•••••- my mind. First, the joint venture with the people leave the church? Could it be because Association of Adventist Forums, which I of fanaticism? Everyone is given different LETTERS happen to enjoy, where we had a rare oppor- talents. We aren't all the same and if it were, Letters are welcomed for publication. The tunity to dialogue on a two-way basis with it surely would be a shame. . . . editor reserves the right to reject letters and the administration, and second with the re- Becky and Don Powell where necessary, to edit for continuity and cent conference letter that went out with Orting, Wash. space requirements. Letters must be signed miscellaneous finance information. The let- and should not be over 250 words in length ter spelled out a little of what was going on at the administrative level. In a day where lack except, where, in the editor's discretion, more A Time to Change? space is available. Address letters to Editor. of trust is common among many, we can do Box 16677, Portland, OR 97216. much to be open and honest at the adminis- I have been somewhat disturbed in the last trative level. We as lay people need to know few years to see the editorial section of the more as to the philosophy of our decisions. GLEANER becoming more and more nega- I would like to suggest that the lay person Books for Ingathering tive in its tone. It seems to be the thing these be positive and constructively critical in days to pick and prod at God's church and His The Ontario, Ore., Church has just com- areas of disagreement rather than the easier people. I am not in the habit of writing edito- pleted another successful Ingathering cam- method of negative critical destructive re- rial comments of any type, although I have paign. Not only have they nearly doubled sponses. been tempted many times to respond to some their basic goal, but they also had the My challenge to the administration is to of the more negative and somewhat ridicu- privilege of placing at least 80 Spirit of keep us informed as to the committee review- lous nit-picking that has appeared in this sec- Prophecy books into the homes of all who ing the issue of a central academy. We need tion. gave $2 or more. to know that our thoughts really count. In the Jan. 2 issue of the GLEANER ap- Just think if all of our churches would give Daniel D. Deakins peared a letter to which I must respond. The a Spirit of Prophecy book to everyone who Gaston, Ore. article was entitled "Time to Change," and gave $2 or more during Ingathering time. made reference to the supposed "Sexist" That would mean more than a million copies attitude in the Seventh-day Adventist could be delivered every year and how Excellent Presentation Church. quickly the message would be given to the Ms. Dasher's first objection was to the use world by this means alone. On Dec. 30 and 31, 1983, the Canyonville of the word "man" when referring to the At a literature evangelists' institute I at- Church had the privilege of having Dennis human race. As the people of the Book, let us tended many years ago, the instructor com- Crabbe (and Rusty) as our guest minis- refer to the Book and see what God has to pared the literature work to an electrician ters. . . . say. "So God created man in his own image, wiring a house and placing many bulbs in it. As a 30-year Adventist, I want to declare in the image of God created he him; male and Some day God will turn on the switch and that I have never heard the Second Coming female created he them." (Genesis 1:27 there will be lights appearing every- of Jesus and Salvation any better presented KJV) In this verse the word "man" is used where. . . . than by Dennis Crabbe. The appeals of each as a collective term, given to the new crea- Ted Martsch brought me to tears as I realized anew the tion, and including both male and female. It is Payette, Idaho nearness of Christ's return and the great obvious what God intended and whether or price He paid to redeem me from the slavery not "our culture and society" recognizes the of sin. . . . term as generic or not should make little dif- Appreciation As the sun set, and 1984 was ushered in, I ference to a Biblically based Christian faith. rededicated my life to my Savior. I want to Ms. Dasher also charged that we have re- I would like to express my appreciation to publicly thank the anonymous person(s) who duced our religion to a form of "idolatry" by the Oregon Conference and to Ed Beck for are paying this good, fundamental brother's using masculine terminology to describe our two items that have placed the conference in expenses. God. Over and over in the Bible and Spirit of a much stronger positive position, at least in Irving Saunders Prophecy God refers to Himself with mas- Canyonville, Ore. culine terms such as Lord, King, Father. . . . Stanley H. Kerr Klamath Falls, Ore. More Thoughts on Music LEANER In regard to Frank C. Hutchins' letter . . . NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE entitled "Thoughts on Music." . . . --.1141 We receive occasional letters such as the (USPS 394-560) First, only Jesus knows what is in