THE COURAGE TO CHANGE (A Continuing Series On Substance Abuse) LOOK UP

Karen Steele MacDougall M.A. C.A.C. morning, in the southern skies, at 11/4 hours before sunrise look for Mars (SSE-1/4 way up), Safi, (SSW—t/4 way up). Jupiter (ESE—near horizon), Spica (WSW—near horizon). Arcturus (W arty 1/2 way up), Antares (SSW—nearly i/4 way up), Vega (ESE—near sky center) and Altair (S way up). In the northern skies look for Deneb (ENE-2/3 way up), The Dippers and Cassiopeia. In the evenings, in the southern skies, at 1'/4 hours after sunset look for Halley's Comet (SSE—above the horizon), Rigel (WSW—near horizon). Betelgeuse (WSW-1/4 way up) (both of Orion). Sirius (SW—above the horizon), Castor and Pollux (WSW to W-2/3 way up), Procyon (SW— nearly 1/2 way up) Regulus (5-2/3 way up). Spica (SE—nearly '/4 way up) and Arcturus (E-1/2 way up). In the northern skies look for Venus (WNW—near the horizon), Aldebaran (W—nearly 1/4 way up). Capella (WNW—nearly V2 way up). Vega (NE—near the horizon), Deneb (NNE—just coming up), the Dippers and Cassiopeia. On April 26 Antares is close to the moon.

Information supplied by Earl L. Shepard. Pendleton, OR. The data is calculated on the point 73 degrees longitude and 44 degrees latitude, a point close to the town of Middlebury, Vermont. The calculations are made for the dates of publication and naturally change small amounts each day before and after these dates.

BECOMING Linda had been trying desperately range his life as best as he could. to stop using pills for two months and When she started using again he AN EXPERIENCED was starting to feel better than she had reacted by saying, "I knew you for years. She was actually starting to wouldn't quit." NATURALIST enjoy her children and gain con- Finally, Linda sought help in Nar- fidence as a wife and mother again. cotics Anonymous and Bill went to Al- By Leon Strickland She still had a strong desire for pills at Anon. There they found the peer sup- (This article is taken from the notes times but had managed to stay "clean" port they needed to change their lives of a five-lesson nature seminar.) despite these feelings. Her husband in a positive way. Linda learned that Bill had been very helpful up to this Bill's reactions did not give her a valid There are many kinds of naturalists. All point; however, she began to notice reason to start using again. She also are to some degree scientists. Some are subtle changes in his behavior. He was found several other peers to lend collectors of everything from shells and becoming argumentative and criticized the support and encouragement she butterflies to honor badges from the her efforts to gain control of herself needed. Youth department. (There is nothing and the household. Because she had Bill began to see how his reactions wrong with that. I am a Master Guide.) relied on him for the support and en- had affected Linda and was surprised But you don't have to become a collector couragement she needed to quit using at himself for feeling the way he did. to become a naturalist. pills, she now became confused and He found the support he needed to The first requirement is to become an angry. Her closest peer, Bill, was sup- work through his feelings and learned observer and an insatiable curiosity helps plying her with an excuse (not a to accept the changes in Linda. He a lot. You were born that way—you reason) to start using again. Bill had realized he needed to change in order [Continued on page 4] usually been kind and sympathetic to maintain the balance in their rela- before she quit so she concluded that tionship. he must like her better under the in- Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics fluence of pills, and she started taking Anonymous and Al-Anon are power- About Our Color Photos them again. ful groups in lending support and en- Bill's reaction to Linda's sobriety couragement to those who are trying On the cover are pictured Elder William was normal, yet hazardous to both of to change. The common prayer of Brace, Southern New England Con- ference Evangelist, and Rita Vital, coor- them. Without realizing it, he resented these groups is, "God grant me the dinator of the Boston Van Program. her resuming the duties she had neg- serenity to accept the things I cannot On page 4 are Southern New England lected for so long. He couldn't trust change; courage to change the things Conference office building and the Plan- her or forgive her so quickly. I can; and widsom to know the dif- ning Committee for the Greater Boston Although he had wanted her to quit, ference." If you or a friend have tried Evangelism Program. he never realized how much she to quit using drugs or alcohol without The color photo of Indian Moccasin ac- would change and take control of her success or have used AA, NA, or Al- companying our nature feature on page 5 life again. He wondered how she had Anon half-heartedly, try really using was taken by Caroline Carter of Buck- the right to step in and take over the peer support of these programs. land, MA, with a Leicaflex SL camera. where she left off, leaving him to rear- Your success may surprise you. The photo took first place in our 1984 Gleaner Cover Photo Contest.

April 22, 1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8. The Atlantic Union GLEANER (USPS 036-280) is published twice monthly by the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 400 Main Street, South Lancaster, MA 01561. Printed by Atlantic Graphic Services, Inc., South Lancaster, MA 01561. Second-class postage paid at South Lancaster, MA. 01561. Annual subscription price, $6.00. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Atlantic Union GLEANER, P.O. Box 1189, South Lancaster, MA 01561. MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF BOSTON EVANGELISM

An interview with Elder William Brace and Rita Vital on October 16, 1985, by Victor W. Collins, Communication Director of the Southern New England Conference.

Bill, when did you first get the burden for evangelism in I can't say enough about the prodigious work of this commit- the Boston area? tee as we met to pray and plan from month to month. Having read the Testimonies on city work about seven years As you thought of the van ministry, what did you hope to ago, I felt the call of God to work for Boston. I was a pastor in do first? Connecticut then in the second year of my ministry. God Well, first we started looking and praying for the right person and Sister White get the credit. to head it up. Someone highly committed and who shared What happened to this impression? the Spirit of Prophecy concept. There was a double prob- I continued to study and pray. Then while I was in the lem—the right person to head up the work and then again to Leominster district I shared my burden with Elder Jayne and find funding. Once more we saw a succession of miracles. later with Elder Steiner. What were they? What was their reaction? The person needed came to our attention as Rita Vital was Very positive, especially Elder Steiner. He had a similar vi- impressed to return to our Conference where she had sion for Boston and its environs. One-third of the Con- labored for many years. ference population live in the area. The problem was So, Rita, how did you come to be involved here? finance. And that is where the miracles began. It began with praying for a burden for souls while I was living What kind of miracles? in Warehouse Point, Connecticut. Elder 0. J. Mills, then Elder Steiner suggested at the beginning that a certain pastor in Hartford, and his wife, Millie, inspired me and amount of money should be raised. This was in December, another lay person, Lois Whitesell, to work for souls in our 1982. In about one month I placed in his hand a check for dark county. This resulted, under God's blessing in the rais- the amount. ing up of the Enfield church. A visit to Florida impressed Lois Where did it come from? and me with the potential of the van ministry then carried on A lay person felt impressed to give because he, too, shared in that conference. This type of burden has been with me the burden for Boston and had for some time. This person ever since. I've followed the van work in New York with and his family have continued to generously support the pro- great interest. gram. Others in the Conference and even from other parts of How did you come to look toward Boston? the country and some overseas have helped. I would like I would say Boston came looking for me. I was completing everyone to know that it is due to the continued support of my work for the Master of Public Health degree at the the Conference and the laity that the work has gone forward University of Tennessee at Knoxville and praying for God to the last two years. show me where I should work after graduation. Where were you to begin? How did God answer? The plan was to begin with the towns along the circumferen- As graduation time approached I sent resumes to many on tial highway, Route 128, with the city of Waltham as the first the East Coast, one of which went to a longtime friend, focus of effort. Our goal was to plant a new church in that Mariellyn Hill, with a note to share it with anyone who might city where there was no Seventh-day Adventist presence as be interested in my "Vital" energy. She shared it with Bill far as we knew. Brace. What about inner-city Boston? What did you think of her resume, Bill? I had in mind a ministry such as described for city work in the I felt she was the very person we needed. Through telephone Spirit of Prophecy. We thought of beginning with a health talks it became clear that she had been praying for God's van similar to the program which has been carried on so suc- guidance in her life even as we were praying for a qualified cessfully in New York and also a vegetarian restaurant. person to lead our van program. God's hand was clearly Has anything developed along those lines? Yes. Thankfully, soon after beginning in Waltham we formed a committee of several pastors and laymen who shared this vision. This was exciting to me as I saw the divine plan taking shape.

