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A NPAA student shows Coach Larry Ballew how far runners have
gone toward their goal of building an academy in Chile.
Students Run to Build Academy
The student association of
Newbury Park Adventist Acad-
cmy has planned a long-dis-
tance run for their annual fall
fund-raising project. They have
agreed to help build a new
academy in Los Angeles, Chile
where the Sabbath School Of-
fering Overflow will be going
this fourth quarter.
The plan for club members,
and anyone interested, com-
bines fun and exercise In run-
ning a simulated relay from
NPAA to the academy in Chile
——a total of 6,000 miles. Each
runner or walker gets a spon-
sor to pay 5¢ (or more) per
mile toward his share in the
project.
An accurate mileage record
is being kept by Coach Larry
Ballew. The distance is record-
ed during Sabbath school each
week on a large 10x5-foot map.
At the end of the first week,
628 miles (collectively) had
been run.
There are over 100 partic-
Church Banquet Held
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to Dedicate, Inform
The North Hills Church at
Claremont held a banquet Sun-
day evening, September 12, to
dedicate the church officers and
inform the members of the va-
rious church plans for the com-
ing year. Approximately 75 per
cent of the church membership
was in attendance.
The evening was planned
iround a Polynesian dinner and
musical selections with a Ha-
waiian flavor. Plans discussed
included: the church building
project: city-wide distribution
of Steps to Christ; the need for
a church school; and the Path-
finder organization.
President Harold Calkins
gave a short message of chal-
lenge and Pastor Walters led
the congregation in a dedica-
tion response. Richard Wertz
closed the evening with prayer.
ipants now, ranging {rom a
sixth grader to a runner 58
years old. One boy has seven
sponsors and is averaging six
miles a day; another is riding
his bike, and an adult is swim-
ming.
It is projected that $1,000
will be collected between now
and December 31. Money is
coming from all over, since stu-
dents have sent sponsorship re-
quests to friends and relatives
living outside California.
Certificates will be given to
sponsors to show the distance
his runner has covered.
PROPHECY SPEAKS
with Marcus Payne
Northridge Church
7:30 nightly
Nov. 6-Dec. 4
VBS in Conference Have "Best Year So Far”
Doris McMillan reported at
the third annual Vacation BIi-
ble Speak-out and Appreciation
Dinner that the Downey Church
had “standing room only” at its
VBS graduation on Sabbath
morning.
Some 63 churches show the
greatest number of Vacation
Bible Schools ever held in the
Conference and the highest ra-
tio of non-Adventist children
attending. Random samplings
show Glendora, 59 children, 43
non-Adventist; Ivy Avenue, 150
children, 140 non-Adventist;
and Spanish-American, 325
children, 294 of whom were
from non-Adventist homes. Tor-
rance reported 11 Roman Cath-
olics in their lively group of 13
juniors.
Elder Harry Krueger, pastor
of East Los Angeles, said “I
consider VBS to be one of our
fruitful avenues of soul win-
ning.” Thirteen non-Adventist
parents attended Sabbath
school on graduation day with
their children, and more came
later for the church service.
A number of VBS directors
visited the homes of the stu-
dents, leaving The Desire of
Ages and Happiness Homemade
with the parents. In one church,
members visit a child's home
Southern California
Conference
Harold L. Calkins, president; Rich-
ard G. Wertz, secretary; lorenzo
Paytee, associate secretary; R. L
Walden, treasurer; (Box 969)
1535 East Chevy Chase Drive, Glen-
dale, California 91209. Phone (213)
240-6250.
Wills, trust agreements and an-
nuities should be made in favor of
the legal association rather than
the conference. For more informa-
tion, write to Leonard Gaspie, di-
rector, at the above address.
LA PUENTE SPANISH BUYS CHURCH—The 150 members at
La Puente put $20,000 down on a $75,000 property and got a
church home on the back of the lot free. The church building is
one of two at 14801 Pacific Avenue in Baldwin Park which meet
their present needs. This membership, that first met as a group,
became a company one year later and a full church the next year,
now floats a $30,000 loan. They hope to soon build a new church
on the land they have acquired.
PACIFIC UNION RECORDER / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1976
on his birthday and leave a lit-
tle religious gift for the child
and a book for the parents.
Punch and coopies—a tradi-
tional thing at VBS—is gradu-
ally being phased out. Canoga
Park served whole wheat sand-
wiches because many of the
children came without brecak-
fast. East Los Angeles gave a
picce of melon or packets of
peanuts and raisins. Monrovia
served carrot and celery sticks
with peanut butter, and the
Vietnamese Company served
rice. University Church had a
nutrition committee that pre-
pared a vegetarian supper for
the children at 5 p.m. just be-
fore Vacation Bible School
started.
Martha Shephard, director of
San Fernando's VBS, told how
over a ton of newspapers were
brought by the students and
sold to help pay for craft sup-
plies. Mrs. Jo Wiley from Al-
hambra said one of their mem-
bers sponsored a Tupperware
party with the profits going to
VBS. Most churches, however,
make provision for VBS in their
outreach budget and receive an
offering at the graduation pro-
gram.
“Now is the time to plan for
1977,” urged Bernice Trimble,
child evangelism coordinator.
“Our VBS workshop is only six
months away.”
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Shuichi Kato
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(lower, extreme left) and his group sold the most
literature. William Obando (lower center) hit $4,000 in sales.
Shown in the upper group are those who came from Oakwood to
work.
Anti-drug Sales Hit New High
Students involved in South-
ern’'s Anti-drug Crusade last
summer returned to Union and
Oakwood colleges after setting
a new record in sales for the
Pacific Union—3$87,264.
Nine vears ago Southern
reached $10,000. Last year sales
reached only $16,798. These
students are one of the top, if
not the top. group in sales in
the United States this year.
Shuichi Kato and his group
from Union College were the
number one team In sales—
$20,000.
Although
Union, some
from outside this
of the students
Michael Blaine
presents
"MIDDLE EAST ODYSSEY”
—Palestine (ancient and
modern) in pictures—
November 13, at 8 p.m.
Glendale City Church
have worked with Director Roy
Brasher for the last three years.
Kazuo Tanimura, who speaks
no English, handed his canvass
written in Enclish to the people
to read. He sold over $2,500 the
two vears he has worked.
The highest student, William
Obando, had over $4,000 In
sales.
The 24-hour answering ser-
vice proved to be effective. A
woman employed by an alcohol
detoxification clinic requested
Bible studies. Another woman
was told where to seek help for
her son who was “sniffing clue.”
Two students accepted Christ
through baptism and another
student's mother has taken her
stand through her daughter's
influence.
Over 25,000 Steps to Christ
were given away, 50,000 pieces
of free literature, and approx-
imately 4,000 Bible school en-
rollment cards.