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specialized programs meet- Interchurch Action Guidelines ing local community needs. 9 Joint staff in which two publication. Adopted at COCU Meeting or more congregations join to- and gether in employing program * Guidelines for local inter- as the result of church union specialists in counseling, educa- reuse church action were adopted by "will be worthwhile only if the tion, music leadership or com- for the Consultation on Church church that emerges on the munity service. Union at its eighth annual meet- local level is freed to reach new ing in Atlanta. levels of awareness of the liber- • Joint use of building facili- required ating power of the gospel and of ties in which congregations seek They were transmitted to the the impetus which that power to eliminate costly duplication nine denominations participat- gives to the mission of the of religious facilities with their ing in the consultation for study people of God," the preamble limited special uses, and to pro- Permission and action "in the hope that the draft says. mote commonly held space for document will be transmitted by flexible uses at central location. the communions to their con- It also says that "local inter- DFMS. / stituencies through appropriate church action make provision • Cooperative or larger par- channels." by means of shared resources ishes, which link congregations for the most effective deploy- for common programs and min- Church The guidelines are designed ment possible of laity in carry- isterial leadership, usually under to show how local churches can ing out the full work of the the direction of a parish council. work together and even unite church either in task forces, or • United ministry or co- Episcopal in advance of the formation of through their participation in operative ministry during which the a national united church being secular agencies, groups and or- of sought. ganizations in the humanization the congregations retain mini- Methodist Bishop James K. of our society and the world." mal ties with their denomina- tions. Mathews of Boston, chairman, A committee headed by the Archives called the guidelines "a valuable Rev. William P. Thompson, • The federated church, in instrument to make ecumenism which two or more congrega-

2020. stated clerk of the United Pres- effective in countless areas byterian Church, submitted the tions join in a structure in across the country." He said guidelines. which they maintain their sepa- they will "make possible more Local interchurch cooperation rate denominational ties and Copyright discipline" in local unity efforts. suggested in the guidelines in- membership roles and yet oper- After extended debate, the cluded : ate fully as a single congrega- consultation approved the sub- ® Joint programs in which tion as far as all program is stance of a preamble submitted two or more congregations or concerned. by a United Presbyterian dele- other local denominational units • Declarations of mutual gate; the Rev. Stephen Rose. plan and operate any portions acceptance. This refers to ac- Intent of the preamble is to of their ministry or program tions by district or regional highlight the conviction that jointly. Programs might in- church bodies which result in the mission of the people of God clude Christian education, min- a mutual endorsement of par- must have a central place in the istries to students, pastoral ticular local congregations. thinking and work of local inter- counseling centers, chaplaincies • Councils of churches, in church action, and interchurch to local institutions and day which groups of congregations efforts at every level. care centers, job training and work cooperatively in a variety Changes that will come about referral agencies and other of program ventures. APRIL 10, 1969 Tfcre* # Joint mission agencies or Communion Service are implying they l'ecognize each para-council structures. Delegates worshipped and re- other's ministerial orders as 9 Cooperative new church ceived communion together at valid. development. a service at Tabernacle Baptist Mclntire and Maddox In regard to local church church. They followed an order unions, the committee cited sev- of worship that included tradi- Some 2,500 Georgians, includ- eral possibilities, including the tions from all nine churches. ing Gov. Lester Maddox, federated church, interdenomi- attended a rally opposing COCU. national mergers, union church- Blacks Seek Power Carl Mclntire, president of es, ecumenical congregations. Bishop Frederick D. Jordan, the International Council of The committee said the plans head of the delegation of the Christian Churches, drew re- could involve not only congre- African Methodist Episcopal peated "amens" from the crowd gations of the nine denomina- Church, told delegates that and nods of approval from the tions participating in COCU, but "white" churches must take the governor when he denounced from other denominations, in- initiative in seeing that blacks COCU as "a liberal, modernist publication. cluding the Roman Catholic are given a power base in any infiltration" of the nation's and Church, as well. united church. "Bible-believing" churches. He He said that blacks don't claimed that COCU "is going to reuse Hail Guidelines want mere acquiescence to black turn the young people of our for proposals, but a genuine effort churches into young revolution- The guidelines were praised aries." by several of the observers con- on the part of white churches to correct the mistakes of the Gov. Maddox told a reporter required sultants. The Rev. Paul D. Opsahl of the Lutheran Council past. after the rally that if COCU in the U.S.A. described them as The bishop recounted how the achieves its goal "it will com- "immensely helpful" and Fr. church in the past "informed pletely destroy" the Christian

