G. ERIC JONES LIBRARY
Monday, January 12, 1981 I Volume 80, Number 27 I Angwin, California I Official Organ of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Pictured from left to right are Angel de la Torre, Rodolfo Varela, Eliezer Benavides and Manuel Vasquez. Mr. Varela is receiving his graduation certificate.
Spanish Personal Ministries Has Theme for New Year Thrust
“Each one win one in Eighty-one” is the theme of the Spanish Personal Ministries thrust in the Pacific Union Conference for 1981.
To assist the nearly 15,000 Spanish lay persons meet this challenge, a number of Lay Rallies (Sabbath afternoons on how to witness for Christ), Lay Congresses (weekends, on the methods and techniques for soul winning), and 10-day Lay Training Schools will be conducted throughout the Union from the church to the conference level.
One of these lay training schools was given at Modesto Spanish church in November.
Religious Liberty Is Endangered
By Roland R. Hegstad, Editor, Liberty, a magazine of religious freedom
Is religious liberty really as much a part of our national scene as apple pie?
Most Americans would answer spontaneously “Of course.’’
But as editor of Liberty, a magazine specializing in religious rights, I’m not so sure. In fact,
IF ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART BROW FONDER, SOME PEOPLE MUST REALLY LOVE CHURCH
RAY SHURANCE, PASTOR
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN illuminating a Sunday church at Kailua, Hawaii, might just as well have been posted in behalf of Seventh-day Adventists, where records show that 4 out of every 10 members regularly miss Sabbath school and/or church service. However, this new year is a great time to begin again with one’s stewardship of worship time.
UNITED WE FALL
“I sense . . . the mood of some of my fellow evangelicals . . . and it scares the daylights out of me. The Israelites discovered, after they got what they wanted, that power, even with anointed beginnings, has an unfortunate way of turning in upon and magnifying itself. I see little to convince me that evangelical power—past or present—is less immune to that kind of misuse than any other kind of power.”—Stan Mooneyham, editor of World Vision, quoted in LIBERTY, Sept.-Oct., 1980, p. 7.
Subjects taught were: Modern Doctrines, by Angel de la Torre, pastor of the Modesto Spanish Church; Lay Evangelism and Bible Survey, by Manuel Vasquez, associate director of the Spanish Department, Pacific Union.
Eighteen members of the Modesto Spanish Church graduated and participated in the receiving of certificates, the pinning of the “70 Disciples Sent Out” button, and a candlelight ceremony.
January TELESEMINAR Countdown Is On
Seven hundred churches are cooperating nationwide for It Is Written’s TELESEMINAR scheduled for Sunday, March 1.
Approximately 25,000 people will be involved. Now is the time to prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Early January provides one final opportunity to further cultivate It Is Written names and your special interests for this event. Are they viewing the telecast? This is one sure way to deepen conviction and stimulate interest in TELESEMINAR.
Have your interests been contacted by you personally? Do they know of your sincere interest in their spiritual growth and your desire that they explore the faith?
Remember that the more thorough the preparation and the more definite the cultivation now,
God’s Spiritual Goals for His
People Are Revealed in Scripture
Several years ago I came upon a text that has become increasingly impressed on me as the most comprehensive statement in Scripture as to what our church is about in these last days.
In this choice text, God reveals His own spiritual goals on behalf of His people: “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.’’ Ezekiel 34:16, RSV.
I propose that these goals, which God has set for Himself in
TOTAL LIFE______
MINISTRIES
the more fruitful the results of TELESEMINAR and the reaping that follows.
This month It Is Written will mail a colorful brochure to each viewer with an invitation to attend TELESEMINAR. It will reach the homes later in the month, with a similar follow-up mailing arriving in early February. Laymen may use these brochures with their local interests. The piece gives the benefits of attending, an outline of the day’s program, and information on how to register—complete with coupons to fill out and mail in.
Let little groups be praying for this endeavor. Could not this be an opportunity for serious intercession for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
If you’re reading your Bible through this year you should complete Genesis and Exodus this month.
I’ve met many people who don’t seem to like “apple pie” liberties.
During the 20 years I’ve been in the nation’s capital, I’ve seen virtually every facet of religious freedom attacked as un-American, subversive and communist. Rights guaranteed under the First
His own ministry for His people, are the very goals toward which we as a church ought to be praying and working to fulfill our appointed share in His ministry to the world. They tell us what we should be about as a church. They should guide our planning and our decisions of policy. They should form the rule by which every church program should be tested.
Let’s briefly consider these goals:
1.	Seeking the Lost
This has ever been a major priority of God’s in His mission to the world. Jesus said He came into our world “to seek and to save the
(Continued on page 2)
. . yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. John 16:2.
Amendment have been labeled drivel, obscenity, bigotry, trash and hogwash—to mention only a few of the printable designations. Readers have suggested using Liberty for lining trash cans, papering privies and cleaning dirty paintbrushes.
I believe such critics of religious liberty are a minority in today’s America. But polls show that a majority of Americans are willing to discard some guarantees of the Bill of Rights.
Even those who survive these tests of commitment waver before seeming threats to their “rights.” Today there is talk by the Moral Majority of “anti-God” forces—the November 17 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down the Kentucky law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in the state’s public schools, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s prayer—and Biblereading decisions of the early 1960’s—whi<;h, they say, “kicked God out of our schools.”
Attempts to rectify the perceived ills have included a drive to
(Continued on page 8)
paciFic: union
‘Old Newboldian” Is Now Available
Where are the Schuils these days? Why did Ray Vine wish he’d bought his graduation suit a year earlier? How many children do Per and Susan Bolling have now? Why did Vera Porter never become a vet as she had hoped? What’s Robin Riches doing in India? Why did Dennis Porter ask Lasse Kostad if his father was a wholesale paper dealer? What was Gordon Hyde doing on a train full of Irish troops in London? What are the Drew twins up to these days? And Derek Morris and Colin Cook and Jane Davies?
You can find out the answers to all these questions and many more in the first edition of Old Newbol-dian fresh off the press and now available to all friends and past students of Newbold College. “Newsletter of the Newbold Association” is its official title and Cynthia Benz its editor.
If you would like a copy of the newsletter, fill in the form below and send it to The Newbold Association, Newbold College, Bracknell, RG12 5AN.
I would like to receive a copy of the Old Newboldian.
Name ______________________
Add r ess__________________
The Pacific Union Recorder is the official newspaper of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventhday Adventists and is published weekly, 50 times a year, at Angwin, California 94508. Editorial office is at 2686 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361. Printed at Pacific Union College Press. Second-class postage is paid at Angwin, California.
All stories, advertisements, obituaries, inquiries, etc., go to local conference ‘‘Recorder coordinator.” All other questions should be sent to 2686 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361.
Subscription Rate: No charge to Adventist members of Pacific Union Conference churches; $7.75 per year to others; foreign subscriptions cost $12.75.
EDITOR................Shirley	Burton ASSISTANT EDITORS ..........S. D. Bietz,
MANAGING EDITOR . Margaret Follett W. D. Blehm, M. C. White
CONFERENCE COORDINATORS	COLLEGE CORRESPONDENTS
Don Keele....................Arizona	Richard Pershing . LLU/La Sierra Campus
Darold Retzer.......Central	California Larry R. Becker.... Pacific Union College
iSna°Sru^ ....	..... Nevada-UUh CIRCULATION	Merle Sather
Claudia Randolph.... Northern California POSTMASTER: All returns should be sent S. A. Yakush .... Southeastern California to Pacific Union Recorder, Box 36, Marilyn Thomsen .... Southern California Angwin, Vialifornia 94508.
Please Note: The Pacific Union Recorder does not accept responsibility for categorical or typographical errors.
H (Continued from page J)
God Has Spiritual Goals lost.” Luke 19:10, RSV. It is not very comfortable to think about multitudes in a lost condition. But they are. And God cares deeply about that. And so will His Church if it shares even a tiny fraction of His Spirit and love.
We talk a lot about planting the seed in our area. And we will never plant enough. But wise Solomon said there is a time to plant and a time to harvest. Any farmer who planted acres of wheat each year but harvested only three or four bushels of grain would soon be forced to shut down his farm. Jesus said that in His day lots of seed had been sown. Fields were white and ready for harvest. But so few had an eye for the harvest. “Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest,” He said, “to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:38, RSV.
We have been a seed-planting Church for decades. What glory would be brought to God and to multitudes if we were to become a Church that was praying, studying and working for the harvest.
2.	Bringing Back the Strayed
Do you know an area family that has strayed from the Church and from Christ? What could your family do, what could our Church do, to let these know they are loved and to minister tQ them with a clear view toward winning them back?
3.	Binding up the Crippled
If this is an average year, several of our Church families will go
through some major crisis. If one of our members has no close friends in the Church, he or she could suffer severely and yet go unnoticed by the others. The chances that such an “isolated” member would stray from the Church and even from Jesus are high.
The spiritual and social network of our Church should be so strong and sensitive that this couldn’t happen. Is it? What could your family do, what can our Church do, to strengthen this area of our ministry to one another? Any member who meets a crisis should feel immediately surrounded by a support system of love, caring and help from fellow members.
