Adventist Review Recor.SO UTHWES TERN UNIOd Joe Ray and Saulo Ybarra, with Smoking Sam. Seven Chisholm Trail Academy students recently presented to several local public ele- CTA mentary schools a fast-moving, well-organized, Health illustrated health program about the hazards of tobacco and caffeine use. Team Their audiences included: a first grade class Tours at the Nola Dunn Elementary School in Burle- son; fifth graders at the Joshua Elementary Public School; fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders Schools at the Keene Public School; and fifth graders at the Nola Dunn school in Burleson. The student leader of the group was Jannene Evans, a junior, who introduced the program at each school. Denise North, a freshman, illus- trated the benefits of physical fitness in the proper use of water, food, exercise, and rest. (continued on page 128, under "Focus on the Cover") RECORD REVIEW. April 25. 1985 — 12A SPECIAL FEATURE A Sabbath Afternoon Nightmare A deep concern for the true Christian education of Adventist youth schools so the parents could buy new cars, boats, and VCR's. rests heavily on the heart of Marvin Anderson, president of South- Next the people decided to withdraw their financial support western Adventist College. Last October he wrote down the results of from the church so they could maintain a higher life-style. his musing on that subject on Sabbath afternoon. He used it later in a sermon on Christian education, and it is published here in the hope Within just a couple of decades the entire community dissi- that it may stimulate some creative thought and bold action on the part pated. of others. I felt just sick because I, too, was once a part of this com- The Editors munity. I had seen the trends back in the 1980's but was too I don't know what happened, but I left Keene for 50 years stupid to see what was happening. I thought the Lord would and was brought back accidentally in 2034. I was devastated just correct the attitudes creeping into the church and I did and shocked at what I found. Instead of the beautifully mani- not realize that the Lord was depending upon us to "finish the cured campus of Southwestern Adventist College, with the work." I saw attitudes of some of the clergy move from cher- voices of God's children bursting from it, there was nothing ishing the youth to creating a system of forced status quo. So but a marker placed by the Johnson County Historical much time was spent giving attention to religious transients Society. It stated that in the 1890's a group of Adventists had while we were losing the precious young people already in the started a settlement here and built a college but now they church. They did not realize that within five years of gradua- were extinct and had been dissolved into the mainstream of tion from college these youth would marry and thereby mul- society. I noticed a small museum had just been completed so tiply the number of new young people in the church. The curator told me that these people had in their hands I decided that I would go over and see what was there. I was the secrets of the universe and could have caused Christ to greeted by a sad-eyed curator wearing an off-white robe. I told return decades ago but now there had been a setback. him that I would like to see what was in the museum, so he Suddenly I awoke sweating, with a chill running down my offered to take me on a tour. Some of the paraphernalia was spine. Here I was back in 1984 with the next fifty years ahead humorous but meaningful, such as the can of vegalinks and a of me. I promised God that I would fight with every ounce of Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking pamphlet. I asked what had my strength to see that Southwestern Adventist College happened to the community. The guide told me that they did never became just a historical marker. Many may find me well for a hundred years or so, but thereafter were caught up stubborn or obnoxious for the cause of our young people, but in the world of materialism and found it too expensive to I see no other way. Marvin Anderson, preserve their religious heritage through their youth. They President, first started by encouraging their children to attend cheaper Southwestern Aduentist College. FOCUS ON THE COVER stances, including caffeine, as found in coffee, tea, colas, and certain candies. She gave alarming statistics about the results (Continued from page 12A) of the use of such products. The students were amused in one school to observe the sudden disappearance of cola drink An important member of the team was Herman, the biology cans from pupils' and the teacher's desks at this point in the class's plastic anatomy model of the human body. While program. Denise held up Herman's life-sized heart, Todd Esquilla, a Max Barton, faculty sponsor of the health program, closed freshman, supported her explanation of the blood circulation as he pumped red-colored water