Pennsqlvania Camp Meeting Withstands Storm

Columbia Union • A SUPPLEMENT TO THE REVIEW AND HERALD Despite the inconvenience caused by Tropical Storm Agnes, the Pennsylvania Conference camp meeting, held at Blue Mountain Academy June 15-25, was better attended than that of the previous year. George Vandeman, director of Pennsqlvania the It Is Written telecast, conducted a nightly Reach Out for Life evangelistic crusade during which 35 persons made a decision to join the Camp Meeting church. General Conference vice-president R. R. Bietz's series on the Holy Spirit; the Home and Family Hour conducted by Dr. Elden Withstands Storm Chalmers, chairman of the department of behavioral science at Columbia Union College; and the by LOUIS CANOSA early morning devotional services by Dr. Gordon Hyde, of the General Conference, on the theme The Search for Assurance, provided in- spiration and encouragement to The Education Hour on Sabbath afternoon featured many. a large elementary-school choir and included representatives from Blue Mountain Academy and Columbia Union College. PHOTO BY MORTEN JUBERG Prepared by Public Relations Department—Morten Juberg, Secretary; Elane Rogers, Associate • 111"110.••• ol f1,1•I1 1. James Robison (left center), Butler- Leechburg district, and Bryce Pascoe (right center), Tunkhannock-Montrose-Beaumont district, were ordained during camp meeting. Cree Sandefur, Columbia Union Conference president, spoke during the service, and R. R. Bietz, General Conference vice-president, read the charge. 2. R. R. Bietz speaking to the Spanish be- lievers on Sabbath. 3. Ruth Pope, Reading (second from left), and Gail Ciccone, Scranton, display their 1971 Pennsylvania Conference Public Relations Sec- retary-of-the-Year awards for outstanding work. Mrs. Ciccone was also recipient of the Columbia Union Silver Medallion for excellence in the field of public relations. Also pictured are: (left to right) Robert Clarke, pastor, Read- ing Kenhorst Boulevard church; Ray Currie, pastor, Scranton-Honesdale district; and Louis Canosa, conference public relations secretary. 4. Mrs. Ann Stephan, pastor's wife, pur- chased her share at the special book sale. 5. Tom Ipes, left, pastor of the Pittsburgh Shadyside church, chats with CUC President George Akers. 6. The Gateway Singers of Columbia Union College presented several musical numbers. 7. Donald Reynolds, left, Pennsylvania Con- ference president, talks with Moises Gullon, center, Philadelphia Spanish pastor, and a friend. 8. George Vandeman spoke nightly. PHOTOS BY MORTEN JUBERG 9. Founder of the Veg-a-Weigh program Mrs. Donna Patt is using a wagon wheel to illustrate one of the four areas affecting good health. Assisting her is her husband, a Battle Creek, Michigan, physician. pennsylvania Christ through lively performances of today's sacred music and personal tes- timony. They have been singing in different churches in the Reading area and have received invitations to ap- pear before the Social Club of Reading and at Reading's Berkshire Mall. MRS. JAMES CULVER Press Secretary Fleetwood Church Pennsylvania Bible House Opens in New Location THE ABC Religious Books and Sup- plies has become an official part of the Reading business community. It Mrs. John Kissinger, Reading Hampden, leads out in the children's divisions during the Reach opened its doors on May 15, 1972. Out for Life series. Dr. Russell E. Youngberg (right), chief of staff, Following a careful analysis of the Reading Institute of Rehabilitation, congratu- lates Jack P. Schleenbaker, administrator, upon various implications the conference his invitation to become a member of the committee gave approval to the move American Academy of Medical Administrators. which, it was felt, would add a new dimension to the evangelistic outreach Medical Administrators of the Book and Bible House. Louis CANOSA Honor Jack Schleenbaker THE American Academy of Medical Administrators announced recently that Jack P. Schleenbaker, administrator of the Reading Institute of Re- habilitation, has been elected as a member. A certificate and credentials will be presented to Schleenbaker at the Academy's convocation ceremony in Chicago this month. Schleenbaker is completing his seventh year as administrator of the Reading Institute of Pictured are three young people recently baptized to become members of the Fleetwood Rehabilitation and is also a board church: (left to right) Mrs. Donna Kline; John Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Webb; and member of the Pennsylvania Associa- Cynthia Krick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert tion of Rehabilitation Facilities. C. Krick. The baptism took place in the Read- ing Hampden Boulevard church, with Reginald The honor that Mr. Schleenbaker is N. Shires officiating. to receive is conferred upon those whose special qualifications in medical administration merit such recogni- Fifteen Baptized From tion. With headquarters in Boston, MISSION 72 Meetings Massachusetts, the American Academy This attractive sign is easily seen by passers-by of