Elder John Ferraro who, along with other pastors and lay persons, is helping to renovate the health van for The van which will be used in evangelism in Boston, Boston evangelism. Massachusetts. Is there anything else, Bill? Boston is the center of population for the Northeast—the "Athens" of America, and is therefore a unique challenge to our church. Its influence is felt worldwide. Our work in Waltham and surrounding towns has been done by dedica- tion on the part of our team members who have labored sacrificially from the beginning. We are excited to think that God is using us in helping to fulfill the prophecy that "the message will return with power to the cities of the East." (Testimonies, Vol. 1, p. 189). A young couple, Steve and Alberta Cook, have begun preliminary work in the city of Quincy south of Boston. It is a city of one hundred thousand people and there we plan to start the next phase of our evangelistic program. Many people have been praying for our work. We hope they will continue to do so and are confident God will answer Southern New England Conference office building in and do great things to further His cause. South Lancaster, Massachusetts. Since this interview, the van has been purchased, seen in this. Then another series of miracles took place. A remodeled, and fitted for its work. It was in service April I. A fund earmarked for Boston ministries became available from dedication of the van is planned for May 24 at 3:00 p.m. at the sale of Brother Newman's Boston mission. Within hours New England Memorial Hospital. of the Conference Committee's vote to hire Rita, an in- dividual came forward with a donation covering the cost of the first van. So you have money for the van and Rita is here. What comes next? We are now looking for people with the required talents to [Concluded from page 2] join Rita in carrying on the program—drivers for the van, medical personnel, clerical help, and other support people. tasted everything, investigated everything as soon as you were Folks who understand and are experienced with computers able. Too bad adults have to squelch that natural bent. It can be will be needed to keep records in order. A few people have encouraged and directed from earliest years. already expressed an interest. To have someone near who is really knowledgeable is also Along with the van ministry, what other plans are you very valuable. Learn all you can from them. But remember, no working on in your overall program for the Boston area? naturalist is always right or knows everything about anything. We are planning to start a vegetarian restaurant. And here They all have their whims and occasionally are inaccurate. I came another miracle when a dedicated couple offered the know this to be true of myself. I am often forced to change an proceeds from the sale of their property, which was a large idea or opinion. The same is true of field guides because they sum, for housing the restaurant itself. Both the restaurant were made by people. Some are much better than others and all and the van work should be feeders for our greater Boston are colored by the opinions of their authors. Field guides are evangelistic effort. mostly for identification with very limited information. Larger books with more information are often very expensive but are available in some libraries. Inquire and get acquainted with the best experts near you. You will find some old lady that knows wild flowers, someone else that's good about birds; some old woodsman that has lived with trees all his life. Many are experts in very narrow areas of one kind of nature. One may know lobsters, one may know bees. An old Italian who has gathered and eaten wild mushrooms all his life is a gold mine in that field. Some wizened grandmother who sits silently with her face covered with a sun- bonnet living in the past may suddenly come alive when she hears you mention pennyroyal tea and you may discover she has a treatment for every ailment—from gold thread to golden seal that she knows how to show you every herb from lobelia to tansy. Don't discount the value of her folk medicine. Most of it is less harmful than aspirin, commonly used antacids, and over- the-counter or prescribed medications. Some of her natural The Planning Committee for the Greater Boston healers are being rediscovered by the most discriminating of Evangelism Program (L. to R.): Mr. and Mrs. George Peter- modern science. son, Dr. Margaret Horsley, Elder Gerald Finneman, Rita When you become really interested in nature in general or Vital, Charles Eusey, Elder William Brace, Elder John Fer- any specific phase of nature, you immediately acquire a host of raro, and Elder Fred Hernandez. potential friends of common interest. I have friends all over the world literally who share my common interest and joy in

4 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER nature—an interest and joy that we can pursue throughout eter- nity. Of course, the most rewarding bonus that comes from being a Atlantic Union College naturalist is what happens to your soul when you leave the things that man has done to mar nature and keep it from reflec- ting the Creator. When the sounds of travel and industry are faint or absent altogether; when the natural fragrance of green ATLANTIC UNION COLLEGE things and flowers replace the diesel exhaust and factory fumes; when concrete, brick and glass are no longer in the range of GRADUATION SERVICES sight—only forest, fields, clear water and mountains; when the frantic rush of human activity and pursuit are left behind and we CONSECRATION—College Church feel nature's peace around us and in our hearts; then it is that May 9; 8:00 p.m. our souls are free and open, sensitive to the "still small voice"—and the cataract of our turbulent thoughts flows into a BACCALAUREATE—College Church peaceful pool of reflection where God can talk and we can hear. May 10; 11:00 a.m. Of course, I know that this can happen to the soul that is quiet in the bustle of the jostling crowd. But most of us need to heed COMMENCEMENT—Field House the invitation of Jesus, "Come ye yourselves apart. . .and rest May 11; 10:00 a.m. awhile." Then He led them to a place of natural beauty and quietness. Afford yourself the luxury of this recreation and refreshment. AUC Senior Is Yankee Intern Wendy Ripley, a senior English major, is working in Boston this spring semester as a Yankee Intern. For twelve weeks she will be assisting Historic Massachu- setts, Inc., in preparing for a statewide preservation con- ference to be held May 9. She is developing a Preserva- tion Resource handbook which will contain information on state, federal, and private funding available for historic preservation projects. Wendy, who has almost completed her college stud- ies, was staff writer for AUC's alumni journal Accent and a staff writer in the College Relations Office. Last semester she did her apprentice teaching in English at Reading Senior High School and applied for the Yankee Internship. The Yankee Intern Program is a partnership of Yan- kee Publishing, Inc., of Dublin, New Hampshire, and the National Trust. Designed in 1983, it places college students at locations throughout New England to work with preservation projects. Each intern works for twelve weeks, earning a stipend. Wendy is the daughter of Pastor and Mrs. Jim Ripley of Medford, Massachusetts. He pastors the New Eng- land Memorial Church in Stoneham.

Wendy Ripley

April 22,1988, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 5 Atlantic Union College Director of Cunningham Residence Hall ical Seminary, a University Scholar at Graduation Speakers at Oakwood College. They are the Northwestern University and a Spivak parents of four children ranging in ages Dissertation Fellow. He has published The Vice-president for Administra- from 4 to 12. articles on various topics having to do tion and Development at Oakwood Col- A native of Puerto Rico, Dr. Caleb with the sociology of religion in a variety lege will be AUC's Consecration Rosado, will be the Baccalaureate of both Seventh-day Adventist and non- speaker. Dr. Rosa T. Banks, a native of speaker. He is presently the pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist publications. He Florida and an alumna of Oakwood All Nations Church in Berrien Springs, and his wife also spent a summer in College received her Master of Educa- Thailand teaching English to Cambo- tion degree in 1970 from the University dian refugees. of Pittsburgh and was granted the Doc- Dr. Rosado is married and the father tor of Education from the same institu- of three children. tion in 1974. She has taught Business The 1985 Commencement speaker is Education at Oakwood and the Univer- Gordon B. Lankton who is president of sity of Pittsburgh and was Executive Nypro, Inc., in Clinton, Massachusetts. Assistant to the President of Oakwood This international company is a manu- for eight years. Her current respon- facturer of custom-injection molding of sibilities include administering the areas precision engineered plastic parts. A of Public Relations, Student Recruit- native of Peoria, Illinois, Mr. Lankton is ment, Alumni Affairs, Financial a 1954 graduate of Cornell University Development, Institutional Research with a degree in Mechanical Engineer- and Admissions at Oakwood College. In ing. During his college years he was her work for Oakwood College, she has Junior class President, President of the traveled extensively throughout the Car- Student Council and a member of the ribean Islands, Africa and Europe. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. From 1954-56 Many of her publications have been in he was a member of the U.S. Army the area of education in general and Military Intelligence and was stationed Business Education in particular and she in Frankfurt, Germany. He spent one has published a book, entitled, Business Dr. Caleb Rosada year traveling around the world, which Education Programs. Some of her Michigan, Adjunct Professor of Church included a motorcycle trip through Ger- honors include being named as an Ministry at the Theological Seminary at many and Japan. The E.I. Dupont De "Outstanding Educator of America," Andrews University and a Guest Lec- Nemours & Company of Wilmington, "World Who's Who of Women," turer in Sociology at Northeastern Il- Delaware, employed him as Plastics "Community Leaders and Noteworthy linois University in Chicago. In previous Technologist and he was also General Americans," "Notable Americans" and years he has ministered to black, white Manager of the Plastics Division of the "Outstanding Young Women of Amer- and hispanic congregations through the Stanley Tools Company in New Britain, ica." She is a member of the National west and mid-west. Connecticut. In 1962, he started as Business Education Association, Delta He received his Bachelor's degree in General Manager and 50 percent owner Pi Epsilon business fraternity, and Theology from Pacific Union College of Nypro, Inc., of Clinton, Association of Women in Higher Educa- and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Massachusetts, and was named vice- tion. Andrews University. Northwestern president in 1965. In 1969, he became She has been active in her local church University granted him a Ph.D. in 100 percent owner with annual sales of and enjoys playing all outdoor sports, Sociology in August of 1985. His disser- [Concluded on page 8] piano playing and art. Her husband tation was entitled "Sect and Part: Halsey is Assistant Dean of Men and Religion Under Revolution in Cuba" and his research included at least two trips to Cuba. He is a member of the American Sociological Association, The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association. He is frequently in demand as a lec- turer at colleges, universities and con- ferences on topics having to do with the Sociology of Religion, Urban Problems, Liberation Theology and Race and Ethnic Relations. An ordained minister of the Seventh- day Adventist Church, Dr. Rosado's paper on Puerto Rican Seventh-day Adventist's in Chicago won the best stu- dent paper award at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 1983. He has been a Fellow Dr. Rosa T. Banks at Garrett-Evangelical Theolog- Gordon B. Lankton

