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Renewal
Nevada-Utah—An eight-day revival series conducted
by Elder H.E. Nimhard, a retired Adventist minister,
recently concluded at the Salt Lake City Central church.
Nimhard covered such topics as: ‘‘“Worship Without
Alteration,”” ‘“‘How to Conquer Discouragement,”” ‘“‘God’s
Mirror,’” and ‘ ‘Unanswered Prayer, Why?’
Attendance
Arizona—Vacation Bible School at Chino Valley was
held in August at the home of Dave and Patsy Beaven.
Attendance averaged some 20 young people, who partici-
pated in classes under shade trees and tends on the
Beavens’ lawn.
Hawaii—Volunteers from the Hilo church are launch-
ing seven Branch Sabbath schools as part of the follow-up
effort to last year’s action team program. These new
Branch Sabbath schools are intended to lead up to an
evangelistic series to be conducted in Hilo November
20 to December 12 by George Atiga, Pacific Union
coordinator for Asian/South Pacific affairs.
Horace Farr, Hilo head deacon, is coordinating the
seven groups, while Jim Murray, Dio Mendoza, Glenn
Taka, Rhonda Dalrymple, Rowell Villian, Frank Costa
and Christine Enriques are serving as branch directors.
Northern California—Vacation Bible School at the
Meadow Vista church serves as an effective outreach
to the community. From a town of 4,000 people, 110
children attended the mid-July VBS. On graduation night
the sanctuary was full of mostly non-Adventist com-
munity members.
Five children who attended have joined the Pathfinder
club, and another family of youngsters now regularly
attends Sabbath school. Several non-Adventist families
have enrolled their children in church school.
Southern California—Now that renovation of the
fellowship hall at the Glendora church is completed,
various activities to which the public will be invited are
being planned. These include the Five-Day Plan to Stop
Smoking, stress control and Revelation seminars, as
well as Glendora Ministerial Association luncheons.
After professional carpenters made the basic improve-
ments, church members volunteered to paint the walls
and do various odd jobs to ready the building for immedi-
ate use. The first activity to be held in this hall this
fall will be a vegetarian cooking school during October.
Southeastern California—Many new friendships were
forged at this year’s Vacation Bible School at the Poway
church. One young man in the junior class told organizers
he had no prior knowledge of Jesus before coming to
the school.
Thirty-two of the 59 children graduating from the
VBS came from non-Adventist homes. During registra-
tion, parents were asked how they became aware of the
program. ‘‘Word of mouth’ received the greatest response.
Another mohter said it was the advertised theme, ‘ ‘Jesus
Is My Friend,’ that encouraged her to bring her children.
Training
Hawaii—A spirtual gifts inventory taken recently of
members at the Kahului church on Maui has enabled
members to better understand the ways they can serve
God, according to David Gemmell, church pastor. The
inventory is also helping the church nominating commit-
tee to match people with certain gifts to the various
church offices and duties. ‘‘Some members have even
learned about gifts they didn’t realize they had and have
begun putting them to use,’’ says Gemmell. Leonard
Gomes, a layman, is assisting Gemmell in presenting a
“‘Learning to Love’’ seminar for church members and
the community.
Southeastern—Among the 41 students enrolled in
the recent Andrews University extension classes for pas-
tors in the Pacific Union was one layman. Emilio Chico
Gomez, a self-supporting worker from Window Rock,
Arizona, says he hopes the classwork will give him new
skills with which to serve the people of the Navajo
nation.
Gomez, who is part Apache Indian, has established
a company of 11 new believers as a result of the
Revelation Seminars he has conducted. ‘‘We have 15
to 20 people attending worship services every Sabbath,’’
he says. Mrs. Gomez, a Navajo, makes craft items the
couple sell to support their lay ministry.
October 5, 1987