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OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. VII, NO. 23
DEC. 24, 1979
PASADENA, CALIF.
MJ: Armstrong travels to China
on 'most important' trip to date
PASAD ENA - Pastor Gen er al
Herb er t W . Arm str on g returned
ho me to T ucso n, Ariz. , Dec. 9 after
becomin g the firs t c h urc h leader
fro m the world of C hristianity to officia lly visit and spea k with top officials inside the Peopl e 's Republic of
C hina . Mr . Annstron g spe nt fi ve
day s a nd four ni ght s in Pekin g
(Beiji ng), the C hinese ca pita l, mee ting with leaders of go vern me nt and
educa tion, all at the invitatio n of the
Co mmu nist C hinese gove rnment.
" It probably was the most impor tant and most succes sf ul trip I have
ever taken, " wrote the pastor general
in a report for the February Plain
Truth . " Altho ugh in a Communist
and at heist-orie nted count ry 1 did not
use Bible langua ge , l did get over to
them the Gospel of the Kingdom of
God . announcin g the com ing one world gove rnment of God .
.. Speaking to le ader s her e is
speaking to lead ers of one fourth of
all the people on earth tod ay ---;- ane
billion people !"
Guest of honor
Mr. Armstrong was guest of honor
on the evening of Dec . 2 at a dinn er
given by gov ernment and university
eaders . A
Monday night banquet
1M.1!!III~""ugh interpreters,
t 400 ed ucation officials and
their wive s. Mr . Annstron g spoke
Dec . 4 to some 76 repre sent ative s of
other nation s at a dinne r spo nso red
by the Ambassador Inte rna tio na l
C ultural Foundation for the d iplo matic corps in mainland C hina. That
affair was in the Chin ese People ' s
Grea t Hall. Mr . Arm stron g said he
and his message were warml y recei ved .
On Wedne sday , Dec . 5, Mr . Arm strong spok e for one hour with Tan
Zhen-lin, vice cha irman of the Stand ing Co m m itt ee of the National
Peo pl e 's Congress, in what the
pa st o r general c alled " the mo st
import ant mee t in g o f the e ntire
vis it. "
Mr . Arm strong said he offered
Mr. Ta n a proph ec y' s-e ye view of
the co mi ng United Europe, which
will touch off the final holoca ust of
this age o n eart h and usher in the
Kingdom of God .
" The fact that Vice C hairma n Tan
was in such close relation sh ip for so
many years with Chairman Mao [Tsetun g] and Premier C hou [En -Iai].
as well as being still o ne of the three
top men in the Chinese government ,
made this meetin g o ne of extraord inary impo rtance for these three
men rule a quarter of all the people
on earm'" wrote Mr. Annstrong.
Evangelis t Stanl ey R. Rader , Mr .
Arm strong ' s person al adviser, who
acco mpan ied him on this trip and was
re spon sible for adv ance arrange ment s, noted in a mes sage to M r.
Arm strong th at, " Since the vice
chairman undoubtedly had been advised of your strong co mme nts Mo nday night and again Tue sda y night, I
believe that he knew full well that the
United Europe and the catacl ysm that
would follow were directly con nected with your co mments about the
stro ng hand intervening from some place that would finally save man kind from co mplete destruction ."
Mr . Arm strong ne w to Peking
(Beij ing) Dec . 2 from Tokyo. acco mpanied by his wife Ram ona, Mr.
and Mrs. Rader , the Work's aircraft
crew , TV came ram en and a gro up of
Mr. Annstrong's " SOns" from the
Japane se Die t. He left Chi na Thu rsday, Dec . 6, for Tokyo , where he
place d a call to the Amba ssador Au- .
d itorium in Pasadena. Friday night
and spoke for a few minutes to the
full house asse mbled there for Bible
study. A banquet was held in Mr .
Arm stron g's honor in Tok yo Satur day night , Dec . 8. A number of ambassadors and several members of
the Chine se Em bassy were pre sent.
While in Chi na Mr . Arm strong
and his party visited the natio·nat library . the " Forbidden C ity" in central Peking (Beij ing). and the Great
Wall.
A unique experience
., It is always a unique experience
to trave l with Mr . Arm strong to a
new co untry ," reponed loc al elder
and Q -II ste w ard Aa ron Dean .
" What impre sses me the most ,
as
a lways o n the se tr ip s , is Mr.
Armstro ng 's enthu siastic acce ptance
by the people,
" With the help of the We stern
world , the Chi nese people are trying
to moderni ze and pro gre ss," said
Mr. Dean . " They ex pressed a co nce rn over outsiders tryin g to ' make a
buck ' off C hina . T he ir desire and
hope is that what forei gne rs try to do
is for the good of China and peace in
the world . It will not happe n the way
that they expe ct it. but in Mr . Armstrong they ha ve certainly found the
man procl aiming just such a mes.
sage ."
John Kineston , part of the pastor
gene ral ' s group , reponed the reaction to Mr . Arm strong of a Chine se
employee of the Liber ian Embassy in
Peking ( Beijing). According to Mr.
Kine ston, the employee said: " I have
neve r heard such a message as I heard
last night in the Great Hall of the
Peop le. There are two ways of life .
The way of gettin g causes all the
VISIT TO CHINA - Worldwide Chu rch of God Pastor General Herbert
W, Armstrong and treas urer Stanley R. Rader present a gift of Steuben
crysta l to Tan Zhen-Iin, vice chairman of the Sta nding Committee of the
National Peop le's Congress, in the Great Hali of the People in Peking
(Beijing) Dec. 5, See additional photos on page 3,
troubles in the world , and the way of
giving is the sol ution . I wish I could
hear more o n this SUbject, and I hope
to hear soon that we may ha ve an
office of the Ambas sad or found ation
here . I have neve r seen such a man as
Mr. Arm stron g ."
14 teens com pete in YOU finals
PASADENA - " I don't believe
it! " ''eiCIaimed' Renee' irene' Gourd,'
first-pla ce wi nner of the fifth annual
Youth Opponunities United (YO U)
National Talen t Con test at the Ambassador Auditorium Dec . 16 . An
18-year-old sophomore from the
University of Col orad o at Boulder,
Renee captured a two- year tuition
scho larship to Ambas sado r with her
rend ition of Johann es Brahms' " Intermez zo in A Major ."
Second place and a o ne -yea r tuitio n sc ho larshi p we re awarded to
T rac y Williams of Grove , Okla. , for
a vocal so lo of the popu lar song ,
" Don' t Cry O ut Loud ,"
Lisa Williamson of Chic ago , m.,
received third plac e and a one semes ter tuition scholarship to Am bas sador for her voc al so lo of
" Ho me" from the Broad wa y musical The Wiz.
Re c eivin g hon or ab le mention
from the five-member jud ging pane l
were voc alist Mike Limann i Jr.
to r his presentati on of " What Are
You Doing for the Re st of Your
Life?" and Cali fornia native Bobb ie
Bulharowski for a flute solo of Emil e
Pe ssard ' 's " Andalo use; '
Regional contests
Fo urteen final ists emerged from
the regional YOU talent co ntests and
the Canadian nat ional contest prior to
the 1979 Feast of T abernac les , qual ifying them to perform a nd co mpete
in Pa saden a .
Two performances took place Dec .
16 , the first being a closed competition before a five-member panel of
professional judges . The second was
in the evening, with the 14 co ntestant s performing for the enj o yment of
the pub lic .
Also featured in the e venin g sho w
were the Young Amba ssadors , who
present ed selections fro m their 1979
Fea st sho w.
Chinese visitAmbassador
f or tour, dinner meeting
FORMAL DINNER - Kuang Yaming . presiden t of Nanking (Nanjing)
University in China . speaks at a formal din ner for the Visiting Ch inese
delegation in the Ambassado r Coliege faculi y dining room Dec , 17,
Looking on is Church treas urer Stanley R, Rader, host for the dinner,
' Photo by Dexter Fau lkner ]
Mr. Arms trong inten ds to pro vide
further co verage of his China trip .
includi ng photograp hs, in -his " Per. sonals" in both the February Plain
Truth a nd The Good New s . an d
in his February Pla in Trut h lead
article .
The YOU National Tale nt Co ntest
is funded iii an unu sual wav . At the
co ncl usion of eac h perfo rmance at
the Feast of Tabernacles, those attending give a volunt ary contribut ion
as they leav e the are na . Eno ug h
money is taken in to pay fo r the contestant s' tra vel to Pasadena and their
activitie s while at Ambass ado r Co lle ge . Accordingl y. the Work doe s
not have to bud get funds aw ay fro m
other facet s of the world wide o peration.
The 14 co ntestants e njo yed_se veral
activities while in the Los Angeles ,
Cal if. , area, incl udi ng a trip [ 0 Disne yla nd , th e Br oad w ay mu si c a l
Anni e at the Sc hubert Theater in Ce ntury Ci ty and an after- show pizza
part y. The contes ta nts stayed in the
Am bassador Co lleg e dorm itories and
were accomp anied by mem bers of
the natio nal YO U staf f and so me of
the co ntesta nts' parents :
i
High qualit y
Se ve ral conte stant s com me nted on
the hi gh quality of performan ce and
talent on di splay in the finals .
" The talent in YO U is unbe lievable ," stated the first -place winner,
a mu sic major. " The C hurch ca n be
reall y proud of its yo uths : '
Co ntes t coo rd inato r Mike Blackwe ll, who work s under Jim T hornhi ll
of the nation al YO U staff, agreed ,
add ing: " T he caliber of tale nt this
ye ar wa s e xcel len t. " Co nce rn ing
othe r face ts of the co ntes t. M r
Black well pointed o ut: . 'T he a ttitude
and approac h of the contes ta nts this
year was o utsta nding . During the
(clo sed] co mpe tition. the corues ram ,
were pull ing for ea ••: h o ther a ll ,hI.·
way ."
Ron Dick of IhL' nat io nal YO C
staff and rna..ter of cer emo nies fo r ,hi..
year' s pre sentation added : "While
the co ntestants are co mpering, Ill)
clappi ng o r dis tra c tions are allo wed .
PASADENA - A delegation of
the presidents of variou s un iver siti es
in mainland China visited Ambas sado r Co llege Dec . 16 and 17, tour ing the cam pus and enj oyin g a formal
dinner in the facult y d ining room in
the student center. Th e delegation' s
visit came after Pastor General Herben W . Armstro ng ' s official tr ip to
the People' s Republic of China e arlier thi s month (see story . (his page ).
T he group arrive d at San Franc is co , Ca lif. , De c . 16 a nd wa s
o rig ina lly sc hed uled [ 0 ret urn to
C hi na fro m ther e . Ho wev er ,
nia , the Univers ity of Ca lifornia at
Los Angeles and Occident al Co lleg e
in add ition to Amba ssado r. ,
Mr . Arm stron g noted in the Dec .
12 Pastor General' s Repor t: " Not
only wa s I e nabled to deli ver be fore
lead er s of the largest nation o n eart h,
in langu age the y well under stood, the
Gospel of the Kingdo m , but , in addition , we are by my visit there , by Mr .
Rader' s planning in Tok yo and in
Peking {Beijing], and by this offici al
visit of C hinese le aders to Pasade na ,
furtherin g the goo d will now be ing
bu ilt u p between t he g reates t
because of the effort s of Stanley
economic and industria! nation on
However. a, theeoutestanrs vlalcheJ
R. Rader , Mr. Arm stron g' s general
counse l, the C hinese repr esentati ves
were able to detour to Pasaden a for a
five -day visit. W hile in So uthe rn
Ca lifornia . they vis ited t he Cali forni a Institute of Technol ogy . [he
Uni ve rs ity o f South e rn Ca lif o r-
earth and the greate st nation in popu lation .,.
Th e Chine se officials to ured the
Am ba ssador C o lle ge c am pus o n
e ac h o t he r c o m pe te in th e A u di to riurn . (he y wo uld whisper e nco ura ge me nt and a ppreci a tio n t l )
e ac h c o ntc sta nt af te r t he v haJ
finished performi ng tor the Judp.: ~ .
After the performi ng wu.. com pleted
(See CHINE S E VISIT , p age 2 )
lSee 14 T EEN S. pa ge 6)
Banquet on campus
2
Monday, Dec. 24, 1979
The WORLDWIDE NEWS
Chinese visitAmbassador
(Continued f r o m page 1)
Sunday and returned Monday eveDing for the banq uet.
.. Let' s toas t our visi to rs from
Chi na, and on beha lf of Mr. Armstrong, who is not here this eve ning .
but has ju st returned from Pek ing and
is resting ton ight in Tucson , " said
Me. Rader af te r opening the di nner
with prayer . " I want to welcome
yo u to Am bas sa do r College
and tell you how proud we are to be
able to share this moment with you."
" I' m ve ry ple ased to ha ve a
chance to be the guest tonight at the
dinner party hosted by Mr . Rader and
his wife ," replied Kuang Yarning.
president of Na nking (Na nji ng} U niversity and head of the del e gation . " 1
would like to express our appreciation for the hospitalit y we are given
toni ght and ex press our thank s to Mr .
Rader . Mrs. Rader and also a young
olde r man , chairman of the foundation, Mr . Armstron g. "
In notin g that he and both Mr .
Rader and his wife were born dur ing what the Chinese consider the
year of the horse, " Me. Kuang said:
" In Chi na , the hor se yea r is
symbolic . The meani ng of this is
very fast, galloping. So I hope the
power of three horses will promote
the frie ndshi p between the peoples of
our two cou ntries and also promote
the assoc iation or relation s betw een
Ambassador fou ndat ion and Chin a 's
education c ircles and other circles of
scie nce and techn ology in Chin a.
" So I propo se a toast to the frien d shi p of the people s of our two countries and to the further relati on of the
Am bas sado r foundation with the
fields of scie nce , tec hnology and the
culture in China and to the health of
Mr. Armstrong, a young older man ,
and also to the three horses and that
they can fly at high speed, " remarked Mr . Kuang, bringing a round
of laughter .
By Dexter H. Faulkner
In a recent telephone con versation
Mr . [Herbe n W.] Armstro ng asked
me a direct and though t-prov oking
que stion . He said , " Dexter , what
ever happened to our good old work
and service ethic ?" After our co nversation I thou ght long and hard
about the questi on .
