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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH—DAY ADVENTISTS December 12, 1972 Volume LXIV, Number 48 the lake union HERHLD OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH—DAY ADVENTISTS
December 12, 1972 Vol. LXIV, No. 48
GORDON 0. ENGEN, Editor LAURA HEDDEN, Assistant Editor RICHARD DOWER, Layout Editor JEANICE WEHLING, Circulation Services
Indexed in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: F. W. Wernick, Chairman; W. L Murrill, Vice-Chairman; Gordon Engen, Secretary; F. L Jones. CORRESPONDENTS: Eston Allen, Illinois; Clifford Hoff- man, Indiana; Fred Williams, Lake Region; Ernest Wendth, Michigan; Glenn Aufderhar, Wisconsin; David Bauer, Andrews University; Joyce Griffith, Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital. NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS: All articles, pictures, obitu- aries, and classified ads must be channeled through your local conference correspondent. Copy mailed directly to the HERALD will be returned to the conference involved. 3133 MANUSCRIPTS for publication should reach the Lake Union Conference office by Thursday, 9 a.m., twelve days before the dote of issue. The editorial staff reserves the right to withhold or condense copy depending upon space available. NEW SUBSCRIPTION requests should be addressed to the treasurer of the local conference where membership is held. FAITH TO TIIE PEOPLE COPY DEADLINES: Announcements for dates at left should be in local conference offices by dates at right.
January 13 December 14 January 20 December 21 Recently created especially for Faith for Today was the new January 27 December 28 February 3 January 4 symbol appearing above. The modern design incorporates the rainbow, symbolic of Conference Directories Christian faith, around the stylized profile of man, the object of LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Box C, Berrien Springs, Mich. 49103 Faith's television ministry. The repeated profiles are further (616) 473-1511 symbolic of Faith's expanding efforts to reach the masses, reports President F. W. Wernick Secretary, Sabbath School Sec. F. L. Jones William A. Haynor, Faith's director of public relations. Treasurer W. L. Murrill Assistant Treasurer Charles Woods The new symbol will be used in promoting the annual Faith for Auditor Arthur Opp Educational Secretary Fred Stephan Today offering which will be taken in all Adventist churches on Lay Activities Secretary A. W. Bauer Public Affairs Secretary February 10, 1973. Prepared in black and white, as well as full color, Public Relations, Radio-TV 1 Gordon Engen Religious Liberty, Ind. Rel. the symbol will appear in selected Adventist media prior to the Faith Publishing Secretary .1. W. Proctor Missionary Volunteer Secretary Ed H. Webb offering. National Service Organization Sec. 1 t Stewardship D. A. Copsey To more effectively reach the millions of potential television A.S.I. Secretary I Health Secretary R. E. Barron viewers, Faith has introduced with the new season five contem- Temperance Secretary } Trust Services H. Reese Jenkins porary programming formats. Complete Faith-owned filming ILLINOIS J. L. Hayward, president; Elton Dessain7secre- tary-trea rrrrr. . Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-5 facilities and Adventist staff are responsible for the updated color p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: 3721 Prairie Ave. Mail Address: Box 89, Brookfield, III. 60513. programs. Phone: (312) 485-1200. INDIANA: R. L. Dale, president; R. R. Rouse, secretary- With the recent relocation of Faith's headquarters, many unique treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; 1-5:00 p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Office and Mail film opportunities are now open to the telecast. Church members are Address: 1405 Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46220.