General
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New La Verkin Congregation
Mrs. Carl Thompson. Retiring
from full-time literature evan-
gelism, they felt God's call to
locate in a “dark county’ at
nearby Hurricane.
The complex has two Sabbath
school rooms.
The Bakers themselves knew
every church needs a school in
order to grow, and they donated
an acre of land for the church
project plus $13,000, as well as
much of the volunteer labor.
Now they've gone back to the
Northwest to share in another
location.
Just last month they
another half-acre for a
playground.
A Mormon city
on hand for the dedicatory
opening said of Mr. Baker,
“He's done more for the city
in the short time that he’s been
here than any other citizen.”
Following the tribute to the
man who let the I.ord use him,
the councilman continued, “I
foresee the day when this
church will be overflowing.”
gave
school
councilman
A new piano and fiberglass
baptistry are surrounded by
oak pews from the old city hall,
refinished by Pastor Craw in
an antique green. It is red-and-
black carpeted throughout, and
wrought-iron chandeliers com-
plete the Spanish motif. A four-
foot redwood church sign is
scrawled simply, “Seventh-day
Adventist Church.”
Conference officers knew
which pastor to send to that
section of Utah. Elder and Mrs.
Craw have always gone to
difficult assignments. A sheet
metal mechanic in Battle
Creek, he decided 20 years ago
to work at Madison College so
he could also go to school. From
Madison he came to Loma Lin-
da Foods for six years and
then began pastoral work in
1969 when his children were
grown.
His first job was at Lake
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‘These Times’ Awards
typographers, and all buyers
of printing.
The Society of Publication
Designers, the membership of
which 1s open to individuals
professionally engaged in the
editorial art direction or de-
sign of publications, selected
the July, 1976, cover (“TV-—
the Mind Polluter”) and the
same issue’s inside front cover
(“Transcendental Meditation”)
to receive awards.
This society admits all key
publications in America, includ-
Ig Time, Newsweek, McCalls,
Family Circle, etc. The two
items from These Times will
also he published in the So-
ciety's annual yearbook.
The Associated Church Press,
oldest religious press associa-
tion in the Western hemisphere,
with a combined circulation of
21 million copies, chose the ar-
ticle, “Scooter,” a man with
no legs, one arm, and a con-
stant thirst for alcohol, as its
top news story of 1976.
Orion, Michigan, where they
led 50 members in building a
church to scat 350. They left
them when membership had
grown to 119. He was ordained
just four years ago.
After serving a second pas-
torate in Michigan, the Craws
came to Utah to help build up
the work in another needy
place. And you can help them
in the Florida of Utah where
the growing scason 1S eight
months annually. Fruit--cher-
ries, peaches, nectarines
abounds, and the air is always
clean. It seldom gets below 20
degrees in the winter, but it
“did get down to 12 once.”
Bricham Young made this
“Dixie” his winter home.
The little town, hub-of-the-
wheel it's called, is surrounded
by Cedar City, Rockville, St.
George, and Zion and Bryce
parks. It's just nine miles off
Freeway 15 on County Road 17.
(Going through town, turn west
from L.yman's Market, half mile
to 435 Center Street. Sabbath
school begins at 10 a.m.)
If you hear the l.ord calling
vou to such a place-—-rancher,
nursing home administrator,
medical or dental professional,
hard worker--write Elder J. B.
Craw, Box 329, L.La Verkin, UT
84745.
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Military Service
for military service. Therefore,
military authorities join the
Church in counseling Seventh-
day Adventists who wish to
observe their Sabbath free of
routine duty or training, or of
not having to train with wea-
pons, not to volutarily enter the
U.S. Armed Forces.
There is no draft for military
services today and thus no need
to register for Selective Ser-
vice.
Clark Smith, Director
National Service
Organization
| would just like this oppor-
tunity to let all the people con-
nected with the Faith for Today
study lessons know that | have
learned so much from the past
lessons, especially this group. |
have been a Christian for almost
three years and | never really
thought about the Lord’s Sab-
bath day being the seventh day
of the week. | have benefited
much, and my encouragement
and prayers are with you all.
P.B., California
La Sierra Notice
Registration for new students
September 26
Registration for returning
students
September 27
Classes Begin
September 28
PACIFIC UMION RECORDER / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1977
(luusesea____),
Griffiths Is Appointed Dean of Graduate School
Victor S. Griffiths has been
appointed dean of the Graduate
School by the Loma Linda Uni-
versity Board
of Trustees.
In 1973, Grif-
fiths came to
IL.a Sierra to
teach In the
English depart-
. ment. He was
_ named chair-
man of that
Victor Griffiths department in
1975. In 1976, he became co-
ordinator of the Extension pro-
gram, and he will continue in
that position while dean.
Officially organized in 1934,
the Graduate School offers ad-
vanced degrees in anatomy; an-
thropology: biochemistry: biol-
ogy, communicative disorders:
New Medical Building
dentistry; English; history;
marriage, family, and child
counseling; mathematical sci-
ences; medical technology; mi-
crobiology; Middle Eastern
studies: nursing; nutrition;
August 30 Issue
physiology: re-
and sociol-
pharmacology;
ligion; psychiatry;
ogy.
