,:"7 Ift4 Sunday Night Light Death of Sue The Australian FIRST PUBLISHED Newman Is IBM On July 14 an epileptic fit claimed the life of Miss Sue Newman, who was organiser CHURCH of the Festival of Light's special projects for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Sue was 27 years old, and was born blind. She had surmounted her RECORD handicaps in remarkable ways. She was • Poet Publication N" Telephone 264 8349 PRICE 30 CENTS the first blind person in Australia to 1737 AUGUST 24, 1981 a receive the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award for Community Service, and earlier gained the Silver Award, meeting Anglican its strenuous standards including a This will no longer do in rich Australia hit!, ,.•,, day mountain jou. ,i, pow Prayer Book with Buddhist and Confucian Scriptures A in v. Prayer bouk ut C.binese to be published at the end of this year has already created a storm in some Anglii an Dioceses which have used the old Chinese Book of Common Prayer. Rev. Fred Nile, sealed, and Sam Galea, 2GB's assistant programme director, in studio C. for Mr. Nile's weekly programme, "Sunday Night Some passages from the Chinese July 19. It includes a variety of interviews, a talk back segment Light" which commenced Sunday, interspersed with suitable music. From Classics and the Buddhist sutras are the response of the public on the first evening, this should prove to be a popular programme for Sydney listeners. suggested as portions suitable for reading Photo: Ramon Williams alongside passages of the Old Testament because of similar teaching. Several Chinese Festivals are being Robert Schuller adopted into the Church Calendar with the Harvesting Thanksgiing being to record in celebrated at the Sutumn Moon Festival and All Saints' Day at the Ching Ming Festival, Australia A modified revision of the old Chinese Robert Schuller will be in Sydney, Book of Common Prayer was undertaken August 15-19, to record a series of one a few years ago, but the proposed minute motivational programmes, for use revision has been a radical revision with on radio and television. Dr. Schuller is an aim to indigenise the Anglican known as the man who practised his own tradition and rid the image of the church concept of "Possibility Thinking", and as a "foreign" religion which can now built the Crystal Cathedral, costing over become rooted in Chinese soil. 16 million dollars. After gaining her Higher School A Chinese foundation, the Lee His television programme, HOUR OF Certificate at Port Kernbla High School, Foundation has given a grant of $10,000 POWER, has the highest number of Sue found training and employment at (U.S.) towards the publishing costs. viewers for a religious programme, in the the Bank of New South Wales, as a Although the number of Dioceses United States. In Australia, the telephonist and audio-typist Later she which use the Chinese Book of Common programme is screened every Sunday in completed a two-year course at the Prayer are limited, at least one Bishop has Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Baptist Bible College in youth leadership declared that he will not authorise the Geraldton and Northern NSW. and counselling. At the time of her death new Prayer Book for use in his diocese. she was atnember of the congregation of The scripts for the 130 programmes will be written by Dr. fochuller himself, and St. Joseph's, Willoughby (Anglican). will be recorded it the studios of The large crowd attending her funeral Dr. Bratcher Television Makers Pty. Ltd. in Sydney. service at St. Andrew's Cathedral showed Scenes such as this humpy occupied by Aborigines in Walgett, N.S.W., may have gained a measure of acceptance among white Chairman of the Australian Board, John how' many loved Sue and valued her life Australians as an inevitable fact of life, but the recent W.C.C. report on 'Justice for Aboriginal Australians' felt that this is a reflection Pickles, together with John Townend, and witness. The address was given by of an attitude to black Australians which is blatantly racist. The Report drew attention to a 1976 survey by the N.S.W. Government's resigns television consultancto the Robert the Rev. Fred Nile, Director of the Festival Health Commission which revealed that 50% of Aboriginal families live in housing conditions detrimental to physical and social health Schuller Ministries Ltd. in Sydney, of Light "Sue rejected any notion that and unacceptable by standards normally applied to the white population. following personally persuaded Dr. Schuller to she was handicapped," he said. "She Photo by Quentin tacobsen make the trip, and produce the simply said that everyone is handicapped recordings in Australia. in some way or other." He paid tribute to controversy on "In his own area, he is constantly in her courage and her compassion for demand and called upon at any moment others, reflected in her willingness to Actions and Recommendations inerrancy work as an almost full-time volunteer for It was our idea to bring him away from Church cornered on WCC Report