4.	Strengthening the Weak
There will always be among us those who, for one reason or another, will be weak in the Lord. This is a natural phenomenon in a Church where a harvest emphasis is resulting in continual flow of new people who are just coming to Jesus. Unfortunately, however, it is not only and always new Christians who are weak in Christ.
Be that as it may, the Church will always have in it some who are weak, and this cannot be ignored. Paul made special concessions in his own life so as not to offend needlessly someone who might be weak in Christ (see 1 Corinthians 8 and Romans 14). If we are a sensitive body of Christians, such offenses will be minimized, and our ministry will be one that strengthens the weak.
5.	Watching Over the Strong
Even those who appear to be spiritually strong need our prayers and have need to benefit from our ministry. In our total ministry as a Church, we must not neglect the real needs of those who are deeply committed to Jesus and highly, visibly active for Christ. The strong as well as the weak need to be spiritually watched over; in this we share in ministry to one another.
All of our church programs— the Total Life Seminars, the Home Fellowship groups, the youth activities, the Sabbath school division programs—should be contributing to the fulfillment of these goals.
We need to strengthen our visitation program. We need many Church families to become involved in visiting other Church families, to strengthen the social and spiritual bonds of the Church.
We need more homes to open for midweek fellowship groups, where small groups can meet, visit and study a devotional book or topic. We need more members who will be led individually by the Holy Spirit to see needs in the Church and to design their own personal ministries whereby they can help meet those needs.
Before us lies a whole new dimension of adventure and excitement as we unite in Christ around His goals. May God grant us such a heart and spirit.
Health Education and Evangelism Seminar Is Scheduled for January 18 to 22, 25 to 29
Sponsored by the
Northern California Conference Ministerial and Health Departments and the Pacific Union Conference Health Department
According to Elder Stoy Proctor, this Seminar is open to anyone interested in health information leading to positive lifestyle changes. Methods and techniques will be shared on'applying this information to personal and public evangelism.
For more information, contact Elder Ralph Martin at the Northern California Conference office, (415) 687-1300.
Leoni Meadows
January 18 — Sunday
5:30- 6:00 p.m. 6:30- 8:00 p.m. 8:00- 8’:30 p.m.	Supper “Attitudes—Beliefs—Actions” Films	Proctor
January 19 — Monday 6:30- 7:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:00- 9:30 a.m. “Exercise You Can Live With” 9:30-10:30 a.m. Break 10:30-12:00 a.m. “Alcoholism, America’s No. 1 Social Problem — A Significant Church Problem” 12:00- 1:00 p.m. Dinner 1:00- 3:30 p.m. Fitness 4:00- 5:30 p.m. “Alcoholism —Moral or Medical?” 5:30- 6:30 p.m. Supper 6:30- 8:00 p.m. “How Alcoholism Affects the Family and the Church” 8:00- 8:30 p.m. Films		Proctor Wightman Wightman Wightman
January 20 — Tuesday 8:00- 9:30 a.m. “The Alcoholic in Your Parish—An Untapped Resource” 10:30-12:00 a.m. “Exercise—How and How Much” 4:00- 5:30 p.m. “How to Work with the Alcoholic—Are You an Enabler?” 6:30- 8:00 p.m. “Learning —Rewards and Consequences” 8:00- 8:30 p.m. Films		Wightman Proctor Wightman Proctor
January 21 — Wednesday 8:00- 9:30 a.m. “Personality Profile” 10:30-12:00 a.m. “The Inside Story on Stress” 4:00- 5:30 p.m. “Spiritual Motivation” 6:30- 8:00 p.m. “What a Way to Live!” 8:00- 8:30 p.m. Films		Van Denburgh Edwards Proctor Edwards
January 22 — Thursday 8:00 a.m.	“Down with Being Up Tight” 10:30 a.m.	“Reclaiming the Backslider” 4:00 p.m.	“Developing Community Resources” 6:30 p.m.	“Communication—The Stressor” 8:00 p.m.	Films		Edwards Massey Massey Massey
January 25 — Sunday 5:30- 6:00 p.m. Supper 6:30- 8:00 p.m. “The Vegetarian Controversy”		Scharffenberg
January 26 — Monday 8:00 a.m.	“The Protein Myth” 10:30 a.m.	“The Carbohydrate Conspiracy” 4:00 p.m.	“Cancer Detection” 6:30 p.m.	“Vitamin Rip-off” 8:00 p.m.	Films		Scharffenberg Proctor Scharffenberg Proctor
January 27 — Tuesday 8:00 a.m.	“Dietary Recommendations” 10:30 a.m.	“Dietary Evaluation” 4:00 p.m.	“Smoking Cessation” 6:30 p.m.	“Heart Beat” 8:00 p.m.	Films		Scharffenberg Proctor Proctor Scharffenberg
January 28 — Wednesday 8:00 a.m.	“Strategy for Identifying Interests” 10:30 a.m.	“Convert Care” 4:00 p.m.	“Formula for Membership Advance” 6:30 p.m.	“The Fats Controversy” 8:00 p.m.	Films		Hardin Hardin Hardin Scharffenberg
January 29 — Thursday 8:00 a.m.	“Planning Cyclic Programs” 10:30 a.m.	“Easy Living” 4:00 p.m.	“Interpreting Ellen White” 6:30 p.m.	“Ultimate Lifestyle” 8:00 p.m.	Evaluation 8:30- 9:00 p.m. Film		Proctor Edwards Proctor Edwards
Instructors
Elder Ralph Martin, M.Div.— Ministerial Director, Northern California Conference.
Elder Charles Edwards, M.A., M.S.P.H.—Director of Northern California Health Department.
John Scharffenberg, M.D., M.P.H.—Division of Health Education, San Joaquin County Hospital.
Monzoor Massey, Ph.D., M.P.H.—Director Health Education, Riverside County Health Department.
Roy Wightman, M.P.H.—Vice-president, Great Lakes Adventist Health Corporation.
Tina Dameron, M.A.—Director of Alcoholism Recovery Program, St. Helena Hospital and Health Center.
Elder David Van Denburgh, M.Div—Pastor, Palo Alto Church.
Elder James R. Hardin, Sabbath School Director, Pacific Union Conference.
Elder Stoy E. Proctor, M.Div., M.P.H.—Director of Health, Pacific Union Conference.
2
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981
Equipment Is Donated To Mexican Hospitals
White Memorial Medical Center has donated more than 80 hospital beds and other equipment to Montemorelos University Hospital and Via Hermosa Hospital— two Seventh-day Adventist facilities in Mexico, according to Sam Nassimian, property manager.
According to Mr. Nassimian, the need for beds at the Mexican hospitals coincided with a shipment of new beds to White Memorial, making the donation possible.
The two hospitals hired the Southern California Conference Transportation Department to transport the material which left Los Angeles in late October.
paciFio union
fagr-rroi-igjB
A Reminder To Register for M.P.H. Program
January 25 to 28 Dr. Harold Phillips will teach the first class, Principles of Administration in Public Health, and Dr. James Crawford will conduct the second course on the Philosophy of Health.
Register by telephoning Elder Stoy Proctor — (805) 497-9457.
Classes will be taught at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
Unusual Experience Puts San Andreas Over the Top
Ten days before Christmas, two ladies from the San Andreas Church had an unusual Ingathering experience.
The two approached a man doing repair work in a yard. He was friendly until one of the ladies said, “1 am from the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” as she extended an Ingathering booklet to him.
The man retorted, “If that’s religion, I won’t have anything to do with it. My mother taught me everything I know about religion, and I’m not changing.” Even though the ladies attempted to mention relief work, he would not listen. They smiled and went on.
About an hour and a half later, the ladies met at the church with other Ingatherers to eat lunch together. Suddenly a jeep drove into the church parking lot. The driver jumped out and appeared at the door. One of the elders who had been Ingathering with the pastor met the man, but the latter asked for the pastor. He marched right to the study and stood at the desk of Elder Jack Fridley. The two ladies who had previously contacted the man were seated near.
The visitor handed a roll of bills to Elder Fridley. He started to walk out but the pastor asked, “What is this money?”
The man answered, “1 just had a little good luck,” and again he started to go out the door.
The pastor said, “Wait a minute. I want to give you a receipt;
Rio Lindo’s Seniors Announce Officers
Wednesday, November 24. Lunchtime.
It was obvious something special was about to happen. In the front of the cafeteria was a table spread as for a king. Other clues included Mrs. Brown standing to one side with a microphone, Kim Moeckel and Bob Mason all dressed up and standing attentively beside the open side door, and there on the sidewalk was a red carpet!
Suddenly the scream of a siren was heard in the distance, increasing steadily in volume. The sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” filled the room. Very soon the Sheriff’s car drove on campus, onto the sidewalk, and around to the front of the cafeteria escorting
Students elected to lead Rio’s senior class are, from the left: Stewart Harty, Ray Garton, Scott Sandin, Eddy Lohman, Ken Tsang, Dori Ostermiller, Linda Bednar and Scott Wendt. Class Pastor Joe Kobylka is not pictured.
you know you can take it off your income tax.”
