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RECORD REVIEW, January 8, 1981 — 12A signed by Doris Doucet. His district leader, Gordon Zutz, went Focus with him to visit Doris. They found that her parents did not want her to buy the books. However, she felt that they would be a help to her in teaching her Sunday School-class. Steve on the Cover made an appointment to talk with her at a later date at which time she made the decision to purchase the books for cash. In talking with Doris, Steve discovered that she had read "Every Moment is HIS" several of our books such as The Great Controversy, Steps to Christ, Daniel and the Revelation, and others, and had "Our time belongs to God. Every moment is His, and we are attended a "Revelation Seminar" two years previously. As a under the most solemn obligation to improve it to His glory." result she had been studying the Bible more and also the Christ's Object Lessons, p. 342. doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The value of time has never been stated better than the While Steve and Doris were engaged in conversation about above quotation of Ellen G. White. When we begin to realize the books she had read, they noticed a television announce- "Every moment is His" and that "we are under the most solemn ment regarding a "Revelation Seminar" to be held in a nearby obligation to improve it to His glory," then we can begin to city by Keith Knoche. Since the next day was Sabbath and realize the value of time. Doris was interested in the books, Steve invited her to attend Horace Mann had an insight into time's great urgency when church with him. She accepted his invitation and also attended he wrote these words: "Lost yesterday, somewhere between the seminar. At the end of this second evangelistic seminar, sunrise and sunset two golden hours, each set with 60 diamond Doris took her stand for the Lord and was baptized on minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever." August 9. Time is yours. Don't waste it. Waste of time is the most Just two and a half weeks later, on August 28, Doris made extravagant and cosely of all expenses. I don't care how much another big decision. She said, "I do," and became Steve's you're worth, you can't afford to waste time. wife. Now they are working together as a team witnessing of Instead of wasting time, take time, take it and make a fabu- God's love and leading. lous success of your life. Time is yours to take. So Take it! Take time to think - - - It is the source of power. Take time to play - - It is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to read - - - It is the fountain of wisdom. Take time to pray - - - It is the greatest power on earth. Take time to love and be loved - - - It is a God-given privilege. Take time to be friendly - - - It is the road to happiness. Take time to laugh - - - It is the music of the soul. Take time to give - - - It is too short a day for selfishness. Take time to work - - - It is the price of success. Take time to show appreciation - - - It is the frosting on the cake of life. Take time to dream - - - It is hitching your wagon to a star. Take time to do charity - - - It is the key to heaven. Take time to square-up with God - - - It sets your destiny. Take time — while there is time to take - - - It is late — very late. "Every moment is His." Give God the best of your time now and you will have all of His time then. Steve and Doris Baden B. E. Leach, President, Southwestern Union Conference. General News Spotlight on Soul winning 18-Year-Old Men to Register Every young man born in 1962 should register for the draft at his nearest post office between January 5-10, 1981. Selective From Ingathering to Literature Service also directs that beginning January 5 and continuing through 1981, all men born in 1963 must register within 30 days Evangelism to Marriage before or after their 18th birthday. Just a year ago two young ladies knocked on a door in New Within 90 days of registration all registrants must receive a Orleans, Louisiana, and gave their Ingathering canvass to the letter of acknowledgement from Selective Service otherwise young man who answered. He was interested immediately and they are in fact not registered. Somehow their forms have been began to ask questions about their church, its location, and lost; if this letter doesn't arrive, they must write to Selective hour of services (including prayer meeting). The girls answered Service, 600 'E' Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20435 to com- as best they could in the few minutes that they had and gave plete the process. Further, if information on the registration him a special invitation to attend the next service which was form is unclear or not given, the registrant must provide such to prayer meeting. The result? Steve Baden was baptized in Janu- the Selective Service or he may be considered as a nonregis- ary by Elder Marwood Hallett. trant. If either of these items are not cared for the registrant Wanting to work for the Lord, Steve joined the ranks of the could be prosecuted for failing to comply with the law and the literature evangelists and began sharing this faith through the penalties are severe. written word. Last summer an interest card came to Steve It is the responsibility of each young person to see that he is