people's one above which term our approach in print- Member Associated Church Press hearts when they sing and witness for Him. It ing letters as being negative. If open discussion Address all correspondence to: seems that some want to stick to what they of issues facing the church is negative, then we GLEANER, like to hear only. Our church is made up of a are guilty. But we don't feel this is the case. North Pacific Union Conference wide span of people, some young, some old There is no sin in discussion. The fact that P.O. Box 16677, Portland, OR 97216 and of different nationalities too. we print a letter doesn't imply that this is the (503) 255-7300 What one person likes another won't like. editorial position of the GLEANER. The February 6, 1984 Vol. 79 Number 3 We must realize that some can not relate to editor doesn't agree with the stand taken by the old music of the church and they need Ms. Dasher in the Jan. 2 issue of the Editor, Morten Juberg music they can appreciate and words they GLEANER. It is, however, a matter of discus- Assistant Editor, Ed Schwisow can understand. sion among many. Consequently we felt her Published by the North Pacific Union And second — our church doesn't allow thoughts were worth airing, whether we agree Conference of Seventh-day Adventists rock and roll music . . . and it never has. We with them or not. Please Note—Every reasonable effort is don't think we should play rock music either. In our reading of Adventist history we made to screen both editorial and adver- But what is wrong with people singing and have noted that many points of church belief tising materials and to avoid error in this witnessing for the Lord by taking their time were hammered out after much prayer and publication. But the North Pacific Union to practice and learn songs to praise Jesus discussion. It is our hope that an intelligent Conference GLEANER does not accept and witness for Him in the way they know look at the ideas of others will help each of us to responsibility for categorical or typo- how. establish our beliefs. graphical errors, nor for advertisers' Ask yourself, why do so many young claims. Litho U.S.A. CP34427 Second-class postage paid at College Place, Washington. Published semi- monthly at Color Press, except one issue About the Cover in December. Subscription, $6.50 per A successful wildlife photographer needs infinite patience and the willingness to year. spend hours in a cramped and often cold position in order to capture on film the often POSTMASTERS: Send form 3579 to elusive animal. Such a person is Dick Duerksen who took this picture of Bighorn sheep North Pacific Union GLEANER, P.O. Box in southern Montana. He titles the picture "Brothers" and it was taken on Koda- 397, College Place, Washington 99324. chrome film with a Nikon Camera. Duerksen is youth director for the North Pacific Union Conference.
GLEANER February 6 1984 page 2 . . . Jesus called Himself "the Son of bias that they feel is important . . . do we God in male terms we are forcing God into man." He had no earthly father, so he must change Scripture to suit them also. Where our own little mold is perhaps pushing the have been referring to His birth into the would all of that end. I wonder if Ms. Dasher point too far. Men and women are equal human family. When Jesus spoke with the has received special revelation on the need to though they have different roles in life. But women of the Bible, He showed great com- change the words of Inspiration. God is so far above us that He deserves a passion and tenderness. I believe He under- We had suffered enough change because more definitive name than just "person." stands and sympathizes with the problems "Everybody else is doing it." We have been God created man in His image and then that are uniquely ours. . . . following in the steps of Israel alright as far as woman. Jesus came to this earth as a male Esther Fisher idolatry is concerned. But not in the way that child, born of a woman. Would this not indi- Stevensville, Mont. she is talking about. Our idolatry is looking to cate the gender he is? Let us not be so narrow others in other churches who have thought as to put the Eternal God into our liberated that changing Scripture was all right . . . and mold and involve His name in our squabbling . . . Eve fell because Satan encouraged then thinking that it would be all right for us about words, for by doing so we are still her — "she would become like God." Now to do it just like them too! . . . bringing Him down to our level. Let us in- he has women trying to reduce the Lord to L. Mike Baugher, Pastor stead seek to love each other for what we are, human bisexuality. He has people sitting in Bonners Ferry, Idaho not what we are called. Also let us who prefer church catching only how the preacher uses to refer to God as a male not be denied that terms relating to the individual's or God's right. . . . sex. Great hymns will have to be deleted or . . . The time has not come for our beloved Sharon Carpenter they will be offended. Ego was Satan's first Seventh-day Adventist Church to redefine