Contest Uncovers 1727 Bible
A 1727 German Bible was un-
carthed in the recent ‘Oldest
Bible" contest sponsored by the
Globe Seventh-day Adventist
Church.
Held in connection with the
Gila County Fair and the Bible
Speaks crusade conducted
by Conference Ministerial Sec-
retary Don Houghton and Lo-
cal Pastor Ron Canaday, the
contest was conducted to focus
attention on the Bible and in-
depth Bible study.
Elder Fred Speyer makes a point
at Thunderbird’s Fall Week of
Prayer.
Phoenix Spanish Gives
lay Preacher's Course
A condensed course on “How
to Prepare and Deliver a Ser-
mon’ was held September 17-19
in the Phoenix Spanish church
by Pastor Manuel Vasquez. This
course was offered mainly to
the elders and other leaders of
the church.
The five classes were divided
into two parts: theory and ac-
tual practice, and included such
topics as personal preparation,
voice and diction, source ma-
terial, structure and logic of a
sermon.
Seven people “graduated”
from the course, the final test
being the actual delivery of
their sermons in a simulated
church service—the first time
many had ever attempted to
preach.
Raymond and Vada Alt,
members of the Miami Church
of Christ, were contest winners
with their 249-year-old leather-
bound German Bible. The Bible
was taken to Germany from
Russia by a refugee fleeing the
Russian Revolution in 1919. The
Alt family received it as a gift
in 1971.
Along with runners up, the
Alts received a new family Bi-
ble. The Globe Church also
gave away small Bibles nightly
at the Fair booth and in the
evangelistic meetings.
“Our purpose was not to get
more Bibles on the bookshelf
gathering dust,” said Pastor
Canaday, ‘but to get them read
and studied daily.”
Booth Draws Notice
Directed by the young people
of the Safford Church, the
“Wayout” booth at the Graham
County Fair drew much atten-
tion this year.
Although it had been six
years since the last “Wayout”
booth was put up at the fair,
several people came by to say
they were familiar with “Way-
out” and were interested in
signing up for the latest ma-
terials.
In addition, 30 copies of Steps
to Christ were distributed and
35 people signed up to attend
the next Five-Day Plan to Stop
Smoking.
A surprise bonus came when
the booth received a third place
award for a commercial display
in the Exhibition Building.
Week of Prayer Held at TAA
“Christian growth is pro-
gressive; not instantaneous, but
continual,” stressed Elder Fred
Speyer, Week of Prayer speak-
er at Thunderbird Adventist
Academy October 18-23. He
challenged students and faculty
as he drew from his experiences
In evangelism, pastoral work
and eight years of teaching at
Monterey Bay Academy.
“I came virtually unknown
to everyone here but am de-
lighted with TAA students and
their friendly respectfulness in
our discussions of Biblical
themes,” confided the speaker.
Each morning and evening
Elder Speyer stressed II Peter
1:5-7 in new views on Christian
life about sin, hypocrisy, con-
science, and gifts of the Spirit.
Elder Speyer revealed the
symbolic removal of shoes in
Biblical era as that of submit-
ting one’s rights to another, as
the week climaxed with the
Lord's Supper. A participating
minister commented that ref-
erences to taking off shoes in
the Bible added a new dimen-
sion to the ordinance of humil-
ity.
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Graduates of the Lay Preachers’
Course are (from left): Frank
Valenzuela, Ramona Valenzuela, Juan Rivera, Daniel Parra, Gil
Sandoval, Lucy Macias and Frank Macias.
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Tempe Spanish
Plan now to attend
the sale nearest you!
1976
HOLIDAY BOOK SALES SCHEDULE
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8:30-9:30 p.m.
Glendale (Gym) 8-10 p.m. Nov. 13
Holbrook 2-6 p.m. Nov. 14
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House
Maryvale members are now meeting in the completed educational
ona
wing of the proposed church complex.
Maryvale Gets Own Building
After nearly six years of rent-
ing worship facilities, the Ma-
ryvale Church 1s now located
in their own building at 65th
Avenue and Encanto in West
Phoenix.
District Pastor Ralph Lar-
scn preached the opening day
sermon in mid-October.
Located on five acres of land,
the Maryvale group is meeting
in the completed education
wing until the sanctuary can be
built.
Members were involved in
most of the construction work.
Elder Lee Hadley, Conference
lay activities director and for-
mer pastor of the district,
served as building superinten-
dent and was involved in much
of the actual construction.
Vegetarian Cooking Is Taught
Energy, knowledge and artis-
tic ability were combined in the
presentations of Laura Aesch-
limann as she lectured and dem-
onstrated the value and prepa-
ration of vegetarian cookery
recently in Tempe.
For three weeks in a row,
every Tuesday and Thursday
October 5-21, the members of
the Tempe Spanish Church
sponsored a cooking school as a
public service to the Spanish
community surrounding their
church.
The two-hour nightly classes
were given at the Escalante
Community Action Center, one
block from the church.
Mrs. Aeschlimann, retired
college professor from Argen-
tina, displayed an artistically
arranged table of food each
night, which stimulated the stu-
dents to try out the new reci-
pes.
On the night of the gluten
demonstration, many could
hardly believe their eyes, noses,
and taste buds as she prepared
dishes from ‘ordinary flour” to
take the place of meat.
Several non-Adventists, in-
cluding the attendants at the
Action Center, have found
these classes highly interesting
and informative and have not
missed a night. These classes
are being given as a prelude to
the evangelistic meetings which
began October 23 in the Tempe
Spanish church.
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Details on Front Page
The Maryvale church is the
first church to actually be built
in the area. Most churches bus
youngsters to their sanctuaries
in other areas.
The church plans to initiate a
child evangelism program as
one of its most needed out-
reaches.
Arizona Conference
E. F. Sherrill, president; T. H. Bled-
soe, secretary-treasurer; (Box 21147,
Zip Code 85036) 322 No. 44th St,
Phoenix, Arizona 85034. Phone
(602) 244-9851.
Wills, trust agreements and an-
nuities should be made in favor of
the legal association rather than
the conference. For mcre informa-
tion, write to Reuben L. Wangerin
at the above address.
Mrs. Aeschlimann explains how
to make gluten.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1976