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BY SHELDON LOUTHAN AND GRANT MARTIN

People are both born and made within a structure as old as under construction or reconstruction-repaired, but seldom Adam and Eve-the family. The Scriptures indicate this was junked. Ideally, a family in this view weaves the personalities God's design for peopling the earth! This was to proceed of its members and the resources generated by the family into through small social units of people related to each other by a work of art.l Many such families form a community, a marriage or by bloodline. state, or a nation. The strength and resiliency of a nation Parents were charged with the responsibility of caring for rest on the bedrock of such family units. their children and providing for their physical, social, intellec­ Unfortunately, the problems of a nation many times stem tual, and spiritual needs. Establishing a family required a man from breakdowns or malfunctions in the family function. As and woman to leave father and mother and commit themselves historians and social scientists have noted, the decline of many to each other. Within this family, food, clothing, and shelter, past cultures has often been preceded by deterioration of a sense of belonging, and the knowledge that someone cared family systems within those nations. were all to be satisfied. Within the family one discovered and developed gifts and abilities with the encouragement and sup­ port of all family members. Adequate individual development also required opportunities to make choices and evaluate the outcomes of those choices. The family provided all these opportunities and more. In most areas of the world this pattern still prevails. Families in our society today are being pressured to change Edith Schaeffer, at a 1975 conference on the family, likened from the patterns described above. Some pressures come the family to a mobile that has a basic form or system but from mistakes or inadequacies passed on from generation to which is constantly changing in response to the currents of generation. What is modeled for children becomes the basis thought and action in the society in which a particular family for patterns and ways of being in their own marriages and the is embedded. Like a mobile, a family is a thing of beauty- homes they establish. Also, where personal development of either the parents or "Toward Better Families" is the introduction to a book by the same children takes precedence in a family, others may be deprived name just released (Barclay Press, $4.95 ). Each author has his Ph.D. of fulfillment. in psychology and is a leader in his Friends church. Dr. Louthan Career mobility-being willing to move to improve one's assumes direction of the Friends Center on Family Living at Friends University on July I after 13 years at George Fox College. Dr. Martin career position-adds still other pressures and requires chang­ is in private practice at Seattle in individual, marriage, and family ing communities, friends, schools, and all the other basic rela­ counseling, and serves Christian counseling agencies and churches. tionships established in putting down roots. Where both JUNE 1976 3

parents work, patterns are required that include day care or after-school care of children, special arrangements when chil­ dren are ill, and many other services or modifications. Fewer adults are willing today to forego satisfaction of personal pleasures for the sake of their children. Consequently, a society that once had many laws that restricted the range of indulgent activities available to the general population now appears at times to sanction any moral or social patterns that do not have serious, immediate, and crippling effects on others. The hedonistic currents are running strong and are producing tremendous pressures for change. In recent years these pressures have produced experiments and changes involving alternate forms of marriage and family structures that have been reported and 9escribed in great detail in the media. At times the historical nuclear family of one husband, one wife, and their children and the extended family have appeared to come off second best (in spite of TV shows like The Waltons!). Not all the changes tried have been im­ provements on earlier structures and procedures; in fact, many have been harmful.

The fallout is emerging The Grant Martin family 2. More conglomerate families: "More than 30% of school age children are living with Exact cause-effect relationships are difficult to trace but parents who have been divorced at least once."3 can be assumed to exist when signs of aggression, debilitation, and a lack of fulfillment of potential rise. These signs are diffi­ 3. More one-parent families: cult to ignore. They include the following as published in the "One sixth of all U.S. children under 18 live in one-parent U.S. News & World Report. families."4 1. Increases in divorce: • In 1960, there were 26 divorces for every 100 marriages. 4. "The 'extended family' ... in which grandparents and other • Today, there are 48 divorces for every 100 marriages. adults once handled many child-rearing duties . . . is fast • By 1990, based on trends, there will be 63 divorces for disappearing . . . ."5 • every 100 marriages. "2 While many parents succeed in the midst of broken mar­ riages to give their children the kind of nurturing attention The Sheldon Louthan family they need, it is obvious many do not. • "At least 1 million young Americans, most of them middle class, run away from home each year. • "Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young Americans between the ages of 15 and 24."6 • "One out of 9 youths ends up in juvenile court by age 18. • "Approximately 10 percent of all school-age children have moderate to severe mental and emotional troubles."7 The personal devastation described above is only part of the total loss sustained by our society. When one estimates the unfulfilled potential going to waste, the true costs of current trends in family life are greatly increased. Atlanta psychiatrist Alfred A. Messer is quoted in the same U.S. News & World Report article, "I guess I've seen in the last two years a hun­ dred teen-agers who want to make music their career. You ask them if they want to take music, and they say 'No.' They just want to listen ...." "I've heard of 1,000 books not written, 1,000 sculptures not created, pictures not painted. I'm flooded with people who have tremendous aspirations but very little discipline being directed toward achieving a goal."S (Continued on page 4) 4 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

The words of Isaiah 58:6-12 are a ringing call to action: Major issues "No, the kind of fast I want is that you stop oppressing those who work for you and treat them fairly and give them facing families today what they earn. I want you to share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are A recent survey of issues Christian families face identifies helpless, poor and destitute. Clothe those who are cold major factors that produce the negative results summarized and don't hide from relatives who need your help. If you above. Christian college professors of marriage and family do these things, God will shed his own glorious light upon courses were asked to identify the major issues facing families you. He will heal you; your godliness will lead you for­ today and those they anticipate in the future. Four issues were ward, and goodness wall be a shield before you, and the mentioned most frequently: glory of the Lord will protect you from behind. Then, when you call, the Lord will answer. 'Yes, I am here,' he 1. Role confusion will quickly reply. All you need to do is to stop oppressing Communication barriers, differences between family and in­ the weak, and to stop making false accusations and spread­ dividual expectations, and changes in patterns when parents ing vicious rumors! both work produce uncertainties in role expectations for "Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your parents and children. light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day. And the Lord will 2. Human sexuality guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, The so-called sexual revolution with trends toward open and keep you healthy too; and you will be like a well­ marriages, cohabitation outside of marriage, and the homo­ watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. Your sons will sexual style of living represent fundamental departures from rebuild the long-deserted ruins of your cities, and you will the Christian family model that threaten the very existence be known as 'The People Who Rebuild Their Walls and of the family. Cities.' "10 3. Moral education in Christian values With this mandate, the church stands in a unique position of Parents are increasingly in the position of helping their being able to minister to, educate, enrich, and counsel families children face value decisions they never faced in their own and family members without compromising its God-directed adolescence. The need is for application of biblical prin­ mission. We here call for a new approach in planning for ciples to current life situations. families in the church. This approach involves planning of a comprehensive program to include seven content areas directed 4. Divorce toward individuals, children and youth, couples and families. This involves mapping a set of attitudes and values con­ Four major teaching strategies already in use in most churches sistent with Scripture that embrace both the ideal of lasting can become the methods by which such a program can be instituted in any church. This model allows one to plan around marriages and the reality of divorce. content considerations and relate them to target populations and methods of presentation. The issues that will affect Christian families of the future Given the procedures and some of the increasing number include genetic manipulation; alternative styles of Christian of available resources, the pastor, Christian education director, family living (Christian communes, etc.); interracial, interclass, or other church personnel can more efficiently implement pro­ intervalue marriages; and helping individuals who have been grams that strengthen the family unit and increase the spiritual damaged by manipulation.9 growth of each family member. ~ To remedy these problems requires programs and resources to provide education for couples and parents, substitute homes REFERENCES and remedial developmental experiences for children and 1. Schaeffer, Edith, "What Is a Family," paper presented at young people, and a wide range of social, spiritual, health, and St. Louis, Missouri, Continental Congress on the Family maintenance services for senior citizens. When the model used October 14, 1975. for such programs is secular, it often lacks staff with a sense of 2. Special section, "THE AMERICAN FAMILY: Can It mission or dedication to the task of healing broken personali­ Survive Today's Shocks," U.S. News & World Report, ties, broken relationships, broken families. Also, state and October 27, 1975, p. 32. federal laws actually prohibit or place serious restraints on any 3. Ibid, p. 41 spiritual dimension being included in the program. To suggest 4. Ibid, p. 41 that God has a plan for every life and that God is working to 5. Ibid, p. 41 reach people through the very problems they are experiencing 6. Ibid, p. 41 or to suggest that commitment to God and yielding to His 7. Ibid, p. 41 guidance and direction brings healing, health, and prosperity is 8. Ibid, p. 42 either difficult or impossible in most secular programs. The 9. McKenna, David L., "Deflating Myths Without Destroying best programs are those where there is freedom to minister to Ideals," Universitas, Vol. IV, No. 2, November 1975, pp. the total person. In our view the evangelical churches of this 10-12. nation are best equipped both with tl:e message and with people 10. The Living Bible, copyright 1971 by Tyndale House Pub­ with gifts and concerns to meet these needs in our society. lishers, Wheaton, Illinois. Used by permission. JUNE 1976 5

SHELDON LOUTHAN TOWARD COVER and GRANT MARTIN BETTER FAMILIES The family. What's happening to this historic 2 bulwark of American life? An up-to-date picture begins on page 2. (Photo by Vince RETA STUART FRIENDS HAVE Corbin, Seattle) 6 DONE IT AGAIN ANTECEDENTS While we may have tired of the constant em­ phasis on "that's the way it was," we have a RICHARD FOSTER BEING A CHRISTIAN right to be proud that the governmental in­ IN THE AMERICAN stitution called the United States of America 8 BICENTENNIAL has passed the test of 200 years. In spite of gross weaknesses, the system works. In­ CARL E. CUTHRELL dividuals can make a difference. Big govern­ CHRISTIAN ment can be made to listen. The incessant PATRIOTISM: probing by America's common people can 10 keep their servants honest. WHAT IS IT? In the midst of this celebration of our JACK L. WI LLCUTS EDITORIALS government's 200 years, however, an even more important God-ordained institution­ the family-is failing the test of time. Shel­ 12 don Louthan and Grant Martin give us a glimpse of this structure's status in our fea­ GERALD I. TEAGUE IS THE CHURCH ture article "Toward Better Families." They contend the downward trend can be re­ FULFILLING versed, that evangelical churches stand in a 33 ITS MISSION? unique position to minister to a variety of family needs. "Toward Better Families" is also the title of a new book written by these REGULAR FEATURES two Friends psychologists and designed to assess the needs of families and to structure The Face of the World 13/ Friends Write 14/ What's New 15/ Books 16/ programs to meet those needs. First Day News 17/ Over the Teacup 21/ Meeting Life's Crises 22/ The family, our government (pages 8-11) Once upon a Time 23/ Superintendent's Page 24/ Friends Concerns 25/ -institutions receiving· close scrutiny in this Friends Gather 28/ Friends Record 32 Evangelical Friend-are only two of many subjects worthy of our reading this month. -H.T.A.