The donor answered, “I’m on Social Security, and I don’t pay taxes.” He dashed out, but Elder Fridley followed him and handed him a booklet entitled Showdown in the Middle East, by George Vandeman, and an Ingathering leaflet.
When the brethren returned to the pastor’s study, they unrolled the mysterious bundle of bills; and to their surprise they found six $50 bills and two $20 bills, totaling $340! This figure is more than the basic Ingathering goal of the small San Andreas Church, putting the church over the super goal in only three days of Ingathering efforts.
The small group of Ingatherers knelt and prayed for the man who had experienced such a swift change of heart and to thank the Lord for the providential windfall gift.
Charles A. Rentfro
PR Secy, and Local Elder
Ministerial Association Hosts Interfaith Meeting
The Redwood Area Adventist Ministerial Association held an interfaith meeting Monday, December 1, in Crescent City.
Nearly 30 persons attended, representing nine different denominations.
Guest lecturer Dr. J. A. Scharf-fenberg spoke to the clergyman about their responsibility as leaders and teachers in the healing
three very fine cars. Doormen Brian Hodges and David Blue quickly opened the doors for the distinguished officers of the 1981 senior class!
With the roll of the drum each officer was announced and escorted, by either Kim or Bob, to his seat at the table.
Officers are Ray Garton, president; Stewart Harty, vice-president; Joe Kobylka, pastor; Linda Bednar, secretary; Ken Tsang, treasurer; Scott Wendt, parliamentarian; Eddy Lohman, sergeant-at-arms; Scott Sandin and Dori Ostermiller, representatives for Student/Faculty Council; Mrs. Marilee Griswold and Hal Harrison, sponsors.
Chuck Fulmore Trio in Concert
Sabbath, January 17, 4:30 p.m. Paradise Church 5720 Academy Drive
Sunday, January 18, 6:30 p.m.
Redding Church 2828 Eureka Way
Tuesday, January 20, 7 p.m. Pine Hills Junior Academy Auburn
Wednesday, January 21, 7 p.m. Yuba City Church 1460 Richland Road
Sabbath, January 24, 4:30 p.m.
Napa Church
1105 G Street
Sunday, January 25, 7 p.m.
Hayward Church 26400 Gading Road
Sabbath, January 31, 4:30 p.m. Carmichael Church
4600 Winding Way Sacramento
Before driving long distances, verify concert times.
of persons. He reminded them that their responsibility was the same as that of priests of old: to assist in the healing of both body and soul.
Dr. Scharffenberg explained several studies that reveal the lower incidence of certain diseases in California Seventh-day Adventists.
A meal served by Rachel Gram-lich and other Dorcas members demonstrated natural foods, simply prepared.
The meeting was arranged by Pastor F. M. Ramsey, who is serving concurrent terms as president of both the Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial Association and the Del Norte County Ministerial Fellowship.
Following the meeting, a Church of Christ minister approached Pastor Ramsey and stated, “This is one of the best Fellowship meetings I’ve ever attended.” A Methodist minister told Dr. Scharffenberg that he felt his training in the area of health had been very inadequate and he wished he had previously understood the insights he gained at the December 1 meeting.
Baptism Is Planned for Five—Eleven Take Part
On November 15 the Fort Bragg Church under the leadership of Elder Stan Caylor planned a baptism for five persons.
On that occasion, however, the Holy Spirit prevailed and 11 stepped forth for baptism, including one man who had been out of the church for 40 years! In addition a number of young people from the school dedicated their lives and requested baptism for a later date.
Many are testifying that the Lord is working in their lives. A prayer group and Bible study class have also been formed.
Faith McCully, Comm. Secy.
Fort Bragg Church
Lay Advisory Council Has Rewarding Retreat
“It was a very rewarding meeting,” stated Brantley Johnson, representative of the Pleasant Hill Church on the Lay Advisory Council, as he described the recent retreat held for Northern’s Lay Advisory Council at Soquel in November.
One of the guest speakers for the council was Dr. Adrian Zyt-koskee of the behavioral science department of Pacific Union College. Dr. Zytkoskee challenged the group to combine positive thinking with the guidance of the Holy Spirit in a quest for greater energy to advance the claim of the kingdom of God.
A number of lay-coordinated workshops were featured Sabbath afternoon on such topics as Youth and Campus Ministries, Elders’ and Deacons’ Leadership, The Church’s Community Image, Child Care Centers, Door-to-Door Literature Distribution, Discipling New Believers, Reclaiming Inactive Members, Min-
Students Help With Great American Smoke-out
Thursday, November 20, the American Cancer Society and local student leadership groups sponsored the Great American Smoke-out on the campus of California State University at Sacramento. The Seventh-day Adventist Church was invited to participate and to promote the Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking.
Elder Charles Edwards, conference Health Services director, and Mrs. Alberta Lammerding, Sacramento Central Church health and temperance secretary, set up a display of anti-smoking literature and notified the group of the forthcoming Five-Day Plan to be held at the Central church in January. Several thousand young people from the university attended the rally, and Sacramento television and news media representatives covered the event.
During the meeting Elder Ed-
Galt Students Houseboat the Delta
In one of the most interesting, informative, and unusual field trips ever taken by the Galt Valley Delta School children, Holiday Flotels, Delta, Inc.—a houseboat rental establishment west of Stockton on King Island—provided a large houseboat for a day so that the upper-grade youngsters could enjoy seeing the marvels of God’s creation from the waters of the fascinating Delta areas.
In addition to observing, first hand, the recently flooded upper Jones Tract and all the feverish levee repair work, the students were thrilled with the antics of mud hens, ducks and geese, hawks, and long-legged, longnecked herons and cranes.
The field trip was a courtesy of Holiday Flotels, Delta, and was organized by a Galt church
isters to the Elderly and Home Bible Fellowship.
The various meetings were chaired by Willard Clark, Brantley Johnson and Kenneth Ridgley. Ministries resources workshops featured Colleen Steck, John Moffatt, Cavaignac Augustin, Leonard Mills, Harold Anderson, Willard Fisher, Henry Hildebrand and Kenneth Ridgley as leaders.
At the close an evaluation survey was taken and tabulated. Results showed overwhelming support and appreciation for nearly every phase of the program. The only area in which sentiment was fairly evenly divided was in the concept of having an overall general class for the Sabbath school lesson or dividing into smaller classes.
Members of the Lay Advisory Council expressed the belief that they would be better equipped in a practical way to serve their churches as a result of this retreat.
Charles Edwards, PR Director
wards was invited to say a few words in behalf of the effort to reduce smoking.
Charles Edwards, Health Director
Mrs. Alberta Lammerding of the Sacramento Central church talks to an interested person attending the great American Smoke-out program on the campus of California State University in Sacramento.
member, Keith Austin, who convinced his employer that this would be an excellent educational cruise for the young people. Keith explained the inner workings of the houseboat as well as rules and regulations of waterways from the U.S. Coast Guard and State of California.
Each of the children had a chance to actually steer the houseboat through channels and around small islands.
At noon sack lunches provided nourishment for ravenous young appetites. Pastor and Mrs. Wesley McCoy, Delta Valley School Principal and Mrs. Dean Spencer, Mrs. Donna Pullen, Mrs. Noel-lene Pullen and Bruce Grant accompanied the children.
Bruce Grant, Comm. Secy.
Galt Church
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981
3

December 13 Is Special Day for Westminster
After many years of hard work and planning, the Westminster Church held its first services in its new sanctuary December 13, under the leadership of its present pastor, Russell Rose.
Construction of the church plant was begun in 1963 on a large, four-acre plot of ground at the corner of Willow Lane and Maple Avenue in Westminster. This first phase of building was completed October ll, 1965.
The second phase, the Sabbath school plant, Dorcas and Pathfinder rooms, was completed in 1972. Now the third and final phase, the sanctuary, has been finished.
The church has a seating capacity of about 600. During the past 17 years the congregation has grown to more than 500 members.
December 13 the congregation gathered in the old worship hall where they were greeted by Pastor Rose, after which he led everyone into the new sanctuary. On the way, Thomas Mostert, president of Southeastern California Con-
San Pasqual Kicks Off Fund-raising Drive
Students at San Pasqual Academy have begun a fund-raising campaign for a publicaddress system and a grand piano for the academy’s new church.
The goal for the project is $14,000, says James Woods, choral director and campaign chairman. The money will provide enough for the PA system, a grand piano, individual student incentives and a school incentive of a videocassette recording system.
Students took part of a day off from school recently to address letters to church members in
The new Westminster sanctuary.
Azure Hills Schedules January 17 Reunion
The Azure Hills Church is well known for its Youth Outreach Day Camp program every summer.
The director, Pastor Ron Hoover, is announcing a reunion for all young people, parents and friends in the community to attend “NATURAL LIGHT’’ in concert, which will begin promptly at 4 p.m., Sabbath, January 17.
This unique group of seven Pacific Union College students love God and believe His coming is very soon. The music they do is their way of telling others of Jesus and showing His love.
The members of “Natural Light’’ are Harry Knopper, Don Lowe, Denise Winn, Deanna Winn, Eric Sorensen, Dave Hardt and Gordon Rutledge.