Permission John F. Hotchkin, who repre- the minds and set aflame the church in America. sented the conference of Catho- hearts and spirits" of abolition, lic bishops, said they represent while "blessing the auctioneer DIOCESAN EXECUTIVES DFMS. / "a very positive contribution" at the slave block as he turned ARE ORGANIZED and "have a great deal of prac- the image of the eternal God * Formation of a new profes- Church tical value." into a commodity." sional organization of diocesan The Rev. Robert C. Torbet, Overcoming Obstacles executives was completed March ecumenical officer of the Amer- 21, at the close of the annual

Episcopal ican Baptists said he was "very Two leaders of COCU agreed conference in Kansas City of there are no insuperable ob- the pleased to discover the fine archdeacons, canons to the ordi- of document on guidelines." stacles to union so far as mat- nary, executive secretaries and Fr. George H. Tavard, an- ters of faith are concerned. other planning, administrative other Catholic observer-consul- "The hangups are matters of and program personnel. To be Archives tant, noted that the meeting was order — what we believe about known as the conference of di- "much more leisurely" than ourselves and the way we do ocesan executives, the new or- 2020. some in the past, but that he business," James I. McCord, ganization will include in its didn't feel the hesitancy of president of Princeton Semi- membership executives on the earlier sessions. "The churches nary, said. diocesan level. Copyright involved are quite decided to go A United Methodist theo- Its announced purpose will be ahead," he commented. logian, the Rev. Albert C. Out- to "provide an agency to serve He foresaw two hurdles which ler, described the "disparity" of the bishops and their dioceses COCU must still clear: the theo- ministerial order as "the last in the development of effective logical question on the ministry ecumenical enemy to be over- organizational and executive — how it would be possible to come." As the first and crucial procedures and to provide a pri- square the concept of the min- step "to a mingling of our min- mary vehicle of communications istry held by the Episcopal and istries in yet fuller and more among the members and with Roman Catholic Churches with perfect representativeness," he the national church for plan- concepts of the other Churches. called on the churches to recog- ning, program and administra- A non-theological problem — nize the significance of mutually tion." how to provide proper repre- accepted baptisms. He suggested The new organization sees as sentation to the black churches that since they recognize each its functions: in the consultation. other's baptisms as valid, they • To develop more effective Four Taa WITNESS organization and procedures for ized by a rotating body called ment as such . . . government communicating the gospel in a steering committee. The mem- is of God, a divine ordinance. church and society. bers of the most recent confer- It is out of bounds to ridicule it, • To provide consultation ence felt the need for a more to seek to make it a laughing when requested for dioceses permanent organization. stock, to plan a confrontation with organizational needs. Members plan to continue the whose aim is to make the majes- • To assist bishops upon re- annual meetings and to schedule ty of the law amusing." quest in the selection of capable a number of regional meetings "For what other reasons were diccesan executive personnel. during the year. Task forces the identical name tags worn ® To provide a primary ve- for particular areas of concern by many people and the whole hicle of communication and a are also planned. plan given the widest publici- clearing house of ideas among Attending the recent confer- ty?" he asked. conference members and di- ence in Kansas City were 49 "I heartily condemn the whole oseses, and with the national executives and four bishops. procedure," he continued. "It church. They met March 18-21 in the was not mature. It was not • To assist diocesan execu- center for renewal at St. Paul's publication. dignified. It was not of God; tives in determining job School of Theology. for without respect for the law and expectations, standards of per- Named as chairman of the and its officials, there can be formance and evaluation. new organization was Canon no life or order." reuse • To develop fellowship and Kenneth Nelson, diocese of

