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PAGES 12-16 Onward Christian Soldiers BY CHUCK 0RWILER HE FIRST COMMANDMENT seems to be under- Yet, his heroism remains unsung even (especially?) in . stood by many as this: Love God more than Christian circles. How so? This is a good time to remind T almost anything, and the second is like it: Love ourselves of why our Faith and Practices read as they do. your neighbor, unless he doesn't really deserve it. Any discussion of participation in war is emotion­ The recent Gulf War has shined a favorable light on laden. And for good reason. Jesus said that, "Greater love conflict resolution by combat. War is good, it seems, has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his when its target is someone as bad as Saddam Hussein. friends:' For all the bad press that the military endures, Weren't we all glad for such swift, decisive action? Weren't the fact remains that armies are composed of men and we relieved that Hussein was rendered so apparently women who are ready to die for their countrymen. Never impotent so quickly? Weren't we impressed with the dis­ should the supreme nobility of that act be demeaned. cretion and restraint exercised by the commanding Even if war is wrong, the fact remains that soldiers have officers reporting to us on our televisions? Didn't it all given all that they could, their lives, for the benefit of you seem so clean? "Surgical" was a word we often heard. and me. To mock that kind of sacrifice is blatant cruelty. Sometimes we have to endure the pain of removing the Nevertheless, while some exercise courage on the putrid organ to save the body. All in all, if we're going to battlefield, the disciple of Christ is called to exercise cour­ have a war, this is how it ought to be. Or is it? age elsewhere. I've always struggled with the word What would Jesus have done? "pacifism:' It sounds like "passive-ism:' Jesus has not We Quakers have a stock answer to that question, but called us to do nothing. Rather, He has repeatedly, with it's not a popular one these days. I suspect that pacifistic unmistakable clarity called His disciples to love their ratings have hit a 30-year low among the friendly per­ neighbors as themselves. suaders. Nevertheless, as the ticker tape litter is being swept from the streets, as the &reworks fade, and as our This is not some obscure truth revealed only by a corporate sigh of relief is expelled, the essential question strained exegesis of a vague biblical text. Although the emerges in all its discomforting persistence. What would second great commandment would be enough on its own, Jesus have done? there are certainly more explicit teachings. Let's look at One man had the courage to answer that question. just two examples. Last winter in the height of enthusiasm for our troops in "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor the Gulf, Marco Lokar took a stand. While his basketball and hate your enemy: But I tell you: Love your enemies teammates at Seton Hall added American flags to their and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be uniforms, Lokar refused. He was doomed when the sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise media caught on. Soon his life and his family were threat­ on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous ened by overzealous "patriots" to the point of forcing his and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, departure from this country. what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors Lokar's motive for his unpopular action is notably dis­ doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are similar to the publicized protests of the VietNam era. His you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? inner directive was simple, "... I can never condone war. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect:' . . . To do that would be to reject the teachings of Jesus:' Matthew 5:43-48 (Sports Illustrated, 11/4/91, p. 53) In an age when moral The meaning of this passage is plain. Jesus has not courage is rare, and only religious sham is newsworthy, called us to hate our enemies, but to love them, as well as Marco Lokar's purity of faith and strength of character are those who are easy to love. He notes that God loves peo­ monumental. His commitment to follow in the steps of ple in such a way that He blesses both the good and the his Lord continues to be tested today as the Yugoslav evil with rain and sun. Furthermore, and this is most army batters his homeland of Slovenia. important, God does not ask us to judge as He judges, but

2/EVANGELICAL FRIEND He commands us to love as He loves. We leave judgment to mock the military, but indeed to to God. imitate them by being willing even Can we reconcile loving our enemy and killing our to die for what we believe in. enemy simultaneously? Are these not mutually exclusive Practically speaking, what does activities? all this mean? First of all, Jesus Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it commanded us to love our enemies. were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by Yes, Saddam Hussein is our neigh­ the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place:' bor, but he is not likely the primary John 18:36 enemy to most of us. Closer to This is a hard saying. As citizens of the Kingdom of home we must master loving our God we maintain a dual citizenship. We are citizens of an own president or senator or mayor. earthly kingdom (e.g. the USA), and also citizens of God's We must learn to love the ACLU and excessive TV evan­ kingdom. While these kingdoms can be in harmony, they gelists. Isn't our enemy much more likely to be a belliger­ can also be in conflict. In other words, sometimes we ent boss, or an estranged spouse, or a stepparent, or an must choose where our ultimate loyalty lies. Don't think unsympathetic creditor? Loving Hussein is a real issue, this is an easy task. When I was 18 and registering for the but are we ready to address loving this distant neighbor draft, I chose loyalty to country over the Kingdom of God. when we may be at war with the enemy next door? Although I would choose differently today, I still distinctly Our loss for words regarding this business of loving remember the agony of that deliberation. our enemies is evidence of how revolutionary this notion EVERTHELESS, THE differences between the is. Returning evil for evil is the order of the day. It's how kingdoms are real. Earthly kingdoms can be, things are done. It is fully acceptable. To do otherwise is N and often have been, established or lost by fight­ abnormal. ing. That is just what Jesus was saying when he said that If we are waiting for someone else to initiate returning if His were an earthly kingdom, Pilate would have a fight good for evil (besides Jesus) we can wait for a lifetime. But on his hands. But fighting is not how victories are won the time to begin is now, and the one to begin is me. I have and territory established in the Kingdom of God. When no need to grapple with hypothetical situations. Each of we go to war it is for some other reason than for God's us can record who our enemies are and how we can kingdom to come, and His will to be done on earth as it is return good for the evil they have delivered to us. Is it not in heaven. Jesus plainly demonstrated this truth. true that we can hardly address the problem of a distant Jesus also plainly demonstrated that although He enemy if we have not mastered the one at hand? would not kill for God's kingdom, He would die for it. The Nevertheless, the question still remains, what do we Way of the Cross is not the way of cowardice. The soldier do with an evil tyrant such as Hussein? I don't know. But of the cross makes the same depth of commitment that I don't know how to repel a SCUD missile either. I know the army soldier makes, a willingness to give everything, there is a way to blast missiles out of the sky even though including one's life. As disciples of Christ, our call is not {Continued on page 19}

JESUS' TEACHINGS ON PEACE A SUMMARY

• Jesus commands His followers to love seek fi.rst the Kingdom of Heaven and its 8:34-38; John 12:25-26). He who wishes God with all of our hearts, souls, minds, righteousness, and all we truly need will to save his life will lose it, but he who is and strength; and to love our neighbors as be given us (Matthew 6:33). willing to release his life for the sake of ourselves (Matthew 22:37-40; Mark • Jesus' Kingdom turns things upside Christ and His way will paradoxically fi.nd 12:29-31; Luke 10:27). The trademark by down: The fi.rst will be last, and the last it. Following Jesus may not protect one which Jesus' followers are known is sacri­ will be fust. The Gentiles lord it over from persecution -it may provoke it (Mat­ ficial love (John 13:34-35). their subjects, but not so among Jesus' fol­ thew 5:10-12). • Jesus calls His followers to love even lowers. The one wishing to be fi.rst must • Jesus says, "Blessed are the peacemak­ our enemies and to pray for those who be the servant of all (Matthew 18:4; Mark ers, for they shall be called the 'Children despitefully use us (Matthew 5:43-48). 9:35; 10:42-45; Luke 22:25-27). of the Most High!" (Matthew 5:9) To pur­ Even the Gentiles and tax gatherers can • Jesus commands His followers to put sue peaceable goals by peaceable means return good for good, or evil for evil. away our swords (Matthew 26:52-53; distinguishes the workings of God from the doings of the world (James 3:18-4:4). • Jesus calls His followers to renounce a Luke 22:49-51; John 18:11). Those wishing spirit of vengeance and to embrace a to live by the sword will also die by it. • Jesus promises His followers that He spirit of exceeding generosity (Matthew • Jesus commands His followers to for­ will bless us with peace-not as the world 5:38-42). When slapped, stand with dig­ give even the undeserving (Matthew gives, bolstered by outward symbols of nity and turn the other cheek. When a 18:21-35). This is the character of God's security, but inward peace-that over­ shirt is requested, give also a coat. forgiveness, and it is also the kind to be comes the world (John 14:25-27). • Jesus' Kingdom is not of this world-if emulated by Jesus' followers. (Adapted from Paul N. Anderson, "Jesus it were, His disciples would fi.ght to • Jesus calls for His followers to embrace and Peace;' The Apostolic Character of the defend it (John 18:36-37). But we are to the cross (Matthew 10:38-39; Mark Churches' Peace Witness, New York, 1992.)

MARCHIAPRIL I992 I 3 SPEAKING THE TRUTH

On Asking Better Questions . • • and Finding Better Answers BY PAUL ANDERSON

KING BETTER questions leads Another worthy question, especially in According to TWain, no one understood /(to better answers. A trouble­ the aftermath of Desert Storm (which a word he said, "for they thought he was some fact about the world must be considered the most successful a lunatic:' Christian movement is that since the war in human history in terms of com­ The query for followers of Christ is fourth century A.D., Christians have batant casualties inflicted to those whether noble ends can ever justify vio­ been divided on matters of war and sustained-over 1,000:1) is "Do we really lent means. This question was raised for peace. In fact, in the two World Wars of want God to answer our prayers for me as a teenager in a very personal way. this century, more Christians were killed victory?" "How much evil would you be willing by Christians than had been killed in all Mark TWain's "The War Prayer" poses to commit in the name of good?" I can the wars of the last two millennia com­ this query with troubling lucidity. At still hear that question ringing in my ears bined. This is a troubling fact, to say the close of the prayer a mysterious as I listened to Lauren King deliver the the least, and a major contributor to the stranger ascends the podium with a morning message that eventful Sunday at rejection of Christianity, from what I am message from the Most High. The mes­ Canton First Friends Church. I was told by non-Christians. So how did sage was a request for clarification from about to turn eighteen, and while the things come to be this way? God as to whether people really wished Viet Nam war was coming to a close, I Until A.D. 312, the Christian witness the prayer to be answered. "If you would knew I would soon have to register for was unanimous in its stand against par­ beseech a blessing upon yourself, the draft at the local post office. ticipation in war. The sentiment of the beware!" he declared, "lest without I PONDERED the implications apostolic era was characterized by the intent you invoke a curse upon a neigh­ of that question, my options statement, "I am a follower ofJesus bor at the same time:' Thus, the mes­ A became much clearer. I was Christ; therefore, it is not lawful for me senger from the Throne translates the not so much bothered about the pros­ to fight:' When the emperor Constantine other side of that prayer for the congre­ pect of dying for my country. What became a Christian, however, things gation to consider: bothered me was the idea of taking, and changed. He marched his troops LORD OUR Father, our young preparing to take, the life of another through a river and declared that his patriots, idols of our hearts, go human being. To allow for any harmful was now a "Christian" army-having 0 forth to battle-be Thou near intentionality was to betray the way of been thusly baptized. From that time them! With them-in spirit-we also go my Lord. The only option left for me on, Christians began to consult the forth from the sweet peace of our be­ was to object to involvement in war as a Scriptures and to formulate church doc­ loved firesides to smite the foe. 0 Lord matter of Christian conscience. trine asking, "How may participation in our God, help us tear their soldiers to Back then, it was relatively easy to war be justified?" That question bloody shreds with our shells; help us object to war. The VietNam conflict produced Just War theories and the cover their smiling fields with the pale was an unpopular one, and peace pro­ Holy War theologies of the Crusades. forms of their patriot dead; help us to tests enjoyed their "golden age" of Ironically, both these postures over­ drown the thunder of the guns with the influence. But following the wake of looked entirely the teachings of Jesus on shrieks of their wounded, writhing in Desert Storm, it becomes more cumber­ the topic. pain; help us to wring the hearts of their some to be proper stewards of a peace Things changed, though, with the unoffending widows with unavailing testimony today. When war is popular, recovery of biblical authority during the grief; help us to turn them out roofless advocacy for peace takes a beating. Reformation (1520 and forward). When with their little children to wander Now may be among the most pressing people began to read the Bible for them­ unfriended the wastes of their desolated of times in which a witness for peaceful selves they began to ask the question, land in rags and hunger and thirst ... means to peaceful ends is needed. There "What does it mean to follow the way of imploring Thee for the refuge of the is no better time to inform the con­ Jesus?" When put that way, the answer grave and denied it-for our sakes who science of a nation than when there is is clear. To say "Yes" to Jesus is to say adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, still time to avert future armed engage­ "No" to violence of any sort. At least blight their lives, protract their bitter pil­ ments. The time to talk and educate three separate groups came to that con­ grimage, make heavy their steps, water about peace is before a conflict emerges. clusion, and the Anabaptists, Quakers, their way with their tears, stain the white So how do we help form and reform and the Brethren have come to be called snow with the blood of their wounded the conscience of the nation? It begins the historic Peace Churches. Like the feet! We ask it in the spirit of love of with first being sensitized personally to first Christians, they asked not, "What is Him who is the Source of Love, and who Christ's will for His would-be followers. expedient?" or "When is killing justified?" is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of It proceeds by asking, and helping but 'What does it mean to be a follower all that are sore beset and seek His aid others to ask, better questions-from of Jesus Christ?" Not a bad question. with humble and contrite hearts. Amen. which better answers come. u

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COVER: Issues of peace and war deserve consideration even during times of relative peace. We hope articles in this issue will stimulate your thoughts on this ubiquitous theme. (Art by Susanna Combs)

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Onward Christian Soldiers By Chuck Orwiler 2 "Laying down flesh and blood weapons feels like suicide unless we are convinced the spiri­ tual ones are just as substantial:' Between Good Friday and Easter By Margaret Cox Wallace 6 Where is our hope when faith is lying dead in the tomb? Stewardship of the Peace Testimony By Mike Huber 7 Are we going to preserve our heritage or use it? Peace ... When Do We Talk About It? By George Robinson 9 In wartime the participants are also victims. Praying for Justice By Rebecca Ankeny 11 "... until justice comes, there will be no peace:' What Is God Doing Among Those 'Other' Quakers? 12 "YouthQuake;' by Bruce Bishop "Friends Bible Conference;' an interview with Chuck Fager "Growing Up Liberal," by Paul Jolly On the Tip of the Iceberg By Dave Byrne 18 There's more to missions than missionaries; there's you!

