THE MID-AMERICA ADVENTIST 1 . 0811Vol. 2 No. 12 Lincoln. Nebraskaok June 10. 1981
MOBERLY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OPEN HOUSE
SEE STORY ON PAGE 3 SHE PRESIDENT'S PAGE THE MID-AMERICA ADVENTIST
Dear Friends, In the past few months, I have endeavored Outlook to keep you informed on the progress of the mergers throughout our Mid-America Official organ of the Mid-America Union Confer- Union territory. Since my last letter to you, ence of Seventh-day Adventists, P.O. Box 6127 (8550 Pioneers Blvd.), Lincoln, NE 68506. (402) 483- we have had another local conference 4451. merger. Halle G. Crowson Editor Shirley B. Engel Assistant Editor Printer In harmony with actions taken at College View Printers Change of address: Give your new address with constituency meetings in each conference, zip code and include your name and old address as it appeared on previous issues. (If possible clip the North Dakota and South Dakota your name and address from an old OUTLOOK.) committees met to elect the staff for the News reports from local churches and schools for publication in the OUTLOOK must be submitted newly-formed conference. Those chosen to through the local conference Communication serve were: E. S. Reile Department, not directly to the OUTLOOK office. President - Ben J. Liebelt Personal Ministries and Sabbath Trust Services, Stewardship and Secretary - George W. Liscombe School - Edward Scheresky Communication - Elmer Haas Mid-America Union Directory Treasurer - Errol L. Eder Youth, Temperance and Associate Trust Services - President E. S. Reile Assistant Treasurer - Douglas A. Education - Jack Babshaw Robert Liebeh Secretary D. E. Holland Treasurer Lee Allen Hilliard Publishing - Ron Miller Adventist Book Center Manager Assistant Treasurer Arthur Opp - Bruce Hayward Adventist Health Middle & Eastern J R. Shawver Communication, Religious Liberty Halle G. Crowson Education Randall Fox Associate Education .... Melvin E. Northrup Ministerial & Evangelism Coordinator Ron Halvorsen Associate Ministerial, P.R.E.A.C.H Seminars .... Halle G. Crowson Personal Ministries, Sabbath School, W. E. Peeke Publishing and HHES Hoyet L. Taylor Associate Publishing Ron lhrig Associate Publishing R. W. Belmont Trust Services H. H. Voss Youth & Family Life John Thurber
Local Conference Directory CENTRAL STATES: S. H. Cox, President; Leroy Hampton, E. S. Reile, Mid-America president, welcomes Ben J. Liebelt to the presidency of the Secretary-Treasurer; P.O. Box 1527, Kansas City, MO 64141, 5737 Swope Parkway, Kansas City, MO64130; Tele- new conference, yet to be named, as Errol L. Eder, Treasurer, George W. Liscombe, phone (816) 361-7177. Secretary and Lee Allen, Mid-America Treasurer look on. Correspondent, William R. Wright, Jr. DAKOTA CONFERENCE: Ben L. Liebelt, President; George W. Liscombe, Secretary; Errol L. Eder, Treasurer; A later constituency meeting of the new conference is called for the P.O. Box 520, 217 North Grand, Pierre, SD 57501; Tele- phone (605) 224-8868. P.O. Box 1491, 1315 Fourth St., purpose of voting on a constitution and bylaws for the new NE, Jamestown, ND 58401; Telephone (701) 252-1431. conference, and to ratify other actions pertaining to the merger. Correspondent, Elmer Haas IOWA-MISSOURI: Ralph S. Watts Jr., President; Robert G. Peck, Secretary Treasurer; P.O. Box 65665, This is another step in strengthening the work in the Mid-America 1005 Grand Ave., West Des Moines, IA 50265; Telephone (515) 223-1197. Union Conference which now has six conferences. Before the Correspondent, Robert Du Puy merging was begun, there were ten conferences in the Northern and KANSAS-NEBRASKA: J. 0. Tompkins, President; L. S. Gif- ford, Secretary; Norman Harvey, Treasurer; 3440 Urish Central unions. We now have exactly the same number of Road, Topeka, KS 66604; Telephone (913) 478-4726. P.O. Box 6037, Lincoln NE 68506; Lincoln Telephone (402) 488- conferences in the Mid-America Union as we had in the old Central 2323. Correspondent, Dale Culbertson Union. Administrative costs have been significantly reduced. This will MINNESOTA: E. E. Lutz, President: Lee C. Huff, Secretary; Dwight L. Hilderbrandt Jr., Treasurer; P.O. Box 27360, help to keep the work strong in the local church area and on the Minneapolis, MN 55427; 10001 Wayzata Blvd., Minne- pastoral level. tonka, MN 55343; Telephone (612) 545-8894. Correspondent, Larry Kromann ROCKY MOUNTAIN: Wm. C. Hatch, President; Gordon Again, I invite you to join me in praying for the work in our Retzer, Secretary; L. D. Cleveland, Treasurer; 2520 So. Downing, Denver, CO 80210; Telephone (303) 733-3771. conferences in Mid-America. Let us each do our part so that the line Correspondent, Robert McCumber will never break where we stand. Adventist Book Centers Cordially, Each conference operates its ABC with the same address and telephone number as the conference. ...on the COVER
E. S. Reile, President Photos on cover and page 3 by Mid-America Union Conference Vance Studios, Moberly, MO.
of /TI nnic New Medical Center Opens By Mike Foxworth More than 3,000 people witnessed the opening of the newest addition to the worldwide Adventist Health System by attending the dedication and open house of the new Moberly Regional Medical Center, Sunday, May 3. Congressman Harold L. Volkmer, Democrat representing Missouri's Ninth Congressional District, was the program keynote speaker. He was joined in the program dedicating the $14 million, 110-bed medical center by the following other participants: Moberly Mayor Donald R. Schaffer; Randolph County Presiding Judge Hartley Huntsman; Jodie E. Jackson, chaplain of the Missouri Training Center For Men and president of the Moberly Ministerial Alliance; MRMC Administrator James C. Culpepper; and these members of the medical center board of directors: Chairman Thomas W. Flynn, regional vice president for the Adventist Health System for Eastern and Middle America and executive director of Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Kansas; Donald W. Orscheln, president of the MRMC Foundation and president of the ORBCO Manufacturing Company, Moberly; and Dr. Donald C. Pressley, president of MRMC Medical Staff. Representing the church at the cermony was Raymond L. Pelton, associate director of the Health and Temperance Department of the General Conference of S.D.A., and Ellsworth S. Reile, president of the Mid- America Union Conference.