LYNWOOD CCNVOCATION NOW HISTORY—Weekend at-
tendance held near 4,500 this year and nightly sessions crowded
the 1,200 mark. Something seldom seen was one entire family—Dr.
and Mrs. Harold Bailey, their three sons, Roger, Rick, Hal and
daughter Cindy—who took over the primary division. Mrs. Kenneth
Wood spoke to the ministers’ wives two afternoons and Wallace
Lighthall’s voice will be remembered for the nightly Bicentennial
feature, “That's how it began in Southern.” H. M. S. Richards, Jr.,
and the King’s Heralds Quartet opened the session. ABC sales
went over the $39,000 mark. The nightly talks by Dr. Chalmers and
Elder Kenneth Wood (Review and Herald editor] strengthened the
membership and improved their homes. Nine men were ordained
to the full gospel ministry and the departmental tent held the in-
terest of many who walked through.
North Hills Gets Pastor
Pastor of the North Hills
Church now is James William
Walters. The B.A. graduate of
Southern Missionary College
(’68), while earning a Master
of Divinity degree from An-
drews University in 1970, co-
edited a publication of the Stu-
dent Forum there.
He has pastored in Savannah
and Ellijay, Georgia, and been
director of development at SMC
where he graduated cum laude.
Priscilla. his wife of six years
and a physical therapist, was
born in Washington, D.C.
August 29
"CAN THE BIBLE BE
TRUSTED?”
9.30 p.m. on KCOP-13
Breath of Life
Singers: Ron Garnett
Wyatt Sisters Trio and
Walter Arties
Four Baptized
The Pico Rivera Church is
now known as the ‘faith-in-
action ccngregation.” The 60
who graduated from the Al Dia
lay Bible instructor's course in
June are now hard at work.
Four baptized June 19 have
had interesting experiences.
Arturo Aguilar has faced
strong opposition since embrac-
In a Nutshell
MAN PRAISES ADVENTISTS—While placing a Five-Day poster
in a laundromat in La Crescenta, a man came up and wanted
to know what the one posting it was doing. “Oh,” he said, “I can’t
tell you what that means to me. I'm an ex-smoker. | went to a
Five-Day Plan and | did not stop smoking. | went to the Schick
Center and | did not stop. | tried a few other plans and | still did
not stop smoking. One day | said, ‘I choose to stop smoking,” and
| remembered the things | had learned at the Five-Day Plan and
put them into practice. | havent smoked for two years, and | owe
it all to this church and their wonderful plan to help others.”
UNIQUE GRADUATION—The four eighth-graders at Santa
Barbara this year were all girls—Rebecca Backus, Lillian Guild,
Donna Louise Weeks and Carol Ann Wollarth. Howard Weeks, for-
mer General Conference Director of Communication and father of
Donna, gave the address. The school has expanded its curriculum,
added a part-time teacher and will offer the ninth grade when
school opens this fall.
LITERATURE EVANGELIST GEORGE FRENCH has been as-
signed to a new project, that of supplying public libraries and
public schools with bulk orders of Listen. Funds for this project
will be solicited from civic-minded businessmen.
ELDER GORDON MATTISON, pastor at Fullerton, has accepted
a call to join the faculty of Walla Walla College.
EARL LABRY, literature evangelist leader in San Diego for the
past 62 years, has received and accepted a call to Hawaii as
their publishing director. Earl and his family will be leaving for
Hawaii this month. NEIL BUSBY, leader in Orange County for the
past 18 months, has received and accepted a call to Montana as
their publishing director.
at Pico Rivera
er, school activities on Sabbath
caused her to claim the prom-
1sc found in Matthew 6:33 and
God rewarded her faith.
Sisters Melissa and Melinda
Marquez are products of a
Christian home and education.
Being afraid of water, Melissa
practiced holding her breath
under water at home prior to
Evangelist Comes to Southern
The
Southern’s
30 - year ministry of
newest evangelist,
Marcus Payne,
stretches from
pastoring in
Nebraska (19-
46) to being an
Towa Confer-
ence secretary
’ | before coming
2 YR here.
In between he
pastored in
Kansas and Central California,
became the lay activities and
Sabbath school director In
Northern and Southern New
England plus holding the lay
activities directorship in the
Oregon Conference.
