Hayward Youth Finish Project Gertrude
““Mine is the only porch in town
that needs to be mowed!” This
was Gertrude’s way of explaining
that her porch had rotted away
and now the grass was growing up
through the boards.
Gertrude, a 78-year-old mem-
ber of the Hayward Seventh-day
Adventist Church, needed many
repairs on her house, mainly a
new paint job. When the youth of
her church learned she was going
to visit her daughter for a couple
of months, ‘‘Project Gertrude”
went into full swing.
There was an incredible amount
of work to do, scraping old paint,
sanding, tearing out the old
Hayward youth spent several afternoons a week restoring the home of a
78-year-old church member while she was away for two months. Along
with painting the exterior, the youth also rebuilt the home’s porch.
Conference Producing New Radio Broadcast
““Ministry’’ is the title of a new
five-minute radio broadcast that
made its debut in July on KCDS,
Pacific Union College Church’s
radio station. The program 1s pro-
duced by the Northern California
Conference and reports on ways
that churches in the Conference
are ministering to their communi-
ties. KCDS (FM90) indicates that
the program will air on Sabbaths
at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30
a.m. July’s programs featured
reports from the Paradise, Hay-
ward, Antioch,
Escalon churches.
and Manteca/
porch, and cleaning up the yard.
Three or four days a week several
youth would meet after school
and put in a few hours of work.
Even some of the elementary-
school children got involved.
Never would a day go by without
someone saying, ‘‘She’s gonna be
so surprised,’’ because Gertrude
knew nothing about the restora-
tion of her home.
The day finally came when the
painting was done and the porch
was as good as new. The once
broken down, white-and-yellow
house was now a beautifully
restored white and blue which
turned out to be Gertrude’s
favorite colors for a house.
Was Gertrude surprised when
she came home! She burst into
tears when her daughter drove up
to the house. ‘I didn’t know how
wonderful my church family was
and what a joy it is to be part of
the family of God.”
“‘But it was probably the young
people who gained the most from
‘Project Gertrude’,’”’ states Tim
Cook, Hayward’s youth pastor.
“They really got excited and ac-
cepted the challenge of serving
someone else on behalf of Jesus.”
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Andrew Dahl (right), retired Ogden
pastor, presented Dan Johnson
for ordination.
Dan Johnson Ordained at Camp
Dan Johnson was ordained to
the gospel ministry during the
Springville encampment.
While many Ogden members
watched and after his church choir
sang, Francis W. Wernick—a vice
president of the General Con-
ference— gave the formal prayer
for the rite. Major C. White, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Pacific
Union Conference, delivered the
ordination challenge. Elder White
Elder Johnson was privileged to have members of his own church’s
choir sing during his ordination at the Springville Camp Meeting.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / AUGUST 6, 1984
was a college classmate of Dan’s
father who has taught industrial
education at both Monterey Bay
and Rio Lindo academies the past
29 years.
Elder Johnson graduated from
Pacific Union College in 1973 and
stayed on for a fifth year before
beginning his ministry as a Task
Force worker with J. B. Currier in
the Price/ Vernal district of Utah.
He served a year in evangelism at
Fallon, Nevada, before he and
Sylvia Crider were married.
Together they served at Las
Vegas, but then both studied for
master’s degrees at Andrews
University where Elder Johnson
received two—in Divinity and
Public Health.
Treasurer Charles Snyder gave
the ministerial charge, before
President and Mrs. Ralph Martin
welcomed Elder and Mrs. John-
son to the ministry.
Families of both were on hand
for the occasion. Mrs. Johnson is
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Crider who served at Ad-
ventist hospitals in Phuket and
Bangkok, Thailand, 31 years.
DAN AND LINDA MARTELLA accept congratulations from family
and friends following Dan’s ordination July 7 at the Cloverdale church
where he has been pastor since November of 1983. “| enjoy the pastoral
ministry,” says Eider Martella. “It is both challenging and rewarding. |
find it exciting to participate in the spiritual growth of new believers as
they prepare for baptism and a lifetime of service to the Lord. God has
big plans for His Church in these last days, and | want a piece of the ac-
tion. | want to see Jesus come in my lifetime.” The Martellas’ 2-year-old
daughter Heidi will be joined by a brother or sister in August.
Glohe Series Doubles Membership
When five persons joined their
Lord in baptism in historic Lake
Roosevelt near Globe during
June, they were added to five
previous baptisms. The ten nearly
doubled the Globe membership
before the Prophecy Lectures
evangelistic series conducted by
Carl Johnston, Conference evan-
gelist.
The Prophecy Lectures team
worked closely with District Pas-
tor Harold Howard.
Using a converted ‘‘five &
dime” store front, Carl lectured
with a two-pronged approach of
Bible marking and multi-media
screen presentation. The team and
the church membership worked
diligently together each evening,
many having to carry multiple
responsibilities. Carl’s wife, Ella,
began each evening with a mini-
health lecture that introduced
people to a better way of life.
Pastor Howard’s wife, Berneice,
not only played the organ but also
graded all the Bible lessons hand-
ed out each evening and filled in
as a hostess. One Church family
drove 72 miles each evening to
support the effort.
Many of the new converts were
actively witnessing even before
their baptism. One family was
baptized as a result of an invita-
tion from a friend who herself was
recently baptized as a result of a
book found in a garbage can.
Caroline Tapia found a tattered
old copy of Bible Readings for the
Home in the trash. She read it,
became convinced and shared
what she learned with Gloria
Robertson who attended with her
on opening night. Gloria then
brought her husband, Bob, daugh-
ter, Jeanne, and daughter’s boy-
friend, Matt. She also brought a
sister who came to visit and is
presently giving her Bible studies;
soon she and her husband will
take their stand.
Members of the little Globe
Church have gained a new vision
as they have seen the Holy Spirit
poured out and are actively con-
tinuing witnessing for their Lord.
Both Evangelist Carl Johnston and Pastor Harold Howard baptized the
new church family members —here Gloria and Bob Robertson—in Lake
Roosevelt.