Prior to coming to LI.U, Grif-
fiths taught English at Union
College in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Insight” Produced by Students
As a class project for maga-
zine editing class last year, La
Sierra journalism students pro-
duced an issue of Insight. Their
efforts were published in the
August 30 issue of the maga-
zine.
First, the students planned
the articles they wanted, wrote
and edited them. Drawing on
their own experiences, they
Trustees Announce Construction
Following the 1.I.U Board of
Trustees August meeting, Trus-
tees Chairman Neal C. Wilson
reported that a $5.6 million
contract has been signed with
the American Medical Builders
of Milwaukee for the construc-
tion of a new outpatient pro-
fessional building.
Work is expected to begin in
the fall on the 83,000-squarc-
foot building which will be lo-
cated at the corner of Barton
Road and Anderson Street in
I.oma Il.inda.
Prior to the Trustees meet-
Ing, a special committee was
called to study possible work-
ing relationships between the
University’s graduate program
in biology and the General Con-
ference-sponsored Geosclence
Institute. The committee was
chaired by General Conference
President Robert H Pierson
and was composed of represen-
tatives of the GC, LLU, An-
drews University and the Geo-
science Institute.
The committee recommended
that a special General Confer-
ence appropriation through the
Geoscience Institute should be
given to the graduate doctoral
program in biology, so it can
continue its teaching program
and enlarge its rescarch in co-
operation with the Geoscience
Institute.
In the reports given by the
[.LLU vice-presidents, George G.
O'Brien told the Trustees that
both campuses and the Medical
Center showed a profit for the
1976-77 fiscal year. Donald G.
Prior said giving for the past
fiscal year amounted to $1,711,-
967. Tracy Teele reported that
acceptances for the La Sierra
campus are up three per cent
over the same time last year.
Harrison S. Evans, vice pres-
ident for medical affairs, an-
nounced that of the 26 physi-
cians appointed to the new Jer-
ry IL.. Pettis Memorial Veterans
Administration Hospital, 20
are graduates of LLU’s School
of Medicine. The new hospital
will accept its first patients
about November 1, following
the dedication services Septem-
ber 25.
Alumni Associations
Annual Fall Rally
The annual fall rally of the
[.os Angeles chapter of the La
Sierra Alumni Associations will
be held September 30-October
1.
Friday, September 30, a mo-
tivation seminar will begin at
9 am. at Sir George's Royal
Buffet, 245 W. Valley Boule-
vard in Alhambra. Chaplain
Edward Bryan, Psychologist
Vern Andress, Economist Bill
Nichol, and Publisher Howard
Weeks will be the keynote
speakers for the program which
Colloquium Will Draw Teachers
Elementary and academy
teachers from the Southern
and Southeastern California
conferences will gather at La
Sierra October 10 for a one-
day colloquium sponsored by
the School of Education Alum-
ni Association, the School of
Education and the two confer-
ences.
Former Miss America Mari-
Iyn Van Derbur, director of the
Marilyn Van Derbur Motiva-
tional Institute of Denver, will
be the keynote speaker for the
day. “Turning On the Turned
Off” will be her topic at the
general session.
Teachers will also have two
opportunities to meet in small
oroups for examination of more
than 25 varied topics, according
to Alumni President Jonathan
Mills.
The colloquium is considered
the annual In-service training
day for the teacher, savs Mills.
This is the first time, however,
the four institutions have co-
operated in presenting such a
comprehensive program.
produced stories about student
life and Christian experience.
Janice IL.etcher Nelson and
Yvonne Carpenter profiled Jan
E. Daffern, a woman theology
major at La Sierra. Ron Es-
persen wrote about the prob-
lems and joys of married stu-
dents.
“Blood, Sweat, and Fears” by
Dane J. Griffin examined anew
the unpardonable sin. Heather
Panghburn related her feelings
and experiences when she
learned she had cancer. David
M. Seibert reported on students
working at the Adventist Ra-
dio, Television and Film Center.
The commentary on the Sab-
bath school lesson, like the rest
of the magazine, was a team
effort. Eight students spent a
Saturday evening discussing
the subject “How the Church
Works,” and the commentary
was a condensation of that dis-
cussion.
A book review by Leigh Bar-
ker and editorials by David
Seibert, Sandra Arct, and Dane
Griffin completed the articles.
Members of the class also
planned the graphics. Doug
Warner and Ron Espersen did
the photography, and Dennis
Schall and David White were
layout editors.
Is Scheduled
will run until 3 p.m. The $10
fee covers the cost of the meal
and materials.
Friday evening services will
be held in both Orange and
Ventura counties. LLU Associ-
ate Professor of Theology Lynn
Mallery will speak in the Gar-
den Grove church at 7:30 p.m.
The Thousand Oaks church
will be the site for the Ventura
county meeting that same eve-
ning at 7:30. Richard Rice, as-
sistant professor of theology at
LLU, will be the speaker.
Morning church services, a
potluck luncheon, and an after-
noon forum at the White Me-
morial church will be the fea-
tured activities Sabbath 9:30
am.-4:30 p.m. Wil Alexander,
director of clinical ministry at
the 1.1.U Medical Center, and
Psychologist Richard Nies will
be the speakers.
Saturday evening a dinner
concert will be held at Misteles,
atop the Crocker Plaza at 611
W. Sixth Street in Los Angeles.
Harpist Denise Neufeld Pereyv-
ra will be the guest artist. Cost
for the evening dinner is S850
per person.