REGULAR FEATURES 4 Speaking the Truth 20 Hot off the FAX 8 To the Point 21 What About Our Friends? 10 Friends Read 28 A Certain Shaft of Light 17 WorldWinds

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BY MARGARET Cox WALLACE

At midday a darkness fell over audibly answered her ques­ ... for the world, which seems longer real to us, life loses its the whole land, which lasted tions, she could check His To lie before us like a land of sense of transcendent prom­ till three in the afternoon; and meaning by looking into His dreams, ise. It takes on a dullness at three Jesus cried aloud, "My eyes. Divine light, divine So various, so beautiful, so that turns into hopelessness. God, my God, why hast thou love, and divine mystery new, The possibility of joy, love, forsaken me?" ... Then jesus were as accessible as the Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor ligh( light, certainty diminishes by gave a loud cry and died. Mark shoes on her feet, or the food degrees, and we come into a 15:33-34, 37 she ate for dinner. Then sud­ Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; haunting suspicion that the ARY Magdalene stood denly He was gone. She world is "a darkling plain" watched life leave Him. She And we are here as on a dark­ M and watched Jesus ling plain swept with confusion and die. She not only watched saw His body slump. She Swept with confused alarms of alarm. We become frantic as one she loved suffer enor­ was inconsolable. struggle and flight, Mary did. Mary stood at the tomb out­ mous pain and death, but she Where ignorant armies clash by As she wep( she peered into watched the tremendous gift side, weeping. John 20:11 night. the tomb; and she saw two of His presence slip away. Mary grieves the loss of the The loss of faith is one of angels in white sitting there, She had done what extremely presence of God. We also the grievous experiences of one at the head, and one at the few have been able to do. She experience this loss. We do the Christian life. Sooner or feet, where the body of jesus had, during her life on earth, not know God as Mary did, later nearly all of us suffer it. had lain. They said to her, come to know God through as someone we can see, hear, Things happen that strain our "Why are you weeping?" She the evidence of her senses. touch. We know God by ability to believe in God. We answered, "They have taken my His voice and touch healed Lord away, and I do not know faith. We experience Him look upon catastrophes that her of seven demons. She where they have laid him." With inwardly in the "strange seem to negate the idea of had watched Him heal these words she turned around warming of our hearts:' We order or ultimate goodness. others, heard Him speak a and saw jesus standing there, come to understand Him We watch someone dear suc­ revolutionary sort of wisdom, but did not recognize him. jesus through the evidence of His cumb to the disfigurement of studied the expressions on said to her, "Why are you weep­ creation, worship, His people, age and disease. We become His face, seen Him happy, ing? Who is it you are looking the Scriptures, the dynamics incredulous and bitter. tired, moved. of life that go on within and for?" Thinking it was the gar­ dener, she said, "If it is you sir, We all crave the presence without ourselves. Because Or, the joy we find in the presence of God slowly who removed him, tell me of God. Many things call we know God by faith, when where you have laid him, and I that longing to the surface: faith is gone so is our knowl­ erodes under the burdens of everyday life until we doubt will take him away." ]ghn the look in someone's eyes, a edge, our awareness of God. 20:11-15 phrase from a hymn, combi­ God dies for us as He did for that it ever existed. Beyond nations of emotions and Mary. that, faith seems to ebb and Mary desperately seeks the events that alert us that The implications of that flow independent of events. corpse of Jesus. She sees it depths reverberate within us loss are vividly described in a We seem to naturally cycle as some solace for her grief, calling to be filled. Mary poem by Matthew Arnold. through rhythms of belief some object of reassurance. lived in that presence which "Dover Beach" examines the and disbelief. In her search for His corpse, fills to overflowing. God lived emotional experience of liv­ And when our faith goes, she ignores reason to hope He and moved visibly within her ing in a world in which the so does the perceived reality is not gone after all; she over­ own physical world. He "sea of faith'' has withdrawn: of God. When God is no looks the evidence of His

6/EVANGELICAL FRIEND resurrection. When we set Mary is so singleminded presence personally. Jesus and Easter morning, until in about looking for God, often about finding the corpse that speaks, and she hears His our waiting we begin to it is some lifeless entity we she could not see the radi­ love, His presence, His prom­ experience power and good­ are trying to find. We tend to ance of the angels, she could ise intoned in the syllables of ness beyond our own work­ seek some idea, some system not see the risen Jesus stand­ her own name. ing in our lives. We catch the of morality, some yardstick ing before her. When we hear God speak sound of the divine voice for measuring perfection and our name, our faith is resur­ speaking our name. Then we imperfection that we can call jesus said, "Mary!" She turned to him and said, "My rected. When we become awaken from our night of God. In the fervor of that Master!" john 20:16 aware that His love and confusion and alarm into the search we overlook the evi­ power are addressing our fragrant glory of Easter morn­ dence of God's living pres­ Mary's spell of grief is bro­ loneliness, our longing to cre­ ing. £F ence. I have spent much of ken when Jesus speaks her ate, our feelings of worthless­ my life trying to discover name. "Mary!" At that ness, our horror at life's pain Margaret Cox Wallace studied some "divine philosophy" that moment His resurrection and loss, then we become at Bryn Mawr and has a B.A. would allow me to be happy. becomes personal to her, so capable of believing in Him. in literature from the University When I gave that up long she becomes capable of We cannot revive our dead of Dallas. She lives in Abilene, enough to become open to believing it. Her own needs, faith through willpower or Texas, with her husband and the rich texture of life that her own grief are addressed ideas. We can only hand it to four children. surrounds me and the beauti­ in this transforming event. God, like the limp body of "Dover Beach," by Matthew ful worlds that lie within, I The earth-shaking reality of Jesus, and say, "Please, make Arnold is from the Norton began to perceive that God is the resurrection becomes life­ it breathe again:' Then we Anthology of Poetry, Shorter living and present and for the changing for Mary as she wait through the grief of that edition. New York: Norton & first time I could feel joy. experiences the reality of His time between Good Friday Company, Inc., 1970, p. 393. Stewardship Of the Peace Testimony

has become 'The Peace Testimony"- a more like a washboard than a stethoscope noun in and of itself and not just an adjec­ (in that people just don't do it that way any tive in orbit around our community. more). Maybe tha time has come to put So maybe this is what it feels like to be the peace testimony in a shoebox and born into a family where your father is a store it in the attic at First Friends. Maybe doctor and your grandfather was a doctor it belongs in the Quaker family museum, and your great grandfather was a doctor: like an old wedding dress or letterman's people expect more of the same from you. jacket. The peace testimony has been handed After all, if the peace testimony didn't down to us like the stethoscope that has get in our way, it would be a lot easier to BY MIKE HUBER been in our family for generations. And fit into the world around us. We could now we wonder what to do with it. How preach the Gospel without worrying E, AS FRIENDS, have a peace can we be good stewards of what we have about the "politics" of an unpopular stand testimony. If nothing else, it is received? for peace. Isn't it more important to be W something we have inherited This question is especially poignant Christian than to be Quaker? We could from our spiritual ancestors. when we realize that the peace testimony beat the drums of war as loud as anyone For over three hundred years our isn't always very popular. When war and use the occasion to tell others of our Quaker forebears held a remarkably con­ breaks out, the world tends to scowl at us faith. sistent witness for peace. They testified for our lack of patriotism or chuckle at us But what is it that we could say if we before the whole world that Jesus Christ for our naivete. According to the wisdom have forsaken the very Light we have is the Prince of Peace, and that the Spirit of the world, we must fight for peace. We received? If we become more like the of God creates in us a new perspective that must kill to preserve life. And we must world, then what can we say to the world rejects all violence and armed conflict. propagandize to preserve the truth. but what it already knows? What good is Our heritage as peacemakers has It's enough to make one wonder if, in salt if it has lost its saltiness? become so important, so characteristic of inheriting the peace testimony, we have Washboards and wide-brimmed hats go Friends, that it has taken on a life of its really just inherited a relic from the past. out of style, but the values of God's King­ own. Our collective witness for peace Maybe what we have received is really dom do not change. The peace testimony

MARCH/APRIL 1992 I 7 is not just a relic from our ancestors if we might be a necessary component of what what God should be like. God should be receive it from the same place they did: makes us acceptable in the eyes of God. In loving, not vindictive. God should regard from the counsel of God's Holy Spirit and other words, perhaps the peace testimony all of His children with equal favor, not from the teaching of Scripture. is one of the possessions we are required showing bias for one group over another. And I for one agree with the assessment to display when the time comes in order To be sure, there are often glaring misun­ of the Friends who have gone before me: to prove our place in the family (and so derstandings about God (both within the the peace testimony is an integral part of receive our fmal inheritance in Heaven). church and without), but there is very the Gospel. To reject a clear commitment F THIS IS the case, then we certainly often insight into God's nature as well­ to peace for the sake of spreading the Gos­ would want to keep the peace tes­ remember Paul quoted pagan poets to the pel is in reality rejecting the very Gospel I timony safe and free from all stain. Greeks on the Areopagus to confirm a cer­ we claim to spread! We might as well We wouldn't want our nice Quaker peace tain part of what they already knew about reject the "foolishness" of the resurrection testimony getting jumbled up with "Hip­ God (Acts 17:22-31)! or of marital fidelity to reach those who pies for Peace" or any of those other nasty People do tend to know something are put off by such ideas. organizations that might taint us.. We about God, because God is already at If we forsake what is true about God to would want to make sure our inherited work in their hearts (Romans 1:18-20). possession was pedigreed so no embar­ assimilate more easily with the world, This means it is very likely that some peo­ rassing questions would be asked later on. then the real testimony of our example ple will sense that God calls us to reject war­ becomes, "Be a Christian, but forsake the We forget that the Light was meant to fare and embrace peace. Some people­ commands of Christ when they become cast out the darkness, and instead worry people outside the church -will sense that unpopular:' that the darkness will overwhelm the following God will mean coming into the So perhaps we should wonder instead if Light. And so, in an effort to preserve our Spirit that takes away the occasion for all our inherited peace testimony belongs in Light, we take it off of the stand and hide wars. And then some of these people will a strong box bound for the safe rather it under a bowl. remember there are Quakers in this world than in a shoebox bound for the attic. This Contrary to this outlook, Jesus was very who uphold a peace testimony. point of view seeks to p:::!serve the fragile clear that stewards who bury what their Light we have received from the corrupt­ master has given them lose even what If we have been good stewards, we can ing influence of the darkness that is all they had (Matthew 25:14-30). confirm that God is indeed a God of around us. It won't take too many generations of peace. If these seekers come to us and find that our community is in fact living in You see, perhaps the peace testimony leaving our inheritance in the attic or in the safe until no one (not even we our­ that Spirit of reconciliation they sense is (along with a long list of other behaviors out there, then they can know that the categorized as "prohibited" or "prescribed") selves) remembers we still have it. And for lack of exercise it is likely to waste Light they sense is also the Light we away. The peace testimony is to be serve. And they may learn enough of the invested. Good stewardship means it is to Light in our midst to call that Spirit by the be scattered like seed or otherwise put to name of Jesus Christ whose manifestation 1J?ikP~ good use. If the peace testimony really is it is. nothing more to us than a relic from the UT IF WE have covered up our ~~tommonweath Com- past (to sit in a box of any kind), then it is witness, then those people who . l I lived in the virtue of already as good as dead. B come to us expecting a God of that and power that took .away For if our witness for peace stops being peace may very well leave with a whole the opcasion of all wars and I an adjective, then soon it will stop being a set of expectations fulfilled: like, churches kriew from whence all wars

Sf EVANGELICAL FRIEND Peace, Peace . • • When Do We Talk About It?

BY GEORGE ROBINSON

AT THE onset of the war In some ways this would any war). Have you ever met and quarrels among you?" ~ known as "Desert have been like inviting a a G.I. who enjoyed war? After this opening question, Storm" I was faced with the group of people going Have you ever met a mother he mentions many things and question of what to say from through the pain and sorrow who was glad to send a son problems. Then he gives the the pulpit. Since this is a of divorce to a special or daughter off to battle? answer: "Submit yourselves, Friends Church, there were gathering-only to preach to Perhaps now we should be then, to God. Resist the those expecting me to articu­ them about the tragedy of saying more about our oppo­ devil, and he will flee from late our traditional peace tes­ divorce. sition to war-now that most you. Come near to God and timony. However, at the We believe that God is of those who went to the Per­ he will come near to you:' same time, I was addressing against divorce. It is a tool sian Gulf are home (some did (vv. 1, 7-8) fathers and mothers, spouses, that Satan uses to destroy the not come back-alive). But I am not a politician, nor a and even children of those in fi.ber of society and the as pastor of a church with theologian. What I am is a Saudi Arabia who were church. However, our many family members caught pastor of a large, growing poised to fi.ght the war. approach is to love the peo­ in the buildup, I did not feel congregation. Part of why we Certainly, I am against war. ple who are going through it any purpose would be served are growing is that we try to During the preparation, and offer them recovery pro­ by taking a stand then. offer people help in their buildup, and invasion, I made grams that will enable them That was the time to reach hour of•need. And we numerous references to the to face themselves and seek out in love to those left preach every Sunday against "foolish attempts of man to healing and restoration. behind. What they needed the enemy of souls, the deal with problems with a This past fall some 70 peo­ was our acceptance and source of all wars, both per­ solution as blind as war"; and ple went through the process love-our support in a crisis. sonal and national. "war can never solve issues we call "Divorce Recovery Yes, maybe this is the time I am sure there is a place or problems, only make many Workshop:' These were to speak out against war. for the argument, but my more:' In a variety of ways I primarily people from other Maybe we should have basic approach is to deal with referred to the real biblical churches, or with no church forums or platforms to dis­ the deeper issues and the position of peace and the home, but were invited by a cuss these issues. more solvable solution. Until utter sinfulness and tragedy friend or referred to us by an But if so, then should we we present the Christ of of war. agency. Some of these people Peace as our Salvation, we During this time I was criti­ have come to know Christ not, also, address the needs of those who went to fi.ght? will never know the Peace cized for not making the and have joined with us in that Christ provides as our What are we doing for the argument for peace more worship. We hope all have solution. IF forcefully or clearly. Some grown in the midst of their G.I. who "went to VietNam felt this was the time for pain and time of rejection. and never came back"? Are George making the argument for If you would ask any of we addressing the needs of Robinson is peace, in accord with the these people how they feel those dealing with people left senior pastor traditional Friends testimony about divorce, they would all alive physically, but of Canton in this area. But what would agree that they hate it, now destroyed emotionally and First Friends this have done for the that they are caught in it per­ spiritually? Church in fathers, mothers, and chil­ sonally. The real issue of war and Canton, Ohio. dren of those over there So it is with those caught in peace is found in James, engaged in the conflict? the midst of the Gulf War (or chapter 4: "What causes fights

