sunday in Boulder Firs Bapis Church. Mr. Cox is regular direcor of boh choirs. Easer weekend was especially meaningful wih an observance of a lovely Passover Supper-lord's Supper around candleli ables se wih Biblical foods. Each iem's meaning was explained as he various foods were eaen. All were symbolic-lamb olives figs daes apricos unleavened bread clipped in honey parsley in saled waer and for beverage grape juice. The meal ended wih breaking off pieces of he unleavened bread and sipping of he grape juice "in remembrance".of Chris's sacrifice for us. The enre supper was planned and furnished by Dr. and Mrs. David Sabel. 0 -Gladys Randolph NVTATON TO ANNVERSARY BANQUET EXTENDED BA TLE CREEK M - is a banner. year for he Bale Creek chu~ch as celebraes is 75 years of exsence. Many Diamond Anniversary evens have been planned. Perhaps he <?ne mos fesive and momenous occason will be he Anniversary Banque o be held Sabbah nigh Augus 4. A cordial inviaion is exended o everyone who will be in he Bale Creek area al ha ime o aend. The Augus 4 dae was purpos~ly chosen since Pre-Cons will be held 0 he area and General Conference meeings will convene he nex day. is hoped ha many of he church's friends former members and pa'lors will hus be able o aend. Tom Merchan of he Hisorical Sociey will serve as Maser of Ceremonies for he evening inroducing ciy and denominaional digniaries. Greeings will be given by Dr. K.D. Hurley SOB Execuive Secrea:y and R0ber Ausin General Conference Presiden. There will also be messages given by he church's former pasorshe Rev. Alon L. Wheeler and he Rev. Leland E. Davis. And hroughou he program here will be music plus films of yeserday and oday of he church and is members. The banque will begin a 6:30 p.m. Swiss seak is feaured on he men u opped off wih anniversary cake a~d ice cream. The cos of he meal Will be approximaely $6.00 and RESER V A TONS ARE NECESSARY. Make reservaions o Arabeh Deland 96 rving Park Drive Bale Creek M 4907 by July 5. Even hose unable o aend he banque can share in his Diamond Jubilee Celebraion. A hisorical bookle depicing he 75 years of ~e churc.h has jus gone o press. Copies of his bookle which includes over fory picures will be available. for o~ly $.00. Church plaes and flves PiCuring he church home are also on sale. The plaes sell for $6.00 and he rives for $3.50. All he memenos can be ordered from Arabeh Deland he Anniversary Commiee chainnan.o -Karen Thorngae Scripure Gems "Eye hah no seen nor ear heard neiher have enered info he hear oj man he hings whic~ G~d hah preparedjor hem ha love him" ( Connhans2:9). THE LNK "You heard i here firs." lw H:lrh SJl lkr.. WHAT ARE YOUR SPRTUAL GFTS? You can discover your gifs wih he workbook Bible Sudy series by Fuller Evangelisic Associaion. Some churches have uilized his sudy and find i verv effecive for discovering and Llnder~anding spiriual gifs. ~incllldes a es for each person o discover his/her spiriual gifs. Useful for boh small groups and Sabbah School classes. This is available on reques from: SDB Missionary Sociey 40 Washingon Trus Building Weserly R 0289 FOR MEN ONLY! Man f() Man presens in a direc sraigh-from-heshoulder manner God's definiion of a man. A simple formula for effecive and successful living for men's Bible Sudy groups. Available by caalog order # for $.75 per book a: Zondervan Publishing House Zondervan Corporaion 45 Lake Drive S.E. Grand Rapids M49S06 WANTED: Recommendaions for Vacaion Bible School programs and lesson books. Also would like commens on "A Touch of His Hand" workshop from hose groups who /wve uilized his ool. How effecive was i and how did you approach is use? Please respond o Barb Snyder a he Sabbah Recorder address. Thank you. When one of my boys was a lile younger he surprised wih he saemen "Daddy don' hink wan o go o heaven." "Why no?" inquired. "Because can' ake my new bicycle wih me" was his reply.. n response o his siuaion remmded him of how much he enjoyed his ricycle bu now ha he had a new bike he ricycle had been compleely