Monday, August 6, 1984 I Volume 84, Number 3 I Angwin, California I Official Biweekly of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists CLARE BISHOP (right), stewardship director at the Voice of Prophecy, presented H. M. S. Richards, Jr. a handcrafted clock featuring the logo of the radiobroadcast. To emphasize the world-wide scope of the VOP, Elder Bishop made the clock from 21 kinds of wood from various continents and islands. Visitors will see the clock in the lobby of VOP headquarters in Newbury Park, California. Elder Bishop’s hobby is making intricate clock designs and furniture from exotic woods, a hobby which is also his Sabbath School Investment project. Youth Rally Set for August 25 “Go for the Gold,” a unionwide Special Olympics Youth Rally, is set for August 25. To be held at 3 p.m. in the David Starr Jordan High School, Long Beach, the rally will feature Charles E. Bradford, vice-president of the General Conference for North America, and Lt. Commander Barry Black, a chaplain at Camp Pendleton near San Diego. Recorder Editorial RECORDER publication began its 84th year this month with editorial offices moving from Angwin to Westlake Village, California. Also new to operations is Assistant Editor Larry R. Becker of Thousand Oaks. Mr. Becker replaces Margaret Follett who retired after nearly 19 years as managing editor. Mr. Becker served two years as a Public Relations intern at IT IS WRITTEN, following graduation from Loma Linda University in 1976. He spent his next two years as director of public relations and development at Reading Rehabilitation Hospital, Pennsylvania, and another year as head of the news bureau at PUC. During the past two years he has been com- Inside this issue: *Central Open House Report (page 2) •Northern Youth Aid Senior Citizen (page 3) •Planned Giving Tribute (pages 4-5) Also highlighting the afternoon will be the Bible Quiz play-off between the Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles. Morning worships will be held in the various churches, and an evening social is planned at Lynwood Adventist Academy. “Go for the Gold” Offices Moved pleting classwork for a master’s in communications with emphasis in public relations at Pepperdine University. A fourth-generation Adventist, Mr. Becker is the grandson of Carl Becker, at one time president in Northern California. Administrators were listed as editors until 1962, though some issues show Carrie and Edith King as assistants. In January, 1929, Miss Opal Stone was named assistant editor, a post she held for 27 years. Mrs. Follett became assistant editor with her first issue on December 24, 1956. Her title was changed to managing editor in 1962 when Herbert Ford, then Union director of public relations, became the first non-adminis- Work and Education A New Perspective at Oakwood College There will be a colorful new look at Oakwood College this fall. The Board of Trustees in its May session voted that work become a formal part of the curriculum. This work-education plan is a bold and imaginative attempt by Oakwood to fully embrace the counsel of Ellen White regarding the place of labor in Christian education while at the same time helping to hold costs to a reasonable limit. In the words of E. G. White, “Every student should devote a portion of each day to active labor. Thus, habits of industry would be formed and a spirit of self-reliance encouraged, while the youth would be shielded from many evil and degrading practices that are so often the result of idleness. And this is all in keeping with the primary object of education; for in encouraging activity, diligence, and purity, we are coming into harmony with the Creator.” Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 601. Thus, Oakwood College students will be required to complete at least one-half hour of work-education credit each quarter with a maximum of three credit hours allowable per year. Under this new program, students who work on campus will not be compensated by the hour, but will be given scholarships of $500-$ 1,000 per year. Students who work off campus may receive to westlake Village trator named as editor. After Margaret and her husband, Alden, went to the Adventist college in Uganda as missionaries in 1971, Myron Widmer was invited to an internship and then became assistant editor. He was replaced in 1975 when he went to the preaching ministry, and Glen Robinson came to assist with the RECORDER. Elder Widmer has just been named an associate editor of the Adventist Review. When Mr. Robinson entered hospital public relations in 1980, Mrs. Follett returned as managing editor. Mr. Robinson served first at Hinsdale Hospital, Illinois, and is now at Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, Calif. Printing and mailing continue from the Pacific Union College Press which is being joined to the Union office with new telecommunications technology. Late issues during June and July have resulted from this change rather then post office delinquency! Brief Outline of Oakwood Program Oakwood’s program is Weekly Work Hours Work Module I 12-15 hours Work Module II 8 hours Work Module III 4 hours Work Module IV Life Experience Work Module V Off-campus Labor outlined as follows: Annual Award $1,000/year $ 500/year academic credit (up to one hour per quarter) with supervised coordination between their employer and the College. Students who enroll with a work history or special skills may fulfill all or a portion of their work-education requirements by applying for (and receiving) “life-experience” credits. All students entering Oakwood under the 1984-85 bulletin will be required to complete a minimum of six work-education hours for graduation. Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors will be required to complete Vi credit hour for each of their remaining quarters. There is no registration fee for these work-education hours, and they can be added to the regular 16-hour full-time class load. This allows the student to acquire up to three credit hours each year with- Everyone Taught To Work Even if it were certain that one would never need to resort to manual labor for his support, still he should be taught to work. Without physical exercise, no one can have a sound constitution and vigorous health; and the discipline of well-regulated labor is no less essential to the securing of a strong and active mind and a noble character. —Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 601 At Deadline Partial Payment of Davenport Funds Received Partial distribution of Davenport funds was received July 18 by the Pacific Union Association from the bankruptcy court Trustee. First of several distributions expected, this one represents about 15 per cent dividend on the Union’s unsecured loan. Further distributions are anticipated during the next year. Multiple dispositions are pacing the Trustee’s evaluations of claims Curriculum Credits 1 hour per Quarter 1/2 hour per Quarter 1/2 hour per Quarter 1/2-1 hour per Quarter 1/2-1 hour per Quarter out cost, while at the same time completing his/her graduation requirements in the regular four-year period. Individuals who are approved to work more than 15 hours will be paid hourly wages for the additional time. All new students for the 1.984-85 school year will receive job assignments by mail before arrival in September. Returning students should report to the College Work Coordinator for assignment. The faculty, board, and administrators will spend much of the summer preparing for implementation of the new plan and anticipate huge benefits both for the student and the institution. Please address all questions and requests to Mr. Johnny Johnson, Work-Education Coordinator, Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL 35896. —both institutional and personal. Moreover, insurance money entrusted to the General Conference will be distributed, based upon the claims resolved by the bankruptcy court. Both the bankruptcy Trustee and the General Conference are holding reserve funds until there is a final resolution of claims by the Trustee and Court. Watch for a summarizing story when bankruptcy proceedings are completed. ... .Northern... Northern... Northern Hundreds Attend Central Open House SPEECHES, MUSIC, book and record sales, self-guided walkthrough, a couple of costumed characters named Raggedy Ann and Andy, overflowing punch bowls and lots of friendly contacts with the nice people of Central California marked the Sunday, June 24, “Open House Celebration” at the Church’s new office building in Clovis. Hundreds ignored 103-degree heat to attend. They gathered under a bright canopy for the official presentation ceremony. (Photo by John Stewart) PRESIDENT CHARLES COOK listened to Denominational Building Service Chief Executive Tom Gott whose Lincoln, Nebraska, company was the prime contractor on the project. STATE SENATOR Rose Ann Vuich, whose San Joaquin Valley district includes Clovis, presented the principal address. President Charles Cook (left) and Vice Presidents George Elstrom and Gordon Bullock (third and fourth from left) had major parts in the celebration program. The Pacific Union Recorder (ISSN 0744-6381) is _______________ the official newspaper of the Pacific Union Con- ference of Seventh-day Adventists and is pub- K I | 1 | lished biweekly, 26 issues a year. Editorial office ft. ’' .11«.... ..1 L <1 is at 2686 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, W. 1L California 91361. Second-class postage paid at Thousand Oaks, California, and additional mailing W offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to f (Ljx j Pacific Union Recorder, Circulation Department, Box 5005, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359. Subscription Rate: No charge to Adventist members of Pacific Union Conference churches; $7.75 per year to others; foreign subscriptions cost $12.75; single copy, 50 cents. 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. EDITOR......... ASSISTANT EDITOR Shirley Burton . . Larry Becker CONFERENCE COORDINATORS Ron Russell..................Arizona Richard Lee Fenn....Central California Sharon Jen....................Hawaii Reba Christensen.........Nevada-Utah Althea Roderick.....Northern California S. A. Yakush ... .Southeastern California Marilyn Thomsen ... .Southern California EDITORIAL BOARD . S. Arakaki, G. Atiga, S. Bietz, W. Blehm, E. Canson, C. Cook, P. Follett, R. Martin, T. Mostert, F. Sherrill, M. Vasquez, R. Watts, M. White COLLEGE CORRESPONDENTS JoLynn de la Torre . LLU La Sierra Campus Gina Devine......Pacific Union College Please Note: The Pacific Union Recorder does not accept responsibility for categorical or typographical errors. State Senator Rose Ann Vuich of Dinuba talked about patriotism, the flag, and the need to keep church and state separate. Hundreds of people lingered, looked, and talked with their Conference leaders and office workers. The temperature got up to 103 degrees F.