MARCH/APRIL I992 I 9 FRIENDS READ

The Way You Believe Lauren King is aware that our reli­ ing of love and trust and growth, Shedd Lauren King gious commitment meetings major on speaks openly. His humor and good The Barclay Press, 1991, 82 pages, $9.95 Faith Three trips, but he is concerned writing make it nearly impossible to put Lauren King titled his recent book "The that we take a careful ride in canoes one the book down once started. Way You Believe:' More fitting might and two before we do white-water raft­ The day came when doctors gave the have been "The Way We Ought to ing in Faith Three. pronouncement concerning Martha's ill­ Believe;' because he exhorts as well as Lauren King challenges us to be strong ness. Shedd says, "The bird of our hope describes. The book is gently critical of in faith with all three components was down with a black bullet in its the anemic faith many of us hold, while welded together to construct a building heart: 'Cancer. Widespread. at the same time it points the way to a that will be enduring and also enchant­ Aggressive."' therapy for healthy faith. This book is a ing. He tells us how to frame up the Martha's body deteriorated. After confirmation of good thinking about building. The final construction is our that, "Slowly the mind begins to go, too. faith. own. -Robert Hess This is the last of her valuables, and If you take it with ice cold tea or she's sending them all ahead. . .. Does Spiite you can read the whole book in The God of Stones and Spiders all this hurt her? Me, it hurts with a less than two hours. Of course, the Letters to a church in exile dreadful hurt. I hope she cannot hurt as cogitation will take longer. One of his Charles Colson (with Ellen Santilli I hurt:' The "final hurt;' as Shedd Vaughn) describes it, came later. Crossway Books, 1990, 221 pages, $9.95 The book closes with the writer's five The author of Born Again, Life Sentence, affirmations that became his "life and other books has collected these preservers in the choppy sea'' following essays from regular columns of Martha's death. publications for which he writes. Shedd has written a beautiful tribute Wmusttakea "This has been a poor century to be to his beloved Martha. Young couples careful ride in human;' states Colson in these lively and old ones, too, will enjoy this book "letters" on topics ranging from art, to and find help therein. -Betty M. Hockett canoes one and government, politics, private sins, Chris­ tian "bashing;' "rights;' theology, church Loving Yourself as Your Neighbor two before we do superstars, prisons, gangs, education, Carmen Renee Berry and Mark Taylor social evils-you name it. In one Harper and Row, 1990, 144 pages, $12.95 white-water rafting chapter we underlined, "The church is Author Carmen Berry introduced the not a democracy . . . . Theology can't be "Messiah Complex" in her book, When in Faith Three. voted in or out:' Helping You Is Hurting Me. In this sec­ The author highlights many of our ond book, Mark Taylor, associate profes­ inconsistencies and evils, yet he gives sor of theological studies at Seattle the encouraging word that God is Pacific University, adds a theological sovereign. History is in His hands. God main themes is that faith must be rea­ aspect of a serving-we must love as can use "stones and spiders" to show His sonable if "it" is to be dependable. He God loves. Much of the book re­ grace and power against enemy forces. spends considerable time telling how we explains and illustrates the idea that form faith statements. As Caesar His book succeeds in his stated many Christians get into a trap of divided Gaul into three parts for our purpose: "It is the intent of these essays martyr-like service that pulls them into Latin classes, so King divides faith into that the church in the west today-in so depression and what is called "burn-out:' three kinds. Faith One is propositional, many ways captive to the forces of a They are misinterpreting Jesus' teaching meaning a conclusion reached from cer­ hostile culture-would draw strength on self-denial, and are serving with the tain data. The assembling of faith and renewed conviction for the battle:' wrong motives. propositions leads to Faith 1\vo, which is -Phyllis Cammack The book follows stories of fi.ve Chris­ the organization called one's "Worldview:' tians who escaped the "trap:' "We Faith Three follows logically, and that is Remember, I Love You believe Christians can be freed from the where the rubber hits the road. It is Charlie W. Shedd Messiah Trap only through a change in exemplified by Abram's obedience to Harper Collins Publishers, 1990, 176 their image of God;' write the authors. God's call in Genesis 12. It is the posi­ pages, $14.95 God, who is Love, empowers devoted tive response to the first two, but meas­ Shedd opens this book, his latest, with Christians to joyous service, or a "proper ured more in action than in thought. high school days when he and Martha Christian self-love:' One famous saint said, "I'd rather feel met. He escorts the reader through This can be a recovery guidebook for compunction than know the definition their courtship, marriage, ministry, until Christians escaping from burnout and thereof:' He was in Faith Three. her death more than 40 years later. Writ~ codependency. -Phyllis Cammack lQfEVANGELICAL FRIEND Praying for Justice--r--L~-~~e-0~~-~;a-f:s-~-~:/- her, and the passage .4,/"' . c;,, ·. says quite clearly " ·· · that God, who is just, will surely hear prayers for jus­ tice and act quickly. This passage has since taken on per­ sonal significance for me. I am a missionary kid. Who I am has been shaped in part by the selfishness and cruelty of adversaries, especially in the context of being a minority and a child in two cultures different from mine and in boarding school. I have carried a sense with me that I can easily become a victim. This passage teaches me that even though appearances may be to the con­ trary, God is on the side of the oppressed, of the victims. It teaches me that I am to pray for justice in situations marked by injustice, cruelty, and selfishness. It teaches me to direct my feelings of anger or worse into prayers for justice day and night. And it promises me that God will see to it that I get justice, and quickly. I cannot pray regularly for justice, of course, without being confronted with my own tendencies to exercise power selfishly or cruelly-my tendencies to be an oppressor. I believe that such prayers for justice will redeem both the one who prays and the adversary. God's ·... justice and God's mercy are both expres­ sions of God's grace. If I am tempted to think that praying for justice is an inadequate, gutless way BY REBECCA THOMAS ANKENY to try to influence events, I remind myself that vengeance is off limits to URING THE Gulf War, I was on the side of the powerless, the Christians. We are told repeatedly to puzzled to know how to oppressed, the victims. leave vengeance, which is our way of enforcing justice, to God. I have very respond as a Christian to a v~ry I began to pray for the conflict in D few options besides prayer. tangled political web that I had very ht­ terms that laid out my understanding of tle chance to understand accurately. Sad­ who were the oppressors and who were Further, my doubt arises from a lack dam Hussein seemed to be the kind of the victims of this war, asking God to of faith that God hears and answers leader who lives off the blood of his peo­ sort it out better than I could and to prayer. Jesus' teaching in Luke makes it ple. The aggression against Kuwait bring justice into that situation. clear that God does hear and respond. This is made even clearer and more seemed to be the kind of national ter­ I was aware that God's justice might vivid in Revelation 8:3-5. The prayers of rorism that must not be allowed. Yet well be a threat to both sides of this the saints are offered with incense beneath and behind those appearances conflict, since both sides exercised before God with this result: "Then the were others. U.S. planes made many power at the expense of the powerless. I angel took the censer, filled it with fire successful sorties over Iraq, and the felt assurance nonetheless that in pray­ from the altar, and hurled it on the resulting destruction of civilian life we ing for justice I was praying in the cen­ earth; and there came peals of thunder, know about now is appalling. Kuwait as ter of God's will. rumblings, flashes of lightning and an one of the richest members of OPEC Later, in teaching Sunday school, I had a long-standing dispute about oil earthquake:' The justice of God does came to the Luke 18:1-8 passage about and will come to earth. And until jus­ rights and borders with Iraq, one of ~he the persistent widow and the unjust tice comes, there will be no peace. E'F poorest. The situation was so comph­ judge. I read this with new eyes, seeing cated that I felt unable to respond with for the first time that this is not about Rebecca Thomas Ankeny is associate any sense that I was acting out of God's praying persistently for a new car or a professor of English at George Fox College, view of the events. successful sales presentation or lecture. Newberg, Oregon, and on the editorial staff My solution came out of my under­ The widow, a representative of an easily of EVANGELICAL FRIEND. standing of the Bible and what it teac?es and often oppressed group, persisted in about where God's allegiance always 1s: her request for justice. Even the unjust

MARCHIAPRIL 1992 I 11 What Is God Doing Among Those 'Other' Quakers?

VANGELICAL QUAKERS at times get shocked, outraged, and even embarrassed to learn that there are "other" Quakers in North America who believe, act, and worship in ways very E different from ourselves. One reaction is to ignore that fact, hoping it will go away. But alas, newspaper reports about what some Quaker group is doing, new inquirers in our churches asking what kind of Quakers we are, and even occasional run-ins with "other" Quakers remind us that we cannot simply sweep the fact of Quaker diversity under the carpet. The question is not if we will deal with it, but how. At times, we may throw up our hands and exclaim that all we have in common is the name Quaker-nothing more. And then again, God may be at work in ways totally unexpected by us. In an effort to help our readers learn more about what is happening among unprogrammed Quakers, the Evangelical Friend has gathered three articles that seek to portray, even in a limited way, what God may be doing among those "other" Quakers.

experience, and celebrate a sense of Christian community and, (4) address the Quaker witness. The most dynamic and stretching contacts came through Youthquake: twice-daily meetings of "family groups:' composed of ten stu­ dents, each representing a different yearly meeting. Discussions revolved around why they were Quakers, who Christ was to A Microcosm of them, and how to grow spiritually. American Quakerism "I 've gone through a lot of introspection, leading BY BRUCE BISHOP me to find that I actually do have some OUTHQUAKE 1991, held December 27 through Jan­ convictions and am open to listening while not uary 1, was the fifth such national gathering of Quaker being easily swayed.'' Y high school students. The highlighted quotations are from some of the 430 youth and adults who attended, represent­ "I learned that it was important to have a period ing 17 yearly meetings from Friends United Meeting, Friends offocusing silence in worship, and that it can be General Conference, and Evangelical Friends International­ North America Region. One development that proved signi­ very beneficial.'' ficant was the first-time presence of a large number of young Friends from the unprogrammed tradition. In many ways, YouthQuake provided a microcosm of Speakers, seminars, small group discussion opportunities, American Quakerism. What was true of the conference par­ and worship experiences challenged the attenders to fulfill the ticipants can be said to be true of the Society of Friends. Each YouthQuake purpose statement: to provide a gathering of yearly meeting represented brought its own strengths and Quaker youth to (1) promote understanding of one another; weaknesses, its own biases and extremes. The integration of (2) be challenged to live spiritually guided lives; (3) build, spiritual and social needs was the power of early Quakerism and the center of Christ's ministry itself. Modern Quakerism, as that includes the social as well as the spiritual Gospel Christ represented at YouthQuake, seems to have clustered around one taught and lived. A partial Gospel is incomplete. Early Quakers or the other, in some instances with one aspect of the Gospel discovered this and made a worldwide impact, as did early becoming mutually exclusive of the other. The conference Christians. YouthQuake gave young contemporary Quakers the brought these poles back into tension with each other, creating opportunity to examine the balanced life, and to discuss where some uncomfortable questioning and self-examination. People they hope to lead us. The more than 400 youth who attended were affirmed in their beliefs as well as having their weaknesses this conference will be shaping the future of our movement. Let exposed. us pray that the Spirit of Christ will continue to cast out the spirit In this diverse gathering we were forced to face the differ­ of fear and create life-changing openness to dialogue and learn­ ence between viewing those "other" Quakers in standoffish ways ing. This may be one of the most fruitful witnessing and learn­ from afar, and interacting with the "other" as fellow-sojourners in ing fields for evangelical young Friends. Perhaps we will be able search of God's Truth. Some participants were willing to treat to respond about the sometimes bothersome diversity of Ameri­ others as individuals, to hear them as people, to laugh with can Quakerism as the following participant responded about his them, and to listen to them, while some were unable to step out­ YouthQuake experience: side of their own comfort zones and have significant contact ''The real strength of YouthQuake was the joining together of with them. Although there was a wide variety of beliefs programmed and unprogrammed yearly meetings, the opportu­ represented, most of the tension was not the result of conflicting nity to learn from those who are different from us:' iF theology. Rather, the main division seemed to be active more on an emotional level, fostered by fear and insecurity about the Bruce Bishop is the youth Superintendent of Northwest Yearly challenging of one's own beliefs. Fear caused some people to Meeting. He graduated from George Fox College in 1987. withdraw and react, and caused some to label and stereotype. Where a sense of security reigned, however, people could express themselves, ask questions, and listen to one another. There, friendships were built that bridged the gaps and allowed for intensive investigation of personal beliefs-allowed for the Spirit of God to speak to them and their spiritual condition. Where security reigned, concern for the spiritual condition of individuals was balanced with concern for their physical condi­ tion. These two pillars of Quakerism were brought together through interactive dialogue. Evangelical Quakers often appeared more spiritual and sta­ Reclaiming a ble, with quick answers founded on the stability of the Bible. Yet some of those answers were not accompanied by the depth of thought or conviction that others brought to the conference. Some youth discovered they had hidden behind the Bible or Sun­ Resource: day school answers and hadn't dealt with as many spiritual ques­ tions as the nonevangelicals may have. While they expressed their support for the written Word of God, they also had to con­ The Record of the front its relatively weak impact in their lives and their lack of interaction with it. Friends Bible God was discovered, glorified, uplifted, and worshiped through the initially tentative, but eventually burgeoning friend­ ships that were formed through caring relationships and dia­ Conference logue with people who believe and act differently from ourselves. There were several reports of young unprogrammed AN INTERVIEW WITH CHUCK FAGER Friends giving their hearts to Christ and others were challenged by the authentic witness of many of the Christ-centered young The EVANGELICAL FRIEND recently interviewed Chuck Fager, the Friends present. The value of YouthQuake for our high organizer of the conference and the editor of the compiled presenta­ schoolers lay in the opportunity to be challenged spiritually by tions. Chuck Fager is a free-lance Quaker journalist and editor of A their peers. Learning to express their beliefs and witness to one Friendly Letter. another about God's work in their lives, as well as to be con­ fronted in their weak areas, whether it be social justice and com­ EF: We understand that a little over two years ago you helped to passion or the deity of Christ and the inspiration of the Bible, has organize the Friends Bible Conference, which was targeted exclu­ been a valuable opportunity for growth. sively toward helping unprogrammed Friends explore the Bible as a The future of Quakerism hangs in the balance, and it relies living resource. That sounds intriguing to us evangelical Friends. on our recovering the right balance. We must grasp the Truth Would you tell us what happened? CF: Well, the Friends Bible Conference came about partially as the workshop by Joseph Izzo, "The Book of Job: An Allegory for the result of a mistake I had made a few years earlier. I was Coping with the AIDS Crisis and Other Sufferings:' preparing to write an article in A Friendly Letter in which I intended to raise questions about why unprogrammed Friends EF: We understand that these conference papers are now available did not study the Bible. What I found, however, in doing my in published form (Reclaiming a Resource, Kimo Press, P.O. Box research, was the opposite. Time and again I ran across people 1361, Falls Church, VA 22041, 1990, $12.95}. Obviously, not all of who said something like, "Why yes, I study the Bible a great this material will be of equal interest to readers of the EVANGELICAL deal ... but I think I'm the only liberal Quaker in North America FRIENq but what would you consider to be some of the pieces that who does!" This sense of isolation, combined with genuine would be of greatest interest to our readers? interest, led several of us to believe that such a conference was CF: First of all, I don't expect evangelical Friends to agree with possible and even past due. everything that's in the book-I don't agree with all of it myself. I had been leading workshops on how to use the Bible at the But I do think the book will be of genuine value to anyone wish­ annual Friends General Conference gathering for several years ing to see how many unprogrammed Friends are finding the Bible to be a real source of spiritual vitality and an extremely relevant resource for addressing today's issues. Besides that, such articles as "The Bible and Archetypes in Jungian Perspec­ tive" by John Yungblut, "Studying the Book of Revelation'' by David Martin, and "The Bible as a Resource for Spiritual Growth" by Anne Miller should be very appealing to evangelical Quakers. And they might want to consider an essay on the phases of development I've watched many liberal Friends go through in Bible study, from what I call"detoxification'' to "god­ wrestling:' EF: How do you see Reclaiming a Resource being used within the local church or meeting? CF: It sounds funny, but one of the first values is that the book and had always had a good turnout with high enthusiasm. At is written proof that we actually did it! It shows there really are the 1988 meetings Carol Conti-Entin of Cleveland (Ohio) meet­ liberal Quakers who are serious about Scripture. It allows the ing also led a workshop on the Bible, and the two of us and about influence of the conference to be expanded in an ongoing way. a dozen others got together to discuss whether and how to A second value is that several of the essays describe innova­ organize a Bible conference for liberal Quakers. tive methods for personal or small group Bible study that we The idea really took off, and by conference time in early hope will promote ongoing interest in the Bible among November 1989, over 260 people participated in the first major unprogammed Friends. A good example is the essay by Joanne Bible conference among unprogrammed Quakers since the and Larry Spears, which shows how to structure small group series of summer Bible conferences at Haverford back before study around five guidelines: (a) Identify the author's main 1910. It would be hard to exaggerate the enthusiasm of the par­ point as well as secondary themes. (b) Describe any new light or ticipants! insight you have as to the meaning of the passage. (c) Explore EF: Tell us more about that. What aspects of the conference were whether you have found this passage to be true to your own most stimulating for the attenders? experience-how so, or how not so? (d) Explore the implications of the passage in terms of what should be done in response to it. CF: Just being together was exciting-it broke the sense of isola­ (e) Share any problems you have with the text's meaning and tion I mentioned. Of course the three plenary presentations implications, and consider what it would involve to be changed were well received, and it was significant that they were all by it. given by women: Elizabeth Watson, Martha Paxson Grundy, and This approach is not tied to any single wing of the Quaker Patricia McKernan (who, by the way, received a standing ovation spectrum. It can work equally well no matter what perspective for her concert on biblical themes). The Bible often gets a bad you approach the text from, and this is just one more of the rap for being a totally patriarchal document, and it was good for things that is exciting to me about this project. It is also easy to people to hear some excellent Quaker women scholars crea­ do: You don't need a seminary degree or a resident "expert:' All tively excavating some of the Bible's liberating motifs. you need is a Bible, this book, and a group. Plus the Spirit, I Many of the workshops were also real highlights for the par­ might add. ticipants. Some of the ones people seemed to be buzzing about were Patty Levering's "Four Aspects of Productive Bible Study;' EF: What do you see down the road, Chuck? Do you see new Jim Corbett's "The Bible and Covenant Communities;' and Jean approaches to the Bible as ground for further cooperation or added Semrau's "Re-Telling Bible Stories:' Especially provocative was frustration between evangelical and liberal Quakers? CF: I like to hope that exploring ways in which the Bible speaks Although I do not remember any religious training as such to us could be a very fruitful ground for exchange between in the Berkeley meeting, there was one influence that conveyed Friends from different parts of the Quaker map. Our exploration to me the spiritual significance of the silent meeting for worship. of the Bible has only just begun, and while it might take a little It was my mother's tears. Nearly every Sunday in meeting for threshing, I feel that liberals have a lot to gain from evangelical worship, she wept. I recently asked her why, and she told me Friends from such encounters and mutual seeking. I hope the that it was the tension between the tranquility of meeting for reverse would also be the case. worship and the killing in southeast Asia. It is no surprise to say that we live in an age of tremendous Without saying a word, she conveyed to me that something biblical impoverishment among Friends. It used to be that there big was moving in that silence. As I reached adolescence, I were typically several Quakers among the front ranks of Bible learned to treasure the calming richness of silent worship. scholarship, but that doesn't seem to be true today. This ground I first opened the Bible when I was 13. A verse I had seen on needs to be recovered. I also would like to see Friends from all the gravemarker of my great-grandfather intrigued me: "Unless traditions become far more biblically literate than we have been. a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it liveth by itself Even many evangelicals, in my opinion, often find it too easy to alone. But if it die it beareth much fruit:' I read the Gospel of stay within a cluster of familiar passages and accepted interpre­ John to try to understand it. tations. The Bible has been a vital seedbed for the Christian wit­ What I learned about Jesus surprised me: that He was a ness of the likes of John Woolman, Elizabeth Fry, George Fox, rebel, who challenged conventional religion and urged people to Lucretia Mott, and many others. As Robert Barclay said, it is live in a way that was consistent with God's boundless love. God's looking glass into our lives, and it is not just we who exam­ ine the Scriptures, but the Scriptures that examine us. When At age 17, I was quite familiar with the Bible, and enjoyed this happens, the Spirit blows where it wills ... and good things the profound serenity of meeting for worship. Strange as it may happen. E'F seem, it had never occurred to me that these two strands of my religious life were related. When a Friend told me that the Spirit that illuminates the meeting for worship is the Spirit of Jesus Christ, it shattered a wall that had divided my spiritual life in half. What great gifts we can offer to one another in our insights about the life of the Spirit! Troubled by the question of whether or not I was (or should be) a Christian, I asked God to tell me if I should commit myself to Christianity. Shortly afterward, in a meeting for worship, God Up set before me a series of images that thrust me into the life of Growing Christ. In one scene I was among the fishermen called by Jesus to be fishers of men. In another I was among the throng that welcomed Jesus to Jerusalem with palm branches. I saw myself Liberal: receiving from His hand the cup at the last supper, and I was among those who taunted and jeered at Him while He was on the cross. This series of intimations made it clear to me whom I should Called to a Life of worship, and I am grateful to have never doubted since that the Christian walk is my way to God and God's way to me. How­ Serving Christ ever, the question of where I should worship has never been answered so decisively. BY PAUL JOLLY During a period of church-shopping, I was impressed by a number of religious communities. The unbridled enthusiasm of WAS RAISED in a liberal era (b. 1960) in a liberal town the evangelical fellowships touched me deeply, as did the poetry (Berkeley, California) in a liberal religious community and sacrament of the Catholic liturgy. Having grown up in an I (Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends). environment where people shied away from defining their faith I have been called to a life serving Christ. I appreciate the invi­ for fear of excluding or limiting someone, I longed to worship tation to reflect on how I became a Christian and why I stay with with people who recognize that accepting the limitations of a the liberal Friends. particular faith enhances growth instead of detracting from it. I My mother's parents were medical missionaries (emphasis still get frustrated by the difficulty of faith-sharing in a commu­ on the medical) and my father grew up Unitarian. When they nity that takes so little for granted. The vision my parents share settled down to raise a family in the Bay Area, they started look­ with many liberal Quakers of their generation-a nonexclusive, ing for a church with liberal values and minimal dogma. The all-embracing community of faith-seems naive and, frankly, it unprogrammed meeting in Berkeley felt like home, and they bores me. On occasion, I have considered joining a religious have been active for the last 30 years. community that is explicitly, unabashedly Christian. And yet, I can't leave the liberal Friends. The thing that frus­ trates me is also the thing I dearly love: the unfettered adven­ ture of discovering God. An unprogrammed meeting is not simply a meeting with no agenda. It is, at its best, a gathering of people who recognize that mystery is the center of the religious lik and approach it in reverence. The Jewish idea that God's name cannot be pronounced is based on the same under­ standing. It is the adventure of self-searching and God-searching in the silent worship that led me to Christ. I am a product of my culture as much as a rebel. I think I will stay. I have found no other manner of worship that is as fundamentally creative. My God is mysterious, can be known but not fully understood, touched but not possessively clasped, described but not entirely explained. The silent mode of worship feels more fitting to me than any other. As I mature I become less agitated by the amorphousness of liberal Quakers. There are a few who are hostile to the Christian faith, because they only see it as a tool for control and an assort­ ment of unexamined superstitions. There are a few who are out­ spoken in their love of Christ. Many, like my parents, speak of "many paths up the mountain" and resist categorization. There are a great number who have been deeply touched by Christ's life and ministry, and are quiet about it. Many encouraging movements among liberal Friends are developing from a com­ mon hunger to know God personally and to share what we know with one another. I do not believe that God wants me to lobby for the Christian cause, as if it were a political campaign. I am compelled by the Holy Spirit at times to speak of Christ's place in my life. As I overcome my hesitation to share how God has touched me, I find many, many people among unprogrammed Friends who are eager to share their own intimations of God and are simply wait­ ing for an invitation. The fabric of Quakerism has been split. Those who uphold the adventure of unprogrammed worship and those who cherish the relationship with Christ both claim fidelity to the same heri­ tage. The places of spiritual vitality are the places where the different sides of our tradition have touched, illuminated, and blessed one another. I pray that we can all learn to thrive where God has placed us, and bless one another in our differences and similarities. Eil Paul Jolly serves as director of development at Pendle Hill and has also served at Scattergood Friends School in Iowa. WORl.DWINDS