6 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER AMERICAN LITERATURE ON LOCATION June 16 - July 3, 1986 Atlantic Union College South Lancaster, Mass.

n Inter-Collegiate program. Register on your own campus, but take the Acourses on the AUC campus, where study is combined with visiting the literary sites in the New England area. This summer two courses will be offered:

Eugene O'Neill, taught by Delmer Davis, Chairman Andrews University English Department

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Each course can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit. Each course is 3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours in value. You can register on your home campus, on the AUC campus, or (if you are from an undergraduate college) through Andrews or Loma Linda if you wish graduate credit.

For further information, call or write: English Department Atlantic Union College South Lancaster, MA 01561 Tel. No. 617-368-0311 Ext. 299 or 241 Call TOLL FREE: 1-800-AUC-2030 In Mass. 1-800-325-0099

April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 7 [Continued from page 6] $4 million and 100 employees. By 1984, OFFICIAL NOTICE the company, with him as president and Bermuda Conference chairman of the Board of Directors, had of Seventh-day Adventists built annual sales to $60 million with subsidiaries in Georgia, Puerto Rico, Notice is hereby given that the Executive Committee who may be Ireland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Bermuda Conference Session of present at any session of this Con- His numerous civic activities include Seventh-day Adventists will con- ference; (3) All ordained ministers being President of the Clinton Chamber vene at the Hamilton Seventh-day and licentiates who are in good of Commerce, the Clinton Citizens Adventist Church, King Street, and regular standing and who Council and the Clinton Rotary Club; Hamilton, May 4, 1986. hold regular credentials and an Advisory Director of the Guaranty This session is being held for the licences from the Atlantic Union Bank & Trust; Chairman of the Clinton purpose of receiving reports for or the Bermuda Conference; (4) Development Task Force; a Trustee of the two-year period ended Such delegates as shall be duly ac- Worcester Polytechnic Institute and December 31, 1985; the election of credited by the organized churches Mechanics Hall. He and his wife Janet officers, department directors, of the Conference, on the basis of and their three daughters live in nearby and an executive committee; and one for each local organized West Boylston. the transaction of such other church, and one additional for Gary Gray business as may properly come each twenty-five members or ma- College Relations before the delegates. jor fraction thereof; (5) Such The constitution provides that other persons as may be recom- the voters of this Conference shall mended by the Executive Commit- be: (1) Members of the Executive tee and accepted by the delegates Committee of the Conference; (2) in session. Members of the General Con- A.R. Goulbourne, President ference Executive Committee and Lew Van Allen, Secretary Bermuda the Atlantic Union Conference

OFFICIAL NOTICE The Bermuda Conference Association of Greater New York Seventh-day Adventists Notice is hereby given that a Babylon Center NEW CAMP MANAGER meeting of the Bermuda Con- Expands Community Services ference Association of Seventh- Babylon church is publicizing a vari- day Adventists, a corporation, ety of services to the community on an will be held in connection with the ongoing basis. Under the direction of Conference Session of Seventh- Community Services Director Romelda day Adventists at the Hamilton Walker, the church's community ser- Seventh-day Adventist Church, vices center has expanded its services to King Street, Hamilton, May 4, include health and mental-health 1986. The first meeting of the counseling. association will be held at 11:00 Particular help is offered for post- a.m. stroke patients and those with rehabilita- The purpose of this meeting is tion needs, as well as for families with to elect a board of trustees and to aged or aging parents. These services will transact such other business as be conducted by Romelda Walker who may properly come before the holds an Ed.D. in education and family meeting. counseling and who is presently involved Delegates to the Conference in rehabilitative and psychiatric counsel- Session of the Bermuda Con- ing for the Veterans' Administration. Jeff Marshall is now serving as the ference of Seventh-day Adventists Other services scheduled at the manager of Camp Berkshire. He was a are the delegates to the Con- Babylon Center include Red Cross CPR Potomac Conference camp ranger ference Session of the Bermuda and First Aid classes, stop-smoking and before coming to Greater New York and Conference Association of nutrition classes, classes on basic has had wide experience in building Seventh-day Adventists. computer-programming. The latter are maintenance and construction and A.R. Goulbourne, President taught by church treasurer Oliver automotive repair. The camp's former Lew Van Allen, Secretary Spencer who also instructs in income-tax manager, Jim Rogers, accepted a call to preparation. the Southwestern Union.

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April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 9 Last summer at A.U.C. many of our best students hadn't even finished high school. It takes something really new and You'll see and experience everything exciting to get high school students into a from Walden Pond to J'aime le bon pain, classroom in the middle of July. It takes from pencils to Pascal. In field trips from dynamite teachers, fantastic field trips and, Cape Cod to Concord, from Boston's Back most of all, exceptionally good students. Bay to the Berkshires, you'll discover New Again, Atlantic Union College brings all England as few high school students ever three together for a challenging new do. You'll make new friends, participate learning experience. in dormitory life and get a valuable head It's called The Summer Advantage. start on college. "It was very intense and It's four weeks of non-stop, high energy demanding, but a lot of fun. The teachers learning during which you can earn up to 6 were excellent," said Heidi Brand, a junior hours of transferable college credit—even at SLA, after last year's program. before you've finished high school. You'll also receive a significant finan- You can choose from courses such as cial advantage—six hours of college credit New England in Literature, with field trips for $500—nearly 60% off our lowest tuition to America's great literary and historical rate during the regular school year! And sites; Computing in The High-Tech Belt: A there are many other benefits. Byte at A Time, with trips to computer If you have an excellent academic manufacturers and The Boston Computer record you may already qualify* Get Museum; Individualized French: Getting the Summer Advantage—and a real Around in Montreal, that culminates with a headstart on college. Write us for details. long weekend in one of the great French The Summer Advantage, Atlantic cities of the world; and Marks on Paper. Union College, South Lancaster, MA Awareness Through Drawing featuring 01561. Or call us TOLL FREE. classes on location in New England villages Nationwide: 1-800-AUC-2030. and towns. In Mass.: 1-800-325-0099. Atlantic Union College

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10 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER Twenty-five Baptized at North Bronx Massey, a communication secretary for Manhattan church, who has experience Following a three-week crusade, 25 Gordon places first priority on being a in public health and cable TV. Adven- persons were baptized in the North "fisher of men." He and his wife Mar- tists were well represented in both the Bronx church. The series marked the jorie have three children: Roy, Jr., studio audience and as program beginning of Elder Roy A. Gordon's Winston and Cynthia. panelists, and Adventist concepts of ministry for the congregation. Elder Linford Martin who formerly smoke cessation figured prominently in Elder Gordon, a native of Jamaica, served as pastor at North Bronx is now the discussion. The Conference Van served most recently in the Bahamas. An pastoring the Grand Concourse church. Program's 800 number was shown dur- able sportsman and fisherman, Elder ing the programs so viewers can request free information and Breathe-Free Plan locations. • The Queens Korean church was organized January 25 in Flushing. This is the fourth Korean church in Greater New York. Korean membership for the Conference totals more than 300. • Paul A. U. Levy, a recent visitor from Grand Cayman Islands, purchased 17 Power to Cope TV programs on 1/2" VHS cassettes at the Van Center. The tapes will be used for home evangelism on Grand Cayman where there is no TV station but many VCR's in use. Brother Levy made the purchase after having viewed the program at the New Orleans General Conference session. • The Far Rockaway Hispanic church was organized January 18 with 70 charter members. Services are held in a funeral parlor purchased and redecor- ated for use by the new congregation. *