Sheridan, Ore. sin and I fear he has caught a lot of us in the the nature of God or of His Son as given to us same trap.. . through the Scripture. A woman for nearly 60 years, It has been consistently accepted for . . . She states being offended by a male- R. Brown thousands of years to use a simple generic dominated language in a funeral , hymns and Portland, Ore. word to include "humankind" with such a church language. I must say I am very of- word as "man" or "men" or "mankind." fended by someone, particularly a member of It is modern invention by some few zealots the Adventist Church, to be so obviously . . .Because the pastor used the terms searching for something deviant, something obsessed with Women's-Lib that far sur- "man" and "mankind" in his remarks at the out of the ordinary, something to attract at- passes a sensible point, and bringing this into funeral of a young woman, it did not mean tention to themselves, something to cause the church. Also, I think it sad that the lead- that she and her friends were not included• unnecessary discussions on their personally ers of the church allow this to be brought "in the shelter of God's care and love." Ac- warped viewpoints that is overshadowing forth from behind the pulpit — to show cording to Webster's Dictionary "man" is certain real problems to be found in some prejudice and to conform to this world, defined as a human being; a person; the sectors of society, even invading the reli- which is contrary to Scripture. human race; mankind. To my thinking, this gious world. She certainly has a right to her own per- does not make "man" sexist language. It is no blessing to either male or female to sonal opinions, and if she wishes to sing Rather, it is all inclusive. discuss the points that Bertha Dasher raises. hymns other than the way they are written, If the changes suggested in this letter were What is needed is a sane, sensible, ap- she is free to do so. Can we be so blind as to to be made, it would bring a world of confu- proach to the responsibilities of men toward not see these changes being secular and a sion, not only in our churches but also in the women, of women toward men, of respon- satanic maneuver to next change Bible Ian- scriptures and certainly, in the hymns and sibilities of family life, of priorities that may gauge, which is also contrary to Scripture. other songs. I see no point in taking such a need to be established in order to mutually Are we not to be an example and a light to the narrow-minded view.. . minister to the rights, the priviliges, the wel- world? . . . Henrietta Thomas fare of all segments in society, whether they Emma Watson Brewster, Wash. be male or female. parent or child, husband Vancouver, Wash. or wife, brother or sister. Too little is being worked out in this area because there are I could hardly believe my eyes when I some erratic souls who don't know when Bertha Dasher's complaint that she and read the letter from Bertha Dasher saying they have destroyed sensitive, sensible dis- others are offended by the "sexist" language that the time had come for us to begin to cussion of the problems that ought to be dis- used in the Bible and our Church Hymnal change the wording of the scripture to suit cussed. Elsie P. Hansen causes me to wonder if she has ever read her and others ideas of "sexist" language of Northport, Wash. Psalm 119:165. the Bible. I also wonder if she would be equally con- She and others just don't have a very good cerned for the feelings of those who might be offended by the adoption of feminist News- handle on what Inspiration is all about. You . . . I am sure Ms. Dasher means well in peak by our denomination. don't come along and begin to alter what God her thoughts. All too often women are has chosen to reveal to the holy prophets. treated as less than equal and much of what Clyde J. Bagby Jr. Where would all of this end? Anytime some we see and hear brings this out. Longview, Wash. special group has some particular bent or However, to say that because we refer to
God Healed Me A friend came to fix my front door so it wouldn't stick anymore. Another friend For uninterrupted delivery, send notice came in and I ran to get the vacuum cleaner to four weeks in advance of your move. clean the shavings near the door. I tripped and fell hard on the floor. My knees and ribs stung and it hurt so badly I wasn't able to get up for a while. It hurt me to breathe, cough Place mailing label here and sneeze. My plans were to go to the Paul Johnson meetings where the Bible had never seemed clearer. I went to bed early and woke up at 3:30 a.m. When I tried to turn it hurt so. I Name thought I would have to stay home and not attend the meeting. Then I prayed, "Please, God, take away my hurt in the precious New Address Name of Jesus." I instantly turned to the right and to the left and there was no pain. My City State _Z ip loving Father healed me instantly. I can't thank him enough. After this miracle I never Mail change notice to: GLEANER, missed any meetings. P.O. Box 16677, Portland, OR 97216 Martha Henry Grants Pass, Ore.