Lusting For Greatness, Longing for Satisfaction ,~J BY JoHN P. WILLIAMS, JR.

ETER THE fisherman had it. So Y/~ did the little girl I saw pushing 'dfft' P her way to the front of the line at the Disney store last week. So do all that which is not capable of producing ing ourselves with His holy character~ of us-to some degree or another. peace, no matter how long or well we We shift from acquisitiveness to servant­ Wars are fought because of it. scratch? hood. We shift from an obsession with Jesus understood it and gave the only Jesus calls for a radically different selfish achievement to a passion for cure, the only real answer to the itching approach to satisfaction. agape. after greatness. "Blessed are the merciful, for they will The implications are wonderful, "If you want to be great in the king­ be shown mercy. though costly to live out in a sinful dom of God;' He insisted to His competi­ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they world, for the imitation of Christ tive disciples, "you must become the will see God. thoroughly realigns both our personal servant of all:' Blessed are the peacemakers, for they and corporate values. -He knew what they were discussing will be called the sons [and daughters] I thought of that the other day when I on the road as they walked. of God. read the estimates of how many Iraqi -He knew that the itch can forever be Blessed are those who are persecuted civilians died during and after the Gulf scratched but never satisfied. (Isn't that, because of righteousness, for theirs is war as a result of war-related bomb after all, the problem with all forms of the kingdom of God:' (Matthew 5:7-10) damage. It is at least 70,000-more than lusting?) Jesus' message seems to flow from twice as many people as attended all our -He knew, far better than they several underlying truths, three of EFI-affi.liated churches in North America imagined, the false promises and bitter which are these: last Sunday morning. And, it appears, disappointment inherent in the lust for 1. God measures greatness in terms of the TOTAL number of Iraqi war-related greatness. our surrender to His perfect will, not in deaths is between 177,500 and 243,000. Peace, it seems, has a whole lot more terms of our domination or defeat of A city nearly twice the size of Boise, to do with finding satisfaction than with other people. Idaho. Dead and gone. becoming great. Cultural norms and 2. Greatness is a matter of how much societal values tend to reinforce our lust and how well we contribute to the lives Greatness and satisfaction are, after for greatness, our cravings to be better of others, not how much we pile up for all, not the same. Saddam Hussein pur­ than other people as evidenced by our ourselves. sued greatness and lost a quarter of a ability to defeat them. By the standards 3. Greatness is a measure of the million people in his latest attempt to of culture and technology, there is no expanse of our love, not the sum of our find it. The U.S. and some allies have higher value in our world than material external achievements. been boasting about a great victory over success, competitively achieved. That is The shift is major. One hundred and Iraq, in a virtual denial of the awful car­ the root of our "problem" with Japan, eighty degrees. nage of that victory. and that is the dilemma of ordinary life. Following Christ means that we shift There has got to be a better way. And How do we find peace when we itch for from horizontal comparisons to compar- there is. Lord Jesus, help us. Help us. u

MARCHIAPRIL 1992 I 1 7 ----.;::,_:,~- ~ On the Tip of the Iceberg

BY DAVE BYRNE

HAT A WHIRLWIND time of important than the part that is visible. An Friends churches in the various yearly blessing it has been! With effective missionary effort depends on the meetings are certainly not a homogene­ W only three months available church far more than it depends on the ous group. Styles of worship range from for home assignment, it seemed like we missionary. staid to fervent. Tastes run from classical were in constant motion. In our time on It is interesting to note that the mission­ to country. Dispositions line up from the road we traveled almost 15,000 miles, ary call that sent Paul and Barnabas on traditional to nonconformist. But there slept in over 55 different beds, and spoke their first missionary journey did not go are bonds that link us one to the other. to about 60 different churches and groups directly to Paul and Barnabas. Acts 13:2 across three yearly meetings. By mutual reveals that while the prophets and What did we find in those diverse Friends consent, Joyce and I did not count the teachers of the church were gathered churches? calories we took in at the almost daily pot­ together "worshiping the Lord and fasting 1. First of all we found people who are lucks. It seemed better just to "suffer" in the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Bar­ concerned about others. We did not come silence. Alas, many are the sacrifices of nabas and Saul for the work to which I across any of the Friends churches that missionary life. have called them:" Yet in verse 4 it says was not struggling to meet the needs of its While visiting with the many groups of that "The two of them, sent on their way own congregation and community. Yet as Friends, Joyce compared missions to an by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia we shared about the needs represented by iceberg. Of course, what one sees in look­ and sailed from there to Cyprus:' Mexico City there was genuine concern ing at an iceberg is only the tip-a small, What an exciting correlation between and response. almost insignificant portion of the total what the church does and what the Holy Just as Jesus in Matthew 9 saw the mass of the iceberg. When people try to Spirit does! Was it the church that sent crowds and "had compassion on them" understand missions, they look at us who out Paul and Barnabas or was it the Holy because "they were harassed and helpless, are missionaries. They see us going from Spirit? There should not be a difference. like sheep without a shepherd;' Friends church to church and sharing what is hap­ Missions were always meant to be done in around the country have been moved to pening on a particular field. We have our the context of the church. compassion on hearing of the crowds of prayer cards posted on the refrigerators of HE LAST MONTHS have given us Mexico City. More than 21 million peo­ America. We get called to the front of the a unique opportunity to get to know ple. The largest city of the world. Only line at the potluck dinners. People T our "iceberg" and we like what we one STATE in the United States (Califor­ assume that missionaries are missions. see. The Friends churches that have sent nia) has a population greater than that one The truth of the matter is that like the us out as missionaries to Mexico City did so city, and the city has not been penetrated iceberg, missions have another less visi­ as agents of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy with the good news of hope in life in Jesus ble portion that is much larger and more Spirit is manifest in their presence. Christ.

18/EVANGELICAL FRIEND There is only one evangelical church to When Jesus saw the crowds of His day, First of all, nobody is getting ready to go. every 23,000 people. In many towns we he specifically instructed the disciples to No one has applied to serve in Mexico. I visited in the United States there is one "pray to the Lord of the harvest to send know full well that the Lord has not evangelical church to every 400-500 peo­ out workers into His harvest field:' In stopped calling His children to the harvest. ple, and Friends are keenly aware of the order to effectively reap a harvest in Mex­ HE SECOND problem is that needs of their own communities. Mexico ico City EFM needs workers that only the those who will respond must have City is a city that has been lorded over for churches can produce. T their support package in place in centuries by autocratic religion and As we drove across the country, I order to go. The budget method of fund­ government that has had little concern for enjoyed the beautiful scenery of America ing missions through the programmed the needs of the people. But evangelical the beautiful. In some of the fertile plain giving of the yearly meetings has not been Friends do care. states I let my imagination run for a while sufficient for a dynamic and effective mis­ 2. Friends also show themselves to be about what it sions effort. Churches and individuals willing to stretch to meet the challenge of would be like to will have to give to specific missionaries Mexico City's need. In many ways Mex­ farm the huge and specific fields in order to allow EFM to ico City is a very difficult field in which to tracts of land­ fulfill its call. Friends will need to partici­ minister. With the severe air pollution, mile after mile­ pate in Friends missions more than ever. resistant culture, and spiritual opposition that some of those Before traveling to the churches, I was Evangelical Friends Mission has seen farmers care for. concerned that these difficulties must rapid turnover of its mission staff. But the Imagine the farm­ indicate that Friends are somehow letting need remains. The many Friends we met er who has put in up in their commitment to mission. seem willing to pay the price to make a the resources of difference in that difficult place. time and energy to It has been encouraging in our travels to plant, fertilize, hear Friends respond to the challenges of N THE BOOK of 2 Samuel the story the Mexico City work, not with frustra­ is told of when King David was look­ irrigate, and pro­ tect his crop. It is time for the harvest. tion, but with hope. It is hope that, linked I ing for a threshing floor in order to together as Friends, we can make a differ­ make sacrifice to God. One servant of the The grain is ripe, but, his equipment breaks down. ence for the vast multitudes of that trou­ king offered to give him both the thresh­ bled city. It is hope that in spite of It is sad to me to look around in Mexico ing floor and bulls in order to please his apparent weakness in some of our City, that massive city, and see the groups king. David's response was, "I will not churches, God has given us a high calling that are investing the most in sending offer to God sacrifices which cost me and entrusted us with a unique ministry workers out into the harvest. Groups like nothing:' Friends have been given many as Friends. Many times we were Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons are challenging mission fields. The Huner­ encouraged by Friends who would ask us sending workers out in droves, but not to wadels have just gone to India to work what they could do for missions and tell bring people into the kingdom of God. with an unreached people group. India is us they were praying daily for our minis­ Can we who are the children of Light do not an easy field. Rough Rock mission is try and the needs of Mexico City. I realize less than they? not an easy field. Mexico City is not an now that our iceberg is not melting-it is easy field, but the Lord has given us those Recently the EFM board made the deci­ not crumbling. It is strong. places in which to work. We should not sion in principle to send out three new Thank you, friends, for your committ­ expect to give service that costs us missionaries or missionary families to be ment to the task. Thank you for acting as nothing. part of the mission team to Mexico. What God's instruments in the harvest. E'F God did not call EFM to those and many encouraging news that was to us! But other challenging fields around the world what a disappointment it was to find out David Byrne has served Evangelical Friends because He saw we are such a large and that there are two major obstacles that in Mexico since 1986. He and his wife, wealthy denomination. He does know, could prevent those missionaries from joyce, and three daughters will soon return however, that as Friends respond in faith, ever becoming part of the Mexico City to the field after a few months in the ground will be won for His kingdom. mission team. States.