Pastor Roy Gordon performs with North Bronx youth in a special remarriage and musical program following his recent crusade. The event also included awards to Women's Groups Meet members who had brought numbers of guests to the crusade. Middletown—More than a dozen women have met each month since 1945 BAPTISM News Briefs as members of the Middletown Friend- AT JACKSON HEIGHTS ship Club. Pursuing their motto, "Do • The Brazilian-Portuguese church Something for Somebody," the group inaugurated a new building in Astoria, has involved itself in charitable activities Queens, on February 1. The congrega- both within the church and in communi- tion of more than 100, which had ty organizations in need of volunteer outgrown its previous building, has assistance. begun a second group now worshipping Funds raised or contributed by the in the basement of the German New women have helped with costs of film York church in Manhattan. Persons at- rentals for church socials, church tending have been drawn from a school renovation and in making items for area offering classes in English for Brazilians. volunteer organizations. Their current A continuing ministry of the Por- project is to buy a new stainless steel tuguese church is Telepaz ("Telephone hood for the church stove. Peace"), a recorded message of scrip- Brenda Montes tural comfort which offers a telephone Communication Secretary number for free spiritual counseling. Some individuals have already joined Pelham Parkway-Co-op City— Maria Silvestre was baptized on the church as a result of this telephone Women from this Bronx district plan January 25 at the Jackson Heights ministry. quarterly Sunday brunches for 1986 as a church by Elder Ronald Schmidt. When • Two television programs on stop- means of spiritual enrichment and Maria felt drawn to return to the ping smoking were taped recently at the fellowship. Pre-brunch activities will in- Seventh-day Adventist Church, she Long Island studios of the local Catholic clude prayer, music and inspirational turned to the Yellow Pages to find the diocese. The programs aired in March talks by Adventist women active in per- nearest church. Bible worker Tony and will air again in June during prime sonal ministry. Camille Tomao serves as Mazzella studied with her in preparation time to a potential 400,000 households. coordinator of the new group, which for baptism. They were arranged for by Susan met first on March 2.

April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 11 CHARLES CORNO ORDAINED him were his three daughters, one of tian counselor. Names were suggested whom is also a shut-in and lives in his and encouraging words offered, remind- home. Though unable to get out regular- ing him of God's great concern and love, ly, he does the cooking for himself and and the power of prayer. Though temp- his daughter. tations and even thoughts of suicide Jackson Heights leaders share in flooded his mind, he experienced almost delivering a flower to each shut-in on immediate answers. . . .God provided a their birthday as part of the church's ef- place to stay and beautiful Christian forts to maintain contact with its friends and co-workers in a new job that members who are no longer able to at- he finds thrilling. tend services. A young lady telephoned to ask if Old Westbury—On February 15, a there might be an Adventist Church in videotaped message from the church's Manhattan. (There are 17!) She was oldest member, 96-year-old Mrs. Clarice hungry for even one Christian friend Weston, was viewed by the congrega- because she was often working from Charles and Cindy Corno were of- tion. Following the service, members 5:00 a.m. to midnight. Though she cared ficially welcomed to pastoral ministry in taped greetings to Mrs. Weston on an for three children, cooked, did laundry an ordination service for Pastor Corno audio cassette as part of a two-way and cleaning, she received $50.00 a held recently at the Babylon church Valentine remembrance. month plus room and board. Coming where he is pastor. Speaker for the ser- Babylon—When members of the from another country, she did not know vice was Elder Lee Kretz, ministerial Babylon church told ailing Mrs. that this was hardly adequate compensa- director for the Atlantic Union Con- Carmelita Schoeps they were going to tion. Several months passed and she was ference. Elder Merlin Kretschmar, Con- pray for her health, they let her listen in not even paid; then God answered her ference president, and Juanita on the prayer by telephone. From a prayers and rewarded her uncomplain- Kretschmar, director of Adventist Com- telephone placed on the pulpit, Head ing faithfulness with a much better job munity Health Services, each spoke Deacon Harry Montello dialed Mrs. with a family who had been praying for words of welcome. Schoeps and left the telephone off the a helper. So impressed were they with Among those present were past and hook while prayer was offered in her this girl's story that they hired her, sight present Greater New York Academy col- behalf. unseen. The new "boss lady" wanted leagues of Pastor Corno, who serves as to go to church the first Sabbath with pastor and religion department chair- her new employee to praise God for His man there. Adventist Information Center guidance. Receptionist Naomi Sica Providing the "Good News" joined them in church that happy Sab- bath, as they had all become telephone Greater New York The work of sharing information on friends. Adventism involves giving out printed A recent development is that the Principals Attend Seminars material on request, but an increasingly Catholic lady and two of her friends Principals of Conference schools at- greater portion of this work at the have requested Bible studies. Another tended seminars in Basic Skills and Adventist Information Center in Man- amazing note: after attending church Leadership sponsored by Padgett- hattan is devoted to person-to-person just one Sabbath, the Catholic lady's Thompson, one of the nation's leading ministry. The following is a brief sam- work supervisor asked her to work the corporations for professional develop- pling from receptionist Naomi Sica's In- next Saturday. The lady declined for ment. David Cadavero, Conference formation Center "diary." It conveys religious reasons. When asked if she is a superintendent of education, attended a just a glimpse of the exciting world of in- Seventh-day Adventist, she replied that two-day conference for new ad- formation of and for Christ: she is "converting." Earlier, the work ministrators of non-public schools held A young lady telephoned and said she supervisor had asked an Adventist in Albany. was a Christian and believed the employee about Adventist schools and As an aid in developing administrative seventh-day Sabbath. She w.)uld like to has been sending his stepdaughter to one skills and in keeping abreast of the latest visit one of our churches—could Naomi of our academies for two years! trends in effective school management, Sica, the Information Center recep- A Jewish girl who had recently fin- the Conference Education Department tionist, help her? ished acting school and had become a has set a goal of attendance at two pro- Minutes later, the two met and soon "born-again Christian" asked for The fessional growth seminars per academic Christy was attending church and en- Great Controversy in Portuguese. The year. rolled in Bible studies. She read all but a receptionist called the past-or of our David A. Cadavero few pages of The Great Controversy in a Brazilian church who told her he would Superintendent of Schools weekend, so eager to learn the "real have the book in about three weeks. truth." Now a Seventh-day Adventist, When asked how she knew about the she witnesses at her place of work and book, the girl reported that a man drove Shut-ins Remembered her new husband has begun to come to up to her girlfriend in Florida, rolled church. down the window and said, "This book Jackson Heights—Members joined in A young man, a recent Adventist, was changed my life; I would like to share it wishing Vincent Sapienza a happy 90th going through a personal crisis and came with you. Won't you please accept it as birthday January 25. A shut-in, Brother to New York City to escape an unfor- my gift to you?" Sapienza came to the church for the tunate situation. Despairing, he called She read it and then sent it to her special birthday tribute. Accompanying the Information Center to find a Chris- friend in New York who was reading it

12 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER with keen interest. She was eager to get Samuele Bacchiocchi, an Italian pro- the Portuguese version for her fiance to fessor of theology at Andrews Universi- UNION SPRINGS read. ty. The caller was soon to leave for Sicily ACADEMY The telephone rang and a man with a to deliver this package personally to his strong Italian accent was on the line. cousin. ALUMNI WEEKEND After some repeating, it was understood A young man, shaken by being April 25 & 26, 1986 that this man has a cousin in Italy who robbed on 42nd Street of several thou- Speaker wants to write to a Seventh-day Adven- sand dollars, all the money he possessed, Dr. Roger Dudley tist in America. The receptionist took his came directly to the Information Center. Andrews University name and number so an Italian-speaking Once an Adventist, he had been lured by Church Ministries Institute Adventist could telephone him to learn drugs and alcohol. The Holy Spirit had HONOR CLASSES more. been working, however, and he realized '26, '36, '46, '56, '61, '66, '76 He told her that his cousin in Sicily is the devil provides no safety or security. an evangelist who believes in the His desire is to return to the Lord. The seventh-day Sabbath and is a vegetarian; Sicas arranged to take him to church the he wants to compare what Adventists coming Sabbath. believe with what he believes. Books that These stories represent a small frac- New York Pioneer had belonged to the Italian Adventist's tion of the kinds of persons being drawn Camp Meeting deceased husband were packaged and to the Information Center and Adven- The first of two "New York the delivered to the caller, with a letter con- tism. As Naomi Sica repeatedly says in Pioneer Conference" camp meetings taining addresses and telephone amazement, "I never know what will will be held June 27 through July 5, numbers of church and educational happen next!" 1986. 1987 will be the 125th anniversary centers in Italy, as well as for Dr. since the New York Conference was organized. During the period starting June 27, 1986, and extending through 1987, special plans and activities will take place to commemorate God's divine Mew York leadership of His church with particular emphasis upon how He has worked through His believers in New York. New Pastor Arrives Elder Robert H. Pierson will be our in Binghamton District evening speaker at camp meeting this year. His work in three overseas divi- The members of the Vestal Hills sions, in several conferences in North and Tioga County churches welcomed America and his nearly 12 years as world Pastor Bernard A. Taylor and his wife leader place him in a unique position. Alyna and their two children Clynton His spiritual insights, his ringing and Danelle when a vacancy was created messages to audiences in many lands by the reassigning of their previous have always uplifted, strengthened and pastor, Ed Robinson. encouraged Adventist believers and their Elder Taylor was born in Australia friends. while his wife's birthplace is Auckland, Dr. Kay Kuzma of Loma Linda, well- New Zealand. Elder Taylor began work known author and speaker, will be mak- in New Zealand as an assistant pastor and evangelistic team member before moving over to the Greater Sidney Con- ference in Australia where he was a church pastor and evangelist. He left Australia to come to the United States to start a doctoral program at Hebrew Union College in Ohio, majoring in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. His most recent assignment prior to coming to the New York Conference was as an Elder and Mrs. Bernard Taylor with adjunct professor at Columbia Union their two children Clynton, 13, and College on the Kettering, Ohio, campus. Danelle, 10. He has been published in Ministry magazine and we look forward to his warm and cordial welcome to the Taylor contribution to the work in the New family and know that God will bless York Conference. them richly as they assume their new The Taylors are settling nicely in their responsibilities in the Southern Tier sec- new district and are becoming better ac- tion of New York state. quainted all the time with the members Donald E. Wright of both churches. We extend a very Communication Director Elder Robert H. Pierson