The Azure Hills church is located at the intersection of Barton Road and Palm in Grand Terrace. There is no admission but an offering will be taken.
ference, led in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
In the new building, Pastor Rose expressed appreciation to everyone who helped in making the building program a success. Following this he presented the keys to the new sanctuary to Roy Ching, the head elder, who then pronounced the pulpit open for the preaching of God’s Word.
On the platform were Elders Henry Barron, John Todorovich and Don Spaulding, all former pastors of the church. Special musical selections were presented by Armonda Young on the new Rodgers organ and Henry Barron who sang “My Home Sweet Home’’ and “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.’’
John Todorovich gave the invocation. The sermon challenge of the morning was given by Elder Mostert. Don Spaulding pronounced the benediction. Following the service, several hundred people stayed for a fellowship dinner in the Social Hall.
Mabel Hodges, Comm. Secy.
Fontana Has Booth at “International Food Fair’’
A large, enthusiastic crowd and good weather in mid-October helped to make Fontana’s “International Food Fair’’ a big success.
Those who passed through the main building at the Fontana Community Center were attracted by a colorful display advertising a “mockdonalds” vegetarian food booth. Vegeburgers and pizza were the order of the day. Tempting aromas drew the crowd, young and old alike.
Church Volunteers Alice Bennit and Carolyn Elliot posed as shortorder cooks, sometimes assisted by Pastor Ted Tessner and Lydia Weaver.
Right next to the food booth, the pastor’s wife, Margie Tessner, read blood pressures and answered questions, while folk looked on and formed a line to have their pressure read. This was the introduction to HEART-CHEX for many of them, a regular feature of this growing church’s outreach in the Fontana community.
Beach To Speak at LLU Church
Dr. B. B. Beach, General Conference Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director, will speak on the international and religious liberty scene, Friday evening, January 23, at 7:30, Loma Linda University church. A question-and-answer period follows.
Singles Plan February Retreat
Make plans now to join the SDA Singles for the long weekend retreat at Pine Springs Ranch February 13 to 16.
Special guest speaker will be Elder Roger Bothwell, assistant professor of counselor education at Loma Linda University on the La Sierra Campus. He and his family will be there for the weekend. You won’t want to miss this spiritual blessing.
Bunnie Broder, Bible instructor from the Azure Hills church, will present her lovely chalk drawings
Leftover vegeburgers? Well, only a few, and these were a treat next day for the elementary youngsters at the church’s new school.
Edie Arellano, Comm. Secy.
“How many ‘mockdonalds’ would you like?”
as well as her special readings. Dr. Richard Sheldon and his “Route One’’ musicians will provide dinner music for the Saturday evening Valentine Banquet.
Plan now to attend and enjoy the fellowship. Reservation forms with remittance should be in no later than Monday, February 2. Make checks payable to Philosda Club, Loma Linda Chapter, and mail to P.O. Box 446, Loma Linda, CA 92354.
Complete weekend package which includes the registration fee, eight meals, and three nights’ lodging is $49 for non-members and $43 for members. There will be a 10 percent late fee added after the Monday, February 2, deadline. Special rate for those who can come for Sabbath only is $16 for non-members and $13.50 for members.
For further information, please call: (714) 734-7067, Wayne Emery; (714) 689-8827, Dorothea Wilson; (714) 824-3156, Eva Kennedy.
Eye-screening Test Is Set for Fullerton
A free eye-screening test will be conducted at the Fullerton church on Sunday, January 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tests will be made for glaucoma and other eye diseases. This service is sponsored by the church in cooperation with the Southern California College of Optometry.
For appointments call (714) 533-1017, 525-4561 or 526-5062.
southern California and to family and school acquaintances.
“This is the third year we’ve raised money for the church,’’ says Mr. Woods. “The last two years the money went for direct construction and equipment costs, and we had excellent support from our constituents. We raised more than $20,000 our first year, in fact. We’re confident that we’ll receive that kind of support this year too,’’ he added.
The church, which was opened last spring, has been forced to utilize an inadequate, portable loudspeaker for the sanctuary. No sound is available through that system to overflow rooms or mothers’ rooms.
“Proper sound is vital to the worship service,’’ says Pastor John Hughson. “Our aim is to glorify God, and an adequate sound system will add to the success of our worship experience.’’
The second item of the project will be especially appreciated by members of SPA’s choral groups. The present sanctuary piano, an upright borrowed from a practice room, is clearly inadequate, according to Senior Jill Leeper.
Current plans call for the campaign to continue through midFebruary.
Dan Akers
Olson To Present Weekend Seminar at Chula Vista
Dr. Robert W. Olson, secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate in Washington, D.C., will present a weekend seminar at the Chula Vista church, 102 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista, January 23 and 24.
On Friday evening at 7:30, Dr. Olson’s top-
ic will be “The Relationship Between Ellen G. White and the Bible.’’ Sabbath morning at 8 and 11 his sermon message will be “Toward an Understanding of Inspiration.’’ Sabbath afternoon, at 3:30, Dr. Olson will conduct a question-and-answer session.
Cherilyn Peach Comm. Secy.
Have You Heard?
Faith For Today is the longest-running religious television program on the air today. On the air longer than Faith For Today (religious or secular) is “Meet the Press. ”
4
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER I JANUARY 12,1981
11=
Robert W. Olson
“Focus on the Family” Is
Slated for Chula Vista
Dr. James Dobson’s “Focus on the Family’’ film series will be shown starting Tuesday, January 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Chula Vista church, 102 Fourth Ave., Chula Vista.
In his filmed presentations, Dr. Dobson, a clinical psychologist, covers subjects that every married person, parent or parent-to-be will find vital.
Spanish Pastors Are Ordained
Three Spanish-speaking pastors have been ordained to the ministry during a service at the Hollywood
Spanish church.
Elder Hugo Gambetta was born in Argentina, then moved to the United States with his parents during his youth. He received his
bachelor’s degree in theology from River Plate College in Argentina. During his college years he spent three summers as a literature evangelist in Southern California. After his graduation he entered the service of the Church as director of student literature evangelists for the Southern California Conference.
Elder Gambetta then became associate pastor of the Glendale Spanish Church. While serving there he also started what is now the Foothill Spanish Church. After receiving his master of divinity degree from Andrews University in 1978, he became pastor of the Hollywood Spanish Church.
Elder Gambetta and his wife, Mabel, have a son and a daughter.
Elder Abel Lopez was born in Mexico and moved with his family to the United States in 1963. He studied theology at Montemorelos University in Mexico and entered the ministry in the Southern California Conference in 1974. After pas-toring the Hunt-
ington Park Spanish Church, he spent eight months as associate Spanish evangelist, working with Elder Isaac Lara.
Upon returning from the Seminary at Andrews University, where he received the master of divinity degree in 1979, Elder Lopez became pastor of the La Puente Spanish Company.
Programs and (doncezts in Soutkezn
Don Doleman began a “Bible Keys’’ evangelistic series Sabbath, January 10, at 7:15 p.m., Redondo Beach church, 401 S. Prospect Ave. Meetings will continue on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sabbath evenings through February 28. Each meeting will include a photo tour of the Bible lands, music by Elsie Fritz-Gerald and Calvin Craig, along with a Bible message by Elder Doleman. There will also be free nursery service for preschool children and special evangelistic meetings for older children. Invite your friends and neighbors to attend.
Jim McClintock, bass soloist, will present a gospel concert Sabbath, January 17, at 4 p.m., Long Beach church, 1001 E. Third St.
Kathy Farmer and a group of members from the Vallejo Drive church will present a progam of piano, harp, and vocal music at the Burbank church, 700 S. Glenoaks Blvd., Sabbath, January 17, at 4:30 p.m.
“High Adventure” will be the Angelus Nature Club feature Saturday night, January 17, at 8 o’clock, Glendale High School Auditorium, 1440 Broadway. The program will show the lifestyle of tribes and creatures of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for students (grades 1-12), and 25 cents for Pathfinders in uniform. Admission free for ANC members.
Dr. Gunnar Lindegren will present a slide program entitled “Progress of Our Work in the Scandinavian Countries, Plus Austria and Oberammergau” for the Angelus Nature Club Family Film Festival on Sunday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m., Rupp Memorial Auditorium, 11111 Harris, Lynwood.
Ralph Orduno
Elder Lopez and his, wife, Maria, have two sons.
Elder Ralph Orduno was born in California and reared in Arizona. He is a third-generation Seventh-day Adventist. After completing part of his undergraduate studies, he entered the armed forces of the United States, where he was specially trained
in intelligence. Elder Orduno served in the Korean War and received high military honors.
Returning to college after being discharged from the service, Elder Orduno received his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. He later studied at River Plate College in Argentina. In 1974 Elder Orduno entered the ministry as associate pastor of the Spanish-American Church. After this he served as an associate Spanish evangelist with Elder Isaac Lara, then became pastor of the Inglewood Spanish Church. In 1979 he was called to be Spanish evangelist for the Conference.
Elder Orduno is married to the former Dolores Figueroa.
