GENERAL CONFERENCE AUGUST 1979

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1 CONFERENCE PUBLCTY Frst of Seres GENERAL CONFERENCE AUGUST Watchung Ave. Box 868 Planfeld N.J (lssn X) Second class postage pad at Planfeld N.J THE SABBATH SEVENTH DAY BAPTST OlJR 135TH YEAR FEBRUARY : The North Cent~al Assocaton wll host General Conference August at Adran College Adran Mchgan. Adran College s a Methodst church-related school wth a student body of approxmately The campus Sm0stly new and has a spacous appearance. Most of the buldngs are of ndana lmestone pleasngly separated by large green lawn areas and landscap~ plantngs..1279!alton COJmE LBRARY lttol W ;356) FEB Worshp servces wll be held n the chapel a new buldng; whch has an ex:cellent organ and pano. Busness sessons and other group meetngs wll be held n the audtorum a short walk from the chapel. 'The audtorum dnng hall and lbrary are ar~ condtoned; dormtores and classrooms are not. The Cty of Adran s located n Southeast Mchgan. t s a.pproxmately 37 mles southeast of Jackson Mchgan;. 70 mles southwest of Detrot; 35 mles northwest of Toledo Oho; and some 80 mles southeast of Battle Creek Mchgan the nearest SDB church. Detrot and Toledo are the closest major arports. The Host Commttee has had lunch on two occasons n the dnng' hall cafetera style and was pleased wth both the quantty and qualty of the food ~nd the pleasant atmosphere. n addton to the regular dnng hall.. there s a large beautful dnng room for any specal occasons banquets etc. Dormtory rooms are clean pleasant and of very ample sze wth two sngle beds n the rooms. All lnens are furnshed. Facltes are down the hall. Adran s a great place to have a great Conference. See you n Adran August 5! -George Parrsh Host Commttee Charman ~;! ; Vlalto.r 'kng ;1' ADRAN COLLEGE MAP ~.'. ''..;.. :.. 1 Jarvs Hall ' 2 Estes Hall 3 Downs Hall 4 Herrck Tower 5 Cornell;ls Hous~ 6 Davs Hall 7 Feeman Hall 8 Stevens Hall 9 Powell Hall 10 Rtche Dnng Annex 11 Rtche Dnng Center 12 Rush Unon 13 Dawson Audtorum 14Peelle Hall of Scence Planetarum Robnson Observatory 15 Jones Hall 16 Shpman Lbrary 17 Mahan Hall 18 RdgeGymnasum 19 Natatorum 20 Admnstraton Buldng 21 Chapel 22 Cargo Hall 23 Hazel Herrck Hall 24 Lowry Hall 25 Goldsmth Health Center 26 Plant Servces Buldng 27 Pellowe Hall 28 Deans Hall 29 North Hall Come now and let us reason together sath the Lord: though your sns be as scarlet they shall be as whte as snow (saah 1: 18)

2 ' FEATURES The Sabbath Recorder Volume 201 No.2 Whole No A covenant s a formal solemn and bndng agreement: compact a wrtten agreement or promse usually under seal between two or more partes especally for the performance of some acton. 3 Church Covenants John D. Bevs 4 Practcng Professors Rev. Francs D. Saunders 7 And That Makes All the Dfference Janet Thorngate 8 Baptst Men's Day of Prayer 9 The Longest Day. Evelyn Bgford Lutz 11 Ponts To Ponder Rev. Charles H. Bond 12 What Does the BW A Mean to SDB's? Dorothy Parrott 13 Summer Chrstan Servce Corps 16 Word of Truth Rev. Russell Havens 17 Spotlght on Australa-New Zealand Rev. Leon R. Lawton 19 Memphs Mnstry 20 The Presdent's Column Bob Austn 20 The Lnk Barbara Snyder 27 A Man Sent from God Claston Bond 28 We Are Able To Possess the Land Rev. A. L. Peat 32 Take a Lesson from Us Joh.n D. Bevs DEPARTMENTS 14 Board of Chrstan Educaton Mary Clare 31 Book Revews John D. Bevs 29 Chldren's Page Lnda Harrs 22 Church n Acton 18 Mssonary Socety Rev. Leon R. Lawton 30 Our World Msson Report 21' Women's Socety Madelne Ftz Randolph 25 Accessons -Denomnatonal'Datelne 26 Marrages -Brths -Obtuares A SEVENTH DAY BAPTST PUBLCATON Publshed monthly by the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety. 510 Watchung Avenue. Box 868. Planfeld NJ Prnted n the U.S.A. Frst ssue June Second class postage pad at Planfeld New Jersey. Subscrptons: Unted States $6.00; foregn $6.50. Sngle copes 50 cents. Specal rates for students retred Seventh Day Baptst mnsters and servce persons. Member of the Assocated Church Press and the Evangelcal Press Assocaton.. does not necessarly endorse sgned artcles. P.O. Box 868 Planfeld NJ JOHN D. BEVS EDTOR Wllam R. Austn Mary G. Clare Lnda D. Harrs K. D. Hurley Rev. Leon R. Lawton Thomas L. Merchant Madelne F. Randolph Rev. Herbert E. Saunders. ADVSORY COMMTTEE Mss Florence B. Bowden Charman; Rev. Charles H. Bond Owen H. Probasco Rev. Donald E. Rchards. NOTCE OF ANNUAL MEETNG The annual meetng of the members of the Seventh Day Baptst Mssonary Socety wll be held at the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church n Westerly R.. on Sunday March at 2:00 p.m. for the followng purposes: 1. To elect votng members a Board of Managers and offcers to hold offce untl the next annual meetng and untl ther successors are elected. 2. To hear. and act upon the reports of the Board of Managers and offcers for the fscal year January to December To ratfy the appontments of ndependent publc accountants for the current fscal year. 4. To consder and act upon other such matters as may properly come before sad meetng or any adjournment thereof. The Board of Managers has fxed the close of busness on March as the tme at whch members enttled to notce thereof and tovote at the meetng and any adjournments thereof shall be determned. -Elston H. Van Horn Secretary W hen a group of Chrstans wth the same basc belefs comes together to organze as a church one of the verv frst thngs they seek to accomplsh s the drawng up of a covenant. The church covenant s an agreement concernng the dutes of the members toward the church and each other. Frequently covenants nclude some doctrnal statements as well. Most Seventh Day Baptst church covenants are bref and smply wrtten. Recently' the Conference commttee on Fath' and Order sent a questonnare to the churches regardng the functon of ther covenants. Some of the questons asked were: When was the covenant adopted? Are new members ntroduced to the covenant pror to jonng the church? Are new members expected to sgn (or agree to) the covenant? s there a renewal of the covenant for the members? and s the covenant used on any perodc bass n worshp and/or study lfe of the church? These questons no doubt wll prove helpful to all as we seek to make our covenant relatonshp wth the church and each other more meanngful. The Mll Yard Church (1617) n England evdently orgnally used the Ten Commandments as ts covenant. The church records show ' that 'on. the frst day of the month (September 1698) the Ten Commandments were set up n the meetnghouse.' n 1704 the Ten Commandments together wth Matt. 5: 19; Rev. 12: 17; 14: 12 are mentoned' n such a way as to leave the mpresson that these were the Church's Artcles of Fath; and ndeed t seems never to have had any other. CHURCH COVENANTS by ] ohn D. Bevs We have not been able to locate a covenant as such for the Newport R.l. (1671) church. However the Pscataway N.J. church founded n 1705 no doubt gves a clear vew of covenants n colonal tmes among Seventh Day Baptsts. Ths covenant s enttled Artcles of Fath. We beleve that unto us there s bul one God the Father and one Lord Jesus Chrst who s the medator bel ween God ana manknd and that the Holy Ghost s the Sprt of God. 1 Cor. 3: 6 1 Tm. 2: 5 2 Tm. 3:6 2 Peter 1: We beleve that all Scrptures of the Old and New Testaments gven by nspraton are the word of God-2 Pel. 1: Tm. 3: 16 Mark 7: 13 1 Thess. 2: 13 Acts4: and are the rule of fath and practce. m. We beleve that the Ten Commandments whch were wrtten on two tables. stone by the fnger of God contnue to be the rule of rghteousness unto all men. Matt. 5: Malach 4:4 James 1:21 Rom. 7:25 Rom. 3:31 Rom. 13:8 910 ph.6:2. V. We beleve the sx prncples recorded n Hebrews 6: 1 2 to be the rule of fath and practce. V. We beleve that the Lord's Supper ought to be admnstered and receved n all Chrstan churches. Luke 2: 19 1 tor. 11: V. We beleve that all Chrstan churches ought to have church offcers n them as elders and deacons. Ttus 1: 5 Acts 6: 3. Vll. We beleve that all persons thus belevng ought to be baptzed n wat.er by dppng or plungng after confesson s made by them of ther fath n the above sad thngs. Mark 1:4 5 Acts 2:38 Acts 8:37 Rom. 6:3 4 Col. 2: 12.2 One of our newest congregatons Central S.D.B. n Upper Marlboro MD (1978) has the followng covenant: We the members of the Central Seventh Day Baptst Church as followers of Jesus Chrst do solemnly covenant: To accept the salvaton of God through the grace of Jesus Chrst and through no works of our own; To. accept as members of the famly of God Hs forgveness and love n our relatonshps; To care for one another as Chrstan brothers and ssters through joys.and grefs n the experences of lfe; To accept the Bble as the nspred revelaton of God provdng gudance for our lvng; To partake of the Holy Sacraments partcpatng n Chrst 5 resurrecton through Baptsm by mmerson and experencng the assurance of God's forgveness through the Lord's Supper tll He come; To celebrate God's everlastng gft of each Sabbath Day as our tme of refreshng for He the Lord Most Hgh s here; To delght n sharng the gfts that God has gven each of us for the good of the Church that the kngdoms of ths world mght become the kngdoms of our Lord and of Hs Chrst. Amen. No doubt as churches reexamne ther covenants some wll need revson n vew of the current feelngs and atttudes of the congregaton. n churches where the covenant s seldom used we would suggest at least a yearly readng perhaps n the form of a renewal servce. The church n Salem W.. Va. has done ths for some years and dscovered that t s very meanngful to verbally' renew the covenant wth fellow. belevers. May God bless us as we not only revew our church covenants but also our personal commtment to God and the buldng up of Hs kngdom durng J 3

3 - { f f ~. { The sermon topc appearng at head of ths wrtng notwth-. standng our ntent s nether to cast aspersons nor to toss bou-. quets n the drecton of those of the teachng professon. We take am rather at the consstency or lack of t n the moral behavour of all who have confessed Jesus Chrst as Lord and who consequently consder themselves Chrstan.?' Wth the emergence of nnumerable groups both nsde and outsde the ~rganzed church the nsttuton f you please the number of so-called professors of the Chrstan fath s legon. From the Scrpturally mmoral sectors whch practce such thngs as homosexualty free love and common-law marrage through the gamut of all the other so desgnated human freedoms many of whch ndulge n personal and materal explotaton the confessors Who cry out to Jesus Lord Lord are beyond countng. Klaus Bockmuhl' wrtng for Chrstanty Today's Current Relgous Thought has an artcle enttled CHRSTANTY HAS A MORAL BACKBONE.) n ths' artcle he lsts' three major ssues whch evangelcalsm today faces. Frst the queston of socalsm PRACTCNG PROFESSORS by Rev. Francs D. Saunders Berea West Vrgna and ts appeal to the younger generaton of evangelcals. Second the queston of the authorty of. the Scrpture and thrd to whch hs artcle s addressed moral lcense spreadng secretly a knd of evangelcal lawlessness that produces a Chrstanty wthout a change of lfe. He goes on to assert We need to face the fact that the landslde of mmoralty has reached the Church. Later n the same wrtng he says Many people never seem to be taught just what converson means. They regster a decson for Chrst but there s no content to t. Converson s a change of mood' of frends of opnons but not of daly lfe. t does not reach the level of behavour. t does not ncl ude moral change. Whle s may be. that the men. n the pulpt ncludng ths wrter have n days past done a dsservce to Jhe body of Chrst the Church through neglectng to adequately proclam the Person and power of the Holy Sprt t may be that today we. are dong an even greater dsservce n falng to relate that Person and that power to moral behavour n keepng wth the teachngs of Jesus Chrst and the Word of God. THE MORAL BACKBONE OF OUR FATH There are any number of Scrpture texts whch mght be adopted as a bass for our thnkng today. have chosen one whch to me s most pertnent because t comes as an admonton from the One who s the very center of our professon. Jesus sad Not everyone who sath unto me 'Lord Lord' shall enter nto the kngdom of heaven; but he that doeth the wll of my Father whch s n heaven.2 We mght have gone however to the wrtngs of Paul and used hs Now are ye lght n the Lord: walk as chldren of lght.3 On the other hand we mght have chosen the words of James Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only decevng yourselves.4 Whatever text mght be chosen however the admonton s bascally the same namely: The one who professes Chrst as Lord and Savor should back up hs professon by practcng the clear teachng of Jesus and the word of truth contaned n the Scrptures. n the Bockmuhl artcle from whch we have already quoted we fnd these words: We need to reaffrm that Chrstanty has a moral backbone. The Chrstan fath s nseparably joned wth God's absolute moral standards and wth a change of our relatonshp to socety. n the New Testament truth s alled wth justce and opposed to lawlessness. Accordng to Chrst the very truth of Hs message can only be dscovered n ts obedent applcaton. He here refers to John 7: 17 and the words of Chrst -f any man wll do hs wll he shall know of the doctrne whether t be of God or whether speak of myself. Mr. Bockmuhl contnues: Paul taught 'Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from nquty' (2 Tm. 2: 19). There can be no Chrstan fath wthout dstnct moral consequences.~' n the framework of the teachngs of Jesus Chrst and the Holy Scrptures t s evdent that a smple!ro!e~sonf!f fath on the part of the mdlvldualls not necessarly accompaned by consstent practce. So t s that Jesus affrms NOr everyone who sath unto me 'Lord Lord ' shall enter. nto the Kngdom ~f Heaven. SQ t s also that He sets a condton upon those who. profess to sncerely love Hm 'f ye love me keep my commandments. 5 Paul also put a condton on sprtualty by sayng f we lve n the Sprt let us also walk n the Sprt. n the Ephesan passage already quoted he declares Now are ye lght n the Lord but adds walk as chldren of lght ndcatng t seems to me that there may be some who clam to be the chldren who are not enterng nto the walk. Lkewse the James quotaton Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only seems to suggest that there are hearers who have lttle or no part n dong. Whle t may be Scrpturally evdent that smple fath s set as the frm crteron for enterng the Kngdom t s also equally evdent that the professon of such fath s meant to ssue n a changed lfe wth Godpleasng behavour. John's Whowever beleveth n hm should not persh but have everlastng lfe6 taken n the context of all of the teachngs of the beloved dscple means much more than a smple uncommtted professon of belef. t ncludes also a dlgent walkng n the way and example of the Master whose name s confessed. Agan the same dscple says As many as receved hm to them gave he power to become sons of God. 7 assume that becomng sons means ''obedent sons. We can see from the wrtngs of Paul that salvaton comes to the nc;lvdual as a gft from God not dependent upon works. Hs declaraton By grace are ye saved through fath 8sets the scene for the salvaton of the snner and hs further confess'on and conce'pt All have snned and come short of the glory of God9 ndcates the unversal need; however the very ncluson of the element of sn assumes the fact that there s a better way and that a hgher moral standard should be the norm for behavour on the part of the one who confesses Chrst. Now t s true that wth the nflux of so many dfferng and often contrary Chrstan 'deologes t s possble for the professor to practce what choose to label cheap grace meanng that the professon of fath s not accompaned by a practce of the precepts of the same..' OBEDENCE THROUGH LOVE n the framework of the teachngs of Jesus Chrst and the Holy Scrptures professon and practcng ChrsTanty nvolve obedence to the revealed wll of God. Agan n our text 4 5

