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FOURTEEN young people marched down the main aisle of Oslender Hall on Sunday, November 9, and gave viewers of the scene at Garden State Academy a sense of history. This was the capping ceremony for the academy's first class of licensed practical nurses. Charley 0. Eldridge, Hackettstown Community Hospital administrator, and Ruth Haller, the hospital's director of nurses, addressed the class. Eldridge appealed to the students to accept the challenge of long hours of study and a sincere, professional interest in each patient in their charge. Haller affirmed Christ in the concept of Christian nursing. Dressed in smart green and white uniforms, the students walked single-file down the main aisle, carrying white porcelain

Janice Lindfors is capped by Irene Gipe, LPN on Garden State Academy staff, with help of Carmen Downey.

JAMES CLIZBE Principal Garden State Academy

Florence Nightingale lamps. As each name was read the student came on the stage, sat on a chair, and was capped by licensed practical nurses. One student, Mildred Lynn, was capped by her daughter, Mrs. Sheryl Hawk. The school nurse and food service supervisor, Mrs. Irene Gipe, capped three of the students. Following the capping the students went to a person who typified the Nightingale spirit of nursing—in this case the class's lone male student, John Alvarez —to have their lamps lighted. Beams from the lamp of practical nursing have attracted a varied group of GSA's first nursing class. Nine are high school seniors who plan either to make a career of nursing or to use it as a means of support while attending college. The others are adults whose lives are linked with the world of farming, teaching, and art. Hackettstown Community Hospital and Garden State Academy cooperate in making this program available to GSA students. Mrs. Carmen Downey, a former director of staff development at the hospital, is director-instructor for the course. Students who enroll complete both the requirements of the senior academy year and the training necessary to become eligible

Carmen Downey, director-instructor, places capping stripe on John Alvarez, senior at Garden State Academy.

to take the State boards for LPN's. Arrangements have been made with at least two colleges for the LPN graduates to receive advanced placement in a collegiate registered nursing program if they wish. Additional information concerning the program can be obtained by writing to Garden State Academy, Box 10, Tranquility, New Jersey 07879.

GSA'S FIRST LPN CLASS CAPPED Prepared by the Columbia Union Conference Department of Communication

JANUARY 1, 1976

Orange Church Dedicated By HERBERT BROECKEL Communication Director Potomac Conference "WE'VE come a long way, from three to 40 members. We've got a long way to go, and with God's help we'll make it." With these words Bernice Jennell, soft-spoken and serious, had just concluded her remarks at the dedication of the Orange, Virginia, church on Sabbath, November 8. She was there when it all began in 1949, when Elders Clarence Gruesbeck and Reed Frey conducted a summer tent meet-

Participants in the dedication included, from the left, Kenneth J. Mittleider, D. W. O'Ffill, and L. R. Crawford.

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The history of the church was presented by Bernice Jennell, a charter member.

ing. About a year later the small, struggling group purchased an ice-cream factory, in which they worshiped. The new church, located at 212 Peliso Avenue, was begun in 1970 during the ministry of L. R. Crawford. Crawford and Frey were the former pastors who participated in the day-long dedication celebration. "We started with a wrecking crew," reported Crawford. He told the members and friends in the well-filled church how the old ice-cream factory had become so run down when he arrived that little could be salvaged. It took faith, but the band of members proceeded to build a new church they are proud of on the ruins of the building that had become a disgrace. The children's choir performed, several members sang and played instruments, and all joined their voices in the Act of Dedication, which was led by the present pastor, D. W. O'Ffill. High lights of the afternoon came when E. M. Hagele, conference treasurer, led in the traditional burning of the note, and the dedication message and prayer were presented by Kenneth J. Mittleider, conference president. "We're not just dedicating a church," Mittleider told the congregation. "The church is people and we are dedicating ourselves today." Speaking on the vine and

Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen drove many miles each Sabbath to help develop the work in Orange.

the branches, he urged the members to have a close relationship with Christ. He challenged them to double their membership and to spawn new churches in the central Virginia Piedmont area. Special recognition was given to Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen, who lived in Washington, D.C., during the time of construction and the period of growth that has followed. Using their valley vacation home as a base, they traveled many miles each Sabbath to help the Orange church. The sun was beginning to set as the members left their debt-free church. Their smiles showed that they were ready to face the dawning of a new era of witnessing in Orange.

The Orange, Virginia, church was dedicated debt free November 8, 1975.

chesapeake Richards Returns for Laurel Dedication H. M. S. RICHARDS is returning to the Laurel, Maryland, church January 9 and 10, 1976. Fifty-seven years ago, in 1918, he and D. A. Rees held tent meetings in Laurel, which resulted in souls won and the organization of the Laurel church. The occasion of Richards' return is the mortgage-burning and dedication of the congregation's new church, completed in 1968, at which he will be the featured speaker. When Richards worked with the Laurel crusade in 1918 he was a student at Washington Missionary College, now Columbia Union College. About a year after the crusade he graduated and went into full-time ministry.

Chesapeake Presents FOUR UNFORGETTABLE FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS

So the Laurel church played a role in the learning experiences leading to Richards' pastoral ministry and the establishment of the Voice of Prophecy. As for the Laurel members, they first met over a store on Main Street. In 1934 they decided they needed their own church building, and a frame structure was erected at Seventh and Montgomery streets. This structure was sold in 1943 and a larger masonry church, formerly used by the Methodist Episcopal congregation, served the members until 1965, when it was sold. They used the facilities of the local United Methodist church until their present church building was completed. BOB BIECKS

Communication Secretary Laurel Church

H. M. S. Richards

Until recently, Bob and June were Jehovah's Witnesses, and Bob was a church pastor and overseer. Hear their thrilling story and get ready for a surprise.

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Atholton—New Church Auditorium

January 24 Hagerstown—South Hagerstown High School

January 31 Greater Baltimore Junior Academy Gymnasium

February 7 New Eastern Shore Junior Academy Gymnasium

Be Sure to Attend the Fellowship Meeting Nearest You. A Great Blessing Awaits You. All meetings begin at 3:00 P.M. sharp and close at 5:15 P.M.

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and Sunday nights, July 19 through August 31, 1975. Mrs. Mary Mabson, vocalist, of Cleveland, Ohio, rendered a musical for this crusade. The response from the community was great. At the conclusion of the meetings, 23 souls surrendered to Christ and were baptized. An eight o'clock Sunday morning prayer service for the youth was started by Pastor Baker. The youth really supported this service. LAWRENCE STUART

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The Cleveland Bethel evangelistic team at the entrance to the tent.

Bethel Church Holds Children's Day Camp A DAY CAMP for inner-city children was a feature of last summer's evangelistic program of the Cleveland Bethel church. Teaching the character of Jesus to the children, some of whom had not yet learned to read, was a challenging task. The pastor, C. B. Skinner, and James Roary conducted the seven-week effort. Among the many baptized were two entire families. The tent was set up in an especially

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Willie J. Lewis, pastor of the Cincinnati Shiloh church.