April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 13 1986 CAMP MEETING APPLICATION 1986 June 27-July 5, 1986 New York Conference P 0 Box 67, Syracuse, New York 13215 Phone: (315) 469-6921 Attn: Locating Office

Campgrounds located in Union Springs Phone during camp meeting (315) 889-7600

Please check accommodations desired: Dormitory Room (2 single beds, no cooking in rooms) $65.00 Space for private tent/camper (on hill) 22.00 Electricity for tent/camper (on hill) 13.00 Trailer/camper space with electricity (off hill) 40.00 Dr. Kay Kuzma Air-conditioning electricity extra 16.00 ing daily presentations in the main tent Transient accommodations, NO lines provided 40.00 and in other group locations. Her books Transient accommodations, per night, NO linens provided 8.00 entitled Working Mothers, Teaching Transient accommodations, per night, linens provided 10.00 Your Own Pre-School Children, and No. Additional beds needed (2 are provided with room or cabin) 4.00 Filling Your Love Cup suggest the areas Deposit: 50010 of accommodation cost is to accompany all orders. Non- of emphasis her talks will include. Her refundable after May 30. Before occupancy of accommodation, commitment is to help promote and complete cost must be paid. Trailer spot requests for a specific maintain family and social relationships. spot must be accompanied by total payment. (Fifty percent deposit Plan now to come to the big tent at is sufficient if you are not requesting a particular spot.) Union Springs Academy for this first of Cabins are already assigned and cost is: Large Cabin-$80.00 Small two commemorative camp meetings, Cabin-$65.00 Please check the days you plan to be present if not staying June 27 through July 5! Our 1986 motto the entire time: will be, "I HAVE CHOSEN YOU." Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday More information about other Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday speakers and features next month! Accommodations are made on the basis that the person applying will provide Norman Doss proper supervision for any minors under his/her jurisdiction. President There will be persons staying in the requested accommodations. Please specify above if you wish additional beds in your room/cabin. Thank "Either what woman having ten you. Will you have children under 13 years of age with you? pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, Name Date and sweep the house, and seek Address Phone diligently till she find it?" City State Zip Luke 15:8 For health reasons and for consideration of fellow campers, it is the policy I recently had opportunity to under- that pets not be brought to the campgrounds. We will appreciate your stand fully this parable of Jesus. My cooperating with this policy to make camping more enjoyable for all. husband had given me a $50 bill that For Office Use Only: morning to go grocery shopping. I Date Rec#_Amt $ Bal $ thought I put it in my housecoat pocket, Date Rec#___Amt $ Bal $ intending later to put it in my pocket- book. As I stood in line at a store waiting to pay for some purchases, little did I know I was in for a rude awakening! Opening to search again. Of course, I was praying "The woman whose coin was lost my pocketbook, "My money! It's all the time, "Lord, you know where searched until she found it. So in love, gone!" I searched frantically but to no that money is, please help me find it." faith, and prayer let parents work for avail. No $50 bill was to be found. "I found it, I found it!" Mother came their households, until with joy they can Luckily I was able to borrow money rushing triumphantly out of my bed- come to God saying, 'Behold, I and the from my mother to finish my shopping. room waving the missing $50 bill. She children whom the Lord hath given me.' How anxious I was to get home to find said, "Something seemed to tell me to Isaiah 8:18. . .Wherever we may be, my missing money. But search as we did, look in your sweater pocket" (which I there the lost piece of silver awaits our no money was to be found. Hoping my had been wearing over my housecoat). search. Are we seeking for him—for husband had seen and picked it up, I The lost was found! It was close at hand, her?" (Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 195, went out to the garage and asked him. yet it could be recovered only by diligent 196) No, he hadn't seen it. Back to the house search. Beverly Meacham

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AprIl 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 15 Northern New England

REMEMBER GOD IN Raising Funds YOUR WILL OR TRUST for Rochester Pathfinder Club If you should need assistance, please Many hours of planning and work write to: went into the making of a successful and Trust Services Office very pleasant evening of fellowship. The Northern New England Conference highlights of the evening's spaghetti sup- of Seventh-day Adventist, Inc. per were Mary-Sue's famous meatless PO Box 1340 meatballs and Alice's delicious apple Portland, ME 04104 pie. many compliments on a tasty and well- or call: (207) 797-3760 The eight pathfinders did the majority served meal. of the work preparing and cooking the The proceeds from this meal are for meatless meatballs on Saturday evening flags and uniforms. There were $89.00 after the regular pathfinder meeting. added to the club's treasury. Sunday afternoon the fellowship room At the last regular meeting, the Pathfinder Club Organized at the Rochester church was a busy place Pathfinders chose a new name for their preparing for the guests. Everyone par- club. They will now be known as Six children of the Rutland, Vermont, ticipated smoothly and the whole opera- DAVID's 400, (Indebted to Christ and Seventh-day Adventist Church have tion was like clock work. distressed and discontented with this organized into King David's Band Forty-eight of the fifty-five expected present world. 1 Samuel 22:2) Pathfinder Club. An induction service church members were served in a little Winthrop Loring held December 14, 1985, marked the over an hour. The Pathfinders received Pathfinder Director beginning of the club under the leader- ship of Sue Brown and assistant leader, Michael Bisson. Southern New England

First Spanish-Portuguese Lay Institute Held

One hundred fifty lay people met at Emphasis was given to evangelism and Camp Winnekeag, March 14 through 16 soul winning through the Sabbath to participate in the first Lay Institute school class. Instructions were also given for the Spanish and Portuguese consti- for doing evangelism during Easter The service opened with prayer, tuency. Elder Sergio Moctezuma, week. Materials were provided in followed by the lighting of one candle. Church Ministries director for the Inter Spanish and Portuguese in the form of Each child then recited a tenet of American Division, and Elder Tonny tracts, books, filmstrips, sermons, and the organization, lighted a candle and Pittau, former Lay Activities director in other visual equipment. placed it in a holder on the church altar. South America and now a literature There were as many ladies as there All members recited the Pathfinder evangelist, were the instructors. were men, and they were all united in Pledge and Law in unison. After presen- ting each member with a scarf and slide, the service closed with singing the Pathfinder Song. Pictured front to rear, from the left are: Kevin Bisson, Shawn Bisson, Jessica Young, Andrew Walker, Jesse Shelton, Cathy Keefe, Sue Brown, and Michael Bisson. Missing from the photo is Paul Peryer. Other adults helping with the club organization are Sue Keefe, Dency Shelton, Robert Walker, David and Shawna Tate. Meetings are held twice a month at the church at 158 Stratton Road in Rutland. Leigh E. Adams Lay people who attended the first Spanish-Portuguese Lay Training Institute held at Communication Secretary Camp Winnekeag, March 14 through 16.