12B — REVIEW, January 8, 1981 RECORD During a recent visit to Voice of Prophecy head- quarters, Donald W. Chris- Jewels tensen, right, business manager of Mountain View College in the Philippines, in the Southwest was presented with a check by H. M. S. Richards, Jr., by your "RECORD" Editor ... Richard Bendel! for the school's radio sta- tion. This check was the first installment to be app- lied toward the VOP Child- ren's Christmas Club goal Dan Serns, director of Border Institute of English, SDA (Biesda), is a of $30,000, which will make missionary in the United States of America because he believes God possible new studio facili- directs in the affairs of men. ties and additional trans- Dan, the son of a Seventh-day Adventist minister, was raised by his mitting equipment for the parents to be a missionary — whether to the kid down the street, the boy 5,000-watt station. down the hall in the dorm, or the foreigner in other Following a visit to the lands. When Dan was five years old his parents found Far East this past Febru- him going through a Bible story book on the front ary, Elder J. 0. Iversen, former VOP associate broadcast speaker, wrote: porch with a neighbor boy, telling him the stories "Station DXCR at Mountain View College is doing a tremendous job, but from the pictures as they turned the pages. is in desperate need of additional studio and production space, as well as Witnessing just seems to be a way of life for Dan. updated equipment to maintain efficient operation." As a result of his On Sunday mornings, at age 10, he got up before report, the decision was made to challenge SDA elementary school child- the rest of the family and pedaled his bike to local ren across North America to raise the needed funds for the station. Last churches. After sitting through Sunday School and year the VOP Children's Christmas Julkraised over $25,000 for a new church Dan would ask the minister why they had antenna at the Adventist World'Raclio. facilities in Guatemala, Central church on Sunday when the Bible said to keep Saturday. "I guess I was America. a brash little kid." recalls Dan. "You can imagine my Dad's chagrin at the monthly ministers meetings in the small North Carolina town. I am sure God brought good even out of my childish attempts to witness." "God has given me a million experiences to share with others — many I've blown but in many I have been blessed," says Dan. Through registered, and should he move, that notification is given. With academy and college it was more difficult to witness to his peers. The the acknowledgement letter received by the registrant will be a fact is there were times when peer pressure prevailed. However, God change of address card (also available at post offices). This held onto this jewel until the results of polishing could be seen. Dan relates, "God began changing me from a mission field back into a change of address is mandatory. The draft board considers the missionary." registrant legally notified of any action when its letter is mailed The personal communion Dan knew with God grew while he preached to the last address on file whether he gets the letter or not. and worked in a language school evangelism project in Korea as a student missionary. While in Korea God brought about an unusual Every Seventh-day Adventist young man should give careful chain of circumstances. Dan was stationed at Pusan, Korea, for a year attention to the information in this article. If there are ques- except for two months when he was asked to go to Seoul, 250 miles tions, the local conference youth director can be contacted. away, to hold evangelistic meetings. Upon arrival at Seoul, Dan was told because of a mix-up he would preach only for the first month and Wayne Sheppard, Youth Director, a minister from the United States would hold a full series the second Southwestern Union Conference. month. That minister was Cyril Miller, president of the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. God