abandoned. He also agreed wih me ha when he grew older and had a moor-. cycle or car of his own he bicycl.e oo would be forgoen. Then explained ha he hmgs God has prepared f~r us in heaven are so wonderful ha when we ge here~ ncycles bikes cars and all 0l!r oher earhly p~ssessl<?ns which we presenly reasure will no longer be d~slred. Firs Corinhians2:9 reminds us ha heavenly hmgs are so wonderful we canno even imagine hem now bu because Favorie Bible exs seleced by pasors and miniserial sudens. we know ha God loves us so much we know and believe Rev. John A. Conrod his verse is rue. n Boulder CO 24 25

14 THE WAY BACK (coninued from page ) knew an ineresing elderly sea capain urned preacher in New England. He had served as merchan marine capain in wo world wars. He old me how navigaion was carried on. There was he compass and readings aken from he sars as a rouine maer and wind and curren drif were correcc;d accordingly. Then as hey neared por final correcion was made so ha hey arrived a he proper desinaion. Repenance is he means by which we make Oill :piriual "course correcions." c. S. Lewis said: "A Chrisian isn' a man who never goes wrong bu a man who is enabled o repen and pick himself up again afer each sumble." Tha is a clue o he real naure of repenance. Repenance is no somehing you do now and le i go a ha; repenance is in urning from self and sin o God oday-and omorrow-and he nex day. Repenance is in changing YOill life's direcion as needed again and again and again. " is no a brooding over he pas. is by God's grace a cleansing ac. is a urning o he fuure. When we have ruly repened of a sin we are ready o ake he nex seps in a closer walk wih God ha leads on ino eerniy. Dear friends he call o repenance is a wonderful gif of God based on he assurance ha here is mercy wih our God and here is salvaion vicory eernal life jus waiing for us o clear he way for hem o become realiy in our lives. To he unbeliever he call o repenance means ha God sill seeks you in love. He has good will and good inenions for you. To he believer i means ha God is no hrough wih you ye bu ha He is'leading you all he way from grace o glory. Remember ha "repen" and "believe" go ogeher. A he end of he firs chaper of Pi/grim's Progress Bunyan has Evangelis rying o direc Pilgrim o he way of repenance and belief: "'Whiher mus fly?' Then ~aid Evangelis poining wih his finger over a very wide field 'Do you see yonder wicke gae?' The man said 'No.' Then said he oher 'Do you see yonder shining ligh?' He said ' hink do.' Then said Evangelis 'Keep ha ligh in youreye'... "[ SOST AR TO SERVE ALFRED CHURCH ALFRED N.Y.-The Rev. Thomas J. Sosar of Harlingen Texas has re- ' cenly acceped he call o become he pasor of he Alfred New York Sevenh Day Bapis Church. He will assume his duies around he firs of June. Mr. Sosar has served Sevenh-day Advenis churches in Maryland Wes Virginia and Texas since he enered he Chrisian minisry in 970. Born in 93 Rev. Sosar worked as a civilian employee of he Unied Saes Governmen before enering he minisry. He was ordained in June of 976. He recenly paricipaed in he Sevenh Day Bapis Minisers Conference in Milon Wisconsin. We welcome Rev. Sosar and his wife Jane o he minisry of Sevenh Day Bapiss and pray ha he Lord will bless his paricular service o he Alfred church. D. ACCESSONS SEATTLE AREA WASHNGTON CHURCH Duane L. Davis Pasor By Tesimony: Sharon DeFores (Mrs. Rodger) By Leer: Donald Hedghes ''' + BRTHS!!T! JOHNSON.-A son Douglas Ril'hard o Richard and Karen (Van Gelller) Johnson of Weserly R.. on April MCPHERSON.-A daugher Karen Elaine o Myron and Mary Jane (Campbell) McPherson of Lebanon New Jersey on May ROOD.-A son Jeffrey David o Pa;or Dale and Alhea (Grcenc) Rood of Waerford CT. on April OBTUARES BOSCH. -Cornelia Sara L ueij n Bosch wal. born May in Breskens Neherlands and died afer a long illnes) on April a Juliana Hospial ill Amserdam. j She was an acive member of he Sevenh Day Hapis Church in Amserdam where hc'r husband Cornelis served as paqor for many vears unil his deah in 977. She is survived by wo sons several grandchildren wo sisers and one broher. Funeral servi(cs werc conduced on May 2 in Amserdam. -John Farenlwrsl HALL.