-Phone: 1317) 251-9292. asked to make the acceptance of these new challenges possible LAKE REGION: J. R. Wagner, president; R. C. Brown, secretary; Mark Wright, treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.- Thurs., 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office through a generous gift on Sabbath, February 10. and Mail Address: 8517 S. State St., Chicago, III. 60619. Phone: (312) 846-2661. MICHIGAN: R. D. Moon, president; Charles Keymer, sec- retary; L. G. Wortzok, treasurer. Office Hours: Mon. Thurs., 8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Fri., 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: 320 W. St. Joseph St. Mail Address: Box 900, Lansing, Mich. 48904. Phone (517) 485-2226. WISCONSIN: K. J. Mittleider, president; G. H. Crumley, secretary-treasurer. Office Hours, Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m.- sunset tables 5:00 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.-I2:30 p.m. Office Address, 802 E. Gorham St. Moil Address: Box 512, Madison, Wis. 53701. Phone: (608) 257-5696. Dec. 15 Dec. 22 COVER Berrien Springs, Mich. E.S. 5:15 5:17 LAKE UNION PRESIDENT F. W. Entered as second-class matter in the Post Chicago, III. C.S. 4:21 4:24 Office, Berrien Springs, Mich. Printed weekly, Wernick became a "part-time 50 times a year (omitting the weeks of July 4 Detroit, Mich. E.S. 5:02 5:05 dentist" during his recent visit to and December 25) by the University Press, Ber- Indianapolis, Ind. E.S. 5:21 5:24 Borneo. See story on page 4. rien Springs, Mich. Yearly subscription price, LaCrosse, Wis. C.S. 4:28 4:31 54.00. Single copies, 10 cents. Lansing, Mich. C.S. 5:05 5:08 Postmaster: Send all notices to Lake Union Herald, Box C, Berrien Springs, MI 49103. Madison, Wis. C.S. 4:23 4:26 Springfield, III. C.S. 4:35 4:38
Page 2 — Lake Union Herald — December 12, 1972 LUTHERANS PROPOSE NEW READINGS LAKE UNION INGATHERING REPORT Lutheran churches in North America may soon be CONFERENCE GOAL TO DATE PERCENT (Membership) using new readings based on those used by the Roman Catholic Church. The Inter-Lutheran Commission on Illinois (7,815) $ 230,000 $ 127,194.72 55.3% Worship has approved new scripture lessons for each Indiana (5,568) 138,000 63,846.86 46.3% Lake Region (9,570) 100,000 79,763.82 79.8% Sunday and festival day of the church year. The new Michigan (19,622) 370,000 186,525.66 50.4% readings will be in book form along with a new church Wisconsin (5,382) 86,200 38,027.34 44.1% calendar and prayers for each Sunday. Selected Psalms TOTAL (47,957) $ 924,200 $ 495,358.40 53.6% and several introductory essays will also be included. newsline world church news
POLICE CLOSE JESUS RALLY The police closed down a Jesus rally in Madrid, Spain, when more than one thousand persons gathered to hear evangelist Arthur Blessitt. Blessitt is an American who is making what he calls a round-the-world-Jesus-trip. He carries a 90-pound wooden cross, generally draws crowds, and preaches along the way. But rallies of any kind are not permitted in Spain without prior police permission. The police ordered Blessitt to call off the rally, but he refused. Police then charged into the crowd, seizing the cross, Blessitt, and four of his assistants. The five were taken into custody, but later released without charges.