Onward Christian Soldiers of us would have difficulty in simply refus­ And what is it that lends substance to ing to have a flag sewn on our jerseys. our faith? Action, "... faith by itself, if it is {Continued from page 3} The Apostle Paul informed us that the not accompanied by action, is dead:' The answer then lies in unequivocal engineers who designed the antimissile real battle was not one of flesh and blood. loyalty to the Way of the Cross. Jesus technology didn't know how it would be Despite our familiarity with this text I didn't have the disciples planning a Mis­ done either, until they had worked long would speculate that we are novices in sion Impossible type rescue just in case and hard at the task. I'm sure they saw this business of spiritual warfare. We things didn't work out as hoped. No, the their share of failures, but they were com­ know how to scrap on the flesh and blood Way of the Cross was God's plan from the mitted to fmding an answer. I admire level, but we find ourselves in uncertain beginning. It is to love our neighbors as their perseverance. territory in the realm of spirit. Laying down flesh and blood weapons feels like ourselves, and to return good for evil. No We need to emulate that perseverance matter what. Jesus set the pace. He even in "impossible" situations. The basic suicide unless we are convinced the spiri­ tual ones are just as substantial. offered good for the evil of our sin. God parameter has been given: Love your forbid that we bathe in the fountain of His neighbor and return evil with good. Are And what is it that lends substance to grace while precluding anyone else the we so convinced that this is indeed the these invisible spiritual realities? Faith. same. E'F Way of the Cross that we are willing to lay "Now faith is being sure of what we hope down the weapons of earthly kingdoms for and certain of what we do not see. Chuck Orwiler is pastor of First Denver and pick up only those of the heavenly This is what the ancients were com­ Friends Church. kingdom? Don't answer too readily. Most mended for:'

MARCHIAPRIL I992/l9 HOT OFF T'HE FAX

News from North American Friends 111 The American Friends Service Committee recently announced that Kara Newell of Port­ 111 Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern land, Oregon, has been named executive secre­ Region opened its new World Outreach Center tary. As chief executive, Newell will oversee in early February. Eastern Region staff programs and projects throughout the United moved into the Canton, Ohio, facility as con­ States and in some 20 other countries. She struction was being completed. Already the will assume the post on June 1. center has hosted nine board meetings and offers a great place for weekend seminars Newell is a member of the Reedwood with guests staying in one of the nearby Friends Church and has been a member of the motels. AFSC Board of Directors since 1989. She will replace Asia Bennett, who has been executive • Friends in Alaska are praising God for His secretary of the AFSC since 1980. protection. On February 14, Superintendent Robert Sheldon and three other people News from International Friends escaped with only minor injuries when the small plane Sheldon was piloting crashed on 111 Carl and Peggy Hunerwadel and family flew takeoff. The plane was totaled. to India on February 26 where Carl will teach 111 From March 11 to 15 Alaska Yearly Meeting at Woodstock School for missionary children. will celebrate its annual spring conference in 111 Missionaries to Bolivia and Peru will cele­ the village of Shungnak. The population of brate their annual missionary retreat during Shungnak will more than double with the 500 Easter week this year. Ken and Rachel Vanden­ Friends that are expected to converge for Hoek, pastors of the Sherwood, Oregon, meetings of business and worship. Friends Church, will be special speakers. 111 The fifth Friends Ministers Conference is scheduled for 1994 in Orlando, Florida. 111 Bolivia Yearly Meeting has a new president. Remigio Condori, who has been serving as 111 The next YouthQuake will be held in Glorieta, New Mexico, December 27, interim president during the illness of Patri­ 1994-January 1, 1995. cio Medrano, was named to the position dur­ ing the January Yearly Meeting sessions. • Several yearly meetings are preparing for Condori brings years of pastoral experience to annual pastors' retreats. Northwest Yearly the job. Meeting pastors gather at Twin Rocks Camp, April 20-24; Charles Lake is the special speaker. 111 Bolivian Evangelical University in Santa Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting has its Cruz will celebrate its tenth anniversary in retreat April 23-26, with Dr. Harry Schaum­ April. Meredythe Scheflen, WGM missionary, burg. Pastors from Mid-America meet May had a vision for expanding educational oppor­ 4-7; Steve and Valerie Bell will bring themes­ tunities for Bolivia's post-high-school youth sages. Eastern Region pastors will be meeting and initiated the founding of the university. April 27-30 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with Currently 1,000 students are enrolled. Kent and Barbara Hughes of Wheaton, Illinois, as the featured speakers. Pastor and 111 David and Joyce Byrne and family return to author Jack Hayford will speak to pastors Mexico City on March 4, where David will from Southwest Yearly Meeting, May 11-14. continue his work with Mexican Friends, planting and nourishing churches. They have 111 Yearly Meeting speakers for the coming been on furlough, reporting in churches summer include the following: Dick Sartwell, across the yearly meetings. pastor of Newberg, Oregon, Friends, will be speaking at Northwest Yearly Meeting. Stan 111 Manuel and Brenda Chavarria returned to Thornburg, pastor of Reedwood Friends, Port­ Mexico from Guatemala, enthusiastic about land, Oregon, will be speaking at Rocky the teaching and encouragement they had Mountain Yearly Meeting. Speaker for Mid­ received in a conference on prayer and mis­ America Yearly Meeting will be their assistant sions. Among the featured speakers were superintendent, Bob Mardock. Peter Wagner and Paul Cho.

20/EVANGELICAL FRIEND WH.AT .ABOUT OUR FRIENDS?

plant 2,000 new churches by The Christian Education Com­ America, and North America the year 2000 as we seek to mission will be promoting the into a cooperational working fulfill our objectives of renewal, fourth annual Easter offering relationship. evangelism, fellowship, and for missions with a goal of leadership development. $100,001 for work in Rwanda, Philippines, Mexico City, and First EFI International Evangelical Friends Name Bolivian Evangelical University. Council Meeting New Director for International Missions The life story of Ezra and The first Evangelical Friends Frances De Vol will be the tenth International Council met At the 1992 annual meeting of Evangelical Friends Inter­ book in the missions series October 8·10, 1991, in the Los written by Betty Hockett and Angeles, California, area and national-North America Region January 9-13 at 1Win published by the Christian Edu­ was hosted by East Whittier cation Commission. Friends Church. Those Rocks Friends Camp, Rockaway gathered for the Council meet­ Beach, Oregon, representatives In 1992 plans will be made ing were the temporary direc­ gathered from Evangelical to celebrate the 25th anniver­ tors appointed at the founding Friends Church-Eastern sary of Evangelical Friend Bible Quizzing Unifies and meeting held in Houston, Texas, Region, Mid-America Yearly beginning in September. Challenges NWYM Youth Meeting, Northwest Yearly in 1989: Jaime Tabingo of the The EFM intern for 1991 was A Bible quizzing program is Asia region, Luis Espino of the Meeting, and Rocky Mountain proving to be one of the most Yearly Meeting. Also present Paula Jo Hughes from Eastern Latin region, Manasseh Region, who served in Mexico successful youth activities of Nduwimana of the Africa region, were representatives from Iowa Northwest Yearly Meeting. A and Friends United Meeting. City. Deadline for application Stan Perisho of the North to serve as intern for 1993 is recent tournament at the America region, and James A highlight of the weekend November 20, 1992. Cherry Grove Friends Church Morris, international director. was the appointment of Norval (Washington) brought together The Council met to choose Hadley as new executive direc· YouthQuake 1991 attendance 150 people, including 18 junior the directors for the next three tor of EFM, replacing James was 435, with 17 yearly meet­ high and 9 senior high teams years and to make plans for Morris, who filled the position ings represented. The next from Washington, Oregon, and the future development of the very well for 12 years. Hadley YouthQuake is set for 1994 in Idaho. new organization. Dr. Ron served for 28 years in the Glorietta, New Mexico. A typical tournament week­ Stansell, associate professor of World Vision Organization, Ron Stansell was introduced end begins with a student-led religion at George Fox College most recently serving as Assis­ as the new international worship experience Saturday and former Friends missionary tant to the Director for U.S. director of Evangelical Friends morning. Quiz-offs begin to Bolivia with Northwest ministry and as Director of International, which is an unsa· around 9:45 and continue until Yearly Meeting, was chosen as World Vision's prayer ministry. laried position coordinating the 2:30. Afternoon recreation the international director; David Hadley has also been actively four regions of EFI. As interna­ activities often include field Niyonzima, Africa regional involved among evangelical tional director Ron will attempt games, mudbowls, or indoor director; Luis Espino, Latin Friends churches. He has to bring together evangelical games. Following dinner, there regional director; Jaime Tabingo, pastored and also served as Friends from Asia, Africa, Latin is an evening activity that Asia regional director; and Stan general superintendent of North· Perisho, director of the North west Yearly Meeting of Friends. America Region. Among other business, David UN Interns The immediate goal for the and Joyce Byrne, missionaries Quaker United Nations Office, New York-Opportunity next three years is to facilitate on home assignment from for two interns at the Quaker UN Office from Septem­ the organization and develop­ Mexico City, reported working ber 1992 to August 1993. Interns follow disarmament, ment of the three new regional in two new areas of Mexico human rights, economic justice, development, environ­ coordinating councils. A City. They also stated that ment, women, and regional issues at the UN; research/ Mexican nationals are taking write articles and briefing papers; arrange/attend meet­ longer-range goal is to work ings; assist with office administration. Candidates toward convening a first Inter­ leadership in the local churches. must be college graduates or have equivalent national Conference of Evangeli· In Rwanda, Africa, the com­ experience, 20s, interest in international affairs; writ­ cal Friends by the year 2000. mission noted that in the last ing/computer skills. Stipend/medical coverage. The meetings were marked year two new church facilities For information and application write: were built and three new Quaker UN Offi.ce by unity, excitement, and dedi· 777 UN Plaza cation as evangelical Friends church groups started. New York, NY 10017 face this last decade of the Further items from the com· Deadline for submission of application and century. There was a positive mission were two new churches references -15 Apri I 1992. response to the challenge to planted in the Philippines.

MARCHIAPRIL 1992/21 Earth Concerns provides opj)OrtunitiesJfor environmental action.

usually takes a group to swim· Social Activities lake Yearly Meeting try raid" in November for food ming pools, athletic clubs, Friends to Scenic Spots Planned for June items used in Thanksgiving and malls, etc. It's a full weekend Recent social activities in the Tal· WOODLAND PARK, Christmas baskets provided by that combines Bible study with ent Friends Church (Oregon) COLORADO-Rocky Mountain the First Friends Meeting here. fellowship and community have enabled church members Yearly Meeting is set for june The church youth group also building. to become better acquainted 10·14 at Quaker Ridge Camp, presented a musical, Christmas This year's quizzing centers with the natural beauties of the located here. Stan Thornburg Games that will fund a winter youth event. around selected Pauline area they live in, as well as with of Reedwood Friends (Oregon) epistles. each other. Sixteen people trav· is to be the special speaker for Springbank Holds eled to Yreka, California, and the sessions. Musical Celebration Barbara Baker Reports on enjoyed a trip in the historic Religious Persecution Blue Goose train near Mt. Shasta Paonia Members ALLEN, NEBRASKA-Spnngbank and time touring historic homes. Participate in Life Chain Friends members honored the Barbara Baker spent part of remembrance of Christ's birth December and january at The Fall Foliage trip toured areas PAONIA, COLORADO-Several of southern Oregon, and a members of Paonia Friends with Christmas songs, piano, home in Oregon. Barbara, a and saxophone numbers. member of West Chehalem December Christmas-light tour Church participated in a life Friends Church (Oregon), is a capped the season. chain january 22 that com· journalist for News Network memorated the infamous Roe International. She lives in !stan· v. Wade decision that legalized bul, rurkey, and has recently abortion in the United States. traveled to Bulgaria, Israel, The life chain was in Delta, Egypt, and Pakistan to research Colorado, a nearby community. news items about religious Participants stood in a line persecution in the Middle East. along a roadway and held While home, Barbara spoke in signs that stated "Abortion Kills the West Chehalem, North Val· Children!' ley, and South Salem Friends churches. Pantry Raid Fuels Holiday Baskets Reedwood Forms Earth COLORADO SPRINGS, EFC-ER Office Moved Concerns Group New Pastors Called COLORADO-junior and senior On Wednesday, january 15, Reedwood Friends Church (Ore· FORT COLUNS COLORADO­ high youths conducted a "pan· 1992, the EFC-ER moved its gon) has initiated an Earth Con· Keith and Leo Haisch are new cerns Group in order to provide pastors at the Benkelman a way for people to focus on (Nebraska) Friends Church. Educator Sought recovering and preserving the They were installed january 26. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is looking for a person integrity of God's creation. Meanwhile, Fort Collins to fill the challenging position of Executive Secretary The purposes of the group (Colorado) Friends has called of the Committee on Education. This person must Cary and Susan Youmans to be a Quaker, a knowledgeable educator with are (1) to keep the congregation experience in the field of elementary and/or secon­ informed about the nature of pastor at the church. They sue· ceed Lowell and Naomi dary education, a good listener and a creative the problems and the many thinker who has the capacity to help others listen to programs and organizations Weinacht, who resigned in each other. The responsibilities include visiting and that are addressing them, and 1991 after many years of ser· overseeing the spiritual life of 40 Friends schools, (2) to organize activities that vice. Also, Chris and Kim john· planning workshops, consulting with heads, facul­ son are interim pastors of the ties, and boards, and helping schools understand would enable the congregation their mission as Friends schools. The new Executive to work toward solutions. Crawford (Colorado) extension meeting, which was recently Secretary must be a dynamic leader in the field of Quaker education as we move into the next century. The group is currently under· begun by Paonia Friends. taking a review of Reedwood's Presently the job is three-fifths time but the Commit­ own use of energy and will New RMYM Camp tee on Education is in the process of upgrading it to make recommendations for any Coordinator a full-time position. The full-time salary range is necessary changes. The first DENVER, COLORADO-Karen $24,800 to $31,010 depending on experience. The job planned activity is participation Piil, a longtime member of First begins August 1, 1992. in a statewide beach cleanup­ Denver Friends, has been Please send resumes by April 1, 1992, to Foster a half day of walking a beach appointed Rocky Mountain Doan, Search Committee, Committee on Education, and filling a large orange bag Yearly Meeting's new camp 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 with litter. coordinator.