-Anna.. daugher of he lall: Thomas G. and Hannah Finch Crandall was born February 7 HH9 and died on March in Maer Dei Horne or Aduls on he Knighs Creek Road Scio N.Y. afer a lenghy illness. Mrs. Hall was a graduae of Bolivar High School and afer compleing her eaching courses had augh school in Rushford N.Y. and in he TOvn of Genesee for many years. She "as married o Dudley P. Hallin Ocober of 97 who died in 95. She was he oldes living member of he Firs Sevenh Day Bapis Church Lile Genesee where she was a member for eigh-one year.). She was also a member of he Sunshine Sociey of he church and a membef of he Lile Cjenesee Garden Club. Surviving are hree daughers Mrs. James (Arlouine) Krick of Olean Mrs. George (Prudence) Kuhn of Bolivar and Mrs. Vicor A. (Mary) Burdick of Orchard Park seven grandchildren and eigh grea-grandchildren and several meces and nephews. The funeral and commial services were held a he Schaffner Funeral Home nc. Bolivar' N.Y. Friday March wilh he Rcv. Alber N. Rogers of Alfred Saion officiaing. Burial was in Wells Cemerery Lile Genesee. -L.D.. POTTER.-Clifford Miller age 84 wa born a Wes Union N.Y. Ocober and died April a Beechwood Convalescen Hospial New London CT. where he had been a paien for five days. He moved wih his parens when very young o Five Corners near Alfred where he helped in his faher's cheese facory aended he Five COfllr> counry school and wa~ an Alfred residen mos of his life. He graduaed from he Alfred Academy ill 94 and wen on o he Universiy earning his way by working in he Rogers Machine Shop. Clifford was in he A.U. ca'is of 9H bu in March he was called lip llir he Army wih only four days noice. He mised his graduaion bu March 30 he was married o Elsie Grow in a small affair and immediaely wen ino service o be shipped shorly oversea~. He served in he Army Medical Corps in "rancc during some of he worsl fighing days of America's involvemen in World War. He had served he Alfred Univeriv facul in various posiions for llore han fory year' and relired in 959 a'i regisrar. Mr. Poer ervci on he Allred Village Hoard for several eflm and Wa'i mayor of Alfred during World War. He wa an acive member of he American legion and served a'i comllander of bo h he 'X'al and couny poss. The Odd Fellows Alfred Rod and Gun Club and Voluneer hn:lllell all counled on him as a member. He was a member or llie Alfred Sevenh Day Bapis Church for molc han fify years and was a long-ime dirl'l'lor of he Alfred Savings and.oan A"ociaion. Survivors arc his wife Mrs. Elsie Grow Poller: a son George E. o Mysic CT; a sisel Mr" Arlos Sage of Cbmvaer Fl. lhree grandchildrcn and one greal-grandvlll. [-uneral and COllmilial scr'ice Wl'rc held Wednesday (April ) in hl' Allred Sl'll'lllh Day Bapis Church. Burial will be ill ll' A frcd Rural Cemeery! J 'J WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMLY'S FUTURE? (co~nued from page 5) be The Associaion of Couples for Marriage Enrichmen founded by David and Vera Mace (Box 0596 Winson-Salem NC 2708). As we grow as persons and in our relaionship we become srong enough o reac.9. c ou and help ohers o grow. We ~no conen simply o enjoy our own enriched fjmily. We should never make an idol of our family's ogeherness. Raher we srenghen our own marriage and family relaionships so ha we may make a faihful winess o (lod's love jusice and peace in all'he world. Someone has wrien "The rue goal of a Chrisian family is no o make a house a home bu o make he whole world a fi habiaion for all humaniy." This world sorely needs hose whose family life is srong radian and conagious ha hey exend he communiy of Chris's love in he places where hey livc and send ou heir children o be ciilells of he world communiy ha is s ruggling o be born.' -The (ienncs rarcnh P' (llil dlli!"alldparens of five lll lilc ill l(lnlclil. N...!'vlr. CiellllJwa nrlllerl Chapl'lill llrl'd