RELIGIOUS SECT CHARGED WITH MURDER Two men were beaten to death during a religious ceremony in a remote village in New Guinea. Reportedly STAMPS HELP V.O.P. the leader of the sect, who calls himself the Messiah, Postage stamps given to the Voice of Prophecy are declared that the men would rise from the dead. But becoming a significant source of help for the broadcast they did not. Two men have been charged with their ministry. murders. Volunteers are now preparing the contributed stamps into a variety of salable philatelic packages. EAST GERMAN LUTHERANS Among items now being offered from such contribu- SEEK GREATER UNITY tions is a wide selection of United States mint plate Lutherans in East Germany are seeking unity among blocks covering about twenty years. These are available themselves and with other Protestants. Delegates to an in collections of more than two hundred blocks. The annual meeting of the United Evangelical Lutheran price is $75 per collection including a plate block album Church called for steps toward a greater community. with the usual catalogue value for such a collection being They said that altar and pulpit fellowship should not be nearly $150. considered the final step in church unity. Some three hundred different U.S. mint single stamps, with an album included, are available for $30. Catalogue PRESIDENT RECEIVES ADVICE ON AID value of this collection is about $50. President Nixon, who has pledged his support of The La Sierra Stamp Club, directed by Roland government aid to nonpublic schools, is getting a lot of Ryhnus, has served a key role in the processing of advice these days. Raymond Wise, a lawyer writing in a stamps contributed to the V.O.P. for sale. The club has Catholic magazine, says a program of state aid could be recently prepared contributed stamps for beginning declared constitutional—provided there is no "excessive collectors in packets of United States, specific countries, governmental entanglement with religion." I3:t and foreign mixtures. Each packet contains twenty to Americans United for Separation of Church and State forty stamps and may be purchased for $1.00. have told the President to look at the results of three Persons interested in either contributing stamps to the state referenda on election day. Maryland, Oregon, and V.O.P. or in purchasing the collections or packets Idaho all rejected proposals that would have put public available may write to: Stamps, Box 55, Los Angeles, funds into parochial and private schools. California 90053.
December 12, 1972 — Lake Union Herald — Page 3 Union President Visits Borneo
Lake Union Conference President F. While in Sarawak, Wernick and his plane, Pastor Hall has been able to W. Wernick, who is on a two-month son Robert, who is accompanying his devote more time to other kinds of trip to the Far East, got more than just father on the trip, stopped in Kuching. mission work. a look at mission work during his Here they visited with R. C. Hall, the Johnson and the Wernicks visited recent stop in Borneo. mission president, before making stops four villages where they held a clinic Borneo is now divided into four in several jungle villages. on the veranda of a longhouse. No countries—Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Wernick and Robert went by plane medical help of any kind is available and the remainder is under Indonesia. to take supplies of flour and medicines for the villagers except what is brought The Adventist mission in Sarawak has to the villages. The pilot of the Cessna by the Adventist plane. Johnson 3,000 members, and the membership 180 mission plane is Hugh Johnson, a pulled teeth most of the morning, and in Sabah is 6,000. former United Airlines captain and Wernick and Robert even extracted a A mission plane is used to visit many medical aid pilot of helicopters in few teeth. of the outlying churches and Sabbath South Vietnam. Johnson and his wife The 15 airstrips in the country are Schools. The only other means of Bonnie have volunteered their services each about six hundred feet long and transportation to the small villages is in the hope funds can be collected to are carved from the jungle with little either by boat on the rivers or by make it possible for him to remain in or no grading. Landings and takeoffs walking. Sarawak. With Johnson piloting the require extraordinary skill. With avail-
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able tools, it sometimes takes villagers a year to cut out an airstrip. A better plane is needed with large tires because of the soft landing strips during wet weather. Wernick reports that the people are friendly and receptive to the gospel. One pastor has 45 people almost ready for baptism. Wernick and Robert also visited with Elder Clarence Goertzen while in Sara- wak. Goertzen, formerly from Andrews University laboratory school in Berrien Springs, Michigan, is now principal of the Ayer Manis secondary school. About two hundred students attend the school. Leaders for the Opposite Page: Curious village children cluster village work are trained at Ayer Manis, around Elder Wernick as he talks into making the school an important factor his portable cassette recorder during in the success of the work in Borneo. a visit to a remote Borneo village.
This Page: (Clockwise from left) While in Singapore, Elder Wernick saw a Chinese Buddhist temple with Jerry Wiggle, treasurer of the Korean Union Mission. He also attended the Far Eastern Division Council. Wernick visited with Jocelyn Fay, left, former assistant editor of the Lake Union Herald. Jocelyn and Ann Gibson, right, are missionaries in Singapore. The Wernicks enjoyed a different means of transportation in Thailand. Elder Wernick visited the Ayer Manis school in Sarawak.