4 Jesus emphatcally affrms that the one who wll enter nto the Kngdom s he that doeth the wll of my Father whch s n heaven. t logcally follows that dong the wll of God s contngent upon knowng what s the wll of God. Both the Old and the New Testaments of the Bble provde ample evdence that the precepts embraced n the Ten Commandments form the bass for the wrtten revelaton of God's wll. Somehow the words of the Psalmst rng persstently n our ears The law of the Lord s perfect convertng the soul. 10 Gvng dlgent attenton to the answer Jesus gave to one who asked Whch s the greatest commandment of the law? we fnd that the love prncple whch He emphaszed covers the complete set of prncples ncluded n the two tablets of Old Testament law. To love God wth all the heart. soul mnd and strength was not only the avowed teachng of the Son of Man; t was also the appled prncple and purpose of Hs very beng. Thus the frst responsblty of the practcng professor s toward God hs Maker. Havng no other gods before Hm; not makng any mages or holdng any objects to worshp; not takng Hs name vanly; gvng sprtual attenton n keepng the Sabbath as holy tr).e; all ths s evdence that we have heard Chrst mplorng f ye love me keep my commandments 12 and have responded. Lkewse Jesus' second love prncple Thou shalt love thy neghbor as thyself was not only Hs avowed teachng but was most rchly exemplfed n Hs dealngs wth Hs fellow men. He sad The Son of man s come to seek and' to save that whch was lost 13and the. day by day performng of Hs' tasks s a testmony to Hs never-laggng love. Concernng the mportance of the law Jesus n that most mpressve of Chrstan documents the Sermon on the Mountsad Thnk not that am come to destroy the law or the prophets: am not come to destroy but to fulfll. For verly say unto you Tll heaven and earth pass one jot or tttle shall n no wse pass from the' law untl all be fulflled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least n the kngdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great n the kngdom of heaven. 14 There s no place for doubt as to what law He has reference to as He pcks out specfcs from the ten and gves them true sprtual nterpretaton. Ye have heard that t was sad of them of old tme 'Thou shalt not kll; thou shalt not commt adultery' and whle t s true that He lsts other specfcs not lterally quoted from the ten all are closely connected wth the hgh standard of moral behavour He expects from those who profess Hs name ths same standard havng ts concepton n the law whch He came not to destroy but fll full of meanng. Concernng ths obedence prncple both Paul and James lend ther support. Paul's walk as chldren of lght speaks of consstent. moral behavour and he strongly emphaszed ths n wrtng to the Romans Be not conformed to ths wor14: but be ye transformed by the renewng of your mnd that ye may prove what s that good and acceptable and perfect wll of God. 15 One of the lessons personally have had to learn wth my health condton s to walk daly. Probably the frst queston the doctor asks me when go for appontment s Are you walkng every day? have found that when fal to walk daly feel the results of my neglect. How true ths s also n the matter of the sprtual walk of the Chrstan. Daly consstent moral behavour brngs sprtual health and satsfacton... Lkewse James' Be ye doers of the word s an admonton to obedence to the wll of God.. n the framework oj the teachngs of Chrst and the Holy Scrptures the Chrstan who practces hs professon enters nto the Kngdom. Ths s vtally mportant for the phrase enter nto the Kngdom has ~9th present and future connotatons. When John wrtes He that hath the Son hath lfe16 he affrms that the very acceptance of Chrst wth ts connotaton of the new brth has todo wth a new qualty n contemporary lvng. The same s the essence of hs declaraton Now are we the' sons of God! '; 17 There s somethng noble and beautful n the change whch has taken place n the belever's. experence. He has n a very real sense entered nto the Kngdom of God. Sprtually although he s stll present among. the same people vewng the same scenery and expendng the same tme he s n another world. That s hs purposes are ne~ hs d.es~es are dfferent the qualty of hs hfe s superor. Ths s precs~ly what Paul was referrng to when he spoke of the Chrstan as beng transformed by the r~newng of your mnds. The professor's allegance has been redrected toward Jesus Chrst now enthroned as Kng of hs lfe. A present enterng nto the Kngdom f you wll. t s sure however that there s a future Kngdom whch wll be even more glorous than that whch here and now we enjoy as the result of our professon and our practce. As Paul asserts to the Cornthans f n ths lfe only we have hope n Chrst we are of all men most mserable. 18 The Easter proclamaton of the unversal Church attests to the hstorcal fath poston t holds n regard to the Kngdom yet to come. Thus Jesus promses n my Father's' house are many mansons: f t were not so would have told you. go to prepare a place for you. And t go and prepare a place for you wll come agan and receve you unto myself; that where am there ye may be also.19 Ths we beleve and we all affrm wth John Beloved now are we the sons of God and t doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when He shall appear we shall be lke hm for we shall see hm as He s. 20 t may be that there are those who are so heavenly mnded as to be of no earthly good but t cannot be so sad of the Chrstan who s a practcng professor of hs fath. Ths then s the purpose of ths message: that all of us who really love Jesus Chrst and have accepted Hm as Savor and Lord of our lves mght become most actvely nvolved n fulfllng the wll of God n our daly lves; that the qualty of our lvng mght be patterned after the teachngs of God's revealed wll and the perfect example of Jesus Chrst our Lord. May ths be our constant prayer that as professors of the Chrstan fath we mght be practcng the Chrstan lfe. 0 1 CHRSTANTY TODAY October p Matthew 22: 36ff 2 Matthew 7:21 12 John 14: 15 3 Ephesans 5: 8 13 Luke 19: 10 4 James 1:22 5 John 14: Matthew5: Romans 12:2 6 John 3: 16 7 John 1:12 16 John 5: John3:2a 8 Ephesans 2: 8 9 Romans3:23 18 Cornthans 15: John 14:23 10 Psalm 19: John3:2 FROM THE TME we were greeted at the door. had a dfferent type of feelng than any that 'd ever had George says a warmth that pulled us lke a magnet. The frst person we met was Mr. BG.nd Shrley remembers. Uooked n hs face and t had that certan glow. 't's her~' thought. 't's happenng here.' We came back and started growng n the love of the people. here and n the Lord. GEORGE AND SHRLEY CHAMBERLN had both been baptzed early n lfe~ George n a Seventhday Adventst church and Shrley n a Baptst church but nether had been nvolved wth a church for some tme. After a perod of serous famly problems they went ther separate ways. When we went back together felt the Lord wanted us to worshp together as a famly Shrley says. J( n tryng to make another go oft George recalls we went to the church Shrley had been attendng. just ddn't feel comfortable there and felt n my heart that should worshp on Sabbath. had heard of a Seventh Day Baptst church so we checked the yellow pages-and there t was! The Chamberlns frst vsted n August and joned the church n December but George says that by the second Sabbath he had decded what he needed n hs lfe. Lfe had been one blow after another he says. So much n my lfe couldn't be explaned. Why dd thngs happen? was gong about the world n the wrong way. can't do t wthout Chrst. The Seventh Day Baptst Church has helped show me the way.... and that makes all the dfference. by Janet Thorngate Columbus Ono! The Chamberlns receve the rght-hand-of-fellowshp from the pastor after beng accepted as members and sgnng the church covenant. THE CHURCH S WORKNG together Shrley mantans. Famles need to partcpate together. The church tself s a famly. We can learn from others and grow and become a part of each other. t's really gven us a dfferent way of lookng at a lot of thngs. GEORGE AND SHRLEY have a daughter Karen. One of ther frst requests was for a dedcaton of Karen to God. Karen s four and has the abundant energy of. most four-year-olds wth perhaps an extra measure of wld magnaton. George s employed as a freman for the Mffln Townshp Fre Department. Shrley s a nurse techncan but she has not worked as such snce Karen was born.' The famly's favorte pastme s to take long walks together especally n the snow. George plays the gutar and sngs (mostly country musc) and Shrley lkes to cook and experment n the ktchen (' 'Poor George she laughs). She also enjoys her loyal Boston terrer. But so ntany thngs that were so mportant before just aren't mportant now she notes. She has developed a specal nterest n workng wth older people and s excted about the dea of a senor ctzens daycare center. feel the people n the church really care for each other she says. That's what t's about-carng. THNGS HAVE LOQKED UP George agrees. ddn't gan rches or money. 've ganed some self-respect. 'm just thankful to ths church for ther warmth. We had a lot of trouble. But the Lord s wth us now and that makes all the dfference

5 Saturday Aprl BAPTST MEN'S WORLDWDE DA Y OF WTNESS A'~D PRA YER. r---strvng Together n Prayer'-' - n a world that s torn by ts many dvsons where dsunty prejudce envy greed and hatred are evdent n all socetes and among all people the People of God strve' for unty n servce and wtness to the glory of the Name of Jesus Chrst. Baptst men unted together n the Baptst Men's movement have long realzed the serousness and urgency of Chrst's call and have dedcated themselves to H s glorous servce. Dspersed as we are n countres across the wde world dvded as we are by dstance and by language we nevertheless proclam the unty there s n Chrst the Savour. Further Baptst men beleve and proclam that we are never more unted than when we jon n common cause n prayer. The Baptst Men's Worldwde Day of Wtness and Prayer provdes just the very opportunty to demonstrate togetherness and a unty of concern and purpose. The Apostle Paul speaks to the Romans n Chapter 15:30 of the epstle urgng them to strve together wth me n your prayers. n the same strong words the call goes out today to the men of our churches and congregatons to enter nto the call of the Kngdom n the ongong every moment every day every place battle aganst the evls of the Kngdom of ths World. Aprl s the day! Your home and your church s the place! YoL wll know the areas of prayer concern whch surround you. They must have a place n our prayer program. However on ths partcular day and at ths partcular tme we are called to remer:nber.each other and to share n the concern and needs the aspratons and hopes of each other worldwde. MEN'S DEPARTMENT OBJECTVES' JUL Y = Encourage men to realze the mportance of gettng nvolved n ther local church.. 2. Encourage men n every assocaton unon conventon or country to be nvolved n aggressve evangelstc lay wtness penetraton. 3. Encourage men n all areas around the world to set asde one day each year for a Baptst Men's Worldwde Day of Wtness and Prayer to develop a real concern for each other. 4. Encourage close nvolvement of laymen wth ther pastors to work together as a team--that all may feel a part of the work of the Men's Department. 5. Encourage our Baptst men to have local regonal and contnental ralles and to organze and promote the World Conference of Baptst Men every fve years. KEEP THESE N MND ASYOU PRAY' Dear Fellow Baptsts: The Charman's Message We urge you as a body of Chrstans to get together a group of concerned Baptst men for a prayer tme on Aprl or as close to that date as possble. Ths group could be members wthn one church several churches or.even an assocaton. At ths meetng use the attached materal as gudance for your program but remember ths s prmarly a tme of prayer and grdng ourselves for wtnessng. At these meetngs an offerng s taken wth one-half of t beng sent to the Men's Department of the Baptst World Allance and one-half to the Natonal unon qonventon or assocaton. The address of the Men's Depa(tment s as follows: Baptst World Allance 1628 Sxteenth Street N. W. Washngton D. C May God bless you as we utlze ths day to brng Glorv to Hs Name. Stephen S. Steeves ----~--. SOME SUGGESTONS FOR CONVENTON LEADERS AND MEN'S GROUP ORGANZERS 1. The day s suggested as a target tme for our gettng together. t certanly would be good to know that at the same tme on.thq. same day Baptst men were gathered strvng together n prayer. As good as t mght appear t s mpossble. The movement of the sun wth ts ensung tme factor spols ths possblty. Therefore f we cannot do that then arrange your comng together as s most convenent to your local' stuaton. An enrly mornng watch a breakfast an evenng meetng or even as some do share an all-nght prayer vgl..: 2. Prepare well ahead and prepare carefully. Prevous preparaton must see that the day the place and the pu~pose are wdely advertsed. For program materal wrte to the Men's Department of the Baptst World Allance 1628 Sxteenth Street N.W. Washngton D. C When people ask Only a day of prayer? What happens after that? they are askng a good queston. The Day of Prayer provdes an excellent opporturty for the launchng ofa wtness and outreach program or th~ commencement of a servce project. n consderng th!.s the leader mght want to consult wth the pastol as to the way the whole church could become nvolved. t coul.d ~e not only a Day of Prayer but a DayJf Begnnngs. Mv wfe' Arbutus gan' the clot h one ast floursh and then stepped back to aclll-e hel' hghly polshed dnng room table. Perfect she sad aloud. That polsh makes t look jllst lke nl''v'. Now for the chars. She began rubbng the hack of onl' char as though she had a grudge aganst t. Suddenly shl' stopped. ' A vocl' seehled to be sayng Remember the sabhath day to kcep t holy... All mornlg she had heen tryng to push that phrase out of her mnd. She just ddn't want to thnk about t. f her hushand and her sster were gong to work she had reasoned how could she keep the Sabbath ~ She mght as well work too. Besdes she was gong to be hostess for the neghborhood party that evenng and the house had to look just rght. She had thought the work would keep her from thnkng thnkng that today was Saturday. The sabbath of the Lord thy God the voce was sayng agan. n t thou shalt not do any work. Arbutus was learnng that wor~ doesn't keep one from thnkng. When she fnshed the chars she went nto th(~ lvng room sat down wearly and looked at her watch. t was a few mnutes before twelve. Church would soon be gettng out. Why hadn't she been there? Why had she hroken the Sabbath by cleanng house? As the tears flled her eyes and splled down over her cheeks Arbutus wondered how t had all begun. by Warren Bgford as told to Eve lynbgford Lutz She and her sster Esther had attended church regularly as chldren. They never mssed Sabhath servces at the ule church n a small Wsconsn town. Crowng up they had been baptzed and gradually had taken on varous responsbltes n the chureh. One Sabbath a new faee nppt'ared at church - mne. had been n the church only a short tme and had (OlW from llnos to work for a famly n the eo01- llunty. Arbutus and were at- -Reprnted wth permsson of the author from Bble Advocate a publcaton of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Denver CO. 9