Elder Payne was born in
Indiana and graduated {rom
Union College. He Initiated the
Sabbath school involvement
program in Oregon and Iowa,
using the class as the basic unit
for witnessing. Ile and Don
Grav initiated the first “In-
service” witnessing training
class back in 1972.
Marcus Payne
His wife, the former l.enora
Lynwood Gets Associate
A l.oma Linda University
ocraduate this spring, Ronald
Evans, 1s the associate pastor
at Lynwood. He began with
Southern as a camp counselor
in 1972. Since then he’s been
an associate pastor at Glendale
City (1973) and Temple City
(1974-75).
His wife of one year, Joan,
a nurse, was born in Glendale.
4
ing his new-found faith. Esther
Villareal's opposition came be-
fore she was baptized. Being
Vonhof of New Jersey, 1S a, hand member and cheerlead-
dietitian. She received her B.S.
degree from Loma Linda Uni-
versity and has done advanced
studies at Kansas State, Iowa
State and Andrews University.
CARSON-WILMINGTON
Evangelistic Campaign
September 4 - October 30
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Monday
Tuesday and Saturday
Speaker: Antonio Arteaga
The Paynes have a daughter
and two sons. The youngest son
is in the army. The other two
children are married.
Update ........
ELDER EUEL ATCHLEY was introduced as the new pastor
of the White Memorial Church on July 17, coming from the
Mountain View Church in Central California Conference.
BREATH OF LIFE is now seen on Channel 13 at 9:30 each
Sunday evening. Already the mail indicates that viewers have
attended Adventist churches as a result of the telecast.
BAPTISMS for the second quarter of 1976 are not yet
complete, but the church clerk reports at this writing indicate
over 466 have been united with the church by baptism and
profession of faith. We thank God for each of these new con-
verts and pray they will be encouraged in their new faith by
the officers and members of our churches.
THE ADVENTIST BOOK CENTER is sponsoring a parking
lot used-book sale and open house Sunday, September 12,
10-4. Any church school or individual may bring used books
to sell. Special discounts on new books will also be offered.
ELDER ORA McLEAN of the Upper Columbia Conference
has been elected by the Conference Committee to serve as
the lay activities secretary for the Conference.
REVIEW AND HERALD EMPHASIS—September 11-Octo-
ber 9. Be sure to fortify your mind with the great truths of
the Advent message.
SCHOOL OPENS in just a few days. Every child from
Adventist homes should be in an Adventist school this tall.
A boy or girl in the Kingdom is worth any sacrifice.
her baptism.
A running translation is giv-
en during ali the church ser-
vices for those who understand
only English.
Pedro Geli, host for the Span-
ish TV program Al Dia, is the
pastor.
Shown (from left) in upper pho-
to with Elder Geli are Arturo
Aguilar, Melissa Marquez, Es-
ther Villareal and Melinda Mar-
quez. Lower picture (from left):
Barbara Klix, Mrs. Franklin Hud-
gins, and Mrs. C. R. Kinney use
the ear plugs to hear the Span-
ish-to-English translation.
Reaching people
Voice of Prophecy
MEET SUE NELSON — She's
one of five individuals to join the
Northridge Church in the last
year. Miss Nelson left] attended
a Five-Day Plan in January,
started coming to church in Feb-
ruary and was baptized in April.
This year’s Lynwood Convoca-
tion was her first. Sue has been
on the nursing staff of the North-
ridge Hospital (critical care unit)
for six and a half years. She is
a Dallas, Texas, girl and a grad-
vate of Pierce College. Evelyn
Moore (right), who is connected
with the dietary department at
the Granada Hills Community
Hospital, is the coordinator of
the Five-Day Plan there. The oth-
er four who have joined the
church involve an entire family—
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roddy and
their two adult daughters.
KLLU Transmits VOP in
Bilingual Broadcast
Since July 4, KLLU-FM (89.7
mz) has broadcast a Dutch
and Indonesian program that
features the VOP quartet from
Djarkata.
This 30-minute, bilingual
broadcast is heard at 9 p.m.
Sundays. It's geared to reach
the Dutch- and Indonesian-
speaking students on both cam-
puses as well as those in the
community.
The Dutch portion is {rom
Holland and the Indonesian
voice is that of Elder Paul Si-
tompul.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1976