Action should include: that pressure of work, and produce F,0.1., Robert G. Bratcher, a Bible translator something of an Australian FIRST," said At the recent press conference at the worship. At present they meet in an • giving land and finance to Aborigines to whose remark on biblical inerrancy in Cowper Room, St. Andrew's Church lohn Townend. The whole idea of the Besides her work on the projects for unsatisfactory hall. But we need to get use as the Aborigines wish, April created a furore among Southern the disabled, Sue had worked for some House, Sydney, the church was cornered more Aborigines worshipping." Baptists, has resigned as a research visit is to make the motivational • educating the Australian public about months on the busy switchboard in the by a reporter on the issue of its property associate with the American Bible programmes. The Reverend Bruce Ballantine (ones, the present situation, The Australian Church Record has been bringing F.O.L. office. raised in the report "Justice for Aboriginal Society. "It is an all-Australian concept and will President of the New South Wales • supporting Aboriginal fights against Australians" by the WCC. Council of Churches was contacted by Bratcher, one of the main translators of news on Church affairs for over 100 years, 1880-1981 possibly be used overseas as well". Lesley Hicks international mining companies, The Report calls for churches as an the Record and asked the Council's "Good News For Modern Man", stirred an independent expression of its good faith towards policy towards Aborigines. "There is no • inviting further international teams of controversy with remarks critical of a ************** Aboriginals to hand over some of its specific policy apart from sharing the observers to monitor progress. belief in biblical inerrancy, calling it either property as reparation. The church is one deep concern of the WCC delegation at The team's recommendations for "wilful ignorance" or "intellectual provocative of Australia's biggest landholders. Which the evidence of gross neglect and governments include dishonesty". pieces will they hand over in the next few discrimination against Aboriginal people. • Federal intervention to end "racist State In a prepared statement, the New York- evangelical voice SIM CHRISTIAN CINEMA weeks? "This place?" asked Mr. Gary I believe that all Australians, in particular legislation", especially concerning land based ABS called Bratcher's comments Foley, one of the Aboriginal consultants the Christian community must re- rights, "ill considered and intemperate". Bringing you the most important Church news from Australia and overseas to the WCC team and the Chairman of evaluate their attitude to the problem." • more effective enforcement of racial every two weeks. the Aboriginal Advisory Council of the The statement continued: "The IMAGE OF THE DEAST Churches urged to political action discrimination laws, Become a subscriber now through our special introductory offer: $6 for 12 SEQUEL TO A THIEF IN THE NIGHT ACE:. American Bible Society wishes to state • strengthening the Aboriginal legal that it completely disassociates itself from months' issues (Normal Subscription $10). Theological Students $4. AND DISTANT THUNDER Canon Buttres, Chairman Australian "We must give higher priority to the A dramatic action story, saturated with Scriptural retef service, the remarks made by Dr. Bratcher on that Board of Missions was asked how soon preservation of real people who have lost ences, dealing with Bible prophecy of the "end times" • increased funding for Aboriginal- occasion," adding that Bratcher's remarks and the coming Great Tribulation revealed in the book would this happen. "I can't say. I suppose much because of white greed, and who The Australian controlled health services, "violated one of the Society's basic of Revelation. in a couple of years. The legal machinery have much to give to the Australian CHILTItCH Many events of recent headlines closely parallel culture. Churches are urged to support • urgent extension of Aboriginal housing rules". of the church is slow. The ACC cannot do prophecies of the Scriptures, making this an extremely them in political action;' said Canon That rule, in effect "from the day of its timely subject. this itself as it is up to its member programmes, churches who are the landowners." Buttres at the press conference. • development of Aboriginal community founding 165 years ago to the present ON THE SAME PROGRAM moment," dictates that the society will RECORD The Church Record asked Bishop John "Christians as a matter of urgency must schools, and the elimination of racist WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE come out on the side of the Aborigines. references to Aborigines in texts for not "engage in theological debate nor Truth and Ht•tory Reid the Chairman of the Social Eptrade 5 It is a credible expression of the love of Australian children of all races, make comment on the doctrinal Responsibilities Committee of the positions of the churches and NAME God in Christ.