brought these two men together there in Korea and later Elder Miller invited Dan to begin BIESDA, a language school evangelism project on the Texas-Mexico border. Health Happenings One and half years ago when the BIESDA project started in Brownsville, Texas, Elder Miller and Dan stood in an alley and prayed in the Southwest . . . that God would open doors for them. Specifically they petitioned that the entire upstairs floor of an office building nearby would be available to them as a place for the language school at a very minimal rent. , Fred Murray, Director Elvin Adams, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director They shouldn't have been surprised but they were when the owner agreed to the exact terms of their offer. Dan says, " I have seen God's guiding in an obvious way as He brings the program into focus." There were no desks for the students but a contact was made which provided Huguley Hospital Installs the new desks at manufacturer's cost. Another miracle! Listening to Dan, one immediately catches his enthusiasm and Advanced Testing Equipment realizes there is a fantastic story behind almost everything connected with BIESDA — textbook selection, teacher's guide, finding student Huguley Memorial Hospital's laboratory is proud of the new missionaries at the last minute, and even finding beds for student "HyCel SKS 60" chemical testing equipment they have missionaries. Praying that God would impress individuals to send money to help recently leased. This new machine is designed to do all the with this special evangelistic outreach and seeing those prayers routine screening tests physicians normally order for patients answered has been really encouraging to Dan. "Sometimes I pray for and to do them more efficiently than the old method the lab was strength to keep up the pace I believe the Lord is setting, " says Dan. When the idea for a BIESDA summer camp program materialized Dan using. spent a long time on his knees before he flew to Mexico City investing Being computer-controlled, the SKS 60 has the capability of thousands of dollars in advertising. God blessed the venture, all the completing one set of tests on one patient in 17 minutes (one money came back, and a hundred young people from leading homes in Mexico were exposed to the Adventist philosophy of life as they set of tests consists of 18 separate chemical tests) and one attended the BIESDA camp program at Valley Grande Academy located complete set on a new patient every minute after that. Up to at Weslaco, Texas, on the Mexico border. 960 complete sets can be run each hour, whereas the old Some people chalk all this up to luck, skill, or foresight. Not Dan! He says the principle behind it all is stated simply in Desire of Ages, p. method took 3Y2 hours for up to 23 complete tests. To do 24 or 369: "If we plan according to our own ideas, the Lord will leave us to 25 tests by the old method took another 31/2 hours for the one our own mistakes." He believes the inverse of this conditional is also or two extra tests. With the lab averaging 25 patients to test true. "It is a real challenge to be a missionary here in America," says Dan, every day the SKS 60 saves the lab techinicians about 6t/2 "for the BIESDA program is reaching doctors, lawyers, pastors, and hours. Not only is the SKS 60 time-saving but it is also more other professionals in Mexico and Texas who would perhaps not be cost effective; lab technicians no longer have to monitor the reached otherwise. God has been wonderful in impressing individuals to supply our needs". Now the rewards are beginning to come. Fifty or tests every minute. more are enrolled in Bible classes, while 18 to 20 are enrolled in Bible After the tests are run the mathmatical statistics, expected studies and one has asked to become a member of the Seventh-day norms, and actual results are printed out. The expected norms Adventist Church.
RECORD REVIEW, January 8, 1981 — 12C can be varied according to age and other factors which would Model Church Growth Plan Unveiled effect them and entered into the SKS 60 before each test is run. By Bill Liversidge. Ministerial Secretary. All the information printed out is also stored on a floppy-disc Southwestern Union Conference. storage system. Up to 1400 patient files are available per disc for permanent storage. The Ministerial and Lay Activities Departments of the Doug Bendall. Southwestern Union are coordinating a Model Church Growth Program throughout the union that represents the most ambitious growth strategy ever attempted in the Southwest. BEEVILLE, TEXAS Twenty-six churches from around the union