The 1973 Missionary Book of the Year. Doubts, Fears, And
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CENTRAL UNION Volume XLII Number 4 Lincoln, Nebraska, January 23, 1973 sg To many people the world is the 1973 Missionary Book of a confused mass of conflicting The Year. Doubts, fears, and orces, circumstances, and uncertainties flee as pinions. To them nothing Dr. Richards, founder of the ?ems to make sense; they Voice of Prophecy, brings id themselves on a treadmill refreshingly new thought to existence, trying to keep bear on life's most important eir heads above the flood of questions. "Every Seventh- Icertainty. The past is irrele- day Adventist, and every Int, the present unfocused, friend of every Seventh-day ie future unknown. From a Adventist, will be able to face eep wellspring of Bible study, the challenges of 1973 with ;hristian experience, and greater confidence after active ministry, H.M.S. Richards having read this unusually has written "One World," helpful book." Union-wide Community Services Seminar THIS WEEK'S CHAMPIONS We are happy to announce that details have now been Hats off to the following literature evangelists worked out on our plans to have the Federation Officers' who have done great exploits for God this week in the sale of gospel literature. Council for the Central Union. It is a pleasure to announce Lervie Simon, St. Louis, MO., (CS) $1,029.75 also that the meeting will be held at Union College. We can Richard McMillian, Jr., Seneca, MO., $777.50 thus enjoy the many benefits of being in an Adventist at- Charles Allen, Annapolis, MO., $759.25 mosphere, Adventist food and inexpensive housing. It is Bert Herrick, Grand Valley, CO., $647.60 hoped that each person attending will also become more L. M. Tennison, Overland Park, KS., $685.50 familiar with the college and its facilities and faculty. The Charles Smutzer, Ravenna, NE., $619.75 dates for the meeting are May 14-17, immediately after Ronnie Dawes, Doniphan, MO., $573.75 school closes. Perhaps some will be able to come early to Charles Jones, Enterprise, KS., $560.75 Emanuel Bullock, St. Louis, MO., (CS) $510.40 attend graduation exercises. Clay Grice, Ballwin, MO., $505.50 We are certain we will have the very best help available "May the Lord help everyone to improve to the in the denomination. Elder C. E. Guenther of the General utmost the talents committed to his trust."— Conference will be with us. Both Mrs. Betty Ahnberg of Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 406. Medina, Ohio, (better known as "Aunt Sue" on the Story R. C. Thomas, Manager Hour program) and Mrs. Faye Campbell of Tennessee, have Central Credit Association promised to be with us. These people have very outstanding and inspiring information to share and have had years of experience in this ministry of love. Much would be lost by any This is their first important effort to improve access to of the officers or center directors who might fail to attend, so medical care in American Society, say Foundation we hope plans will be made early that will assure everyone's spokesmen, since their transition to national philanthropy presence. early last year. The student aid grants are being ad- In addition, of course we will have our own Mrs. Rose ministered by the Association of American Medical Colleges Gates, Mrs. Pauline Hart, both of Colorado, Mrs. Ruby under guidelines established by the Foundation. Christensen of Kansas, as well as the other federation For further information about the grant write: Mr. leaders with years of experience to bring great inspiration. Manuel, Student Finance Office, Loma Linda University, Each of our local conference lay activities secretaries, Loma Linda, CA 92354. who carry such a heavy burden for this work, will also be present to counsel and inspire. Our emphasis will be to make this work more directly soul winning and practical to a finished work in the earth. We hope each will come with ideas to share, questions you need answers to and a willingness to become more and more involved in this ministry of love. When the details of the plans are presented to you by your local conference lay activities secretaries, we urge that federation officers, center directors, and perhaps others who have a special burden for this work will respond and prepare to attend this very important meeting. Howard H. Voss, Central Union Lay Activities Depart ment Grant-Loan Awarded LLU for Meds Likely To Practice in Under-served Areas Loma Linda—Medical students who are likely to enter practice where there are physician shortages might qualify for some of the $91,000 grant-loan money recently made available to Loma Linda University from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey. The grant is part of a $10 million program announced by the Foundation last June to assist students that qualify through four-year grants to all