16 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER A High Day in Wickford Church On March 8, the Wickford, Rhode Island, church spent an enjoyable Sab- bath of worship and fellowship. After the church service everyone was invited to a dinner. In the afternoon Edith Leach of the Worcester, Massachusetts, church presented a slide program of extraor- dinary views of the beauties of nature. Accompanying the pictures were hymns being played softly with inspiring com- ments from Scripture and the writings of Ellen White. Many hearts were warmed on a cold winter Sabbath day by these Elder Tonny Pittau emphasizing Elder Sergio Moctezuma calling for a views of God's "second book." "Unidades Evangelizatora" through the "reavivamiento" (revival) in the use of David Dennis, pastor Sabbath schools. our talents for soul winning. Ground Broken for New their interest in reaching their goals. A new spirit of lay evangelism is Ouaboag, Connecticut, Delegates from each church met permeating the churches; already lay Seventh-day Adventist Church separately and agreed upon a united people are more active in soul winning. plan of action to see over 200 people Evangelistic efforts were conducted this On Tuesday, March 25, at 4:00 p.m. baptized this year, with 50 of them being past Easter week. ground was broken for the new baptized on Sabbath, June 28, during Fred E. Hernandez Quaboag Seventh-day Adventist Church camp meeting. Personal Ministries Director and school on Southbridge Road in WHEN MESSAGE magazine is the year by sending MESSAGE to church's missionary journal those you care about. Act now designed specifically for shar- and take advantage of the spe- ing with your Black friends. It cial campaign subscription will enrich your own Christian GOES OUT, price of only US$6.50. Sub- experience as well. MESSAGE scribe for yourself at the same discusses current events, reli- low price. gious, health, and family issues SOULS Order through your from an ethnic perspective. church personal ministries Make MESSAGE a part of your COME IN secretary or use this soul-winning commitment this coupon. r Gift to My name Address Address City City State Zip State Zip Gift card* to read. 0 Start ❑ Renew my subscription also I enclose my payment in the amount of $ *A personal gift card will be sent in your name unless you specify otherwise. (Attach separate Special MESSAGE campaign price of US$6.50 for six sheet for additional names.) bimonthly issues good only until July 31, 1986. Add US$2.25 per subscription outside the United States.

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April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 17 Cape Cod Evangelism The Cape Cod, Massachusetts, church enjoyed a two-Sabbath seminar in Per- sonal Evangelism during February, con- ducted by Leominster church pastor Marion Kidder. For the two Friday evening and Sabbath afternoon presen- tations about forty-five of the church members attended in preparation for soul-winning work. This was in preparation of the Cape Cod church taking on the program "Project: Steps to Christ," a project designed to place in each home, by direct mail, a copy of Steps to Christ and an in- vitation to receive other Ellen White books. In addition to the free books, there is an invitation to take Bible studies. So far, every home in the Hyannis area has received a copy of Steps to Ground breaking ceremony for new Quaboag, Connecticut, Seventh-day Adventist Christ with an invitation to take a free Church. Bible course. And now Steps to Christ Warren, Massachusetts. Manning the shovels were Stanley Steiner and Larry Davis, President and Secretary- CAMP MEETING 1986 Treasurer respectively of SNEC; Pastor Southern New England Conference Terry St. Clair and members of the building committee. A large turnout of of Seventh-day Adventists church members cheered them on. Elder 34 Sawyer St. P.O. Box 1169 Steiner spoke a few words of encourage- ment and Elder Davis asked the Lord's South Lancaster, Massachusetts Telephone: (617) 365-4551 blessing on the project. The Quaboag church was formed by EQUIPMENT the merger of the New Braintree and East Brimfield congregations and serves Tent with Floor $56.25 families from Barre to Monson and Double Bed—Spring and Mattress Ware to Southbridge, Massachusetts. 13.50 The church will be built in two phases. Single Bed—Spring and Mattress 10.50 Phase I will consist of the church school Table 3 00 and fellowship hall with adjoining Sab- bath school rooms. The fellowship hall Chairs-each 1 50 will serve as a place for worship until *Site for private tent or trailer—Per night 6 00 Phrase II, the Sanctuary, is completed. It will also be a center for community Per weekend 15.00 programs. Full time 15.00 Construction will commence May 20 Dormitory Bed-2 adults per room (no children) with major work completed by June 6. Labor will be provided by members and -Per person per night 8 50 friends of the church, assisted by -Full time per person 76.50 Maranatha Flights International (MFI). Pastor St. Clair and the Quaboag -Full time per room 153.00 church members are looking forward Name with joy and enthusiasm to the com- Address pletion of their church home. Here they will base their efforts to serve God and their fellowman. All reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Must have deposit of Anyone wishing to assist in this pro- $10.00 with Application. DEPOSIT ject may contact Pastor Terry St. Clair, NOT REFUNDABLE AFTER MAY 20, (413) 436-7846, P. 0. Box 1269, Warren, 1986. (*) On site for private tent or trailer, only one family permitted per site. MA 01083, or George Price, Director, No linens provided by the dormitories. Atlantic Union Chapter MFI, at (617) 365-9315, Bolton Station Road, Lan- CAMP MEETING DATES: JUNE 20-28, 1986 caster, MA 01523. it

18 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER books are being sent to every home in Quaboag Church tor told you that you had only one day the Falmouth area. Currently cards are Dedication of Children to live. Some of the things might be a bit coming back to the church office re- fanciful, but—if you are honest with questing Bible studies. To follow up Sabbath, February 8, was a high day yourself—you will find some personal these names, Pastor George Whitsett for the Quaboag, Connecticut, church priorities emerging. Concentrate on the and those that attended the February with eight precious little people pattern you see in your list. Personal Evangelism Seminar are con- dedicated to the Lord by their parents. Now, make another list. One that you tacting each home. The children, ranging in age from four can do today, even if you aren't dying! Starting April 12, Pastor George months to seven years, each received a Make some goals that harmonize with Whitsett will be conducting a Revelation special flower and a book of Bible the pattern of priorities you found in Seminar each Sabbath morning, for ten stories to remind them of the day they your first list. Find some corners of time weeks, to continue to follow up these were brought to the Creator. to begin to incorporate these into your names at the church. Fellowship lun- The children dedicated were: Nancy life, now. cheons will follow the worship service on Beth Kittridge; Katherine Wright; The wonder of the little things, the a number of these Sabbaths to get better Danielle Reardon; Emily and Mollie spiritual dimension of life, the depth of acquainted with the visitors attending. Beth Pacquin; Belinda, Melissa and relationships do not have to belong only Please be praying for the Holy Spirit's James Melanson. Pastor Terry St. Clair to those who have warning that their blessing during this spring and summer of the Quaboag-Quinebaug district ad- time is short. We, too, can feast on the for Cape Cod and the islands as our monished parents and friends alike of nectar of the best things in life that God members endeavor to reach out for the joys and obligations of helping these is offering to us. Today! Christ. children in the Christian growth. Marvin Whitney, Chaplain Parkview Memorial Hospital Burnswick, Maine Adventist Health System North Life's Priorities yearning to find the real meaning of life General News . • • Today I watched a man die. Medical becomes compelling. Spiritual realities treatment was powerless to prevent it. take on new significance. Message Editor One minute he was sitting in a hospital Must we be jolted so dramatically Interviews Astronaut's Widow office, discussing business. The next, a before we can awaken from our stupor? doctor and nurses were fighting for his Perhaps not. It will take effort, though, After the initial shock created by the life. In vain. to fight off the deadening numbness of loss of the seven astronauts on January It was sobering. How lightly we value the everyday. 28 had subsided, Message magazine the priceless minutes of each day! If you Take a sheet of paper and write down editor Delbert Baker visualized a feature had only 24 hours for living, how would all the things you would do if your doc- story on the life of Black astronaut you spend them? Life is made up of the little things we do every day. The too-busy hours, the unappreciated beauties. The friendships and caring that get lost in the bustle. The E. G. WHITE ESTATE SEMINAR ON child who wants to share a treasure, but CONTEMPORY ISSUES IN PROPHETIC GUIDANCE hesitates because we were too busy to AT ATLANTIC UNION COLLEGE listen last time. The husband or wife who is hungry for deep eye contact, for a July 29 to August 7, 1986 sympathetic ear, for a squeeze of the hand, but may be hiding behind a shell Topics: Modern Prophets, Demons and Exorcism, The Role of Women, Ellen White As a Person, Life Insurance, Marriage and Divorce, The Literary of indifference because he/she fears a Borrowing Issue, The Human Nature of Christ, Ellen White's Role in brush-off, again. Doctrinal Formation, The Use of the Tithe, Proper Sabbath Observance, I have seen life attitudes change Critics and Criticism, and many others. dramatically by a few words from a doc- tor. Somehow, being told we have a Teachers: Roger Coon, Paul Gordon, Robert Olson, Elbio Pereyra, George Rice serious disease yanks the blurry glasses of the routine from our eyes. Suddenly Cost: $294 for 3 quarter-hours of academic credit plus a $20 charge for the faces of our loved ones are full of materials. For those not desiring academic credit, a fee of $80 will be meaning; we realize with a pang just charged in lieu of tuition. how much we need them and love them. C.E.U.'s Ministers not receiving academic credit will be granted 5 continuing Life's little wonders stand out with education units. T vibrancy. A bird, a flower. The sea. The patterns of the clouds. The hug of a