I reflected on the e xample that Mr .
Arm stron g has set for us over the '
years of long hour s of dedicated labor
and service to get the Gospel OUI to
the world. I recalled that we are about
to wrap up a decade . The only way to
describe the .1970s is as a decade of
self . The media report that the que st
for indi vidual rights has become the
trademark of the dec ade . Everyon e is
seek ing se lf-i mp ro ve me nt a nd
self -help, along with emotional training and experien ces through e vangelical religi on and/or cults .
A co mmon bumper sticker here in
the United States during the self decade reads. " I found it, " or " I lost
it" or " 1 never needed it."
I have read case after case of individuals who gel bored and check out
or drop out to pursue their own selfinterests. Example: A former Loo k
magazine editor proces ses and cans
tomatoes, sits in his rocker . reads and
listens to Joan Sutherland . O r a
Xerox executive plot s to retire at 32!
In 1979, it seems the work service
ethic has lost its hold on people .
~ world beco mes dull and uninteresting to people because they are
so wrapped up in their own affair s
that they have lost all interest in the
welfare of others. But service should
come naturally 10 a Christian. There
can be no prouder boast, more filled
with assuran ce of personal compe renee, than "I am here to serve !"
The best public relations for anyone
is to be of service to orbers . Service is
the true creative expre ssion of self .
Giving of ourselves adds 10 the en -
Mr. Rader offered a summa ry of
the proj ect s in which the Wo rk ,
th rou gh the Amba ssa do r ln tem ation al Cultural Fo unda tio n , is
coo perating with the People ' s Re public of Chi na .
.. As all of our friends in China and
the members of this deleg ation here
tonig ht kno w , " said Me. Rader,
" this is just a begin ning of a very
lon g association . Me. Arm stron g
made that very plain when he was in
Peking only about nine day s ago .
Since we began o ur associ ation , we
have been workin g basically throug h
the C hina Soc iet y for Education ,
which, as our sponsoring host, has
put us into touch with all of the major
CHINESE DELEGATION - Above : From left , Church treasurer
Stanley R. Rader. Ambassador College ' Deputy Chancellor
Raymond McNair. Mrs. McNair , Nanking (Nanjing ) University President Kuang Yaming. Mrs. Rader and Mrs . Kuang pose for a group
photo at a banquet honoring the visiting Chinese delegation Dec. 17.
Left : Mr. McNair talks w~h Jin Xiru, vice president of Chungk ing
(Chongquing) University in China. Below : Mr. Rader talks with , from'
left. Su Lin, a member of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Bureau , Mrs.
Kuang . and Yu Fuzeng , secretary of the delegation and a staff
member of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Bureau . [Photos by Dexte r
Faulkner)
institutio ns of higher learnin g in the
Peop le' s Republ ic of China.
" Com missione d by Me. Arm strong , 1 have had the good fortune of
visiting universi ties ill Peking , Nank ing a nd Sh an ghai as well as
museum s and points of intere st for
people assoc iated with edu cation
joyrnent of life by e xpandin g our area
of interests. thus giving us more of a
feeli ng of participation . If a Christ ian
does not give something of himself to
others he drie s up, shrinks.
'
A question to ask ourselves frequen tly is, Wh at value are we to our
friend s - rot onl y durin g the good
times but in the bad time s as well ?
Some services mone y can't buy :
kindne ss. though tfulnes s, co urtesy ,
con siderati on , tolerance, appreciation and good nature . These are individual service s, given ~ one has opportunity or makes lhe opportunity.
A true Chri stian c annot give service if he has shut himself off from
the world . The most rewarding services are the outcome of the shared
feel ings that occ ur when we ex tend to
another not only material aid, when
appropri ate, but co mpass ionate , personal a nd supportive warm th.
Personal service is a good deed
done for its own sake. It shoul d be
given in a kindly way and not co ldly
as a marter of dut y. Kindline ss means
kindne ss and so me thing more: lt
means a pleasant way of doing a kind
thing. Many of the most acceptable
services are given spontaneo usly, not
after an inner debate about the virtue
of being helpful.
To reach the level of I Peter 2:12
mean s to cut through the fog of
self-l ruerest and self-abso rp tion , If a
Chri stian tru ly wishes to serve others
he will not do it as a roundabout way
of getting advantages for himself or
winning a star for his crown.
If a Chri stian is to walk with head
high , he must make a contribution to
life. wori<hard and give his all. If we
are to fulfill our calling, we must
leave the world a little richer and
better than il would have been had we
not Jived . Mr . Armstrong, Stanley
Rader and others of God ' s top leaders
are setting us prime examples, let' s
follow their lead .
both in Hangc bow and Sian. We
have also been working with the Peking Nat ional Library, the Peking
Universit y Library and the Shanghai
library as well as Nanking Univ ersity Library .
" We ha ve committed funds alread y to the C hina Society for Educalion so that books that are urgentl y
needed can be acquire d immediatel y.
We have pledged other funds that
will be extended in further help to
those institutions over the next de cade .
" We have just made arrangements
that will be concluded within the next
tw o or thre e week s so that a
minimum of two Chinese can be
trained each year in library science at
the co ng ress io na l library i n
Washing ton and two others can be
trained at the Diet library in Tok yo.
" We are arranging through Mr .
Arm strong ' s Japanese ' sons' in the
Jap an e se Diet a nd th rou gh o ur
friends at the Diet library for tbe
purchase o f equipm ent urgentl y
needed by the Peking National Library .
Letters
TO THE EDITOR
Long overdue
I wan ted to write yo u . . . to let yo u
kno w ho ..... much my wife and I were ex cited about hearing that you had recentl y
ordai ned Mr . [Stanl e y} Rader , Mr . [Ell is]
LaR avia and Mr . (Joseph) T kach as
eva ngel ists. We were genu inel y happ y
and than kful tha t God had inspired you to
make this deci sion . We both feel that they
were long overdue for recogni tion in this
area.
Mr .. and Mrs . Leon ard Holladay
Concord, N .H .
We j ust heard the fantast ic news of tbe
ordinatio ns of Mr. Tkach, Mr . LaRavia
and Me. Rader .
We pray for you and Mr . Radcrdaily in
the forefro nt of this battle . It is great 10
hear that Me. Rader now has an extra
pon ion of God 's Spirit to help him in this
battle against the State , which is reall y a
battle again st Satan .
Me. and Mrs. Mel ...in Me yer
Moore , Okla .
'" '" '"
Behind Mr. Annstrona
It was refre shin g to read the article by
Mr . Ralph Helge [Sept . IOWN] whereb y
" Tbe deputy director of the Peking Nat ional Library is probabl y arriving j ust about now in Toky o with
an assistant and an interpreter as
guest s of the foundation to con sult
with the Diet library .
" A nd last month a t the
foundation's invitation, as arranged
for by the China Soc iety for Education , the deput y director of the Diet
library visi ted the library institutions
in Pekin g : '
Great peoples
President Kuan g stated : " 1 am
moved by the words by Mr . Rader .
The Ameri can people is a great peopie. The Chine se people is also a
great people . Tbe American people
in the past 203 years since inde pendence have dev eloped this co untry to
the highe st standard of modernization today . So the people in tbe world
are very admiring o f moderni zation
here , and the y have their eyes on
moderni zation of the life and the high
stan dard of life here .
he says you , Mr . (Herbert] Armstrong.
said " Att ack " to the State and that yo u
were like a 25 -10 -30 -year-old David .
Keep it up. Me. Arm stron g. We al l are
be hind you!
Franci sca Rodrigue z
San Antonio . Tex .
'" '" '"
I reall y liked Mr . Ralph Helges cornment s in the Sept. 10 issue of th e
WorJdwj~ News . 11 might no t seem like
muc h but his passing along the se teachings ... really have helped me.
Also. and l can understand that there
was probably a lot of emoti on invo lved.
his word s on love , re " . .. I love you,
Mr . Helge . . ." e tc ., this reall y helped
me - o ne cann ot do away with the law
that tells us what love is .
Daniel Rigg
Cano n City , Colo .
'" '" '"
Books ror public use
Here in Hage rstown we arc e xtremel y
ble ssed with a ...ery fine local library . This
is undoubtedly true: of man y other cornmunilie s as well .
We would like 10 su ggest thai those of
you with similar facili ties donate co pies
of Mr. (Herbcrt]Armstrong 's book s. TM
Incredible Human PO'~1IIial and
Tomorrow, What It Will B~ LilL , for usc
by the pub lic through these libraries.
Tom Rothrock
Hagerstown , Md .
" The Cb ioese peop le will never
forget the assistance offered by the
American peop le on the road to modernization . And we hope that now or
in the future we can lend our ass istance or help 10 the Am~ ~.
in one way or another. hat 15 gl
and takin g that will be beneficial to
both sides."
Amb assador Co lle ge De put y
Chance llor Raymond McNair said ,
" We hope we'll have many years of
cooperati on in which the peoples of
the United States and China can work
together, as well as the Ambassador
cultural foundatio n, and thai we will
be able to have a continuing happy
and succe ssful relationsh ip."
Amb assad or Coll e ge li br ari an
Richard Walther proposed a toast to
the Chinese people: " We feel very
privileged to be your hosts to night
and to share this evening with you .
Ma y !he people of C hina be able to
enjo y the peace . prospe rity. happi ness and good health as a heritage of
the things chat belong to them , to the
people of Chin a."
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The WORLDWIDE NEWS
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Monday , Dec . 24 , 1979
Th e WORLDWIDE NEWS
Ministerial Services staff go·als
to inform, serve, fulfill needs
By Michael Snyder
PASADENA - Have you ever
wondered how the hall you meet in
for Church services every week is
rented ? Where do those little black
books that mini sters use to perform
marriage s come from ? Who keeps
records of the ordinations in God' s
Church?
To ans wer these and other que slions you would have to look on the
se co nd floor of Ambas sador
Co lleg e 's Hall of Admini strat ion
here. where a gro up of offices houses
Minis te rial Ser vic e s, he aded by
ev angelis t Joseph Tkach and his assistant Dr. William Kessler .
Fadlitating decisions
Sta tes Mr . n ach , ·'Mr. Herben
Armstrong is the one who runs the
Work - we in Mini sterial Serv ices
serve as the means by which Mr .
Ann stron g facil itates his decisions ."
Dean Blackwell and Leroy Neff,
Me. Armstron g' s two reg ional assistants, and traveling e vangeli st Gerald
WJuerhouse work out of Ministe rial
Se rvic es. Mr . Bla ckwell c haracteri zes their roles thusly: " One of the
key things that people need to reali ze
is that (we] c hannel information back
to Mr . Armstron g for his decision .
Then we take the developed policie s
a nd de cision s bac k O UI into the
C hurch." In effect , Mr. Tkach adds ,
the three evangelists are " taking the
pulse of the Church " for the pastor
general .
To keep things runnin g smoothly
and facilitate policy dec isions , Mr.
Armstron g will phone or send mes sages to Ministerial Services several
time s a day , reports Mr . nach o In
add ition, Mr . Tkach meets regularl y
with Mr. Annstrong at his Tucson.
Ariz .• home to bring information and
material directl y to him for his personal acti on. In Mr. Tkach ' s absence, Dr. Kessler serves as acting
head of the department in Pasadena .
Aside from implementing the decisions and policie s made by Mr.
Armstrong , Ministerial Service s has
other duties . Says Dr. Kessler. " Mr.
Tkach , myself and our staff have a
nwnber of goals we strive 10 reach
every day. Basically . they fall into
three areas: keeping the ministry informed and up to date, serving the
Church at large and meeting the needs
of the ministry in God' s Church ."
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Keepin g the ministry informed is a
major task in itself , acco mplished
pr imar il y t hro ug h the Pa st or
General' s Hotline and the Pastor
General' s Report.
Direct communication
Accordin g to Dr. Kessler : " Me.
Herben Ann stron g is responsible for
both the Hotline and the Pa st or
General' s Report . These are his personal vehicle[ s] for direct communication to the ministers in the field ,
who in tum co nvey his' messages to
the Church members . Me. Armstrong may ask others to include
material and information, but he de c ides what goes in it. "
Serving the Chur ch at large requires the help of other staff members . Ministerial Services handles
the distribution of third tithe. ministerial and church supplies, hall rent- .
ats. Church history files, publ ic-address systems , fleet adm inistration,
Spokesman Club and other tasks .
Serving the needs of the ministry
includes expense-funds , Bible lecture
program s, the new audiovisual programs, ministerial housing and moving , ordination records and certifi-
MINISTERIAL MOVES - Georgia
Zick keeps track of min isterial
moves, above, and receptionist
Ellen Escat takes a phone call as
part of the their duties in Ministerial
Services . (Photos by Roland Rees)
cates, ministerial manual s (the little
black.book ) and pastor listing s. (Rod
Matthews of the International Office
here coo rdinates the subsection respon sible for ~hose listings .
International Office
,
JOB RESPONSIBILmES-Clockwise from left:
Evangelist Joseph TKachgoes over some papers
in his responsibilities as head of Ministerial Services; Richard Bur1<y. policy systems analyst for
the department , discusses a matter with Jennifer
Hanway, church assistance secretary and moving coordinator; John Halford helps prepare audiovisual programs for IO,calchurches and works
with various tuncnons related to the International
Wor1<: Mike Feazell handles special projects for
the departmen t; Dr. William Kessler serves as
assistant to Mr. TKach and as acting head of the
department whenever Mr. Tkach is away: and
Glenn Nice , ministerial financial coordinator,
handles the many miscellaneous expenses related to the ministry and local churches. (Photos by
Roland Rees)
Ministerial Services serve s the in"temariona! areas of God ' s Church .
The Internati onal Office perform s
the functions worldwide that the
larger staff of Min ister ial Serv ices
doe s for the United States.
In addition , the Internati onal Office serves as a liaison between Me.