for Bishop Emrich also criticized support among diocesan execu- Indianapolis. Secretary - treas- the rector for proceeding with tives. urer is the Rev. Theodore Jones, the plan without full consulta- • To provide professional executive secretary of the di- required tion with the diocese — he was guidance for continuing educa- ocese of Pennsylvania. informed at the "last minute" tion of diocesan executives. Other members of the six- —and reported that some mem- The first conference of di- man steering committee: the bers of the diocese had threat- Permission ocesan executives was held at Rev. Richard H. Ash, diocese of ened to cancel their pledges in Roanridge, Parkville, , Missouri; Canon Noble Owings, protest against the incident. in October, 1963. The recently- diocese of Los Angeles; Mr. DFMS. / concluded conference was the Jack Parsons, diocese of Ala- "This would mean," he said sixth such meeting. All six have bama ; and Bishop Frederick "that in order to voice their pro- test against one parish, they

Church been more or less loosely organ- Putnam, diocese of Oklahoma. will punish the completely in- nocent missionaries in the di- ocese or the ends of the earth.

Episcopal Sanctuary in Church Creates Because of an exaggeration in

the a part, they will strike at the of Stir in Michigan Diocese whole. Because of the activity of a priest—who had done good * Bishop Richard S. Emrich was being sought by the army work in other areas — they will Archives of Michigan was sharply critical on charges of desertion. the bishop." of the "sanctuary" given an When the FBI raided the The same day that the bishop 2020. army deserter in a Detroit church, the 40 to 50 agents issued his pastoral, however, church. found some 40 persons, all claim- the senior warden of St. Joseph's ing to be "Tom Sincavitch," and mailed a letter to people of the Copyright The bishop, in a "letter to the had to perform an on-the-spot diocese explaining the church's diocese" read in all parishes, fingerprint check — of Mr. position. did not threaten any action Sincavitch and one of his sup- 'Tom Sincavitch served in against the church or its rector. porters — to determine the the United States army re- His letter drew criticism, how- identity of the man sought. serves," the letter said. "He ever, from some parish and na- Bishop Emrich, while sup- attempted to resign as a result tional sources, particularly of porting the right of conscien- of his more revulsion against his view of use of "sanctuary" tious objection and civil dis- riot control training in the sum- at the church. obedience, said such objection mer of 1968. St. Joseph's church and its and disobedience must be done "He sought sanctuary of St. rector, the Rev. Robert E. with respect for the govern- Joseph's not in the expectation Morrison, offered Tom Sinca- ment. that this action would in any vitch, 27, "sanctuary" after "What is out of bounds," he way avoid arrest, but in an ef- Sincavitch had received word he declared, "is to taunt govern- fort to emphasize his moral pro- APBD. 10, 1969 HM test. The action was non-violent; are neglecting to see the real So reductions have been made in he did not resist arrest." issues: analysis fails, scapegoats several areas: aided ministries, The letter asked the diocese are sought, and speedy panaceas college work, service depart- for "patience and understanding put forward. The facts remain." ments. Also the pledge to the for an act of conscience which national church was cut $11,057. arises out of the deep troubles A group of 50 Episcopalians came to the meeting of the Cuts in the diocesan program of our time." came to $94,000. Whether some Rector Morrison said he felt executive council of the diocese at its March 26 meeting to pre- did not give because they do not the bishop is "worried a little like the program is not spelled bit about the pocketbook and sent a resolution backing St. Joseph's and its rector. Bishop out in Interim, but it is likely not with moral considerations." since it is happening every- He told newsmen that he was Emrich withdrew in order to "in sympathy with the fact that provide free discussion but be- where. it takes money to run a diocese fore leaving said that he thought approval of the resolution would FORD FOUNDATION made a and a parish, but on some point grant of $121,000 to the bishop's a man has to stand on what is be interpreted as a negative vote publication. to all he had written in the fund of the diocese of Pennsyl- moral and what is right, no vania for work in a ghetto sec- and pastoral. matter what the cost." tion of Philadelphia. In this Bishop Emrich's letter was There was a spirited two-hour section of 22,000 inhabitants, reuse criticized by the national office debate after which the council the church has been working for of Clergy and Laymen Con- supported the position taken by with a group called the Young cerned About Vietnam. The Bishop Emrich in his letter and Great Society. Founded by two

