Original San Pasqual Elementary School
Historic School Is Restored for Adventist Heritage
The oldest, continuouslyv-
operated Adventist church school
west of the Mississippi is being
restored as a historical monument
to Christian education.
This original. one-room San
Pasqual Elementary School no
longer lists and creaks from years
of aging and inactivity. Southeast-
ern California Conference Office
of Education is now involved in
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the restoration process under the
leadership of Reuben Kingsfield.
Workers have moved the school
to a more prominent, permanent
location on the academy campus
near the entrance to the present
elementary school building. New
wood has replaced rotten, broken
or termite-eaten boards in the
structure and a new cedar-shingle
roof has been installed. Mr.
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The oldest Adventist church school in the West looked like this for
many years.
Ciiffords Join Redlands Staff
Pastor and Mrs. E. Dan Clif-
ford have recently joined the staff
of the Redlands Church where he
will be serving as youth pastor.
Dan received his BA in theology
from Loma Linda University in
1976 and his master of divinity
Dan and Cindy Clifford
degree from Andrews University
in 1979.
He served as a student mis-
sionary in Africa from October,
1972, to August, 1973. While
there, he tlew doctors and nurses
to give medical attention to the
Southeastern
California
Conference
Thomas J. Mostert, Jr., president;
Elwood E. Staff, secretary; Dale R.
Beaulieu, treasurer; (Box 7584) 9707
Magnolia Avenue, Riverside,
California 92503. Phone (714)
689-1350.
Bushmen of the Kalahari.
Since joining the pastoral staff
of the Conference, he has been
youth pastor at both Garden
Grove and Victorville.
He 1s married to the former
Cindy Lee Shivers, a dental
hygienist and graduate of Loma
Linda University.
We welcome this young couple
back to our Conference.
Thomas J. Mostert, President
Southeastern Calif. Conf.
Smith Is Organist
at University Church
Kimo Smith, a native of Hawaii
now living in Glendale, has ac-
cepted the position as organist for
the University Church.
At the age of four he began
playing piano and at age 12
started on the organ. He is 26 and
has earned two degrees at the
University of Southern Califor-
nia, the bachelor of music and
master of music in organ perform-
ance, graduating magna cum
laude.
Kimo Smith is on the musical
faculty at USC where he teaches
organ and also at Loma Linda
University, La Sierra Campus,
where he teaches piano.
His musical responsibilities re-
quire about 15 hours weekly on
the Casavant as he accompanies
the University Church choir and
coordinates organ recitals and
concerts.
Kingsfield is now in the process of
rebuilding the original windows
and doors. Before long the build-
ing will be ready for painting and
final touches.
Financial support 1s sought
from any former students or
friends of the school. Presently,
several thousand dollars have
been spent for lumber and sup-
plies. The new shingles alone cost
$700.
Your financial assistance would
be greatly appreciated and would
enable the Conference to com-
plete the task. Also needed are
furnishings such as a wood-burn-
ing stove, kerosene lamps,
students’ desks, a teacher’s desk,
a globe, maps, pictures, an old
school clock, and would be greatly
appreciated.
The school will be maintained
as an educational museum. Pic-
tures, books, papers, or other
items of memorabilia which may
have been used by former students
of the school would make In-
teresting additions to this
museum.
If you have questions or wish to
send donations of cash or other
items, please contact: Bob Rice,
Office of Education, Southeastern
Calif. Conf. of SDA, 9707
Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA
92503.
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Winston Morgan leads song service with
Ranch staff during Sabbath school at the camporee.
Conference Camporee Activities
Draw 1,100 Pathfinders, Staff
The 1,100 Pathfinders and staff
who attended this year’s
Pathfinder Camporee at Los
Coyotes will probably remember
it most for the unusual system of
events on Sunday.
Nine events were run simul-
taneously from 9 a.m. to noon.
Each person carried a personal
score card and entered the events
in any order he or she chose. The
events included knot tying, tree
height judging, a sleeping-bag
stuff, boulder toss, ball throw, a
very popular obstacle course, a
three-legged race, sack race, and
an aerial rope crawl.
The program started Friday
night with Elder Ron Breingan’s
exciting plane-crash story. Sab-
bath morning each club had its
own Sabbath school lesson study
and Elder Brian Neal preached for
the worship service. During the
afternoon the Pathfinder coor-
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Brian Neal gave the 11
Elder
a.m. sermon.
dinators presented nature pro-
grams featuring birds, reptiles,
and trees. Pathfinders had an op-
portunity to hold snakes presented
by Dr. Anthony Lesis of Loma
Linda University.
The Pine Springs Ranch staff
led the Saturday night campfire
program and concluded with an
appeal for all to live wholly for
Jesus.
"MORE THAN 5,000 ARE EXPECTED TO COME to the 19th annual Loma Linda Christmas
Candlelight Concert December 8. Two performances will be given, one at 4 and the other at 6 p.m. in
the colorfully-decorated sanctuary of the University church.
University Church Will Host Candlelight Concert
More than 200 singers and in-
strumentalists will present the
19th annual Loma Linda Christ-
mas Candlelight Concert, Sab-
bath, December 8, at 4 and 6 p.m.
in the Loma Linda University
church. Director will be Philip
Binkley and organist Kimo Smith.
The 90-minute musical program
will be preceded with the Loma
Linda Brass Society playing tradi-
tional Christmas carols for 20
minutes in the church narthex.
Lanterns, Christmas lights and
greenery will decorate the sanc-
tuary as the 100-voice choir, the
junior choir, the 24-piece Loma
Linda Brass Society and the
40-piece sanctuary chamber or-
chestra present Christmas music
for the community. As the choir
enters, each carrying a candle, the
processional will be played with
two harps.
Included in the progam will be
the reading of the Christmas Story
by LLU Medical Center Chaplain
Jerry Davis. Three colorful
tableaux scenes enacted by Loma
Linda Academy students will be
shown during the program
through an eight-foot wreath.
“This is the big event of the
season,’’ states Director Binkley,
“and the auditorium is over-
crowded at the 4 o’clock concert.
If it is possible to attend the 6
o’clock program, better seats will
be available and perhaps everyone
can get in,’ he concludes.
Irwin Campbell, Comm. Secy.
University Church
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / NOVEMBER 26, 1979