Tkach and the Church and ministry
outsi~ the United States by channeling informati on to him . Mr . Tk ach
forward s the material to Mr . Armstrong . The International section also
work s with the oversea s office s of the
Work to help coo rdinate the intern ational editions of The Plain Truth
(e.g .• a Than ksg iving article in ibe
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FrenchPT (La Pure Verite } would be
inappropriate, as the French do not
observe Thanksgivin g) .
Ministerial Services, mu ch attuned to the need s of the Work ,
strives to fulfill a var iety of needs.
However, accord ing to Mr . Tk ach.
the staff has adopted a tongue- incheek motto to help them cope with
the hectic pace: " When you co me to
the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang
on." With this thou ght in mind. the
staff co nstantl y rededicates itself ( 0
the service of God ' s Work .
Monday, Dec, 24, 1979
The WORL DWIDE NEWS
Work 's toll-free telephone lines
serve through variedfunctions
By M1cba.1 Snyder
PASADENA- "Hello.maylhelp
you?" Thousands of people who use
the Work 's toll-free numbers hear
that phrase when they call to request
litera ture and ministerial visits from
the Church. Yo u may have wo ndered
what this telephone service is and
how it operates.
"The WATS [Wide Area Telephone Service] line is basical ly a literarure request serv ice that backs up
Mr. Herbert Armstrong in his preaching of the Gospe l," reports WATS
line coo rd inato r Bill Butle r, who
works under Richard Rice , director
of the Mail Processing Center.
literature-content inve ntory classes
that involve memo rizing all of the
literature titles . readi ng the literature and then being tested on its content ."
In addition to an advanced hterature and opera tor class required for
all em plo yees, anothe r dimension
figures important ly in the selection of
employees. According 10 Mr. Butler,
all W ATS line employees are ba ptized membe rs " with very few exceptio ns; the few exceptions are Ambassadcr College studen ts who are in
good stand ing . We leave no stone
untumed in preparing the operato'
for any eventuality. "
Short a tte ntion spa n
General greedng
According to Mr. Bu tler . the
W ATS line aids in getting the
Church'; message to many people
who don't usually write letters . " In
o ur modem society many people do
thin gs on the spur of the moment and
have a comparatively shon attention
span . The telephone is particularly
helpful in getting responses from
tbem .v states Mr. Butler. '
To illustrate, Mr . Butler points
out : " When an advertisement appear s on the World Tomorrow
program, peop le will general ly dial
the toll -free numbe r right off the
screen . At the mome nt' the advertisement appears on the scree n of any
given television program , o w-phones
will ring right off thebook ,"
The WATS line also performs
several functions for C hurc h members and co -workers. Members who
are traveling and need to fin d the
location of Wo rldwide C hurc h of
God services in other areas can call
the WATS line for this infonnation .
Members and co-workers can also
request literature through tbe WATS
line , tho ugh spec ial literat ure request
cards are included in Church publication s for this purpose .
Many peop le may wonde r why the
WATS line staff answers the phone
with the general phrase " He llo , may
I he lp yo u?" instead of "Hello,
Worldwide Church of God. " Acco rding to Mr. Butler . this greetin g
was made uniform because the
WATS line represents many aspect s
of the Work .
" We are the personal contact for
the World Tomorrow radio and television broadcasts. the Plain Truth
and Good News magazines, M r .
Herbert W . Armstro ng , the Wo rldwide C hurch of God , Ambassador
Co lleg e and many others." illu strates Mr . Butle r.
" Were we to answer the phone just
for one of these organizations , we
wo uld get a respon se like, 'O h, I' m
sorry . I've got the wrong numbe r,'
and the calle r wo uld hang up . To
avo id all of these problems we don't
identify ourselves unless the cal ler
asks us wh o we represent. Thi s
gives us a great deal of needed versatility ."
Altho ugh not the largest section of
the Wo rk , the WATS line area is
constantly striving to improve itself
and move forward . The telephone
service plays an important role in
backing up Church evangelistic etforts and is prepared to adapt itself to
any funct ion requ ired by the Work to
help complete its commission.
Say s Hannah Pope , WATS line
staffer: " [T he WATS line] is o ne of
the most important jobs because we
represent the Wo rk to the people who
call in for the first time . Most of the
time they don't have the slig htest
idea who they' re calli ng . We real ly
strive to show that we are 100 percent
behi nd Mr. Armstrong ."
PasCor. General's Hotl ine
Perhaps one of the least-known
operations of the WATS line is the
Pastor General ' s Hotline. Explains
Mr . Butler : "The minis ters in God 's
Church are given a special number to
call, and the hotline message is
played right over the telephone. Thi s
is very beneficial to Church brethre n,
as the ministe r often rapes the mes sage at his end and then plays it back
for his congregation at Sabbath service s o r a Bible study. "
As .the indivi dual s who staff the
telephone lines are among the first to
be con tacted by a person ju st becoming involved with the Work , special
care is taken in the selec tion and
training of t he WATS line emplo yee s . " T he re' s a tremendous
arnount of training ,.. reports Mr. Butle r. " T he prospective WATS ernployees must attend several training
classes on telephone procedure s and
TELEPHONE SERVICE - Clockw ise from below: John Wilson expla ins aspects of the
WATS line service to. from left, Barbara Anticn . Jann ice May. Florence l ane and Nettie
Herzig as parl of their training program as new employees; Carol Galloway processes a
literature request on a computer termina l; Gene Nouhan fills out a literature request card lor
an interested caller; and WATS line coordinator Bill Butler explains the purpose of the
service . Top : Hannah Pope plays a Pastor General's Hotline tape for a calling minister.
[Photos by Roland Rees J
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14 teens compete in YOU finals
(Continued from page 11
the closed sess ion , the co ntes tants
burst into spo ntaneous a pp lause in
apprec iatio n of eac h other 's talents
and perf orm ance . "
Co m ment ing on the atti tude of the
co n tes tant s, Mr . Blackw ell s a id :
" This is the concept that YOU is
trying to promote . Wh en teenagers
do their best and develop themsel ves
in the proce ss, ev erybody' s a winner .
YOU is trying to get across the fac t
th at a teenager doe s not have to be in
first place to be a success :'
In
to ry . re adin g, co nve rsa tio n a nd
ph ysics . Rene e atte nd s services in
Den ver. Co lo .• an d recently starte d a
chi ldre n ' s c ho ir in the Denve r
c hurc h .
tunities to the yout hs in the C hurc h.
Yo unges t of the five child re n o f
Tra cy Marie Williams spen t four
years developing her talent without
the benefit of formal lessons to capture second place and a one- year tui tion sc holars hip to Ambassador . The
lo- year-old vocalist is also developing othe r talents and is c urre ntly
Kim is the da ug hte r of W alt and
Loi s Friesen and attend s the T acoma .
Wa sh ., churc h .
A seco nd-year final s co ntes tan t.
Paul C umm ins perf ormed Lud wi g
van Beet hoven ' s .. Son ata in C" in
the 1979 competitio n . Finis h ing firs t
in the Canadia n YO U fi nals. Pa ul
traveled fro m Q uebec C ity . Q ue .• to
pla y in Pa saden a . Paul . 19 . has been
Enthused by attitudes
Jonathan Kurnik , a minister e nrolled in the sabbatical program , was
so enthused by the contestant ' s attitudes that he wrote the following
letter to The Worldwi de News .
" Dear teen s: My wife and I had
the oppo rtun ity last evening to attend
the YOU talent co ntest final s in the
Ambassad or Auditorium . The performances were trul y out standing! In
fac t tbe y were so well presented that
e ven our two young children stayed
attentive for the entire two hours - a
first.
" O ur initial imp ression was the
var iety and dep th o f talent exhibited
by the se yo ung peopl e . Their level o f
artist it acc omplishment certainl y
placed them in the upper echelon o f
other young people their age . We
also thought about the fact that they
represented hundreds of other young
people in God 's Church of sim ilar
a bilities, man y of whom ma y per fo rm in future final s .
.. Perhaps e ven more impre ssive
was the warmth and camarade rie th at
was e xpre ssed am on g the finali sts
bo th o n the sta ge and behind the
sce nes. The hour s they spe nt together
a part from the conte st - among
C hurc h brethren , with the YOU
staff, wi th the mini stry and in publ ic
- ty pified th eir en thu s iasm for
God ' s C hurc h and the wa y of life
they have bee n gi ven . As true yo ung
am bass adors fo r God ' s Churc h, the y
prov ed to us how thou sands of o ur
young people are following the right
ex am ple and getting ' back on the
track ' as well. "
MICHAEL LIMANNI JR .
Michael Sr. and Jo sephine Limanni ,
Mike attends the Boston church.
Roberta " Bo bbie" Bulharcwski ,
17, had been pla ying the flute for
ne arl y e igb t ye ars before being
awarded honorable ment ion in the
1979 talent fmal s. Bobbie performs
TRACY WILLIAMS
coordinating her own dance school
with 32 students .
T racy is very appreciative o f the
YO U program and feel s that it has
ope ned up many opportunities for the
yo uths in God ' s Chu rch . She is ac tive in her chapter in Joplin. Mo. ,
and rece ntl y won six medal s in YOU
track meets .
Trac y is the daughter of Maxine
Gen eva Williams and resides with
her mother in Grove , Okla.
BOBBIE BULHAROWSKI
special music for the church in Re seda, CalLI. • and has performed in
sc hoo l talent show s and three regional YOU talent contests.
Bobbie en jo ys se w ing . needl ewo rk. and coo k ing and plays piano
and ten or saxophone in addition to
the flute . Bobb ie hope s to attend
Ambassador aft er graduating from
high school and e ventually bec ome a
dietitian or a fashion designer.
A senior in hi gh sc hoo l, Bobbie is
the olde st d aughter of John and
Roberta Bulharowski .
Contestant profiles
LISA WILLIAMSON
forman ce of " Ho me" from the
Broadw ay mu sical The Wiz. She be lieve s that the nati onal YO U pro gram
has " very good point s" and is ex c ited a bou t th e o p po rt u nit ie s in
which she has been a ble to parti cipate .
The l7 -year -old vocal ist' s favorite
SUbject is law , and she counts bicy ling, basketball , cheerleading and
d an c in g among her favo rite pa stime s .
Lisa is the dau ghter of Dolphu s
and Barbar a Willi am son and atte nds
the C hicago So uth churc h .
RENEE GOULa
Anth ony " To ny " White, 14, per formed Louis Gottschalk' s technical
work. . 'Banjo " for his presentation in
the Ambassad or Auditorium. A na-
A nativ e of Chi cago , III. , Lisa
William son wa s awarded third place
an d a one -se me ster tuition sc ho larship to Amb assador for a vocal per-
Foll o win g are profil es of the 14
finali sts :
First-pla ce winner Renee Gould .
18, of Bould er. Col o ., be gan tak ing
piano le sson s at the age of 7. As the
lesson s pro gressed through the years,
Ren ee began to dream o f becoming a
co nce rt piani st and ha s since spent
co unt less hour s at the piano preparing fo r thi s goal . A vetera n of man y
pu bl ic recit al s and fo ur re gion al
YO U talent co ntes ts, Renee ' s per form ance befor e a ca pac ity crowd in
the Amb as sador Audit orium was the
fu lfillment of a lifelon g go al.
W inn in g the t wo -ye ar tuiti on
sc hola rsh ip 10 Ambassador Col lege
came as a co m plete surprise , and
Re nee . a so phomore m us ic maj or at
the U nive rs ity of Colorado in Boul de r. has not yet determined wh eth er
she '.\ ill finish her music degree before co m ing to Amb assador.
One o f two da ug hte rs o f Joh n and
Patri cia Gould. Re nee i'i interested in
"C'YCf) thing . , . including:mu sic . his-
PAUL CUMMINS
taking formal piano lesson s since the
age of 7 and plans to enter Ottawa
(O nL) Uni versity next yea r and
major in psychology .
Paul is enthusiastic about the YOU
program and feels the competition
has given him a good opportunity " to
learn from my experiences" and
further develop his abilities .
Mich ael A . Limanni Jr . was o ne o f
the two co nte stants receiving hon orable mention. Mike . 19. a sophomor e at Emerso n Colle ge in Boston ,
Mass. , hail s from Sal em, N. H . He
perfo rme d a vocal se lec tio n ent itled
.. Wh at Are Yo u Doi ng for the Rest
of Yo ur Life?"
A vete ra n o f seve ral pub lic performances , Mike co unts bas ke tball ,
mu sic and el ectron ic j o urna lis m
am on g his inter e sts and hope s to beco me a tel e vision prod ucer aft er his
co llege ca ree r . M ike is in the proce ss
of transfe rring to Am bassado r Col lege and be lieves the YOLo pro!!rJ m
has o f fe re d .. funra..l1 c .vppo r-
A six-y ear piano stude nt, Kimberl y Friesen , I7 , o f Gig Harbor .
Wa sh ., competed in two regional
YOU contests before qualifying for
the nationa l final s in 1979 . Kim
selected Franz Liszts "Liebestraum'
for her p ian o perform an c e in
TONY WHITE
tive Texan and Dallas Cowboy fan,
Ton y has a wide ran ge o f interests
including sho rt wa ve radi o , co m puter programing and ele ct roni c s.
A veteran of nine years of pian o
lesson s, Ton y also find stime to be
invo lved in a Bo y Scout s ' explorer
post in Irving , Tex .
The son of Jerome and Wanda
White, Ton y att end s th e Dallas,
Tex. , North churc h.
bara reports tha t her care er go al lie s.
in educ ati on , and she ha s been
aw arded sev eral aca de m ic and sports
honors . Her pa stime s include water
spo rts, sno w sk iing , cl assic al guita r,
sew ing and cooking in add itio n to
musi c . She is an offi cer of her high
sc hoo l stude nt co unci l and plan s to
att end Ambassador Co lle ge upon
grad uation .
Barbara is the dau ghte r of Ro y and
Mary Swanson and live s with he r
parents in Milk Rive r , Alt a .
involve ,
and w or
siona lly
Mark
Carol yr
mu sic
c hu rch.