GLEANER February 6 1984 page 3 Adventists in Action Administrator Turns to Washing Windows and Says, 'It's a Good Profession' By Morten Juberg
Editor's Note: This is one of a con- After the Baker home had been sold, "When I needed a new set of tires, I tinuing series on North Pacific Union they saw an ad in the GLEANER and traded window washing with a dealer. A Conference members, how they make leased a home in Farmington and went radio station in Colfax broadcasts an ad their living, their outlook on life in the back into the window cleaning business. for us in exchange for our work, and a 1980s and their relationship to God. They got contracts from stores in the paper in Tekoa runs exchange advertis- Contributions or story ideas are wel- area, and the work expanded when they ing," he said. comed. purchased a carpet-cleaning machine. He adds that the couple keeps careful But what about Farmington with its records for tax purposes and this in- What is a former nursing home ad- limited population — can a person make cludes the "horse trading." ministrator doing washing windows? a living there? Isn't that a least likely Shinner charges $1 a pane, and Quite well, thank you. place to settle? householders appreciate the service. And in Farmington, Wash., popula- "That's what people told us," Shin- "People don't like to wash windows," tion 140? Business is excellent and Ed ner said, "but we go night and day and he noted. "It's also a good chance to Shinner has all the work he wants to do. can't keep up with the demand. This is witness because if you don't do a good Shinner, with many years of nursing happening during a recession, but the job, it shows." home administration in his resume, ac- Bible says that God will pour out a bless- While window washing is a fair- cidentally stumbled on to his new pro- ing so you can't contain it. That's the weather job, the carpet-cleaning ad- fession while working in Colorado. way it's been with us." junct provides year-around work. He "Our son Dan went to the store to buy Shinner believes this is a work espe- finds that word-of-mouth advertising something and stopped to watch a win- cially suited for Adventists. keeps adding to his workload. dow washer at work," he recalled. "It doesn't take much capital to get "One person tells his neighbor and "The man asked him if he wanted part- started," he explained. "Your tools and soon the work snowballs," he said. "It time work and he came home and told cleaning chemicals can cost less than seems to work best in small towns and us." $80. You get paid right on the spot and communities." The Shinners visited the man at his you can work the hours you want. You Son Dan attends Upper Columbia work and he told them he planned to sell should be able to make $10 an hour." Academy and does an office three his business in a month. Shinner says he never cared for nights a week in Farmington. "I didn't know anything about it and door-to-door selling but window wash- "An academy student should be able we left it at that," Shinner said. "About ing almost sells itself. to earn his tuition by washing windows, a month later he came by and said he When he sees a home that could use and with summer work should be able to was leaving. He asked if we wanted to window cleaning, his approach is sim- pay all of his expenses," Shinner noted. buy the business." ple. "I saw your house with so many He has trained people and will help The Shinners purchased the business windows and I couldn't pass it by with- Adventists to get into this profession. and kept up with the cleaning accounts out asking if you wanted your windows "If a person wants to get into busi- the previous owner had. washed," he tells the homeowner. ness and has little capital but a lot of "We decided to see if we could get "I dress neatly and have a nice vehi- desire, he can do well," he said. "It is some new business for ourselves and cle. This puts people at ease and they physical work and a person has to be found the work growing so rapidly we give me the work." agile to climb ladders where neces- had to make a decision for our future," The enterprising worker does quite a sary." he stated. little barter work. Ed Shinner can be reached by writing The family entered into the business him at General Delivery, Farmington, full time. Other decisions also came to WA 99128. the fore. They had their furniture stored in Spokane and a house to sell in Baker, Mont., so they sold the enterprise at a profit and returned west. While residing temporarily in Baker, where they remodeled their house for sale, they found the window washing business a quick way to pick up some extra cash. "When we ran a little short of money, all we had to do was to go out and wash some windows," Shinner remembered.
Morten Juberg is Editor of the Ed and Dianne Shinner check over their win- A typical day finds Ed Shinner washing win- GLEANER. dow cleaning schedule. dows of a grocery store.
GLEANER February 6 1984 page 4 Thousand Days of Reaping Continues Ahead of Schedule
Jan. 30 marked the midpoint of the At the last report 180 had been bap- Thousand Days of Reaping which began tized but it is expected the baptisms will Sept. 15, 1982, and continues to June eventually total 250 from the series. 1985. On the night of the baptism the A report for the quarter ending Sept. crowds were so large the auditorium of- 30, 1983, shows that since the start of ficials had to close the doors. the program an average of 1,032 people "We had people standing around the have been baptized each day. walls and sitting on the platform that Charles E. Bradford, vice president night," Bradford said. "Some of the of the General Conference for North candidates for baptism weren't able to America, was not to be left out in the get into the auditorium. preaching of the gospel. Taking time Another report from Pastor S. K. from his duties, he joined with other Twumasi in Ghana, West Africa, tells pastors in the Greater Toronto area for a how he joined with his lay members to united evangelistic campaign. conduct 15 simultaneous campaigns. Held in Massey Hall in downtown More than 400 people had been baptized Toronto, the series attracted crowds up when he wrote. to 3,000. Bradford characterized the at- Similar reports come from other parts tendance as "a rainbow group" with the of the world with the Far Eastern Divi- attendance coming from many ethnic sion telling that the second quarter of backgrounds including Yugoslavian, 1983 was the period with the highest Japanese, Phillipino and Black. baptisms in the history of the divisioi
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