22/EVANGELICAL FRIEND Quaker CujJboard; Project Manna help those in need

offices to the newly con­ and turkeys were distributed to raised. These funds will be structed World Outreach Center. 27 families representing 78 used as future needs arise in It was an exciting time for all! individuals. the assistance offered to people The new address is 5350 WESTGATE who are victims of disasters. Broadmoor Circle NW, Canton, Ohio 44709. All telephone Westgate Friends reports that YouthQuake numbers remain the same. WFC has voted to send short­ Twenty-seven youth and spon­ term missionaries to Mexico in sors from Mid-America Yearly Freer Returns to U.S. 1992 and to become more Meeting attended YouthQuake involved in local ministries, Father-Son Retreat Beloved missionary to India, in Vermont. They report that it Norma Freer, returned to Can­ such as Habitat for Humanity. "Roots, Wings, and Other Stuff" was a wonderful time of fellow­ ton on December 4, 1991, after LISBON TRINITY has been chosen for the theme ship with Quakers from all over 40 years of faithful service in of the Father-Son Retreat that The men's and women's mis­ the country. They not only Chhatarpur, India, at the Chris­ will be held April 3-5 at Camp sion groups at Lisbon Trinity enjoyed the wintery scenes of tian English School. Quaker Haven. Bill Allan, Vermont, but were challenged Friends are combining efforts professor of Family Life at She is available for speaking to raise funds during 1992 to by the speakers and other engagements throughout the Friends University, is the youth that they met and fel­ help build a Friends church in speaker. This retreat is spon­ Eastern Region. For details, the Philippines under the direc­ lowshiped with. contact the Eastern Region sored by the Family Ministries tion of jaime Tabingo and EFM. Division of the yearly meeting. office at 1-800-334-8863. Then, in February 1993, a Robert Hutson Our yearly meeting was Local Church News group from the Lisbon Trinity Disaster Service News Friends Church will be going to shocked and saddened by the MT. CARMEL the Philippines for two weeks Texas Area Friends Disaster Ser­ death of Robert Hutson, who On December 8, 1991, Mt. Car­ to help in the construction. vice hosted a chili dinner and was pastor of the Gate Friends mel Friends participated in a silent auction on November 30. Church. Robert died of a heart joint effort to help the less for· EAST RICHLAND Bob Mardock, assistant attack on january 4, 1992, at tunate living in Champaign Project Manna is an inter­ superintendent, was speaker, the age of 64. His service was County, Ohio. denominational ministry begun and Tom Hoke, coordinator, held at Gate, Oklahoma, on Several churches provided by a member at the East Rich­ reported that $2,7 50 was january 8, with the burial at musical numbers, along with land Friends Church, Mrs. the Circleville Bible College George (Candy) Lendon. In WILL BIG GOVERNMENT choir. Toys, canned goods, and addition to weekly distribution DESTROY AMERICA? an offering were divided among of food in an area school dis­ those in need. trict, Project Manna gave gifts WILL AMERICA BECOME and food to 208 families at A POLICE STATE? BELOIT Christmas. Not only does the The 1OOth anniversary of the READ "VALLEY OF ministry assist those in need, THE DRY BONES." founding of the Beloit Friends but fosters a spirit of fellowship Church was celebrated October and cooperation among area Believable! Frightening! Possible! Exciting! 13, 1991. churches. FROM THE DESK OF CHURCH PLANT REPORT New Covenant Academy, On October 20, 1991, Pastor started and sponsored by East JIM E. REAMES Tim Satterfield began meeting Richland Friends Church, is in ex-deputy sheriff to establish a core group to its eighth year with 84 stu­ Today ... , an Internationally dents enrolled in kindergarten known businessman and start a new church in Raleigh, (author) of fiction novels. North Carolina. The core group through grade 6. State certifi­ has reached 12 and they are cation enabled busing in Sep­ THE WORD FARM anticipating more growth soon. tember 1991. Most classes are P.O. Box 56 filled to capacity. 1llition and Caldwell, Idaho 83606-0056 YPSILANTI grants pay approximately 60 Call: 1·800-554-4071 The Quaker Cupboard, a percent of the actual cost of Voice Mail: (208) 459-3342 monthly outreach service of educating a child, with the A story of extreme faith Fax: (208) 459-9677 Ypsilanti Friends Church, con­ church assuming the remaining in extreme drought. tinues to grow after almost a 40 percent. The congregation • Bookstore price $24.95, year and a half of ministry to is excited about this ministry special pre-publication price $19.95 the community. During the and its effects on the surround­ month of December, groceries ing community.

MARCH/APRIL I992/23 Americans get inside glimpse of Arab u1orld:

IIIMAI.IIIJII A Theological Education With A Practical Difference the Haviland Community The delegation met with Cemetery. Making a difference among Friends-learning ministry government officials, private Robert has been an active with evangelical Friends leaders in Friends churches sector leaders, and their aca­ pastor in our yearly meeting, committed to authentic Friends teaching and practice. demic counterparts in the UAE and Bahrain, both of which having pastored churches at Masters of Arts/Ministry/Divinity Degrees Derby, Plains, and Haviland. He Charles Mylander, Interim Director • Robert Farris, Admissions Counselor were important members of the will be greatly missed by his Write or call collect, Friends Center allied coalition during the Gulf wife, Lois, his children, Robert j. Azusa Pacific University, Graduate School of Theology War. The joseph j. Malone Azusa, CA 91702-7000 • Phone: (818) 969-4212 and Edward C. of Wichita and Faculty Fellowship is sponsored Charlene Littlefield of Rich­ We do not discriminate regarding color, national origin, gender or handicap. by the National Council on U.S.· mond, Virginia, and their fami· Arab Relations-an American lies, along with other family The planned science building Nash will become the first nonprofit educational organiza­ and friends. A memorial has will replace Calder Center, com­ Herbert Hoover Professor of tion that sponsors programs to been established with Barclay pleted in 1965 and now inade­ History, teaching part time and enhance American understand· College. quate because of the rapid directing the college's biennial ing of the Arab world. Since growth of the college, which Herbert Hoover symposia. 1983 it has helped 600 Ameri· can professors, students, and has experienced an enrollment Stevens praised Nash for increase of 123 percent in five national and state leaders visit being instrumental in the col­ the Arab world. years to a record 1,222 lege's change to a semester students. schedule and in the establish­ The 1991 Malone Fellows Pro· ment of the juniors Abroad pro· gram involved professors from Nash Retires as Academic six states. Vice President gram, the Center for Peace Learning, and the Management Beebe, a 1954 George Fox The man George Fox College of Human Resources degree­ graduate who has a doctoral President Edward F. Stevens completion program. degree from the University of credits with some of the major Oregon, has had a continuing academic changes that have He said Nash also was interest in the Middle East. He involved in establishment of Meyer 'frust Awards Grant led to the college's national is the author of Blessed Are the dual-degree program in For Science Building standing and the Peacemakers, the biogra­ rapid enroll­ engineering and in the "Com­ The Meyer Memorial Trust has phy of Palestinian Audeh ment growth is puters Across the Curriculum" Rantisi. given George Fox College, New­ program that started this fall. leaving his In the last year, with the berg, Oregon, $500,000 for position. construction of a new science United States involvement in Lee M. Nash, Professors Return building on the Newberg From the Middle East the Gulf War, Beebe has drawn campus. vice president national attention as a resource for academic Friends University (Wichita, person for radio and television The grant matches an earlier affairs and Lee Nash Kansas) professor of sociology gift toward the project from a talk shows and news media dean of the college, will retire Dr. Wayne Howdeshell and interviews. longtime friend of the college, at the end of the current aca­ George Fox College history giving the college just over $1 demic year. professor Ralph Beebe were Music Happenings million for construction of the Nash will be replaced by Dirk recently in Abu Dhabi meeting Barclay College (Haviland, planned 30,000· to 35,000· E. Barram, now vice president with government and private Kansas) presents the Barclay square-foot facility. for graduate and continuing sector leaders to gain firsthand College Choir in a musical studies. Barram, 41, has been information on the region fol­ celebration of the Centennial Friends at George Fox since 1986. He lowing the Gulf War. Anniversary of Friends Association for began as associate dean of Along with 20 other profes­ Haviland Academy and the Higher Education continuing studies and was sors from six states, they par­ 75th anniversary of Barclay Conference named to his current position ticipated in an intensive College. This 23-member group, in 1990. two-week study visit in the under the direction of Del Huff, Bryn Mawr College Nash, 64, has been academic United Arab Emirates (UAE) and will tour Mid-America Yearly June 19-23 vice president since 1984 but Bahrain as joseph j. Malone Meeting churches March 22·31. Theme: has been at George Fox since Faculty Fellows. Participants Their program, entitled "In •: .. A Better State of Things" 1975. He began as professor examined various facets of Gratitude;· will look back on -Lucretia Mott of history and chairman of the Arab history and culture, con· Barclay's history with praise for For information call Division of Social Science and temporary Arab society and all God has done. Music will (919) 852-2028 then was named associate politics, as well as agricultural include various styles and dean. and industrial development. languages.

24/ EVANGELICAL FRIEND World Conference ojFriends continues in Indiana

Barclay A Cappella, a select Center ceremony; 4:00 and call in your life, longing to be Americas, Midwest Region, five-member ensemble, will tour 5:30-Historical play perfor­ equipped for specific Christian invites Friends to a regional Iowa March 22-31. Their pro· mances: 7:00-Centennial Wor­ ministry, needing encourage­ conference, "In Spirit and in gram this year is entitled, "The ship Service, First Christian ment and support in fulfilling Truth: Faith in Action;' at First Battle Belongs to the Lord:' Church, Diane Bish in concert. your call, or wanting enrich­ Friends Church in Indianapolis, Alumni Banquet Planned ment in your pastoral ministry, Saturday, April 25, 9:00 a.m. to this gathering is for you. 5:30p.m. The Alumni Association is preparing for the annual Under the sponsorship of Attenders will experience a Alumni Banquet on Saturday, Meeting Ministries Commission, visual and verbal sample of the May 2. Friends Haviland Friends United Meeting, the 1991 World Conference of Academy and Barclay College committee includes representa­ Friends in Honduras, Kenya, classes from years ending in tives from FUM, FGC, EFI, and and the Netherlands, and con­ sider its significance for the "2" and "7" will be recognized. Conservative Friends. Contact Mary Glenn Hadley, 101 Quaker Religious Society of Friends, Early Education of Handi­ Hill Drive, Richmond, Indiana particularly for Friends in the capped Children Offered Graduate School Initiates 47374-1980, phone (317) Midwest. Malone College (Canton, Ohio) Doctoral Program 962·7573 for more information. Quaker scholar John Pun­ shan, a participant at the Hon­ is pleased to announce that it Houston Graduate School of has been approved by the FWCC Regional Conference duras site and a plenary Theology announces its plan to Follows Up World Conference State Board of Education to begin September 1992 a course speaker in Kenya, will share his Friends World Committee for offer to teachers the Early Edu­ of study (36 hours) leading to perspective of the World Con­ Consultation Section of the cation of Handicapped Children the conferring of the Doctor of ference. Also included will be validation at the graduate level:' Ministry degree (D.Min.). Malone Centennial The D. Min. program is open Celebrated to those who have completed In recognition of the strength the Master of Divinity Degree of her heritage and tremendous and who have had at least This enduring, much-loved classic collects simple and vision for future, Malone Col­ three years of ministry expe· profoundly moving devotional essays by an extraordinary lege has planned a number of rience beyond its completion. Quaker teacher, missionary, scholar, and speaker. Centennial activities for 1992. The purpose of the program is lllesday, March 17-Service to to raise the overall level of be held in Cleveland, Torch run professionalism in the ministry. from Cleveland to Canton. The Dr. jack C. Rea has been torch will remain lit throughout appointed director of the pro­ the week of Centennial Celebra­ gram. Those who wish to re· tion events. Saturday, March ceive information on the pro­ 21, 11:30 a.m.-Alumni Lunch· gram may write HGST at: 6910 eon: 1:00-Groundbreaking for Fannin #270, Houston, Texas Alumni Centennial First Impres­ 77030 or call: (713) 791·9505. sion Entrance Project; Applications will be received 2:00-Dedication of the College between now and July 1, 1992. Hill Residences; 3:00 Centennial 1\venty-five students will be A TESTAMENT OF DEVOfiON admitted to the program in July by Thomas R. Kelly 1992. London '.As I leaf through its pages, pausing at well-marked passages, Accommodations Women in Ministry to Gather I know I am in the presence of a giant soul. The Women in Public Ministry I am the better for the encounter. I'm sure you will be too." A homely base in the heart Planning Committee announces of London? Short, medium, -Richard]. Foster (from the Introduction) and long term accommoda­ its fourth gathering to be held tion available with excel­ in Des Moines, Iowa, July 17·19, $13 each and free shipping for orders prior to May 31, 1992 lent wholefood meals. 1992. "From Seeds to Fruit" Also meeting rooms for workshops, lectures, and will be the theme as we strive BARCLAY PRESS conferences. Contact: to encourage and nurture 600 E. Third St., Newberg, OR 97132 • 800/962-4014 Quaker International Centre women in a more effective 1 Byng Place QUAKER HILL BOOKSTORE London WC1E 7JH ministry at their various stages Tel: 071-387 5648 of development. If you are a 101 Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374 • 800/537-8838 Quaker woman exploring God's

MARCHIAPRIL I992 I 25 Heatingfamilies to be focus of conference. Travel with a Friend Complete 'fravel Services • Reservations and Ticketing: Airlines, 'frains, Hotels, Cars, Tours and Customized 'fravels worship groups conducted simi· • Special International Air Rates HARVEY-Trenton Robert, to Brad and larly to those at the World Con· for Students, Ministers, and Missionaries Liz, 12/3/91 terence. JACKSON-Melinda, to Dave and Diane, 658-6600 (Local) Lisbon, Ohio, 12/22/91 Family Life to Be Examined 1-800-225-4666 (Oregon and USA 1011-Free) KORMAN-Jonathon jordan, to Dan and "Evolving Patterns of Healthy Folkways Travel Ethel, Lupton, Michigan,11/18/91 Family Life" is the theme of a LEE-Michael John, to Andrew and conference to be held at 14600 SE Aldridge Rd., Portland, OR 97236-6518 Tammy, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 12/5/91 Quaker Hill Conference Center, Richmond, Indiana, April 3·5, LINK-Samuel Henry, to Kenny and lies;' led by judy Brutz of Iowa This old listed building is in Rorie, Westgate, Columbus, Ohio, 1992. and Ohio Yearly meetings and the centre of theatre and 8/2/91 Royce Frazier, youth leader Cornelia Parkes of New England cinemaland, close to the West MARTIN-Bryan Martin, jr., to Bryan and marriage and family coun· Yearly Meeting. End and Covent Garden (which and Tina, Lisbon, Ohio, 12/21/91 selor of Mid-America Yearly Registrations must reach not only provides excellent MATTERII-Brian Michael, to Greg and Meeting, will speak on the shopping but spectacle) near Susan, Denver, Colorado, 11/22/91 announced theme of the con· Quaker Hill Conference Center by March 27, 1992. the best bookshops in England, MILLER-Seth and Caleb, to David and terence. the British Museum and a Debbie, Denver, Colorado, 12/31/91 Workshops will be presented Cooper Scholarships plethora of cultural, spiritual, MONCIVAIS-Christian Don, to Walter on "Pastoral Care of Families in Available environmental, or political and Stephanie, Wichita, Kansas, 1/5/92 Meeting or Church;' led by The Earlham School of Religion pursuits. joseph Kelly and Loretta Gula, MONTGOMERY-Anna Lee, to Dave and offers a full tuition scholarship Tammy, Westgate, Columbus, Ohio, both of Indiana Yearly Meeting; for Quaker students who 11/13/91 "Personal and Family Counsel­ intend to complete a degree at NICKLESON-Rachel Leora, to Glen and ing for Individuals and Families ESR. Sharon, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 9/11/91 in Crisis;• led by Arlene Kelly of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Named in honor of the PIIL-Connor, to jeff and Karen, Denver, and Tom Klaus of Iowa Yearly school's founding dean, Wilmer Colorado, 8/6/91 Meeting; and "Pastoral Care of Cooper, and his wife, Emily RICE-Charlotte Claire, to Roger and Abusive or Dysfunctional Fami· Cooper, the scholarship is for Kim, Lupton, Michigan, 7/19/91 the first full year of study. RUSSELL-Herman Lawrence II, to Larry Cooper Scholars are nomi· and Linda, 10/15/91 Realignment nated by their monthly meet· SANDERS-Annalece, to Eddie and Nine Views Among ings and selected by ESR's Rhonda, Bayshore, Texas, 10/1/91 Friends faculty Admissions Committee. Births SANTEE-Brittany Nicole, to David and Colleen, Damascus, Ohio, 11/11/91 Now in Print: Texts of the Quaker International Centre BENEDICT-Sarah Anne, to Terry and Autumn 1991 Pendle Hill Darla, Beloit, Ohio, 12/19/91 SIMKOVICH-jesse Michael, to john and Evening lecture Series. Many of you may be unaware Shari, Martins Ferry, Ohio, 12/5/91 of the Quaker International BROUGHER-Gii Ganador, to Willy and These well-attended lec­ Blanca, Eugene, Oregon, 7/17/91 SPAIN-Allison Nichole, to Randy and tures probed a question Centre, in the heart of London. Lorie, Westgate, Columbus, Ohio, central to the life of Our intention is to provide a BURKHOLDER-Jessica Renee, to Gary 11/15/91 Quakerism in the 1990s. and Karen, Eugene, Oregon, 9/20/91 Contributors included happy, interesting, and welcom· STAVE-Ingrid Marie, to Tom and Vicki, Stephen Main, Elizabeth ing atmosphere to travelers CLARK-RachaelJean, to Greg and Eugene, Oregon, 10/20/91 Watson, William Taber, and, also, to house a resident jackie, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 9/16/91 Dan Seeger, and others. STINE-Dustin Alan, to Randy and jean, group of staff and others who DONER-Drew Evan, to Danny and Julie, Friendswood, Texas, 11/1/91 share their lives and some of The messages shared in Middlepoint, Ohio, 12/21/91 STOUT-Nathan Charles, to john and this searching series of their interests for an extended EDWARDS-Kambi joe Elizabeth, to Stephanie, West Mansfield, Ohio, dialogues are now avail­ period of time whilst they are 10/15/91 able in one volume. A working, studying, or visiting in Andy and Mary, Grover Hill, Ohio, valuable resource for dis­ 1/7/92 THORNBURG-Alex Richard, to Richard cussion groups and London. and Diane, St. Clairsville, Ohio, ESCH-Zakery Gene, to Mike and Missy, 11/30/91 individual study. The aims of the centre also West Liberty, Ohio, 8/19/91 Send $10.00 plus $2.00 include offering meeting room TOWNSEND-Abigail Grace, to Hal and postage to: space for as many organisa· GIVEN-Emma Leigh Kaleb, to Paul and Marie, Pleasant Hill, California, 12/14/91 Karen, Damascus, Ohio, 12/30/91 Pendle Hill Bookstore tions involved in the work of TUTTLE-Bryan Edwin, to Mel and Bev, Box E peace, justice, ecological and HARKINS-Dakota, to Nolan and Amy, West Liberty, Ohio, 10/21/91 St. Clairsville, Ohio, 12/17/91 Wallingford, PA 19086 human rights issues as possi· WALLACE-Dustin Michael Tyler, to Mike Phone orders 215/566-4514 ble, and we like to host confer· HARRIS-Charles Conner, to Kelly and and Patti, Westgate, Columbus, Ohio, ences whenever possible. Shannon, Friendswood, Texas, 11/25/91 11/17/91