Universiy. SA Y WHAT YOU FEEL (coninued from rage 7) Third 'sugges in a enaive ~ay wha you hink your spouse migh be feeling and waning. f you phrase your suggesion in a enaive manner you're no mind reading. :''m guessing ha you migh be feelmg sad and waning me o hug you." Ask if your suggesion is correc. "Am guessing righ?" is impor~n o ask his because your suggesion is only a guess and migh be wro~g. Tha hanging head hose droor!lg shoulders and ha lump n he hroa also could mean ha your spouse is feeling angry a ~'Oll. Hc migh be waning o cac him alonc for a few momens so ha he (an ge his anger under (on~(). n hai case hugging him cerainly would be a misake! Fourh lisen careflllly o ynur spouse's response o your sl~gl'l(lfl. ')! Thisis mos imporan.. "... A wi~e man will hear and lcrease learning... " (Prov.:5 NASV).... Le everyone be quick o hear (a ready lisener)... " (lames : 9 AB). Fifh repea back o your spouse wha you hink you hear him saying and waning. Keep your wording enaive unil your spouse has confirmed he accuracy of wha you believe you've heard. " hink hear you saying ha you're feeling angry raher han sad and ha you'd like me o leave you alone raheylfan hug you." Then check o see if you've heard your spouse accuraely. "Am hearing you righ?" Following hese five seps can help you o know wha your spouse is feeling and waning. The advanage o having his knowledge is ha i allows you o respond o his real needs. One final noe abou he wo principles discussed above: if you're no used o idenifying feelings in yourself and in your spouse you niially migh find i difficul o uilize hese principles. n his case make a lis of feeling words such as excied ashamed furious bewildered ec. Carry he lis wih you and refer o i from ime o ime. Remember: in marial communicaion as! everyhing elsc pracice makes perfec! i RUSS S (can inued from page 6) far more fuures han one can acually experience. We carry ou he alernaive plans in our minds and hen choose o follow he one ha brings us "heaven on earh" wih he leas effor. We migh as well pracice living in heaven now! Sco and mix our alens well. He is very good a wriing; am good a caching he spelling and ~rammar oversighs. ge myself ino projecs; he refines my mehods. Many people misake us for broher and siser. To me ha says ha even our ouer appearances sugges ha we belong ogeher. f you have even a sligh case of pessimism you migh hink ha Sco and have jus been lucky hese pas wo and a half years since nul" wedding and hard imes evenually fall upon us all. You're righ-hard imes do come-...:bu if you're living a blissful life ogeher you'll rise above all obsacles and live happily ever afertj Donna and Sco Ready-s Anniversary. DENOMNATONAL DATELNE June 26-July 2 Bapis World Alliance Brighon England Dr. K.D. Hurley also meeing wih Duch and Briish SDB's July 8 Memorial Fund Trusees Plainfield N.J July 5 American Sahhah Trac Sociey Marlboro NJ Board of Chrisian Educaion Alfred NY.July 29 MissionaQ' Sociey Weserly R July 3- Augus 3 General Council Meelings Bale Creek M Augus 4 75h Anniversary Celehraion Sevenh Day Rapis Churrh Bale Creek M Augus 5- General Conference Sessions Adrian M Abou eighy people aended he "Resurrecion Banque" of he Seale church. Following an elaborae meal planned by Don and Joan Hedghes he film "A Disan Thunder" was shown. Thireen persons responded o he inviaion o accep Jesus Chris as Savior and Lord a he conclusion of he film. Please pray ha heir decision may grow and ma life. ; f