A se
Cher i
Ch opin
bef ore t
sador ~
for II {
Sixteen-year-old pi an ist Mar k
Winner participated in the YOU tal ent contest this year fo r the fir st time .
performing " So l fe ggie lto in
Ca nadian Barbara Swanson , 16.
qu alified for the YO U national final s
in her fir st yea r of co m petition. per-
bein g: il
give s yl
KIMBERLY FqlESEN
th is ye Ie' S co ntest. Sh e is cu rren tly a
membe r o f her high sc hoo l' s s ym phonic band and play s the flute in
addition to her piano skills .
Kim co unts chccrle ading among
her favo rite pas times and enjoy s all
spo rts. S he plan s on mak ing her mar k
in the buvin e vs wo rld afte r gradual ion
from high , .:hoo l .
availabl
MARK WINNER
BARBARA SWANSON
fo rm ing a flut e so lo by Jean Tulo u
ent itled . . Va riati on s . "
Music is a big pan o f Bar bar a'«
life . She also is skilled on the pia no .
organ and piccolo However. Bur -
C Mino r" by Ca rl Phillip Emanuel
Bach .
Mark has truve led c ctc ns ively .fi ving in Austral ia. Ca lifo rnia . Kansas
and now Gadsden . Ala . Mark also
plays trumpet. guitar and drum s an d
cou nts w restl ing and ba...ketbal l d !'>his
two fa vori te spo rts . He ho pes to be
. Cher
lead ing
Ch~~r1t
uonul fi
and mu
and pial
graduar
Ch ':T
fS~ 1
" NT FINALS - Clockwise
above: Master of cere '" Ron Dick of the national
staff congratulates pianist
'r5t-p lac e winn er Renee
• Lisa Williamson sings her
) a third-p lace finish in the
st: pianist Paul Cummins
ssnts the Canadian YOU in
J U talent finals; and Millie
grior ms her dance routine.
-s by Roland Rees)
the Church as a caree r
ike to teach piano profes the future .
the son of Will iam and
nner , and he plays speci al
ervices in the Gad sden
d-year national fina list.
"ry pre sented Fred e ric
" Fantaisie-Impromptu"
ca pacity crowd in Ambas .uorium. A piano student
-er l6 years, C heri enjoys
CHERI BURRY
YO U and feels that "YOU
13 lot o f opportu nities " not
any whe re else .
vvervactive in YOUcheer-d ha'scompeted in the U.S .
.di ng A ssocia rion ss nalb . She abo co unts sof tball
-: amon g her ma in interests
10 atten d Ambassador upon
11 from high sc hoo l.
liv c s with her pa re nts.
? N T EST A N TS, pagl'l 10 )
TEEN MUSICIANS Clockwise from left :
Mike Limanni Jr . sings
for an honorable mention award ; Janice
l ove shows her vocal
talents ; Mark Winner
performs a piano cornpos iti on ;
Bobb ie
Bulharow ski plays her
flute to win an nonorable mention ; and master of ceremonies Ron
Dic k ann oun ces the
co ntest ant s. I Photo s
by Roland Rees j
Monday .
The WORLDWIDE NEWS
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LOCAL CHURCH'NEWS
CHURCH
ACTIVITIES
The fun for the ARLINGTON ,
. , HEIGHTS. m., brethren began at I p.m.
Nov . 25 whe n the y formed a lice to
choose the ir favorite dis hes and sa l do wn
to eat wi lli each other at a churc h soc ial.
After the-potluck dinner the games began.
with cbiJdte n ages I 10 11 enjoying an
array of game s, fun and prizes. In another
room the teens and adult s participated in
carch-tbe-cup, potato races, cakewalks
and musical chairs . Prizes were given to
the winners . S. Einersen ,
The BALTIMORE. Md .• church had
its fourth annual Thanks giving sharing
Nov . 16. An estimated 500 pounds of
foodst uffs wen: contributed and dis played
near the speakers' stand duri ng services .
"The sennone ttc and sermo n tied in with
the display . ex pandi ng on the theme of
genero sity and the need to honor our
commitments to God and to man . following services the food was distributed . and
e v en after lhc:needs of the members were
satisfied there was enough food left ove r
10 fill seve n boxes . whic h wen: distri buted to needy families in the Baltimore
area. Then the Youn g at Heart Cl ub provided a bru nch for the entire congre gaticn. cappi ng an entire day o f sharing and
fellowship. Carl K~lly .
The CUM BERL AND. Md .• church
s ponsored a hand icraft and bake sale Nov .
25 al the Baltimore Pike Fin: Hall. Leftover baked goodswere turned over to the .
YOU members . who sold some at Bible
study the following Tuesday evenin g and
thl; rest at a side walk sale in front of a
do wnto wn store on the mall . Margaut
M~tl..
man , third , dressed as an Indian maid . A
play abow thefirst Thanksgiving was narrated by Ron ZdrojeWski in his king-size
turkey o utfit. Mr . Summerfield per formed a Pilgri m wedd ing, which ended
with the " groom" (Brer Van Blai.rcom)
giving the " bride " (Rho nda Hc::llman) a
disco hand shake . At the Pilgnm Bible
study silly questi ons were answered by
Jul ie Red ding, Walter and Caro l Van
Blaircom and Barbara Graham . Bob Redding san g " Bless This House " and "Ten
Little Indian s" as Joe and Mary Ainsworth danced around a tepee . The Pilgrim s were led by " loo ko ut" Kent Borruf . Preston and Pauline Fritts , Rand and
Gloria MiUich, Bob and Peggy Thome
and Jason and Norene Fritts performed a
square dance , and the play ended with all
singing " Ameri ca ." W4!'ndyVan WiU4!'n.
The soc ial event of the year for the
MORWELL, Au stralia, church was
Nov . 24, with 30 visitors from the Melbourne , Australia. cburchesjoining in the
festi vities . Sabb ath services were fol lowed by a children's party , where the
youngsters enjoy ed a film and a variety of
games with Rick Spain as host . Me~ .
while the adults part icipated in tasung
nine wines from the: Rothbury Estate .
Br uce G ree naway, a ssi sted b y Ri ck
Kevill, served red and white wine s while
a de scri ption of each of the wines was
given by Len Evans on cassette tape . The
Morwell YOU teen s served the meal pre pared under the direc tion of Mrs . G .
Broe kstra and Lyn Ort on . T he members
had brought a variet y of desserts . Many
too k part in the baby -photo co mpetition ,
trying to guess the identity of the bounc ing babie s, all of them area Church mem bers. Thirteen team s joined in the quiz
co mpiled by minister Kerry Gubb . Mem ber s o f Allan Rigg ins ' winning team
celebrated by sharing the pize, a bottle of
wine wrapped in dollar notes . 'Thefilm '1'ft4!'
War Ga~ , a sobering look at the results
of nuclear war , ended the: evening. The
social raised more than $200, which will
go toward the distribut ion of the Plain
Truth householder ca rds . lld:~
Donoghue .
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Six people were bapdzed Nov. 24 10
ST. JOSEPH, Mo ., by James WeUs.
pastor of the Topeka, Kan ., and St.
Joseph churches. Those baptized were .
Denni s Hanson. Charles and Lenora Pearl
Ellis , Richard Nelson, Annabelle Lemons
and Mary Norris . About 25 people were
present at the home of ~~. and ~rs .
Roger Smith for the bapnzmg serv ice .
which was followed by the noon meal and
a period of Christian fell ow sh ip .
Clarence W. Hans on .
The annual gigantic yard sale of the
ST , PETERSBURG, Fla.• church adve rtised as ha ving " everyth ing imaginable , ,.
was Dec . 2 and 3 on 66th Street North in
St. Petersburg. In preparing for the:fundraising event, man y of the workers arose
ase arly as3:30 a.m . Sunday to meet at the
International House of Pancake s for
breakfast before beginnin g to set up for
the sale at 5:30 a.m . Publk part tcipauoe
ran extremely high with a stead y flow of
customers from sunrise to sunset on both
da ys. Lavene L. Yorel ,
Abou t 14 yo ung adult s in six cars from
the TAMPA. Aa. , churc h sharpened
the ir d ri ving and riddle- solving sk ills
Nov. 25 at a car rall y in T ampa. Local
elder Brady v eller planned the rally ,
which featured two cars start ing in oppoeite directions every 15. min~te s . Con sequentl y, drivers and then co ~iJot s passing others along the fiv e -mile co urse
" W i n a tick et! T o ss the foo t ba ll
through the swinging tire! Pop the bal loons with three dart throw s!" The se
were some: of the shows beard at the
JACKSONVn..LE. N.C ., church's first
winter social Dec . 2. T ickets were given
instead of prizes at each carnival booth .
with those holdin g the most tic kets winning qual ity prizes . Winners were Billy
W inn , 10 and under age-group; Mark
' Smith , II to 17 age-group; and Cbuck
Mari no, 18 and ov er age-group . A $1
ticket bought a chance to win one of three
turkeys . To mmy Will iams won the first
turke y, and his brother Gary won the second . The third turke y esc'aped the: Williams' famil y, going instead to Steve
Baranas kas. The even ing meal was all the
flound er and trimm ings you could eat,
fried hot while yo u waited. Then the
church's band , made up of Pat Elliot,
A .D. RI1aIt., Don Engle and MarshaU
Martin , played a variety of music for
danc ing . Min ist er Do n En gle was
scheduled to leave the following da y for a
visit with his wife ' s family in New Zealand . All sang " For He's a Joll y Good
Fellow" in his honor. l oAnn Winn .
Fo ur hours of game s galore were featured at the Dec . I famil y night of the
LITTLE ROCK. Ark ., churc h. Forty
cakes baked by the women and girls were
used in cakewalk s, and some of those
cakes were ea gerly devoured when do nated by the winners . Also featured were
a fish pond , ring-toss ga mes (espec ially
challengi ng was try ing to toss rings on the
bobbin g and wea ving heads of three live
geese ), It bam boo- pole dance. bingo , an
artist dra wing caricatures of anyone who
agreed to sit for him . a photographer who
had a bri sk busine ss and a skit tha t
spoo fed min ister Fred Kellers and h~ s
wife . Some took advantage of the music
to dance a- few number s . Refreshmen ts
were served by the y OU members . Frank.
z"hn .
Mor e than 75 membe rs of t he
MELBOURNE, Aa ., church gathered
after services Nov . 10 for their first fe llowship Sabbath . Pastor Gene Bailey encouraged the members to becom e be tter
acqua inted while enjoyin g the refre shrre nts. Half the me mbers were asked to
bri ng reli sh tray s and lem on ade, the
o thers sand wiches . Fellows hip Sabbath,
founded on the pre mise that it is easter to
get acquai nted while enjoyi ng a snack and
a coo l drink , is scheduled to become a
o nce- a-mo nth occ urrence at the Mel bourne church . C .L . Saller .
going in the oppo site direction and fak ing
finding or not finding clue s heightened
lhe hilarit y of the raUy. From the imagina tion of Mr . Veller came 25 riddLes, clues
and side trips that lOOk IIh hours to complete . Mike Maynard and his co pilots
took fu st with more than 1,000 points ,
and Paul Topa sh with his carload took a
good seco nd . The prizes were a bottle of
Cold Duck wine and bag of peanu ts, respecti vely. These refreshm ents with a few
additi ons were shared at the Maynard s'
PUCKERING PILGRIMS - Mr.
and Mrs . David Summerfield,
dressed as a Pilgrim preacher and
his w~e, pucker up altha Michigan
City, Ind., Thanksg iving social
Nov. 11 . (See "Church Activities,"
this page.) [Photo by Wendy Van
Wierenj
home , where plans wen: madefor an expanded rally involving othe r churches.
Lynn l. Rowe ,
A 71h-hour , fast-paced service Dec . l
lin ger s in the mem o ry of ma ny
TORONTO. O nt., We st brethren . A
Bible study co nducted by pastor Tom
Ecker on how to handle the problems
presented by the Christmas holiday be gan
at I p .m ., followed by refre shments i.nthe
foyer. The regular Sabbath service featured a sermoee tte by deacon George
Merrin, announcements by assoc iate pastor Perc Burrows and the sermon by Mr.
Eck er . After a churc h s uppe r in the
cafeteria, the brethren moved on to attend
the YOU and YES co ncert in the auditorium , picturing a Bavarian (root) beer
garde n in the Alps . Joe Scott was ma ster
o f ceremonies. A high point of the enter tainment was Mike Petc:n on' s unbelievable plano rendition while a hidden record
player pro vided the music . Bill Moore.
The WIMBLEDON. England . breth ren goc together Nov. 24 for a sq~ are
dance , enlivened by a good c aller with a
sense of hu mor . Light refreshments provided by so me of Ute ladie s of the church
were sold at rea sonabl e prices , and some
of the YOU members helped serve the
.tea. Margar~t Fr~ "e;Jt .
CLUB
MEETINGS
Attorne y Helen Porter gave a talk to the
CHICAGO . III .• Northwest churc h's
Women' s Cl ub Nov . 18 regard ing pncti·
cal legal matters as the y especially relate
to women, then ans wered questi ons from
the club members . The meeting also
included a topics session led by Susan
Frederick and icebreaker speeches by Lucille Childre ss and Donna Jilek . Susan
Fr~tkricl .
With the theme of de veloping " The
Total Christian W oman, " the DE~
TROIT. Mich . , East Women ' s Club
had its first meet ing Dec . 4, attended by
58 women . Future topics are scheduled to
include inner beauty , o uter beaut y, the
single woman , home arts, the contented
woman and " Who Is My Neighbor?"
Churcb pastor Earl William s is the club
director . The club will meet every second
Sunda y of the month through May. Karen
Abramczyk..
The Co ncerne d About People C lub o f
the FLINT, Mich ., c hurch met Nov . 19
with the theme of " Your Spiritual Respo ns ibili ty ." Ora Bourd eau, servic e
coo rdinator for the: group, prese nted a tal k
on ., How to Pra y and the Power. of
Pra yer." Linnea Hi as spoke o f a .
woman ' s ove rall spiri tual respons ibilit y.
About 35 wome n atten ded the meet ing .
As a special November projec t the C AP
C lub treated some of the wido ws to an
afternoo n outing. Eac h widow receiv ed a
co rsa ge at the Fall Fest ival Luncheon .