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AprII 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 19 Ronald McNair, one on the seven who lost their lives. Delbert knew that he was OFFICIAL NOTICE up against pretty tough odds, but he Atlantic Union Conference couldn't seem to put the idea out of his of Seventh-day Adventists mind. He pursued this concept by making a Notice is hereby published that ference/mission executive com- telephone call to Cheryl McNair, wife of the 24th session of the Atlantic mittees. the astronaut, where he unfolded his Union Conference of Seventh-day "b. In addition, delegates at plans to use her husband's story in Adventists will convene at the large shall participate in the Message magazine. At first, under- Atlantic Union College Church, union conference constituency standably so, Cheryl was skeptical, but Main Street and George Hill meeting as follows: she did request that Delbert send her Road, South Lancaster, Massa- some copies of Message, along with a chusetts, June 3-4, 1986. The first "(1) The individual members written outline of how the interview meeting of the session will con- of the executive committee of would be used. The information was vene at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June this union conference; and sent to Houston via express mail, and 3, 1986. "(2) Members of the General although Delbert had requested a This session is being held for the Conference executive commit- telephone interview, he felt impressed to purpose of receiving reports for tee who may be present at any board a plane and go to Houston. the five-year period ending constituency meeting of this However, when he made further at- December 31, 1985; the election of union conference. The number tempts to speak with Mrs. McNair, he officers, department directors and of such delegates representing obtained a recorded telephone message. an executive committee; and the the General Conference of Delbert suspected that he was being transaction of such other business Seventh-day Adventists shall avoided; but when he reached his hotel as may properly come before the not exceed ten percent of the room in Houston, he called home to his delegates. total number of delegates pro- wife Susan who excitedly reported that The Atlantic Union Conference vided for herein above in sec- Cheryl McNair had been trying to reach constitution, Article III, section 2: tion 2.a.(1) of article III of Delbert! She would do the interview! Voting Representation defines these bylaws. She agreed to meet Delbert at a hotel who are the members of this con- "(3) Such other persons from where Jesse Jackson was speaking. In- stituency and outlines the formula the union conference staff, stead of a 30-minute interview as had for arriving at the number of church institutions, owned and been agreed upon, Cheryl visited delegates to be chosen as follows: operated by the union and local privately with Delbert for an hour and a "a. Each member organiza- conferences/missions, as may half, pouring out her feelings concerning tion shall be represented at be recommended by the union Ron McNair, husband, father, astro- union conference constituency conference executive committee naut, and Christian. meetings by duly accredited and accepted by the delegates in This was the first interview she'd delegates as follows: session; the total number of granted to any magazine, and when "(1) Each local conference/ delegates from this category not asked why she was willing to talk with mission shall be entitled to one to exceed ten percent of the Delbert, she explained that after looking delegate without regard to con- total number of regular dele- at the magazine and investigating ference membership and one gates provided for herein above Adventists, she came to the conclusion additional delegate for each 225 in section 2.a.(1) of article III of that Message was a vehicle to tell her church members or major frac- these bylaws." husband's story honestly—to the glory tion thereof. of God for the inspiration of other Black "(2) Such delegates shall be Philip S. Follett, president young men and women. Turning chosen by respective local con- Aaron N. Brogden, secretary obstacles into challenges had been a way of life for Ron, and in this same vein, Cheryl wanted to use his tragic death to inspire others. She sensed the clear mis- sion of Message and felt sure that her many key people," commented Baker Canadian Lawyer poignant story would not be exploited. about the interviews. "I felt as if the to Represent Laity While in Houston, Delbert felt the Lord was making my presence invisible Lord's guidance hour by hour as as I walked through security at the space On recommendation of North through the miraculous chain of events center without being questioned," he American Division officers, the General Delbert was able to secure additional concluded. Conference Committee has elected personal interviews with Ron's mother, This incredible story will be told in full David B. Thomas, an attorney from brother, pastor, and two fellow astro- in the May-June issue of Message Oshawa, Ontario, and an elective nauts, Charles Bolden, Jr., and Jon magazine, when readers will have the member of the General Conference McBride. opportunity to see another side of Ron Committee, as the lay member to repre- "When you consider the media blitz McNair, the extremely gifted man who sent the North American Division at the that surrounded the space center, and overcame all sorts of odds to earn a 1986 Annual Council, October 7 the intense grieving period these families Ph.D. in laser physics from MIT, while through 14, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. * were going through, it was nothing short never losing sight of his faith in the God of a miracle that I was to talk with so of earth and space. *

20 THE ATLANTIC UNION GLEANER RESUME OF UNFILLED OFFICIAL NOTICE MISSION OPPORTUNITIES Atlantic Union Conference March 10, 1986 of Seventh-day Adventists Some of these opportunities are for volunteers, and some for regularly employed Notice is hereby published of a "b. In addition, delegates at denominational workers. Many require a special meeting of the Atlantic large shall participate in the specified academic and experience back- Union Conference constituency to union conference constituency ground, and some a second language profi- be held on Tuesday, June 3, 1986, meeting as follows: ciency. at 4:00 p.m., at the College "(1) The individual members Administrators Mission Director 2 Church, Main Street and George of the executive committee of Hospital Administrator 1 Hill Road, South Lancaster, this union conference; and Press Manager Massachusetts. "(2) Members of the General Food Company Manager 1 The purpose of the special con- Conference executive commit- Treasurer, Mission 6 stituency meeting is to consider tee who may be present at any Business Manager 1 Public Health 2 constitutional revisions. The main constituency meeting of this Personnel Manager 1 issue will be "representation on union conference. The number Editor 1 the organizing committee." of such delegates representing Pastor 8 The Atlantic Union Conference the General Conference of Department Director: constitution, Article III, section 2: Seventh-day Adventists shall Health 2 ADRA 6 Voting Representation, defines not exceed ten percent of the Ministerial 3 who are the members of this con- total number of delegates pro- Pilot-Chaplain 1 stituency and outlines the formula vided for herein above in sec- Teachers for arriving at the number of tion 2.a. (1) of article III of Agriculture 4 delegates to be chosen as follows: these bylaws. Language 1 "(3) Such other persons from Math 4 "a. Each member organiza- Elementary 4 the union conference staff, tion shall be represented at Business 2 church institutions, owned and English union conference constituency 7 operated by the union and local Music 5 meetings by duly accredited conferences/missions, as may Religion-Bible 6 delegates as follows: Secretarial Science be recommended by the union 1 Biology 2 "(1) Each local conference/ conference executive committee Industrial Education 1 mission shall be entitled to one and accepted by the delegates in Physical Education delegate without regard to con- session; the total number of Chemistry 1 ference membership and one delegates from this category not Education 1 to exceed ten percent of the High School 3 additional delegate for each 225 Writer—Textbook 1 church members or major frac- total number of regular Office Positions tion thereof. delegates provided for herein Auditor 4 "(2) Such delegates shall be above in section 2.a. (1) of arti- Accountant 1 chosen by respective local con- cle III of these bylaws." Office Secretary 5 ference/mission executive com- Philip S. Follett, president Dentists 3 mittees. Aaron N. Brogden, secretary Medical-Related Optometrist 1 Dental Lab Technician 1 Physical Therapist 3 Laboratory Technician 1 Nurses YOUR Mail coupon for free school Instructor 2 Adventist School catalog or phone (202) 722-6570. General 4 Get the facts NOW. Supervisor 2 by Mail! Physicians Now, Home Study International General Practice 6 Mill Home Study International Family Practice 1 offers more than 150 low-cost, ef- 6940 Carroll Avenue Radiology 3 fective, learn-at-home courses to Takoma Park, MD 20912 Surgery 5 meet virtually any need. Since its Ob-Gyn 3 founding in 1909, Home Study In- Please mail me your free school Internal Medicine 1 catalog listing all courses available Ophthalmology ternational has served nearly 2 from HSI. 101602 Pediatrics 160,000 students from every walk Anesthesiology 1 of life and age group. Certified Name SDA teachers guide you every Address Practical Skills Maintenance 5 step of the way with friendly, per- City Farm Management 2 sonal service. Courses include: State/Zip For information regarding these or other Elementary School — High HSI is accredited by the GC Board of Regents. opportunities, you may contact Seventh-day School — College — Adult National Home Study Council. and approved by Adventist World Missions, 6840 Eastern the Maryland State Department of Education. Education. Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20012; (202) 722-6651. ADVERTISEMENT