15 /~.. }r:--... j"."" AWARDS FOR RELGOUS WORKS HOLL YWQOD CALF.-The Angel Awards 'presened annually by Religion in Media for he purpose of encouraging excellence in he porrayal of religious conceps in he area of radio elevision books movies albums and ahleic evens has become he religious communiy's mos sough afer award. RM's op award for he religious program of he year wen o NBC for is producion of Holocaus. The award was acceped by is direcor Marvin Chonsky.. Some of he oher feaured award winners included B. J. Thomas for his album Happy Man and J oni Eareckson for her book A Sep Furher wrien wih Seve Eses. Winners in he area of elevision included Lile House on he Prairie for is excellen presenaion of moral and spiriual values; The 700 Club for he bes in daily programming; Fuure Survival wrien and narraed by Chuck Smih he bes documenary; Oral Robers for he bes hour lengh special. Winners for moion picures were Mysery oj he Sacred Shroud bes documenary; and No Longer Alone as he bes feaurelengh film. Chairman for he 978 RM awards Jim Willems saed ha " is o a grea exen hrough he media ha religious values are passed from generaion o generaion oday. The Angel AWards presened by RM are Religion in Media's way of saying hank you o hose who have made a significan conribuion o excellence in his area. "0 Copies oj JON are available from he Publishing House jar $2.25 pospaid. S Congraulaing Joni Eareckson on he receip of Religion in Media's Angel Award for he bes religious book of are execuives of several publishing firms as well as Ted Knigh moion picure sar. GEORGVNS. RELEASED NEW YORK-Wha one observer called "ough negoiaions" by U. S. Presiden Jimmy Carer a Souhern Bapis layman wih a personal concern resuled in he release from a Sovie prison of Georgi Vins a Bapis pasor jailed for religious aciviies. Vins 5 was among five Sovie dissidens who arrived in New York April 27 and be joined shorly by heir families. Ohers released in exchange for wo Sovie spies are Alexander Ginzburg Eduard Kuznesov Mark Dymshys and Valenyn Moroz. On he Sunday afer he arrived in New York Vins secreary of he dissiden Council of Churches of Evangelical Chrisians - Bapiss (CCECB) in' he Sovie Union a group of abou who broke away from he officially-sancioned All Union Council of Evangelical Chrisians -Bapiss (AUCECB) aended church and Sunday School a Carer's church in Washingon. Also in Washingon Bapis World Alliance Execuive Direcor Rober Denny said "We rejoice in he release of Georgi Vins and all oher prisoners of conscience. Repeaedly since pasor Vins was arresed in 974 he BW A he European Bapis Federaion and he Alliance's member body in he USSR (AUCECB) have inerceded wih Sovie officials in Moscow on behalf of Mr. Vins and an uncouned number of oher Bapiss in Sovie jails... The BWA is ever conscious of he resricions under which many of our Bapis people work for heir faih in many pars of he world. We daily pray for!'nem and heir winess under difficul circumsances." A a New York news conference afer his release a which Elias Golonka Souhern Bapis missionary o he Unied Naions served as his ranslaor Vins said " hank my Lord ha am free. hank Presiden Carer he American Congress and all he Chrisians in he Unied Saes-and all he people of good will who have been inerceding for he persecued Chrisians in he Sovie Union." Then Vins paused smiled and added: " was delighed ha he firs book saw in his hoel in New York was he Bible. For five years was deprived of his book. There is no book ha cherish more. " Vins whom Time magazine has called "courageous and subborn" has been in and ou of jail since 966. His faher also a Bapis miniser died in prison afer hree erms for missionary aciviy he Whie House release said. His moher and son Peer have also been in Sovie prisons. He was arresed in 974 and ried in Kiev in 975 on' charges of defaming he Sovie sae and infringing on he righs of ciizens under he guise of performing religious ceremonies. Vins reporedly in poor healh was senenced o five years of hard labor and five years of exile plus confiscaion of proper y. [' : Ball/is/ Pres OFF TO CAMP by Linda Harris Ginny checked her suicase one more i'!le o make sure she had everyhing she needed. ThiS was he firs ime for Ginny o go o summer camp and she didn' wan o forge anyhing. She read hrough he lis in he camp brochure. "Clohes jacke pajamas oohbrush owels and washclohs noebook Bible flashligh... Oops forgo a flashligh!" She ran ino he kichen. "Mom need a flashligh for camp. The brochure said o brin'g one." Ginny's moher sopped kn~adi~g he bread and washed her hands while she said hink here's one ou in he garage. 