Pearsons Will Speak at Singles Workshop
Singles in Action will sponsor a seminar for persons interested in working with or for single adults at the Heritage House (social hall of the Glendale United Community Church), 333 E. Colorado St., Glendale, on Sabbath, January 31, beginning at 2 p.m.
Pastor Bud Pearson, staff minister for singles ministry at the Garden Grove Community church, and his wife, Kathy, will speak on the need for a singles ministry in every church and how to meet the needs of single adults.
The Pearsons, nationally known for their Divorce and Remarriage Workshops, are in demand throughout the country to speak on these topics.
Sabbath School Classes To Become Adventist Action Fellowships
Two weeks ago we reviewed the stated objectives of the Sabbath school, which are to win, hold and train people for the kingdom of heaven. We hinted at the exciting possibilities of making every Sabbath school class a loving, caring action group.
Now we want to show how such a group can make the Sabbath school relevant to the high calling of Seventh-day Adventists and a satisfying, joyful experience to which we look forward each week.
“Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary. He who drinks of the living water becomes a fountain of life.’’ (Desire of Ages, 195.) Concerned church members agree that many of us in Sabbath school, in-
Religious Liberty Rally Slated
“Religious Liberty—An International Overview’’ will be the theme of the annual Religious Liberty Rally to be held at the Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Hall of Liberty on Sabbath, January 17.
Cost of the seminar is $10 and includes dinner at 5:30 p.m. and a social geared for learning interpersonal relationship skills. Registration is limited to 100 persons. Reservations must be made in advance by calling the “Singles Hotline’’ at (213) 244-7556 or by mailing to Singles in Action, Box 969, Glendale, CA 91206.
Pastors, church leaders and Singles in Action coordinators are especially invited to attend this unique and inspiring seminar.
Tots To Teens Amateur Hour Is Held
The first annual Tots to Teens Amateur Hour drew 20 participants from around the Conference to Lynwood’s Rupp Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, October 12.
Top award went to Lamont Ellis, who performed Mendelssohn’s “Opus 72 No. 2’’ on the piano. All participants were between the ages of 9 and 12.
Judges for the event were Edna Richardson, Jeanie Green and Yolanda Leamon. Under the noncompetitive format, each performer could win by scoring enough points to earn a first-, second-, third-, or fourth-place award. Everyone who took part also received a “Love You’’ trophy.
The Amateur Hour program included entrants in four categories: piano, voice, speech and violin. First-place winners in these groups were: piano—Lamont Ellis; voice —Armond Villanueva; speech— John Paul Williams, Columbus Batiste, Bryan Smith, Tina Williams and Dolores Torres; violin—Joe Vee and Lorraine Or-das.
The first-place winners in the speech category put on a play. It
fluenced by our age or specialization, have been content to “study’’ and have left the missionary work to the personal ministries (lay activities) department. Consequently, we find our Christian experience going stale, and many lose interest in the Church.
The original 10-minute “missionary’’ period has been a stimulus in soul-winning work, but its effectiveness has been ^somewhat limited through the years by two inherent weaknesses: 1. it followed the Sabbath school lesson study and tended to become a glorified intermission; and 2. it was impersonal.
Effective training, organization, and enlistment for service can best be done in small groups.
Rally speaker will be Dr. B. B. Beach, newly elected director of the General Conference Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty.
Dr. Beach comes to the General Conference from the Northern Europe-West Africa Division, where he served as secretary. He was an observer at Vatican II and has participated in many international religious meetings and peace conferences. He is the author of two books: Vatican II— Bridging the Abyss, and Ecumenism—Boon or Bane?
The program will begin at 3 p.m. with a patriotic film. Walter Arties will sing at 3:30 before Dr. Beach gives his presentation.
Everyone interested in the vital area of religious liberty should plan to be present.
was entitled “The Sanctuary and Its Importance.’’
Leading in the program were “Uncle Bill’’ Jamerson and “Aunt B” Norma Bell.
Elder Jamerson has announced that next year’s Amateur Hour will be October 10. Tots to Teens coordinators can begin now to encourage young people ages 9 to 12 to prepare for the event.
This, in fact, is the inspired counsel we have had all along: “Let the members be formed into small companies, to work not only for church members, but for unbelievers.” (Testimonies, vol. 7, P. 22.)
Small Classes
Looking at these facts, Elder Ora McLean, director of the personal ministries department, and I are recommending that each Sabbath school class become also an Adventist Action Fellowship class. In harmony with counsel from the Spirit of Prophecy and from leading Christian educators, we recommend that no class be larger than 12 to 16 people. When classes grow larger than this, as they will when every true disciple becomes a “fountain of life,” they should be divided into two classes which will, in turn, grow.
It is in the small group where personal interaction takes place. People become acquainted. A spirit of love and concern develops. According to Dr. E. Edward Turner at Andrews University, surveys show that “people tend to join the Seventh-day Adventist Church more out of a sense of belonging than the appeal of doctrinal purity. Conversely, they also leave the church when they no longer feel loved and cared for by the community of faith.”
Each class needs an action leader who will work with the Sabbath school teacher and his fellow class members to create an atmosphere of concern for others and then to plan appropriate soulsaving work for the class in harmony with the objectives of the church. He would be, in effect, a personal ministries leader for his class. The personal ministries leader of the church would be the coordinator and resource person for all the action leaders.
Fellowship of Caring
You can see what bringing into focus the fellowship of caring will do to the spirit of the Sabbath school class. It will provide additional reasons for study. It will add a new dimension to discussion. It will make truth relevant to the high calling of being a Seventh-day Adventist. Then there will be joy in Sabbath school as well as in heaven over “one sinner that repenteth.” We will all look forward to each week’s class meeting.
Next we will show how Adventist Action Fellowship will fit into our Sabbath school program with only minor adjustments and how it will take nothing away from the full 35-minute lesson study time but, rather, enhance its quality.
For all those interested in “Sabbath School Evangelism,” a Sabbath School Retreat will be held at Camp Cedar Falls January 30 to February 1. Space is limited— reserve now!
Erling E. Calkins, Director
Sabbath School Department
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981
5
Hugo Gambetta

Abel Lopez
Revival Weekend Is Planned for Bethel
The Bethel church in Pomona will hold a special weekend series January 16 through 18 featuring the Measure of Faith Lay Revival and Evangelistic Team.
Lay Evangelist Leonard Mullins will present the spoken word, and Will Parker will provide music. Mr. Mullins was one of the lay evangelists who conducted the successful Pasadena tent meetings last July and August.
The Bethel meetings will be held Friday, January 16, at 7 p.m.; Sabbath, January 17, at 5 p.m.; and Sunday, January 18, at 7 p.m.
The church is located at 2200 N. Orange Grove in Pomona. All are welcome.
Peninsula Koreans Praise God for Sanctuary
Just a year after organization, the San Fransicso Peninsula Korean Church held opening services in a sanctuary of its own December 6.
Guests came from as far away as Sacramento and Los Angeles for this special occasion.
Gordon Bullock, conference treasurer, was present and challenged the congregation in his sermon to remember the way the Lord had led.
With real estate in the San Francisco Peninsula area among the highest priced in the nation, the 100 members of the Korean Church praise God for making it possible for them to secure this sanctuary.
Originally the church was put
Spanish Members Raise Funds for Church
San Jose Spanish church members are working hard to build a new sanctuary.
Among the most faithful have been Mr. and Mrs. Andres Carrillo who, although retired and living on Social Security, donate to the Building Fund month after month. The funds they donate are received from odd jobs they are able to do, such as gardening.
Julio Urbina, who works six days a week as a chef in a restaurant, recently put on a
Folk are welcomed to the new home of the San Francisco Peninsula Korean Church during openingday services.
McClintock To Present Two January Concerts
Jim McClintock, former bass with the King’s Heralds Quartet, will present two concerts in Central California— vesper concert at Monterey Bay Academy church, San Andreas Rd., Watsonville, January 24, at 4 p.m.; and at the Mountain View Central
Church, 1425 Springer Rd., January 31, at 4:30 p.m.
on the market for $165,000, but it was later offered for $119,000. Through negotiation and an $8,500 donation by the seller, the church was finally able to purchase this building for $105,000.
Actually the congregation moved into its church in October, but during the interim repaired the church completely on the outside as well as partially inside. The city also helped improve the appearance .by repaving both streets and rebuilding the sidewalks—at no expense to the congregation.
On the main floor the church houses the sanctuary, a mothers’ room, pastor’s office, cradle roll room and a kitchen, while downstairs there are three large classrooms.
E. J. Royer
Woutd 7/ou Believe 9t?
Would you believe that the Conference brethren actually encourage the church member to use his own attorney in the writing of a will, or some other type of an estate plan, should he hesitate to take advantage of the free service which the Conference Association offers?
It is true! We feel that it is so important that the professed child of God make some provision for the proper disposition of the Lord’s property that he should use any and every means available to him.
However, even though we may encourage individuals to see their own attorneys in this matter, we recognize that non-Adventist attorneys
have, on occasion, discouraged liberal bequests being made to God’s Church. In the eyes of the non-Adventists the contemporary connotation of the term “peculiar’’ is applied to the church member because his liberality toward his church is just not comprehended.