AprIl 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No. 8 21 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2nd Annual Spring Spectacular Sun., May 4 GREATER NEW YORK Bible Prophecy Seminar Ct. Valley Adventist School Norwich SDA Church 360 Foster Rd., So. Windsor, CT "Patterns of God's Way" Apr. 5-May 30 Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Ten presentations on Sat., Mon., Wed. 7:00-8:15 p.m. "Fun Run" 10:00 a.m. ($5.00 fee) the Sanctuary Flea Market; free B/P check; Fri., Apr. 18- Youth Rally Bake Sale Sabbath, Apr. 26 May 3 & 4; Elmira SDA Church ABC sales 10:00 a.m.-2.00 p.m. (Eve 7:00 p.m.; Dr. Richard Fredericks Sabbaths, 10:45 a.m.) Sacred Organ Concert Sanctuary Replica Stoneham, MA, SDA Church Elder Francis Bush, Speaker 29 Maple St. Middletown Church May 17; 3:30 p.m. 70 Highland Ave. Organist, Keith Rasmussen of Middletown, NY NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND Kingsway College Details: (914) 374-3155 or 692-5558 Adventist Singles Ministry Associaton of Adventist Retreat Weekend 3- & 5-Mile Run Counselors (AAC) May 23-25 Sun., Apr. 27; 10:00 a.m. Pine Tree Academy Bethlehem, NH in Sponsored by Co-op City Church Freeport, ME beautiful White Mts. Pre-registration required Second Sunday of each month Contact Lucy Santana $6 fee (incl. T-Shirt) exc. July & Aug. (617) 368-8453 after 6:00 p.m. Call (212) 320-0518 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Bible Study & Fellowship Seminar on the Sabbath Springfield, MA, church May 2 & 3 1118 Sumner Ave. Fri. 7:30 p.m. Pastor Max Thames Sabbath 11:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. (413) 782-6260 Speaker: Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND (413) 783-0408 Crossroads Church Every Sunday Evening 410 W. 45th St. Phipps-Davis Gospel Concert New York, NY 10036 Apr. 26; 8:00 p.m. ATLANTIC UNION Hope High School NEW YORK 324 Hope St. Union-wide Ministerial Council Providence, RI. June I; 6:45 p.m.-June 3; p.m. Nutrition, Cooking, Weight Control Benefit Cedar Brook School Registration Sun. June 1; p.m. Syracuse Community Service Bldg. Sponsored by Pawtucket SDA Church All union pastors and spouses Mar. 25-Apr. 29. Tickets $10; Multiple disc. avail. urged to attend. Meetings Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Call (617) 252-3930 planned for pastors' wives. nAnd Counting! 5 3 The miracle began on January 10. It Is Written friends an( supporters joined in a nationwide "prayer moment" on the evl of the Revelation miniseries, THE RISE AND FALL OF ANTI CHRIST, asking for God's special blessing to accompany thes( eight vital telecasts. Two days later, it happened. Thousands of toll-free phon( calls began to pour into Adventist Information Ministries. A( avalanche of letters, including many from non-SDA clergymen requested Pastor Vandeman's new book on Revelation. Volun teers worked around the clock to meet the extraordinary de mand. A second printing was hastily ordered. Then a third. By the end of Week #8, more than 45,000 books had been requested A full 80 percent of those calling A.I.M. responded with positivE enthusiasm when invited to study Bible truth more deeply it a local Revelation Seminar. Now the miracle continues . .. as churches follow up thesE new names by providing those seminars, Bible studies, homE fellowship groups, and a warm, caring environment in Sabbath-. School and church. it To everyone who is a part of this continuing miracle of Car- Ts. ing Church ministry, and most of all to our %,‘ wntten heavenly Father, we at It Is Written 30 wish to humbly and gratefully say— YEARS

L. Iht N 114,1, Pcp, "A full-message telecast" "Thank You" ADVERTISEMENT (USPS 036.280) OFFICIAL NOTICE GLEANER The Atlantic Union Conference 0.1C. 014.16/ nn ATUNTIC UMW. COMIt144(.1 a SIV1Proi DA' 4pyllgyi.}% Association of Seventh-day Adventists Leon Davis Editor Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Atlantic Union Conference Geraldine I. Grout Assistant Editor Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation, will be held in connec- Julie Lee Editorial Assistant tion with the twenty-fourth session of the Atlantic Union Conference of Laura Morris Layout Artist Seventh-day Adventists to be held June 3, 1986, at 11:00 a.m. at Atlantic EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Dale R. Beaulieu, Chairman; Victor W. Collins, L. H. Davis, Union College, Main Street and George Hill Road, South Lancaster, Geraldine I. Grout, Ted Modell, D. D. Osborne. Massachusetts 01561. CORRESPONDENTS: Bermuda, Egerton The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees and to transact Carnegie; Greater New York, Betty Cooney; New York, D. E. Wright; Northern New England, John such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Bridges; Southern New England, Victor W. Collins; Delegates to the twenty-fourth session of the Atlantic Union Conference of Atlantic Union College, Gary Gray; Adventist Seventh-day Adventists are the delegates to the twenty-third session of the Health System North, Inc., Lynn 1. Ahrens. Atlantic Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists. All material for publication must be chan- neled through the institution or conference correspondent. Philip S. Follett, President Rudolph Pelley, Secretary Both old and new addresses should be given when a change of address is requested. Zip code should be included for all addresses.

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April 22,1986, Vol. LXXXV, No 8 23 WHEN COUNTING IS CARING Philip Follett, President Atlantic Union Conference

"Ninety-seven, nine- leaders of God's church, "Be shepherds of God's flock that ty-eight, ninety-nine. I is under your care" (I Peter 5:2, NIV).* The advice still ap- knew it! On a night like plies today. this, that frisky, curious Frequently, we hear that statistics are impersonal, even lamb is bound to be unfeeling. That depends on who recites them and how they missing." are used. When my daughter called my wife last June to tell The weary shepherd her the time our first grandchild was born, we thought the pulled his robes more statistics—including his length, weight, and number of tightly around him as fingers and toes—were exciting. blustery winds whipped In the church today, there is one statistic we need to dead leaves around his watch more closely than we have. That's our attendance on feet. He lingered only an Sabbath mornings. We know our church's membership, instant to visualize the and we count baptisms. But if a person is baptized and add- moment when he could ed to church membership, yet doesn't share in the lie down across the fellowship on Sabbath mornings, that person seldom con- opening of the sheepfold tinues long with us. to become a living "door" and collapse after the exhaus- During these days of Harvest 90, the North American tion of a hard day. But for now, he must push into the jaws Division leaders are challenging us to become better of the wind, feeling his way along dark ravines, shouting shepherds and count the family members present each Sab- the name of the wayward lamb while listening for some cry bath morning. Our leaders have decided to start this pro- of response. cess with the first Sabbath of the fourth quarter—October Hours later, the lamb draped across his sagging 4, 1986. We shall ask every church to count every person shoulders, the shepherd returned to the fold. It was good present at each Sabbath morning worship service for three that he had found the creature when he did. Wolves were months. Faithful shepherds—pastors, church elders, and howling from across the hills, sensing the helplessness of church boards—will be better able to care for and minister the lost wanderer. Quickly the shepherd poured oil into the to those entrusted to their care when they know how many, cuts the lamb had suffered and bedded the animal down and who, is present. There should be some searching across next to the warmth of this own body for the remainder of the mountains to find those who are absent! the short night. This is a time for caring. Caring means more than warm, What a story! No one who heard Jesus first tell of the fuzzy feelings. It also means noticing, listening, watching, lost sheep being pursued by the shepherd was really sur- and seeking. That's the way a good shepherd is. "And prised. After all, that was what it meant to be a "good" when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the shepherd. The familiarity of the experience gave the story crown of glory that will never fade away" (I Peter 5:4, its power. Everybody knew that good shepherds counted NIV).* their sheep and that counting was a part of caring for the flock. The Apostle Peter heard Jesus tell that story. Apparent- *HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, Copyright CD ly, the crusty fisherman learned from shepherds what it 1978 by the New York International Bible Society. Used by permission of meant to care for a flock. Years later, Peter wrote to Zondervan Bible Publishers.