'll help you find i. " Togeher Ginny and Mom wen ou in he garage and sared looking. wasn' long before Ginny said " found one ha's red and silver. s ha he righ one?" "Yes" said Moher. "Bring i inside and we'll check he' baeries. need o ge back o my bread. Maybe i will be done before Pasor Anderson co~es o pick you up for camp and you. can have a piece while i's warm." "Mmm. Tha sounds good Mom. like your bread You're such a good mom." Ginny gave her moh~r a big hug. "'m going o miss you and Dad and everybody while 'm a camp." "'m going o miss you oo Ginny. ~u you're a big girl and know you will b~ all ngh. You probably won' even ge homesick said Mom. " hope don' ge homesick. Wha can do so don ' ge homesick?" Ginny asked. "Well firs of all you'll be prey. busy mos of he ime and ha will help a lo. The me when you."... " '.. will mos likely o ge homesick is when you g~ o bed. Then i will help o hink of all he fun hlgs you've been doing. And he bes hing o do o keep from geing homesick is o alk o Go~. He's wih you wherever you go and knows everyhlg you do and hink. He'll be wih you and help you no o be homesick.' "Tha's nice o know Mom." Ginny gave Mom anoher hug. "We all learned a verse in Sabbah Sc~ool ha says 'You are all around me on every Side; you proec me wih your power.' Tha's wha you were hinking abou isn' i?" "Yes Ginny and ha would be a good verse for you o say if you sar o ge homesick because hen you'll know ha God is ak~ng care of. you. Now ~ 's see if ha flashligh works." Gny urned on and a bngh ligh shone from he flashligh. "You know Ginny he reason you're supposed o ake a flashligh is so ha you can see where you are going afer dark. And jus like his flashligh will guide you in he dark God will be wih you o guide you all during camp." "'m glad 'm going o camp ~om: And kn?w won' be homesick because God S g0lg o be Wih me! " Read Psalm 39: -8 and Memorize he same verse ha Ginny memorized verse 5. Then make a lis of he ways God cares for you in Psalm 39. For insance: ) He examines me 2) He knows me. Does your church have a camp ha you can go o? Ask your pasor abou i if you've never been o camp. There are many hings o do a camp and mos campers don' wan o go home when camp is over. 'm sure you'd like i if you go. [] 28 29

16 Sevenh Day Bapis Minisries and Oureach i ~ i 2 Corinhians 9: 6-8 N V "Remember his: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give wha he has decided in his hear o give no relucanly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able o make all grace abound o you so ha in all hings a all imes having all ha you need you will abound in every good work." Since all our income and propery comes from God le us reurn a leas a porion of his o our church and denominaion -His organizaion on earh. How are you now and in he fuure repaying your deb o your Maker? Are you planning your gifs o your church denominaion and oher Chrisian agencies as you do your household budge? f you plan your givihg in a sysemaic way your church and denominaion can esablish heir budges so ha heir plans will maerialize. There are several basic mehods (wih many variaions) by which you can plan your giving -curren and fuure. The mos common mehod is ourigh gifs of money. The amoun should be deermined' on he basis of weekly or monhly income and paid regularly-he firs check o be drawn! As income increases he regular gif should also increase. This regular paymen (he ihe) was expeced in he early church. n addiion special offerings were also o be made. Today our special offerings would include appeals from our boards and agencies associaions camp equipmen and buildings and for specific missionary aciviies-naional and inernaional. The secre of planned curren giving is regulariy. n addiion o gifs from wages or salary dividends or ineres on securiies could be assigned o church or denominaion. This ype of gif helps now o mee regular expenses and makes your conribuion a par of he ongoing church. The second