Bible Prophecy Crusade Held in Cincinnati w. J. LEWIS conducted the Bible Prophecy Crusade at the Shiloh church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Assisting him was Delbert Baker, a graduate of Oakwood College. This crusade was a series of weekend meetings, Friday, Saturday,

Carlyle B. Skinner, speaking in evangelistic tent service.

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rough neighborhood, and at one time an attempt to attack Elder Skinner was foiled by the deacons. But in spite of the satanic harassment, the power of God was manifest. The people of the Bethel church raised $1,500 in one week to sponsor the evangelistic meetings. ANDRE F. PHILLIPS Communication Secretary

Pastor and Mrs. Delbert Baker

Shiloh Church

Bookman's Books Found, Lead to Church Membership "MY FINDING these books was an answer to prayer," said Juanito Washington in an interview with Viola Boyer. He was speaking of The Great Controversy and The Desire of Ages, which he discovered in his mother's bedroom. Then he discovered Bible Readings for the Home, and the die had been cast. Washington had been yearning to know and understand the Bible in its entirety and God's will for his life in obeying His commandments. "I found these books far beyond anything I had ever read," he continues. "I didn't know they were published by Adventists. In fact, I had never heard of Adventists, but I knew as surely as I breathed that the Holy Spirit was drawing me from the Sunday church." For two weeks he wondered and thought, Where can I find the true Sabbathkeeping church, the church that keeps the seventh day? He was led to contact the Allegheny West Conference and was told the location of an Adventist church and how he might identify it. "On Friday night I went to the location given me, and lo and behold, it was a church I had passed for many years. It was the Ephesus church on East 5th Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, and I began attending immediately. I felt the warmth and concern of the members for one another, and was entranced with this display of friendliness. A quiet, peaceful feeling came over me as I sat there, and I was more than ever aware that the Holy Spirit had led me there. "I still didn't know The Great Controversy and The Desire of Ages were Adventist books. When I got home I sat down to study the Sabbath school quarterly that had been given to me at the church, and as I read I discovered at the bottom of the page that these two books were given as references for further reading and enlightenment, and were also quoted in the lesson.

Juanito Washington stands at the entrance of the Ephesus church.

"As I have learned, I have taken this precious message to my family and others, and hopefully pray that they too will see and embrace the message I love. "I wish the whole world could possess and read these two books, but our literature evangelists are doing a good job, for this is how my mother came to have them." At present the church's pastor, Henry M. Wright, is studying The Great Controversy with his entire membership each Wednesday night. VIOLA BOYER Communication Secretary

Carl Rogers, Springfield pastor, was the evangelist. Other members of the team were: Alfred Holliday, a graduate of Oakwood College and doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, associate evangelist; Leon Chavers, a ministerial student at Oakwood College, singing evangelist; and Bonita Wallace, Bible instructor. Each morning during the crusade a Youth Enrichment Program was conducted under the leadership of Tecora Rogers and her staff of workers. The program for youth, ages 4-16, included classes in crafts, Bible, dental hygiene, and first aid. A much-talked-about feature of the meetings was the emphasis put on community health. During the morning a team of dental hygienists taught the more than 50 children how to brush their teeth and how to use dental floss. For several days the conference medical van, staffed by a medi-

Springfield Evangelism Bears Fruit LAST summer's five-week Bible Crusade in Springfield, Ohio, has borne fruit in the baptism of nine persons. Others are continuing to study.

Conference mobile medical van where screening was done.

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cal team from Kettering Hospital and a local dentist, went to three different locations of the city providing a free screening service for hypertension, diabetes, sickle-cell anemia, and dental scans to nearly three hundred people. ANNE GREEN Communication Secretary

Cleveland Southeast Conducts Tent Crusade THE Cleveland Southeast congregation, one of Allegheny West's newest, conducted evangelistic meetings at the corner of Lee Road and Takington Street during the fall. The pastor, K. S. Smallwood, had already organized the membership into soul-winning teams. The result was good attendance at the meetings and full participation in the related community-help programs. More than 200 children attended the two-week-long summer youth camp daily. Other young people were interested in the narcotics-education program that was offered. The inner-city medical van was utilized in conjunction with the meetings to screen 225 people for sickle-cell anemia, diabetes, and hypertension. The same lot that was used for the evangelistic tent will be the building site for the new Southeast Cleveland church. PAUL GLENN Communication Secretary

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Clockwise from upper left: Mrs. Glenn instructs neighborhood youth in summer camp. Medical personnel conducted free screening prog ram in cooperation with the city of Cleveland. The community-uplift crusade staff.

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find these activities help them feel an active part of the church. As for herself, Mrs. Kelley says this is one of the most exciting things she has ever done, and that's quite a statement from a person who has served as Vacation Bible School leader, who gives several Bible studies a week, and who participates and leads out in many other church activities.

ohio Prominent Defiance Residents Ban the Cigarette SEVERAL prominent Defiance residents participated in a Five-Day Plan held in the fellowship room of the Defiance church. The plan was conducted by Rajkumar Attiken in cooperation with the American Cancer Society, with Anna and Eric Pierce assisting. Afternoon as well as evening sessions were held, making it possible for a near perfect attendance. And at a follow-up session, the film I'm Sorry, Baby was shown. This is the second Five-Day Plan held by the church within the past 12 months. Among those attending were the owner of a large furniture store, the owner of a card and stationery store, an engineer, the director of social services at the local hospital, nurses, salesmen, and others. Twenty-one registered, and 82 per cent of those who completed the plan had not smoked for at least the final 24-hour period prior to the close of the program. The 21 participants represented a total of approximately 367 years of smoking, with a daily cigarette consumption of approximately 557. Enthusiasm and audience participation was high on the final day. A woman who had smoked for more than 40 years said, "I've tried everything in order to quit. Even acupuncture. Nothing has worked like this program!" One salesman exclaimed, "I eat better now, smell better, and don't sound like a steam engine when I sleep!" After the first night's session, one participant banned the cigarette among his employees and was helping others to quit smoking too. ANNA PIERCE

Communication Secretary Defiance Church

Grandmother-Mother Club Formed at Kettering

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As A boost to one of the Kettering church's newest families, a baby shower was given for Yen Tran in November. Only a few months before, she and her husband, Son (pronounced Shun), left behind all their belongings in Vietnam and set out with several close relatives to make a new life for themselves in the United States. Son, who was a pharmacist at the Saigon Hospital, is now a pharmacist at Kettering Medical y Center.