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sociology, in relation to principles of Christian communication. Missionaries who had been in Burundi some twenty to thirty years began to realize the impor­ tance of such study and wished they had been exposed much earlier in their mis­ sionary career, or preferably prior to it. They said, "If only we'd known this sooner, how much more effectively we could have served all these years and how friends . much less frustrated we'd have been!" obstacles overcome haveIll done1t As is often the case with innovations, there was some skepticism about the merit of a communications seminar. aga1n "After all, doesn't the Holy Spirit enable us to do His work, and is it really spiri­ tual to study the sciences of human be­ havior in order to sharpen one's tools as a Christian worker? Shouldn't we just pray more? ... Since the whole field is so complex and new even to missionaries, how on earth could we invite Africans to BY RETA STUART participate? It will be about all we our­ selves can do to understand certain Yes, Friends have introduced another in­ England, Finland, Zaire, and the United theories and terms, let alone relay them novation* in Burundi mission strategy States, representing Conservative Bap­ clearly in another language where techni­ with a seminar on "Cross-cultural Com­ tists, Free Methodists, World Gospel cal terms (multi-individual mutually in­ munication" held January 21-24, 1976, in Mission, Danish Baptists, Child Evan­ terdependent, for instance) are scarce. Bujumbura at Child Evangelism facilities. gelism, Friends, Plymouth Brethren, . . . And it's ticklish to discuss cultural But if Friends often initiate new methods Episcopalians, Pentecostals, and Seventh­ characteristics publicly; what if our mo­ there, they also usually cooperate with day Adventists. tives were to be misconstrued?" These others to carry them out. Mission-church The original idea for such a seminar were only a few of the questions faced, groups in Burundi are closely linked, grew out of the Burundi Research Report but the Planning Committee doggedly and one group seldom does its own thing as a major strategy proposal that came continued its preparation, although with alone. So when the Friends missionaries from the study, much of which was done some fear and trembling and much invited Dr. Donald K. Smith of Daystar by Friends missionaries. Some mission­ prayer. Communications in Nairobi to hold the aries (3 Friends and 2 from other groups) seminar, they decided to open it to other The day before the seminar was who had attended the six-week Interna­ scheduled to open, Dr. Smith called Protestant groups for the benefit of all. tional Institute of Christian Communica­ The 57 missionaries and Africans who from Nairobi to say that he was delayed tions (IICC) in Nairobi between 1972 two days and might not even get his visa registered ( 44 full-time, 13 part-time) and 1975 had come to understand the were from countries as widely scattered to enter Burundi. Nevertheless it was value of learning more about culture and decided to proceed, using local mission­ as Denmark, Switzerland, Burundi, communication and were anxious to Sweden, Rwanda, Australia, Canada, ary lecturers James Morris of the Friends share it with others. (The first African and Donald Hohensee of World Gospel from Burundi, a Cordac employee, plans Mission, who had recently completed *Some other Friends' "innovations" have to attend the IICC in Nairobi this year, been: Kibimba Normal School, Radio graduate studies in Interpersonal Com­ and the seminar was valuable orientation munication at Wheaton College and in Cordac, School for Missionaries' Chil­ for his further study.) dren, and Kwibuka Garage, all of which Church Growth at Fuller Seminary, are now either cooperative endeavors or At IICC we studied some of the be­ respectively. Then there were unfore­ serve all mission-church groups. havioral sciences, as anthropology and seen technical problems with audio equip- JUNE 1976 7

ment set up by Radio Cordac personnel cation, its nature, and ways true commu­ tation are unending! How serious, then, for simultaneous interpretation of lec­ nication is effected. He presented various communication becomes when the eternal tures in Kirundi for African participants. models of communication, with em­ destiny of men is at stake! Yet obstacles were overcome; Dr. phasis on Engel's model of Spiritual Culture has a lot to do with the way Smith arrived (late but soon enough to Decision. Then he related culture to we communicate. For example, in some deliver his lectures), and things went communication and made some state­ cultures it is not considered polite to look smoothly in an attentive atmosphere ments that perhaps only Burundi mission­ someone directly in the eye (as Western­ rather than with the potential friction aries can fully appreciate, as "The ers do) when speaking to him. In fact, some had anticipated. In the end there Barundi love to talk . . . but we white it's considered dishonest because obvious­ was appreciative response to subjects people love to talk even more," and "In ly you're trying to detract his attention presented and unanimous approval to Kirundi 'Inama' (committee, council, or from something else you don't want him hold a seminar next year, with more counsel) is almost the same as 'Imana' to see. Yet how often a Westerner has special emphasis on Kirundi culture, (God)." Other remarks worth remem­ wrongly sized up a person as dishonest beyond the basics of cross-cultural com­ bering-"You can lead a horse to water because he avoided direct eye contact munication that highlighted this first but you can't make him drink," "We while speaking. And how many times seminar. need to scratch where people itch," and has someone of another culture wonder­ "It's more difficult to raise a child than ed what the Westerner had to hide by to give birth," which vividly illustrates looking him in the eye so brazenly! that you cannot force people to make In many African countries generally decisions for Christ; you must meet one does not approach a matter directly; subjects needs people feel, and we should put one takes the circular route and gets more effort on post-decision training in there eventually, perhaps. How many studied our churches. missionaries have walked out of an ex­ AA Mr. Morris also taught that contrary hausting ali-day business meeting in to what many have long believed the despair and headed for the nearest aspirin mass media are primarily means of proc­ bottle because African church leaders In the opening two lectures, Donald lamation, not persuasion. Each medium just wouldn't come to the point? (And Hohensee spoke on church growth, which has its own role and should be used for the Africans were turned off by the white is the ultimate goal of Christian com­ the purpose best suited to it. Those in­ man's blunt directness!) munication. Mr. Hohensee first dealt volved in one area or another should When one becomes aware of cultural with general principles of church growth stop thinking of themselves as of just one differences and the rationale behind and then illustrated these with his mas­ medium, but as "multiple-media strate­ them, it makes for more harmonious re­ ter's thesis on Church Growth in Burun­ gists." He pointed out that interpersonal lations with people of other cultures. di, relating Kirundi culture to the local communication is most effective in per­ True, o.ne can learn much through ex­ growth of the church. Out of his suasion and that all missionaries, even perien"ce, and Christian grace does help thorough and perceptive study, which those in mass media or institutional work, immeasurably, but intelligent study can covered all churches, Protestant as well should cultivate this skill in order to win do much, too, to improve mutual under­ as Catholic, he showed some weaknesses people to Christ. standing and appreciation and aid com­ and strengths of the past and outlined munication across cultural barriers. These eight suggestions for future strategy. Dr. Smith's lectures concentrated on examples underline the importance of Briefly stated, the suggestions are ( 1) cross-cultural communication. He spoke understanding culture and of how to emphasize optimism, planning, and work, of the nature of culture and how com­ communicate cross-culturally, as mission­ ( 2) plant new churches, ( 3) leave the munication flows within society, of atti­ aries must do. one-to-one approach for "people move­ tudes and beliefs of a people, of steps in ments," ( 4) revise methods of accepting decision making, and of culture change. church members, ( 5) reach men, ( 6) His teaching was helpful on ways to plant pygmy congregations, (7) train study culture and led to greater apprecia­ church planters, (8) create an atmosphere tion of cultural differences. challenge of excitement, fun, and expectancy in our Why study cross-cultural communica­ churches. It is interesting to note that tion, anyway? Well, if you've ever had considered both Mr. Hohensee's study and the any problems communicating to someone Burundi Research Report, done about the (would you believe . . . your mate or same time but entirely independently, best friend?) in your own language and came to the same conclusions that Chris­ culture, then multiply those problems X While some missionary anthropologists tian communication in Burundi must times and you'll have a little idea how feel effective cross-cultural communica­ concentrate on teaching more clearly the complicated it can get. To top it off, ver­ tion is virtually impossible, at the World nature of God and should stress the bal language is only one of eleven sys­ Congress on Evangelization held at Barundi making group decisions for tems of communication, so even if you Lausanne in 1974, it was stressed that Christ. use the right words a wrong signal other­ to fulfill the great commission, "E-3 James Morris, the next speaker, wise could garble the message. Possibili­ Evangelism" (i.e., evangelism by those of brought out the importance of communi- ties for distortion, error, and misinterpre- one culture to those in another culture in 8 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

a foreign language) is essential, however difficult it may be. Further, the place of culture in evangelism is treated in Article Being a Christian 10 of the Lausanne Covenant as follows: "The development of strategies for in the world evangelization calls for imaginative pioneering methods. Under God, the result will be the rise of churches deeply American rooted in Christ and closely related to their culture. Culture must always be tested by Scripture. Because man is God's Bicentennial creature, some of his culture is rich in beauty and goodness. Because he has fallen, all of it is tainted with sin and some of it is demonic. The Gospel does not presuppose the superiority of any cul­ ture over another, but evaluates all cul­ tures according to its own criteria of truth and righteousness, and insists on moral absolutes in every culture. Mis­ sions have all too frequently exported with the Gospel an alien culture, and churches have sometimes been in bon­ dage to culture rather than to the Scrip­ tures. Christ's evangelists must humbly seek to empty themselves of all but their personal authenticity in order to become the servants of others, and churches must seek to transform and enrich cul­ ture, all for the glory of God." It was with this challenge in mind that Friends and others in Burundi met to study seriously how to improve commu­ nication of the Gospel in Kirundi culture. This type of effort for more knowledge does not preclude the spiritual aspect of communicating God's truth. Without the Holy Spirit and His power, spiritual truth cannot be relayed, and actual regenera­ tion comes only through the agency of BY RICHARD J. FosTER God's Spirit. But the God who made Richard J. Foster is a member of the CENTRAL TASK of the prophetic men's hearts and souls to respond to him­ pastoral team at Newberg, Oregon, ministry is to warn of idolatry. self also gave them minds and the ability Friends Church. Though sharing A Idol worship is as real a danger to learn. Knowledge and wisdom come somewhat different views, this and the in 1976 as it was among Canaanite Baal from God, who is omniscient, and when f0llowing article were written worshipers. God's Word must be spoken used under His guidance can glorify Him independently and were selected by as clearly now as ever, "You shall have and further His divine purpose. the editors to stimulate a broader no other gods before me." Granted the understanding of the American citizen's Surely the enormity and urgency of the idols are different and we dance around task facing the Church of Jesus Christ responsibility during this bicentennial year and beyond. different fires, but they are just as real call for us by His Spirit to utilize wisely and just as demonic: all valid information at our disposal. ~ There are many idols in contemporary pagan America: Reta Stuart is a missionary to Burundi, Racism-the hideous idol by which we Africa, under Kansas Yearly Meeting value or devalue people on the basis of of Friends. She has been active in their race. communication and Christian education Sexism-the demonic idol that makes facets of mission work, often us value or devalue human beings on the cooperating with other mission agencies. basis of their sex. Consumerism-the dehumanizing idol by which we value or devalue people on the basis of their ability to produce or to own. JUNE 1976 9