The program included a fashion sho w
with styles daring from the 1800s to the:
present da y, i nc lud ing silks , vel vet s
high-button shoe s, ribbo ns and lace s,
baby dolls. two suffragettes and a vam p .
A donat ion for the handicapped was made
to the:Goodwill Au xiliary membe rs, who
mode led the garme nts . Joann Wh iuh4!'od .
T he KENOSHA. W is ., Wom en ' s
C lub had its first mee ting of the 1979 -80
year Nov. II at the: home of Sand i Re~­
dau . A new dirottfSion was added this
year in the fonn of club office ~: Do~
Baker , president ; Ann Sorrennon, vice
pres ident ; Conni Mc Clure, secretary :
Karen Fra yer, trea surer, and Mrs . Rendall, fund-rai sing c hairm an ." A quilt
co mmittee , garage sale s, bake sale s, a
hospitality committee and a trading post
wen: some o f the ideaspresented and discussed to keep the: membership busy dur ing the club year . Then the 191ad'es ~s­
en t re laxed and enjoyed a Tbanksglvmg
luncheon . Conn; McClure .
The CINCINNATI. Oh io , E as t
Graduate Club met in mid-November for
its first meeeing o f the season . Pastor
Reinhold Fues.sel pointed out to the ~
members present that they bad amassed a
total of 261 years of experience as baptized members o f the Church and admon ished them to put that e xperie nce to
work by visiting, inspiring and encourag ing other members o f the co ngregen oe .
Mr . Pre ssel also led a di scus sion relating
to the C hurc h's receivership crisis. The
December meet ing will focu s on bein g
pOsitive-minded . MicJta~l Brandenbur g Gr aeme Henderson , outgoing presi de nt of ehe MELBOURNE. Australia .
South Spoke sm an C lub , spo nso re d a
picnic-barbecue on his farm at NlI!" Nar
Goo n Nov . 18 for the Spokesmen and
frie nds . About 30 peopl e gathered for the
year-end oonn g, enjoy ing ' fine weather
despite a threa tenin g storm in the area .
Activitie s incl ude d a fri endl y crick et
matc h anda giant bonfire . Mr. Henderson
too k his guests on a tour of the farm ; much
ex ci teme nt en sued when a bull esca ped
from its compound and threat en ed to
char ge into tbe touring thron g. However ,
qui ck thinking by Mr . Henderson averted
a potentiall y dangero us situa tion, while
the touri sts scram bled for safet y. Most of
the guests returned home after talking
well into the night aro und the ca mp fire .
P . HasanJ:olli.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn ., Spok esman
Dec. 24 . 1979
C lub member s had a livel y meeting Dec .
S. Gary Schaeffer led the topics session,
bringing response from the entire club ,
Steve Burke andSteve Zi.rul. bolh Spokesman Club graduaees, were surprisedwhen
called upon to give imp-omptu speecbe s.
the fant this year . Their pasI training was
evident. Arverd Sc m ber ger was decl ared
mosr effective speaker for his No .8 attack
s peec h, and Jim Svardahl was named
mos t im proved speake r for his No . 10
inspire speec h . Cl ub d irect or Leon ard
Schre iber surpri sed Mr. Svardahl by asking him to do the s peech again . this time
as a serm onette for theMinneapolis North
churc h. l jm St~ink .
Members of the SYDNEY. Australia,
North Spoke sman Club mel with the ir
wives ' and dares for the final meeting of
the year at the historic Argyle Tavern
Nov . 13. Amidst the Old World atmosphere of heavy oak beam s and sandstone
walls, mem bers and guest s enjo yed a deliciou s meal , waited on by liveried attendants aM a serving wench . T wo of the
speakers almost caused the .cl ub t~ ~l­
lapse with laughter with thelf oescnpcon
of how to avoi d being bitten by mos quitoe s and the ad venture s of a milkman .
Director Russell Co usto n co mme nted that
the cl ub had been a great success becau se
. the me n had made God a part of it and had
diligently applied the advice of Proverb s
24:16. Bob Farrar , Adrian Cornelius and
David Crawford rece ived certific ates for
having co mpleted the requirements of the
speech cl ub manual . Bill Haughton.
SINGLES
SCENE
The PAS ADENA DOTS (Dancers
Over Thirt y) had a Haw aiian luau Nov. 10
at the ho me of C lar ice C rossen in
Pasadena . Abo ut 30 membe rs attended .
dre ssed in muumuus and hap py shirts .
sway ing to the music of tbe island s.
Three week i later , o n Dec. I , the
OOTS got togethe r for a chili cooko ut at
Loui se Lindsey 's home in Pasaden a .
Kemmer Pfund won a beer -hone y mug for
the best c hili. and lewis Whisenh unt won
a fire extinguisher in the chili-pepper earing contest. About 50 members , all
dressed in western audits , danced to the
mu sic o f Mark Kersh and hi s ro lli ng
. cowury band . FranJc Piruo ,
YOUTH
ACTIVITIES
ASHEVILLE. N .C . . YO U membe rs
(limed out in force Nov . 25, a wet Su nda y, at the Tho ms Orth opedic Hosp ital in
Ashe ville ' s Biltm ore area for a leafraking party. The 24 teens spent the morning raking andcleani ng up the premises of '
the hospital grounds. Spokesmen for the
hospital said the YOU group'scivic project
saved the hospital mo re than 52,000 .
T he teens were provided a noon meal in
the hos pital ca feteri a, and the hos pital
administra tors offe red the teen s the usc of
their gym and pool for the afternoon .
YO U baske tba ll coac h Stev e Fere nchiak
drilled the boys ' tea m while others played
volleyb all, shot poo l and played tab le
te nnis . YO U dire c tor and As heville
deacon Mel Brady was presented a letter
of thanks fro m the hos pital staff commending the YO U me mbers for their unselfis h effo rt and thank ing them for pitching in . St~V~ Tersba nsy,
Fourt een YO U mem bers of t he
ISee CHURCH NEWS. page 91
The MICHIGAN CITY. Ind .•
churc h had its fall soc ial , " T he first
'nwtksgiving," Nov . II. A nuke y din ner was served by the ladies, and aU ate
the ir fill . Man y came in costume s of the
first Thanksgiving . Winning prizes for
be st cost umes wer e t -year -old Arik
Graham. first place, dressed as a turke y;
David Summerfield, second , dressed as a
Pilgrim preacher; and Darlene Brinck ·
THANKSGIVING SHARING - A Baltimore, Md., member donates food
at services Nov. 16, left. At right, the more than 500 pounds of donated
foodstuffs were given to needy members and families in the community.
(See "Church Activities: ' this oaae.l [Photo by Carl Kelty]
Monday, Dec. 24, 1979
The WOR LDWIDE NEWS
9
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Obituaries
BIRTHS
CARTER. Larry and Patti. 01 BalOn Rouge , La..
C HILLIWACK . B.C . - Peter Hove .
. 96 . died here after a brief illness . Baptized in 195 6 , he is be lieve d to be o ne of
the fir st C hurc h member s in Canada .
Mr. Hove is survived by his daughters.
Mable Monroe of Burnab y. B.C., Ida
Myer s of Port Coq uitla m , B.C .• and
Christine Arnold o f Kelfie ld, Sask.: to
grandc hildren, 27 .great-gra ndchildren;
and seve n gre at-great -grandc hildren .
boy . Jonolf'lan ,Daniel . Oce. 25 . 10:20 p .rn.. 7
pounds , lirst child .
CHAMB ERS. Ron ald and Sue (Whrte) . of Sen
~~.O;OC~i~r11~:U=,~~-:v ~~.li·g~;=.'
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2. 8:10 a.m.• 7 poWlds 10 ounces, lirst chil d .
CO ZENS. Ch ar1ea and Anna (Rodriguez). of
~~5'~.~:~~ ~:z,~~.o:-r::~:.v .
26,
EDEN . Delbef1 and linda. of WiChita . Kan .• girl.
J essica R. shella. Dee. t 10:20 p.m., 9 pounds
10 ounces, llrat etl~d.
FEHR,.J ah and Cheryl (McKelvie). of Surrey .
B.C.,gn, Standee Lee . nn, Nov. 16. 12:20 p.rn..
7 pouncls 12 ounce•• first child .
HA RRING TO N, Ron nie and Breooa (Oaniels). 01
Lenoi r. N.C.. boy . Earl aarn.td-. 0C1. 25. 6 :47
e.m., 8pouncls 7 ounces. tlrslchild.
HENDERSON. Chesler and Cheryl (Hutc hison) .
~1:.~s8-=~~l~:::fld~u$Sell. Sept.
11.2:47
HENDRIX. Larry and Marcia (Holladay). 01
Birmingham, Ala.• Qirl. "Ida Ann . No~. 19. 7:05
p.m.. 6 pounds 10 \1, ouncea . no w 2 gIrls ,
~~t1~n~llirl~:h<:~ ~~~1f:~~~~~~~
a.m.. 7 po.,.ea
10 ounces.
firstchild .
MR . AND MRS . DEAN SHANTZ
Mr. and Mr s. RiChard lujan 01 fhfI AlbUQlJ8rque.
N.M.• ch16ch ale proUd to announce the marriage
01 thesr daughter Juan,ta l oui se to De an AJlen
Schantz. son of Mr . and Mrs. Warr en Sch antz 01
the Syracuse. N.Y .. chu rch. E.C , Davis; minister
olttle FarmIngton: N.M ., church. officiated at tne
July 8 weddIng In AlbUQuer qlJ8 . The bride' ,
sister . Kathy Calc1well. was matron 01honor . and
best man was Warren SChantz . The couple are
197 8 graduate s
~m bassador College In
Pasadena and now reSide at 249 Cnttenc\en Way
"P1I.. Brighton , N.Y.. 14623
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AN N IVERSARIES
KITCHE N. Bruce and l yn. 01Peterbor o ugh . Ont .•
boy . Philip Kenn eth. 0C1. 28 , 2 :18p, m.• 6 poun ds
8 ounces. now 2 boya . 1 girl .
PORT BARRE . La. - Raoul Hidal go.
71, a mem ber of God's Church since
1975. died of a bean attack Oct. 6 in
Bilo xi, Miss .• o n the first day o f tile Feasl
of Tabe rnacles .
.
Karl Beyersdorf er, pastor of tbe Baton
Rou ge and Lafayet te. La .• churcbes.
conduc te d t he fu neral servic es in
O pelo usas. La .
•
Me. Hidalg o is survived by his wife
Florence; 1W0 da ughters. Keigh H. Balla rd and Ju d y H . Burle igh ; and five
grandc hildren.
RICHM O ND. va.- William Spru ill,
63 . died Nov . 26 after a long illness.
Kenneth Giese. pasto r of the churc h here .
conducted funeral service s.
Mr . Spruill is survi ved by his wife Carrie; one son . Bart ley; one daugh ter . Judith
Elliot; and two grandc hildren.
MEYE R. K.nneth and Barbara (Ne w man). 01
Birmingham. Ala.. boy. Evan Tr uman. Nov. 19.
11:0 1 p.m.. 9 pounds 2\1, ounces . now 2 boya
SCOTT . Reginald and, louise (Tho rburn). 01
Hoban. Austraha. boy. RIChard Andrew . Nov . 19.
82S p ,m.• 8 pounos 10 ounces, first child
SIMPSON , Charles and Lind a (McNeill). 01
Gr&ensboro. N.C.. girl. April le June. 0C1. 2. 1:09
p.m .• 6 poUnds S ounces. now 2 girls
SMITH . Kenneth and Phyllis (B raswell) , 01
Goldsboro. N.C .• boy . Kenneth Brian . Nov . 9.
12:2 1 p.m .. 9 pounds S ounces. first child
WEBB . Orvi lle and Phyl ks (COOk), of Barbados.
gir l. lleoma seece Jo Ann. Nov , 15. 6:39 p.m.. 7
pounds . first child
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr and Mrs. Phil Keener of Fort Worth. Tell .. ar.
happy 10 announce the enga gement 01 their
daughter Sandy to Jim Carpenter 01 Dalles . Tell
JIITIIS the son 01Mr . and M rs . JIm Carl Carpenter
of Claremore. Okl e . The couple plan a July
weddrng
WEDDINGS
RONALD AARON WALLS
MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR MICHEL
Mr. and Mrs . Arlhur Mich&l 01 Florissant. Mo ..
observed their SOthwedding anni ....rsary Dec . 5
TheIr three sons . Arthur Jr.. Gene and Bemel!.
and daughter-lrl·law
MIChel were hosts lor a
golden wedding annIversary dInner at the
Heritage Ho use in sUburban St . loUis, Mo . The
M,chels are longtIme members 01 the St. l OUIS
Church . They wish 10 thank everyone tor the
Io....ely cards
Ro:wr
MR. AND MRS. R.M . BELANGER
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111 .82221 .
His siste r Rho nda. 15. and a friend . John
Shoo k. 18. who were also in the car. were
treate d at Massillon (O hio) Com munity
Hospital and released .
Ron had attended the Akron. O hio.
church wi th his pare nts since his binh
Aug . 17, 1961. He graduated from Sto w
High Schoo l in )9 79 and had completed a
CHURCH NEWS
( Co n t i n u ed from p age 8 )
BRAINERD, Minn .• churc h met at the
Tom T homse n home Nov . 25 at8 a. m . to
stan their money-making project of saw ing and splitti ng about five co rds of wood .
The y enjoyed a potluck lunc h. then continued sawing and splitti ng until 4 p.m .
The young peo ple were tire d but satis fied
wi th a day 's work well done . PhylliJ
Hagquist ,
T wel ve c hi ld re n of the C UMBERL AND. Md .• Ju nior YOU and YOU
gro ups and 14 adults enjoyed a party at
Pat Blub augh' s home Nov . 17 begin ning
at 6 p. m. T he group dined on pizza and
lemonade and played vario us games . All
joined in a sing-a long. and several aduhs
and children stayed the night. ~y
ing on the floor , T he following morning
the even t concl uded with ho rseback rid ing and a picnic in an o ld bam on the
property . The gro up enjoyed (anl as-tic
weather aU weekend. Sharon M~tz .