LYNDA SEIDEL

Communication Secretary Kettering Church

Death, Funeral Prompts to Church Membership

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The shower, a custom unknown to expectant mothers in Vietnam, was planned and held by a mother's group recently formed within the church. The group is as yet without a name, but with lots of activity, quite the opposite of many groups, says Mrs. Rosayle Kelley, the group's instigator. She is one of several grandmothers who meet with the young mothers once a week to share ideas and projects. The mothers are welcome to bring their children, who are cared for by babysitters. Mrs. Kelley first met with one of the young mothers in May at the mother's request to study Child Guidance with her. The group quickly expanded from there to approximately a dozen mothers now meeting weekly, bringing about 15 children. Their current project is making quiet-books, with which preschoolers occupy themselves during church. The ladies feel they can make the books with their own supplies more economically than buying them ready-made, and that they can make them more attractively with silk-screening. They plan to begin designing books with more Sabbath oriented subjects. Other projects the mothers and grandmothers have already undertaken, besides studying Child Guidance, include making gluten, drying fruit, and exchanging healthful recipes. One project they have in mind for the future includes making materials for the church's Sabbath school divisions. Mrs. Kelley says some of the mothers

AN ADVENTIST funeral was instrumental in leading Barbara Wilson to join the Wooster church. She was one of six candidates received into church membership on October 3. Others include John McCoy, his wife Juanita, her son Mike Patterson, Alan Davis, and Diana Bragg. The baptism was performed by Kenneth Berry, pastor. Barbara has been acquainted with the Adventist faith for a number of years through two sisters, a brother, and an aunt who are members. However it was the death of her younger sister and the Adventist funeral, which she attended, that prompted Barbara into taking Bible studies. "I was so impressed with the service that I came home and looked up the local Adventist church," she recalls. Former Wooster pastor John Toews began giving her studies at the same time her older sister enrolled her in the VOP course. Barbara had been a member of the United Brethren Church as a young girl, but she joined the Lutheran Church when she married. "The Bible studies taught me so much more about the Bible," she emphasized. She is now enrolled in the series on Daniel and Revelation. Barbara has discovered that Bible study has opened a whole new dimension in her life and has brought her into a deeper relationship with Christ through the Advent message. Diana Bragg, a graduate of a Mennonite college, found her way into the Adventist Church through colporteur literature from a doctor's office. She was enrolled in a couple of Bible courses and studied with Pastor Toews and a local member before baptism. John McCoy, his wife, and stepson studied with local members also. John had been an Adventist in previous years and played a key role in leading his family into the church.

Alan Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Davis. He made his decision to be baptized at summer camp. John Toews worked with all six new members, preparing them for baptism. Kenneth Berry, the new pastor, followed up with the baptismal class and baptism. PERKY DAVIS

Communication Secretary Wooster Church

100th anniversary, January 7, 1977, Robert H. Pierson, president of the General Conference, will be the featured speaker. Former members and friends of the Cleveland First church are invited to all of these special occasions. The present lovely home of the congregation is 17822 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. CARROLL LAWSON

Pastor Cleveland First Church

Committees Set Up To Enlist Lay Talent

Mrs. Ellen Disbro and C. M. Lawson, pastor, look over old records as they prepare for the centennial observance of the Cleveland First church.

Cleveland First Church Observes Centennial THE year 1976 will be the centennial year of the Cleveland First church. This 100th year will be celebrated with a series of special Sabbath events. January 9 and 10, 1976, will be the first Ron Watson such Sabbath. On Friday evening, January 9, Ron Watson, a former pastor of the church, will recollect some of the many evidences of the blessings of the Lord that have led to this day. Sabbath morning, January 10, Philip Follett, Ohio Conference president, will deliver the sermon. A fellowship dinner will be held in the gymnasium at noon. In the afternoon at three another former pastor, Albert Brendel, will speak. Other events during the centennial year include: April, Sabbath message by W. B. Quigley, president of the Columbia Union; July, Sabbath message by Glenmore Carter, former pastor; other former pastors and guests will visit during the year. On the actual

FOUR important committees were appointed at the lay advisory committee's annual retreat held at Camp Mohaven the first part of October. One of these was to fulfill the request of the conference constituency and it was named the Human Resource Committee. Its purpose is to set up a procedure to gather and file data concerning the membership of the Ohio Conference, which would list the members' talents, abilities, and their location in the conference. This would help when a specific type of help is needed in a church, a school, or wherever. The Human Resource Committee will be chaired by Ruth Hannah. Other members are Jerry Green and Mike Miller. Ralph Ahnberg is chairman of a new Businessmen's Association committee. Other members are Ken Cummins, Harvey Kinkead, and Norman Peterson. This committee will promote the association and encourage the businessmen in the conference to contribute their special abilities to the work of God. Sometimes a pastor is sick or may be absent from his churches on Sabbath. The Speaker's Bureau, chaired by John Parobek, will seek to provide lay speakers for church services in situations of this kind. Jan McNeal and Dan Rice were also elected members of this committee. Adventists everywhere are familiar with the help that Maranatha International has given to construction of churches by using the volunteer help of laymen. The Helping Hand Committee will endeavor to do a similar work in the Ohio Conference. They will select school or church building projects and help provide qualified lay labor to construct the needed buildings. Earl Schoonard is chairman of this committee, assisted by Augie Ronay and Larry Randolph. Winton H. Beaven was guest speaker at the retreat and gave special emphasis to the need of better communication among church members and also be-

tween members and those they endeavor to win to the church. He suggested that there is a need for church members to become better acquainted with one another outside the church.

Time-Management Seminar Held for Workers A SEMINAR in time management was held for the pastors and members of the conference office staff during the fall workers' meetings. The three-day session was held in both Kettering and Canton to make it closer for workers to attend and to keep the group from becoming too large for an effective program. The proper use of a person's time has been an important principle frequently mentioned in the Scriptures, and several quotations given at the seminar reemphasized this point. "Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do. Make the best use of your time, despite all the evils of these days" (Eph. 5:15, 16, Phillip's).* Sometimes it is hard to understand the following statement from The Ministry of Healing, p. 208: "If every moment were valued and rightly employed, we should have time for everything that we need to do for ourselves or for the world." Good management of one's time is not meant to make it possible to cram still more activities into our lives, but to get the important things done more easily. Instructors at the seminar were Philip Follett and Arthur Harms, president and treasurer, respectively, of the Ohio Conference, and Dean Kinsey, principal of Mount Vernon Academy. Periods of lectures and group discussions were interspersed with periods of physical exercise. Before attending the seminar those who attended were urged to keep a detailed record of their activities for a week and then review it to see how they spent their time. Improvement comes only by a critical self-analysis. Many of the suggestions made to the workers can help people in all walks of life. Set goals or objectives, both shortand long-range, and work on therb daily. Select the goals that are to receive top priority and work on them first. Then reassess your goals and continue working on the top priorities. In this way if you fail to accomplish all you desire it will be the less important things that are left undone. *From The New Testament in Modern English, „C) J. B. Phillips 1972. Used by permission of The Macmillan Company.

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The Elwin Hewitts Take Colorado Pastorate

Hackensack Church Marks Pathfinder Day Pathfinders of the Hackensack, New Jersey, church after they had participated in a recent Pathfinder Day program at the church. During the program the club named Lisa Meliti and Ellen Wright Pathfinders of the Year. James Clifford, center front, is Pathfinder leader. Photo by Ron Dixon.

Our 75th Anniversary Year Will Be Special. Final Two $38,000 Girls' Dorm Payments. 3rd SABBATH GSA OFFERING.