through clear plastic tubing, simulating the heart and blood vessel action. This helped to get and hold the pupils' attention. Herman was the hero of the presentation. Joe Ray, a sophomore, introduced Smoking Sam, the life- sized mannikin with a built-in mechanical smoking device. As Joe put a cigarette into Sam's mouth and lit it, Saulo Ybarra, a freshman, operated the pumping device to make Sam smoke. After a few puffs, Joe turned Sam around to show the stu- dents how much of the dark poisonous tars had collected in white fiberglass filled jars representing lungs in an opening in Sam's back. To illustrate the long list of poisons in cigarettes, Jannene held up a huge air-filled cigarette-shaped balloon representing Jannene Evans (holding placard), Cheryl Ganding, and Lisa Allen, giving a demonstration with diseased lung specimens. the volume of tobacco that a pack-a-day smoker would use in one year. Then she took three 10-inch facsimile cigarettes out Lisa Allen and Denise North, discussing the dangers of caffeine. of a giant pack to represent the hazards of nicotine, cyanide, and arsenic, among the long list of poisons taken into the body when one smokes. Cheryl Ganding, a freshman, talked about several diseases caused by smoking, as she showed the effects on a preserved cross-section of a real human lung, encased in glass. Lisa Allen, another freshman, showed the usual association of tobacco use with the consumption of other harmful sub- 12B — REVIEW, April 25, 1985 each session with an explanation of the literature they distri- you desire information on housing in New Orleans, or tickets buted, and an announcement of the next Five-Day Plan to Stop for the special vegetarian meals which will be served in the Smoking to be held in the area, urging the students to take the Superdome, please state this when writing. If you desire to folders home and encourage their parents and friends to avail register for seminars, please do so early by mail. Seminars themselves of this help to stop smoking. which fill to capacity will be closed. The CIA students are enthusiastic about the experience they had in conducting this program. They hope it may help to SEMINARS prevent some of the young people from even starting to EVANGELISM smoke. Asked whether it had helped to reinforce their own Bible Study Evangelism George Knowles The Art of Gaining More Decisions Mark Finley personal resolution to abstain from such harmful practices, Electronic Evangelism Resources Jere Wallack they answered, "You bet!" Reaching Non-Christian Religions Werner Vyhmeister Health Evangelism James M. Crawford Evangelismo Latinoamericano (Spanish) Carlos Aeschlimann General News Seminar Evangelism Roy C. Naden Evangelism—The Urban Dilemma Robert C. Connor Organizing Home Bible Fellowship Groups Norman & Dorothy Versteeg Union Departments Reassigned PASTORAL MINISTRY Following the recent move of one departmental director of Issues in Conference Administration Phil Follett the Southwestern Union to another assignment, three Problem Solving & Conflict Management Don Reynolds departments were reassigned to current members of the New Frontiers in Church Finance Paul Smith Union staff, without calling additional personnel. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Clayton Pritchett is now director of the Public Affairs and Caring Church Seminar Robert Dale Religious Liberty Department, and continues as Sabbath Understanding Children Kay Kuzma School Director. Understanding Youth Kay Kuzma The Personal Ministries Department is now assigned to Church Planting: You Can Activate Your Church Clarence Gruesbeck Max Martinez, who continues to serve as associate secretary Computers in the Church Lynn Mallery of the Union. Counseling Techniques Elden Chalmers John McFarlane is the new secretary of the Ministerial Holding and Reclaiming Members J Lynn Martell Managing for Mission Des Cummings, Jr. Association, and continues as director of P.R.E.A.C.H. (Pro- Loss, Grief, and the Church Larry Yeagley gram Reaching Every Active Clergy Home.) Motivating Volunteers John Rhodes Richard W. Bendall, who was recently appointed vice presi- Improving your Preaching Benjamin Reaves dent of the Southwestern Union Conference, continues as Discovering and Developing Spiritual Gifts Bill Liversidge director of the Communication Department. The Publishing MINISTER'S PERSONAL LIFE Department remains unchanged, under the direction of Larry Clergy Marriage John & Millie Youngberg Townsend, who also is manager of the Home Health Educa- Team Ministry for Pastoral Couples Jim & Sharon Cress tion Service. B. E. Leach, President. Roles of the Minister's Wife Carole Kilcher/Sue Patzer THEOLOGY Ministers' Council The Shape of the Church to Come Raoul Dederen Open to Lay Leaders The Minister and Medical-Ethical Issues Gerald Winslow The Sanctuary in Daniel: Recent Preceding the 54th General Conference session in New Developments Gerhard F.