But perhaps the most dangerous of all And it is this god of civil religion that and nations and tribes will refuse to American idolatries is nationalism-dan­ I view as one of the most dangerous and believe that God is a tribal God, or that gerous precisely because it feels so good demonic forces in America today. It is any one nation is His chosen nation. and looks so religious. Because this is the the enemy of biblical faith and worship No earthly kingdom is God's kingdom. bicentennial year, nationalism is one of of the true God. It uses biblical language No human war is a holy war. the most important issues for Christians to span an idolatrous faith. No ethnic people is God's chosen people. to deal with. Always the end result of civil religion All humankind stand equally in need of First it must be understood that the is to pronounce a benediction upon na­ repentance, forgiveness, grace, love, subject is not simple. There is good and tional policy. It gives religious respecta­ and the mercy of God. bad nationalism. There are legitimate bility to any and all political acts. It aspects of nationalism-especially in the wraps the Bible in the flag. Often the AND FOR THIS YEAR •.. new surge of nationalism in the third churches have borrowed so freely from In order to be as helpful as possible, I world countries. It is good for a Chicano American civil religion and national would like to make some practical sug- to identify from whence he came. "Black mythology that for many, Christianity is is beautiful" is a good and right· state­ indistinguishable from Americanism. ment. The Red man and woman should Sociologist Will Herberg says that Ameri­ be able to discover their roots from their cans by and large have a common reli­ early American forefathers. gion called "The American Way of Life." Nationalism becomes evil- demon John Lapp adds "The American way of possessed-when it becomes exclusive life freely uses the term god. But this . . . when it says we are better than god is a mere concept never defined and other people because of who we are. A certainly not linked to Jesus. This central point in the Tower of Babel story amorphous theology was best expressed in the Old Testament is that nationalism by President Eisenhower who noted that is part of the fallen nature. Once na­ 'our government makes no sense unless it tionalism turns demonic, it becomes the is founded in a deeply-felt religious faith justifier of the evil chanted in our -and I don't care what it is."' slogans: Did you know that in the Pentagon gestions of things a Christian can do to "If you're white, you're all right. today there is a picture hanging in the bear witness to his biblical faith during If you're brown, you can stick around. corridor showing an American military this bicentennial year. If you're black, stand back. officer and his family kneeling at an altar 1. Always commend the government, If you're red, you're better dead." in the chapel with large stained-glass whether local or national, whenever it windows looming behind? The stained­ provides justice for all people alike. glass windows depict American planes Nationalism becomes idolatry when its 2. Never be so completely identified dropping bombs on the enemy. The in­ evil purposes are given religious justifica­ with any nation/ state that you cannot scription in bold letters underneath are tion; it becomes a new religion. Arnold speak out against its evils. That is what taken from Isaiah and read: "'Whom Toynbee said, "Today Nationalism is happened in Nazi Germany. The church shall I send, and who will go for us?' ... about 90% of the religion of about 90% had become so identified with Hitler's '[Lord,] here am I, Send me!'" of mankind." Senator Mark Hatfield of three-point program of nationalism, law Oregon saw the issue clearly in his ad­ Did you know that Lyndon Johnson and order, and anticommunism that it dress at the 197 5 National Prayer Break­ proposed the building of a monument to was unable to speak out against its evils. fast. He warned: God? He reasoned that we have monu­ 3. Be absolutely clear that the supreme "My Brothers and Sisters: As we ments to Jefferson, Lincoln, and other lordship of Christ and His kingdom gather at this prayer breakfast let us great men, certainly it would be appropri­ supersedes all national loyalties. beware of the real danger of misplaced ate in this religious nation to have a 4. Refuse to participate in the blas­ allegiance, if not outright idolatry, to the monument honoring God! Congress turn­ phemous intertribal wars of the little tin extent we fail to distinguish between the ed down the request, but if it had been gods of our modern nation/states. god of an American civil religion and built perhaps they could have titled it 5. Beware lest the glorification of the the God who reveals himself in the Holy "Monument to the Unknown God." nation's birth in war leads you to glorify Scriptures and in Jesus Christ. There are really two faiths struggling the sin of war itself. Many people will "If we as leaders appeal to the god of for the allegiance of the American peo­ visit Valley Forge this year; why don't civil religion, our faith is in a small and ple. One of these is a little deity bound you visit Wounded Knee or German­ exclusive deity, a loyal spiritual advisor up with the American nation; the other town? to power and prestige, a defender of is the biblical God revealed in Jesus 6. Encourage and pray for your pastor only the American nation, the object of a national folk religion devoid of moral Christ. The God of Jesus demands both as he/ she prepares for whatever special content. But if we pray to the biblical repentance and justice-words not found bicentennial observances may be held in God of justice and righteousness, we in civil religion. your church. Tremendous pressures will fall under God's judgment for calling Christians who confess that God has be upon many pastors to make such wor­ upon his name, but failing to obey his come among us in Jesus, who believe that ship services a glorification of civil reli­ commands." He is Lord of all peoples and tongues gion. There will be pressure upon the 10 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

pastor to invoke God's blessings and pronounce benedictions over the nation's activities regardless of whether they are Christian Patriotism: good or evil. 7. Learn to pray for the healing of the nations. One way to begin is to choose What one nation at a time for a particular prayer objective. Make in your mind a picture of the nation as you would have Is it be, so that it may best further the establishment of peace. For example, visualize an aggressor nation shrinking It? back in her borders and sending out into the world little golden arrows of trade and commerce and financial cooperation. Then narrow down your prayers and point them into the minds of those per­ sons most powerful in bringing into being the picture you have seen. One by one bless the leaders of those nations. (In this way the newspaper becomes a daily prayer sheet.) Hold them up into the light of God's love and send the love of Christ into their minds. Dwell upon the broken bits of good qualities that they are already demonstrating, such as love of their own people or wisdom or shrewdness or ambition, all of which can be good qualities if rightly used. Bless these qualities and pray that through the BY CARL E. CuTHRELL love of Christ they may be used and deepened and expanded to become love HE FORMAL 1976 Bicentennial economic thinking among the nation's of all people, ambition for world pros­ ~elebration of our independence youth who are being exposed to higher perity, and wisdom and shrewdness in T IS upon us. education. The results of the survey have attaining the same. Pray that the Holy During this time of special national been published by the United States Spirit of God will accomplish this both significance, it would be well for Chris­ Junior Chamber of Commerce. Among directly, by overshadowing and entering tians to examine their patriotism in the the results are these; their minds, and indirectly by sending light of our Christian obligations. Eighty-four percent of those polled them good and wise advisers. Then give Christians today, who are involved in think that patriotism is not vital nor does thanks that this is being done. more and more complex social interrela­ it play an important part in our lives. 8. Work for the good of all people tionships, are not sure just what is ex­ Seventy-one percent of those polled do not believe that an accused person has alike. Seek justice for everyone. Dis­ pected of them as patriots. cover in your community the issues that the right to face his accuser. In observance of the two-hundredth Forty-one percent do not believe in need to be spoken to. In Newberg where anniversary of our country, perhaps it the freedom of the press. I live, we recently succeeded in voting would be well to reevaluate the respon­ Forty percent would deny certain in public kindergarten. Many of us work­ sibility of the Christian as a patriot. groups the right to assemble peacefully. ed for it because it was a moral issue­ Concern Magazine, May 1, 1967, Thirty-four percent believe that cer­ i.e., the present system of private kinder­ tain persons should be denied the right garten discriminated against the poor. made a survey in several leading colleges of free speech. The aim of God in history-through to determine the trend of political and Some of us may wonder what this has the redemptive work of Christ-is the to do with religion. But we must remem­ creation of an all-inclusive community of Carl E. Cuthrell is pastor of the Rescue ber that everyone of those precious loving persons, with himself included in Friends Church near Newport News, democratic rights came out of the suffer­ that community as its prime sustainer Virginia, part of the Evangelical Friends ing and martyrdom of many individuals and most glorious inhabitant. The be­ Church-Eastern Region. Carl Cuthrell and Christians in particular. Until men is a graduate of the College of William liever, having entered into this divine and Mary and received an M.A. from have spiritual freedom, they have no po­ community, can never again go back to Sussex College, England. In addition litical or economic freedom. Christ died the idols of the modern nation/states. to his pastorate, he is chairman at the hands of those who denied Him He must confess there is neither Jew nor of the History and Modern Language the right of free speech. His followers Greek, bond nor free, male or female, Department at Central Christian High were denied the right of peaceful as­ for we are all one in Christ Jesus! rn School in Hampton, Virginia. sembly. Thousands died without the JUNE 1976 11

right to face their accusers and defend ments are ordained of God and are not It is our country, "right or wrong," but themselves; more thousands died for evil in themselves, but governments are we have to work hard all the time to teaching that higher patriotism which put evil or become evil because the men who make it right. God above Caesar. control them become evil. All govern­ The Christian patriot must ever keep By not exercising the "freedoms" that ments have the same responsibilities, and in mind just what it is that makes we enjoy, the Christian casts his vote for if they do not carry out these respon­ America unique and what it is that is the the extermination of these freedoms and sibilities they are to be considered bad central reality that has shaped the very a life of bondage both spiritually and governments in the degree to which they being of this country. politically. do not carry out God's commandments America began its life where the Bible The understanding and expression of concerning the major functions of gov­ begins its story. The first words of the patriotism should be a settled fact in the ernment as found in Romans 13. A dic­ Bible are these: "In the beginning, life of the consecrated Christian. tatorship or oligarchy may be a good God ...." The words written in English An individual who would wish to gain form of government if it does good for over the first instrument of government wisdom and understanding of patriotism, the people it rules and punishes evildoers. used in this land, the Mayflower Com­ as it is expected of a Christian, need We believe that a democracy is the pact, were these: "In the name of God, only turn to God's inspired Word for best form of government, as this form of Amen." God was to be the first cause, instruction. government has best been able to accom- the foundation, the source of all that According to the Bible, there can never followed. Faith in God was the promise be a true separation of church and state, and presupposition for all that came as both are interdependent on the other. thereafter. Apart from faith in God, God is the origin of all power, and the American life has no meaning. Our ideals supreme power of the universe. He dele­ are religious ideals; our standards, reli­ gates authority to whomsoever He will; gious standards; our goals, religious goals. and though in many cases the ruler or God in the most vivid sense has been the leader of the government may not be of heart and center of our existence in God, yet the civil government is of Him. America. If there were no civil government, there In a period of history when a noisy could be no society, no security, no pri­ minority would deny and destroy our vate property; all would be confusion heritage, there is a crucial need for every and anarchy. Christian who cherishes our national The Bible, as God's inspired Word, is heritage to stand up and be counted clear in its statements concerning the fact plish the twin purposes of God, in rela­ for it. that governments are instituted by God tion to the people governed, in the case The true Christian patriot is as willing and that men are to be obedient to them of our own nation. to live sacrificially for his country as he (Romans 13: 1-3). In Romans 13:4, God True patriotism as well as Christian is to die for it. gives two very important tasks to the patriotism does not require that we ap­ Our form of government is based upon governments that He has established. prove of everything men do, American the value of each individual citizen. The First, God expects governments to do or otherwise. It does not necessarily Declaration of Indepednece states that good for the people they rule, and sec­ mean that we approve of everything our each citizen has received the inalienable ond, God gives these governments the government does. Americans can admit right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of responsibility to punish evil. These two their mistakes because there is a standard happiness from the Creator. We believe responsibilities are so important that as that calls them to practice the highest that our constitution gives our people the they are carried out, they become the kind of political and social morality-a "dignity" and the rights, the freedom, very nature of government itself. morality that is based upon the funda­ and the opportunity that God intended We are beset on all sides by different mental idea that all men are created us to have. forms of government, and many times it equal in the sight of God and the law. Christian patriotism is important to us, may leave the Christian in a state of con­ Christian patriotism should express a love as God has made us in America stewards fusion as to what governments are best of country that is guided by ideals of of the choice gift of representative form serving the commands of God and ful­ morality as set down in the Holy Scrip­ of government. We as Christians should filling the responsibilities of government tures. ever be guardians of the gift we have. as God so ordained them. The individual, Commodore Stephen Decatur, the hero If the Federal Republic, the form of after considering all the varied major of Tripoli, once made the statement, government under which we live, is to forms of government-theocracy, mon­ "Our country . . . may she always be continue to be the best form of govern­ archy, oligarchy, democracy, and dicta­ right, but our country, right or wrong." ment, we must keep and urge others to torship-may well ask himself, "Which Our country may be wrong in many keep the pledge of loyalty, faithfulness, one is actually the best form of govern­ things but we are still to love it and care and obedience to our nation. ment?" To answer this question, we for it as our Father in heaven loves us. A good question for the Christian to would have to say, "The government that When our country is wrong, then we ask himself is whether or not we are do­ governs best; the one that is the best must do all in our power to help it to go ing our share as citizens and as Christian servant of God for good and bears the straight again. It may be wrong, but we patriots to see that our nation provides sword to punish evildoers." All govern- love it and try to make up for its wrongs. "liberty and justice under God." ~ 12 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