6 tracted to each other from the start and n due tme our frend-. shp rpened nto courtshp and marrage. Eventually had decded to return to Mchgan my home state. had hopes of obtanng a better payng job. Shortly after our ar-.. rval there my wfe's parents and s$ter came also. Esther too was hopng to get a good job snce she longed for the clothes and the lttle luxures so dear to the hearts of young women. Thngs had been dsappontng however. was a carpenter but the local bulders hred only men whose' work they knew. They seemed unwllng to take the chance of lettng me prove what could do. tred several other knds /of work. None were steady or lucratve. Esther had found thngs no smoother. Dong housework for an rrtable old woman was the only work she had been able to obtan though she had flled out nnumerable applcatons. Lookng. after the lttle rented house and carng for our baby had kept my wfe busy enough but v-. ng n the cty certanly wasn't the adventure she had thought t would be. The one brght spot had been the neghborhood partes. Not long after we moved n the neghbors had nvted us to the get-togethers held n a dfferent home each S~turday nght. We decded to go although we knew they would probably not be the sort of thng we should attend. At least the neghbors had been more frendly than the church members we told ourselves. There was no drnkng at the partes. had feared there mght be so we overlooked the other features that were not accordng. to our standards. n the begnnng the smoke bothered Arbutus but she soon got used to that. We looked forward to these gatherngs whch were the only socal lfe we had.. One day appled for work at an automoble factory. much preferred workng outdoors' to workng wthn the confnes of a factory but had heard they were hrng and was desperate. Naturally was jublant when the clerk n the employment offce told me You can start work tomorrow mornng. Hs next sentence chlled my exuberance however. You'll be glad to know he sad cheerly that you'll get n plenty of overtme for we're workng seven days a week. But -' cal't work on Saturday stammered. The clerk's 'frendly expresson suddenly changed as he stated flatly You'll have to work every day Saturday ncluded or you don't get the job. There are plenty of other men who'll be glad to get the work. Make up your mnd - take't or leave t!. My heart sad No you can't work on Sabbath but my head sad You have to support your famly. The struggle wth my conscence was bref as the clerk wated mpatently for my answer. '''ll take t sad. Strangely enough my sster-nlaw's luck had changed that same week. Esther had been notfed that her applcaton for t was so gradual. Frst we neglected famly worshp and studyng the Bble. work at a new varety store had been accepted and she was to begn work on ther openng day Saturday. She had hoped to begn durng the week and prove herself so dlgent that the manager would be wllng to grant her Sabbaths off. But now t would be mpossble to do ths. What could she do? She certanly ddn't want to work on Sabbath and yet here was an opportunty for steady employment and '''a chance for advancement for those wllng to accept responsblty accordng to the newspaper ad she had answered. Wth ths glowng opportunty at hand she felt she couldn't bear to face the scrubbng and dustng for that crotchety old woman any more. Perhaps later on when she had become establshed at the store the manager would be more wllng to let her have Sabbaths off. She must b~ there on openng day she reasoned. As my wfe sat ponderng the stuaton we were all n she tred to remember just when our sprtual experence had begun to deterorate. t was so gradual. Frst ( we neglected famly worshp and studyrrg the Bble. Fnally we were stayng tway from church much more often than we attended. Now we were even breakng the Sabbath. f we had been lvng as we should ths would never have happened Arbutus sobbed aloud. We mustn't go on lke ths or we'll be lost. Droppng to her knees she began to pray. She poured out her heart to her heavenly Father beggng Hm to forgve her for drftng away from Chrstan prncples and askng for strength to brng her lfe nto harmony wth Hs wll. At the factory that mornng my day had begun lke any other - by punchng the tme clock. But somehow as saw the abbrevaton for Saturday - SA T - over the date the letters seemed to leap out at 'me.. As stood starng at them a voce seemed to sav to me Remember the sabhath day... n t Thou shalt not do any work. But must work my mnd was answerng or 'll lose my job. shoved the tme card back nto the rack and stalked over to my place on the assembly lne. Some of the men worked wth were qute relgously nclned. They were members of churches. One was a Sunday school teacher but he had been excused recently because hs pastor understood that he had to work on Sunday now. That was reasonable. A man had to support hs famly. vaguely wshed could somehow be as conscence free to work that day as they would be to work the next. One of the men began to whstle. Why dd t seem' to annoy me? often whstled at work myself. just ddn't feel lke whstlng today. Qh why ddn't he stop that? Suddenly re~lzed why hs whstlng bothered me - he was whstlng a hymn. The work we were dong was ol sandng. After the automoble' bodes were spray panted they were dred n a large hake oven. The next operaton was the ol sandng. Naturally the pant fumes were strong n the whole department. Strctly No Smokng sgns were clearly vsble n many places. Stll some of the men would go behnd the bake oven and have a smoke when the foreman wasn't around. t hadn't bothered me too much however untl that Saturday mornng overheard one of the older workmen swearng at them for sneakng back there to smoke. Y ou lght a match at just the rght tme n these pant fumes and you'll blow ths place to peces he sad. That made me do some serous thnkng. Probably nothng lke that would happen. But f a dsaster should occur ' certanly wasn't ready to de. Why had broken the fourth commandment? Hadn't proved n the past that f kept God's commands He would take care of me? Why had. doubted Hm? Flled wth remorse slently prayed that f God would protect me that day and gve me another chance would never work on another Sabbath come what may. Across town n the new store Esther was surrounded by the holday atmosphere of an openng day. The store was crowded wth customers and she was kept busy watng on those who made purchases at her counter. n the exctement she could almost forget that t was the Sabbath - almost hut not qute. She seemed to be hearng the fourth commandment repeatedly Remember the sabbath day to keep t holy. '.. but she wouldn't lsten. Tryng to drown out that nner voce she began to hum along wth the tune comng from the nearby musc counter at frst not notcng what t was. Wth a start she realzed that t was Nearer My God to Thee. Tears came to her eyes. How could she be nearer to God clerkng n a store on Sabbath'? nstead she was drawng. farther away from Hm. Oh why wasn't she n church sngng that hymn nstead of lstenng to t blarng over'~ crowded store '? There must have been other songs played that day. To Esther t seemed that 'Nearer My God to. Thee was the only tune comng from the musc counter. The words beat upon her bran. t was the l6ngest day she had ever spent and the shortest job she ever had. When at last t came tme to clo~e the store she kn~w what she must do. cannot come to work on. another Saturday she told the manager. Hs answer was just as fnal. Then you wll have to be replaced. She left the store wth mxed emotons. Dscouraged and dsapp()nted about losng the job that had seemed so promsng a few hours before she was happy that she had decded never to work on Sabbath agan. When reached home that day at once told my wfe of my decson not to work on another Sabbath regardless of consequences. Ponts To Ponder '''m so happy for that dear Arbutus heamed at me. Now we can make a fresh start together. Then she told me of her own thoughts and feelngs of the mornng and how n the afternoon she had prayed for me and for Esther. H a r d y -h a d w e fn s h e d exchangng the day's experences when Esther came n. was just fred she stated. She looked tred but her eyes were shnng. Learnng about Esther's day n the store remembered that the annoyng hymn my fellow workman had been whstlng that day was also Nearer My' God to Thee. The fact that the hymn was popular at the tme had certanly worked together for good n mpressng our hearts. Dd all the events of that day just happen? We don't thnk so. None of us were surprsed to learn that my wfe's mother had also spent much ofthe day on her knees' prayng for her wayward chldren. Ths happened many years ago. None of us ever agan worked on the Sabbath.' There have been many evdences through the years that our heavenly Father has rewarded us wth Hs blessngs. 0 WLL T WORK? The Golden Rule says Whatsoever you would that men should do to you do you even so to them... '''' Matt. 7: 12. Some years ago n Cncnnat there was a man who came to be known as Golden Rule Nash. When he bought a clothng busness t was operatng at a loss. Ths man called n hs employees and told them. that n the future the busness was to be operated' accordng to the Golden Rule. He mmedat~ly' rased the wages of all the employees; some of them receved pay two and three tmes as 'much as before. mmedately they took a new nterest n the work and the busness prospered. At the end of the frsty~ar they had taken n three tmes as much proft as before. Then the company began a plan of Proft Sharng/~. and the ones who were makng the largest salares even: asked that ther wages be reduced. Salesmen urged the owner to put up the prces of suts because' they' were becomng so popular but he wanted to share also wth those who bought them. Mr. Nash proved that the Golden Rule was one whch would work n the busness world f t were gven a' chance. T WLL ALSO WORK FOR YOU. ) 10 ' T' ' (! _ 14r:.7-l't 11d~~1 )t~![%:.~r~~~zj'l~;;.?:l k-~~~~ J:;;$..tA'9't;;;~~;;J..;1f;{::-';;;~:Z;'~;:;.!;:::'-' :.';';; r'-''o.~ 2'.'~/~ 7t!;..~~' :./<'; ' ~;.r: -. ~ '. ''

7 ! ' f only all the 1.hands that reach could touch.. :. s esc U H EO M R R R M J V P 'L '. E' S S 'R T C E A N.-1. ) ~' 1 ( ' 'f' NEEDED: Workers Projects Love Gfts ' '- 'v'. MAl GFTS TO: Mrs. Jane Bottoms 1118 Ravenwood Rd. Boulder CO MAl APPLCATONS TO: K. Duane Hurley 510 Watchung Ave. Box 868 Planfeld NJ '. 1.-:::1.:'.. :'-e':-' '.;.r..'

8 c Jesus sad Go ye nto all the world and preach the gospel. Our denomnaton s helpng the Chrstan Church accomplsh ths goal through our home and foregn mssons. We also share n spreadng the gospel when we cooperate wth the Baptst World Allance. February 4 (February 3 for SOB's) was the date for observng the efforts of Baptsts n tellng the Good News around the world. n hs Presdent's Message Davd Y. K. Wong Presdent BW A concludes The Baptst World Allance has much to say to us as we seek.to share Chrst's message wth the world. f we are ever to brng God's lght to all corners of the world we must not be dvded. We cannot work alone we must work together. Accordng to reports n the December ssue of The Baptst World there are baptzed belevers n churches n 140 countres alled n ths nternatonal organzaton. t s thrllng to read the account of Robert Denny (General Secretary BWA) of hs vst to Europe ncludng Austra East Germany Poland and the USSR. We n the U.S.A. take our relgous freedom so for granted we fal to realze how dffcult t s for Chrstans n many parts of the world. We know lttle of the persecuton they suffer because they contnue to worshp our Lord n spte of the dffcultes. By means of our prayers and fnancal contrbutons we can support such efforts of the BW A the Blly Graham Crusades and others n makng t possble for more people to come to Chrst. Secretary Denny says Although we are separated by language culture and poltcal systems we are together n the Sprt of Chrst. Several revval teams went out to wtness followng a youth encounter n Ecuador where Baptst youth What Does the BW A Mean to Us as Seventh Day Baptsts? by Dorothy Parrott... from several South Amercan countres met'n an encounter descrbed as a tme of sprtual renewal and dedcaton. We have partcpated n the Baptst World Allance Relef Fund through our contrbutons to SDB Unted Relef Fund. We do not have the resources or the expertse to be on the scene when dsasters occur but BWA does. All Baptsts workng together are a powerful force n helpng releve sufferng n the world. At Conference we were made aware of the BWA mmunzaton program to eradcate chldhood dseases from the world. A porton of our Love Gft went to support ths project. BW ARF s callng for contrbutom to rase a fund of $ to buy Bbles for Russa. Baptsts n the U.S.S.R. have been granted permsson to mport 'Bbles and 5000 concordances n the Russan language (Baptst World p. 1 December 1978). Samson E. Khama from Cameroon n an artcle n the Baptst World says Baptst World Allance... s callng on Baptsts... to rse up and walk. -To walk n love. -To walk n unty. -To walk n harmony. -To walk n purty. -To walk n the lght. -To walk n vctory. Let's be knowledgeable about ths fellowshp of Chrstans we belong to and lend our support n whatever way we can whether t's n the Men's Fellowshp Women's Unon Youth actvtes or relef efforts. The meetng of the Fourteenth BaptscWorld Conference n Toronto July wll surely be an nspratonal tme. t's mportant. for SOB's to be there and share n the fellowshp and the commtment to spread the gospel to all parts of the world. 0 ' :';. ( t J l f l' '1;' / f' < '.... { J ' '.. 1 ' ~; f' (: -: '-. ' '-.; r p '1 r () A 1' 'J H H R r'1 '>t :. ' ' P j S. l 1 l ~' ' l'! f l: ;!~ () r~'~ ================================================ ' >.. ~1 12

9 1! Thy Word s a lght A CHRSTAN MNSTRY N THE NATONAL PARKS Chrstan Mnstry n Natonal' Parks extends the. msson and mnstry of the church wth people n lesure n natonal parks forests resort areas places of unque and spectacular beauty where mllons of people lve work and vacaton.. Ths mnstry serves: Government personnel and ther famles who lve n these areas to protect and nterpret them; students and professonal resort workers who are employed to operate the resort facltes durng the vacaton season summer and wnter; mllons of vstors who come to enjoy the great natural wonders. t s wth all these people often solated from mmedate contact wth local churches that ths mnstry. cooperates to brng Chrstan worshp and mnstry. Ths mnstry s a unque opportunty: -to nnovate to meet unusual needs to help solve unexpected problems. -to spend an eght-hour workng day sde by sde wth those you serve as worker-prests. -to lead nterdenomnatonal servces of worshp n unusual and scenc settngs. -to serve among 'park Vstors both' to those who come to commune wth nature and those Who seek to escape from the workng routne. -to work wth college students many of whom are experencng. strange new stuatons and styles of lfe.. -to mnster among seasonal resort workers and permanent resdents. -to provde a counselng ear n an exhl~rated lesure socety. BOARD OF CHRSTAN EDUCATON-Mrs. Mary Clare -to drect plays to lead chors to' organze recreaton to provde Chrstan Educaton to staff coffee. houses to publcze actvtes. -to have an extra-nsttutonal and ecumencal experence wth students and vstors from all churches and from all parts of the country. -to dscover and nterpret the naton's natural and cultural hertage. The qualfcatons are: a fath n Jesus Chrst whch s magnatve dedcated and open to creatve expresson. The mnstry demands maturty of thought and conduct a keen ntellect and above all an ablty to understand and lve wth other people and other faths. Opportuntes are avalable for both men and women from denomnatons or churches proclamng the. Chrstan fath. There are postons' for both sngle students and marred couples-twenty years of age or older. There s a need for 175 semn.ary students who have preachng expenence and organzatonal ablty! They wll be called upon to lead n worshp and coordnate plannng of mnstry actvtes. Some wll serve as staff drectors and' group leaders.. Several postons are open whch requre specal. sklls e.g. skng water safety mstructors theater coffee. house admnstraton ard. typmg. There are oppqrtuntes for ffty' college students who have specal ablty n.one or more of the followng areas: Bble Study Chrstan Educaton Drama Bull Sessons Musc J-... h7'-. -~ Recreaton Coffee Houses and Publcty. n some locatons students are assgned to specalze n one or more of the above mentoned felds. n other locatons they wll need some know-how n two or more felds. Thrty musc students are needed to organze and drect employee choruses and chors and to provde musc for servces of worshp. Often the Drector of Musc wll organze a specal event.e. Handel's Messah a Broadway muscal Hootenanny Folk Song Festvals Talent Shows etc... Worshp and Work s the theme that pervades the whole meanng of the mnstry provdng opportuntes as a worker-prest. Each member of the' staff has' a fulltme job wth ether a park company or wth the Natonal Park Servce. Students work as desk clerks cabn boys mads store clerks tral crewmen rangers watresses etc. To many the most mportant aspect of the movement has been the wtness on the job. The mnstry does not stand aloof but works at common tasks wth the secular world. Here on the job sgnfcant communcaton takes place. After workng hours the students may organze and conduct dfferent phases of the mnstry wth park and company polcy. /. Fnances are pad for by the park companes. Most earn between $400 and $1500 n three months. n 1976 no student earned less than $350 for three months (after payng room and board). When marred students are nvolved both students work. Students must pay for ther own. transportaton to and from the parks. The movement attempts to arrange car pools to keep the cost down. -- For arrval and departure dates wth few exceptons students must be n the parks by June Some parks open May 1. All students are requred to stay unt ther contract termnates: between Labor Day and September 20. Some seasonal parks wll reman open untl October 1. Do not apply unless you wll stay untl Labor Day. There are nne two-day orentaton. conferences from md-aprl to early May. All students and spouses on the staff are requred to attend one regonal sprng conference. Expenses of room and board are provded. Students must pay transportaton to and from the conference. Applcatons should be sent to Warren W. Ost Drector A Chrstan Mnstry n the Natonal Parks 222 Yz East 49th Street New York New York Deadlne for applcatons to reach the offce s March WTH GOD'S HELP ALL THNGS ARE POSSBLE Wth God's help but who s ths God? Theologans can descrbe. the facts that surround God's mystery but they can never reveal the mystery tself. Much depends on fath. God s love. Chrstans also beleve that God s unchangng n Hs very nature. These two concepts make a wonderful love story. God s unchangng love. Hs love for you s totally loyal and ever constant because He s love tself. Hs love s nfnte; He loves you the same on good days and bad and ths love s gven to you to be shared. Every Chrstan has the responsblty to pass on God's love. t s up to the ndvdual to take the ntatve; the mother n her home and neghborhood; the assembly-lne worker n hs factory; the student p. hs classroom; the nurse at her staton; the salesperson n hs terrtory; the executve n the boardroom. You can do somethng not necessarly by group acton-though ths may be called for at tmes but by quet perseverence n carryng out your responsblty and by speakng up when t counts. D FOR YOUTH STUDY nvestgate the background of the book of Frst John. Who wrote t to whom why? Read 1 John 4: What does t say? Select a verse or verses and tell why t's specal to you. What knds of love are there? How can you show each knd of love? Make posters usng love as a theme. Select a person outsde your mmedate frends to whom you. show love. Paraphrase the selecton. Make choral readng of portons of the Scrpture