MEMBERS of the Hackensack and Westwood churches bade farewell to Pastor and Mrs. Elwin Hewitt at a luncheon in the Waldwick School auditorium. The Hewitts have accepted a pastorate in the Colorado Conference. They have been at Hackensack and Westwood five years. Some 150 adults and children turned out to honor the Hewitts and to enjoy the attractive casseroles, salads, and a yellow rosebud cake served at the luncheon. Louis Negretti sang "When Wilt Thou Save the People?" and Ron Dixon read from Ellen G. White's Spiritual Gifts. Miguel Balisnomo read a poem written by his young son Ramon that told how much Pastor and Mrs. Hewitt, their daughter, Kimberly, and sons, Jarett and Kevin, have meant to both churches. Roy Sadler, head elder of the Hackensack church, presented the pastor with a check and a card signed by all Hackensack members. Mrs. Negretti gave him a cash gift from the Westwood church. RON DIXON Communication Secretary Hackensack Church

hackettstown hospital Scoggins Moves to Top Administrative Post HENRY SCOGGINS is the new executive director of Hackettstown Community Hospital, Hackettstown, New Jersey. He succeeds Charley Eldridge, with whom he has worked for 14 months as associate executive director. Eldridge has assumed his new responsibilities as administrator of the Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland. In appointing the new administrator, W. B. Quigley, chairman of the board of trustees, stated, "The decision of the board was unanimous in appointing Henry Scoggins to the hospital's top post. This institution is in a posiB t tion of great advantage in having had

a fully qualified administrator as an associate." Scoggins is a registered X-ray technologist, having received his training at Madison Hospital in Tennessee. As a part of earning his B.S. degree in biology at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, he became a registered medical technologist at the Henry Scoggins

Veterans Administration Hospital there. When studying for his Master of Science degree in hospital administration at the University of Alabama, he engaged in work at the university hospital and clinics. Scoggins did his residency in hospital administration in the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, prior to becoming assistant administrator at the 360-bed Washington Adventist Hospital. Mrs. Scoggins, Marjorie (nee: Hancock), is a registered nurse. There are three children, two sons and a daughter. The family spent some years in East Africa where for three years Scoggins was the administrator of the 150-bed Empress Zauditu Memorial Adventist Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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ance, somewhat sparse at the beginning, grew every night until by the last weekend 100 extra chairs had to be crowded into the Reading Junior Academy gymnasium, where the meetings were held. Detamore held a pastor's class the first week, in which he shared many of the insights that he has accumulated during the years he has worked in evangelism. He also conducted the Week of Prayer for the students at Reading Junior Academy. And the Reading Hampden Heights church reversed their church and Sabbath school schedule so he could speak at the Sabbath worship services of both Reading churches. MARSHALL GROSBOLL

Associate Pastor Kenhorst Boulevard and Ephrata Churches

Mifflintown Members Sponsor Cambodian Family

Mouths Water at Yummy Possibilities for Lunch Ella May Stoneburner, associate secretary and health educator of the General Conference Health Department, was guest speaker recently at a Home and School meeting of the York church. After her talk on "What Is a Nutritious Lunch?" samples of her sandwich spreads and other foods were enjoyed by the more than 50 persons at the meeting.

Seventy Won in Detamore's Voice of Prophecy Crusade SEVENTY persons took their stand to join the Adventist Church following a 23-night Voice of Prophecy crusade held by Fordyce Detamore for the Reading Kenhorst Boulevard church. Success of the crusade is attributed to the heavy visitation program by Detamore, evangelist for the Voice of Prophecy, and Robert Clarke, the church's

Evangelist Fordyce Detamore with Pastors Marshall Grosboll (left) and Robert Clarke (right) in the background.

Ladies from the Reading Kenhorst Boulevard church served the guests as receptionists.

pastor, along with the Bible studies given by the members of the church. Ruth and Emil Moldrik, of the Voice of Prophecy crusade team, provided the music for the meetings. H. M. S. Richards, Jr., introduced the program on opening night, followed by Don Reynolds, president of the Pennsylvania Conference, the second night. Attend-

"1 Mifflintown church, with only 47 members, has sponsored a Cambodian family of six: husband, wife, and four children, ages 9, 6, 2, and one month. The congregation was a little apprehensive at first about the difficulties they might encounter in trying to get the family established. The family spoke little English. But after praying very seriously about the project the church went into action. A beautiful apartment was found for the Cambodians to live in. By doing some advertising, asking people in the community to contribute appliances, furniture, or other items a family needs when it begins a new life, cribs, beds, rugs, dining- and living-room furniture were obtained. The church contributed enough money to cover the first month's rent, plus $100 for a stove and refrigerator. Contacts were made at the local school for the children, and arrangements were made at the bank to establish credit. The total response of the people to the Cambodian family was very warm, and every church member who had. a part in helping the family get established received a rich blessing. CHARLES COLE

Past or Mifflintown District

On the Move H. R. KEHNEY, who served for 15 years in pastoral ministry in Pennsylvania and retired some time ago, has moved to California. His address there is 26 Knollwood, Newbury Park, California 91320.

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genera/ news Jetz 1st Die Zeit (Now Is the Time) IT's here—the 25-minute General Conference session film, Jetz 1st Die Zeit, shot in Vienna, July, 1975. You can see such high lights as Theodore Carcich introducing the Russian delegates; the flags of 189 countries entered by Adventists; the nominating committee and other behind-the-scenes activities; choirs in national costume; the cheerful Christian witness, paralyzed Charles Axelsson, in his motorized wheel chair; the Norwegian marching band; division exhibits; and Elder Robert H. Pierson, the General Conference president. The commentary is in English, by H. M. S. Richards, Jr. Ask your conference communication department director for the film to be shown in your church or order a copy now ($100) for showing to Adventists and non-Adventists. Available from the Department of Communication, General Conference of SDA, 6840 Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012.

pose situations for purposes of dramatic interest. However, the thrust of the story must square with reality seen from some Christian viewpoint. It is essential for writers to keep in mind that every short story contains conflict in some form. The judges will be looking for it in action that builds to a climax and denouement. Student writers not in a writing class are encouraged to seek critiques of their stories from competent journalists or writing teachers.

When selecting their story, writers must keep in mind that Insight's primary audience ranges from 16 to 25. The judges will use five criteria in evaluating manuscripts: spiritual value of insight gained; character description; use of language and believable dialog; artistry: mood, place, sensory appeal, choice of appropriate detail; development and completeness. The contest closes March 15, 1976. To obtain contest rules, contact your journalism - communication - English teacher or department, or write Narrative Contest, Insight, Review and Herald Publishing Association, 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012.