Should you use your own attorney in the drafting of a will, and should you want to remember the Lord’s work, proper direction must be given so that your attorney will include the work of God in the distributive provisions.
And please remember, should your attorney object in any way to your instructions, the Conference Trust Services stands ready to assist you in the fulfillment of your wishes.
E. J. Royer, Director, Trust Services
The dedication of the Korean members was demonstrated when $63,000 was needed in pledges to secure a Revolving Fund loan for the purchase of this church. When the covenants were totaled they amounted to $120,700—nearly double the amount actually needed.
Elder Daniel Chung, the pastor, says, “The Lord has really blessed us!’’
The new location is: 873 Delmas Avenue, San Jose.
Central California Conference
Charles F. Cook, president; George R. Elstrom, secretary; Gordon Bullock, treasurer; (Box 580) 1691 The Alameda, San Jose, California 95106. Phone (408) 297-1584.
Wills, trust agreements and annuities should be made in favor of the legal association rather than the conference. For more information, write to E. J. Royer, director, at the above address.
Wasatch Member Starts “Storytime”
Gloria Reynolds, story coordinator for the Wasatch Hills Church, is conducting an evangelistic program for the children in Salt Lake City.
She says, “I wanted to reach the children. I felt that there should be something special for the children on Sabbath afternoons so I decided to start ‘Storytime.”’
With stories, puppets, films and songs she has enchanted her audiences, ages four to 40, every Sabbath afternoon with Biblical presentations. “One Sabbath I had 12 children and six adults attending. There have been four non-Ad-ventist children involved, and one of them has requested Bible studies. That is exciting!” Mrs. Reynolds continues.
Andy Trujillo has been assisting her, along with Tammy and Matt
Thanksgiving Without the Turkey?
An early Thanksgiving vegetarian banquet was sponsored by the Ogden Institute of Health on November 20.
Nearly 60 individuals, including 16 non-church members, enjoyed the buffet prepared by the ladies of the Ogden Church. After the delicious meal the children of Deamude Adventist School provided entertainment in keeping with the season.
One of the notable features of the holiday banquet was the large number of church members who
Spanish dinner with the help of his wife, Dolores. After donating all of his expenses, almost $1,000 was realized for the Building Fund.
That same night a call for an offering was made and many members responded. Of these Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Castillo—he is elder of the church and a local roofing contractor—donated a check in the amount of $10,400.
The previous church was sold approximately three years ago and the old Alta Vista School property purchased. A deficit of about $25,000 was left which has been liquidated, as well as the architect’s fee of $58,000.
In December a new roof was put on the gymnasium, which serves as the present meeting place. A $14,000 roof was installed for $5,000 because 20 men, including seven roofers, donated their labor.
Members are now hard at work to raise the necessary funds to build the sanctuary.
Seabury and Curt Clauss. This trio frequently furnishes live guitar music to enhance the program.
Storytime began the first of the winter quarter and has had anywhere from four to 20 participants each week since. The children are highly involved. They planned a Christmas party utilizing ideas from the Conference’s Christmas Kit.
Jean Blackham, Comm. Secy.
Nevada-Utah Conference
A. G. Streifling, president; Charles Snyder, secretary-treasurer; (Box 10730), Reno, NV 89510. Phone (702) 322-6929.
assisted. Decorations were provided by the social committee, and many church ladies were involved in food preparation.
The vegetarian banquet marked the beginning of the second year of operation for the Ogden Institute of Health evangelism program, sponsored by the Ogden Church. Also planned for 1981 are classes in vegetarian lifestyle, smoking cessation, stress management and exercise. A special cooking school for the Spanishspeaking community (with help from Spanish-speaking friends) is scheduled for March.
“We look forward to a good year,” says Marcia Trott, M.P.H., director of Ogden Institute of Health. “We are building on last year’s experience to determine the needs and interests of our community.”
Jan Qualls, Comm. Secy.
Ogden Church
6
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981

Pastor Daniel Chung of the San Francisco Peninsula Korean Church translates Gordon Bullock’s sermon.
San Francisco Central
Sets Homecoming Day
San Francisco Central church will celebrate its Homecoming Day on Sabbath, January 17.
All former members are invited to join in this wondrous occasion and be at the dinner following.
Dr. Thomas S. Geraty will present the Sabbath school mission emphasis. He has just returned from a teaching assignment at Andrews University. Dr. Geraty spent 11 years in China, eight years in the Middle East, and 13 years in the Department of Education at the General Conference.
One of the former pastors, E. I. Lehman now at Redwood City church, will conduct the lesson study. Stanley Hiten will be the speaker for the worship service.
The church is located at 2889 California Street, at the corner of California and Broderick streets. Charles J. Salvini, Local Elder
MBA ALUMNI WEEKEND
February 20 to 22 Classes to be honored: 1951, 1956, 1961, 1971 AU former teachers and students are welcome!
Josue Rosado (408) 728-1481
Jim McClintock
L€T	I
FR€€DOTh
RIHG	-
fdEL^D4-LTM4
December Was a Busy Month at Thunderbird
The few days between Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation were filled with activity for the students and staff of Thunderbird Adventist Academy. This period of time involved rewards as well as hard work.
INGATHERING — Students, staff and church members combined their efforts to exceed the Ingathering totals of one year ago by approximately $1,800. The final total will be recorded following the close of the campaign in January.
Several wonderful things were experienced by the carolers. New church members recently moved to Phoenix were found and assisted in locating a church home. A former student of Thunderbird was encouraged to reregister and enroll for second semester, and several Bible study interests indicated their need to be contacted for studies. The six nights of Ingathering were very rewarding.
MUSIC PROGRAMS — The band and choir were busy preparing musical programs for the season. The choir, under the direction of John Brown, per-
TWO ELDERS FROM THE TEMPE Spanish Church, Art Baca (right) and Daniel Parra, conducted their first Daniel Seminar from November 8 to 30. As a result a couple is attending church. Both men are happy for the experience, and plans are being made to have another seminar followed by an evangelistic effort. “God bless our laymen!” says the pastor, Daniel Escamilla.

Edwina Lee Is Named to New Position
Edwina Aki Lee has been named infection control and quality assurance coordinator for Castle Memorial Hospital, according to an announcement by Robert Carmen, president of the institution.
Mrs. Lee was formerly a nursing instructor at Loma Linda University School of Nursing.
Born in Honolulu and reared in Guam, Mrs. Lee attended Hawaiian Mission Academy. After graduation she went to Walla Walla College for one year and transferred to Loma Linda University to receive her B. S. in nursing.
Mrs. Lee’s nursing experience
formed the Messiah. Guest soloists from the music department of Southern Missionary College were Dr. Don C. Runyan, associate professor of music, and Sandra Schiau, a TAA graduate and currently a student at SMC. Bonnie Houghton, a junior at Thunderbird, was also a soloist with the choir.
The “Messiah” was performed December 12 at Thunderbird Adventist Academy and December 13 at Phoenix Central church.
The Academy Band, under the direction of Ron Robertus, presented an evening concert featuring the Concert Band, the Honor Band and various ensembles. Christmas carols were performed. The story of Christmas from the book of Luke was read by John Griffith as the father, to the mother and the children. The academy ensemble groups highlighted the reading with Christmas carols.
Vacation began following the band concert. This enabled parents to attend the concert prior to taking the students home for the holidays.
ASB CHRISTMAS PARTY—
The Thunderbird Student Association plans and gives a party for children from needy families in lieu of having a full party for the student body. This year 41 children were presented with gifts at a meal held in the school cafeteria. Students signed up for the children and purchased gifts for “Santa” to present to them.
After the children returned home, the student body was shown the film “All Mine to Give.” The enjoyment of seeing the children happy was very rewarding to the students who participated.
Arizona Conference
E. F. Sherrill, president; T. H. Bledsoe, secretary-treasurer; (P.O. Box 5317, zip 85010), 322 North 44th St., Phoenix, Arizona 85036. Phone (602) 244-9851.
includes the positions of staff nurse at two California hospitals, Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento and Corona Community Hospital; operating-room nurse at Riverside General Hospital and a hospital in Guam; head nurse at a New
York state institution; and assistant director of nursing at a Hong Kong Seventh-day Adventist hospital.
She and husband, Frank, have one daughter, Alicia, who is 3 Vi.
1
Abel, Mary Denice Ashbaugh—b. June 29, 1942, Reno, Nev.; d. Oct. 10, 1980, Loma Linda, Calif. Survivors: sons, Todd, Terry, Kenton, Duane; parents, Kraid and Alice Ashbaugh; sisters, Janet Sutter, Carmen Ashbaugh; brother, Floyd; grandmother, Lydia Duerksen.
Andress, William Melville—b. May 15, 1883, Oakland, Iowa; d. Nov. 16, 1980, Loma Linda, Calif. He served as an evangelist in the Iowa Conference, pastored churches in Colorado and Utah, was a chaplain of the Boulder and Melrose sanitariums, and after retirement was chaplain at Paradise Valley Manor for several years. Survivors: wife, Elva; sons, Wesley Sheldon, Victor William, Stanford Eugene; 7 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren; brother, sister.