10 . ;. :'1 1 SDB RADO God has gven us a prceless treasure whch strange as t may sound ncreas~s n value as t s shared wth others. t s the treasure of the Scrptures the Word of..: truth (John 17: 17). God has ordaned. that we as Chrst's heralds make Hs message. known n whatever ways possble and consstent ~ wth Hs drecton for ts dssemnaton. Our forefathers were mghty wth the prnted word whch contnues to be blessed of God. Now a new opportunty s before us-rado.. Rev. Russell W. Havens SPOTLGHT ON NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALA Rev. Leon Lawton vsted the Seventh Day Baptst work n New Zealand and Australa pror to Conference ths year. Our work n New Zealand conssts of two churches Auckland and Chrstchurch. The churches sponsor a youth camp each year and are adng n the development of the work n Australa. The work n Australa s growng and s located n several areas. Pray for God to contnue to bless and gude our brothers and ssters down ~under. M~lbourn4 Sydney Tolyo m Pastor Jose Alegre ponts to the ~y of Melbourne where he and hs wfe are establshng a new Spansh SDB mnstry. Regular Sabbath servces are held and he reports contnued growth n ths mnstry.. Many n our day under the provdence of God are once agan turnng to the Bble searchngfor the truth concernng God.Rado has become a tool for wdely scatterng nformaton and God s now offerng Seventh Day Baptsts the challenge and the opportunty for declarng Hs truth n ths manner to thousands who are dlgently searchng the Word and to others who need to be stmulated to do so. Wth the encouragement of the Audovsual Commttee of the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety Pastor Russell W. Havens has begun to prepare a seres of programs to be known as the Word of Truth. These programs' whch wll be avalable on tape for local use from the Tract Socety are beng desgned wth the dea of nformng people as to the exstence of Seventh Day Baptsts generatng nterest n our Bblcal and evangelcal stand and encouragng people to feel welcome and to make contact ether by wrtng for further nformaton booklets etc. or by vstng one of our local groups. Tme wll be allowed at the concluson of each program for a 30-second announcement of local nterest. The hope s that the Word of Truth wll be used by exstng Seventh Day Baptst. churches new small groups of Seventh Day Baptsts and by churches or ndvduals nterested n extenson nto areas where presently there s no SDB wtness. The formatof the 15-mnute program opens and closes wth the theme God of the Sabbath a hymn wdely dentfed wth our churches. Followng ntal words of welcome and a muscal selecton Pastor Havens presents comments desgned to provoke serous thought concernng varous subjects. The frst thrteen programs are dvded nto sub-seres wth the themes: God's Book God's Law and God's Day. Currently negotatons are beng carred on wth at least three rado statons wth respect to arng the Word of Truth. They are located n Fremont M; Columbus OH; Warwck R. Churches and ndvduals nterested n sponsorng the Word of Truth n ther vcnty are nvted to wrte to the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety Box 868 Planfeld NJ A} of those n:olved n the Word of Truth recogmze that a rado broadcast wll not be the total answer to our need for greater vsblty nor wll t fulfll Chrst's commsson by tself. Ne~ertheless t s at least one step n a postve drecton whch may' have contnung and God wllng eternal consequences. Let us all pray to that end! 0 The Auckland New Zealand SDB Church Buldng. Reconstructon to enlarge the chapel area was planned for late 1978 or early 1979 The SDB Church n Chrstchurch New Zealand s pastored by the Rev. Edward Barrar. Pastor Barrar wll be remembered by manywho met hm at Conference ths past year. Rev. Ronald Barrar s pastor of the Auckland New Zealand church and a former SDB mssonary to Malaw. He mantans contact wth the brethren n Australa and vsts them from tme to tme. These SpB famles welcomed Rev. Lawton as he arrved n Budaberg Australa. They make up the core of the Fellowshp there-the Beattes Rudds and Mackenzes. T ': r Warwck R Fremont M ColumbusOH J Rev. Russell Havens 16 17

11 MSSON NOtES Where there s no vson the people. persh u A Prayer Remnder for Each Day!! PRAYFOR: PRAYER.] MARCH 1979 C o R N E R 1 J;.' t':l ~ :: ::.1 1:1 ; : : Verse for the month: Ht s good to say Thank you' to the Lord to sng prases to the God who s above all gods. Every mornng. tell hm Thank you for your kndness and every evenng rejoce n all hs fathfulness. Sng hs prases accompaned by musc from the harp lute and lyre. 'You have done so much for me 0 Lord. No wonder am. glad! sngjor joy.. -Psalm 92: 1-4 (LB) FELD TRP: Drector ofevangelsm Mynor G. Soper spent most of January n the Southeastern states vstng new contacts and encouragng new churches and groups. t s thrllng to have Seventh Day Baptsts who move to new communtes wrte and ask How does one start a new SDB church? We are anxous to. answer that queston! Pray that ths mght become a new pattern durng 1979!. U.S.A.: More than ffteen churches have made applcaton for ad n support of Mssonary Pastor n 1979-A NEW ALL TME HGH. Seven of these are new work! Most have receved partal support durng Contnung churches are payng more of the total salary and thus freeng more for new work. New extenson mnstres also call for evaluaton and possble support. Wll Seventh Day Baptsts meet the growng opportuntes these present? Ther month-by-mortth support of OUf World Msson and desgnated gfts for mssons wll gve ther reply. GUYANA: FRST WOMAN' PRESDENT ELECTED!!!!!!!!.!!! Pastor Sam Peters reports UHstory was created n the Conference when a woman was elected presdent of Conference. Ss. Elnora Andres s now the presdent. Let us remember ths lady n our prayers as she plans wth the churches n the Guyana.' SDB Conference. MALA W: Medcal work contnues to grow wth more facltes needed at Thomas and Thembe. t s also hoped that the long-planned remodelng at Makapwa Hosptal and Clnc can be completed early n the new year. THE PHLPPNES: HENRYS RESPOND TO MSSONAR Y BOARD'S CALL TO MSSONAR Y WORK N THE PHLPPNES... We... are happy and excted to accept the call to The Phlppnes. Let us remember ths young mssonary couple n our prayers as Rod fnshes semnary and as they as a famly prepare to go to the work whch God has called them to do. PRASE GOD FOR ANSWERED PRA YER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!!!!!!!!!.BURMA: Progress s beng made on the church buldng projects as reported by Rev. L. Saw Thanga: t s almost certan that the church buldng at Tahan (Sanmyo) for the headquarters wll be completed before the end of and we ntend to open and use t for 1979 annual Conference sessons. Let us remember to pray for the physcal strength of these brethren as they contnue to work on the church buldng projects. Also remember to pray for the Conference sessons whch wll be held durng ths month. ENGLAND: Brother Owen Lynch wrtes The course n Theology sponsored by the Brmngham Unversty... s now a realty. The frst class wll be held on December As many asfve SDB's may be partcpatng n ths course. sncerely hope that ths wll greatly enhance. our mnstry. The task whch les before our brethren n England s a dffcult one. Remember them wth your prayers as they try to reach oulto others wth the savng love of Jesus... -Those who are dong work n your church wthout beng seen-the jantor 1 secretary 1 etc. 2-'East C~olna SOB Fellowshp n Fayettevlle NC 3-A new face n my congregaton. Let God's love shne through you today! 4-Those enrolled n the Gude to Bble Understandng that they may grow n the Lord 5-Youth clubs n Kenya and ther Bble studes 6-The elderly who need a purpose to lve 7-Drectors who wll be nvolved n Summer Camp and VBS n a few short months 8-Those teachng our S8~bath Schools 9-The new RON project rf1emphs TN 10-A lonely person. Make your home one of ther Sabbath blessngs today! -The chor n your church and ts mnstry of musc 12-Those who are sck and need strength and fath 13-Meetng of the Board of Drectors of the Central Afrca Conference MALA W 14-Dean Herbert Saunders as he prepares the program of study for mnsteral studel1ts 15-The shut-ns who hunger for someone who cares 16-Vson enough to be EXCTED (really EXCTED) about God's plans for your lfe 17-A Sabbath CELEBRA TON! Worshp expectng to receve somethng! 18-Annual meetng of the SOB Mssonary Socety Westerly Rhode sland 19-Chrstan Socal Acton Commttee as t seeks the needs n our denomnaton 20-Rado Mnstry of the Tract Socety 21-:-BURMA SEVENTH DAY BAPTST CONFERENCE meetng n Tahan 22-Sunshne Mountan and ts SPECAL mnstry 23-The Mll Yard SOB Church as t contnues constructon n the church 24-A safe journey for our brethren n Burma after Conference ends today. 25-0pportuntes to speak out for the Lord ths week 26-Coordnatng Leadershp Team (CL T) meetng n Planfeld NJ 27 -Those nvolved wth the evangelsm project n Brazl 28-Women's Board as t revews sesc applcatons 29-Chrstan rado program sponsored by the Pawcatuck SOB Church n Westerly R 30-Rod and Camlle Henry as they prepare for mssonary servce n The Phlppnes 31-Sabbathkeepers n Chna-may God open the sprtual doors there! MEMPHS MNSTRY YES Seventh Day Baptsts are extendng nto new areas and new groups are beng born! SEVENTH DA Y BAPTSTS ARE EXPER ENCNG GROWTH! Webster defmes growth as progressve development. SEVENTH DAY BAPTSTS ARE MAKNG PROGRESS! Less than one year ago (Aprl ) a new church body was organzed n Lttle Rock AR Chrst SDB Church. Near the tme of ther organzaton as a church ths group of belevers began makng contacts n Memphs TN. RESUL T SDB's have been meetng regularly n the Memphs area snce the end of May. Weekly Sabbath worshp servces are held at the Frayser' Church of the Nazarene (2723 Steele at Delano Memphs TN). The Chrst SDB Church s the mother church for ths new group. GROWTH S EVDENT! Mr. Wllam Shoffner has been servng as leader n ths new group snce they began meetng (early meetngs of the group were held n the home of Bll and hs wfe Sandy) and at a meetng of the Mssonary Board Executve Commttee held on December the followng acton waf taken: that we support Bll Shoffner as a 'part-tme extenson pastor (three days a week) n' Memphs TN begnnng January Ths nformaton has been shared wth the group n Memphs and Extenson Pastor Shoffner wrtes: We must gve all glory to God for the decson to support the work n Memphs and pray that He wll bless us wth opportuntes to serve new contacts and n~w famles n the church. We have had a few addtonal contacts n the past couple of weeks. Of course at ths tme t s hard to Bll and Sandy Shoffner wth Wllam (13) and Joshua (4). The Memphs branch church meets at the Frayser Church of the Nazarene 2723 Steele at Delano Street. say how favorable they wll turn out to be. Let us remember ths new extenson pastor n our prayers as well as the whole group n Memphs that God wll work through them to reach the unsaved n that area of our country. Pray also for the new contacts that are beng made that th.er response to the Lord may be favorable and pleasng to Hm. Bll wrtes further: know that whatever happens here now must be wth God's help and Hs gudance. We wll be prayng for other groups to begn also. ' GROWTH s evdent and God s to be PRASED! For t s through Hm and Hm alone that Growth s possble. t s He who s the gver and sustaner of ALL lfe both physcal and sprtual and wthout lfe there would be no growth! How about t Seventh Day Baptsts are you alve wth the Sprt of God? Do you thrve on Hs love and gan nourshment from Hs Word daly? God has blessed us wth lfe through Jesus Chrst and He wll bless us wth growth F we really are alve n Hm!.. To Hm be all glory and honor for the brth of a new group n Memphs TN and may Hs name be glorfed wth the brth of many many more new groups of SDB's both n ths country and around the world!!