26/EVANGELICAL FRIEND Worshipers gather outside the new Friends church at Gerona, near Mt. Pinatubo, in the Philippines.

WILSON-Emily Oleyta, to Mike and Radeana, Wichita, Kansas, 12/19/91 Marriages Lorene BABB and Garland BONTZ, Wichita, Kansas, 12/21/91 Delores Ewell BELVIN and Malvin Mexico NEWTON, Onemo, Virginia, 12/1/91 Dean and Freeda johnson Lisa BOYLE and Alan BLAKE, Lisbon, returned home to Peninsula, Ohio, 11/9/91 Ohio, on january 21 after serv­ Christy CARLISLE and Rich HOLSINGER, ing a short term of four EFM for use in building a january, Norval Hadley, who . Lisbon, Ohio, 10/19/91 months in Mexico City. church and school at a new has served 28 years with World Lisa DILLON and Michael RAWLS, Vir· The return of the David Byrne site in Rwanda. Vision in Monrovia, California, ginia Beach, Virginia, 9/14/91 family to the field, originally The Nkanka church in the was named as new executive Lori FASHENPOUR and Donald BARR, scheduled for late january, has Cyangugu area has been dis· director of EFM to replace Friendswood, Texas, 12/7/91 been delayed until early March continued due to local prob· james Morris, whose twelve Paula GILLESPIE and Steve SCHMIDT, for brief in-service training. !ems; this puts the number of years of service will end june Wichita, Kansas, 11/30/91 Manuel and Brenda Chavarria Rwanda Friends church groups 30, 1992. Hadley, a graduate Debbie Ann HARVEY and Jonathan are going to Guatemala in mid­ now at 13. of George Fox College, was BRIDGES, Wichita, Kansas, 12/27/91 February for a prayer and mis­ Philip Thornburg, son of superintendent of Northwest Ami Elizebeth NAIL and Jeffrey JACK· sions conference with Friends Rwanda missionaries Paul and Yearly Meeting from 1971 to SON, Arkansas City, Kansas, 12/27/91 there. Leona Thornburg, and his fam­ 1979. Lola THRASHER and Gel HORTON, The 25th anniversary of ily visited Rwanda during the james Morris and his wife, Booker, Texas, 11/23/91 Evangelical Friends in Mexico Christmas season. Doris, who served 29 years as Polly VELEY and Wm. (Duke) STARK, City was celebrated February Other Friends missionaries in Port Washington, Ohio, 12/21/91 16 at the first church, Viveros Burundi, expect to move to del Valle. Duane Comfort and The board and staff of EFM Jackie WILLIAMSON and David praise God for good year-end their home in Newberg, Oregon, SHATTUCK, Beloit, Ohio, 7/20/91 Rod Routon represented EFM at this summer. the anniversary celebration. giving that made it possible to Deaths close the year financially in the In spite of local political DILORETO-Alice, 77, Beloit, Ohio, Philippines black, with a surplus for begin­ unrest in Burundi, Ron Wood­ 10/19/91 A four-day cell group leadership ning 1992. Hearty thanks to ward, short-term missionary GRIFFITH-Cedric, Wichita, Kansas, seminar took place at Pasig all who gave; your concerned with Friends in Kenya, was able 11/4/91 December 26-29, led by Pastor and faithful giving is very to go t6 Burundi in December HANNE-Elizabeth, 82, Florida, jaime Tabingo and eight trained deeply appreciated. to hold a successful training 12/23/91 leaders. At annual meetings of the seminar for Friends pastors and HUTSON-Robert, 64, Gate, Oklahoma, EFI-NA Coordinating Council in leaders. 1/4/92 Rough Rock

MARLING-William, 71, Bellaire, Ohio, A pastors' seminar was held 12/14/91 evenings january 14·17 at Rough Rock Friends Mission, NEEDELS-Leta, 101, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 12/28/91 with pastors invited from other missions and churches in th!" REAVER-Carol, 87, Columbus, Ohio, 10/05/91 area. Thirty people attended the first night. SILESKI-Mildred, 68, Lupton, Michigan, 11/19/91 Purchased with field vehicle funds accumulated over several SMITH-Barbara Marston, 89, Pratt, Kansas, 1/16/91 years, a used 1989 Chevrolet Suburban with fairly low mile­ STARK-Eva, Allen, Nebraska, 10/29/91 age was delivered to Rough STOVER-Marjorie, 56, Beloit, Ohio, Rock during the Christmas holi· 11/12/91 days. It replaces a much older THOMPSON-Pauline K., 77, Columbus, vehicle. Ohio, 5/13/91 WHITNEY-Fay, Haviland, Kansas, Rwanda 11/4/91 Friendswood, Texas, Friends "Son, whenever I have a problem, I always turn WILSON-William, West Liberty, Ohio, Church has contributed a sec­ to the Scriptures and ...." 1/14/92 ond annual $20,000 gift to

MARCH/APRIL rggz/27 A CERTAIN SHAFT OF LIGHT

this label." jThat one took five labels.) Fortunately, nothing hap· pened to us. I have this recurring Walter· Mitty·type daydream where my house and a!J my possessions burn down, but we escape unharmed. I remain calm and spiritual throughout the ordeal. When someone, dripping with pity, says to me, '1 hear you were wiped out by the fi.re;' I reply, serenely and cheerfully, ''Oh no, I'm still here, as good as ever. Just my stuff got burned~ In my saner moments I laugh at that daydream. I know that a real fire Wf)uld devastate me, that I would lose not only my TUFF IS ONE of my favorite words. onto a memorial plaque, or sung at a "General Stuff;' but also my family I like the round plump way it wedding. It struts down the halls with a photos, the teddy bear my daughter Sfeels in my mouth. I like the way casual, cocky air. Look closely and you'll bought me, my great grandmother's it starts with a hiss, slowly snaking its see a twinkle in its eye. It's crossing its wedding dress, the stories the kids way toward the light, only to come to an fingers behind its back. wrote when they were little, and other abrupt halt jwe call it an alveolar stop in Let's consider stuff in the sense of per­ things I deeply value. I would need linguistics, in case you wanted to know), sonal property or possessions. "Hands help in dealing with loss. This is reality. then ending in a slow flat leak of carbon off! This is my stuff:' OHN WOOLMAN inspires me to dioxide ja labio-dental fricative) . There's It's precisely because of the irreverent put my possessions in perspective. a lot going on in your mouth when you casual feel of this word that I like to I am especially drawn to the story say the "simple" word stuff J apply it to my possessions. In my heart in his journal about his growing retail But more than the sound and feel of of hearts, I find myself attached to my business and his struggle with the "stuff the word, I like what it means and, stuff in a most unholy way. When and bother" of material success. He more importantly, how it means it. someone threatens to take what belongs finally concludes that "Truth required As with many words that appear sim· to me, my emotions flare up. I can me to live more free from outward cum· pie, time spent in the Oxford English Die· become very distressed at breaking bers;' and he simplifies his business so tionary quickly dispels that illusion. The some valued pot. Little kids running that he can give himself to traveling and noun stuff can mean a variety of things through my house unnerve me. encouraging his brothers and sisters in from supplies and possessions to textiles Labeling my things as stuff helps me the Quaker family. Cumbers is another suitable for clothing, and even academic put them in perspective. I desire to good word for stuff. subject matter, as in "This teacher really become less and less possessed by my Jesus reminds us that God knows our knows his stuff:' It can mean something possessions, freer to value what's rea!Jy need of adequate shelter, clothing, and lofty, a fundamental substance, such as valuable (like little kids) . food . Our Father is generous. We are to "the stuff of greatness:' Or it can be as MISSIONARIES in Bolivia, seek first His kingdom and righteousness, specialized as the spin on a fast flying and He will supply alJ the stuff we really /(We had to store our stuff in baseball (a new one to me) . And, of big barrels every time we need !Matthew 6:33, Thomas version). course, we also have many verb mean­ came back to the States on furlough. I need to be frequently reminded of ings, derivatives (some very edible). and These barrels had to be properly labeled this. I'm still far from John Woolman's even a few expletives jamong which, "0 in case something happened to us and courageous act of throwing it all off. I'm stuff and bother!" is the safest for the remaining mission staff had to sort, till cumbered by more stuff than I Quakers to use) . send, or sell our possessions. One time, need. But the desire for freedom and There's a lot of "what" to the word in a fit of whimsy, I labeled our barrels simplicity is growing. I pray God will tuff, but the "how" is perhaps more sig· "General Stuff;' "Specifi.c Stuff;• "Favorite help me to hold my possessions more nificant. Stuff. in short, is not a reverent Stuff;' and ''Stuff I could get along with­ lightly, and to know that, no matter how word. It is not likely to ever be incorpo­ out if I had to but would prefer to keep pretty, bright, or enticing, when all is rated into a liturgical prayer, carved if it's all the same to whoever is reading said and done- it's just stuff. 9

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Yearly Meeting Centennial Summer Camp Schedules Celebration It's not too early to begin planning for summer Under the theme "A New People to Be camps. Gathered," Northwest Yearly Meeting will cele­ brate its 100th year during the Yearly Meeting Twin Lakes Camp in northern Idaho has the sessions, July 18-24, 1992, on the campus of following schedule: George Fox College. Richard Sartwell, pastor Day Camp 1 July 6-10 of Newberg Friends Day Camp 2 July 13-17 Church, will bring the Junior Boys July 27-August 1 messages. Junior Girls August 10-15 Junior High August 17-22 According to the Fine Arts Commission, every Address your questions to Dennis Houchin church will be invited to (208) 687-1077. design, create, and dis­ play a banner detailing Quaker Hill Camp in McCall, Idaho, has the fol­ its own life and dreams. lowing camps planned: Adult, youth, and children's choirs, as well as Kid Camp June 21-26 costumed strolling minstrels will add to the Junior High July 7-12 celebratory atmosphere. A Thursday evening Family Camp September 4-7 candlelight service around the college's centen­ nial tower will cap the celebration, pointing us For information about cost/ registration, con­ toward the next 100 years. More information tact the camp (208) 634-2083. will be forthcoming. Twin Bocks camps, on the Oregon coast, are as follows: Yearly Meeting Art Show Girls Camp June 28-July 4 The Northwest Yearly Meeting Commission on Tween Camp July 5-11 Fine Arts is sponsoring a Centennial Art Show Boys Camp July 12-18 during the July Yearly Meeting sessions at Surfside Camp August 2-8 George Fox College. In response to a concern Family Camp September 4-7 to provide means for Christian I Quaker artists Adult Fellowship September 18-21 to express their views through the "visual Check with your local church or contact the word," a mix of styles and mediums from camp (503) 355-2284 for information about abstract to realism will be acceptable. This cost and/or registration. includes paintings, texture and textile arts, sculpture, photography, 3-D art, etc. Did You Know That ... If you would like to participate in this Centen­ nial Art Show, please send a photograph of ... the Missions Committee of Beedwood span­ your work (or a description if a photograph is sored a fiesta party, with south-of-the-border not available) to Jannelle Loewen, 10828 NE foods and music, and a pinata? Donations 183rd Court, Bothell, WA 98011. from those attending the party came to $315 for retired pastors of Bolivia and Peru. Applications must be in by May 15, 1992. Two works by each accepted artist may be entered ... in January ten men from South Salem spent in the show. You will be contacted by June 1 if a work weekend at Twin Roclcs, replacing wood your work is accepted. decking and installing windows? ... Carolann Palmer (Frienclerk and junior high Spanish teacher, will be lunch, donate it to the church, then buy it speaking at both retreats on the theme of "the back! Father's Daughter." Sandy Wild, Christian edu­ ... Gordon, Sue, and Andrew Martin (Newberg) cation director of the Post Falls Friends leave in March for 16 months of language Church, will lead the Bible studies. school in France, then move on to Chad, Africa, A "Nu 2 U" style show and shoppe will be a for three years with Wycliffe Bible Translators? feature, and attenders are encouraged to donate ... 70 junior highers from Oregon and clean on-hangar clothes and accessories. Pro­ Washington met with God at the Junior High ceeds will go toward a special missions project. Jamboree, February 14-17 at Twin Rocks? This event is planned and carried out by Newberg Yearly Meeting Writers• Dinner area high school students. Author Laurel Lee will be the speaker at the ... Doug Buchan (Boise) left for Guinea-Bissau, yearly meeting writers' dinner, Tuesday eve­ Africa, in February with a Youth With a Mis­ ning, July 28, on the campus of George Fox sion team? The team will distribute Bibles and College. Lee is the author of the well received build a schoolhouse in two weeks. Walking Through the Fire, an account of her . . . an anonymous donor recently gave a 1989 experience with cancer, as well as other books . eleven-passenger van to North Valley? Youth She is currently writer-in-residence at George pastor Shawn McConaughey almost refused to Fox College. go to the car dealer's to pick it up, thinking it The annual writers' dinner is sponsored by the was a practical joke. yearly meeting Media Commission to ... John Newman (Newberg) traveled to Kenya encourage, inspire, and honor writers in the in February to work on translating the New yearly meeting. Testament into the Duruma language? .. . the Bose Valley youth group is sponsoring 20 Japanese exchange students this summer? In Appreciation The students will be with the church for three of weeks and live with host families. Wilma Mills, Geneva Bolitho, Esther Coker, Eva Ohmart, and Ralph Berggren ... the Friends Pastors Conference is scheduled for April 20-24, at Twin Rocks? Charles Lake, recent estate gifts will be made through senior pastor of the Community Church of Greenwood, Indiana, will be the speaker. FRIENDS FUND to Friendsview Manor Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church , West Chehalem Friends Church , Friends Fund, A Retirement Community George Fox College, Friendsview Manor A community of more than 230 productive, busy people, enjoying each other and life! HAVE YOU PLANNED AN ESTATE GIFT New brochures with rate sheets are avail­ TO MINISTRIES? able through your local church or you may Friends Fund, P.O. Box 190 Newberg, OR 97132 contact the Manor directly at 1301 Fulton Street, Newberg, OR 97132 (503) 538-3144. (503) 538-7880 Possible 1992 openings for first-time applicants Plugging the Gap: from high school an d begin to make their own decisions regarding attendance. It is not until these individuals reach the Ministering to Young Adult Friends end of young adulthood, begin settling down and raising a fam­ ily or establishing consistent jobs, that they beg in to move back into the church. But even as they move back, we have Recently the superintendents have been discussi ng with the never experienced a 100 percent return rate. Many never return. Executive Counci l a gap in our overall ministry that has come This can be demonstrated in your own meeting's demo­ to be identified as a "fatal flaw," one which can prove fatal to graphics. NWYM if we do not address it. Obviously there are many reasons for such fluctuations. In our research, we identified five general categories that, when car­ ried through the lifespan of an individual, show a definite pat­ MINISTRY EFFECTIVENESS I tern. We looked at: authority, schedule, mobility, values, and CHART . personal focus as related to individuals in the ages of 18 and I under, 19-30, and 30 years or older.