VICTOR H. COOPER

Associate Director Communication Department General Conference

Insight Writing Contest Offers $1,700 in Prizes THE editors of Insight are pleased to announce the 1976 short story contest. Cash prizes will total $1,700 and will include a $500 grand award. The contest is open to both student and professional writers. Separate judging will be done. The first-place award is $250, secondplace $200, and third $150, for each category—professional and student. There will be one $500 grand prize. In addition, other stories will be purchased at Insight's regular rates. Insight is looking for stories that illuminate some aspect of Christian life found in witnessing experiences, social relationships, parent-children encounters, school life, young married situations, man-God encounters, and frankly, any story that deals with the religious dimension. Stories submitted for this contest should be short. No more than 1,800 words. All stories should be based on actual events. The writer may change names, 0 V reconstruct conversation, and juxta-

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*Did you ever watch a three-legged race? The winners were two individuals who ran together, step for step, each in perfect rhythm. *Youth and church need this same cooperation to be successful. Till now, the various church activities for youth were all going in different directions, with no organized pattern. The results were general confusion. Church Board Under this new concept in youth involvement, all youth activity, no matter in what area of church service, is centered in the Youth Council. *Beginning in January, the local Youth Council will guide each church's total youth ministry, allowing today's Adventist youth a more active role in preparing Youth people to meet Jesus. *Ask your Council Conference Youth Director for details.

Public Service Series Helps Youth Plan Careers HELPING youth decide on careers is the goal of a new series of public service programs released to 5,400 radio stations in the United States and Canada by the Voice of Prophecy. The series is called The Inside Track and is presented by the Way Out, the VOP's youth outreach. The 90-second radio spot announcements feature comments from persons employed in a variety of careers. Each spot invites the listener to write the Way Out for a 24-page booklet, Heads or Tails, which attempts to lead a young person to an intelligent career choice. The booklet is also designed to encourage the reader to think about where he is headed in life, and suggests that he should incorporate God into his thinking as he plans for a career. ELDYN KARR

Associate Public Relations Director The Voice of Prophecy

Mass Population Exposure To Better Living Planned ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY health educators from a wide variety of healthservice interests across North America gathered in Regnery Auditorium at the Hinsdale Sanitarium November 20 to 23. The workshop has become an annual event at Hinsdale, but never before has it had such a large and enthusiastic attendance or such a concentrated fare of health resource concepts leading to dynamic group discussions. This workshop gave those of us in the Columbia Union Health Department a glimpse into untapped possibilities through our existing and wellrespected health-care institutions to reach thousands, even millions in these Eastern States. The program this year was presented by the health-education section of PHASDA—the Public Health Association of Seventh-day Adventists. Active membership in this growing organization is spreading rapidly through the ranks of Adventist promoters of the whole-health gospel, from professionals to paramedical technicians and laymen. The agenda provided challenging reports of a wide variety of experiences in health education ranging all the way from our major institutions to smallgroup or one-to-one experiences. One of the speakers was Winton Beaven, dean of Kettering College of

Medical Arts, Kettering, Ohio. He presented a paper on "Ethical Issues in Health Education," and a panel responded to this topic. The closing session was an enthusiastic business meeting of PHASDA. It was apparent that this group of health educators are eager to see this organization become the clearinghouse and coordinating agency for health-education programs based on the principles set forth in the Spirit of Prophecy throughout North America. A veritable gold mine of new ideas has been

tapped, which promises to unleash resources for mass population exposure to the more abundant living. MARION BROWN, M.D. Health Department Director Columbia Union Conference

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washington adventist hospital Ruth Hopkins Honored At CCU Open House MRS. RUTH HOPKINS was a widow, no longer young, and very sick. She was a patient at a Washington, D.C., hospital, but felt she wasn't recuperating as well as she could. Some days she felt as if she wasn't going to live much longer. Then a friend urged her to move to Washington Adventist Hospital, at that time known as Washington Sanitarium and Hospital. Mrs. Hopkins followed her friend's advice, and today the results of her gratitude are helping save lives. Mrs. Hopkins has been a patient at WAH many times in the past eleven years—so often that she's come to think of it as home. Her love and appreciation resulted in a gift of more than $155,000, which has been used to establish a Coronary Care Unit in memory of her husband, John Jay Hopkins. Her initial gift of $45,000 established the unit in 1967, and more than $110,000 in additional donations has helped provide funds for expansion and updating of equipment. November 12, Washington Adventist Hospital honored Mrs. Hopkins during an open house, displaying the new CCU facilities. Although ill-health prevented her from attending the ceremonies, she was represented by two members of her board of trustees, Mrs. Dorothy Young and John Doyle. Mrs. Shirley Moore, WAH board member and the friend who suggested Mrs. Hopkins' move to WAH, also was present. The funds for expansion provided an additional two CCU rooms, bringing the total to twelve. It also funded establishment of a special procedures room, said to be among the best equipped in the metropolitan area.

Keith Lindgren, left, director of cardiology at Washington Adventist Hospital, explains use of new Coronary Care Unit equipment to John Doyle, trustee for Mrs. Ruth Hopkins, whose generosity helped create and expand the unit.

Keith Lindgren, director of the WAH department of cardiology, noted during the open house ceremonies that the unit has been directly instrumental in saving lives. The new equipment allows a patient to be both diagnosed and treated in the same room, and provides a computer for analyzing body fluids, as well as equipment to measure pressures in the ventricles of the heart. One patient who had a zero blood pressure when he arrived at the hospital survived because of the equipment in the special unit, Lindgren said. John D. Ruffcorn, WAH administrator at that time, expressed the hospital's gratitude to Mrs. Hopkins and her trustees and said, "Through her generosity, Washington Adventist Hospital has been able to provide the best cardiac services in the area." MELINDA HOWES

Public Relations Assistant

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potomac On the Move The rapidly expanding work in Potomac has been strengthened by the addition of several new workers. Those not previously introduced are listed here. Many are already making outstanding contributions; a number serve in positions of major responsibility.

New Jersey Conference as a departmental secretary. His wife, Jeanie, is an RN. Their children, Gail, 11; and Greg, 8, attend C. F. Richards Junior Academy in Staunton.

Elder and Mrs. Manuel Rosado

Lyle Albrecht

LYLE ALBRECHT, conference evangelist, from Idaho, where he spent two years as pastor and two years as conference evangelist. He is currently conducting a major campaign in Wytheville, Virginia. He and his wife, Peggy Jean Hopkins, have three children, Tammy Lynn, 14; Terryl Lee, 13; and Troy Lyle, 3.

The Herbert Breed's! family

HERBERT BROECKEL, conference communication and religious liberty secretary, served seven years in the Potomac Conference in the Waynesboro - Staunton, Harrisonburg - Ekton, and Fredericksburg, Virginia, districts; three years as pastor of the Bordeaux church in Nashville, Tennessee; and the past five and a half years in the

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MANUEL RosAno, conference associate publishing department secretary, is returning to Potomac where he organized the Spanish work and ministered from 1957-1967. He began his ministry as a pastor-teacher in the West Cuba Conference in 1941, has served as a pastor in the Southern California Conference from 1949-1956, has taught at Antillian Union College in Puerto Rico, and more recently, has been assistant publishing secretary for the

Taking time out to climb some rocks, are, from left, Bert Menhordt, youth pastor, Sanitarium church; Jack DuBosque, intern, DanvilleMartinsville-Stuart district; Duane O'Fill, Marion-Konnarock district; and Ben Anderson, assistant pastor, Takoma Park church.