12 . f '.'. '. ' THE LNK You heard t here frs t.. ) by Barb Snyder. am quckly learnng the ropes here at the crcus; mean headquarters offce. am contnually amazed at the unendng ples of materals that can be put to good use. A;ctually. they tend to be a dstracton. see. so many good thngs want to stop and read but must make a mental note and contnue workng. 've beaten down several ples already but there are plenty more watng. have come to realze some of the major problems of our denomnaton already and hope can playa small role n ths column at tryng to solve these problems. Our sze s our frst handcap. Our headquarters has the amount of materals normally utlzed by a very large church. Yet these materals need to be shared wth over sxty churches all over the. country. Ths requres major communcaton and a consderable stock. 've also dscovered that communcaton s not our forte but then you probably knew that already rght? Now that 've dentfed these problems-half the battle s over wsh. What propose to do s serve as a lnk between the supply and the demand'. My frst nterest s that of offerng sources for dscusson educaton and growth to leaders of youth and adult groups and Bble studes. wll do ths by revewng books study gudes audovsual and flmstrp programs and moves for youth adults and mnsters. also hope to be a lnk between servces offered and servces needed. Maybe you can call me' your church want ads. TRED OF THE SAME OLD TOOLS FOR GROUP ACTMTES? SEE ME.NEXT MONTH FOR SOME FRESH DEAS N THK LNK BUT REMEMBER YOU HEARD T HERE FffST.O THE PRESDENT'S COLUMN Wllam R. Bob Austn Dodge Center MN would lke to share thy convcton wth our ~?eaders that the concepts of the management functon and the prncples technques and methods thereof that are appled to all types of busness enterprses hosptal and 'school systems and non-proft organzatons can also be appled to organze and structure a body of Belevers nto an effectve church assocaton or conference of churches as part of a denomnatonal structure formed to fulfll the purpose of servng God and Hs people. n today's socety of organzatons management s a basc means for personal growth and enrchment of an ndvdual to assume responsbltes and perform successfully to' attan personal goals and objectves as well as the organzaton they serve regardless of ts purpose or msson n the world. beleve that management functons per se can be appled and adapted to a denomnatonal organzaton and ts basc unts so as to meet the needs of ts people and others and to proclam and propagate through them plans programs and actvtes that wll fulfll the purpose and objectves of the denomnaton. see the purpose and objectves of the Seventh Day Baptst denomnaton to be the followng: ' -bear wtness to the gospel of Jesus Chrst n the world and to lead persons to Chrst -seek the wll of God on all moral sprtual socal economc poltcal denomnatonal and ecumencal matters and to express ourselves on these matters to socety -gude unfy and assst Seventh Day Baptsts n ther ndvdual wtness to the world and to prepare the members for ther part n the evangelstc and mssonary mnstry wthn the contnental U.S.A. and the world -honor and obey God's command' that the Sabbath Day should be kept by all Chrstans as a day of rest and worshp HWe love because Godfrst loved us. :' 110hn4:19 Madelne Ftz Randolph Every day we read of actvtes planned and preparatons for celebratng ths year. We ask the 'queston Why have we wated so long? Long ago our Lord gave to Hs dscples the answer to the care of chldren-of such s the kngdom of heaven. The actual word on the care of chldren was let them come to me and forbd them not. The sprtual care of chldren s a true celebraton of God's sprt n our lves. Over and over agan ths fact s presented to us and as we thnk of the nurturng of any lvng thng that God has gven us we must know that the CHLD s the most precous. We are outraged over the slaughter of baby whales and we are saddened to see our natonal emblem the. bald eagle placed on the endangered speces lst but much worse thngs happen to chldren n ths world. One needs only to read the newspapers and magaznes to know that man's atroctes are most henous aganst hs own knd. My purpose s not to stress the negatve facts that are known but to suggest postve acton we may take to DO SOMETHNG about t. n any stuaton we are more effectve n our msson as stewards of Hs bounty f we begn rght where we are. Many of us have a sphere whch does not encompass a foregn country but nstead radates from us to our mmedate neghborhood. n fact we often see much more clearly the needs of those next door or down the street. The Year of the Chld means any chld-nbt only Hnd chldren or Vetnamese but all those chldren of the world. By all means let us not overlook the one next door. The Amercan Bble Socety s urgng that we brng the Bble to as many chldren as possble ths year. t s recorded that n many nstances chldren accept danger handcaps dsasters and long for the Word that brngs hope for the sprt. We must do what we can to brng the message of hope n Chrst to the chldren of the world. Fve hundred dollars wll place Scrpture portons n the hands of 8366 chldren and $100 wll place a Bble n the hands of thrty-three chldren. Pray for the sprtualty of the chldren we know and for the chldren we know exst and do your best to see that they have the Scrptures. THE YEAR OF THE CHLD j As we consder the needs of chldren n our neghborhood we must feel responsble for at least nvestgatng what s beng done. f anythng and see what we mght do. Some communtes have charge n sponsored tutoral servces for chldren who are behnd n school work whose mothers are supportng the famly and have not tme to help them. Some chldren whose own grandparents do not lve near need specal attenton and perhaps supervson. Grandmothers-be thnkng of some chld near you-neglected chldren are all around us. Offer your tme for lovng care f only an hour or two a day. Most schools are seekng volunteers to come n and help ndvdual students wth the basc currculum subjects that are dffcult for them. Ths can be a rewardng actvty. Retred persons are dong much to help chldren who really need t. Personal contact wth chldren s truly lettng your lght shne. There are so many ~ppeals to help n a materal Way wth clothng food etc. that we become confused and decde to do nothng. Ths s actually an atttude whch your edtor has encountered more than once. One of the most satsfyng knds of helpng actvty s dong somethng tangble wth one's hands knowng that ths s a real help to some chld somewhere who s n need. Through Church World Servce many are fndng t fulfllng to sew clothng knt or crochet artcles or 'outerwear or make baby layettes blankets new or us d qults whch use up scraps as well as sendng S & H green stamps whch are worthwhle gfts to that chld who s cold whom we do not see but pray for. We may fnd out about all the' Church World Servce projects by wrtng to Church World Servce Dvson of Overseas Mnstres 475 Rversde Drve New York NY A project whch made me want to knt and mght start someone on the way to makng baby blankets s the Remsen Baby Blanket. tuses up ranbow-colored scrap yarn and s unque. Just to get you nterested ncluded the pattern: Cast on 2 sttches Row 1: knt off 1st sttch ncrease 2nd sttch Row 2: k 1 ncrease k1 Row 3: k 1 ncrease k 1 k1 Row 4: k 1 ncrease 1 k1 k1 k1 Subsequent rows: contnue as above always knttng off the frst sttch and ncreasng on the second sttch then contnung wth the plan (garter) sttch to the end of each row. When the fnshed edge of the blanket measures about 32 or 33 ' (ths wll be half of the blanket) start to decrease. TO DECREASE: k1 k2 together contnue to k1 to end of row. Contnue above wth each row untl you are down to the end. You wll have a blanket square wth a fnshed edge that s good lookng. You may use fne yarn or heavy wth small needles or coarse dependng on the weght of the yarn used. An excellent way to use leftover yarn. Send fnshed clothng or blankets to: Church World Servce Clothng Center 201 S. Man Street. Nappanee N

13 THE LNK You heard t here frs t... by Barb Snyder am quckly learnng the ropes here at the crcus mean headquarters offce. am contnually amazed at the unendng ples of materals that can De put to good use. Actually they tend to be a dstracton. see so many good thngs want to stop and read but must make a mental note and contnue workng. 've beaten down several ples already but there are plenty more watng. have come to realze some of the major problems of our denomnaton already and hope can playa small role n ths column at tryng to solve these problems. Our sze s our frst handcap. Our headquarters has the amount of materals normally utlzed by a very large church. Yet these materals need to be shared wth over sxty churches all over the country. Ths requres major communcaton and a consderable stock. 've also dscovered that communcaton s not our forte but then you probably knew that already rght? Now that 've dentfed these problems half the battle s over wsh. What propose to do s serve as a lnk between the supply and the demand. My frst nterest s that of offerng sources for dscusson educaton and growth to leaders of youth and adult groups and Bble studes. wll do ths by revewng books study gudes audovsual. and flmstrp programs and moves for youth adults and mnsters. also hope to be a.lnk between servces offered and servces needed. Maybe you can call me your church want ads. TRED OF THE SAME OLD TOOLS FOR GROUP ACTVTES? SEE ME NEXT MONTH FOR SOME FRESH DEAS N THE LNK BUT REMEMBER YOU HEARD T HERE FRST.O 'rhe PRESDEN'rr~S COLUMll llam R. Bob /u>rn Dodge' (enter. ~1 N would lke to share my convcton wth our readers [hat the concepts of the management functon and the prncples technques and methods thereof that are appled to all types of busness enterprses hosptal and school systems and non-proft organzatons can also be appled to organze and structure a body of Belevers nto an effectve ch~rch assocaton or conference of churches as part of a denomnatonal structure formed to fulfl! the purpose of servng God and Hs people. n today's socety of organzatons management s a basc means for personal growth and enrchment of an ndvdual to assume responsbltes and perform successfully to attan personal goals and objectves as well as the organzaton they serve regardless of ts purpose or msson n the world. beleve that management functons per se can be appled and adapted to a denomnatonal organzaton and ts basc unts so as to meet the needs of ts people and others and to proclam and propagate through them plans programs and actvtes that wll fulfll the purpose and objectves of the denomnaton. see the purpose and objectves of the Seventh Day Baptst denomnaton to be the followng: -bear wtness to the gospel of 1esus Chrst n the world and to lead persons to Chrst -seek the wll of God on all moral sprtual socal economc poltcal denomnatonal and ecumencal matters and to express ourselves on these matters to socety -gude unfy and assst Seventh Day Baptsts n ther ndvdual wtness to the world and to prepare the members for ther'sllart n the evangelstc and mssonary mnstry wthn the contnental U.S.A. and the vorld -honor and obey God's command that the Sabbath Day should be kept by all Chrstans as a day of rest and worshp. ~~J CONFESSON o Lord agan come to Thee-. There s no other can teu. Thou alone dost know and love me Dost know me well and love me stll All human hearts can't understand; All other ears are hard lke stone. Theone count my dearest frend He too has left me all alone. Lord Thou hast promsed strength to bear Temptatons here that must face. Thou has assured me of Thy care n tme of need suhcent grace. But Lord 've faled 've fallen short; 've mssed themal'< n spte of grace. 've snnd aganst Thee. Take my heart: Cleanse me once more. Restore my place Wthn Thy fold. Agan plead Thy precous blood 0 Dyng Lamb. o Jesus; Thou canst fll my need; To Thee come just as am. Restore to me Thy loy pray; The peace of Thy salvaton gve. o let me never from Thee stray-. But ever let me for Thee lve. o Thou Who lovest me so well Keep that whch commt to Thee Aganst that day when shall tell Thy prases forth eternally. 0. Marlorle Ann Darrow '. -' r) J 1/.. We love hecause God lnr /0 ver ls. 110hn4:19. f ~ ~ Madelne Flz Randolph Every day we read of actvtes planned and preparatons for celebratng ths year. V/e ask the queston Why have we wated so long? Long ago lu l.ord g.ave to Hs dscples the answer to the care oj' chldren--of SUdl s the kngdom of heaven. The actual word on the care of chldren was Jet them come tu me and forbd them not. The sprtual care of d1ldren s a true celebraton of (lod's sprt n our lves. Over and over agan ths fact s presented td us and as we thnk of the nurturng of any lvng thng that God has gven us we nu.st know that the CHLD s the most precous. We are outraged over the slaughter of baby whales and we 3re saddened to see our natonal emblem the bald eagle placed on the endangered speces lst but much worse thngs happen to chldren n ths world. One needs only to read the newspapers and magaznes to know that man's atroctes are most henous aganst hs own knd. My purpose s not to stress the negatve facts that arc known but to suggest postve acton we may take to DO SOMETHNG about t. n any stuaton we are more effectve n our msson as stewards of Hs bounty f we begn rght where we are. Many of us have a sphere whch. does not encompass a foregn country but nstead radates from us to our mmedate neghborhood. n fact we often see much more clearly the needs of those next door or down the street. The Year of the Chld means any chld-not only Hnd chldren or Vetnamese but all those chldren of the world. By all means let us not overlook the one next door. The Amercan Bble Socety s urgng that we brng the Bble to as many chldren as possble ths year. t s recorded that n many nstances chldren accept danger handcaps dsasters and long for the Word that brngs hope for the sprt. We must do what we can to brng the message of hope n Chrst to the chldren of the world. Fve hundred dollars -vll place SC'rpture portons n the hands of HJ66 chldren and $100 wll place a Bble n the hands of thrty-three chldren. Pray for the sprtualty of the chldren we know and for the chldren we know exst and do your best to see that they have the Scrptures. THE YEAR OF THE CHLD As VC c()l1suer the nccll.s nf chldren n our nc~hbm ~ hood we l1ut feel re-pl)[)sblc t'l)j at least ll'cstgatng what s oen!! done f anythng and cc what we mght do. Sl)J]le l'ullll1untcs hae chargl' n sponsored tutoral r.;enl'e; for chldren whd are behnd n sl'hool w(hk whose llwthcrs are 'upponng the famly and havc not tme 10 help thcrn. Some chldren whose own grandparcnts do not le ncar nccd specal attcnton and pcrhar~ supenlson. Crandmothers-be thnkng or some chld near yuu-ne;:kcted chldrl'n arc all around ls. Offer your tme for lovng carc f only an hour or t'o a day. jlost schou!.s arc seekng volunteers to come n and help ndvdual students wth the basl' currl'ululll subjel'ls tha arc dffcult for them. Th.s can be a rcwardng actvty. Retred persons arc dong much to help chldrt:n wtw really need t. Personal contact wth chldren s truly lettng your lght shne. There arc so many arpeals to help n a materal way wth clothng food etc. that we become confused and decde to do nothng. Ths s actuallv an atttude whch ~ - your edtor has encountered more than once One of the most satsfyng knds of helpng actvty s clung somethng tangble vtb une'.s hanus knowng that th.s s a real help to somc chll somcwhere who s n need. rhn)ugh Church World Servce many arc fndng t fulfllng to sew clothng knt or LTochet artcles or outerwear or make baby layctte blankets new or llsed qults ':hch lse up'craps as vcll as sendng S & H green stamps vhch arc worthwhle ~rts to that chld who s l'old whom we do not sec but pray for. We may fnd out about all the Church World SL'rvce projects by wrtng to Church World Servce Dvson of Overseas Mnstres 475 Rversde Drve New York NY (X)27. A project whch made me want to knt and mght start someone on the vay to makng baby blankets s the Remsen Baby Blanket. t uses up ranbow-colored scrap yarn and s unque. Jlst to get you nterested ncluded the pattern: Cast on 2 sttches Row : knt (~ff sr sttch ncrease 2nd sttch Row2: k ncrf'use kl Row3: k ncrease k kl Row 4: k ncrease k k k Suhsfquenr rows: contnue as ahove always knttng qff rhe frst sttch and ncreasng on the second sttch {hen contnung wth {he plan (garter) strch {() [he end rd fach row. When the fnshed edge oj the hanket measures ahout 32 or 33 (ths wll he half q[ (he h!anker) start to decrease. TO DECREASE: k k2 together contnue to k (o end of row. Contnue above wth each ro w untl you are down to rhf end. You wll havfa h/anket square wth a fnshed edge rhat s good Dokng. You mav USf.lnt! varn or hf'uv)! Jvth small needles or coarse depfnrnf! on rhf ~veght ()f the yarn used. An exceltent way ro use le/{()vfr yarn. Send fnshed clorhn!! or hfllnkets to: Church World Servce Clorhng Cfmer 2U S. Man 5;lreft /Vappanee fly'