and sensitivity to life. This kind of celebration may actually replenish our lost enthusiasm. Senator Hart of Michigan put it provocatively when he said: "If the Church fails to call the political, the economic, and the military interests of the country into question, we will be consumed by our own greed . . . I believe there is more to Christianity than heaven and hell. We. must deal with how we can live here on earth ... Christian faith has something to say BY JACK L. WILLCUTS to the problems we face. I am responsible for my brothers and sisters, not only here but around the world." And William Penn? He called his vision a "Holy Experiment" A Million Dollar Move quite awhile before 1776. "Let us try then what love can Among the bicentennial statistics I came across this item: do," and· he did. And it worked for 70 years until a "It took a million dollars to move the Liberty Bell new generation forgot to love. His was the only proven, 500 yards and build a new house for it." (Conversations, workable answer to the "Indian problem"; his treaty was Concerns and Challenges, February 1976 Bulletin) never broken, nor signed either (only promised with a Philadelphia is one of the focal points of the country's handshake), but trust was there. One wonders what our nation bicentennial celebration; Friends there are also working and the world would be like if every colonist had used his overtime to be good hosts for the influx of visitors who will gun only for game, had taught and treated honestly the want, perhaps, to check out William Penn memorabilia. relatively few Indians in America? We'll never know, but While in Philadelphia, I wonder if the visitors will also see we can celebrate the love of Christ in the use of our the ghettos there, said to be the worst in the country. freedoms given by God again to "try what love can do." North Philadelphia is mile after mile of abandoned houses, It's worth a try. ffi broken glass, overflowing trash cans. Every morning at five, rickety busses pick up a few of the unemployed waiting on street corners, taking them to South Jersey to work in 'The Remembrancer ..•' the field for the day. The only colors seen this summer around that part of town are the red, white, and blue Liberty A Quaker classic almost a hundred years old (1878) is Bell emblem stickers and the army recruitment posters. Dougan Clark's The Offices of the Holy Spirit. It should be A celebration year, but who is celebrating? And what for? required reading about once a year for everyone in the Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness-what can these meeting. This tender-hearted physician who taught theology people buy with them? The first reaction of many of us, even too as well as pastoring and witnessing in many places, has those within the meeting, is "those lazy bums, why don't in his book a chapter titled, "Indwelt by the Spirit." they get off welfare and succeed like we do?"-an assumption "What does the Holy Spirit do in the heart of the believer apparently made also by even the disciples about the man with whom He abides forever?" Dougan Clark patiently at the gate of the Temple begging, and by the general explains that "the first office that the Saviour designates religious community for thirty-eight years about the man as belonging to the abiding Holy Spirit is that of Teacher beside Bethesda Pool: '"Would you like to get well?' and Remembrancer." "He shall teach you all things, and [Jesus asked him] 'I can't,' the sick man said, 'for I have no bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have one to help me ... someone else always gets in ahead said unto you." of me."' (John 5:6, 7) And what are we most likely to forget? "And all thy Wouldn't it be wonderful if Friends this year could again children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the act like Jesus instead of always managing to "get in ahead" peace of thy children." It is good to remember that we of the ones who need someone to help? Maybe the are the children of the Lord. This happens to our benefit, Liberty Bell needed to be moved; I really don't know; but Dougan Clark insists, by the "in-dwelling Spirit." "He I do know a lot of people who could be moved more than may, and often does, teach directly by an impression 500 yards ahead in life with less than a million dollars. communicated either supernaturally or through the ordinary Celebrations are ways of making life become more than daily, operations of the intellect to the understanding; but in a more than ordinary, more than nondescript. They are larger number of instances, perhaps, His teaching is by events that infuse our lives with joy, with hope, and with instrumental means, and these we must neither ignore nor ability to embrace wholeness midst the brokenness of life undervalue." around us. What we may really celebrate is that the Lord And these instruments? "A most important one ... is the is with us yet and in Him there is always a possible new world, Bible ... the Scriptures 'are profitable' for instruction that our trust and obedience in the Spirit relates to in righteousness ...." "Another agency of very great hunger, the arms race, profit, energy, detente, and the importance, which the Holy Spirit employs ... is the ministry destitute if we are willing to put our assessments of faith given to men and women whose calling and qualification are and life in the mix of things. Some wrongs can be righted. to speak to fellow-believers. We should receive with Being followers of the Lord Jesus Christ means a newfound thankfulness . . . the humblest instrument whom the Spirit respectability, not of plenty and plushness, but of poise condescends to employ." IT:

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live of these event pro id es little of the ol n's fail ing , of which a ll of u may human dimension of people facing a need to repent at time ·: cri is. " Jf ou had your faith in God, and if Recently I was discus ing Col on's your cause were just, He would have book with several people, all of whom guided you. And His help would have had read the book and were very favor­ been a tho u a nd times mo re powerful ably impre ed with it. They spoke of than a ll o ur phony ad and hady minor detail in the book, indicating how cheme put together." carefully they had read it and what an That kind of prophetic me age i very Charle Colson, Born Again, Chosen impres ion it had made. Some of the much needed today and makes it well Book , $8.95. highlight of the book will remain vividly worthwhile for the reader to relive ome lf anyone has had to deal with keptici m in my mind for a long time: Col on's en­ of the depre ing and agonizing experi­ and doubt about the genuineness of hi counter with Tom Phillips, a " gentle" ences of W atergate. -Lon Fendall experience with Chri t, it i Charle Col­ and genuine Chri tian ; Col on' fir t re pon c to C hri t, out ide the Phillips son. Even while J was reading his book, Jill Bri coe, There's a Snake in My Gar­ home-alone with himself, his emotions, Born Again, I heard someone expre s hi den, Zondervan Publishing House, 143 and the Holy Spirit; and Doug Coe' fir t di dain for the pre umed opportuni m pages, $4.95. and hallowne s of Col on' conversion isi t with Col on to offer acceptance, fel­ as described in hi book. I think the low hip, and help. Other memorable The ub tance of the twenty-two hort doubter had not read the book, for Col- epi ode in the book are Col on' he itant chapter is fre h from the practical ex­ on's account, when read with any open­ meeting with hi former enemy, Senator periences of the author. Jill Bri coe i a ne at a ll , comes through a a very H arold Hughes, who in hearing Colson's young Engli h woman now li ving in the believable and moving tory of a journey testimony literally accepted him with U.S. with her mini ter hu band and from piritual emptines through the open arm ; and Col on' many meetings young family. The ten yea r before her early stages of C hristian infancy. with men from the Congress who had marriage were fill ed with three years as nothing to gain in a ociating with him a public school teacher, plu ervice as a The value of Born Again is not a a but everything to gi ve him, in the form of youth club leader, and director of a ource book on the Watergate episode or love, acceptance, counsel, and help. nur ery chool. in glimpsing the enigmatic Richard Nixon from another angle. There are other Many other epi odes stand out in the The devil receives hi · due in each books that do thi more effectively. In book to develop its ma in theme-the garden experience of li ving. As he faced fact, the book is weake t in it descrip­ spiritual ody ey of a per on coming to public life, her piritual strength was tion of the Watergate pro ecutions, prob­ C hri t, not because of the need to escape con tantly te ted. The Bible proved to be ably becau e Colson had an abundance conviction or to re tore hi public image, th e best coun el for meeting difficult of source material in the form of a crap­ but becau e of personal emptiness and human and tempting ituation . deep need. A compelling ubtheme is book of new clipping on the e ent in A chapter each day ga e the book a Colson' awakening to a Christia n mini - which he had been invol ed. Hi narra- go d approach. Jill Bri coe i an hone t try o f service and witnes to pri oner . person, and her reader · can easily iden­ Thi vocation should not eem unusual to tify with her. - Pauline Casado Quaker , with their hi torical interc t in prison work, but unfortunately th at type ff~JttM of ervice i not very common today. Be s Bulgin. Wise and Otherwise, private­ Book Store Perhaps we have overlooked Chri t' Ly published by The Barclay Pre , 1975, de ription of the judgment day in Mat­ 0 pages, paperback, $3 .00. Serving Evangelical Friends with thew 25, in which He included mini ter­ the best in Evangelical Li terature ing to tho e in prison a one of fiv e Be Bulgin is well-known in many part of Quakerdom a mu ician, Bible tu­ A full service Christian example of hri tian obedience and ser­ supply store featuring vice. dent, teacher. and with her hu band , Dr. Cambridge and World Ellwood J. Bulgin, for her ear in evan­ Bibles, books from major Col on' book ha a great deal to say geli tic work. evangelical publishers, to fellow be li e ers. A he reminds u in George Fox Press Sunday School literature, gifts the preface, the tory of Watergate i the As the title suggc t , this collection of and supplies for account of ordinary peopl e who suc­ pro e poems i varied, with the wi e and every occasion. cumbed to the temptation to abu e their otherwise o intertwined that there i A service of the power and to practice deceit. Getting rid lightness in the wi se and often wi ·dom Evangelical Friends Church, Eastern Region since 1931 . of one et of leader i no help unle s we in the o therwi e. cc the need for the kind of piritual The re arc poems of familiar Bible transformati n Col on ex perienced. Col­ toric . "There Wa Much Gras There" :#Jlwru/4 on doe not peak of tructural change , tell of the feedi ng of the fi ve thousand. Book Store but undoubtedl y the e are needed a well. Box 176 "The Third D ay" i of the wo men at the Dama cu , O hi o 44619 In the cour e of Tom Phillip ' very empty tomb. low-key witness to Col on he pointed out (Conrinu ed on page 21) JUNE 1976 17 First Day News

