I ALLEGHENY WEST
Bike-a-thon
and fun walk
raise funds
Nearly 75 youth and adults walked
or rode bicycles in Cleveland, Ohio, to
raise funds for youth camp development.
Ernest Crider coordinated the event
for the churches in the Cleveland area,
which are Bethel, Glenville, Cleveland
Heights, Southeast and Maranatha.
The bike-a-thon started at the town
square and ended with a picnic in the
park, where everyone recuperated, fel-
lowshipped and ate lunch.
The bikers rode 15 miles, while the
walkers hiked 10 miles. As of this writ-
ing, $1,000 has been collected.
“This is the first of several fun fund-
raisers planned to help develop the newly
purchased campground. Let's say it all
boils down to the youth having fun while
getting it done,” commented C. Richard
Rogers, conference youth director. The
next bike-a-thon\walk-a-thon will be a
conferencewide event.
I POTOMAC
Richmond
Junior Academy
celebrates another year
When the new school year recently
got underway, 50 students either began
or continued their education at the only
Seventh-day Adventist school in the city
of Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond Junior Academy serves all
three Adventist churches in the vicinity.
RJA opened its doors to these eager stu-
dents on August 19, 1991.
Ellen White once wrote that “Every
child may gain knowledge as Jesus did.
As we try to become acquainted with our
heavenly Father through His word, an-
gels will draw near, our minds will be
| strengthened, our characters will be el-
evated and refined,” —The Desire of Ages,
page 70. Such is the ideal of the school
staff under the leadership of Principal
Gilbert Goodall, in that the primary goal
is to bring Christ to all the students.
This concept was realized at an agape
dinner and foot-washing ceremony held
the Friday night before school convened.
The staff and friends developed an ever-
lasting bond to further the Christian ed-
ucation of young minds.
Skip Bell, vice president for adminis-
tration of the Potomac Conference, then
shared some of his thoughts on his early
Christian education through the form of
sacred memories. Principal Goodall gave
an overview of the new school year, fol-
lowed by personal summations on the
school staff's summer activities.
The final event of the night was a cir-
cle of prayer that reminded us to “Train
up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from
it,”—Proverbs 22:6.
LLOYD DALLAS JR.
Correspondent
IN ALLEGHENY EAST
D.C. churches
unite to feed
the homeless
Matthew 25:34-40 describes the im-
portance of our caring for the homeless.
The King commends those who minister
to the hungry, thirsty, naked and incar-
cerated, favorably comparing such labor
to our ministry to Him.
A little soup kitchen in the inner city
of Washington, D.C,, is doing just what
the Lord said to do. Local church mem-
bers and volunteers know that Jesus is
getting ready to come back to earth, so
they are doing everything they can to
tell the homeless about the Saviour who
died for them.
The kitchen is known as the Fourth
Street Friendship Soup Kitchen and is
operated by volunteers from 12 congrega-
tions located throughout the Washing-
ton metropolitan area.
From time to time speakers from the
General Conference, Columbia Union,
Allegheny East Conference and a num-
ber of Adventist churches come to speak
to the homeless.
MARY REAVES
Community Services Director
IE PENNSYLVANIA
Five-mile
race becomes
family affair
The Bonton five-mile race in York
was a special treat for the members of
the Harkins family. Although they have
been involved with running for several
years, this was the first time they were
all together with 600 other runners.
Kathy Baker ofthe Harrisburg church
and Debbie Peffer from the York church
helped with registration. Nancy Ganther
from the York church and Eileen Negley
with her son, John dJr., from the Reading
congregation were runners as well. They
all had personal cheerleaders and sup-
port from their husbands as well as their
parents, who are both in their 70s.
William Harkins
The girls have been inspired by their
father, William Harkins, whois 78 years
old and has always been involved with
some form of exercise. These days he be-
gins his mornings with a half hour of ex-
ercises, including 20 pushups and other
muscle-toning activities, before he takes |
a one- to three-mile hike.
Harkins attributes his good health to
“exercise, a vegetarian diet, nored meat,
no smoking or drinking, a good family
and a loving wife.” He and wife Helen
have been married for 56 years and are
members of the York church.
NANCY GANTHER
Correspondent
I OHIO
Adventists in
Ohio launch
television ministry
Are you tired of the ever-decreasing
quality of television programs? Would
you like to see greater use made of this
medium to spread the gospel message in
your state? Youcanbe ablessing through
such a television ministry by supporting
the newly formed Good News Broadcast-
ing Corporation.
Early plans include low- or full-power
television stations covering the Dayton
and Columbus areas with satellite pro-
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VISITOR, October 15, 1991