MO UNT POCONO, Pa.. YOU me mbers invited the congregation to attend a
barbecue and hayride at the Church Fesnval ground s Nov . 17 . Ladies broug r n hOI
dogs. hamb urgers. buns and a selecuonof
goodies to munch on . YOU members
provided a blazing fire and hoi dri nks .
The voices of pastor Ozzi e Enge lba n an d
Festival housing directo r Jack Pal1erson
blended with lhe others as they took turns
driving the traclor duri ng the cool. crisp
aulumn even ing . Ma rg j~ Storm .
The NORFO LK. Va . . YOU chapter
camp-
Kim Ann WhItener. daughter 01Mr. and Mrs . Dale
WhItener of Wood River . Ill. . and Richard Mar c
Belan9"" , son 01 the lale Mr . and Mrs , WIlham
Belanger 01 DetroI t. Mich ., wer e marned Nov . 18
In ROllana . III. Frank McC rady Sr .. pastor 01 the
long Is land . N ,Y .. church. pe r l o r me d the
ceremony . The malron 01 honor was Jill Dunn ,
SISter 01 the bride , and best man was Wll kam J
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two-year co urse in el ect ro nics . He
worked for Dentron Radio Elec tronics.
Ron is survived by his paren ts; three
sisters. Rhond a. Don na and Nico le; and
his gran dparents. Bernar d and Grace
Wa lls of Waynesbu rg. Ohio. and Ashby
and Buelah Cay ton o f Sal em , W . Va .
Michael Swage rty . pastor of the Akro n
churc h. officiated .
Ma bel Her-
IOn. 74. d ied Dec . 4. A native of Bonham .
Tex. • she had lived here since 1953 and
atte nded c hurc h in Amarill o . Tex.
Mrs. Horton is s urvive d by a son.
David H ort o n of Sun Valley , Calif.; a
da ughter. Mrs. Lloyd Morrow of Ho use.
N ,M. ; two ste pda ughters, Mrs . Raymon d
F letcher of Liberty Hill , Tex.• and Mrs .
Mar k Andenon o f Lubboc k. Tex .: seven
gra ndc hi ldre n; an d two great-grandchi ld ren.
Joe Pyle: he wanted life,
but died totally faithful
SAU ND ERS . Mark and Cynthia (Je we ll). 01
Newar1t, OtliO , girl. Lori Suzanne . Nov . 25 . 8
pounds 14 ounces. now 1 boy. 2 gir1s.
WEBB . Bob and Dorothy (Niekamp) . 01
Evansville. Ind ., girl . Sara Beth . Nov . 20 . 7:16
pm.• 6 pound s 14\'1 ounce s . first ch ild
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PARTIN . Chns and Mar sha I MelaO). of Tucso n.
Ariz ., girl. Renee Denielle. Nov. 16.12:30 a.m .• 6
pound' 4 ounces . now 2 boys . 1 girl
TURNER . R onald and
JacQ~hne .
of
Minneapolis. Minn .. boy . KeVin Orlando. July 13
2 :08 a m .. 7 pounds 1 ounce . first child
BOX 111
PASADEIIA, CAUl' .,
Pamela . thank you lor the happiest year 01 my l Ie
Happy armilier$ ary! No rm
NIX, Sleven and GIllI (Mays) . 01 Spartanburg
S.C.. boy . Timothy Earl. Nov . 6. 6 :26 p .m.. 7
pounds 5 ounces. now 1 boy : 1 girl
STAIRS. David and laura (YoMr) . 01 Mou nt
Pleasanl. Pa.• boy , Joshua David . Dec . 5. 8
pounos 1 ounce , fir,t chIld
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BIRTH ANNOUNC£MEHT
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
sponsored a '50s dance for the Norfolk
brethren Nov. 17. Prizes we re awarded to
Connie Cam pbell. Richard Fix and Sta n
and Cindy "A tam an c h uk for havin g the
best outfits . Maida Fix was winne r of the
bu bble-gum blowi n g con test . Debbie
Ameodalar e organized the activities. and
all the YOU mem bers helped with the
vario us jobs. (ro m sett ing up to cle aning
up . Caro lyn Beauchemin ,
SPORTS
The boys and girls clu bs o f lhe
TAM PA, Fla.• churc h atte nded a soccer
clin ic in Ta mpa Nov . 25. Ciro Wilson
coo rdin ated the activit ies. secu ring a
youth soccer league coac h for tbe training
session . Two Wowdies , promoters of the
Ta mpa Bay soccer team, the Rowdies.
spiced the day with inside stories about
themselves and the Rowd ies . The 17 girls
and 13 boys. ages 6 to II . were taught
someoftbe fundament als ofthe game. the
rules. kicking and playing positions. then
playe d seve ra l games . T he coac h slresse d
making the training session fun for all by
having teams of five or six players rather
than the us ual 1 I .
After the games h ungry stomachs
were treated to grilled h OI dogs and
hambu rgers and Mc Don ald ' s orange
j uice, while so re mu scle s were give n a
needed re st . Lynn J . R o w~ .
The fo llowi ng article is writt en in
memory of Joe Dan Pyle by his
father Norvel V . Pyle . a mi nister
and a fo rme r memb er of the Ambassado r College board 0/ trustees
in Big Sandy, Tex . All seven o/Mr .
and Mr s . Pyle' s ch ildren attended
Amb assado r Co llege. The you ng est . Joe , died at the age of2 1 Ocr .
3 / (WN.Nov. 26 edil ion). While in
college Joe was a member 0/ The
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By No rvel V. Pyle
BIG SANDY. Tex. - Joe loved
life and despe rate ly w anted to live ,
but he died in peace w ith God. His
last wo rds were, "Dr. [Don] Ward .
please pray for me" - this was in the
last minute s of his life after reviv ing
from a brief coma. Dr. Ward did
pray. By the end of the praye r Joe
was breathin g perfectly normally and
seemed to be total ly at ease . In the
rex r few minutes he stop ped breathing and died witho ut a str ugg le.
G od' s will had bee n don e , and
prayers had been answered. Joe died
in faith. In the ne xt mome nts of his
consc iousness he will know that God
answered his last appeal for help and
healing .
Two weeks before his death Joe
had said to me , " Ob. Dad , I want to
live so badl y; I j ust hope God will
raise me up and give Co nnie a nd me;
an o ppo rtunity to work with and help
young peopl e ." When suc h words
come fro m one so dear the y cut so
deeply . You want so despe rately to
give absol ute assurance saying. "Yes,
you will be healed here and now!"
All Ico uld say, with choke d e motions,
was : " We still fee l yo u will be
healed , b ut all we can do is leave it in
God I s hand s _ j ust reme mbe r the
example of C hrist Himself, and He
wa'i our exam ple in suffe ring . He
wanted to live too, and cried out 10
God , •If it be thy will, Jet this cup
pass from me , ne vertheless not my
will. but thine be do ne .' We know.
son, with the thou sand s of prayer s
going up for you. that if God lets you
die His will has been done, and He
has a great purpose for letting you
die ." He said. " Ye s, I understand
that."
.
Yes, Joe died in faith - not one
time did he question God as to "Why
me?"or " What have I done to deserve this? "
Enough credit can not be given to '
Co nnie, Joe' s precio us wife of only a
few sha n. shon months. for her tender loving care that encouraged and
enabled Joe to e ndure to the end and
die in the faith .
Please let Connie and us. his par.
ents and fam ily, use this medium [0
ex press ou r appreciat ion to all of you
for the scores and eve n hundreds of
JOE DAN PYLE
messages by card and letter of encburageme nt both before and after
his deat h. T hey have ena bled us all to
end ure .
Your prayers for his healing were
not in vain. They have been an·
swered. You he lped great ly - Joe is
qua lifying for God's Kingdom .
Someone has said, " It is not the
number of years of this life that i ~
imponant. but the spiril in which
they are lived ."
We can say with Jo b, "God gave
and God has tak en away; bles<>ed he
the name of the Lord ."
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(Continued from page 71
Gerald and Frances Burry . in How ell. Mich ., and atte nds Church services in Ann Arbor, Mich .
MILLIE IVEY
Millie lvey , 16. tap-danced 10
"Yankee Doodle Boy" in the talent
finals . No stranger 10 the stage. she
has been a dance student for more
than 13 years and has performed in
Europe and in seve ral U.S . states
as pa rt of a da nce tour. She has
a lso wo n seve ral c row ns and
awards in modeling a nd public tale nt co ntests a nd is servi ng as a
cho reog ra phe r for her schoo l a nd
civic organizations .
Millie has many inrerests , includ ing wr iring , sp eec h , trave lin g .
music . d rama and swimmine . She is
planning a caree r in e1ectro~k journal ism and hopes to work on a doc torate in co mm un ica tio n a nd da nce
arts . Mill ie plans ( 0 a ttend Am ba ssado r Co llege after first atte nding a sta le un iver sity in Miss issippi.
Mill ie is the dau ghter of Benn ie
and Bonn ie lvev and atte nds ser vices
at the Meridia~ , Miss.• church.
The so utheas tern United States
. was well repre sented in the YO U national fin als a s Ie-year -otd John
Monday, Dec . 24 , 19 79
A five-year piano student , John
hails from Tmy, N.C.. and coun ts
runn in g . ho rsebac k ri din g and
swimming as his main interests. Joh n
is planning 10 become an architect
and ho pes to attend Ambassador Co llege . He enjoys the YO U ac tivities
and says YOU " brings teenagers
closer together ."
John is one of seven c hild ren of
Scot t and Go ldia Mabry . He plays
special music for the Greensboro .
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JOHN MABRY
Ma br y perfo rmed Se rge i Rac hmani noff' s "Prelu de in C Sh arp
Minor ." President of h ishigh schoo l
juni or clas s and a member of se veral
academ ic honor o rgani zations, John
dedicated his performance in the Auditorium to his grandmother.
ing figu re high in Janic e ' s life , and
she plan s to attend Ambassador C o l-
lege and eventually enter OJcareer In
jo urnalism.
Janice . 18. is the you nge st of
Rona'd and Betty Love ' s family . She
attends the Lo uisv ille .
A na tive of Se tlersburg , Ind .,
Jan ke Love feels YOU has "given
me a cha nce 10 real ly de velop my
tale nts." A s proo f. Janice quali fied
for the 19 79 national finals without
the benefit of formal le sson s, singing
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes
Bluc ."
Jan ice is a vete ran of man y public
pe rform an ce s . including seve ra l
schoo l play s . She has also perform ed
before lodge s and civic group s and
has part icipat ed in many Chur ch activities .
Swimming, racquetball and dane-
Ky.. church
JANICE LOVE
MAJOR MEETS
FERGUSON
STORY FOR YOUNG READERS
By Shirley King Johnson
His tummy full after a good noon
meal , Major dozed in a comer of the
dining room . Grandfather Wilson , Jim
and his father were senIed into comfortable chairs in the family room while
Grandmother and Mrs . Wilson cleared
the table .
.
Jim strolled into the dining room ,
grabbed his jacket from a chair and
pulled it on. "Come on, Major," he
said to his beagle . Major arose, tail
wagging fast.
"Where are you going, laddie?"
Grandfather Wilson called to Jim .
'" thought we'd go down to the
timber for a while ." ·Jim walked in to
talk to Grandfatber, and Major followed at his heels.
" Tha t' s all right ," Grandfather said ,
nodding his head with a smile . "You
just be sure to stay out of the north
pasture . The neighhor's bull is in there .
He might tum on you . So you stay clear
away, will you?' don't want you to get
hun ."
"Yes , sir," Jim replied . He looked
at his grandfather with puzzled eyes .
"Excuse me , but what's the bull doing
in our pasture ?"
"Oh, he 's, er - ah - eating
grass ." Grandfather exchanged
glances with Jim 's father .
" Why don 't you chase him out of
there? " asked Jim .
'" want him in there ."
"What for?" Jim persisted . " !f he' s
going to be mean , I wouldn't let him
stay in the pasture ."
Jim 's father sat up straight in his
reclining rocker . " Well now, James , I
guess we'd better have a little talk ."
Grandfather picked up his big Bible
from an end table and handed it to Jim' s
father. "Yep. It's time you read to him
out of Genesis ."
" Thanks , Dad ," said Jim 's father as
he accepted the black Bible . He opened
it to the front of the book and looked up
at Jim . " Just slip yo ur jacket off and sit
down ."
"Yes, sir. this going to take long?
Major and I wanted to go down to the
timber ."
"Not very long at all. You remember
the story of Noah, don 't you?"
"Yes, sir," Jim said, clasping his
hands together around lbe jacket he had
laid on his knees .
'S
Major settled down .beside him and
rested his chin on his two paws . Might
as well get in a short nap .
" And you remember 1he animals
went into the ark. two by two?" continued Mr. Wilson :
"Yes. sir. "
" There were two of a kind because
God made a male and female of all the
different kinds ," explained Mr. Wilson .
Grandfather moved his rocking chair
in closer . "And that's a pretty nice arrangement. "
"!f you don't mind, Dad , I'll handle
it," said Jim's father with a smile .
"Go right ahead, " replied Grandfather, nodding . "This is a day that all
three of us will remember. "
" How soon can I go outdoors?" Jim
asked , half rising . "I've heard about
Noah and the ark a million times already ."
" You haven't heard it this way ,"
Grandfather insisted .
"Please sit down again , will you,
Jim?" said his father . " I want you to
understand something about God 's creation ." He ran his fmger down a page
in the first chapter of Genesis . " 'Male
and female created he them .' The Eternal made every living thing of one sex
or the other. All animals are male or
female , all human beings are male or
female. Even plant life is male and
female ."
Jim 's shoulders rose and fell in an
indifferent shrug . "Yes, sir ."
Tired of talking
Major rose and stretched his back
slowly. There seemed to be no end to
their conversation. and it was quite
warm in the house. Yawning, he padded to the kitchen door and whined
once . Grandmother let him out . He trotted down the sidewalk to the gate . It
stood slightly ajar, and he pushed it
open funher with his nose and looked
around for Susie . He smelled her fresh
scent and knew that she had passed by
recently .
Movement by the barn caught his
eye . Susie, in her red jacket, was trying
to climb the fence into the nonh pasture .