New Jersey Conference. His wife, Abda, is a bilingual secretary and translator and worked in the New Jersey Conference office. Their daughter, Irma Turner, is a social worker in Ukiah, California. Their son, Edgar, is an inhalation therapist in Huntington Beach, California.

Young Ministers' Retreat Held at Blue Ridge Camp TWENTY-FOUR young men in the Potomac Conference who are at various stages of ministry leading to ordination attended a three-day retreat held at Blue Ridge Youth Camp in Hidden Valley, high in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Montebello, Virginia. The event was sponsored by the Ministerial Association of the conference, under the direction of Dan Matthews, secretary, and featured fellowship, study, recreation, the sharing of experiences, and the sharpening of ministerial skills. Resource people were J. R. Spangler, associate secretary of the General Conference Ministerial Association; Jack Blanco, academic dean at Columbia Union College; and Kenneth J. Mittleider, president of the conference.

Sharing ideas between sessions are, from left, Hans Varmer, AppomattoxFarmville district; J. R. Spangler, associate secretary, General Conference Ministerial Association; and Norman McCauley, intern, WinchesterLeesburg district.

Potomac's leadership places great importance on the training of young ministers. According to Mittleider, the retreat is just part of a total, balanced training program that will continue to enable the conference to attract young workers with ability and potential to become part of a team that can help finish the work in the area. Included in the program are Seminary students, interns, youth pastors, and district leaders. Some serve on large church staffs, others in small districts, and some are virtually all alone, working in areas with few other workers nearby for professional comradeship. HERB BROECKEL Communication Director

Leland's Health Booth Draws Large Crowds ABOUT 2,000 people visited Leland Memorial Hospital's health booth during the two-day health fair held at Landover Mall, Landover, Maryland, November 7 and 8. Of the 88 health organizations participating, Leland attracted one of the largest crowds with its presentation of the hazards of smoking, using Smoking Sam, posters, literature, and other mechanical devices. In addition, 200 free pulmonaryfunction tests were performed. Since January, 1975, the hospital, situated in Riverdale, Maryland, has participated in six countywide and local health fairs and presented lectures and demonstrations on health to students and teachers of seven large schools in the Riverdale area. ALVA C. RODA

Public Relations Director Leland Memorial Hospital

shenandoall valley academy Victories Won During Religious Emphasis Week KENNETH MITTLEIDER, conference president, accented practical Christian living in his messages during the Week of Religious Emphasis at Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market, Virginia. He held the attention of his teen-age audience by using many illustrations from life, which he drew from his rich evangelistic experiences. Twenty students came forward for baptism, many expressing the desire that their parents conduct family worship. When the final call was made a father of one of the students also responded, indicating his desire to join the church. Two freshmen girls, Dorinda Kemmer and Dar-

Watching possessions inconsistent with Christian standards go up in smoke.

lene Burnette, were baptized on the final day of the spiritual feast. A high light of the week was a bonfire, requested by the students so they could destroy the things that had been stumbling blocks. The fire was built in front of the new church building, and into it the students threw a large quantity of cheap reading material, playing cards, jewelry, and cassettes of

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rock music. Some threw their books into the fire individually, others brought cartons, and one brought a small suitcase and dumped it and its contents into the fire. While the fire crackled the students gathered around, singing songs of victory and praise. ROBERT G. WEARNER Public Relations Director

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Religious Liberty Department, Columbia Union Conference Elvin Benton, Secretary

COUPLES, COURTS, AND CHURCHES Can a court force a wife to choose loyalty to her husband over allegiance to the instructions of her church? Does a church leader have a legal right to decree that the wife must "shun" her husband? These and other issues are involved in a Pennsylvania farmer's court suit to get his former church off his familial back. Three years ago Robert Bear was excommunicated from the Reformed Mennonite Church, a small group whose total membership comprises about 500 plain-living, strict observers of what they consider to be Biblical admonition. Bear's ouster resulted from his "railing" against the church—criticizing and questioning the infallibility of the church's five bishops. Church rules required that after he was excommunicated he was to be "shunned" by all other church members, including his wife, Gale. She complied, refusing either to eat at his table or sleep in his bed. Bear filed suit in the Cumberland County Court in Carlisle in an effort to overturn the church's decree. He alleged that the church's ruling had wrecked his marriage, ruined his once-prosperous potato business, destroyed his social life, and impaired relations with his six children. Wife Gale Bear and her church are defending the propriety of the church's stance. They are represented by a prominent Harrisburg attorney, Constitutional Lawyer William Ball, who several years ago successfully defended before the United States Supreme Court the right of the Amish to terminate their children's formal education after eight grades. Ball insisted that the Cumberland County Court's issuance of an injunction against the Reformed Mennonite Church would constitute an interference in the sacrosanct affairs of a religious organization and a violation of the Constitution's strict separation of church and state. The practice of "shunning" is designed to bring recalcitrant Mennonites to repentance. According to Gale Bear, her avoidance of her husband was an act of love and not of malice. "I do certainly love his soul and wish him peace," she said, adding that her duty as a spouse was "to treat my husband as kindly as possible, but to remind him of his position" as an excommunicant. As in many cases involving conflict of loyalties, all the good arguments are not on one side of this one. While the court would have to be heartless to refuse sympathy for Robert Bear, it won't be easy to find a way to tell the Reformed Mennonite Church how to run its ecclesiastical affairs or, in Lawyer William Ball's words, to "bring into the bedroom an injunction to obtain a couple's affection."

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ADELPHIAN ACADEMY ALUMNI, FORMER STUDENTS AND FACULTY: Plan now to attend the special Bicentennial program, Pioneer Day, on the campus April 10, 1976. Activities will include Sabbath school by alumni; M. S. Culver, former principal, as speaker for the worship service; a fellowship potluck dinner at the Holly church school gymnasium; a sacred concert by the student band and choir at 3:00 P.M.; a music-and-meditation program by alumni for vespers; and in the evening, a historical play by academy students. Those needing accommodations may have rooms in the dormitories by making reservations with Mrs. Evelyn J. Lutz, 205 Park Avenue, Holly, Michigan 48442. STUDENT MISSIONARIES NEED BAND INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC. If you have old, unused instruments and old band music on an elementary level that you would like to donate to Colegio Linda Vista, in Mexico, send them immediately to: David G. Wyman, Valley Grande Academy, P.O. Box 1124, Weslaco, Texas. Wyman will pick them up there in February and take them to Colegio Linda Vista, where he and another student missionary plan to teach classes in musical instruments and start a band.

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SO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE PIANO? GOOD NEWS! Gold Book, fifth of this series of instruction books, promised by press in November, 1975. Do we have your change of address? For $30, new customers can hope to receive or give these uplifting books, which teach only church music and thorough fundamentals. The souls you save may include your own! Star Music Company, Route 3, Box 104, Fitzgerald, V GA 31750.