December 12, 1972 — Lake Union Herald — Page 5 The next stop for the Wernicks was Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. A pastor met (Top left) The Cessna 180 mission the Wernicks at the plane and took plane brings medical help and them to the Tamparuli school, a supplies to villagers. (Top right) Elder Wernick and Robert pause on Borneo secondary training school with about during their two-month trip to the two hundred students. The three next Far East. At the invitation of the visited Goshen for a Friday evening General Conference and the Far service. On Sabbath they visited two Eastern Division, the Lake Union sent Elder Wernick to visit the churches and conducted 36 baptisms. Adventist work in the Far East. Returning to Singapore, Wernick Feeling such a trip would provide attended the Far Eastern Division valuable education for Robert, the Wernicks are personally bearing Council. He reports that when the expenses for his portion of the trip. division first organized, there was one (Right) Robert feeds a baby elephant Adventist for every 9,277 people. Now in Thailand. (Bottom left) Elder Wernick watches Hugh Johnson work the ratio is one Adventist to 1,640, on a villager. (Bottom right) Clinics and in one of the fields in the are held on verandas of longhouses Philippines the ratio is one to 171. such as this one. "Many crises are encountered out here, but the Lord is working for His people and I find much to encourage us," Wernick said.
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bompitiw, V2 bar-. y swallow 11-1 *WA Dear Fellow-believers: Mission '72 is now history. It was the year in which we realized many of our worthy objectives in our evangelistic outreach. Thousands more were baptized in 1972 than in 1971, and we are grateful to God for His blessings upon our efforts. But Mission '73 presents even broader challenges. We do, indeed, intend to field the largest number of evangelistic campaigns in the history of the North American Division during 1973. Every Seventh-day Adventist minister plans to either conduct or involve himself in a campaign within the calendar year. Some of these meetings will be in the spring, some in summer, and some in fall. Perhaps a few brave souls will be running in the winter. We are committed to this challenge and we want you, our lay believers, to know it. But there is an even broader IL dimension to our plans for 1973. The divine blueprint revealed to us long ago that as a church we would never experience the fullest benefits of the Spirit's blessings while the great majority of our people were idle in terms of personal witnessing. I share with you the hunger for the fullest revelation of the power of H God in the church. But this will not be until we are enlisted and employed in the divine business of personally spreading the message of the love of God to lost man. Our gifts are not enough. Our prayers are not enough. There must be personal contact with the unsaved by the saved. Every convert must become a convert-maker. We are here proclaiming "the priesthood of the believer." Cl) There is no plan to homogenize everyone and have them witnessing in the same way. We are passing out a little yellow card on which there are at least fourteen methods of witnessing listed, with others unlisted. The plan, therefore, is for every member to pick his own form of O witnessing, decide how many hours a week he will spend at it, then get busy doing this right away. If you need any training in the form of witnessing selected, contact your pastor and he will provide a competent teacher in that area to prepare you for the work. Local, Union, and General Conference personnel are available for this service. We believe that the most important thing we can do right now is encourage and prepare our laity to join us in the grand business of soul-saving. To this solemn purpose we have dedicated ourselves. The idea is that we program personal witnessing into our life-style. This will call for a major decision on our part as individuals. The church has no intention of driving its members to the Li] harvest field as a slave is driven to some dread task. Rather, constrained by the love of God and encouraged by the church, the disciples will go willingly to duty that has assumed the nature of 2' privilege because of our high motivation. The sanctions are there. Namely, the life or death of LLJ the unsaved, and our own spiritual declension or progress. LL For years Bible prophecy has pointed a finger to our time. The visions of the future are not overly optimistic as they relate to man's administration of the affairs of the earth. We have literally come to the time of fulfillment as it relates to the disintegration of time-honored standards of morality, decency, and honesty. The cherished institutions of man are imperiled by his own perversity. If he is to be saved from himself, now is the time. Sincerely,