The pattern that presented itself was clearly one of moving from a place of stability in each of these areas whi le part of a IYOUTHI jYOUNG ADULTSj IADULTSI family unit, to great instability while in the young adult cate­ . E gory. This instability was due to the opportunity to make their F F own decisions and value judgments, set their own schedules, E and prepare for their future through schooling or job training. • C Al l of these areas tended to return to relative stability once • T , I decisions were made. v E It seems clear that during these times of great instability when ' N major life decisions are being made, the church has offered the E s , S

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The figure above illustrates the general effectiveness of minis­ FOR YOUNG ADULT: try in NWYM. This can easily be seen in each local meeting, and in the event schedule on the YM level. Time, energy, and • Poor choices may be made spouse support have traditionally been given to children's, youth, and career - ad ult ministries. According to Dr. Wyn Arn, church growth lifestyle advocate, this is reflected nationally as well. values

• Unstable peers become source of feedback

• Lack of Christian role-models may prompt loss of commitment ATTENDANCE OVER LIFESPAN FOR CHURCH: I I • Loss of leaders

• Loss of young adult enthusiasm

• Loss of young adult idealism

• Loss of young adult energy and assistance

• "Returnees" have less commitment to Body

• Returnees carry decade of scars

least amount of support and encouragement. The ramifica­ tions of such a gap in ministry are shown above. While we can understand that not all of the original attenders will ret urn, we 0 12 18 20 25 30 35 40+ often overlook the effect of such an absence on those who do return. It is a great loss to them, as well as to the local meet­ ~ ing and the Yearl y Meeting. NWYM has never shirked its responsibility when it comes to youth ministry. Time and again yo u have shown yo ur support. This focus of ministry is reflected in our attend ance leve ls as Toget her we have developed a systematic mi nistry to meet wel l. If every possible attend er is involved at bi rth and gener­ youth at their level of spiritual need and challenge them to ally through their childhood, we see t his maximum number grow. This coordinated programming is shown in the first fig­ drop dramatically in our meeting s when students graduate ure on the next page. COORDINATED YOUTH MINISTRY EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAMMING CHART I I

Disciple-making

1. Jr Counseling YOUTH YOUNG ADULTS ADULTS 2. YCEW E 3. YYM Officers . F 4. Camp Board F Reps. E c , T • I Deeper Life oevelooment v 1. YCEW & YCAM , e 2. Bible Quizzing i N 3. Yth Yrty Mtg E 4. Samuel Sch.1 & 2 s 5. GAGA s 6. YouthQuake 7. Peace Retreats Challenge/Evangelism 0 12 18 20 25 30 35 40+ 1. Camps 2. MidWinter Retreat 3. Get Away, Give Away

Attraction/Outreach Our desire is to begin to fi II the ministry effectiveness gap that 1. Volleyball tournament exists in NWYM. We recognize that we cannot hope to reclaim 2. Bible Quizzing every individual, to keep them all involved and contributing to 3. Camps: a) J.H. Jamboree our meetings, but it is possible to make a si.gnificant change in b)Tween & Q.H. Jr. High the "drop-out rate" of our young adults. c) Surfside & Q.H. Sr. The Executive Council has responded to this proposal by approving the need, as well as the concept of creating a Field Secretary position to begin to address the needs in this area. We have developed programs to attract youth to our fellowship Such an individual would function under the Youth Superinten­ and guide them through the process of spiritual growth. Using dent, creating time for ministry to Young Adult Friends. a similar model, our ministry to Young Adult Friends would be illustrated like the pyramid below. IMPLEMENTATION I YM MINISTRY TO I YOUNG ADULTS I I Add a Youth Ministry Field Secretary Disciple-making Accountability Structure: 1. Summer Ambassadors (6)

2. Friends Youth Exec. (16)

Deeper Life Development

1. Annual Retreat (20)

This ministry would involve some Yearly Meeting level activities, Challenge/Evangelism such as a quarterly newsletter, regional retreats, and visits at various colleges. It would also provide a resource person to implement consultations at the local level on how best to reach out to the non-resident Young Adult Friends of your meet­ ing, as well as the young adults in your communities.

Attraction/Outreach The Executive Council wanted this vision to be shared widely across the Yearly Meeting. Funding will be found from private 1. YM Picnic (25) sources for 1992, with a proposed three-year phase-in to the Great Commission Program Budget. This addition will be dis­ cussed at Yearly Meeting this summer. NWYM has a strong commitment to its youth, evidenced by your support and encouragement of our youth programming. We also see it in the burgeoning numbers at youth events. But • educational scholarship funds are available for some undergraduate and graduate young adults. what happens when our youth graduate from this atmosphere of support, only to step into the abyss of young adulthood? What happens is all too clearly shown in the first two graphs. The numbers in parenthesis are actual attenders from last year. We wish, with your support, to begin to address this "fatal It is important to note that we graduate approximately 200 stu­ flaw;' and to increase our retention and development of this dents from our youth groups each year. age group. · Vol.. 15~ No . 1~ 1992

Newsletter of Evangelical Friends Mission ([3ox 525, Arvada, CO 80001 ; phone, .303 I 421-8100). EFM. sponsored by the Evangelical Friends International-North America Region, has fields in Bolivia, Peru, Burundi, Rwanda, Rough Rock (Arizona), Mexico City, Indio, Taiwan. Hong Kong, and the Philippines. Iowa Yearly Meeting is on EFM associate member.

to Colorado late in April. New Hadley now serves as director of prayer ministries and assistant to EFM the director of u.s. Ministries at World Vision Inc. A George Fox Director College graduate, he pastored three years in Northwest YM before join­ Appointed ing World Vision full-time in 1956 tn• as a member of the World Vision (Four Flats) Quartet which sang January around the world and over the radio . From 1971-79 Hadley was general supt. of NWYM and then returned to World Vision where he has been on staff 28 years altogether. He is founder of the cooperative movement of Friends, Brethren and Mennonites known as the New Call to Peacemak- ing. His book, Sin and the Sancti­ Norva 'l Had'ley fied, was published by Beacon Hill Press. Hadley is on the National In January EFI/NA's Missions Com­ Prayer Committee and also vice­ mission appointed Norval Hadley to president of administration for replace James Morris as executive Venture Middle East, a new mission director of EFM. After 12 years working in the Muslim world. with EFM, Morris will retire this Hadleys have a son, David, and June. He and his wife Doris, MAYM a daughter, Marcia; their daughter missionaries to ·Burundi for 29 Marilyn went to heaven in 1987. years, will move to their home in Pray for Morrises, Hadleys, and Newberg, Oregon, this summer. EFM in this important transition.eM Hadley and his wife Mary will move

The 1992 Easter Offering goal is To help fund a new building at i992 to raise $100,001 to "Take the the Bolivian Evangelical Univer­ Risen Christ to the World". It sity, Easter will be used for a variety of mis­ - For church planting in the Phil­ Offering sion projects and ministries on ippines, and our five EFM mission fields. Some - To develop Navajo leadership of these are: among Friends at Rough Rock. - To investigate an unreached peo­ Join Evangelical Friends of North ple group where Friends might America in giving this Easter so minister , the message of the risen Christ - For church planting and training may be taken to the world!eM leaders in Mexico and Rwanda , Rough Rock James and Barbara Chess, pastors of Urbana, Ohio, Friends Church, XXV visited Rough Rock February 3-10. An interdenominational pastors' RNIVE~~RRID seminar was held at Rough Rock January 14-17, with up to 50 peo­ 50 15 MIS ple attending. QUE YO DS Rwanda From February 5-9 Friends in Kiga­ li participated with others in a city-wide evangelistic campaign with an evangelist from England. A training seminar, emphasizing holiness, is being held for Friends pastors from February 16-March 20 in Kigali. Friends missionary women have Duane Comfort presents 25th anniversary certi f icat e begun a new women's program teach­ t o Gui l l ermo Horta at Vi veros del Valle Church ing such subjects as sewing, nutri­ tion~ health, and family life. Women's groups of EFI/NA gave funds Mexico to help buy equipment and supplies On Friends Duane Comfort of the EFM office for classes. Fields and Rod Routon, former missionary Missionaries report two miracu­ to Mexico, represented EFM at the lous deliverances from demonic 25th anniversary celebration of power through days of prayer and the Friends Church in Mexico City fasting at Burera and Rugarama in on February 16 at Viveros del the Ruhengeri area. Valle Friends Church. Visitors Due to local problems, the Nka­ were encouraged by signs of new nka Friends Church in the Cyangugu life they observed. area has been closed. This puts Praise God for special evange­ the number of Rwanda Friends chur­ listic meetings held recently by ches at 13. Pray for Munyakayanza Operation Mobilization at Mexico Charles, new pastor at Mwito. 86. Thirty-one people accepted Friendswood, Texas, Friends Christ and four new study groups Church has contributed a second were started. annual $20,000 gift to EFM for use Dean and Freeda Johnson came in building a church and school at home to Ohio January 21 after a a new site in Rwanda. four-month short term in Mexico. Among current building projects David and Joyce Byrne and girls in Rwanda are: finishing the Ru­ will return to Mexico City March 5 hengeri church and two Bible for another term of service. School classrooms at Kagarama in Manuel and Brenda Chavarria Kigali, and beginning the new went to Guatemala February 11-15 church and primary school at Kata­ to attend a missions conference. rara/Bugesera. They especially appreciated fel­ Mubona Friends Church, a rural lowship with Friends missionaries. congregation near Ruhengeri, has built an addition to seat twice as India many people (100) . They built it After visa processing delays , Carl with donated labor and few funds. and Peggy Hunerwadel and their five children finally were able to Burundi leave Los Angeles February l6 for Despite local unrest, Ron Woodward their new assignment at Woodstock of Kenya held a good pastors' sem­ School in north India, arriving in inar at Kwibuka in mid-December. Delhi on February 2 7. Bolivia/Peru Bamboo Ridge and Hsin Chuang . . On Friends The third session of the current Continue to pray for the follow­ term of the Bible Institute in ing needs among Taiwan Friends : Fields Arequipa, Peru, will end on March the healing of Janice Chuang, a Continued 23. Pray for the students to use new pastor at Puli Friends, finan­ well and continue their training. cial needs for the building program Pray for the annual conference at Southgate, and a larger meeting of Coastal Area Friends churches place at Hsin Chuang. of Peru to be held March 13-15. Ken Vanden Hoek, Sherwood , Ore­ Bolivian Evangelical University gon , Friends Church pastor, and The University finished its first wife Rachel will visit Bolivia and building on· campus by February 10 Peru for a few weeks in March and when a new semester began with April and speak at annual mission­ 1,100 students expected. David ary retreat April 8-11 in Bolivia. Tintaya, Friends church member and Praise God for spiritual renew­ respected leader in the Santa Cruz al for many at the January Bolivi­ Christian community, is president an Representatives' Meeting. of the Board of Directors. Pray for Justo Quispe, Bolivian BEU opened ten years ago with pastor, and also for former ~as­ degrees offered in six depart­ tors, Victor Quispe and Iraclio ments; now 11 degrees are avail­ Aliaga, to be renewed spiritually. able. Pray for the tenth anniver­ sary celebration on April 25 and Taiwan for cont,inued development of the Praise God for good growth in many University. EJM Friends churches, especially at

On February 19 I attended a Mission Leaders A Consultation on United Prayer in Atlanta, led by David Bryant of Concerts of Prayer Inter­ Prayer national. As I heard of exciting things God is doing through united prayer, such as the Concern vibrant national youth prayer movement, again I longed for Friends to be a vital part of this kind of action.

A few years ago through EFM I promoted Con­ certs of Prayer and their resources. Perhaps I gave up too soon, but I was discouraged by limited response. Often local prayer vision is very provincial, and broadening that narrow vision seems almost hopeless. But I will hasten to say that response to EFM's prayer partner program is encouraging. At this meeting I purposed anew to pray for the broad vision God has for the world and to urge others to do so . One comment that challenged me was made by a visiting Korean pastor. Asked his impression of U.S . churches, hesitantly he said he was impressed by "how much they can do without God". What an indictment of our prayerlessness!

The format of a classic Concert of Prayer may seem complicated and we may have little opportunity for united prayer interdenominationally. But I believe God is calling us all to pray for the two main thrusts of Conc erts of Prayer: renewal in the Church a n d world evangelization. Don ' t you , too, hunger for revival and reachi ng the world? Where pos­ sible, may we join othe rs in praying for these two burning concerns of God's heart. Stay tuned to EFM for further word on united praye r.

- Reta Stuart ~ EFM Executive Secretar y Because of outstanding year-end Year-end giving, EFM was able to close 1991 in the black, with a surplus of Giving $26,680 to begin 1992. We want to express deep appreciation to all who faithfully gave and prayed!

In 1991, EFM sold, gave away, and Missing loaned many copies of a new Rwanda video, "Friends Reaching Out To­ You, too, can be involved .. . . and you don't need any cash Rwanda gether in Rwanda". Now the EFM outlay! Video office finds only one copy left to STEER, Inc. of Bismarck, ND will provide you with the funds you loan others. If you have a bor­ need to purchase the livestock of your choice or assist you in sharing in the "God 's Acres Plan." rowed copy of the video, please return it to EFM. For further information on how you can very effectively use your farming/ranching operation to raise funds for our missions pro­ gram, complete the coupon below and send to: Morris and Kay Smith, farmers at Kansans Haviland, Kansas, say the follow­ EVANGELICAL FRIENDS MISSION ing about their longstanding in­ PO Box 525 Support volvement with STEER, Inc.: Arvada, CO 80001 Missions "We are thrilled to have a 'means' to support world missions through Please send me more infonnation: STEER, Inc. Being in a business Through Livestock that is uncertain, it is nice to D Beef Cow D Dairy Cow D Hogs STEER be able to help financially with D Sheep c::l Feeder Cattle missions in this way. Although we may not have a regular income, it D Crop (God's Acres Plan) is good to give our time, labor, Name ______etc., and, in the end, generate Address ______cash for missions. It is an ex­ cellent opportunity for city and City rural Christians to share and work State ____ Zip ______Phone together in such a worthwhile pro­ affilialedwith ject." NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF EVANGELICALS EFM appreciates Smiths' fine missions support for years through STEER, Inc. ElM

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