required organization suggested the bish- also, on the recomendation of leaders of juvenile gangs in op had an "obvious misunder- the urban mission planning com- 1966, the organization was able standing of the basic issues." mittee, voted to continue the to stop the street fighting and "In the current panic over law annual grant of $7,000 to St. turn the efforts of the rival Permission and order in this country, many Joseph's. gangs to constructive communi- ty activity. DFMS. / BETHANY SCHOOL, Glendale, Church News Condensed Ohio, has expanded its guidance

Church program in several directions Edited by W. B. Spofford Sr. dent voice in the selection of and deepened its scope. One of ARTHUR FLEMMING, pres- new faculty members. There is the most interesting and re- currently only one black trustee. warding additions has been the Episcopal ident of National Council of In ending the demonstration, offering of several series of con- the Churches and former secretary ferences for parents with each of of health education and welfare, the Rev. Charles Walker, spokes- has been named a national co- man for the blacks, said "we series including five meetings. chairman of the committee for felt we could be here forever and At each meeting, Mrs. Harriet Archives a political settlement in Viet- the administration might never P. Cook, former professor of nam. In accepting the post, move. We didn't want to de- child psychology and mental 2020. Flemming joined his fellow co- stroy the educational process." hygiene, and now director of chairman Clark Kerr in a state- He indicated that pressure for guidance at Bethany, lectures ment urging the Nixon adminis- greater black student power for half an hour and then leads Copyright tration to avoid further escala- would continue. a discussion which lasts from an tion of the war. Other co-chair- hour to an hour and a half. men include Bishop Leland NOW, magazine of the diocese Parents bring up individual Stark of Newark. of Missouri, is no more. In problems and participate in place of the ten-times-a-year making suggestions of mutual NEGRO STUDENTS at Colgate magazine is a four-page called interest. The groups are limited Rochester agreed to end a lock- Interim, issued occasionally. in membership to six and in in which had closed the inter- Bishop Cadigan meanwhile has each case, as could be foreseen, denominational seminary since appointed a committee to study there develops genuine group March 2. Students were success- the needs and problems of com- consciousness, group loyalty, ful in obtaining most of their munications. The diocese fell and group personality. The demands. Key issues were the far short of raising its 1969 order of subject matter pre- naming of 11 new black trustees budget of $404,261, with pledges sented and the direction of dis- and the granting of a black stu- as of March totalling $310,415. (Continued on Page Ten) 8b, THH WITNESS EDITORIAL knocking at the world's heart, something de- Pollution: Who's Responsible? monic and no longer planned—escaped it may be —spewed out of nature, contending in a final OF WILDERNESS, Scapegoats and Conservation giant's game against its master." was actually the title of a well documentated dis- course given by the Rev. Arthur E. Walmsley, Not a familiar picture, really, of man's place now on the staff of Grace Church. Amherst, in the order of things. For the long history of Mass. He began with Hebrew folk culture and man has shown a theological prejudice against traced the attitude of our ancestors toward the nature in its untouched state. Now, as we natural order down to the present time. This hurtle through the heavens on this little planet, history, as important and interesting as it is, an increasingly crowded spaceship earth, whose we are obliged to omit because of space limita- air is polluted, whose forests cut, whose green publication. tions. As for the present this is what Walmsley fields are paved with asphalt, her rich resources and has to say. plundered, men will have to come to revere and cherish this home, this planet which bore us,

reuse There is in America a rapidly growing con- for if we do not the great whirlpool will at last

for stituency of Americans who view the conserva- tion of natural resources, pollution control, suck us too into its black and bottomless maw. wilderness and wildlife preservation as matters We lack a true theology of nature; the long his- required requiring urgent attention, and the department tory which began in biblical times is incomplete. of the interior as a governmental agency expected Such a theology of nature is not a hobby to be to give major leadership to these efforts. pursued by a few birdwatching conservationists; it is one of mankind's urgent pursuits. Permission It is encouraging to see the development of this concern, but as a Christian, I do not believe Action is Urgent