QUICK QUAKER COMMENTARY

PAUL AND PHYLLIS CAMMACK go to Mexico City July 1 for a year in missionary service under the Missions Commission of the Evangelical Friends Alliance. The Cammacks served three terms in Bolivia under Northwest Yearly Meeting, where Paul was direc­ tor of the mission farm, Copajira. They then began the Friends Mission work in Peru in 1961. They will replace ROSCOE AND TINA KNIGHT, who return to the U.S. on fur­ lough; the Knights began the EFA Mission work in Mexico in 1969 and do not plan to return to Mexico. Paul and Phyllis Cammack will be working with RICHARD AND MARY ANN MARTENS of Iowa Yearly Meeting. GERALD DILLON, past president of EFA and a professor at Western Evangelical Seminary, will spend six months during his year of sabbatical leave teaching in Korea and Bolivia. His wife Alice and their daughter Susan will accompany him. BILL GRIGGS has resigned his position as campus minister at William Penn Col­ lege, Oskaloosa, Iowa, to pastor the Carmel (Indiana) Friends Church. Former pas­ tor, Wayne Carter, will assume the pastorate of First Friends, Richmond, Indiana. To date the World Relief Commission has sent more than $350,000 to Guatemala. The relief arm of the growing Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (called SHARE CANADA) has committed $50,000. STUART WILLCUTS of Northwest Yearly Meeting leaves June 21 from Washington, D.C., for two months in Bangladesh, Thailand, and India in his role as administrative assistant for the World Relief Commission, NAE's overseas relief program, which is a channel for cooperative action by evangelicals in the event of natural disaster or war, to give emergency support or long-range recovery programs. The Board of Finance and Stewardship of the Evangelical Friends Church--Eastern Region is making available to pastors a bimonthly publication called "Salt." It contains concerns and ideas that will be helpful in the presentation of stewardship messages and programs. EVERETT L. CATTELL will be the guest speaker for the sessions of Northwest Yearly Meeting, July 26 to August 1. Shortly before Bolivian Yearly Meeting met dur1ng Easter week, a heavy hail collapsed the roof of the large tabernacle able to seat up to 5,000 (Aymara style). During this years sessions, however, the weather was clear and warm, allowing meet­ ings to be held out of doors. Last year it rained heavily during all the meetings. DICK AND HELEN CADD are touring the U.S. with a unique group of teenagers, all children of active missionaries in Southeast Asia attending Faith Academy in the Philippines, where the Cadds serve. The group, called "Madri-Gals and Guys," is giving concerts in high schools, colleges, churches, military bases. In 1974 they toured Europe. Dick Cadd was a member of the Four Flats quartet. ESTHER CHOATE of Kansas Yearly Meeting, now in retirement with her husband Ralph in Wichita, will be the speaker at the Northwest Yearly Meeting Women's Missionary Union Retreat in Oregon September 29 to October J. DALE FIELD has resigned his pastorate at South Salem (Oregon) Friends Church to become director of development for Friends Bible College, Haviland, Kansas. He is an alumnus of FBC and has served pastorates in both Kansas and Northwest Yearly meetings. 18 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

From One to Multiplication, a history of the Friends Mission work in Bolivia by former-misSIOnary, IVERNA HIBBS, is now available. Price: $4.50; write Greenleaf, Idaho, Friends Church. A New Fine Arts Auditorium at George Fox College will be named the MILO C. ROSS Center. Ross was president of the college for fifteen years and currently serves as director of the George Fox College Foundation. EUGENE COFFIN will become a member of the staff at the Garden Grove Community Church in California, resigning his pastorate of East Whittier Friends Church. He's the second Quaker to join Robert H. Schuller's ministry in this large congregation. FRIENDS FOCUS FRIENDS INVOLVED IN ALL INDIA CONGRESS ON MISSION AND EVANGELISM Final selection of delegates to the All India Congress on Mission and Evangelism to be held at Devlali (near Bombay), India, next year will include 550 Indian delegates and 50 foreign guests. The event, focusing on India's special role in discipling the nations, is being sponsored by the Evangelical Fellowship of India, which has been under the leadership of Quaker Dr. I. Ben Wati. He is now secretary emeritus of the EFI and a prominent Christian leader of the East.

WILL YOU HAVE A WILL? Seven out of eight Christians leave no will, says Walter Wilhite, executive secre­ tary of Friends Fund, Inc. As a result about 35 percent of the estates of Chris­ tians go unnecessarily into taxes or probate costs. Wilhite views this as one of the greatest gaps in Quaker stewardship now existing.

THE SINGLE ADULT: A CHRISTIAN CONCERN

How many Friends meetings are ministering effectively or making a genuine fellowship for the single adult? The issue is not whether people should or should not divorce. The fact is that people are divorced and will continue to divorce. What do we do as a church to minister to these broken lives? This question is asked in the Evar1geli­ cal Newsletter (May 21, 1976 issue). Eight guidelines for a church program that meets the needs of both the married and unmarried are given: 1. The church must provide channels of healthy relationships for young single per­ sons ( 18-25 ) . 2. The church must reconsider its attitude toward divorced persons. Caring, listening, and sharing insights ... can be helpful. 3. The church must assist all formerly married persons with friendships--regarding finances, decision making, vocational guidance, spiritual nurture in suffering and loneliness. 4. The church must recognize that the presently married can learn much from the formerly married that will enricb their marriages. 5. The church must encourage the presently married persons to accept the responsi­ bility for being the unique couples they are, imperfections as well as good points. 6. The church must recognize that all single adults are not the same or at the same level of personal or spiritual development. 7. The church must recognize that single adults who do participate in the life of the church are to be commended for their efforts (many churches do not have an accepting spirit). 8. The church must recognize the importance of family in the lives of single adults. Single adults begin to relate to the whole family of God if there is a small group of Christian brothers and sisters who help them feel accepted. JUNE 1976 19

MALONE COLLEGE TO HOST QUAKER THEOLOGICAL GROUP

A pretriennial gathering is scheduled on Malone's campus July 12-15 for a Quaker Theological Discussion Group with the theme selected, "The People of God." Kara Cole, a business woman of the Eugene (Oregon) Friends Church, will be one of the lecturers along with Charles Thomas, Pastoral Team l eader of the West Richmond (Indiana) Friends Meeting, and Lewis Benson, author and lecturer.

DALLAS WINNERS

It is now known that more than 500 pastors and spouses were registered at the first National Friends Conference with great blessing and benefit to all. It is also re­ ported that an Inter-Quaker Golf Tournament was part of the conference. Are you curious about the results? The winner is from Ohio, George Primes, with a score of 78; second, Charles Thomas of Richmond, Indiana, with 82; third was Ron Woodward of Newberg, Oregon, with 84; fourth was C. W. Perry of Yorba Linda, California, 85; fifth, Stan Perisho of Denver Friends, 90; Norval Hadley, superintendent of North­ west Yearly Meeting, was sixth with 92, and seventh was Wayne Allman, administrative assistant of Friends United Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. The tournament was a relatively unprogrammed gathering and carried out in dignity and largely in silence. With scores like those, there is not a great deal to speak about.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES NOW--WHERE ARE THEY?

From the World Relief Reporter (WRC Newsletter) comes this update: "On the U.S. mainland, settlement of most of the 84 Vietnamese sponsored by WRC is being done by evangelical Quakers of Northwest Yearly Meeting . . . Heading the program is Rev. Nguyen Van Do in a building made available by Reedwood Friends Church in Portland. There is a center providing counseling in dealing with sponsors, employers, and immigration officials, with classes also in English, American culture, and citizen­ ship. Stuart Willcuts, former WRC field director in Vietnam, assisted in launching the aid program, which is proving so successful." More than a dozen Friends churches are helping in the relocation effort. POTPOURRI VARIOUS VIEWS ON 'INERRANCY'

A new book, The Battle of the Bible, by Harold Lindsell, editor of Christianity Today, is causing much discussion among evangelicals across the U.S. Lindsell be­ lieves there is a serious trend away from faith in an inerrant Bible (without error in the original autographs and infallible in all that it affirms). David Hubbard, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, speaking for another segment of evangeli­ cal Christians, views certain narrow definitions concerning biblical inerrancy or infallibility as "shibboleths" and bound to threaten evangelical unity. He sees Lindsell's book as "inadequate and an unbiblical view of Scripture." This is probably only round one of a debate that will continue in evangelical circles.

GOSPEL RECORDINGS NOW HAS 2,900 LANGUAGES

A recent report from Joy Ridderhof, Quaker founder and leader of Gospel Recordings, Inc., indicates a goal to record Bible stories and basic Christian teaching for every known tribal language and dialect in the world by 1981. They have accom­ plished it now in 3,900 of these languages and dialects and estimate there are 1,600 to go. 20 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

PASTORAL COUNSELING IS DIFFERENT

Pastoral care is a listening and a prophetic ministry, different from counseling done by anybody else. So thinks Christian psychoanalyst, Thomas H. Hicks, as quoted in the Evangelical Newsletter. "The Holy Spirit operates uniquely through 'God­ language'--using it not superficially, but with an authority that comes from one's own involvement with God ... the concepts of psychology are helpful, but they are not a substitute for the Word."

THE 'DEVELOPING' WORLD

About 900 million, nearly one-fourth of the world's population, live in abject poverty-- "a condition of life," says World Bank President McNamara, "so limited by illiteracy, malnutrition ... and low life expectancy as to deny its victims the very potential of the genes with which they are born." Another billion people live near the subsistence level.

TAX RETURNS?

Of all your federal income tax dollars, 38 percent goes for current military expen­ ditures. An additional 9 percent goes for cost of past wars. Write the Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 2nd St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 for documentation of these figures. Ask for "G-15." The same source reports 1977 is not to be the "Year of the Indian." The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget shows a net decrease of $17 million. This means a drastic cutback in aid to tribal governments, in a number of resource development and technical assistance programs, in construction funds and housing programs-­ another case of broken treaties!

TEST OF LOVE

The relationship between pastor and congregation is a unique one in modern life. The pastor is completely dependent upon the esteem of his parishioners for his ef­ fectiveness. He has no authority except what their affection allows. And this he must risk again and again when denouncing sin and calling people to God's way. They must trust him enough to let him speak the truth as he understands it and still re­ ceive him as a friend in the hours of their need. Nowhere outside the family is love put to stronger tests. From Vernon Richardson as quoted in Wednesday Morning.

HOW DO WE MINISTER TO THE CYNICAL PEOPLE?

especially if we are among them ourselves? A recent poll quoted in The Church Around the World (May 1976) indicated confidence has eroded markedly the past ten years in once highly respected structures of American society. Specifically, the percentage decline is: 1966 1976 1966 1976 Medicine 73% 42% The press 29% 20% Higher education 61% 31% Executive branch of Organized religion 41% 24% federal government 41% 11% Military 62% 23% Congress 42% 9% DID YOU HEAR ABOUT PAUL AND SILAS?

They were singing hymns and praying to the Lord at midnight. Suddenly there was a great earthquake; the prison was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open-­ and the chains of every prisoner fell off! (Acts 16:25,26 gives further details.) JUNE 1976 21