Cross, Annie Gertrude—b. Oct. 26, 1894, Sturgis, Ky.; d. Oct. 23, 1980, Yuba City, Calif.
Fillner, George Leroy—b. Feb. 22, 1887, Wis.; d. Sept. 20, 1980, St. Helena, Calif. Survivors: wife, Clara; daughters, Dorothy Morrison, Lola Benson; son, Russell; brother, Archie; sister, Ruby Riden.
Gray, Fay—b. Feb. 27, 1913, Afton, Okla.; d. Nov. 1, 1980, San Jose, Calif. Survivors: husband, David E.; daughter, Mary Alice Swietzer; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; mother, Mary E. Shuessler; 2 sisters.
Haffner, Esther—b. June 14, 1901, Oklahoma; d. July 26, 1980, St. Helena, Calif. Survivors: husband, Joel; daughter, Betty Turner; 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren; sisters, Elizabeth Nightingale, Ruth Wedel, Lauretta Peterson; brother, Fred Lorenz.
Hancock, Avy Earl—b. Aug. 25, 1895, Texas; d. Nov. 9, 1980, Cottonwood, Ariz. Survivors: wife, Oma; daughter, Lorayne Clifton; sons, James, Joseph; 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; brother, 4 sisters.
Howarth, James—b. Dec. 15, 1887; England; d. Nov. 21, 1980, Newbury Park, Calif. He had a long and successful career with the Harrower Laboratories, as administrator of Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital, and as auditor of the Pacific Union Conference. Survivors: daughters, Barbara, Lelah Mae, Patricia; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Miller, Dr. Joseph B.—b. Oct. 7, 1913; d. July 31, 1979, Mountain View, Calif. Survivors: wife, Arline; daughters, Joann Parsons, Carole Wilson; son, Terry.
Morel, Henri Laurence—b. 1907, Kankake, Ill.; d. Sept. 26, 1980, Deer Park, Calif. Survivors: wife, Helen; son, Delbert; daughter, Claudia Martin; 4 grandchildren; brother, Elton; sister, Grace Morel.
Piekaar, William—b. Feb. 5, 1918, Dearborn, Mich.; d. Sept. 22, 1980, Bass Lake, Calif. Survivors: wife, Dottie; sons, Mark, Ron; brother, Richard; sister, Margaret McKinney.
Plata, Maria Elena—b. Jan. 30, 1941, Mexico; d. Nov. 14, 1980, Loma Linda, Calif. Survivors: husband, Arnold Eugene, Sr.; son, Arnold Eugene, Jr.
Reiswig, Edith Duerksen—b. June 9, 1943, Wasco, Calif.; d. Oct. 22, 1980, Lodi, Calif. Survivors: daughters, Toni, Carmen, Audra; son, Matthew; parents, David and Ethel Duerksen; sister, Delvina.
Santos, Margaret—b. Sept. 15, 1921, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii; d. Sept. 4, 1980, Honolulu, Hawaii. Survivors: husband, Alio C., Sr.; daughter, Kathleen M.; son, Alio C., Jr.; sisters, Thelma Chong, Katherine Hoe, Linda Wong, Jane Kau.
Tepner, Doris Jean—b. Oct. 1, 1910, Knob, Calif.; d. Oct. 23, 1980, St. Helena, Calif. Survivors: husband, Harry; sons, Warren, Robert; daughter, Karen Treankle; sisters and brothers.
Thomas, James L.—b. Oct. 19, 1921; d. Nov. 21, 1980, Sylmar, Calif. Survivors: wife, Hazel; daughter, Janene Jenkins; Michael Pritchard; grandson.
Urgently needed
Experienced construction foreman needed by private SDA construction management firm. Must have good leadership qualities, along with construction skills, and be willing to travel to handle projects in various parts of the country. Send resume and references to: Denominational Building Services, Rt. 8, 10501 Rickey Rd., Lincoln, NE 68516; (402) 423-3316, 3317.
Dietitian. Full-time position, responsible for managing department. Enjoy 4 seasons. Progressive acute care hospital. Contact Personnel Department, Parkview Memorial Hospital, Brunswick, Maine, (207) 729-1641.
College librarian to fill vacancy created by retirement of head librarian in 1981. Experience, administrative ability, interest in planning, and graduate degree in library science needed. Send resume to Robert Murray, Librarian Search Committee, Union College, Lincoln, NE 68506.
Registered Physical Therapist. Salary commensurate with experience. Enjoy mild winters, nearby SDA schools and Fort Worth shopping. Contact Personnel Department at Huguley Memorial Hospital, Box 6337, Fort Worth, TX 76115; or call (817) 293-9110.
Retired couple in good health willing to exchange some yard work and housework for self-contained, well-furnished guest house in north San Diego Co. Please contact Fred W. Caesar, (714) 443-0231.
Applications now being accepted at Paradise Valley Manor for licensed nursing personnel, activities director and office personnel. Enjoy nearby San Diego. Contact the administrator at (714) 474-8301; or write 2575 East 8th St., National City, CA 92050.
Single SDA lady or couple to live in 1-bedroom guest house on large estate in La Canada, Calif, (near Glendale). Main responsibility is care of 2-year-old and infant, but some cooking, housekeeping and garden work desired. Starting May 1981. Call Drs. Ray or Elizabeth Iskander, (213) 790-7873.
Entry position for personnel career in 1700-bed hospital. Business degree (personnel emphasis preferred), good interpersonal skills, desire for personnel career. Job will have heavy people/ department interaction, include nonexempt interviewing/placement, classified advertising, coordinating CETA programs, exposure to all aspects of personnel management. Excellent salary, benefits, growth possibilities. Contact Richard Gage, (213) 268-5000, ext. 1680. White Memorial Medical Center, 1720 Brooklyn Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033.
Physician, at medical facility located next to the Napa Valley Adventist Retirement Estates in Yountville. Ideal for part-time medical practice or semi-retired physician. For further information, write P.O. Box 2480, Yountville, CA 94599.
Experienced ICCU supervisor. Busy, Central Calif. Adventist hospital. Currently need part-time nurses OB, ICCU, med./surg.; or full time, willing to float. Good salary, benefits, 12-grade academy, rural living. Assist with moving. Contact Administrator or Director of Nurses, collect, (209) 582-4361.
Advertising Policy
All advertising must be submitted through your local conference office communication department. The Recorder assumes no responsibility for advertisements.
Advertising is limited to Seventh-day Adventists except where a service may be rendered to our members.
Advertisements are accepted by local conferences for only one insertion at a time and are printed as space permits—sometimes up to six weeks before publication.
All advertisements must be approved by the local pastor and sent to your conference office with the $15 for 50 words or less. Make a $15 check or money order payable to the Recorder.
PLEASE NOTE
Out-of-Union Ads
Now Cost $20
Executive Hideaway—New A-frame 3-bedroom, 2-bath home. All stone, custom decorated, 2,400+ sq. ft. living area, central heat and air, built-in kitchen WBFP. Overlooking Granbury Lake. Large corner lot. 30 minutes from beautiful campus of Southwestern Adventist College, P.O. Box 909, Keene, TX 76059; (817) 645-6977. $90,000.
Black-light set complete —full message. Plastic mounted with 1,750 coordinated slides in trays. 8x5-ft. folding Velcro display board plus black lights and 2,750 extra slides. Buyer takes all. Also stainless steel 5-ply cookware new. Paid $595; sale $375. Overhead projector, $85. Call 6-8 a.m., (714) 780-2556.
3 recently rehabilitated houses, acre lot in agricultural area near Bakersfield, Calif. Live in one, use others as income. Price, $75,000 cash or $85,-000 and owner will carry the paper on $50,000 for 7 years at 10%. Current income on 3 houses and small cabin, $770 monthly. F. W. Avery, 19350 Symeron, Apple Valley, CA 92307; (714) 242-4164.
Home, 3-minute drive to Loma Linda Campus. Owner transferring to Wisconsin—must sell. 2 years old, 3 bedrooms, 134 baths. Has good assumable loan at 10.75%. Call (714) 824-1630; or write C. McClure, P.O. Box 1475, Loma Linda, CA 92354.
Pass the Vegetables Please, a new vegetarian cookbook with 170 great new recipes of soups, entrees, salads, desserts, breads, and much more is now available. All recipes without white sugar, white flour, or irritating spices. Send $6.50 plus 6% sales tax to Putney Gospel Publishing, Dept. R, 5174 Pentz, Sp. 51, Paradise, CA 95969.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981
7

Edwina Lee
Ur YOLR-SE^VICE Northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma real estate, country area, trees, streams, clean air, lots of water, friendly people, low taxes, moderate climate. Write for free catalog. Dick Carlson, Gray Realtors, Box 676, Gentry, AR 72734; (501) 736-8774.
Life Light Bamboo House of Wu’s, specializes in group catering services, over 25 yummy dishes to select from. Moderate prices, 30% off gift certificates. Lunch, 11-2; dinners, 5-10. Where you can be certain all meals are 100% lard-free cooking. Corner Citrus, parking, Redlands Plaza. $1.50 off with this advertisement. (714) 792-2612, 797-0650. ASI.