14 the CHURCH n ACT.N LGHTBEARERS FORM NEW TEAM A new Lght Bearers for Chrst team. wll start tranng n January. Due to the fact that all the prevous team members needed to move on to other pursuts mostly college followng General Conference a new team was not formed n the fall. Ths allowe~ for our famly to have a very short sabbatcal rest from the. responsbltes of tranng and provdng for teams. Ths seemed approprate snce t has been seven years snce we frst started the Lght Bearers program. Durng that seven years our home has been the parttme home' of nearly forty team members. t has been a great experence wth many blessngs and a lot of hard work. Now after a short rest from those responsbltes we are ready to start fresh. The new team at present conssts of only three members... Marta Pederson and Ann Anderson both of New Auburn Ws; and Mynor Soper. We are askng the Lord to rase up at least one or two more qualfed members. Qualfcatons are: 1. Commtted to Chrst through the new brth experence and wllng to dedcate at least one year to servng the Lord n evangelstc endeavor. 2. At least one year out of hgh school. Preferably older wth some college or work experence. 3. Muscally capable! Ether wth 'good sngng ablty or approprate nstrumental talent. We ask for your prayers on behalf of the new team members and the entre mnstry of Lght Bearers for Chrst. f you feel that the Lght Bearers for Chrst program s a vald mnstry we covet your support. Wrte to us at Rt. 1 Box 569-A Texarkana Arkansas Mynor Soper Pastor and Mrs. Robert Harrs of the Pant Rock church n Alabama re.cently vsted Sabbath keepers n eastern North Carolna. Ths was ther thrd vst to the area. Sabbath servces were conducted wth eleven n attendance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Brown. A porton of those present are pctured. The group plans to meet monthly. NEW YORK CTY CHURCH FNDS TRUE SPRT OF CHRSTMAS NEW YORK NY-n a tme when essentally relgous experences are becomng more and more commercalzed and secularzed members and frends of the New York Cty Seventh Day Baptst Church came together Nov. 25 seekng the true sprt of Thanksgvng. They were not dsapponted as prases to God poured forth throughout the church's frst Harvest and Thanksgvng celebraton. The day's schedule ncluded Sabbath school and worshp n the mornng a prayer servce and specal Thanksgvng program n the afternoon and a Harvest Supper and Sale n the evenng. The mornng worshp servce led by Deacon Leonard Stewart featured a specal Thanksgvng sermon by Pastor Socrates Thompson. The aftern09n program chared by Joan Mles of Vctory Tabernacle an ndependent Sabbath keepng church n New Y orkcty featured muscal and lterary presentatons by members and. frends of the Seventh Day. Baptst Church a Thanksgvng ltany by Assocate Pastor Henry A. Grant and a specal address by Hstoran Tom Merchant of the Seventh Day Baptst Hstorcal Socety. Remndng the congregaton of the Bblcal references to the relatonshp between reapng and sowng Mr. Merchant called upon the congregaton to take stock of the sprtual harvest of the denomnaton the church and themselves as ndvduals and to begn now to sow for next year's harvest.. Specal thanks were offered for the church's new house of worshp whch was flled for the afternoon's specal event. But perhaps the hghlght of the day was the presence of Alcott Lynch of West Palm Beach Florda who personally delvered oranges for the evenng's Harvest Sale. 0 Tom Merchant'. FARNA L CHURCH SEEKS NEW PASTOR Must be ambtous wllng to meet the publc. ' Sales background preferable but not a requrement. Very small flock but wel dscplned to church dutes. Long legs would be an asset but bult~n overdrve would save gas for Sabbath mornng servces. Our shelter s old better than a century but wll house more than 200 head. All pews are straght backed wthout.cushons so there s lttle danger of nappng untl you make your pont. A specal bonus mght be consdered for e~ch new face. counted f they were attendance more than twce a month...all resumes to be submtted to the Church Clerk... Mrs. Thelma E. Stewart 2010 Lly Ave. St. Lous MO ' ' Phone... (314) SECOND ANNUAL MD CONTNENT YOUTH CONFERENCE NORTONVLLE KS-The second annual Md-Amerca SDB Youth Conference was held at the Norton-. vlle church December Eghteen youths were enrolled from' Colorado Mnnesota Wsconsn and Kansas; there was a staff of ten. The theme of the conference was Let Jesus Shne n '79. Besdes meals and chores ths happened: mornng began wth a class then alone tme group dscusson and plannng tme. n the afternoons there was recreaton then class. Tuesday evenng was a tme of orentaton followed by games. On Wednesday evenng the flm Step Over the Edge was shown a hay rde had to be cancelled because of the cold. On Thursday evenng the program was enttled: Gospel Express-Prase Tme. There was a formal banquet on Sabbath Eve and a flm A Thef n the Nght on Saturday evenng. The group led the Sabbath mornng worshp servce at the Nortonvlle church. The sermon nvolved several partcpants: To Be a Wtness You Must Be a Chrstan-Phl Conrod; 2. Have a Desre-Sharon Aken;.3. Know the Bble Plan Gordon Green; 4. Have Sprt Power-Norman Green; 5. Do Your Part-Roger Payne. Roger used candles to llustrate how long t takes for one person to lght everyone's candles whle everyone lghtng the ones around speeds thngs up! Norman offcated at the Lord's Table asssted by Lor Loofboro. Joel Osborn and Dale Wheeler served the elements. After a hymn four adults responded to the nvtaton to share what Communon meant to them. The staff ncluded: Krk Looper Pastor Paul Osborn Dave Neff Kent and Blle Wheeler Randy Langworthy Charles and Reba Wheeler Vvan Looper and Murel Osborn. 0.' The Los Angeles CA S.D.B. Church has begun regular Sabbath servces n the afternoon for the Chrstans n ther Spansh-orented neghborhood n addton to the regular Sabbath mornng worshp servces. Pastor Peter Morrs assstant to the Rev. Charles Graffus s n charge ouhs mnstry..'..' '.. ~. '~.' LOS ANGELES CHURCH CREATES SPECAL PRAYER ROOM LOS ANGELES CA-The Los Angeles church completed a new prayer room n tme for use durng. the annual S.D.B. Week of Prayer. The room located above the nursery s desgned to provde a very specal chamber for prayer to the entre church membershp young and old. An altar around whch people may kneel and pray was purchased. Soft musc has been made avalable n the room. Peter Morrs has completed an approprate wall mural. Physcal changes n the room also nclude soft carpet drapes and new lghts to create an atmosphere and atttude of prayer.' Durng the Week of Prayer Pastor Charles Graffus was avalable day and nght to pray and counsel wth those who requested t. The pastor vsualzes contnued use of the prayer room and states: vsualze some of you kneelng n the prayer room on a Sabbath mornng durng the worshp servce ntercedng for the pastor as he stands between God and Hs people to mnster. Certanly the Lord wll bless the Los Angeles congregaton as they contnue to steadfastly seek the Lord n prayer. Pastor Graffus asks: Can you magne what God wll do when we pray? 0 PASTORAL CHANGES Rev. Robert E. Harrs who has served the church n Pant Rock Ala. snce June 1976 has accepted a call to serve the Pne Street Chapel (SDB) n Mddletown CT. Rev. Davd C. Pearson who has served the Planfeld N.J. church snce January 1977 has resgned effectve Aprl 1. The Pearsons wll be relocatng to Alabama. As prevously reported the Rev. Kenneth B. Van Horn has relocated from Hebron Pa. and has begun hs pastorate wth the Daytona Beach Fla. church n January. 0 ACTVE MNSTRY AT ADAMS CENTER ADAMS CENTER NY-Ths quarter has been one of the most frutful for the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptst Church. Many thngs have been happenng whch seem to be accordng to the Lord's leadng. There are new deas comng forward and contnued desres on the part of our people to be responsve to the leadng of the Sprt. Regular Sabbath worshp ser~es. have been conducted durng the qmrter wth your pastor completng a seres on the Frut of the Sprt and begnnng a seres based on the Frst Epstle of John. Ths seres was sdestepped for a few weeks for messages on the Chrstmas season. On electon day we served pancakes n our church as a specal money makng project for the church. Few people came but we dd more than break even whch essentally made the day a success. We celebrated Thanksgvng wth the communty at the Adams Center Baptst Church. The Communty Chrstmas Servce was held n the Hpneyvle church wth ndvduals from each church partcpatng. The guest speaker was Rev. Peter Bolster of the Adams Vllage Baptst Church. The released tme educaton program has contnued wth the pastor teachng the fourth grade level. Most of our tme has been spent n sngng along wth a story to be told. Nelle Barbur has fathfully taken care of the frst second and thrd grades. The pastor has enjoyed teachng the young people's Sabbath School class and attendance has been good. The Youth Fellowshp agan decorated the church for Chrstmas ths year and had a good tme of fellowshp along wth t. There were seven who took part n that actvty wth one guest... Apprecaton s expressed to Sue Avery who has fathfully chosen hymns responsve readngs and found worshp leaders for the Sabbath mornng servces. Thanks also to the many who have taken part as worshp leaders and n the specal musc. May we be open to the Holy Sprt to mnster to each of us as we strve to carry out the callng God has gven us n ths communty and n the surroundng area. 0 -Delberta Greene

15 / -. f ' THE LORD'S WORK KNOWS NO END! RVERSDE CA-A church worshppng studyng prayng and playng together s a healthy group. So we look over our past actvtes and assess ther values n terms of our sprtual growth. We are greatly blessed to have Pastor Alton Wheeler and Assstant Pastor Gabrel Bejjan as our sprtual leaders. They share n the preachng Bble studes and callng and they are always ready to counsel us and share ther love wth us n any crcums tance. Two specal prayer groups are held each week: the Men's Prayer Breakfast s held Monday mornng at 6: 30 and a Prase and Prayer Group for the lades meets Wednesday mornng. Once a month the two groups meet together. For some tme the Frday evenng servce has been a study of the Holy Sprt and Hs gfts to us as ndvduals. On Monday evenngs the Young Adults have a Bble study and the Young People on Wednesday evenngs. Begnnng January we are usng a devotonal booklet The Daly Walk whch s a readng plan and study whch enables the readng of the Bble through n a year. An explanaton n our bulletn says Whle a monthly readng gude wll be made avalable the readng goal wll be up to each ndvdual. There wll be no meetngs to attend nor reports'to be made! Whle small groups may decde to utlze the readng plan or an adult Sabbath School class the plan s prmarly desgned for ndvdual and/or famly use. At present thrty-fve are enrolled. On December 16 our annual Chrstmas party was held n the Fellowshp Hall when everyone sang Chrstmas carols and a play was gven by the Youth Fellowshp. The YF 'was also actve n solctng food and money for baskets and ad to needy famfes both at the Natvty Season and at Thanksgvng. As a group they went Chrstmas carollng. Perhaps the clmax of the year was the Sabbath of December 23 at the worshp servce. The front of the church was banked wth red ponsettas and a lovely Chrstmas tree at one sde. The Chrstmas tree always remnds us of God's creaton and the growth He desres n us'. The tree was lghted wth all whte lghts makng us thnk of Chrst the Lght of the world and was topped wth a beautful whte dove and small doves on many branches brngng to our mnds Chrst the Prnce of Peace. The chor came down the asle n blue robes and gold stoles sngng 0 Come All Ye Fathful. On ths Sabbath our chor of thrty voces presented Handel's Messah. Jean Lews was at the organ Cheryl Drver at the pano and all were ably 'drected by Jennfer Lews. t was a thrllng presentaton beautfully sung and most uplftng. Seldom has a group of ths sze presented the Messah wth such a magnfcent performance. The Messah s old yet always new and we look forward to the tme n heaven when we gather around the throne and sng Hallelujah for the Lord God omnpotent regneth. Hallelujah! And He shall regn forever and ever. Hallelujah! 0 '-Mateta O. Curts Rev. Rex Zwebel ALFRED STATON CHURCH GANS VSBLTY ' ALFRED STATON NY-The church recently ganed hgh vsblty wth a large announcement on the church page of the Hornell Trbune. The announcement whch was placed as a publc servce at no charge to the church featured a photo of the church and Pastor Rex. E. Zwebel. Pastor Zwebel was able to share the followng message wth the readers: We are nterested n what shows n our lves and n our churches. Whle some of us apparently want to be seen others are more nterested n programs to be accomplshed wthout any publcty for themselves. There must be a mddle ground. Perhaps the text for vsblty s Matthew 5: 16-HLet your lght so' shne before men that they may see your good works and gve glory to our Father who s n heaven. Whatever a church does or whatever a person does s not done to say Look at us but to' say f what we do attracts persons to the church of God then Hs wll s beng done. f The vsblty that the Trbune and the good people who make ths church page possble s good and the churches are thankful. Snce each church s lsted equally and wthout bas one mght magne that he could enter any church and Jeel rght at home. Whle t ought to be that way t smply s not so and for many reasons. Our churches reflect our hertage our experences our atttudes our devotedness our ntellgence our common sense our outsde relatonshps our state of mnd our use and understandng of the Bble and. so on and on. t s my belef that God can use all of the above f] the buldng of Hs church and Hs world but the true test of any church and of any person s the extent that we obey the Great Commandment TO LOVE TO LOVE GOD AND OUR NEGH BOR. Each church has t own peculartes that are attractve or unattractve to an ndvdual but ts true vsblty s the way they love God and each other and you. Let your lght so shne before men that they may see your good works and gve glory to your Father who s n heaven. JJ P. S. -As the above was beng wrtten the mornng news told of Presdent Carter appealng to Prme Mnster Begn and Presdent Sadat to call upon God for drecton n fndng a soluton to ther dfferences. That's the rght way to begn and the rght vsblty. 0 RECON CLAT ON God who has made all men n thy lkeness And lovest all whom thou hast made Reconcle us wth one another and wth thee; And as thy Son and our Savor was born of a Hebrew mother But rejoced n the fath of a Syran woman And of a Roman solder Welcomed the Greeks who sought hm And allowed a man from Afrca to carry hs cross So teach us to look upon the members of all races As fellow hers of the Kngdom of Jesus Chrst our Lord. Amen. Sopha Shane ORDNATON SERVCE H.ELD MARLBORO NJ-The annual Harvest' Home Festval was held Oct. 6-7 wth Fath for the Future as the theme. The program ncluded specal musc letters read from members unable to attend testmones and sharng. The Ordnaton Servce at 2 p.m. followed a dnner. Deacon Fred Ayars presented a Charge to the Canddates James Davs and Ruth Cruzan. Deacon Frank Cruzan made a Charge to the Church. Rev. Charles Bond offered a dedcatory prayer wth the layng on of hands. Deacon Jonathan B. Davs and Deaconess Lucy R. Davs welcomed the canddates to the Daconate. A grls' quartette sang Whsperng Hope to ctose a very touchng and mpressve servce. Stewardshp Sabbath was observed wth Mrs. Ruth Cruzan an~ her sster Mrs. Maron Peterson leadng. What Stewardshp Means to Me was presented by Doneta Rchards Randy Dcknson and Janet Peterson. There were excellent messages. Everyone enjoyed a covered dsh supper sponsored by the Lad~s' Ad. Maretta Fansler and famly led a jont Thanksgvng Servce 0.0 November 22 wth an art and musc presentaton. Fastng and prayer were observed for 24 hours December 10 and J 1 from sundown to sundown to determne what He requres of each one of us. The Communty Bble Club meets on Thursday at 3: 30 p.m. Twenty-two Chrstmas boxes were prepared by the Lades' Ad. ~nd sent to shut-ns and those hvmg alone. The Chrstan Educaton Commttee presented a lve natvty program December 21. Although t was very cold and wndy many attended after whch hot chocolate and cookes were served. A total of $315 was receved from the Sabbath School classes to go to other parts of the world for.ther Whte Chrstmas needs. Many enjoyed the sound of carolers on Chrstmas Eve. * Ella T. Davs The second full year as a church for the Columbus Oho S.D.B. Church was one of steady growth. The membershp ncreased by 13070' the average attendance by and contrbutons by Would that every church could experence such yearly growth! Seventh Day Baptsts have long been nvolved n Chr~stan Socal Acton projects. Ths photo taken n the 1940's foll~wmg t~e war shows Mrs. Anna Pfeffer of the rvngton church Wth a shpment of food and clothng for the brethren n Germany. The rvmgton church sent thousands of pounds of food and clot~ng mu~h contrbuted by our churches across the U.S. to assst those n need n Germany followng the war. Then as now You Are There-Becau~ You Care. ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt t ACCESSONS! t t ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt BATTLE CREEK M S. Kenneth Davs Pastor By Testmony: Paul E. Heavln Tamme L. (Mrs. Paul) Heavln By Baptsm: Dean S. Fox MLTON W Earl Cruzan Pastor PANT ROCK AL Robert Harrs Pastor By Testmony: Charlotte (Mrs. Samuel) Bennett By Baptsm: Alan Posey SEA TTLE AREA WA Duane L. Davs Pastor By Testmony: Kenneth E. Meeks Carole Meeks (Mrs. Kenneth) Lavonne Sngleton (Mrs. Justus) WESTERL Y R Russell W. Havens Pastor By Testmony: Mrs. Ruth Utter E. Mae Lews who chars the Executve Secretaral Scence Department at Alfred State College has been elected presdent of the State Unversty of New York Secretaral Educators organzaton. She s a member of the Alfred Staton N.Y. SDB Church. DENOMNATONAL DATELNE January 6 S.D.B. Church Amsterdam Holland Rev. Leon R. Lawton S.D.B. Church Hamburg Germany Dr. K. D. Hurley January Asa Baptst Congress Rev. Leon R. Lawton Dr. K. D. Hurley January S.D.B. Churches n nda Rev. Leon R. Lawton Dr. K. D. Hurley January 12 - February 3 Vst to Churches and Groups Southern U.S.A. Evangelst Mynor Soper February 17 SABBATH RECORDER DAY February 17 S.D.B. Church Marlboro N.J. Edtor John D. Bevs March 18 Annual Meetng S.D.B Mssonary Socety Westerly R.. Aprl 8-11 General Councl Sessons Planfeld N.J. ) tr :.