(Continued from page 16) a . ' What wa the meaning of blood sac­ heaviness settle upon the pirit a well There are poem of joy, onow, pain, rifice in the ancient wor hip of God?" a the body, and one is really down. The re entment, prayer, and other experi ences "Why is the blood of Chri t mentioned clouds could be cloud of orrow, anxi­ of the Chri tian life. so often in the New Te lament?" "Why ety, problems in the home or church, or In her poems of cason , trees, ro e , do s many of the gospel hymn contai n per onal. The cri is come and we reach birds, Mount Hood, and other reminders reference to blood?'' out to someone, only to di cover that we of the world about u , one sec that Be s The author ha clearly organized hi had ju t succeeded in piling one more Bulgin i a lover of nature. thought into five chapter with tudy burden upon a heavy heart. Then there In the per onal incidents of the author' question . Scriptures. and a hymn t con­ are tho e who tell no one, and suddenly life the reader recognize thoughts and clude each chapter. The book could be it seem all too much to bear. Heaviness feeling akin to hi own and rejoices to u ed a a tudy guide in prayer meetings, spreads fa ter than flu. find them e pre ed by another. adult Bible cia e , or sharing group . "Js there no balm in Gilead?" What is There are poem to make one chuckle. -Harold Clark the remedy? We mu t find it. The disea e "Morning Confrontation" refer to a of depres ion open up our pores to all gri nning mon ter- the bathroom scales. William R . Durland, No King But kind of poi ons, even " bitterne " where­ The author has fun with words in '·Ob­ Caesar? Herald Pre , Scottdale, Penn­ by "many be defiled." jectification,'' a poem about arthritic sylvania, 182 pages, $5 .95. Well, this morning I ran across the pains, an affliction he knows too well. cure. It i an oi l, expen ive in a way, and A Catholic lawyer look at Chri tian The publi her i to be commended for rare, but effective. It is the "oil of glad­ the arti tically de igned format. violence in this cholarly and readable ne ." book. Of it three parts. the fir t tudie The reader will return repeatedly to Ye , but you don't know how bad enj y the wi dom and beauty of the the Sermon on the Mount. the econd gives a hi tory, and part three i an analy- thing are. How doe one ju t be glad? poem . I would find it hard to decide on Well, we have to find the right Phy ician, my favorite of the ixty included. lt' a i of the contemporary cene. The author examine. the Scriptures and the lay all the problems, trouble , "worryful" book to read and sha re. ituation down for Him to work on and -Elizabeth Minas writings of the early church fathers. The Quaker find prominent hi torical men­ let Him give u the oil of gladne s. Then tion in the econd part a well a in the all we have to do i follow in !ructions R. A. Torrey, Divine Healing, Baker exactly. Someone ha aid, "Obedience Book House, 64 page , paperback, 95¢. contemporary cene. The book include. an impres ivc bibliography and a good end · re ponsibility." A i typical of R. A. Torrey' writing , index. It i ea y to imagine that when Paul this book is very brief and directly to the exhort u to " rejoice evermore ... in This i not an escape book b any point. Torrey makes a careful study of every thing gi e thanks," he probably had means, nor trictly devotional. hut T can criptural pa age on the i ue. Though no great anxietie him elf, nor the people en vi ·ion it a an excellent textbook for a some point may be overdrawn, the case of his day. How very wrong we are to cia on the ubject of peace and vio­ for divine healing i well made with care­ think that! He had care of all the church­ lence, or at least required reading for all ful recognition of the need to be ensi­ e ! He had problem . He had a thorn Chri tian in todays world who "sen e tive to God' directi on and wi ll in uch in his fie h, and he wa n't alway appre­ anew the dilemmas of Chri tian faithful­ matter . Hi inclu ion of Romans 8: 18-23 ciated. on the ubject is very timely in an wer to ness." -Phyllis Cammack The other day a young woman in a some common errors of today on the Bible tudy group wa reall y down. She ubject. had tried every way to olve orne very Torrey doe not clutter hi books with eriou problems in her horne. She came rhetoric. and the book i ea y to read and to the end of herself and turned the very clear. It i an excellent help on the whole bit o er to th e Lord. She aid, subject of di vine healing. "God, if you want thi me cleared up, -Stanley Perisho You will have to take it upon your elf." Robert E. Coleman, Written in Blood, In a few day she called from her Fleming H . Revell Company, 128 page , ho pital room, bubbling with joy, and paperback, $1..50. said, ''I can't belie e it. God reall y i working. It' a miracle." Robert Coleman, professor of evangeli m OIL OF GLADNESS at Asbury Theological Seminary, has That kind of oil pread gladnes to given us a combined cholarly and devo­ BY CATHERINE CATTELL other , too. lt i the healing balm . tio nal approach to thi bas ic Chri tian The flu eason i on and finding an ade­ I wouldn't have hared thi if l hadn't doctrine. The bo k i very h lpful to a quate cure i the problem. We doctor had a "dov n" day ye terday. The oil of tudent of the Old Te la ment sacrificial with thi and that remedy, but the gladnc s really wo rk ! But you do have y tern. However, the major cmpha i is heaviness in the che t persi t . Just let a to turn everything over to God's capabl e on the significance of the bloo I of the few gath ring cloud overhead bur t hands. He give "the oil of joy for Chri t for the C hristian believer. The when one i already low, and one can mourning, the garment of pr, i c for the reader will find an wer to uch que lion hardly tell ne a he from another. A pirit of heavines ." (Isaiah 61 :3) "fl 22 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

and life in general. E motional symptom Who rejoice exceedingly, include udden and irrational irritability, and are glad, when they find the grave? adnes , ho tility, an iety, hopele snes , Why i light given to a man who e eye is los of affection for others, and crying hid , jag . Whom God ha · hedged in ? The p ychologi t who treated me for a For my sighing come a my bread, year told me hortly before I was di - and my groanings are poured out like charged from treatment that he could water. tell ju t by looking at me what was wrong For the thing that I fea r c me upon me, with me before J even opened my mouth. DEPRESSION and what I. dread befall me. I was neatly and carefully dre ed, but I am not at ea e, nor am J quiet; BY BARBARA WORDEN ever line of my face and b dy drooped ; J wa dejection per onified. However, I have no re t; but trouble comes." The other day, T dr pped a gla s on the family member are u ually untrained. (I ob 3 : l l, J 3, 20-26 RSV) floor. Fragments hot through the air, Since the on et of e ere depre ion slithered behind the wa tebasket, and look like just another blue mood, it The di tingui hed journalist Percy crept under the kitchen table. Several may not be recognized until to late. Knauth entitled his book about hi own day later, orne till lay in wait for me, bout with evere depre sion, A Season in Time after time, new paper article crunching under foot a l tepped on Hell. The ab ve pa sage from Job hows and p ychological report about uicide them. A I tried to weep up the catter­ that thi title i no exaggeration. To record that wive , children, and parent ed fragment , I remembered that at one paraphra e Je u , hell like heaven often arc tunned and horrified. T hey often time my life had been like that gla . lie within u , and it is from within that ay something like thi , " [ knew he or Before, during, and after my nervou the cure begin . breakdown. depres ion had broken me "he wa feeling bad, but I ne er dreamed into scattered fragment impos ible to it wa that criou ." M y hu band, a The first step in the cure is to run, not gather and e en more impo ible to put mini tcr and an unusually ympathetic walk, to the ncare t Christian psychologist together in their original form. Depre - and understanding man, wa no excep­ or mini ter especially trained in coun el­ ion is like that. It' looking at your·elf tion when I had my breakdown. A full­ ing. Christian p ychologi ts are not ea y and seeing nothing whole or worthwhile; time teaching load and preparing for the to find , a I know from personal experi­ ju t pieces that will never create a whole. dcfcn e of hi. dissertation imply kept ence, but the p ychology department of him o bu y he temporarily put my prob­ a Chri tian college can help you find The National In titute of Mental lem out of hi mind, and I wa very them. However, no p ychologist will give Health has reported that each year severe clever about hiding them. a magic pink pill and in tantly lift the depre i n hit 15 percent of the adult Depre cd people often are very good cloud. P ychologist call the counseling population, about 20,000,000 men and proces work, and thi i preci ely what women. Thi mental illne s cost from at concealing or partial! hiding their ill­ ness. Often they just don't want to bother it is. To me, it eemed like trying to $ 1.4 to $3 million per yea r in mental hovel a lag heap with a teaspoon. facilitie and treatment co t plu the someone el e or, like me, they arc o live of tho e million who die by uicide busy with home, job, a baby, and a Secondly, before and after you find a each year, mo t of whom are victims of Ph.D. dis ertation in English that they human p ych logi t to direct you, turn to depre ion . Depres ion is the onl y fatal think like the ostrich, ""If I hide my head Jesu Chri t, the divine p ychologi t. A mental illnes and costs an unmea urable in the and and don't look at it, maybe human p ychologi t can spend one or at price in human misery. it'll go away." However, it doesn't; it the mo t two hour a week with you, but The worst thing about severe depre - ju t build until the nervou breakdown Chri t will pend every hour. He' "only sion is that the di ea e is o in idiou . occurs or in a fatal moment the depre - a prayer away." The human p ychologist Everyone has days when, as one of my ed per on wallow the content of a will help gain valuable in ight into the tudcnt puts it, "You could walk under whole bottle of leeping pills. The third pa t, things to think about, and new ways a rattle nake' belly wearing a ten-gallon chapter of Job de cribe the cri is mo­ to act. However, any emotionall y trou­ hat." However, with mo t people the ment in piritual depre ion: bled per on needs to depend constantly mood lift in a few hours or a few day , ·'Why did [ not die at birth, on Christ for the difficult bu inc s of cured by a sunny day, a bri k walk, or a come forth from the womb and applying the new insight learned and good cup of coffee with a friend. The expi re? avoiding Lipping back into old de true­ everely depres ed person goe down For then 1 hould have lain down live pattern . often and tay that way longer than and been quiet; I know that I got into depre sion large­ normal. He or he often lose Jeep and I should h ve lept; then l hould have ly by not depending on Chri t enough to interest in per onal appearance, food, been at rest . . .. take me afely through ome evere emo­ "' Why is light gi en to him that i in tional stres e , including my beloved Barham Worden is a professor of mt ery, father's death. My New England parents Fren h and drama at Friends Bible and life to the bitter in oul, rai ed me with that grand old Yankee College, Haviland, Kansa ; a mother Who long for death, but it come not, sayi ng, '"The L rd help tho e that help and homemaker. he has her and dig for it more than for hid them elve ," but I carried it to exce . I doctorate /rom Boston Univer ity. trea ure ; couldn't control my own life. The harder

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churches. A lady attending imagine Him in a frantic a small meeting where she hurry. He was serene even was really needed said that when Lazarus was dying. she was going to change Insist your pastor take churches. She felt she was off one day a week. not getting the spiritual food ( 4) The pressure of family she needed in the little vs. work. It is now generally church. Several miles down understood that Christ the road was a much larger comes first, family and church with abetter music fellow Christians next, and Spiritual Gluttony program and better Pressures on then comes commitment to preaching. I felt like saying, the Pastor our work. Every pastor "Why do you need more should feel his congregation BY OLEN R. ELLIS spiritual food? You are not BY NORVAL HADLEY wants him to moonlight, SuPERINTENDENT exerting much energy; I SUPERINTENDENT i.e., his second job is NORTHWEST YEARLY RocKY MouNTAIN think you may be a little to raise a godly family. YEARLY MEETING spiritually overweight MEETING With just a little love and as it is." I've just received a tape from Spiritual gluttony-is this a gentle assistance you can Gordon Bacon of the possibility? I am sure that Jesus used examples from be an effective escape valve National Association of we all have heard many times the physical to emphasize the to take pressure off your a statement something like spiritual. Paul says in Evangelicals, of a message by pastor. ~ this: "We are not getting the Second Thessalonians, "For Lars Granberg, president spiritual food that we need." even when we were with you, of Northwestern College, At first thought this seems we gave you this rule: Orange City, Iowa, on like a very worthy desire for 'If a man will not work, Shepherding the Shepherd. a Christian-to be fed he shall not eat.'" He lists several pressures spiritually. Jesus told Peter (2 Thessalonians 3 :10 NIV) on the pastor. to feed His sheep. We are The man who is working ( 1) The pressure of admonished to grow in grace, hard needs lots of good perfectionism, the feeling and we know that growth strong food; but to the person that he must earn love by takes food. Paul, in writing who is exerting little or no living up to other peoples' to the fathers in the Ephesian energy, strong food only expectations. Thus he finds pormanonl church, told them to bring contributes to an unhealthy it difficult to be himself. up their children in the condition. I certainly am The temptation then is to nurture of the Lord. not advocating less spiritual try to shortcut sanctification po5ilion5 food. But I believe we would by pretending to be But as I consider these have healthier Christians Scriptures, I am convinced something he is not. Let your opon if our spiritual exercise pastor be himself. Allow that they apply to the programs better matched immature; there should come him to be human. You will our spiritual food intake. ~ with a growing a time when we don't find he is much like you Friends require baby food any and really can understand publishing more. The writer to the what you are going through. house Hebrews says, "In fact, (2) The pressure of "it all though by this time you depends on me," or the ought to be teachers, you Jehovah complex. Let your for persons interested need someone to teach you pastor know that you are in committing themselves the elementary truths of to the Christian willing to help him, and publishing ministry. God's Word all over again. besides that you believe even You need milk, not solid Knowledge and skills God is helping. Let him in production, food!" (Hebrews 5: 12 NIV) rest in that confidence. administration, and A recent conversation made (3) The pressure of "there's editing desirable. me wonder if it is possible never enough time." We all that spiritual gluttony is one need to try to learn the For information write of the big problems in our serenity of Jesus. Can you The Barclay Press P.O. Box 232 Newberg, Oregon 97132 JUNE 1976 25