WE HAVE BEEN SELLING REAL ESTATE for more than 25 years to and for our people in the Takoma Park-Silver Spring area. For your real estate needs, call Laird B. Scott, Realtor, JU 9-0420, or write 8634 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. VACATION ACCOMMODATIONS: Visitors to Bermuda are invited to stay at Bill's Dream Apartments which overlook the beautiful South Shore of the Atlantic Ocean. We are conveniently near Adventist churches; golf courses; the famous Long Bay Beach with pink-tinted sand and azure-blue water, within walking distance. Each apartment is fully furnished and is a complete and separate unit. The price is $10 per day, per person. For information write: Bill Simmons, P. 0. Box 3, Warwick, Bermuda. Phone: 4-1835. LEARN GOD-CONTROL OF THE APPETITE and be filled with the Spirit instead of stuffed with food. Write Veg-A-Weigh, P.O. Box 918, Battle Creek, MI. 49017, for brochure that explains how you can find personal victory as well as a new figure. WANTED: SPONSOR FOR DARK-COUNTY RADIO STATION WIMK—Middlesboro, Ky. Pastor just getting church started. Need more interest created. Present sponsor unable to continue. Cost $12 per 30-minute broadcast. This is a mainline Protestant county where Sundaykeeping, tongue speaking, hog and tobacco raising, are prevalent. Call VOP for details. Phone (213) 243-4266. VACATION IN BERMUDA! Make reservations now. Furnished air-conditioned apartment and rooms $10 per person daily—double occupancy. Near beautiful Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. Eightminute walk to bus, restaurant, and beach with transportation to and from airport. Write F. (eoi) Pires, Box 988, Hamilton 5, Bermuda. ADVENTIST REAL ESTATE BROKER DESIRES FULL-TIME SALESPEOPLE. Earn as much as your ability allows. Experience preferred. Also, need experienced person in commercial and industrial listings and sales. Located in growing Carroll County, Maryland. Adventist twoteacher school, grades 1-8. New 200-seat church under construction. Other employment available. Write: John D. Meyer, Real Estate, 101 North Center Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157. Phone: (301) 876-1666.

obitucuies BABCOCK, Beverly Bowler, b. Dec. 24, 1920; d. Oct. 13, 1975. She is survived by her husband, David C. Babcock; two daughters, Beverly Boten, of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Barbara Chizmas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her mother, Mrs. E. Bowler; and a brother, Wallace Bowler, of Norfolk, Virginia. Graveside services were conducted in Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia, by Leo Van Dolson. GRADY, Mrs. Mary Helen, b. April 29, 1920, Springfield, Ohio; d. Nov. 15, 1975, Lima, Ohio. She was a member of the Lima church. Survivors are husband, Max; sons Marvin, Michael, Mark, and Max, Jr.; and daughter, Marilyn. GUSTIN, John, b. July 26, 1902, Lebanon, Ohio; d. Sept. 12, 1975, Dayton, Ohio. He was a member of the Wilmington, Ohio, church. Survivors are a son, Dr. John Gustin, Jr., Dayton, Ohio; and daughters, Mary Lee Denehy, Wilmington, Mrs. Donna Strider, Dayton, and Mrs. Harriett Hesse, Florida. GUTHERIE, W. T., b. July 29, 1898, Cumberland, Va.; d. Sept. 6, 1975, Farmville, Va. He was an elder in the Farmville church. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; daughter, Ola; and son, Glenn; brothers Howard and Raymond; as well as sisters, Atha Gutherie, Minnie Hatcher, Nellie Hatcher, and Mrs. Crawford Brightwell.

MORRISON, Vera E., b. Oct. 13, 1882, in Allen, Mich.; d. Nov. 27, 1975, at Sligo Gardens Nursing Home, Takoma Park, Md. She served as teacher and education department chairman at Columbia Union College for 33 years. Dr. Morrison's teaching career began at Union College Academy, Lincoln, Nebraska, where she served three years before joining the staff of Union College. She received her Master's degree in 1931 from the University of Maryland; her doctorate was from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1938. She was an active member of the Silver Spring chapter of the American Association of University Women. That association honored her by establishing a scholarship fund in her name. She was also active in community and church organizations, and after her retirement she remained active in the Sligo church, where she was a member. She participated in the General Conference Women's Auxiliary Book Club. Vera Morrison was the wife of Harvey A. Morrison, whom she met during their teaching years at Union College. Dr. Harvey was president and general manager of Union College for eight years; president of Columbia Union College (then Washington Missionary College) for six years; director of the General Conference Department of Education from 1936 to 1946; and general manager of the Review and Herald Publishing Association for the next 12 years until his retirement in 1958. He preceded her in death. Dr. Vera is survived by a son, Lt. Col. C. E. Morrison, USAF (Ret), and his wife, Virginia, of Falls Church, Virginia; a daughter, Dr. Alethea M. Dollinger and her husband, Dr. Glenn, of Alhambra, California; four grandchildren: Patricia Maxson and husband, Dr. Eugene, of El Centro, California, Dr. Armon Dollinger and wife, Martha, of Hanford, California, Pamela Morrison, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Sally Johnston and husband, Robert, of Richmond, Virginia; and 15 great-grandchildren. MC WILLIAMS, Edward Gerald, b. Jan. 8, 1900, in Bronx, New York City, N.Y.; d. Sept. 7, in Hackettstown Hospital, N.J. He is survived by his wife, Grace; one son, Edward; and four grandchildren. Interment was in the Stone Church Cemetery, Pennsylvania. PUDLEINER, Madge Miller, d. Nov. 7, 1975, at the age of 80 years, at Takoma Park, Md. She had been a worker in several Adventist organizations and institutions and was considered to be one of the first women to dedicate full time to the colporteur work. She leaves her two sons, Douglas and Grant; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Kimble and Ruth Miller. She was a member of the Washington Sanitarium church. PUCKETT, Luther Clifford, b. Jan. 14, 1878; d. Oct. 29, 1975. He was a lifelong resident of Richmond, Virginia, and a charter member of the Forest Hill church in Richmond. He is survived by Mrs. Naomi Bennetts, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. WALDRON, Loyce Estelle, d. Oct. 26, 1975, in Orlando, at Florida Hospital. She was a resident of Crescent City, Florida, and had served with her husband in the literature ministry in the Ohio and East Pennsylvania conferences. WILDERMUTH, David E., b. May 26, 1884, Leipsic, Ohio; d. Nov. 3, 1975, Bettendorf, Iowa. He was a member of the Napoleon, Ohio, church. Survivors are wife, Emily, and daughter, Mrs. Betty Chance, Jr.