16 . ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt + OBTUARES + t ' t tttttttttttttttttttttttttutttttttttttt BURDCK.-Dghton G. son of the late Lester and Grace Grow Burdckwas born June n Hartsvlle N.Y. and ded Nov at~oudersport Pa. after a long llness. A long-tme resdent of Alfred~N.Y. and a graduate of Alfred Unversty he had belonge to the Alfred Seventh Day Baptst C. ch snce boyhood and loyally sorted ts msson. He was also a member of the Masonc Lodge at Alfred. ' ~ He marred Nelle Warren Armstrong some tme after the death of her frst husband. Besdes hs wdow he s survved by a son Rev. Alan Burdck of Youngstown Oho; a stepson Donald Armstrong of Stowe Oho; two stepdaughters Eleanor Armstrong and Roberta Armstrong both of Port Allegany Pa.; three grandchldren and three step-chldren; and a sster Mrs. Clar (Beula) Gowdy of Wellsvlle N. Y. Funeral servces were held Nov at the Alfred S.D.B. Church conducted by Rev Davd Mnor of Coudersport and Rev. Davd Clarke of Alfred. Bural was n Alfred Rural Cemetery. -D.S.C. CRANDALL.- Cecle rma was born Aprl at North Loup Nebr. and ded at Mercy HosptalJanesvlle Ws. on Dec She was the daughter of Calvn and. Esther Rood Crandall. She was an Englsh teacher n hgh school and college before returnng to the home farm n the 1930's. She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptst. Church of Mlton and was also actve n the Women's Vllage mprovement Club and the Mlton Hstorcal Socety.. Funeral servces were held from the Seventh Day Baptst Church on Dec. 24 wth her pastor the Rev. Earl Cruzan offcatng. nterment was n the Mlton Cemetery. She s survved by a brother George of Madson and a sster Esther Bngham of Mlton. -E.C. LEE.-Mary Adelne daughter of Aruntus and Florence Baker Lee was born May n Whtesvlle New York and ded n the Burn Center of the Strong Memoral Hosptal n Rochester New York December Mary was an assocate member of the ndependence Seventh Day Baptst Church. She served for a whle as cook for our camps at Camp Harley Sutton. Several cousns survve. Farewell servces were held n the Wldman Funeral Home n Whtesvlle January wth the Rev. Rex. E. Zwebel offcatng. Bural wll be n the Whtesvlle Rural Cemetery. ~R.E.Z. PAYNE. -. Arthur Davd Payne passed away January 4 fj79 n the Dodge County Farvew Nursng Home where he had been a resdent Jor some years. He was born January n Beadle County S.D. He marred Eva L. Churchward March n Dodge Center MN. She preceded hm n death. 26 Arthur was a fathful member of the Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptst Church for many years servng n a number of offcal capactes and always dong hs part to keep hs church runnng smoothly. He s survved by a son Donald three daughters Mrs. Roy (Dorotha) Shettel Mrs. Wallace (Mllcent) Greene and Mrs. Robert (Lorna) Austn also 17 grandchldren 29 great-grandchldren4 ssters and a host of frends. Funeral servces were held January 8 n the Seventh Day Baptst Church n Dodge Center MN. -L.W.B. PLACE.-Ethelyn Slade the daughter of Marcus and da Tanner Slade was born September n Lttle Genesee N.Y. and ded August n Salamanca N.Y. followng a prolonged llness. She was baptzed n the Lttle Genesee church and was a member of that congregaton untl her marrage n 1912 to George Place a member of the Alfred church. Her husband was superntendent of schools n Salamanca from He ded n At the tme of her death Mrs. Place was a member of the Alfred N. Y. Seventh Day Baptst Church. Survvng are two daughters: Mrs. Charles (Jeanne) Green Mrs. Walter (Audrey) Betka both of Schenectady; three grandchldren; one sster Mrs. Flora Whtford Stamford CT; several neces and nephews. A prayer servce was held n the O'Rourke and O'Rourke Funeral Home n Salam;mca wth the Rev. Davd C. Stanley rector of St. Mary's Epscopal Church offcatng. Funeral servces were held n the Alfred S.D.B. Church wth the Rev. Davd S. Clarke offcatng. Bural was n Alfred Rural Cemetery. -A.B. RANEAR.- LeRoy F. 75 son of James E. and Merte Rasnger Ranear was born Aprl n Hopewell Townshp N.J. and ded n the Brdgeton N.J. Hosptal on Frday January where he had been a patent for two months. However he had been n falng health for the past two years. He resded n Shloh all hs lfe. Jake as he was known by hs frends was an actve member of the Seventh Day Baptst Church n Shloh N.J. He served as an usher for several years and as presdent of the Tr-C Sabbath School Class. He was retred from the Shoemaker's Dary where he was employed for many years. He was a member of the Cumberland County Fre Polce Shloh Fre Company Hopewell Stow Creek Fre Company and the Shloh Ambulance Corps. He served as crossng guard for _the Hopewell Townshp School untl ll-health forced hs retrement about three years ago. Survvng are hs wfe Besse; and three daughters Mrs. Lews (Verle) Brown of Vneland Mrs. Charles (Lorrane) Sttes of Brdgeton and Mrs. Charles (Jula) Klpatrck of Pennsvlle; a son LeRoy F. r. of Mllvlle; three brothers Edward of Oreland Pa. Lester of Penns Grove and Herbert. of Mllvlle; a: sster Mrs. Jonathan (Lucy) Davs of Shloh; eght grandchldren; twelve great-grandchldren and several neces and nephews... Funeral servces were conducted from the Shloh Seventh Day Baptst Church on Jan wth hs pastor the Rev. Charles H. Bond offcatng. Bural was n Fernwood Memoral Park. -C.H.B. ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt + MARRAGES + t t ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt LAWTON -BURDCK.-Gordon P. Lawton son the Rev. and Mrs. Leon R. Lawton of Pawcatuck Connectcut and Lnda J. Burdck daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H.' Laurence Burdck of Mlton Ws. were unted n marrage at the Mlton Seventh Day Baptst Church on Dec wth the Rev. Leon R. Lawton father of the groom and Pastor Earl Cruzan pastor. of the brde offcatng. Ther home wll be at the parsonage at Ashaway R.. where Gordon s pastor of the Frst Hopknton Seventh Day Baptst Church. PALMER-MOSENA.-Thomas Palmer and Brenda Mosena were unted n marrage November 1978 at the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church Westerly R.l. The Rev. Russell W. Havens offcated. VAN HORN-SUTTON.-E. Donald Van Horn son of the Rev. and Mrs. Edgar D. Van Horn and Madge Sutton daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wlson were unted n marrage December n the Alfred Staton New York Seventh Day Baptst Church wth Madge's son-n-law the Rev. Wllam Webster offcatng asssted by the couple's pastor the Rev. Rex E. Zwebel. Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn wll resde n Alfred Staton. ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt t BffTHS t t t ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt ANDREWS.-Rchard Lee son of Rchard Jr. and Mchele Andrews was born n Planfeld N.J. on January APPLEGA TE.-A daughter Melssa Lynn to Kenneth and Mary Applegate of Mlton on December COOK.-A son Troy Wayne to Samuel and M. Jean (Cartwrght) Cook Takoma Park Maryland on October HANSON.-Travs Lee son of Rck and Kaylynn (Shultz) Hansen was born at Renton W A December MEEKS.-Joshua Earl son of Kenneth E. and Carole Meeks Renton W A was born n Seattle WA on October ROBERTSON.-A daughter Sonja Elzabeth to Ralph and Sharon (Jones) Robertson of Mnn~po1s Mnnesota on October SAYRE.-A daughter Jane Maureen to John and Maureen Sayre of Mlton on Oct ' '. ~' Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Thorngate. He helped to construct the North Loup NE church whch granted hm a lcense to preach. He served the followng churches: Exeland W; Stonefort L; Albon W; and Dodge Center MN where he ded Nov MAN SENT FROM GOD. -John 1:6 by Claston Bond would lke to share wth you my assocaton wth Pastor Charles W. Thorngate and hs fathful wfe Ethel. Pastor Thorngate came to our ltte church at a very crtcal tme. At that tme as now there was great nterest n the gfts of the. Sprt. There had been msunderstandngs feelngs hurt and thngs carelessly sad. He came to us knowng of the problems but frmly belevng that the Bble held the answers. vvdly recall one of Pastor Thorngate's frst sermons; t was based on Frst Kngs 19. n that chapter Eljah felt an earthquake a wndstorm and a fre but God came as stll small voce. As we lstened to Pastor Thorngate we were moved by hs sncerty and strength of convcton-. hs stll small voce speakng the truth n love. am convnced the lttle mnsters n ths world move more mountans than the world famous evangelsts. When Pastor Thorngate frst came to our church we were helped by the Mssonary Socety. We soon felt we should pay the salary ourselves. Pastor Thorngate sad he would take a reducton n pay to make ths possble. never knew Pastor Thorngate to do a selfsh act. Pastor Thomgate was a carpenter as was our Savor. Hs wfe Ethel was a fne panst and loved musc. Pastor dd not sng but when he )'41> ' :. Favorte. e texts selected by p stors and mnstera tudents. Jay Zaremba Bay Area CA For delvered to you as of frst mportance what also receved that Chrst ded for our sns n accordance wth the scrptures that he was bured that he was rased on the thrd day n accordance wth the scrptures. (l Cornthans 15:34) n these days of rsng stormy seas of Chrstan and non-chrstan relgous subjectvsm wheren the belever's own experences of peace joy happness sanctfcaton etc. are paramount these verses are a shnng beacon pontng to the objectve gospel whch s the power of God. The gospel s the good news about the Person and work of Jesus Chrst. The gospel s about a hstorc event about a unque hstory about an unrepeatable hstory. The center s never our experence but t s Jesus' experence-hs lfe death and resurrecton for us. Let us as evangelcals cea~e promotng the gospel of a changed lfe and proclam and lve true to the gospel that changes lves. Let us cry aloud wth Luther: Mne are Chrst's lvng dong and speakng Hs sufferng and dyng; mne as much as f had lved done spoken and suffered and ded as He dd. 0 heard a favorte hymn he would soundly tap hs foot n tme wth the musc. wonder when the angels sng ther heavenly musc for us wll Pastor Thorngate be tappng hs foot? beleve so and surely hs wfe Ethel wll sooner or later be playng the heavenly organ.. truly beleve for our Seventh day Baptst Church n Dodge Center. MN Pastor Thorngate was a man sent from God to help us n our tme of great sprtual uncertanty YEARBOOKS are ready!!! S4.00'each Order from: SDB Publshng House Box 868 Planfeld NJ THE TATE FAMLY Do you know how many members of the TATE FAMLY belong to our church? There s old man DC T ATE who wants to run everythng whle Uncle RO TATE tres to change everythng. Ther sster AG. T ATE strs up plenty of trouble wth help from her husband RR TATE. Whenever new projects are suggested HES TATE and hs wfe VEGE T ATE want to wat untl next year. Then there s Aunt M TATE who wants our church to be lke all the rest of the churches. DEV AS TATE provdes the voce of doom whle POTEN TATE wants to be a bg shot. But not all members of the famly are bad. Brother FACL TATE s qute helpful n church matters. And a delghtful happy member of the famly s Mss FELC TATE. Cousns COG TATE and MED T ATE always thnk thngs' over and lend a helpful steady hand. And of course. there s the black sheep of the famly AMPU TATE who has completely cut hmself off from the church. 0. -Selected 27.. c._v~._. -'--. ' _ '.<.--.~';'... 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17 o o o o o nce o' 0 ' WE ARE ABLE TO POSSESS THE LAND by Rev. A. L. Peat Mll Yard Church England J ' But Caleb queted the people before Moses and sad 'Let us go up at once and occupy t; for we are well able to overcome t' «Numbers 13:30). After ther long and tresome journey of forty years ' the chldren of srael had arrved at the border of Canaan. But before enterng the Promsed Land they wanted to make certan all was well. So t was that Joshua a great mltary leader selected twelve men as spes one from each trbe. They spent forty 0 days n lookng over the land. They found t to be a beautful land and very frutful. When they returned to ther camp they took proof of ts bounty wth the great bunches of grapes the pomegranates and fgs. They presented the products of the land to Moses and the o congregaton. However the spes gave an evl account whch shattered the hope of the people by sayng We are not able to possess the land. The other two men Caleb and Joshua stlled the people and urged that the land be taken. t s always sad that the majorty rules so ( was that the people hearkened to the report of the tmd and fearful ten who also reported that we cannot fght aganst them for they are all gants. These men were sprtually blnd they saw only the arms of flesh; whle Caleb and Joshua looked through the eyes of fath and reled on the power OD Almghty 0 God. 'These two brothers who were flled wth the power of God saw strong fortfcatons as no obstacle n the way of possessng the land. We can magne Caleb and Joshua repeatng the matte~ agan; Brethren we are well able to possess the land. They exercsed fath. n God whle the evl spes were flled wth fear. Satan's weapon s fear - God's weapon sfath. By fath thewalls of Jercho fell after they were compassed about for seven days. Jesus sad that f we have fath even as small as a gran' of mustard seed we can command a mountan; to remove and 0 be cast nto the sea and t wll be done. t s mpossble to please God wthout fath. These people had seen what God had done for them when He delvered them from bondage n Egypt. They had wtnessed the great mracles that God dd for them at the hands of Moses and Aaron they had seen the partng of the Red Sea. God had provded water n a barren land. He fed them wth the very' bread of heaven; He led them as a shepherd leads hs sheep. Hs presence was contnually wth them n the form of a pllar of fre by nght and a cloud by day. C'lleb and Joshua remembered these wonders and t gave them frm confdence. At ths tme Satan was hard at work among the people wth hs weapons of fear and mstrust. The enemy never tres of usng these weapons; he had used them n every age aganst the chldren of God and s stll usng them today aganst sprtual srael. Sprtual srael s explaned n Gal. 3: 29 And f ye be Chrst's then are ye Abraham's seed and hers accordng to the promse. God promsed Abraham that He would bless and multply hs seed and that through hs seed all the natons of the earth would be blessed. We who are redeemed by the precous blood of Chrst from the workhouse of sn under the hard taskmaster the devd are travellng on a smlar plgrmage. Our gong forth s not to' poss1;ss a kngdom n the land of srael. n the book of Danel we fnd how extensve wll be the nhertance of the sants. And the kngdom and domnon and the greatness of the kngdom under the whole heaven shall be gven to the people of the sants of the Most Hgh whose kngdom s an everlastng kngdom and all shall serve and obey hm (Dan. 7: 27). The way to the kngdom s a very dangerous pathway t s beset on every hand by wcked sprts. We have to fght aganst prncpaltes aganst powers aganst the rulers of the darkness of ths world aganst sprtual wckedness n hgh places. n our daly fght aganst the evl one we come n contact wth these satanc agences such as the agnostc the nfdel the athest the communst and the worldly-wse. But brethren fof all of ths be of good courage; we are well able to possess the land. Ths wll be the kngdom that each and every one of us has been prayng for. We are thankful that God has delvered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us nto the kngdom of Hs dear Son. Because t s through Hs Son that we have redempton through Hs own blood' even the forgveness of sns. Today the earth s corrupt before God and volence flls the world as t was before the flood (see Gen. 6: 11). We can see on every hand that ths world s fadng away gvng way for the establshment of the Kngdom of God. He has promsed to fll ths earth wth Hs glory even as the water covers the sea. And the sey.enth angel sounded; and there were great voces n heaven sayng The kngdoms of ths world are become the kngdoms 0 of our Lord and of hs Chrst; and he shall regn for ever and ever'' (Rey. 11:15). Now brethren we are standng wth Chrst on the mountantop of holness lookng over nto the Promsed Land ~here love peace joy anp happness regn. So brethren wth au the evl we have to fght aganst we are well able to possess the land whch wll be the sants' nhertance. And saw new Jeru- salem comng down from God out of heaven prepared as a brde adorned for her husband. And heard a great voce out of heaven sayng Behold the 0 tabernacle of God s wth men and he wll dwell wth them and they shall be hs people and God hmself shall be wth them and be ther God... He that sat on the throne sad Behold make all thngs new (Rev. 21:235). Ths wll be the condton of the home of the sants when they possess the kngdom. So you can see the comparson between ths earthly land of Canaan and the one that s to come; the nhertance of the sants. Ths was the cty that Abraham sought. Ths s the cty that hath foundatons whose bulder and maker s God. Brethren wth all the satanc hndrances let us go up at once and possess the land for we are well able to overcome t (see Rev. 3: 12). So as plgrms travelng toward our future homeland there w:l be great obstructons from the nvsble forces of the sprt world. They were workng aganst the chldren of srael and they are workng today aganst us. But greater s he that s n us than he that s n the world (see 1 John 4: 4). Brethren let'us go up at once and possess the land for we are well able to possess t. D page PUT SOME ACTON NTO' YOUR LOVE What does the word 'love' mean? asked Mrs. Patrck. The boys and grls of the Sabbath School class were quet for a moment whle they thought about what love means. t means carng about people sad Sharon. Love s dong nce thngs offered Blly. Love s ' a warm puppy gggled Mary and the rest of the class gggled too. Mrs. Patrck who had been wrtng the answers on the chalkboard laughed wth the rest of the class and sad That can be a knd of love too. But these other answers are about the way we act toward other people. What are some ways we can show our love? Ths tme the boys and grls thought even harder. We can obey our parents sad John. Sue sad We can share our toys wth our frends when we play. Good Sue and John sad Mrs. Patrck. Can you thj.1k of some ot~er ~~ngs? Mary was v~ry serous now and she sad We could do somethmg for somebody who s lonely. 'm glad you sad that Mary. Mrs. Patrck wrote Mary's answer on the board wth Sue's and John's. Can we do somethng as a class to show our love to someone who s lonely? Sue brghtened and sad When we go to see my grandmother n the nursng home see a lot of people there who seem lonely. Grandmother. s~ys that some of those people never have anybody VSt them. We could do somethng specal for them! That's a very good dea Sue. What do ~he rest of you boys and grls thnk about that? Sad Mrs. Patrck..1 1 '... ~l the chldren nodded ther heads and sad th~gs lke lke that dea! and We could make somethmg for them. Sharon had an dea. Snce t's so close to Valentne's Day we could make valentne cards for all the people and maybe even make decoratons to put on the tables where they eat. 0 Y ou chldren are full of good deas today! sad Mrs. Patrck. All those wh? thnk Sharon'~ dea s somethng we should do rase y?ur h~nd~; Every chld rased a hand and Mrs. Patnck Sad We need to make plans about what we are gong to do. Let's get started rght now! thnk ths s gong to be fun! And all the chldren agreed. 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: tr tr Maybe you would lke to do somethng specal for someone n a nursng home. Maybe your Sabbath class could do ths as a project. Or f you do t by yourself 0 you can pck two or three people to vst.. MEMOR Y VERSE: 1 John 3: 18 (TEV) My chldren our love should no.t be just ~ords and talk; t must be true love whch shows tself n acton. Younger chldren may memorze True love.. shows tself n acton.. Dong somethng nce for som~body. who s lon~ly s one way of showng our love m acton or puttmg acton nto our love. D.. -Lnda Harrs 28 29