Major began to raceacross Ihe barnyard . She must not go in there !
"Here. nice cow :' Susie called out
to Ferguson the bull. The little red and
white cow , Blossom, was lying under
an oak tree with her forelegs neatly
tucked under , chewing her cud. About
10 yards away, Ferguson munched on
pasture grass . He was a large, broadchested red bull, and his tail switched
idly as he grazed .
" Nice cow ," Susie called again .
He stopped grazing and eyed Susie.
Unable to get over the high barbedwire fence , Susie found a washed-out
place beneath the fence and squeezed
under it.
Major raced up , panting, barking
to try to attract her attention.
"WOOORRF! Woorf! Woof! "
Ferguson stiffened and snorted. He
disliked barking dogs .
Susie walked lightly over the pasture
grass toward the animals , her hand extended in friendship. Major squeezed
under the fence after her .
Quite accustomed to humans and
Major ..Blossom continued to chew her
cud . But Ferguson the bull swung
around and began 10 approach Susie
with stiff , angry steps.
" WO OO RRF i" yelped Major ,
streaking past Susie .
The angry bull lowered his head and
came directly for them .
"Woorf! Woorf!" barked Major,
veering away from Susie , and the bull .
went after him.
Ferguson 's mighty head caught
Major's underside and hurled him up
into the air .
Plop! Major landed on the grass and
went rolling over. He came to a sto p
against a stump. Scrambling groggily
to his feet, Major looked around for
Susie . She was running as fast as her
legs could take her toward the fence,
squealing with each step.
The bull turned after her now , and
Major sprang forward . He nipped one
red back leg above the hoof with his
sharp teeth .
Snorting rage , the huge animal
swung around and charged again .
But Major nimbly leaped out of the
way this time . As the bull thundered
past, Major galloped for the hole under
the fence . Susie was safely under it, ·
and he squeezed under the bottom wire
just as Ferguson came charging up .
Stopped by the fence, the bull stomped
the ground beside it, tearing up tufts of
grass .
Safe and sound
Susie pulled Major away from the
fence, and they both turned and walked
toward the house in breathless relief.
When they reached Grandfather' s
tractor, Susie stopped again st one big
wheel and hugged Major to her hean .
" Nice doggie! Are you all right,
Major? Did that mean cow hun you?"
. Major licked her hand to assure her
that he was all right .
" T hat's a naughty cow !" Tears
choked her voice, and Major licked
away a salty tear .
"Susie?" called Grandmother Wilson out the back door .
Susie arose . " Here I am, Grandmother ."
" Did you zip your jacket when you
went' outdoors?"
Susie zipped her red jacket higher.
' Yes' urn."
"Be sure you don 't go near the north
pasture . There 's a mean bull in there .
You stay out of that pasture ."
" Yes, Grandmother."
" It' s very important that you mind
me about this, dearest. "
"Yes'urn. '
" Th at' s a good girl , hone y bun ."
The door closed .
Susie stroked Major ' s head . " We' re
not going near that naught y cow ever
again , are we, Major ?"
" Woorf!" He managed to smile .
Monday, Dec.
Treasurer
(Continued from page 12)
leading people.••
Illustrating the background to the
distributio n of powers spe lled o ut in
theConstitution, Mr. Rader spokeon
the fragmented opinions that even rually formed the Constitution. Much
debate existe d regarding the authority the federal government should
have ove r the individual states, and
no small amount of discussion look
place before the delegates to the co nstitutional conve ntion agreed on ce rtain po ints.
Eve ntually , the federal gov ernment seized a co nsiderable amount of
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power. as M r. Rader points o ut:
" The most significant grantof power
to the federal government in terms of
the nation's eco nomic de velopment
was cl early the power 'to regul ate
Commerce with foreign nations , and
among the se veral states .' The need
forthis power is considered by many
to be the primary reason why the
o riginal Articles of Co nfede ration
were scrapped in favor of the Constitution.
First Amendment rights
Mr. Rader incl uded a short co mmentary 0 0 the limitations of gov ernmental power, speci fical ly centering o n the individual rights and free do ms g uaranteed by the First
Amendment .
" Al though the Bill of Rights [the
f irs t Ten Amendment s to the
Cons titution) lists a number of im po rten t individual freedom s , which
the framers of the Constitution felt
were fundamental to their co nce ption
of liberty , there is one ame ndment
that is dearly essential that is the
basis of the American democ racy,"
he said . " That amendment was listed
first in the Bill of Rights and go verns
the po litical freedom o f people ,"
Its three main eleme nts. points o ut
Mr. Rader. " define an absolute right
for people to be go verned co ncurrently by their religi ous institutions ,
whose sove reig nty is not to be infringed {on] by the gov ernment. a
right to communi cate their political
idea s without the fear of reprisal o r
the hindrance of regulation , and the
right to asse mble in protest of the
status quo ."
Mr. Rader ill ustrated that such a
" s wee ping freedom" is going 10 be
regarded somewhat suspicio usly by
gov ernme nt of fic ials:
" The ' First Amendm en t is, in its
most ele mental terms, a right to revolt , not just as an indiVi dual, but
with group political fo rce , W ithout
the First Amendment, " stated Mr.
Rader, "t here could be no American
democr acy ."
Key to the future
In closing, Mr. Raderc o mmented :
" We [the Ameri can people ] seem to
be entering a period o f o ur history
where, through a fear of the world' s
instability, or a mistrust of o ur heritage, American s are que stioning the
breadth of this guarantee of political
freedom."
This should serve as a warning ,
stated Mr. Rader, as "our society
cannot survive w itho ut it; yet, w ithout a constant struggle to kee p government in chec k , Americans are in
danger o f allowing this liberty to be
ero de d b y default ." Mr. Rader
pointed out: " Whene ver liberty has
been threatened by gov ernment in the
past, its champion has bee n the federal judiciary and its interpretation of
constitutionall aw. That institution 's
abil ity to con tinue to fulfill its role as
the 'mos t equal ' branch holds the key
to Americ a's future and to the future
of cons titutional law ."
A MBA S SAD 0 R ·A C T I V I TIE S
NUTRIT10NIST
LECTURES
PASADENA - Nathan
Pritikin, author of two
best -sellers on nutrition
and health. gave an
open-to-the-public forum in
the Ambassador
Auditorium Dec. 11.
Mr. f'ritikin contends that
improper diet and an
absenc e of phys ical
activ lly relate directly to
the prevalence 01
contributes to the buildup
of plaque - scar tissue
from cells starved by that
diet - on the inside walls
of the arteries .
Mr. Pritikin developed a
diet and exercise program
des igned to combat
cardiovascular diseases
and founded the Longev ity
Center in Santa Monica.
Calif ., offering a 26-day
in-residence program for
people with heart disease
and othe r degenerative
whole grains .
Following the lecture Mr.
Pritikin answered
questions from the
audience. The
Ambassador College
Student Center served a
luncheon 01 specially
prepared foods from the
Pritikin program lor
students and members of
the communlly, and Mr.
Pritikin joined the laculty
and administrators of the
college lor lunch in the
laculty dining room .
Mr. Pritikin spoke at the
Auditorium at the invitation
01Ellis LaRavia, director of
facilities management, and
Raymond McNair, deputy
chancellor of the college ,
who had toured the
Longevlly Center after
hearing favorable reports
01 Mr. Pritikin's program.
Mr. McNair said ,
however, that when
speakers are invited to the
Auditorium, " It ooesn 't
mean we atways endorse
everything they say." But,
he said , Mr. Pritikin's
program has often proved
successful for people with
diseased arteries, and he
has valuable insights on
nutrition and exercise to
offer a society that has
largely ignored and
abused the wholesome
loods God inlended man
to eat.
SIGN-LANGUAGE
COURSE
the bathroom, YOU'd beller
know the sign for
bathroom," Mr. Springer
said, crossing the fingers
of his right hand (the leller
R) and bouncing the sign .
once in the air from left to
right.
Mr. Springer is the
department chairman for
deaf education in the
greater Los Angeles,
Calif. , area and has taught
the deal at all grade levels
for 18 years, including the
handicapped and
mullihandicapped deaf . He
has been teaching
beginning and
intermediate sign-language ~!iiii_...........
courses at Ambassador for
many years, sincethe time SOWING THE SEED - Ambassador College studenl
a Church member took his Kevin Richardson helps in a reseeding effort Dec . 2 in the
San Gabriel Mountains overlooking Pasadena. The area
course at Pasadena Cily
was devastated by forest fires eartier this year and needed
College and suggested a
reseeding to prevent mud slides during the rainy winter
similarcourse be offered
.
months. [photo by Nonn Edwards J
here .
.
Mr. Springer first started
loss of hearing 01 a mate
homes bordering the forest
stUdying to be a clinical
area.
and just to be beller
psychologist and learned
The denuded slopes , left
lriends to an often
to sign because only lour
negiect9d group of people . with lillie or no ground
or five places in the
.
cover,
pose the danger 01
country offered deal
MOUNTAIN SLOPES
massive mud slides during
people a psychologist or
RESEEDED
the
rainy
winter months,
psych iatrist who cou ld
expla ined Dave . Mud
communtcate in sign
Seventeen Ambassador
slides in the past have
langage.
College students and
destroyed homes and
" Ir s hard enough for a
faculty member David
property in the loothill
speaking person to
Albert assisted volunteers
communltles. The students
oommuntcate his feelings
from the foothill
and communlly volunteers
plan ted a variety of
last-growing wild flowers
and grasses to produce
thick ground cover to help
prevent the mud slides .
YOUNG AMBASSADORS
AND QUINTET
ENTERTAIN
"How manual -are you?"
asked the instructor,
Robert Springer, at the
beginning of a nonc redit
sign- language course at
Ambassador College Dec .
4. How bodily expressive?
The college's Young
Ambassadors and the
Ross Jutsum Quintet
joined in providing musical
entertainment lor the 41st
annual Oueen's Breakfast
given in honor 01 the 91st
Tournament 01 Roses
How much expression can
degeneratrve diseasesin
Western society,
especially heart disease,
which is estimated to affect
29 million Americans and
cause more than one
million deaths annually .
" There is not a single
20-year-old in this country
who doesn't have
substantial artery closure : '
Mr. Pritikin said , a
condition created by the
high-Iat high-sugar,
high-caffeine diet 01 many
Americans that heavily
diseasessuch as diabetes,
hypertension and arthritis ,
all of which Mr. Pritikin
cla ims can be reduced
without medication through
diet, exerciseand
education. Mr. Pritikin also
founded the Longevity
Research Institute.
Mr, Pritikin advocates
walking or jogging for
exercise and a diet
elim inating all lats , oils,
salt, sugar and caffeine ,
but high in complex
carbohydrates such as
be read in your lace?
"People wi1h stone laces
drive deaf people crazy : '
Mr. Springer explained.
In the beginning class ,
Mr. Springer explained
the importance 01
body language in
communication wijh the
deal and had members of
the 12-week class, made
up mostly 01 Church
members but wi1h some
Ambassador students and
Pasadena communlly
members participating, act
out an emoton or state of
mind (lear, jealousy,
vanlly) in Iront 01the class .
He also taught the deaf
alphabet. numbers and
SOme signs and explained
that in some Mure classes
no one would be allowed
to talk , only to
oommuntcate in signs.
"So il you need to go to
SEEING SIGNS - Instructor Robert Springer teaches
some basic sign-language gestures to one 01the students
in his sign-language class at the college. Ambassador
College students and Pasadena Church and community
members are enrolled in the class . [Photo by James Capo J
to a psychologist:' Mr.
Springer said . So he
began to study signing and
naw gets hired as an
oommunities near
Pasadena in reseeding the
slopes 01 the Echo
Mountainand Rubio
interpreter, teacher and
Canyon areas of the San
evaluatorof other
Gabriel Mountains Dec . 2,
interpreters, and teacher of reports Dave Meyers ,
the deal.
student body president
The students in Mr.
and coordinator of the
Springers beginning
college project. Echo
sign-language class have
Mountain and Rubio
many reasons for being
Canyon are two areas
there - to help counsel
devastated by forest fires
the deal, to help teach
that swept through the
autistic children, to serve
Angeles National Forest
brethren in the Church by
this fall. destroying
translating sermons, to
thousands 01 acres of
prepare for the gradual
timber and threatening
queen and her six
princesses at the
Pasadena Hilton here Nov .
20. Several past
Toumament of Roses
queens and presidents
were also in allendance.
Having perfonned at a
numberof similar
community events in the
past, the Young
Ambassadors were
~ntroduced by the
president of the Pasadena
Junior Chamber of
Commerce as being "back
by popular oernand." He
later referredto their
performance as the
highlight of the morn ing.
They performed renditions
01 " Oklahoma:' " Put on a
Happy Face,'· "The
CO....try I Love " and other
popular tunes.
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JOHANNESBURG , Sout h Aftica
- Regional d irector fo r the Work in
South Aftica Roy McCarthy report s
the highe st level of respo nse to an
adve rtisemen t in two years in that
area as the result of a "message"
type adve rt ise me nt placed in the
largest So uth African Sunday paper ,
having a c irculation of 480,()(X). II
drew 970 requests for a SUbscriptio n
to the Plain Truth magazine . Headlined "World War ill Will Not Destroy Humanity, " the adverti sement
quoted a few prominent historians
and politicians conce rning the specter of wor ld war , the n " foc used inon
Mr. Herbert Ar mstro ng's rece nt
address to top government officials
and ambassadors in Toky o ." acco rding to Mr . McCa rthy .
Mr . McCarth y pointed out that this
type of advertisemen t introd uces Mr.
Annstrong to a wider readership in
the context of prestigiou s meetings or
addresses , addi ng cre dence to both
the magazi ne and the text of the advertisement , and that if 1,000 times
as many people who respo nd read the
adve rtise me nt , the readers will still
kno w who Mr . Armstron g is, what
he does, who he represe nts and what
the me ssage of the Work is.
Mr. McCa rthy also said that yearto-date figures for mail income are up
16.1 perce nt as of the end of October.
