The 22-member San Andreas
Church has no young children
of 1ts own, but for the past two
summers it has held a Vacation
Bible School anyway. Seventy-
six children enrolled in the
July 12-22 session. Average at-
tendance of 41 was nearly dou-
hle the first summer's average.
Nancy Wolcott, wife of San
Andreas-Sutter Hill district
Pastor Dale Wolcott, directed
the two-week program. She was
aided by 13 helpers, including
the wife of a chaplain in the
community.
A Neighborhood Bible Club
has been in continuous opera-
tion since last year's VBS, and
Area Children Enrolled in VBS
the NBC children became the
nucleus of the 1976 VBS en-
rollees. Also, their word-of-
mouth advertising produced re-
sults. Transportation was pro-
vided to bring in more children
from other arcas of town.
About 25 children participat-
ed in a Sabbath field trip to the
San Andreas Convalescent Hos-
pital. They cheered patients
with songs and stories and
Scripture reading. In each pa-
tient’'s room they left a hand-
crafted felt wall hanging im-
printed with the words: “God
Bless America.”
Charles A. Rentfro,
Church Elder, San Andreas
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Front row, from left: Elder and Mrs. Wesley Amundson, Elder and
Mrs. Mark Williams, Elder and Mrs. Keith Krnoche, Elder and Mrs.
Kenneth Cryte. Back row: Pacific Union Conference Secretary
E. W. Amundson, Conference President H. C. Retzer, General Con-
ference Vice-president C. D. Henri, Conference Secretary R. W.
Simons, Faith for Today Evangelist Philip Knoche, Pacific Union Con-
ference President Cree Sandefur.
Four Are Ordained during PUC
Sabbath afternoon, August
21, Wesley Amundson, Kenneth
Gryte, Keith Knoche and Mark
Williams sealed their accept-
ance of the call to the gospel
ministry through the rite of
ordination at the Pacific Union
College Camp Meeting.
All graduates of PUC, the
four young men received their
master of divinity degrees from
Andrews University.
A high light of the solemn
and beautiful service was the
participation of two fathers of
candidates in the ceremony. Pa-
cific Union Conference Secre-
tary Earl Amundson dedicated
the candidates in prayer. Faith
for Today Evangelist Philip
Knoche joined his son Keith
in a vocal duet.
In the ordination sermon Pa-
cific Union Conference Presi-
dent Cree Sandefur spoke of
the seriousness of accepting the
gospel ministry's challenge. Un-
ion Ministerial Secretary Lloyd
Wyman gave the charge.
Conference President Hel-
muth C. Retzer presented the
candidates to the congregation
and welcomed them into the
ministry.
Adding poignancy to the ser-
vice was the knowledge that
Wesley and Dorothy Amund-
son, with their daughter Tama-
ra, would leave the next day
for Singapore. Elder Amundson
QUILTING PARTY—Three quilt tops were made by the 160
students during the recent Vacation Bible School at the Ukiah
church. Under the direction of VBS Leader Nancy Blower, the chil-
dren—ages 5-12—made the squares, and the quilts were then as-
sembled. One quilt was given to a lucky mother at a drawing
during the closing exercises. A group of juniors took another to a
needy family in the area. The third quilt was donated to the Ukiah
Adventist Community Center.
More than half of the children in
attendance were from non-Adventist homes.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1976
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Hikers Give Pack Trip Report
Northern Yosemite National
Park. with its unique volcanic
and granite peaks -— better
known as “The IlL.and of Fire
and Ice’—was the setting for
two High Sierra one-week pack
trips in July. Both were spon-
sored by the Youth Department
of the Northern California Con-
ference and led by Pastor Mark
Williams of the Rio L.indo Acad-
emy Church.
Academic credit was offered
in the natural history of the
Sierra Nevadas to academy and
college students on the first
trip. Bill Hughes, M.A., of the
graduate school of biology at
I.oma Il.inda University, was in-
structor. Hikers observed God
at work In nature and learned
to identify numerous plants.
They also studied geological
processes that took place during
and after the Flood.
~ RedCross.
ll The Good
Neighbor.
amp Meeting
will serve as chairman of the
Religion Department at South-
cast Asia Union Adventist Sem-
inary.
Elder Keith Knoche is pastor
of the Upper ILake Church and
his wife Vikkl is an administra-
tive secretary at Lakeport Com-
munity Hospital.