DFMS. it is complete. Jew, and Moslem, Marxist and / twentieth century humanist could probably agree I SHALL CLOSE by making some recommenda- on the need to preserve and make wise use of tions. A theology of nature — or anything else

Church our primitive areas, to clean up our polluted air for that matter—if it means anything, must and water and land, to prevent the senseless de- include clues for implementing its clear implica- struction forever of species of wildlife. And, tions.

Episcopal though they might disagree on the order of • Because issues of conservation and control the priority assigned to specific projects, all would of probably agree that the decisions include ele- of pollution are not options for the few but sheer ments of moral or social responsibility as well necessity for the survival of the planet, we must as technical choices. Yet there is something be willing to spend money on their behalf, and Archives more needed, a sense of the sacredness of the join civic organizations which lobby for neces- sary legislation and insure that it is enforced.

2020. whole creation, an awe of nature, love and de- light in the earth as our mother. Call it a the- (A list of such groups is appended). ology of nature. The anthropologist Loren Eise- Let me cite one specific, close to home. Efforts

Copyright ley looks back to the moment of man's creation, to reduce the pollution level in the Connecticut that point in time when he was set free to fill River are proceeding if at a slow pace. In a few the earth and subdue it and have dominion over years, this great river which flows through our all other creatures, as one of dark foreboding for valley can become a valuable and diverse area the earth in her beauty. In his words: of natural beauty and recreation for the growing "It is with the coming of man that a vast hole population of this region. Its banks are sur- seems to open in nature, a vast black whirlpool prisingly undeveloped today. Or it will become spinning faster and faster, consuming flesh, an exploiter's paradise, marked by mile after stones, soil, minerals, sucking down the light- endless mile of tawdry buildings, neon lights, and ning, wrenching power from the atom, until the cheap commercialism. It is clear that the deci- ancient sounds of nature are drowned in the sions about the river's future will be shaped by cacophony of something which is no longer na- those who care the most — and work hardest. ture, something instead which is loose and • Men who have done much for the cause of APBQ, 10, 1969 forwarding conservation on the federal, state, and local levels must be given recognition and The Kid Steps Down support. I refer to such men as the recent By William B. Spofford Jr. secretary of the interior, Stewart Udall, who has just formed an international agency concerned Bishop of Eastern Oregon for these matters, and such senators as Edmund WE STARTED to watch them in the old days Muskie of Maine, who has been indefatigable when the first platoon was playing and turning in presenting issues of conservation in the Con- the name Yankee into a symbol and a power. gress. Along with the issues of international The names are not forgotten . . . Ruth, Gehrig, peace and the humanizing of our cities, the Lazzeri, Hoyt and Pipgras; Huggins and Col. battle to save the planet will become, I believe, Jake Ruppert. They were succeeded by the sec- the major political struggle of the next decades. ond group who were not as devastating with the S> Finally, the men of science and technology "five o'clock lightening" for which everyone must come to see the issues of nature in a new waited about the seventh inning. These names publication. light. Just as corporate enterprise has come, were headed by the graceful Jolting Joe, followed and in a few short years, to understand that it bears by King Kong Keller, — a con- responsibilities in the social order — in such verted softball player—, Bill Dickey, Red Rolfe reuse matters as employment, the tensions between and Flash Gordon, together with Ed Barrow and for black and white, the rebuilding of our cities — Joe McCarthy. so the control and use of nature can be seen no There were many pennants thereafter, but the required longer as an open hunting license to exploit na- class was never the same. Except for the Kid. ture. If man's power through science and tech- We remember him the year he played for the nology has increased without limit, so has his Kansas City Blues, when McCarthy thought he responsibility. Permission ought to get some seasoning and some relaxing For if we do not learn that lesson, we shall away from the pressure of being a overly-publi- discover too late that the scapegoat for our sins cized rookie. That was the year that "Say-hey" DFMS. / against nature is man himself. Willie Mays was with the Minneapolis Millers. What a team those Blues were — Mantle,