the nation's 108 medical SPECIAL MEDICAL EMERGENCY CART schools and seven schools of osteopathy. PLACED IN USE According to Robert G. Manuel, director of student A special emergency room "cart" complete with finance at the University, the individual recipients and the medications and general equipment for ear, nose and throat amounts will be determined by his office. Those decisions, he treatment has been placed in service at the Shawnee Mission says, will be based "strictly on individual need." Medical Center. The Foundation's nationwide student aid program The cart will be used in the emergency department and focuses on women students and students from rural and will be available to all hospital units as needed. The cart minority-group backgrounds on the basis of evidence in- includes needed medications, pumps, instruments and other dicating that they are the most likely to choose areas of equipment in a single unit, ready for immediate use. practice in the nation's under-served rural and inner-city Shown checking cart items are, left to right, Mrs. Linda Zimney, R.N., and Mrs. Betty Cook, L.P.N., emergency communities. room nurses. The holiday season also broke existing patient records from midnight December 24 through midnight January 1, The CENTRAL UNION REAPER is published (50 issues a year) by the Central Union Conference at P.O. Box 6127, Lincoln, Nebraska 1973, a total of 561 patients were seen. The last emergency 68506. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, Nebraska. Vol. 42, No. 4 patient of 1972 was an 18-year-old with a broken nose; the first patient of 1973 was a 6-year-old with tonsillitis. 2 CENTRAL UNION REAPER, JANUARY 23, 1973 Taylor of Enterprise Academy, Enterprise, Kansas; Cathy Skinner and Charles Day, Jr., of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Modena Lewis, Sedan Church New Ad Building Comes Closer to Reality Members of the Central and Northern Union con- stituency and the Union College alumni have to date pledged or given a total of $328,000 toward the construction of the $1,800,000 administration-classroom building according to Dr. Everett Dick, field coordinator. Dr. Dick has personally solicited $303,000 of the total $525,000 to be raised by the Union College Advancement Association and the alumni. Since June 1, Dr. Dick has raised funds in all the con- ferences of the two unions except Kansas, Iowa, and Min- nesota. The people in College View, the location of Union College, have contributed $62,000. Some portions of Nebraska are also yet to be visited. Colorado leads the amount given by any conference with a total of $118,000 contributed. Dr. Dick's highest total raised for any one day was $14,750 which was done in the Denver area. Of the 501 people contacted so far in the two unions, 270 ENTERPRISE PIONEERS PATHFINDERS COLLECT have contributed. The Dicks have traveled nearly 20,000 800 ITEMS OF FOOD FOR LA VIDA MISSION miles thus far in their fund-raising drive. On November 20 the 19 members of the Enterprise Just recently they contacted alumni in Illinois, Michigan, Pioneers Pathfinders club spent two hours collecting 20 cases Georgia, and Tennessee with portions of the East coast of canned food and other food items from residents of En- remaining yet to be done. Wednesday they will start for the terprise, Kansas. The approximately 800 items of food were West Coast in a two-month drive. taken by station wagon the next day 890 miles to La Vida Dr. Dick's contact with Union College alumni living Mission near Farmington, New Mexico. outside the two unions has been good. "For instance, Hins- Back row: Left to right, Lanette Hargreaves, Joy Bates, dale, Illinois, 15 people were contacted and 15 people gave." Stacey Wilson, Debbie Allemand, Becky Allemand, Pam Also a high percentage of the Southern Union Conference Bing, Barbara Allemand, Pete Wilson, Doug Medlock, Darrel Bates, Doug Bing, and Lynn Hargreaves. leaders contributed," he said. Front row: Rhonda Sherman, Kelly Wilson, Douglas On the strength of the amount of money pledged or given Sherman, Danny Hewitt, Scott Lawson, and Richard so far, the Alumni Association is planning to have ground- Henriques. breaking ceremonies during the Homecoming Weekend, April 14, according to Elder Richard Warner, the newly Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary elected president of the association. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sisler, Kipp, Kansas, who are members of the Salina Seventh-day Adventist Church, celebrated their golden wedding on October 8, 1972. Brother and Sister Sisler were married in Fairbury, Nebraska, Sedan, Kansas, SDA Vesper Service October 4, 1922. They lived in Fairbury for 20 "Carols by Candlelight," written by Jessie Mae Coker of Sedan, was presented December 23 at 5:00 p.m. in a vesper years and in Omaha, service at the Sedan Seventh-day Adventist church.