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HOUR OF PRAYER

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE of Seventh-day Adventists 7710 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park, Maryland 20012 Telephone: Code 301, 270-6600 UNION DIRECTORY

PRAYER REQUESTS Delaware O Please pray for me that if it is God's will I will be healed of three incurable diseases. Florida O My husband left me five months ago, after 22 beautiful years of marriage. Please pray for the salvation of our marriage and for the salvation of my husband. Maryland

O I have been ill and going from doctor to doctor for five years, and no one seems able to help. Please pray that I may be healed. Ohio O My legs hurt badly. I need my feet and legs in my work. Thank you very much for your prayers and for the Holy Spirit. O Please pray for my son's mind to be healed. Pray also that he will surrender his soul to God; and for my other children. I would like a closer walk with God and to find more time to work for Him. Pray also for my mother, father, brother, and sister. O Again I find it necessary to call upon you for prayer. In the past when you were praying with me and for me in matters, the Lord has come very near. Please pray for my granddaughter who has left the church and the Lord. My son needs a job. He, too, needs to give his heart to God. Pray for the rest of my family and that I will grow stronger and rightly represent the Lord. O I have written you several times concerning my two sons. One has accepted the truth. The other has not. Continue to pray that he will give his heart to the Lord. Pray also for my health, and for my sisters and brother. 171 I am writing again for prayer for my family. I have faith in these prayers. My husband is in the hospital. Pray that he will receive peace from God in his heart if he cannot get better physically. Pray for my foster son and his former wife that they will reunite if it is God's will. I know this son will never amount to anything without her, and his life is almost ruined. Pray for me, too. El Pray that God will direct my mind in moving to another neighborhood, that I will find the right place where I will be happy; also for a problem with a neighbor. Pennsylvania O My son was once a faithful Adventist, but has fallen by the way and is almost bitter. Remember me that I will remain faithful and continue to have courage. O Will you please pray with us for these three things: That our family will be drawn closer to God; that my father will be healed of a cataract for which he is to have surgery; and that our family will make the right decision regarding the purchase of a house or renting an apartment. Virginia El Please pray that my husband will study the Bible and come to know God, that our family will come closer to God. Pray that my nervous condition will be healed, and that my husband's ex-wife will return to church. O Pray for my children and grandchildren. Some are ill, and all have many problems. And pray for me that if it is the Lord's will I will not go blind. PRAYER PROMISE "I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you" (John 14:16, 17). Send us your prayer promises. Send your prayer requests to: Hour of Prayer, 7710 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland 20012.

W. B. Quigley, President W. A. Thompson, Secretary A. B. Butler, Treasurer, Auditor A. E. Randall, Assistant Treasurer R. W. Cash, Associate Auditor G. L. Cullum, Assistant Auditor R. W. Dunn, Assistant Auditor E. C. Walter, Field Secretary Charles B. Hirsch, Education Director Ethel Johnson, Elementary Supervisor P. F. Pedersen, Sabbath School, Lay Activities Lorenzo Grant, MV and Temperance Director C. M. Barnes, Publishing Director G. W. Anderson, Associate Publishing Director Reginald Frood, Associate Publishing Director H. F. Otis, Jr., Associate Publishing Director Charles R. Beeler, Communication Director Marion S. Brown, M.D., Health Director Delbert R. Dick, M.D., Associate, Health C. W. Herrmann, D.D.S., Associate, Health Elvin Benton, Religious Liberty, A.S.I. Alva R. Appel, Association Secretary A. E. Randall, Association Treasurer LOCAL CONFERENCE DIRECTORY ALLEGHENY EAST L. R. Palmer, President; Paul Cantrell, Jr., Secretary; M. C. Van Putten, Treasurer; Box 266, Pine Forge, Pa. 19548. Telephone: Code 215, 326-4610. ALLEGHENY WEST H. L. Cleveland, President; J. H. Lester, Assistant to the President; J. A. Washington, Secretary-Treasurer; 1339 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43219. Telephone: Code 614, 252-5271. CHESAPEAKE W. R. May, President; Dale R. Beaulieu, Secretary; Larry Davis, Treasurer; P.O. Box 803, Columbia, Md. 21043. Telephone: Code 301, 461-9100; direct Washington, D.C., area line, 596-5600. MOUNTAIN VIEW Tom Mostert, President; Arlind Hackett, Secretary-Treasurer; 1400 Liberty Street, Parkersburg, W. Va. 26102. Telephone: Code 304, 422-4581. NEW JERSEY Joel Tompkins, President; Hubert E. Moog, Secretary-Treasurer; 2160 Brunswick Avenue. Trenton, N.J. 08638. Telephone: Code 609, 392-7131. OHIO Philip Follett, President; Arthur E. Harms, Secretary-Treasurer; Box 831, Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050. Telephone: Code 614, 397-4665. PENNSYLVANIA Donald G. Reynolds, President; Romie I. Gainer, Secretary-Treasurer; 720 Museum Road, Reading, Pa. 19611. Telephone: Code 215, 374-8331. ABC Religious Books & Supplies (book and Bible house), 1287 Penn Avenue, Reading, Pa. 19611. Telephone: Code 215, 375-4264. POTOMAC Kenneth J. Mittleider, President; E. M. Hagele, Secretary-Treasurer; P.O. Box 1208, Staunton, Va. 24401. Telephone: Code 703, 886-0771. Book and Bible House, 8400 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Md. 20012. Telephone: Code 301, 439-0700. VISITOR Supplement Prepared by Columbia Union Department of Communication Charles R. Beeler, Editor Elane Rogers, Copy Editor Volume 81, Number 1 Indexed in Adventist Periodical Index.

ANDERSON - COLANGELO — Diane Anderson and Domenico Colangelo were united in marriage August 10, 1975, in Vienna, Ohio, in the home of the bride. The Colangelos live in Takoma Park, Maryland, where Diane is a senior at Columbia Union College and Domenico is employed at Leland Memorial Hospital, Riverdale, Maryland.

DUNBEBIN-POSTRECK—Sharon Elizabeth Dunbebin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dunbebin, of Takoma Park, Maryland, and Gary Postreck, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Postreck of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were married August 17, 1975, at the Beltsville church. Lloyd Mauldin, professor at Columbia Union College, performed the ceremony. Both Sharon and Gary are recent graduates of Columbia Union College. They have moved to Sewickly, Pennsylvania.

ADVERTISING RATES Minimum charge, $5.00 for 50 words or less; additional words, ten cents a word. All ads appearing for the first time should be placed through the local conference and bear a statement of conference approval. Payment must accompany ads. Make checks or money orders payable to Columbia Union Visitor Supplement Office, 7710 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Md. 20012. Telephoned advertisements are not accepted. There is a $1.00 service charge per insertion for blind advertisements where the replies are sent to the Visitor office. A copy of the advertising policy is available upon request.

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REMEMBER January 5Registration Day

Joseph Gurubatham, director of admissions, is waiting to see YOU in registration line on January 5 for the second semester. Nearly 70 two- and four-year courses are available. Attend CUC and go through "The Gateway to Service" for God and man. Columbia Union College is the four-year college educational center of the Columbia Union Conference. Here you will receive quality education. For a bulletin, brochures, and all information, write: Director of Admissions Columbia Union College Takoma Park, Md. 20012