Church FOR FURTHER READING: Mickey Owen, Vic Power, Cal Segrist. Collec- Udall, Stewart, The Quiet Crisis, Holt, Rinehart and tively, they had about nine players over .300 and Winston, New York, 1963. An excellent history of the most of the team, later, made all star teams in development of concern for conservation in the United Episcopal States, and the crisis faced in this nation today. the majors. But they finished fourth or fifth the Nash, Roderick, Wilderness and the American Mind, since they didn't have a pitcher who could reach of New Haven, Yale University Press, 1967. A scholarly home plate in less than two bounces. Every night yet readable account of the American attitude towards wild country over the past three and a half centuries. game ended about 18 to 16 and about 2:30 a.m. But it was fun to watch them when they played

Archives Eiseley, Loren, The Firmament of Time, New York, Atheneum Press, 1962. Poetic and deeply disturbing the Millers because everyone knew that, in center account of how man's views of nature and of his own 2020. nature have changed with the advance in the study of field, on either side was an immortal. geology, anthropology and biology, by a scholarly an- Now Mickey Mantle has retired. He finished thropologist and naturalist. Nicholson, Marjorie Hope, Mountain Gloom and Moun- up with a life-time average under .300 but he Copyright tain Glory, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1959. Not carried the team, in the good years and in these a "popular" book, but important for anyone who is latter days when, under the doctrine of Mutual interested in tracing the intellectual revolution of the 17th C. with reference to nature and esthetics. Responsibility and Interdependence, the Yankees have been trying to see how the other half have ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED had to live. His legs, I am told, were torture IN CONSERVATION: racks for the last decade at least, but there he The Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy Street, Bos- was, finishing it all the way in center field and ton, Mass. 02108 The Wilderness Society, 729 Fifteenth Street, N.W., then adding a bit more at first base, where he Washington, D. C. 20005. competently did the job. The Aububon Society, 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10028. So he's retired, as men must. The legs go The American Museum of Natural History, Central first, Stan Musial said. Mickey's legs went the Park West at 79th Street, New York, N. Y. 10024. The Sierra Club, Biltmore Hotel, 44th Street and second year he was in the majors but most of Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10011. us forgot that. We knew he was the bread-and- butter player, just as Whitey Ford was the the average of once a month a new crop of "stopper" of the pitching staff. babies are welcomed into "the whole family of Last Memorial Day, driving north to Mas- the church" instead of into their own families. sachusetts, I turned off the turnpike, remember- How does this procedure affect the parents? ing that there was always a -header on It means that their child must appear at the that occasion. The Yanks were playing the Sena- church at 9:15 or 11:00 regardless of its sched- tors, which didn't sound like much excitement. ule. If the baby cries they are embarrassed in But I went and sat in the bleachers, between a the presence of a large congregation as they Bronx Jew and a Harlem black, in a mood that would not be if surrounded only by family and this homage had to be paid. Our discussion close friends. It means that the god-parents, covered the topics which had been current back who often must come from a distance, have to in the thirties — was Bill Terry or Lou Gehrig be on hand on a Sunday morning instead of at the better first baseman; the stupid choices of a more convenient hour. the managers as to relief pitchers — shades of How does this procedure affect the congrega-

publication. old Pat Malone who, in the twilight of his career, could always be counted on to come in from the tion? It means, and this is particularly true of and bull-pen, throw one pitch and lose the ball-game its older members, that they must stand for fif- with a "gopher ball." — and whether Charley teen minutes for a service in which there is very reuse Gehringer was a better fielder than . little opportunity for them to participate and in for The democracy and love of the bleachers has al- which, frequently, they cannot see or hear what ways been one of honest Agape and Koinonia, is going on. required and so it remains. Finally, how does this procedure affect the clergy? It forces them to inject what many feel Anyway, I only stayed for the first game. The to be the least inspiring of our services into the Kid went five for five — two home runs, a middle of the morning service, thus interrupting Permission double, and two singles. He hadn't done it in the flow of worship and lengthening the time of twelve years. And it was great! But when he the service. Also it prevents the clergyman from was running out that double it was obvious that DFMS.