18 Seventh Day Baptst Mnstres and Outreach Book Revews -by John D. Bevs ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt OUR WORLD MSSON New York NY Budgetary Recepts/or December mos. total N ort h Jersey N J OWMand North Loup NE Suggested December Reported Nortonvlle KS Goals OWM Boards Pant Rock AL.... ~ Phoenx AZ Adams Center NY... $ 1698 $ Planfeld NJ Albon W Putnam County FL Alfred NY Rchburg NY Alfred Staton NY Rversde CA AshawayR Rockvlle R Assocatons & Groups Salem WV Battle Creek M Salem vlle PA Bay AreaCA Schenectady NY Berea WV Seattle W A... : Berln NY Shloh NJ Boulder CO Stonefort L Brookfeld NY Sunshne Mountan MS Central MD Texarkana AR Chrst AR ' 'e... Upper East Tenn. TN ' Columbus OH Verona NY... ' Dallas -Ft. Worth TX Walworth W Daytona Beach FL Washngton DC Denver CO Waterford CT De Ruyter NY ' Westerly R Dodge Center MN Whte Cloud M Farna L Fouke AR Budget '... $ $2733&1.63 Hebron PA Non-Budget Hopknton R Total To Dsburse... $ Houston TX ndvduals SUMMARY: rvngton NJ Kansas Cty MO Budget... $ Leonardsvlle NY Recepts for 12 months: Lttle Genesee NY OWM Treasurer... $ Lttle Rock AR Boards Reported $ Los Angeles CA Lost Creek WV Arrears for $ Marlboro NJ Percentages: year elapsed ; budget rased Mddle sland WV Mlton W Mlton Juncton W Gordon Sanford New Auburn W... / OWM Treasurer TO THOSE CHURCHES WHO REACHED THE SUGGESTED OWM GOAL FOR 1978 ADAMS CENTER NY HOUSTON TX NORTONVLLE KS ALBON W RVNGTON NJ PLANFELD NJ ASHAWAYR LTTLE GENESEE NY RCHBURG NY BAY AREACA LTTLE ROCK AR TEXARKANAAR BERLN NY LOS ANGELES CA UPPER EAST TENN BOULDER CO LOST CREEK WV VERONA NY CHRSTAR MARLBORO NJ WASHNGTON DC DAYTONA BEACH FL. MLTON W WHTE CLOUD M How To Make Your Church Hum. Paul W. Powell. Nashvlle: Broadman Press 1977 $2.50. Paul Powell pastor of the Green Acres Baptst Church (Southern Baptst) n Tyler Texas has wrtten a short but comprehensve gude to effectve leadershp. t sn't just a book of easy technques rather Powell seeks to pont church leaders to God as the only source of true power. He presents n a readable and thought-provokng manner how to develop fresh and workable methods and plans for growth-to make the church hum. Some of the chapter ttles are:.wake Up the Worshp; Gve Dynamc Leadershp; nvolve the People; Advertse Well; and Cut Excess Meetngs. n regard to leadershp Powell states: Groups do not lead. ndvduals do. A dream an dea a vson begns wth one person and he then nspres motvates and leads the group to accomplsh t. f the church s to hum today t must have dynamc leadershp. We must lead follow or get out of the way. Perhaps many Seventh Day Bap-' tsts could proft from the chapter Cut Excess Meetngs. Powell gves useful advce on how to accomplsh more wth fewer commttee meetngs etc. He s radcal enough to suggest there s no value n contnuaton of a meetng or actvty smply because you have always done t. Tradton s no justfcaton for contnuaton he concludes. The SDB Mssonary Socety has sent copes of ths book to all pastors as well as members of the General Councl. However ths book can proftably be read by all laty who share the concern for seeng the church move forward. D Allegany's Uncommon Folk. Helene C. Phelan. Alfred N.Y $5.75 postpad.. Whether or not your roots are n the hlls of Allegany County New York as'-a Seventh Day Baptst you wll.fnd ths recently publshed book by Helene C. Phelan of great nterest as dd. The book s a hstory of the early settlement of the area wth emphass on many of the notable uncommon folk over the years. We found the chapter on Hram P. Burdck especally nterestng ndeed worth the prce of the book alone. Dr. Burdck a leadng Seventh Day Baptst of hs day was a unque man who s descrbed as a physcan dentst preacher evangelst temperance leader scholar and nventor. Perhaps our Alfred readers already know how the bell was placed n the church steeple-f you don't you smply must read Phelan's account... The Burdck famly had defnte deas about health and were lvng 100 years ahead of ther tme. The doctor establshed the Alfred Hghland Water Cure santarum whch flourshed for some years. n an advertsement whch appeared n the June edton of the Sabbath Recorder Burdkk stated that the facltes for successful treatment of varous (stated) dseases are not excelled n any establshment. Well f t appeared n the Recorder t must have been so!. Hram P. Burdck would no doubt be happy wth the current SDB commtment to evangelsm and church growth; no doubt f he were lvng he would be a leader n the cause. n the 1850's the author ponts out that the term born agan was a term heard often and wth partcular prde. Burdck was a mssonary for some tme laborng n New York Pennsylvana West Vrgna Wsconsn and llnos. n fact he organzed the Hartsvlle N. Y. SD B Church n 1847 from a group that he had been studyng snce boyhood. The book also contans many anecdotes of the local characters common to every small town and rural communty. Ths area of New York State saw the brth and development of many relgous movements: Mormonsm Sprtualsm Shakers Mllertes Campbelltes and Phelan provdes nterestn8 nsghts nto the lves of many ndvduals promnent n these movements. The book s $5.75 postpad (New York resdents please add sales tax) and may be ordered from the author Mrs. Helepe C. Phelan 114 S. Man Street Almond NY or at the Alfred College Bookstore. you wll enjoy t. 0 The Holy Sprt. Blly Graham. Waco Texas: Word Books 1978 $7.95 cloth.. n recent years new attenton has been focused upon the study of the Holy Sprt by the Chrstan Church. Blly Graham noted evangelst has recently publshed hs study on ths often-controversal subject. He says n the preface that ths book began as a part of my sprtual plgrmage. He undertook a systematc study of ths subject not wth the purpose of wrtng a book n mnd rather to learn more for hmself what the Bble teaches regardng the person and work of the Holy Sprt. n the book Dr. Graham seeks to answer such questons as: Who s the Holy Sprt? What does He do? Where does He come from? What s He dong n the world today? What s blasphemy aganst the Holy Sprt? How does He communcate wth Hs creatons? Why dd he enter the world? and What s the Baptsm of the Holy Sprt?. No doubt one of the most wdely msnterpreted teachngs of the Bble s that of the dfferng vews of Chrstans regardng the baptsm of the Holy Sprt. n recert years practcally every denomnaton has experenced dvsons over the study of ths queston. Some of these dvsons have occurred n a sprt that was not of God. Graham states that he receved the baptsm of the Holy Sprt the moment receved Jesus Chrst as my Savor. From hs extensve study he concludes there s only one baptsm wth the Holy Sprt n the lfe of every belever and states further nor do see that speakng n tongues s a necessary accompanment of beng flled wth the Sprt. To those who teach one must agonze labor struggle and pray to get the Sprt Graham says... no Chrstan need strve wat or pray through to. get the Sprt. He has receved t already... as an unmerted and unearned gft of grace. To ths we agree.. Ths book wll help those who are confused about the Bblcal teachng of the work of the Holy Sprt. More mportantly we beleve t wll help. lead the readers to a drect confrontaton wth the One who can ndwell and empower them

19 THE SABBATH 'OlJR 135TH YEAR 510 Watchung Ave. Box 868 Planfeld NJ (lssn X) Second class postage pad at Planfeld N.J SEVENTH DA Y BAPTST MARCH 't... MAR FEBRUARY S SABBATH RECORDER EMPHASS MONTH Church and Assocaton News Specal Theme ssues Denomnatonal Plans nspratonal Artcles Chldren's and Youth Pages Book Revews Our goal n 1979 s to have the Sabbath Recorder n every Seventh Day Baptst home. Be nformed - subscrbe to YOUR denomnatonal journal and encourage others to do so. The prce s only $6.00 per year. Why not share the Recorder wth a frend? We wll be happy to send a gft subscrpton n your name. My Name:~ My Address: 1279 MLTON COLJnE Llm-'1.tRY ~LTON W AND SEND A GFT SUBSCRPTON TO: Name: ) Address: ~ The Sabbah Re~oTder. P.O. Box Watchung Ave.. Planfeld. NJ We welcome you to take a' lesson from usn fact we would nvte you to enjoy a complete set of sx lessons to study the Bble n your home perhaps wth your entre famly. We have prepared our GUDE TO BBLE UNDERSTANDNG course to have appeal to youth as well as adults.' Ths past year over 600 have studed wth us-from all across the Unted States and around the world. We receve letters of apprecaton from those whose. lves have been blessed by ths systematc study of God's Word. really enjoyed and learned a lot from the two courses 1 took wth you GUDE and CHRSTAN NURTURE AND QROWTH. They are fantastc courses and have provded much sprtual nourshment to me. would lke to take an addtonal course f you have one. -Schenectady N.Y. The correspondence studes and the teachng of the young people's class n the churches are movng on fne. Twenty students have fnshed GUDE TO BBLE UNDERSTANDNG and have gven them ther dplomas whch were sent to me through Rev.. Mataka. However. we need addtonal copes of the lessons and dplomas as well. shall have many students. -Pastor Joel Omare Kenya East Afrca We rejoce to know that our Bble courses have been helpful to our Seventh Day Baptst people as well as valuable as an evangelstc tool. We recently receved 115 enrollments as a result of a booth sponsored by Seventh Day Baptsts at the Lttle Rock AR State Far. t s ndeed a specal joy to learn' of those who have studed wth us and have now afflated wth our churches-we welcomed three such just last month. The Bble remans a best-seller today n the Unted States-t s relevant to our generaton. As Seventh Day Baptst Chrstans we have no more sure.word than that of Holy Scrpture. Our Bble lessons are based solely upon God's Word-a GUDE to daly lvng. f you haven't already we would nvte you to enroll n one or both of our courses. We have prepared enrollment cards to share Wth your frends-now s a good tme to share God's Word wth others. There s no charge for the lessons. To enroll wrte to GUDE P.O. Box 868 Planfeld NJ We would be happy to send you enrollment cards free for the askng. 0 -John D. Bevs ' : :. : '.. '.. ' ~..' ~ ' :....'~'~.~.. :. : ~~ :.. ' ~... ~.. :.. ~~:. '.~.:.-t... ~'.. ::'.;~: ' h'v..'~.'.... '. ~ :.r ' t~ ) 1._..N~. ~:: The wolf shall dwell wth the lamb -.. :~. ~~:-. ~. '.. '.. - ~ t; ~ '~ 'e.t ~.~ ~..'- 't... ~ '.: '.. ' : '~.... ' ~- t' '~.' L':.)... and the leopard shall le down wth the kd and the calf and the lon and the fatlng together. and a lttle chld shall lead them. They shall not hurt or destroy n all my holy mountan. saah 11: 6 9. '.... ' l;.