will be selected to participate in the program for 1981. The conferences have set Memorial Hospital Receives their goals for participating churches as follows: JCAH Accreditation Texas 10 Arkansas/Louisiana 5 Oklahoma 5 Mr. John Koobs, chairman of the board of Memorial Hospi- Southwest Region 3 tal, Beeville, Texas, is pleased to announce to the citizens of Texico 3 Bee County and surrounding areas that Memorial Hospital has Applications for model status will take the form of a letter just been notified by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of signed by the pastor or clerk indicating that at a regular Hospitals that Beeville Memorial Hospital has been awarded a business meeting of the church, a decision was made to apply two-year accreditation. for model status. Letters should pe forwarded to the lay The two-year accreditation is the maximum accreditation activities director of the local conference. Oklahoma awarded to hospitals within the United States, and is only Conference already had 15 applications for its five positions. Excitement is rising! awarded for excellence in care. This award suggests that Mem- orial Hospital has the ability to provide a general acute-care WHAT IS A MODEL CHURCH? setting for the patients of Bee County, and that it provides quality health care. Description of a Model Church
1. Clear statement of mission and definite Bibilical basis for growth. 2 Strategy for growth built upon principles of growth. Two Oft-Neglected Words 3. Net increase of 10% of membership during first year — 1981 plus a 15°/0 baptismal increase for the same period. I want to say "Thank you" to the kind folks in this 4. Balance between cell, community, and celebration in church union who responded to our request for Bibles for life. Faith For Today Bible Students. This is a continual 5 Development of professionally trained ministries built upon need we have, but I want to thank you especially for the spiritual gifts of the members. helping us out at a time when our supply wasn't 6. Pastor functions as an equipper as well as shepherd and teacher. meeting the demand. 7. Emphasis upon integrated evangelism rather than imposed Virginia Fagal, Director, evangelism. Faith For Today Bible School. 8 Minimal apostacy rate due to emphasis on folding and discipling. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BECOMING A NEWS NOTES MODEL CHURCH? • The birthdate of William Miller, February 15,1782, could be a unique day for Adventists in 1982, if the United States Postal Service becomes 1. Professional assistance in researching your church and convinced to issue a commemorative stamp honoring his 200th anni- community. versary. If you would like to see a stamp honoring William Miller 2 Use of funds supplied by the conference to help pay become a reality, you should write a letter to one or both of the expenses associated with resource people visiting your following: church. Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee % Stamps Division 3 Commitment by the union and conference to supply profes- U. S. Postal Service Headquarters sional resource individuals as trainers for lay ministries 475 L "Enfant Plaza that will be developed. Washington, D.C. 20260 4. Commitment by the conferences that model pastors will not and be moved for a minimum of three years. Postmaster General 5 On-the-job evaluation and training for pastors plus supervi- William F. Bolger sion by union conference personnel. U.S. Postal Service Headquarters 6. Assistance in planning your evangelistic strategy. Washington, D.C. 20260 7. Carefully monitored growth based upon principles of • 1981 Work Experience Education Seminar, July 5-24,1981, with T. S. church growth. Geraty, seminar director. For information write: Dean Cohn Standish, Weimar College, Box A. Weimar, CA 95736. 8. The thrill of seeing your church become a dynamic, fellowshipping, soul-winning entity. 9. The opportunity to become a training center for a sister ATTENTION — 18-Year-Old Men: church during 1982. If you were born in 1962 you are to register As this New Testament strategy for growth becomes an for the draft by January 10, 1981. Be sure integral part of the scene here in the Southwestern Union. let us pray for Divine unction without which the best-laid and read the article by Elder Wayne Sheppard plans of men have gone astray. beginning on page 12B of this issue of the I believe that God intends His church to grow and that RECORD. This article gives you other vital thousands of receptive people will respond to this information you need to know regarding adventure in faith on the part of God's people. your registration.