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PASADENA - Afte r a yea r of
searc hing for a place to meet in Pari s,
France, the French Work has found a
hall in which to hold all studies, Sab bath serv ices and social meetin gs accord ing to dire ctor Dibar Apartian ,
Sam Kneller, pastor of the Pari s
c hurch, said the ave rage attendance
for the four regular Sab bath serv ices
in Paris durin g November was 200 .
" It' s very e ncouragi ng to see new
people co mi ng ," he adde d .
Mr . Apartian also reponed that
Bernard Andrist, office manage r in
Genev a, Switzerland , and pastor of
the chu rch the re , he ld follo w- u p
Bible studie s atte nded by II new
people in Ge neva and La usa n ne ,
Switze rland. Acco rding 10 James
Muir, pastor of the Lyon , France,
c h urc h , th re e ne w pe o ple ha ve
started attending service s there as a
result of Mr. Apartian' s recent Bible
lectures {see WN. Nov. 26 issue].
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PAS ADEN A - A new atte ndance
rec o rd of 4 ,836 was se t d uri ng
Nove mber for the c hurches in Au s-
tral ia, report s Rod Matthews of the
Intern at io nal Office her e . A new
c hu rc h was re ce ntl y sta rte d at
Ipswi ch , Q ueensland, with 78 in attendan ce , and one is soo n to start at
Gosfo rd , 'New South Wales .
Since Jan uary , 19 79 , 13 new
c hurches have bee n added, bringing
the tot al nu mber of ch urches in Australia to 60. In add ition, the 19 baptism s during November broug ht the
total number of baptisms for this year
to 207.
The Work in Australia donated
S5.<XXJ from its assistance fund to aid
the Kampuchean (Cambodian ) refu gees fo llowing worldwide appe als by
the Red Cro ss for help . In addit ion ,
the Australian members have donated S8 ,39 3 for the refugees .
Ple ased by the respon se of the
Australian Churc h members, the Red
C ross wrote: " We wo uld like you to
co nvey to yo ur members our most
grateful apprecia tion of the ir coo peration in raising such a wonderf ul
amo unt of money to ward s the Kampuche an Ap peal ... we just had to
tha nk you and ass ure you that yo ur '
financi al suppo rt will allev iate the
suffe ring and distress of so ma ny underprivileged people ."
The Internatio nal Office also re ports that abou t I ,()(X) new Plain
Truth subscribers are bei ng added
eac h week in Au stralia, prim arily beca use of adve rtising in ]V Times and
TV Wee k and fro m hou seh ol de r
card s. Eac h new subsc riber rece ives
an introd ucto ry Plain Truth featuring
Herbert W. Armstrong on the front
cove r and a letter introd uci ng the
Work and the college . The insert letter also offers four free boo klets.
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PAS ADENA - The Internati on al
Office report s tha t incom e in Ca nada
is up 5 pe rce nt for the mont h of
Nove mbe r, bring ing the year -to-date
inc rease to 13 per cen t, an d th at
C KO , an all- news rad io net wor k,
will begi n bro adcasti ng The Wo rld
Tomo rrow prog ram Mond ay throu gh
Friday at 8 p .m . in Mo ntreal , Que .:
Toro nto , London and O nawa , Om .:
Ca lgary and Ed monton, Alta .; and
Vancouver, B.C .
The Plain Truth will be go ing o n
newsstand d ispla y in 50 o utlets in
Brit ish Co lumbia in the Supe r- Valu
supe rma rket chain . A test in two
sto res in Van couver indi c ated a
take-up rate of 3, 000 to 4 ,000 co pies
a sto re each month , says the Intern atio nal Office .
Nation's top court decides case
on teacher's Holy Day dismissal
WASHINGTO N . D.C . - Em ployers have an obligatio n to mak e
reasonable accomm odations to the
religious need s of employees and
prospective employees except where
an undu e hard ship is cre ated , says the
U.S . Supreme Co on .
O n Dec. 10, the highest co urt in
the United State s ruled in favor of
Ch urch member Thomas E. Byars,
who won a four -year legal struggle in
the Califo rnia Suprem e Court April
30 [WN , Aug . 13 ed itio n]. In an attem pi to o verturn the ruling made by
th e Ca liforni a co urt , the Du cor
Unio n Sc hoo l District appealed to the
U.S . Su preme Cou rt to obta in subsequent authorizat ion to d ismiss Mr.
Byars for obse rving God ' s annual
Hol y Days.
In a 6- 3 vote, the U.S . Suprem e
Court deni ed the appeal and upheld
the deci sion of the Ca lifornia state
co urt. Accordin g to the Los Angele s,
Ca li f., Times . the Du cor Unio n
School District asked the Supreme
Co urt to rule that the First Amend ment had bee n violated by the Cali fornia court when it required schoo l
officials " to give the Worldw ide
Sa feg ua r ds necessary
Ope ning his remark s with a quote
from Alexander Ha m ilt on , Mr .
Rade r pointed out that writers of the
Cons titution were aware that "certa in sa feg ua rds are nece ssar y in
formin g a govern ment so that it doe s
not beco me oppre ssive ." To guard
agai nst op pressive gove rnmen t, Mr .
Rade r note d that " In Ame rica . suc h
' auxiliary preca utio nst too k the fonn
of a writte n Co nst itution that carefully de fined the substa ntive ro le of
the federal gove rn ment."
Ho wever , Mr . Rade r illu strat ed
that ce rtai n eo uivoc al we aknesses
ex ist in any v.:ritten docum ent beca us e of e le me nts of lan gu a ge .
.. La ng uage ha s a n in he re nt am biguity that cannot be esca ped, " he
stated . " No where has the generality
of langua ge and its co ntinuing vitality been more aptly de mo nst rated
than in American c onstit ut ional
law : '
M r. Rader o pened his di scussion
of the Ameri can judi c iary by stating:
., A former c hief j ustice of thc United
States, prio r to his appoin tme nt as an
as soc iate ju stice o n the U .S . Su preme C ourt, o bse rved. ' We are
under a Co nstitutio n, but the Co nstitution is what the judge s say it is .' "
Acco rdi ng ly. stated Mr. Rader.
the ce ntral fea ture of American constitutio nal law is the fac t that a si ngle
eleme nt of the feder al go vernm ent
ca n determin e the validit y, o r " con stitutio nality" of the act ions of the
othe r branc hes of government. In a
Days, of which Mr . Byars gave advan ce not ic e to sc hooi ad mi ni strators . In addi tio n to advance notice,
Mr. Byars also prepared det ailed lesson plan s to facilit ate minim al disruption in his students' educa tions .
As a res ult, C alifornia Sup reme
Court Just ice Frank Ne wman wrote
that " [M r.] Byar s' reli gio us sincerity
and his competence as a teacher are
unque srio ned . " A pro fe ss io na l
commission o n educational co mpetence found that none of Mr . Byar s'
absen ces had a significant detr imen tal effect o n his schoo l's edu cational
program , and further stated that the
school's denial of Mr. Byar s' requests for absence and the subsequent threat s of dismissal violate d
Mr . Byar s' rights und er both the
United States and California Constitut ions.
Despite havin g the salary of substitute teach ers dedu cted fro m his pay
fort he abse nces, M r. Byars' attorne y
stated that Mr. Byars does not plan to
seek reimbursement.
The Ca lifornia Teac hers Associa tion paid Mr . Byars' legal fees and
supported his ca use through the case.
Government issues guidelines
on employees keeping Sabbath
WASHINGTON D .C . - I t is an
unlawful practice for an empl oyer to
fail to reasonabl y accommodate the
religi ous practice s of an employee
and/or prospecti ve empl oyee unless
it causes undue hard ship on behalf of
th e e mplo ye r. acco rdi ng to ne w
guideline s on religi ou s d iscrimination released by the United States
Eq ual Em ployme nt Opportun it y
Co mmiss ion (EEOC).
In -19 7 2. the U .S , Co ngr ess
ame nded the 1964Ci vil Rights Act to
include a proh ibition agai nst religio us d iscri mina tion. In effect, the
ame nd me nt required e m ploye rs ,
under penalt y of law , to acco mmoda te empl o yee s ' and prospecti ve
employees' religio us practices, including observing the Sabbath, Hol y
Day s, etc ., unle ss the accommodation cre ated an " undue hardship" o n
the employer.
In 1977 Tran s-Worl d Airl ines successfully challenged this statute in
Treasurer speaks at university
BElliNG [PE KINGI , Chi na C hurch treasurer Stan ley R. Rade r
gave a prese ntatio n on U.S . consti tutional law befo re the Beijin g (Pe king) University Law School Dec . 4
d uring the of ficia l visit of Pa stor
Ge neral Herbert W . Arm stron g to the
Peo ple's Republic of C hina . Mr.
Rader's address on the ro le of the
lawyer in America be fore the Uni versity Law Department [WN , Se pt.
24 edition] result ed in the invitation
for the late st speech .
M r. Rader div ided the topic of
co nstitutio nal law into three general
areas: the function of jud icial review ,
the di stribut ion of powers in the federal sys tem and con stituti onallim itation s o n federal powe rs.
C hurch of God ' unprecedented preroga tives to practice its reli gion . ' ..
Ho weve r , the high co nn reject ed this
o pi nio n . i ssu in g a tw o -sentence
orde r dismi ssing the school board
appea l.
The Los Angele s Times also assened in a front -page article that this
rulin g would have nat ion al impact ,
stating: " T he [S upreme] co urt's action amo unted to a significant legal
vic to ry fo r Je ws , Mu sl im s,
Seve nth-day Ad ventists, mem bers of
the Wo rldwide Ch urch of God and
othe r religio us fait hs that celebrate
their ho lidays at time s when most
Americans are working ."
In a long strugg le commenc ing in
19 75, Mr . Byars was force d to appeal to se veral lower co urts before
winning in the Califo rnia Supreme
Co urt .
T he Ducor School District artempted to di smiss him on the grounds of
" persistent vio lations of o r refus al to
obey the schoo l laws of the state o r
reasonable regulat ion s prescribe d for
t he gove r nme nt of th e publ ic
school s." The violations 'co nsisted
so lely of absences from c lass on Hol y
gov ern me nt th at s u ppose dly has
three equ al bran ches of a utho rity,
Mr. Rader stated that the power of
co nst it utio na l interpret ati on ha s
earned the jud ici ary the title of "the
' most eq ual' branch " of government .
the U.S . Supreme Court , overturning
a previous ruling in favor of Church
member Larry Hardison .
'Undue hardship'
The high conn ruled that in Mr .
Hard iso n' s part icul ar case , acco mmoda tion of his religiou s practices
would create an " undue hard ship ."
How e ver , in its decision, the high
court fa iled to define what e xactly
was meant by an " undue hardsh ip,"
thus crea ting widespre ad co nfusion
reg ard ing the impleme ntat ion of the
statu te .
To clear the conf usio n result ing
from 'hi s ruling, the EEOC held pub lic he ar in gs in Ne w York , Milwa ukee , Wi s . , and Los Angele s,
Ca lif.
The Commiss ion found that some
religious accomm odations were not
being made , incl ud ing prov ision s for
obse rvance of the Sabbath and provi sions for practice of ce rta in dietary
re qu ire ments . Acc ordin gl y , th e
EEOC developed new guidel ines for
implementation of Sec tio n 70 1(j) of
Title VII of the Civi l Rights Act of
1964 to com ba t religio us d iscrimi nalion . The se new guideline s are curre ntly un der di scu ssion , and the
EEOC hope s that the)' will beco me
law in the e arly spring .
Accommodating practices
The new guidel ines give spec ific
mean s for em ployers to accommodate time off for reli giou s practices
by scheduling voluntary substitutes ,
providin g fle xible sc he d uling for
employee s and chang ing job ass ignment s. Under the new guid el ines.jbe
empl o yer is req uired to adop t the
means " which le ast disadvantages
the individual requ iring the accom modat ion ."
After th e propose d guideline s
were publ ished , the Supreme Court
further clari fied " undue hards hip "
by d ismissing an appeal of the Cali forn ia Supreme Co on that favored
Church member Thomas E. Byars
(see story , this page).
Affir ms guidelines
Jane Mc Vicker of the EEOC to ld
The Worldwide News . " T he (U .S .]
Supreme Court decision [re gard ing
Mr . Byar s] reall y affirms what we
are tryin g to say in o ur guideline s : '
Ms. Mc Vicker stated that " it see ms
that wha t is he re in the deci sion
paralle ls and e nha nces ou r position ."
U.S . Church me mber s who feel
the y ha ve suffe red rel igiou s di scrimi na tion c an contact the loc al
EEOC office in their are a . In additio n, the C hurch' s Legal Depart ment
has prepared a special dossier of info rmati on re gard ing the rig ht s o f
U.S. ci tize ns agai nst rel igiou s d iscrim inatio n. T he inform ation is provided free of charge and may be ob tai ne d by wri t ing : Worl dw ide
Church of God, Legal Office, Bo x
III. Pasaden a , Ca lif., 9112 3.
Power of judicial review
Speaking on the power of the
j udiciary to rev iew le gislati ve laws ,
Mr . Rader noted tha t " The power [of
ju dic ial rev iew) is cle arly what has
made co nstitutional law such an active and intere stin g discipline in the
American legal s)'s tem."
Po inting o ut the need for judic ial
review . Mr. Rade r stated: " Perhaps
the mos t important ju stifi ca tion fo r
jud icial review in American dem oc racy is that there are few institution s,
othe r than re ligiou s bod ies , that give
nece ssary philosophical guida nce to
o ur peopl e . Becau se fear, preju dice ,
g ree d , in tol er ance a nd e nvy are
human mot ivation s that do not disap pear from a society without proper
instructio n and e nlighte nme nt, the
co urts have partially filled this role of
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TREASURER , page 111
YEAR-END RECEIPTS
Year-end receipts for 1979 will be mailed the latter part
of January. We will be mailing a separate receip t for
Herbert W. Armstrong donations, a separate receipt for
Worldwide Church of God donations and a separate receipt for Ambassador College donations. These receipts
shou ld arrive in your mailbox within about two weeks of
each other . The total of these separate receipts added
together will show the amount you gave the Work of God
for 1979.
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questions after receiving the year-end receipts , feel free
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