Bulletin bq^d
ADELPHIAN ALUMNI
We are attempting to locate all alumni, so please write today to Adelphian Academy, 820 Academy Road, Holly, MI 48442.
CORRECTION: Send names and addresses of friends and relatives in the Fresno area to be invited to the Kenneth Cox Prophecy Crusade to: Pastor Dan Fausset, 2980 E. Yale, Fresno, CA 93703.
I-ELP FIND THEJVfl
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Carolyn Cooper or Martha Dawson, please contact Carol Miller, Church Clerk, 1613 Vancouver Way, Livermore, CA 94550.
Religious Liberty Is Endangered
H (Continued from page 1) impeach Earl Warren, former chief justice; amendments that would limit the right of the Supreme Court to rule on Bible reading and prayer; and the drive of the emerging Christian Right to replace liberal politicians with the “right kind’’ of Christian.
Evangelicals March
Evangelical preachers who, a few years ago, were condemning liberal churchmen for marching on Selma, are marching on Washington, seeking to reclaim the nation’s capital for Jesus. Scores of politicians unresponsive to morality as defined by the Christian Right’s Index rating system have been voted out of office, with such organizations as “Christian Voice,’’ “Moral Majority’’ and “Religious Round-table’’ claiming credit for their defeat.
Certainly every citizen has the right to vote his political convictions by seeking to elect the kind of person he wishes to represent him in public office. And we must hope that our nation’s future will be better secured by new leaders, with more respect for life, more fiscal responsibility, a more hard-nosed view of the global threat of communism, and more emphasis on enhancing the value of the public schools and the security of the family.
But we must not close our eyes to the admixture of good and evil that uses such ideals to achieve its own goals at the expense of religious freedom.
WHILE FERNANDO AND ANA STAHL were missionaries in South America, Chave’s father, a chief, brought her to the Stahls because he didn’t want the witch doctor to have her killed. You’ll find out why the witch doctor planned to have the little girl killed, and you’ll soon decide that Jesus had a real good plan for Chave’s life.
Don’t miss reading Mamma Stahl and the Butterfly Girl by California-author Eileen Lantry. And right now—with your Christmas money for this month —it’s only $6.35 postpaid.
Wrote Ellen White:
“While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord’s people may not have mercy or justice. . . . The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite with the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon” (Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 452).
Satanic Agencies at Work
Again, she said, “Laws manufactured by satanic agencies under a plea of goodness and restriction of evil, will be exalted” (Review, Dec. 26, 1899).
In her day, a coalition of Christian groups was pushing “goodness” through such devises as a religious amendment to the Constitution and a national Sunday law. (See the January-February Liberty for a documented account of its efforts.)
Today, the push for “goodness” again includes a religious amendment to the Constitution, with President-elect Ronald Reagan having declared his support. (My guess is that it will come as a pro-life, pro-prayer amendment backed by a Roman Catholic-Evangelical coalition.) And already a leader of “Christian Voice” has spoken approvingly of the virtue to be achieved through a national Sunday law.
Barriers Fall
Barriers to an amendment have fallen, with many of the Senators who thwarted attempts to enact one having suffered defeat in November at the hands of the “Moral Majority.” And on the Supreme Court itself, only one or two presidential appointments to replace aged justices expected to retire during Mr. Reagan’s term could change the course of American judicial history.
However laudable the moral standards of the new Christian Right, their attempt to implement these standards through political activism and to enforce them through the police power of the State should be a warning flag to “apple pie” citizens—those who hold in their lifeless hands the rich freedoms hard-fought, hard-bought with their forefathers’ blood, but who have not inherited their spirit.
Alturas	4:58	Loma Linda	5:03
Angwin	5:13	Los Angeles	5:07
Calexico	4:59	Moab	5:21
Chico	5:08	Oakland	5:15
Eureka	5:14	Phoenix	5:44
Fresno	5:07	Reno	5:00
Hilo	6:02	Riverside	5:04
Honolulu	6:11	Salt Lake	5:25
Las Vegas	4:50	San Diego	5:06
Lodi	5:09	San Jose	5:14
LLU/m
Dr. Landa Addresses International Congress in Switzerland
Paul J. Landa, chairman of the department of historical studies in the Division of Religion, delivered the keynote address at the international Congress on Farel Research, held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, during the first week of October.
The congress, attended by Reformation scholars from Europe, England and the United States, inaugurated year-long celebrations marking the 450th anniversary of -
DURING THE WAR YEARS, the 12 white bungalows between Calkins Hall and Raley Drive received the nickname “Vet Courts.’’ There, married war veterans lived while studying then at La Sierra College. As the war memories faded, the one-bedroom, one-bath, single-family dwellings became known as “Raley Cottages” or the “Married Student Housing.” Now in the age of miniaturization and micro-circuitry, the buildings acquired a new appellation when a group of the neighbors happened to discuss the name of their “housing development.” “We decided that we needed a name with more class,” says Carrolyn Edminster, resident of bungalow number seven. One of the group suggested “Raley Hills Estates,” and everyone liked it. Mrs. Edminster’s husband, Barry, a junior ministeriaFmajor, and Paul Vogt, resident of bungalow number three, created the sign pictured above. LLU/La Sierra rents the “estates” at $100 a month to married couples with at least one of the spouses attending the university and carrying a course load of at least eight units.
Concerts Scheduled for “Claire Hodgkins and Friends”
“Ebullient horn playing” (Los Angeles Herald Examiner) and “fleet fingers” (Los Angeles Times) of a renowned pianist will combine with “mastery, skill and elegance” on the violin at the first of three chamber music concerts to be held at Loma Linda Univer-sity/La Sierra.
James Decker on the French horn, French Impressionism Specialist Nancy Bricard, pianist, both of whom presently teach at the University of Southern California, and Violinist Claire Hodgkins will blend their talents in a performance consisting of violin and piano sonatas of Debussy and Villa-Lobos, and the Brahms Horn Trio.
The concerts, entitled “Claire Hodgkins and Friends” are scheduled for January 10, February 28, and April 11 at 8 p.m. in Hole Memorial Auditorium, and
the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
Dr. Landa began his research on the Reformer Farel three years ago, with the assistance of a Schrillo Faculty Research grant awarded by Loma Linda University. He has traveled to Switz-
Paul J. Landa
will feature Claire Hodgkins, internationally acclaimed violinist who teaches in the university’s music department.
Mrs. Hodgkins has made solo appearances in all the Scandinavian countries and in most countries on the European continent, performing at the Greig Music Festival in Norway and the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Other featured performers will include Luis Kievman, violist, noted by Time magazine for his “lushness of tone,” Carol Cheek, violinist, Kimo Smith, pianist, Jeff Kaatz, cellist, and Jon Robertson, concert pianist and conductor.
Admission to the concerts is $3. Funds will benefit the LLU Little Orchestra tour. Information regarding advance ticket purchase may be obtained by calling (714) 785-2036).
erland twice to collect data pertaining to the history of the Reformation in that country.
His keynote address, entitled ‘‘Le Reformateur Guillaume Farel: quelques questions bien posees” (The Reformer Guillaume Farel: Some Well-Put Questions), surveyed scholarly research on the reformer during the past century, gave an appraisal of current knowledge about him, and made specific recommendations for future research.
Dr. Landa is currently working on a biography of Reformer Farel (1489-1565) whom he describes as “the most widely-traveled and the most outstanding missionary and evangelist of the Protestant Reformation.” He founded evangelical churches in more than a dozen European cities — including Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchatel and Metz—and in some of the 50 smaller towns and villages of France, Switzerland and the Waldensian valleys. He also wrote a number of significant theological works, including the first Protestant liturgy and the first exposition of evangelical doctrines in the French language.
THE MEMO from Provost Dale McCune urged LLU/La Sierra’s faculty and staff to remember the victims of the recent forest fires even though they no longer seemed to warrant news coverage. According to the San Bernardino Seventh-day Adventist Church, one of Southeastern California Conference’s supply depots for the victims, the dispossessed families still needed bedding and food. Dr. McCune said he was “warmed” when the vacationing campus responded with $255 in donations and a large supply of sheets, pillows, blankets and canned goods. Pictured above are Dianne Gebhard, personnel department secretary who coordinated the drive, and Ronald Watson, pastor of the San Bernardino Church, who received the supplies.
sunser tzble
Friday, January 23
Alturas	5:06	Loma Linda	5:10
Angwin	5:21	Los Angeles	5:14
Calexico	5:06	Moab	5:29
Chico	5:15	Oakland	5:22
Eureka	5:22	Phoenix	5:50
Fresno	5:14	Reno	5:08
Hilo	6:07	Riverside	5:11
Honolulu	6:15	Salt Lake	5:33
Las Vegas	4:57	San Diego	5:12
Lodi	5:17	San Jose	5:21
8
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / JANUARY 12,1981
GIVE TO LIBERTY JANUARY 17
BUnSET T/BLE
Friday, January 16