NORTHWEST Friends YEARLY MEETING concerns

catalog for Christian books supplied featured women in medicine, law, by the book dealer or have the deal­ education, business, ministry, and er select for you. Select books that politics. They were sponsored by the will meet the needs of the entire Women's Studies program and the human ego but leads to self-destruc­ church family, from preschoolers to college's Career Planning and Place­ Superintendent's tion. Accepting Jesus as Lord satis­ grandparents. Choose a variety: de­ ment Center. Headlining the speak­ fies God and leads to life everlast­ votional, m.issions, Bible study, ers was former Congresswoman Corner ing. Chnst1an l1vmg, picture books fic- Edith Green, a member of Congress tion. Include paperbacks. ' in the 84th through 93rd sessions Sometimes in Quaker circles we "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that 5. Arrange with the bookstore to and a member of the Education and read or hear of an emphasis on "that bring the books to the book fair or Labor Committee. of God in every man," or the "inner whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." to allow you to take them on con­ light." If before conversion that is signment with the understanding the "Light, which lighteth every man (John 3:16) -Norval Hadley Singer and recording artist Norma that any books not sold may be re­ Zimmer recently appeared in con­ that cometh into the world" (John turned. 1 :9) and which draws a person to re­ Let's Have a Book Fair cert in Portland's Civic Auditorium ceive Christ as Savior, it should be THE FAIR along with the college's duo pianists, followed. If after conversion it is the A continuing goal of the Department T1m and Roger. Miss Zimmer, for of Christian Testimonies within the 1. Display the materials attrac­ sixteen years a member of the Law­ presence of the triune God (Father, tively according to age appeal and Son, and Holy Spirit) living in the Northwest Yearly Meeting Board of rence Welk television program, has Education is to encourage reading of subject. recorded ten albums and is a soloist believer (John 14:23), it should be 2. Plan a short program on read­ followed. books that develop Christian char­ with the Billy Graham Crusades, acter. An effective library within the ing Christian books. You might use known as "The First Lady of Song." If, however, that "inner light" is one of these: (1) Have three or four simply the best that is in human, un­ local church will provide choice Tim Bletscher and Roger House reading material for each age level. persons tell "Why I Liked This Book" completed a nine-month tour for the regenerated me-my better self-it or "How This Book Helped Me." In­ is a poor god. Following that is Careful planning is required by a college that took them from coast to concerned library committee. clude children, teens, and adults. (2) coast and have recorded two albums. humanism. The original sin was the Have an author tell about writing a birth of humanism. Satan said, in "Yes, we want more books in our church library, but there just isn't certam book. (3) Have a panel dis­ effect, "Don't believe God, believe cussion on how books helped in a May Day "Americana" was the me. Don't obey God, obey me. Don't enough money!" Has this been your cry? Why not crisis time. theme as George Fox renewed the trust God, trust yourself." Adam and 3. Tell about some of the books decades-old tradition of May Day on Eve did-and fell. try a book fair? Several churches have used one successfully. Not only on display at the fair. May 1. Peggy Wilson, a Quincy, Humanism honors virtue. We 4. Explain how the fair operates. Washington, senior was crowned honor Christ. Humanism strives for does a book fair get more books for the church library, but it increases Everyone is encouraged to browse queen. Activities included winding godlikeness. We seek God. In hu­ through the books and other mater­ of the traditional May pole; an old­ manism a man seeks to perfect him­ interest in books and reading. Who doesn't want to read a book he has ials and select those he'd like to fashioned carnival, including cotton self. Through heart cleansing by the read and put in the church library. candy and snow cones; a puppetry Holy Spirit (Acts 15:8, 9) and the helped select and buy? For a book fair preselected books Have helpers to take the money and show, and a greased pig catching death of Christ on Calvary (Hebrews to record in a notebook or on cards contest; a baseball doubleheader; 13:12), God renders our hearts pure are brought to the church to be pur­ chased by individuals, families, Sun­ the title, price, and purchaser of outdoor barbecue; and the musical and our love perfect. each book. The Music Man. ' Humanism is the best of human day school classes, or small groups. effort. We are content with nothing After the purchaser reads the book, AFTER THE FAIR short of salvation to the uttermost, he returns it to the church library, 1. Return to the bookstore un­ Dr. Julia Hobbs, a recent addition planned by the Father before the where it will be cataloged and be­ damaged books not sold. to the GFC religion faculty, is the author of material in two new books foundation of the world, purchased come a part of the church library 2. When the purchaser has read by the Son with His own shed blood collection. the book, he should bring it back to just published. She contributed a chapter of the Dutch reformer Ger­ and applied by the Holy Spirit. Hu2 Here are suggestions for having a the library, where it can be cata­ hart Groote in A History of Religious manism alienates man from God. book fair. loged and given a book plate with Our salvation offers hope of life with the donor's name. Education, edited by Elmer Towns PREPARING FOR THE FAIR and published by Moody Press. She Him through all eternity. Humanism 1. Decide on the type of function 3. Prepare a I ist of the new books is a challenge to heroic human ef­ and other materials for inserting in authored a chapter, "How Children to feature the fair. How about an Learn," in the book Childhood Edu­ fort. Jesus calls us to die to self and all-church library dinner (potluck) or the church bulletin and posting on live unto Him. Humanism satisfies cation in the Church, edited by Roy a dessert hour in the afternoon or the bulletin board to let everyone Zuck and Bob Clark and also a know what is new for them to enjoy. evening or a special day when peo­ Moody Press publication. ple may come throughout the day George Fox College Annual session of and evening? 2. Select a day and time when "Nobody Ever Said It Was Going to George Fox President David Le Northwest Yearly Meeting most members can attend. Be Easy," a series of six semmars Shana and religion and philosophy 3. Advertise it well through post­ featuring women in a variety of pro­ professor Arthur 0. Roberts have of Friends Church ers, church bulletins, announce­ fessions, was sponsored by George been named to positions of leader­ ments in Sunday school classes. Fox recently. The two-day program ship in the national Christian Col­ George Fox College 4. Select materials you want in lege Consortium. Le Shana has been the church library, including books, chosen one of five persons on the July 26-August 1 records, cassettes, Sunday school Northwest Yearly Meeting has organization's Executive Committee. materials. If possible, the librarian given about $13,000 for relief Roberts had been picked as one of Everett Cattell, speaker and her committee should visit a of suffering victims of the eight on the newly created Editorial local bookstore and look at new Guatemala earthquake. Board of the Christian University Christian books. Otherwise use a Press. 26 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

were no longer a part of her belief; direct route generally took about during this period, these relatives two and a half hours to travel. The could not comfort her. In this situa­ detour we had to take, down close tion, however, God is helping her to the border of El Salvador, took "by faith" to realize the presence of four and a half hours. It seemed we the One who stilled the storms for were traveling all night. The last His followers. third of the way we traveled over Our Navajo Christians need your roads that would hardly compare to continued prayer support that "by our township roads. They had no faith" they can continue to live their guardrails and were so narrow on Christian lives and continue to be steep inclines we had to stop and steadfast in their faith. back up to a wide spot in the road to allow other trucks to pass. We ar­ ROCKY rived in Chiquimula on Sunday Rough Rock Prayer and Praise morning and worshiped with the MOUNTAIN Prayer Requests Friends there. YEARLY 1. For a Christian whose mother Chiquimula, located about twenty­ died recently, for the conversion of five miles from the fault line, had MEETING her relatives. more than 80 percent of its buildings 2. For wisdom for those searching weakened by the quake. Even though for ways to win more of their people some buildings were still standing, at times he may also speak at the to Christ. their weakened condition will re­ For our Navajo youth in these By Faith Sunday school hour. 3. quire their complete replacement. One is especially amazed at his last few weeks of weekly Bible Buildings constructed of adobe By Mary Gafford ability to adapt to a more difficult classes. blocks showed severe structural For our young married people. How familiar we all are with Hebrews type of service-a funeral. When a 4. damage, but there was no loss of 11 the faith chapter. It seems ap­ family needs a shorter message be­ Praise Notes life. Newer buildings of concrete propriate to call it the "Who's Who" cause of tiring circumstances sur­ 1. For growth in the life of a re­ blocks and reinforcement bars stood of the saints who l1ved m Bible rounding the death of their loved cent convert. the quake well in this area. Homes times. If such a chapter were written one, he seems to discern this and 2. For further evidence of the of the very poor, made of poles with in this present age, who would God responds accordingly. He makes his ability of our Christians to plan and thatched roofs, also stood with very include within its contents? Would message fit the spiritual level and carry out activities together on the1r little damage. Most of the buildings your life prove worthy enough in needs of his listeners. Only God's own. in the mission compound at Chiqui­ God's sight to bear mentioning? Holy Spirit could enable him to per­ 3. For a young Christian who mula must be replaced. The com­ form these ministries. shows possibilities for Christian pound included a school for grades It is certain that the saints in the 1 through 6, a Bible Institute, a head­ faith chapter had their battles and Another of our Navajo Christians leadership and service. recently had a long period of anxiety quarters building, and missionary struggles. In fact, this is the entire homes. theme woven throughout. Against due to a lingering illness of her Coming Events this background, however, is flashed mother. She spent many hours by Our first week was spent clearing the words, "by faith." This explains her mother's bedside before the Junior Camp-July 5-10 away rubble and digging the footer Junior High Camp-July the reason for their victorious life in mother died. Because she is the only 10-16 for a new home for a Guatemalan spite of the trials encountered. Christian in her family, she also had Senior High Camp-July 16-23 cook. By Saturday we were able to problems; others in her family did WMU Retreat-Watch for more place reinforcement bars and pour In considering this, I began to not understand her faith. The super­ information on this event to be concrete in the footers. The second contemplate the lives of a few of our stitions held firm by her relatives held in September week we worked on the walls, using Navajo Christians. We appreciate so concrete blocks interlaced with re­ greatly the ministry of our Navajo inforcement bars. On Friday and pastor. His ministry is characterized Saturday of this week we went to by humbleness of mind. Much dis­ Gualan, which is located right on the cernment is given to him by the Holy E.F.C.-EASTERN fault line. One hundred people lost Spirit. As he and his wife step into their lives in this town during the homes for a service, he sizes up the REGION main quake, including four members situation at hand, and from his store­ of the Friends church there. In house of knowledge gained from Gualan we were able to install a 400- God's Word, he chooses the Bible foot waterline and to work on tem­ lesson or portions needed to apply porary housing and sanitation facili­ to the need in the home. He is a ties. The third week, we continued very diligent student of God's Word. work on the new building in Chiqui­ As one visits his home, many t1mes mula. he has his Bible and is responsible for bringing the main message of the While we worked six days each worship service. In addition to this, week, we were able to visit outlying communities on the weekends. We worshiped with a different congrega­ tion of Friends in each community. Any Church News? The church at Gualan has gained Do you miss seeing articles more than 100 converts since the concerning your church as quake. In each of the churches we you read the Evangelical visited, the people showed their ap­ Friend? Urge your church to Building Together in Guatemala preciation by standing. They were appoint a reporter who will all very friendly and hospitable, (Editor's Note: For three weeks in quake was much more than we could though the language barrier made report monthly concerning March, Glen Miller, John Cassidy, imagine. The airport still showed the special events. Information communication difficult. The last Darwin Buck, Bill Dinsio, John Row­ effect of the quake that shook Guate­ Sunday of the trip we were able to can be mailed to the Yearly ley, and Glenn Althouse from our mala for thirty-nine seconds on Feb­ Meeting office with a note on visit the Friends congregation in Eastern Region assisted Friends in ruary 4. Copan, Honduras. Copan is the loca­ the envelope designating Guatemala in a rebuilding effort. There were several work groups Evangelical Friend, Regional tion of the Mayan Indian Ruins. Their work was in cooperation with active in the large cities, so we were About 50 percent of the people in Editor. Our Yearly Meeting California Yearly Meeting of Friends, asked to work in the District of comprises many miles, and it's Guatemala are descendants of the which has had missionaries in Chiquimula, about 125 miles from Mayan Indian. hard for me to know what's Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salva­ Guatemala City. The main road (At­ happening at each meeting; dor for the past forty years.) lantic Coast Highway) was closed To say the least, we were depress­ therefore, I would appreciate because of earthquake damage; two ed by all the devastation of the assistance from each meeting. bridges were out, and the road earthquake, but we were very Im­ Thank you. -S.E.B. From the hour our plane touched down in Guatemala City, we knew dropped away in places and was pressed with the people of Guate­ the damage and loss from the earth- buried by debris in other areas. This mala. They are resourceful, hard- JUNE 1976 27