Elder Mark Williams and his
wife Paula have had an event-
ful summer: first the ordina-
tion, then just six days later
they became parents of their
first child-—nine-pound Joshua.
They are preparing to move
from Citrus Heights where he
has been pastor, to Healdsburg
where he will become pastor of
the Rio lL.indo Adventist Acad-
emy Church.
Elder Kenneth Gryte, with
his wife Marilyn and daughter
ITolly, has recently transferred
from Trinidad to become pastor
of the Cloverdale Church.
The four men had opportu-
nity to express their feelings
about the ordination and rea-
sons for their conviction that
they are called of God to
preach.
As did Paul, those who re-
ceive the call must testify: “As
far as preaching the good news
1S concerned, that is nothing for
me to boast of, for I cannot help
doing it. For I am ruined if I
do not preach.” I Cor. 9:16
(Goodspeed).
“God calls for men who re-
alize that they must put forth
earnest effort, men who bring
thought, zeal, prudence, capa-
bility, and the attributes of
Christ's character into their la-
bors.” Gospel Workers, 95.
Helmuth C. Retzer, President
Northern Calif. Conf.
Hikers who took the second
trip followed the route of the
Pacific Crest Trail from Sonora
Pass to Tuolumne Meadows.
The trail contoured up and
down steep glacial ridges and
passed numerous alpine lakes
and meadows. Persons who
completed the trip can be very
proud of hiking an average of
12 miles a day over grueling
terrain. Oldest hiker who com-
pleted this trip was Dick West
of Sacramento, age 57.
Seven young people have the
distinction of being veterans of
three or more Conference High
Sierra trips.
In the final days of both trips,
the groups experienced torren-
tial rains, strong winds and
beautiful displays of sheet light-
ning.
Watch next spring for Re-
corder and youth department
announcements of next sum-
mer’'s High Sierra Pack Trips.
Both the natural history class
and the regular trip will again
be offered.
Mark Williams, Pastor
Rio Lindo Adventist Acad. Ch.
Fortuna Crusade To Open
The Bible Speaks Crusade
with John and Ellen Klim will
begin  Septem-
ber 18 in For-
tuna. Meetings
will be held at
7:30 p.m. in the
Fortuna Ad-
ventist church,
2301 ~~ Rohner- |
ville Road, con- a
tinuing | four John Klim
nights a week: -
Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday-—until November 5.
Elder Klim travels “from
Eden to Eden” in his presenta-
tions, with special emphasis on
God, the Designer and Restorer.
Messages are designed to bring
ew inspiration to members and
new licht to non-members.
Ellen Klim, who has done
many Iawaiian scenic oil paint-
ings, will present a blacklight
chalk drawing almost every
night.
Many friends will come as
members give cnthusiastic in-
vitations. Names of friends and
relatives who should be invited
should be sent to Pastor W. A.
Hilliard, 2301 Rohnerville Rd,
Fortuna, CA 95540.
LIFE STYLE RIP-OFFS—Health Services Director Charles Ed-
wards stands beside a new display just obtained by his depart-
ment listing the 12 leading causes of death in the United States
for four age groups. The display points out important life-style
habits that can contribute to many of these early deaths. The dis-
play will be used as an educational tool in health programs
throughout the Conference.
Sacramento Spanish
Jos€ Campos Accepts Pastorate
Elder José Luis Campos re-
cently accepted the pastorate of
the Sacramento
Spanish congre-
gation. They
were suddenly
left without a
pastor when El-
der Emil S
| Arias died ear-
§ lier in the year
José C while in Chile
ose Lampos visiting rela-
tives. Manuel Hernandez, a
member of the Conference Ex-
ecutive Committee, served as
interim pastor until Elder Cam-
pos arrived.
Before coming to Northern,
Elder Campos worked for the
Pacific Press as sales and pro-
motion director for Sp .nish
publications. A graduate of
Montemorelos University, Mex-
ico, he served the first scven
years of his ministry in the
Mexican Union Mission.
We warmly welcome Elder
Campos, his wife Adlay and
their four children, Carlos, Ra-
ul, Dalia and Danitza, to the
working force of Northern.
Elder Campos will give strong
leadership to the Spanish work
in the Sacramento area. Please
join us in remembering this new
pastor in prayer.
Helmuth C. Retzer, President
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