12D — REVIEW, January 8, 1981 RECORD their children. In an adjoining district was Southwestern a certified teacher with three children to Adventist educate and no church school. Parents and teacher got together and, College with counsel from conference educa- tional superintendent, J. Wayne Han- cock, they negotiated to begin on a home 18 Students Named Crusade banner and church sign pointed the way to the meetings. school basis this year. The St. Johns in "Who's Who" AME Church, which the Clarksville summer one of his crusades was a "Bible group is renting for their branch Sabbath The 1981 edition of Who's Who Speaks" crusade in Mena, Arkansas, Among Students in American Universi- beginning July 18 and closing August 8. ties and Colleges will carry the names of The climax of the crusade came 18 students from Southwestern Advent- August 16 when John Scully, Todd Cur- ist College. Students named for this tis, and Karen Hanneman were baptized honor are: in a beautiful outdoor setting reminiscent Michael Agee, senior communication of the place where Jesus Himself was major from Springfield, Missouri; baptized. Lourdes Cruz, senior social studies On September 6 Gertrude Barnes, major from Keene, Texas; Jon Dicker- daughter of an Adventist in the Dallas- son, junior math and chemistry major Fort Worth area, became a member of from Weslaco, Texas; Matthew Farson, the Mena church. She had attended senior chemistry major from Tuba City, many of the crusade meetings and Arizona; Judy Fehlenberg, senior home comes from a family who has kept the economics major from Northridge, Cali- seventh-day Sabbath for many years. fornia; Annette Fisher, senior office Students in the new Clarksville school with One of her relatives, a minister, suffered their teacher, Nelda Scoggins, extreme right administration major from Gentry, martyrdom in Covington, England, in Arkansas; Greg Foley, senior biology rear. 1515. Gertrude said she believes it was school, agreed reluctantly to let us begin major from Jacksonville, Florida; Yas- for keeping the Sabbath. min Henderson, senior history and com- school in their kitchen-social area on a W. J. Neptune, Pastor, temporary basis. All the members were munication major from Keene, Texas; DeQueen-Mena District. Ronald Lavoie, senior Religion major praying for a more permanent place, and from Keene, Texas; David Lindsey, before the first month had passed, a very senior biology major from Keene, Texas; suitable small building was offered with Dale McCartney, senior biology major the payment of utilities as the only from Keene, Texas; Ronald Patterson, obligation. senior biology major from Keene, Texas; "Baptisms from a recent evangelistic Chester Pflugrad, senior biology major crusade in Clarksville assure an even from Weslaco, Texas; John Portie, better school for next year with the pos- senior theology major from New sibilities of our own church and school Orleans, Louisiana; Randall Roberts, plant," stated the district pastor. A. A. senior theology major from Keene, Wilson. Texas; Karen Senecal, junior accounting A. A. Wilson, Pastor, and office administration major from Russellville, District. Gentry, Arkansas; Stan Sicher, junior math major from Keene, Texas; and Students Choose Robin Widmayer, senior English and his- Unique Fund-Raising tory major from Keene, Texas. Left to right: George Ellis, summer evangelist; These students join an elite group John Scully, Todd Curtis, Pastor Neptune, and Projects Karen Hanneman. selected from more than 1,300 institu- At the beginning of this school year tions of higher learning in all 50 states, our teacher, Mrs. Suzanne Boyer, dis- the District of Columbia, and several for- New School in cussed ways we could help earn money eign nations. Clarksville, Arkansas for some of the various items we need for our church school in Harrison, Arkan- School was to begin Monday, Sep- sas. We wanted to have a big part. tember 8, 1980. The teacher, Nelda We decided to have a book-a-thon for Arkansas- Scoggins, was prepared; the books had our first project. The plan was for each been ordered, and nine students had reg- child to read as many books as he could Louisiana istered. Everything was moving on sche- during the month of September only. dule — except we had no place to put our (Some of our sponsors were relieved that J. WAYNE HANCOCK, Correspondent school. we were limited.) While we were reading, The Clarksville Branch Sabbath we asked different people to sponsor us Mena "Bible School began with nine believers (and with all the money pledged going to their non-committed families) from our school needs. Besides reading the Speaks" Crusade Russellville church, but who lived in the books, we wrote short book reports and During the winter George Ellis teaches Clarksville area. With no church school put them in a file box behind our names. school in Siloam Springs. In the summer in the area, three families were con- In order to watch our progress, after he holds two evangelistic crusades. This cerned about a Christian education for reading a book we moved a paper car on