Medical Administrators is an inde- and traffic on Business Route 422 in Reading. THE combined Reach Out for Life pendent professional society dedicated series of the Reading Hampden and to the advancement of medical admin- Fleetwood Seventh-day Adventist istration. churches must be termed a success. LOUIS CANOSA IC;20 Fourteen persons were gathered into Public Relations Secretary the Hampden church; one united with the Fleetwood church. The meetings were well attended as Jere Patzer Directs New Pastor Reginald N. Shires delivered Youth Singing Group the inspirational messages and Mrs. Shires used her vocal talents to witness THE Reach Out Singers, a group of for the Lord. Seventh-day Adventist young people, Members of both churches worked gave a concert recently in the Fleet- together in the series helping wherever wood Seventh-day Adventist church. needed. Mrs. John Kissinger led out The group ranges in age from 15 to in the children's meetings, with Mrs. 25 and performs under the direction of David Sterner heading the craft Jere Patzer, assistant pastor-musician of classes. the Reading Kenhorst Boulevard William Otis, manager of the Pennsylvania One entire family was baptized. A Conference ABC Religious Books and Supplies, church. is standing in front of the newly opened Bible follow-up program is under way. These young people witness for House located at 1287 Penn Avenue, Reading. MRS. JAMES CULVER 3 v Chesapeake Members Story and Photos Give Flood Aid by J. A. JARRY SEVERAL areas in the Chesapeake Conference were hard hit by Tropical Storm Agnes. Elkridge, a suburb of Baltimore, was under water and hundreds were evac- uated. The Atholton church member- ship went into action immediately and went into the area to feed people and help them with clothing and bedding. Ellicott City, another suburb, was also flooded. The Baltimore First church was designated by the Red Cross as a center for that area. Members of the church brought food and clothing for distribution in the Ellicott City area. Other churches in the Baltimore area brought mate- rials to the center. Some came from as far as Annapolis. Port Deposit, on the Susquehanna River, was also given a heavy blow by the flooding river. Art Swinson, Com- munity Services director for the conference, was kept busy trucking clothing and bedding to the devastated area. Swinson and I visited one of the Adventist families living in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poist. About five George Holleron, lay activities leader of the feet of water in the main part of the Atholton church, points to area of need as Art Swinson and Philip Gager, Atholton house completely ruined all the furni- church pastor, observe. ture as well as everything in the base- ment. Mrs. Poist operates an interior decorating and drapery business next to her home and it, too, was destroyed. TOP: Atholton. Maryland, church members sort food and clothing for the Elkridge, Maryland, flood victims. ABOVE: Art Swinson gives direction for the distribution of food and clothing in the Elkridge area. CENTER LEFT: Arthur Moyer, pastor of the Baltimore First church, readies clothes rack for use in his church for donated clothing. ABOVE: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poist tell Art Swinson (in helmet) about their flood loss. LOWER LEFT: Navy personnel from Bainbridge, Maryland, help Chesapeake Community Services director Art Swinson unload boxes of clothing. 4 v LIGHTHOUSES by M. CAROL HETZELL Bureau of Public Relations General Conference They sit facing each other in a House. Quickly he closed down his Abdul Karim was 13. And he was jewellike setting with the emerald business and began "painting with different from the other boys of the beauty of Ceylon undulating in the purpose." Today his paintings speak Middle East, for he was attending a mirror waters of the lake that holds the Word to the people of the islands Christian school. them apart—badges of two faiths— of the Pacific. He works in another Abdul wanted to know what made Christianity and Buddhism. lighthouse belonging to God. his school unusual. Everyone was kind To one shrine come the pilgrims • • • • • and friendly. So he watched, and he from the hills of Ceylon and the plains The storm had begun as a whisper, listened, and he pondered on what he of India, for here in sacred shadows a drift of scudding clouds quickly saw and heard. A Bookl lies the tooth of Buddha. To the oppo- thickened into a black curtain that As he began to study the Book, site shores of Kandy Lake come the sent a tingle along the spine and a Abdul became convinced that he had maimed, the ill, the diseased, longing strange urgent lump in the midregion. discovered what made this school, to be made whole, for here stands the Then the weather forecasts began to these people, so unusual. He invited Adventists' Lakeside Medical Center. give the warning—typhoon, a typhoon the school pastor to visit his parents The sacrifices to Buddha support the was headed for the Philippines.

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