ype of planned giving would be he gif of securiies funds or propery o he Memorial Fund wih he income o be paid o he donor during a saed period or unil deah. A which ime he income would rever o he Fund. This secures he principal for he Fund bu allows he donor he use of he income wihou he worries of invesmen. The hird mehod of planned giving assures he church or denominaion of a fuure gif bu allows he donor he full use of he funds. The donor may include he church and/or he denominaion in his will o receive eiher a specific amoun or a proporion of he esae. Thus he donor has he opporuniy o make a posponed gif which he was unable o give during his earning period. These gifs migh be specific securiies propery or life insurance policies. STEW ARDSHP Sewardship involves ime alens money and maerial. Lef o righ Don Sanford Jon Cruzan Barb Green K.D Hurley and Ann Williams Your sewardship commiee has me wice a Milon o use he process known as "Sory Boarding" o deermine prioriies-led by Richard Shepard. Wrie o he Memorial Board 50 Wachung Ave. Box 868 Plainfield NJ 0706 for informaion on he various mehods of planned giving-presen and fuure. Do you wan o be a par of he acion? Through planned giving you can be depended on o help forward he many projecs of your church and denominaion. [ -Buron Crandall Below are lised some books you or your church may wish o purchase. God's Trusees Diez Charles Behany Press S. Louis MO 976 $3.95. Traveling Ligh McGeachy Pa Abingdon Press Nashville and New York 976 $3.25. Mind Your Own Spending Cowling Ellis Behany Press S. Louis MO 963 $.50. Your Family and s Money Thai Helen and Halco'mb Melinda Houghon Mifflin Revised Ediion Boson 973 $6.95. j J ; Ediorial EDTOR ATTENDS BBLE SOCETY MEETNG was my privilege o represen Sevenh Day Bapiss a he 63rd annual meeing of he American Bible Sociey in New York. The prin~iple speaker was one of Briain's mos highly regarded auhors hu~oriss and criics Malcolm Muggendge. Former edior of Punch magazine Mr. Muggeridge is he auhor of "J~sus: The Man Who Lives" "Somehllg Beauiful for God" and "The Third Tesamen. " He saed ha he Bible "has is gaze fixed on God no on man on ruh no on happenings on he consan force of love no on he flucuaions of power." He conended "and so i can never become oumolded or irrelevan. " The imporance of faih and belief in daily living is an imporan.ene of Mr. Muggeridge's view of Chrislaniy. "For Chrisians he ulimae relevance of he Bible lies in he New Tesamen-in is accoun of he incarnaion and all is momenous sequels " he said. "Wha we call Wesern Civilizaion hus came ino exisence." was rep v. led ha dllring 978 he Unied Bible Socieies disribued m?re han half a billion Scripures which was a 23 percen increase over 977. Sevenh Day Bapiss are happy o have a small par in his vial minisry. As a people who sand frmly on he W. ord of God we should inves!l0~e l!lle and resources in Scripure dlsn~~lon and cerainly one way o do his.s o increase our suppor of he Amencan Bible Sociey. Because of he achievemens of he Bible Sociey during 978 God's. Word is reaching ino he hears and hves of millions of people around he worldye much remains o be done... The Word of God mus penerae ino he hears of all men before he peace of God can reign on ear~. n his closing remarks Mr. Muggendge noed ha he universal and everlasing ruhs of he Bible ranscend maerial and earhly concerns. " hink of Augusine when in his 57h year he news was brough o him ha Rome had been sacked by he barbarians. n worldly erms i was a dire caasrophe; confroned wih i Augusine urned his houghs away from he earhly ciy which had mean so much o him and oward he Ciy of God. This ciy unlike earhly ones men did no build and canno desroy. " [J THE PRESDEN~~S COLUMN -- William R "Bob" Ausili Dodge Cener MN One of he exciing prospecs of meeing a Adrian College is he environmen i provides for worship. While faciliies do no consiue he worship experience hey cer~ainly can conribue o he acual expenence; and a Adrian he faciliies are so designed as o grealy