/ giving a short homily on the meaning of baptism this was the end. But it was a moving couple of and explaining to the parents and god-parents hours, and in it was packed a lot of thanks and the responsibilities which they are assuming. It Church memories. has been my experience that a brief preparation So this is the way the world ends. But, at of that nature has been much appreciated. least for this season, Willie will still be running

Episcopal out from under his cap in center field. We know At a family service, once or twice a year, the that the football monsters are now the favorites, when the children are present and can be invited of and they get the adulation previously reserved to stand in a circle around the font where they for the baseball great. They're good but, for can see and hear what is happening and have it some, they can't really replace guys like the explained to them in terms they can understand, Archives Mick. a public baptism is most appropriate.

2020. In a very real sense all baptisms which are held in the church are public. One does not need Baptism: Public or Private? an engraved invitation or be an intimate friend

Copyright By Cornelius P. Trowbridge of the family to attend. Often members of the Retired Priest of Delaware congregation, when they learn that a baby is to MANY OF THOSE whom, at my age, I call the be baptized after the morning service, feel free "younger clergy" — i.e. fifty and under — have to remain and take an inconspicuous part in the been sold a bill of goods about baptism. They service. What difference does the size of con- have been taught in seminary that all baptisms gregation make? Is a service less valid because should be public. This teaching is based upon it is attended by twenty people instead of two the assumption that only in this way can the im- hundred ? portance of baptism be emphasized and that its A baptism can and should be a very important true nature, as a service of the church, be dis- event in the life of a family. I believe that par- tinguished from a social occasion which preceeds ents have a right to have it planned as a separ- a cocktail party. So, in many parishes, so-called ate service rather than having it inserted as a public baptisms have become mandatory and on minor part of a longer service. Apnrr. 10, 1969 CHURCH NEWS: — growing southern and central- was one of the church's most (Continued from P«ff Sfc) western part of Texas. Land urgent needs today, but linked values in the metropolitan areas its value with ecumenical de- cussion has varied from group of San Antonio, Corpus Christi, velopments. It also suggested to group, but in general the and the Rio Grande Valley have that study for the ministry areas penetrated have been the risen rapidly in the last 20 should take place over six years, bases of good mental hygiene, years, and it is hoped strategic with the final three taking the the various categories of prob- purchases can be made now be- lems, intelligence, the purpose fore inflated prices make loca- form of "in-service" training. and interpretation of various tion of new missions too costly. A COADJUTOR for Massachu- kinds of tests, and discipline. Largest gift planned to be used setts will be elected at a special outside the diocese will be $100,- THE EVERETT H. JONES convention on June 7. A com- 000 proposed for construction of mittee is receiving names and Episcopal Advance Fund with a a cathedral for the diocese of goal of $1,775,000 was formally will report not later than May Okinawa. Bishop Edmond L. 17. Consecration is planned for launched at a special council Browning, is a native of West publication. March 22 of the diocese of West this fall with the coadjutor Texas. succeeding Bishop Stokes as di- and Texas. Some 500 delegates, ocesan in December, 1970. alternates, and visitors met in C OF E STRATEGY for further reuse St. Mark's Church, San Antonio, training of clergy after ordina- ARCHBISHOP RAMSEY of for to hear plans for the campaign tion was recommended in the Canterbury ended his 31 - day which will honor the episcopacy final report of the theological tour of the Caribbean with a of Bishop Everett H. Jones, who education committee of the ad- rermon in the Georgetown, required retired Dec. 31 after 25 years visory council for the church's Guyana, cathedral pleading for as diocesan. One of the primary ministry. It not only stressed Christian unity. During his tour features of the campaign, the that post - ordination training he visited nine countries. second E.A.F. since 1960, will Permission be a revolving loan fund of $885,000. With $150,000 in a

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