—and the punchbowl hostesses used 1,500 cups. It all happened Sunday, June 24, at the Open House celebration for the new Central California Conference office complex in Clovis. Senator Vuich presented her address in a big double tent pitched in front of the just completed building. Visitors on self-guided “walkthroughs” said the structure looks great without being pretentious. They expressed surprise at the amount of room in the two-story building—and satisfaction with the tasteful and functional furnishings. Mitchell Tyner, GC Attorney, Examines Religious Liberty issues in Visalia Religious-liberty issues relating to Christian education came into focus in Visalia when Attorney Mitchell Tyner of the General Conference joined union- and local-conference guests in Sabbath-school and worship-hour presentations. Pastor Nathan Sims said that panelists led church members in a video-tape review of a Nebraska school-closing incident. There the sheriff arrested and jailed the pastor of the Faith Baptist Mitchell Tyner presented the sermon at Visalia when the church marked a religious-liberty theme Sabbath in July. An attorney, Mr. Tyner is an associate director of the General Conference Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. ELDER RICHARD SCHWARTZ, ministerial secretary, extended congratulations to newly ordained Kenneth Rogers and his wife, Lynette. Elder Rogers, youth pastor at Napa, was ordained in early May. MBA Offers Student Work Opportunities Need to earn while you learn? Then Monterey Bay Academy is the place for you! Labor Coordinator Don Slocum will carefully match your abilities to the job best suited for you. Last school year 508 students were employed in MBA’s varied work areas and industries. Wages earned helped defray the students’ school expenses. The jobs themselves provided the education which comes from working. The Steady employment is available to Lynne Collins and Julia Gardner in MBA’s big laundry. Students earned nearly $1 million in 1983. Church, removed parishioners from their church, and then locked the building. The contempt-of-court charges leading to the confrontation stemmed from the church’s refusal to comply with Nebraska requirements that the congregation’s 17-student elementary school be state licensed and its teachers accredited. Other guests for Visalia’s religious-liberty theme Sabbath included John Stevens and Claude Morgan of the Pacific Union Conference Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department; George Bronson, associate superintendent of education, CCC; Al Blevins, a Visalia school administrator; and Robert Benefield, pastor of Visalia’s Sequoia Baptist Church. Pastor Benefield traveled to Nebraska to support the Faith group in its conflict with the state. Observed Pastor Sims: “Our panelists pointed out that the Adventist Church makes every effort to measure up to local standards in education. We operate an international school system. From a world perspective, we want to do the best we can under local circumstances.” results: better grades and a knowledge of time management. Principal Harvey Voth reports that students earned nearly $1 million in 1983. During the first semester, the typical working student at MBA grossed an average of $800 in wages. Administrators and teachers at Monterey Bay Academy believe the school’s work program is vital to the development of character and good work habits—an experience of lifelong benefit to the young Seventh-day Adventist. Donna Bates has a job in the office. Other students are employed in the laundry or on maintenance. Harris Pine Mills’ MBA plant offers work to Rocky Toews (left) and Brian Fishell. 2 PACIFIC UNION RECORDER I AUGUST 6,1984 Hayward Youth Finish Project Gertrude “Mine is the only porch in town that needs to be mowed!” This was Gertrude’s way of explaining that her porch had rotted away and now the grass was growing up through the boards. Gertrude, a 78-year-old member of the Hayward Seventh-day Adventist Church, needed many Hayward youth spent several afternoons a week restoring the home of a 78-year-old church member while she was away for two months. Along with painting the exterior, the youth also rebuilt the home’s porch. Conference Producing New Radio Broadcast “Ministry” is the title of a new five-minute radio broadcast that made its debut in July on KCDS, Pacific Union College Church’s radio station. The program is produced by the Northern California Conference and reports on ways that churches in the Conference Dan Johnson Ordained at Camp Andrew Dahl (right), retired Ogden pastor, presented Dan Johnson for ordination. Elder Johnson was privileged to have members of his own church’s choir sing during his ordination at the Springville Camp Meeting. repairs on her house, mainly a new paint job. When the youth of her church learned she was going to visit her daughter for a couple of months, “Project Gertrude” went into full swing. There was an incredible amount of work to do, scraping old paint, sanding, tearing out the old are ministering to their communities. KCDS (FM90) indicates that the program will air on Sabbaths at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. July’s programs featured reports from the Paradise, Hayward, Antioch, and Manteca/ Escalon churches. Dan Johnson was ordained to the gospel ministry during the Springville encampment. While many Ogden members watched and after his church choir sang, Francis W. Wernick—a vice president of the General Conference— gave the formal prayer for the rite. Major C. White, executive secretary of the Pacific Union Conference, delivered the ordination challenge. Elder White porch, and cleaning up the yard. Three or four days a week several youth would meet after school and put in a few hours of work. Even some of the elementary-school children got involved. Never would a day go by without someone saying, “She’s gonna be so surprised,” because Gertrude knew nothing about the restoration of her home. The day finally came when the painting was done and the porch was as good as new. The once broken down, white-and-yellow house was now a beautifully restored white and blue which turned out to be Gertrude’s favorite colors for a house. Was Gertrude surprised when she came home! She burst into tears when her daughter drove up to the house. “I didn’t know how wonderful my church family was and what a joy it is to be part of the family of God.” “But it was probably the young people who gained the most from ‘Project Gertrude’,” states Tim Cook, Hayward’s youth pastor. “They really got excited and accepted the challenge of serving someone else on behalf of Jesus.” (707)