enhance our spiri of celebraion. n he firs place Adnan and herefore our Conference is blessed wih boh an audiorium and a chapel allowing us o ph~sically separae business from ~orshlp. and o ener a more harmollous environmen for our worship experiences.. Secondly he chapel iself is an excepionally fine envir?nmen for worship. Capable of seallg one housand persons and an eigh~voice choir i feaures a dramaic use of sained glass an overall design ha serves o focus he worshipper's aenion on he open Holy Bihle on he alar and 2 loo~ pipe organ o enhance musical worship. The sained glass windows deserve special meni(~n because of he!r narraive impac as well as heir arisic beauy Siing in he sancuary he worshipper is sllrrounded by he sweep of Chrisi~n hl~ory graphically illusraed n sixeen hemaic windows: "God he Faher" "God he Son" "God he Holy Spiri" "The Triniy" "Co.unc~! of Nicea" "Proesan Foundal~n "Chrisian Service" "The Righ o Dissen" and on down hrough he years of Proesan Hisory. Finallv one is surrounded by a worshipi'~l amosphere no only when siing in he chapel bu also when walking on campus for a he end of he campus mall opposie. he chapel sands he Herrick Carillon Tower sending ou o he ca:"p~s and up o he heavens majesl.c sounds of praise o God. And. is here ha Sevenh Day Bapls.s may gaher each evening o ~a~~ he aferglow of he day's ac.lvlles. Come o Adrian o Conference; he only ingredien needed for soulfilling worship experiences is you! [J 30 3

17 / '. '-<Po:.. ~.' (SSN X) 50 Wachung Ave. P.O. Box 868 Plainfield NJ 0706 Second class posage paid a Plainfield N.J THE SABBATH OUR 35h YEAR SEVENTH DAY BAPTST JULY 979 JUL ' '~'--- i' C{JL: f Bl ~. "TAPE'S ROLLNG!" Bill Weber signaled as Pasor Dale and Jane prepared o read he dialog ino he microphone a he WMN sudio downown.. was a new experience developing and aping a hirysecond spo announcemen for radio. The spo was o be broadcas welve imes from Wednesday hrough Sabbah before he firs program of our hireen-week senes. 279 ML'm~ COL~J!: LBRARY. MLTON W WE'RE ON THE AR! Beginning Sunday April 29 and running hrough July "The Word of Truh" will be broadcas every Sunday morning a 0: 00 o'clock over WMN 920-AM in Columbus. WMN is a Muual Nework saion covering a fifeen-couny area in cenral Ohio and reaching over 4000 aduls in any fifeen-minue period. The series of fifeen-minue programs called "Word of Truh" is produced by he American Sabbah Trac Sociey wih Rev. Russell W. Havens as hos. Formaincudes he opening and closing organ heme "God of he Sabbah" a hymn widely idenified wih our churches. Following iniial words of welcome and a musical selecion Pasor Havens presens commens designed o provoke serious hough concerning various subjecs. The programs are divided ino sub-series wih he hemes: God's Book God's Law and God's Day. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM is o inform people as o he exisence of Sevenh Day Bapiss generae ineres in our Biblical and evangelical sand and encourage people o feel welcome and o make conac eiher by wriing for furher informaion (bookles ec.) or by visiing." Each program closes wih an announcemen of our church services and an inviaion o aend or call. Broadcas of "Word of Truh" in Columbus (and simulaneously in Fremon Michigan near Whie Cloud) is made possible hrough he Norh Cenral Associaion and he Trac Sociey. They are paying for he broadcas ime o pilo es he programs. Cos for he broadcass is $040 ($80 per broadcas). plus $380 for he spo announcemens. Newpaper aricles and ads are also being run in he neighborhood and ciy papers o promoe he program. WHAT DO WE DO NOW? Lisen o "Word of Truh"-and encourage friends o do so. Pray ha God will use he program-and use us in appropriae fohow-up. People may be conacing us because of somehing hey heard on he radio! 0 -Jane Thorngale "The grass wihers he flower fades bu he word of our God sands forever" (saiah 40:8 NASB). "''-(:'' "0" c. ; '" :"<';;J:;-i;o/';' '';''~:~'!_ -' ".~' :;!'.J).. :''':~>''i'''';''<''t''"'''("'/'' -;" " C'_' - "