working people. For the present building for a service on Sunday they are hampered by lack of ma­ afternoons. This they agreed to do, terials. Complete recovery from the and we have been meeting since earthquake is likely to take several KANSAS that time. years. For six North Americans, this YEARLY Contacts are being made with the was an experience of learning to ap­ up-country Friends churches to se­ preciate the Friends in Guatemala MEETING cure lists of Friends who are now in and beginning to understand first­ Bujumbura. We have met to orga­ hand what it means to go through nize the work and plan for some in­ such a tragedy. teresting services, which we trust -Darwin Buck and Glen Miller will attract people to Christ and to the church, giving challenge for a new dedication and commitment to Byhalia Anniversary the Lord. On February 29 we celebrated the We would appreciate your prayers seventy-filth anniversary of our as we continue meeting in this fel­ church building. The original build­ lowship. We would value your pray­ ing, built in 1885, burned May 8, ers, too, that the location of God's 1900. The next January a new own choosing will be made available church building was dedicated. for the eventual building site. We are thankful for several dedicated For our anniversary celebration Christians who are faithful in minis­ Russell Myers, a former pastor, gave What Can Friends presented in class after a time of tering in the services and helping to us a challenging message. At the chapel with carol singing and a ser­ clearly present the Word and its noon hour we enjoyed a fellowship Say to a mon by Pastor Bob Williams. message so needed in our times. dinner in the church annex. In the Some improvements have been Under God's guidance and leader­ afternoon, former pastors and their Hungry World? made both on the church building ship, we want to see a strong Friends wives expressed greetings. Letters and parsonage at Wyandotte, which church develop in this city of great added to the appearance and con­ were read from other former pastors Dr. Robert Hess, chairman of the spiritual need. -Doris D. Morris and members who were unable to at­ venience of both. Division of Religion and Philosophy San Antonio Friends Schools, Inc., tend. Elmer Miller, a native of the of Malone College, will be the guest community who as a youth saw the has sent out a request for a Faith speaker for the one hundred-filth an­ Friends University old church struck by lightning and Promise offering of $10 or more nual session of Kansas Yearly Meet­ monthly to help make $2,000 install­ On February 19, Aaron Hamlin, na­ burn, gave his testimony and related ing to be held on the campus of tional field representative for the Na­ some of the experiences in the ment payments on property for the Friends University, Wichita, August next two years. -Reba Harmon tional Black Evangelical Association, church back in the early 1900s. 9-13. was convocation speaker for Black It was a day that made us realize Dr. Hess was speaker for the 1969 Emphasis Week. Hamlin also serves afresh what a rich heritage is ours sessions of KYM and has been ask­ Friends in Bujumbura as a consultant for Northwest Yearly in the Friends Church. This is true ed to return because of his skill in In 1974 a church group in Bujum­ Meeting of Friends. He explained at the denominational level but also articulating the Christian faith and bura asked the Burundi Friends that while the world is looking for true for the local church, whose his perceptive knowledge of world Church to furnish leadership for new political leaders, Christians, as founders and builders arise to chal­ missions. A lengthy visit to Burundi them at a location on which they had part of the new kingdom, have the lenge us to renewed effort in the was an important part of Dr. Hess's some temporary buildings- three responsibility of taking Christ to the work of our Lord and Savior Jesus recent world tour of mission fields. classrooms and a chapel. The group world. Christ. -Herbert Coons Theme for the event will be "What was a mixture of nationalities but The Annual Alumni Telethon, held Can Friends Say to a Hungry most of the people were originally March 15-April 8 this year, raised World?" in a time when hunger is pledges exceeding $63,000; $13,000 Westgate Ladies Gain Insight from Zaire (formerly Congo) and a manifest in multifaceted ways such few Barundi. above the goal. Volunteer callers into Indian Experience as spiritual and sociological as well The Burundi Friends Church elders contacted some 2,000 alumni and as physical. agreed to do this if the group was asked each to support the university In Columbus, Ohio, Catherine Cattell for a period of time on his or her prepared a "Villagers' Dinner" for Woven into the agenda of meet­ willing to abide by the rules and ings for worship and business will be policies of the church. To this they birthday. the women of Westgate Friends John Alexander, a leading tenor Church. The food was prepared, activities for children and youth and agreed, and we continued this affili­ special observations regarding the ation for some 20 months. After this with the New York Metropolitan served, and eaten according to the Opera, will open the first season of customs of the villagers pictured. church's mission at home and period, it became evident that there abroad. was a problem regarding a clear the Friends University Miller Recital Commander Jack Lousma and his title to the property we thought had Series next September. The series, wife, Gratia, have agreed to be become ours (a former church lead­ supported through funds from the speakers at the Men's Fellowship/ er laid claim to it), and the Friends Lewis M. and Selma Miller Trust WMU Banquet meetings to be held elders decided they could not con­ Fund, is to become an annual affair Monday, August 9, in Century II Civic tinue the relationship at this property at the university. Alexander, who has Auditorium downtown. Jack was that was in question. The decision recorded for Columbia, London, and command pilot for Skylab II Space was made to request the Govern­ RCA, will perform September 28 in Mission. He and Gratia are dynamic ment Land Office for another proper­ Alexander Auditorium on the Friends Christians and have their member­ ty upon which to build. Campus. William Masselos, a pianist ship in the Friendswood Church. If During the months we met, there who has appeared with the London NASA schedules prevent the Lous­ were some fruits gained. Eager not Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, will mas' participation, Bob and Esther to lose these and to be able to con­ appear November 30. The Tokyo Hess stand in a holding pattern as tact Friends working in the city, we String Quartet, world renowned as "back-up crew." felt it important to continue the fel­ one of our days finest quartets, will perform February 3. Jeanette Lom­ These are the people among whom lowship and meeting together on the Lord's Day. Having no building of bard, a soprano recently with the Catherine worked as a missionary in WMU Christian Service Jacksonville, Florida, Opera Com­ India. They are her "beloved." our own in which to meet, we asked This year we have Gary and Connie the Immanuel Brethren Mission if pany and Florida State University, While we struggled to eat the meal Young and family living in the mis­ they would loan us their chapel will end the season February 28. For with our fingers, as is customary, sion home in Haviland. Gerry Custer ticket information, contact the she shared with us some experi­ lives in the small house in Wichita, Friends University Fine Arts Office. ences from a few of the villagers' and Ralph and Esther Choate live in For the second year in a row, a lives. She gave us an insight into the larger one. Friends student was selected as the richness of their spiritual life At Christmas time instead of send­ Kansas Yearly Meeting Miss Wichita. Frances Durham, a despite their meager living condi­ ing out lists for gifts for Wyandotte Friends University Campus senior music education major from Derby, Kansas, won the local pag­ tions. We came away with a burden and Kickapoo missions in Oklahoma, August 9-13 to pray for them as they face perse­ money was requested. This seemed eant and will compete in the Miss cution in a country where Christian to work out better. Friends Center at Dr. Robert Hess, speaker Kansas Pageant in July. Miss Wich­ liberties are being withdrawn. Wyandotte let the teachers choose ita 1975 was Tricia Brunk, a senior -Diane Boyce gifts for their classes, and they were music major from Maryland. 28 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

BETHEL, Hugoton, Kansas and rewarding. Her techniques are To over 400 members and friends, helping us to get lessons across to Bethel observed the beginning of a children and adults alike. new era in the life of that meeting CANTON, Ohio with the dedication of its beautiful new church plant April 25, 1976. Jayne Gurley, author of the Butter­ Under the leadership of Pastor fly Books, was special guest speaker Steve Harmon, this congregation has for the Friends Women meeting on gone from a rural meeting to an March 22. Jayne shared how she urban location at the edge of the got started writing children's books busy community of Hugoton. and her experiences in being a Christian mother. What a dedicated The beauty of the building will wit­ woman! She gives all the credit for ness to the love and reverence held her success to the Lord. for God's house by Bethel members. On April 23, D. Elton Trueblood The decorations, with the warm spoke at our church in a special ser­ browns of the wood, the vivid reds, vice on "The Equipping Ministry in the beautiful windows and fixtures the Modern World." reflect both tranquility and a desire A series of six First Aid Classes to "be on the move." have started. Hopefully, this class Connie Cox and Joyce Newby will aid in preparing those who help opened the service with organ and in the Friends Disaster Service. piano music. Others lending their Many mothers enrolled in the class talents were Bruce Newby, a ladies are learning first aid procedures so trio, the junior singing group, and they can deal with emergencies that the Bethel band. may arise in the home. Pastor Harmon gave the invoca­ March brought a wrap-up of build­ tion and a historical review of the ing program planning-and the be­ ALLIANCE, Ohio A conference on "The Person and meeting. The dedication sermon ginning of several months of adjust­ A Bible prophecy conference Ministry of the Holy Spirit" was held title of KYM superintendent, Dr. ment as the workers begin construc­ taught by the Rev. Willis Miller of Thursday night through Sunday night John Robinson, was: "How to Be tion of our addition. Achilles, Virginia, brought refresh­ recently. Dr. Robert Hess, professor Humble When It Feels So Good to ing truths to our congregation. Use at Malone College, was our guest Be Great." CLACKAMAS PARK of the overhead projector by Willis speaker. Subjects covered were "On Bethel has a right to feel GREAT­ Milwaukie, Oregon Becoming a Creative Person," "One Miller at each of the six services but undoubtedly the increased op­ The weeks preceding Easter were sparked interest. Charts and out­ Who Communicates," "Search for portunities of a city ministry will Authority," "Made Adequate," and a busy time at Clackamas Park. lines were passed out each time and keep us HUMBLE. Many practices and rehearsals were were filled in by the congregation; "Driven or Directed." We had a covered-dish supper in the fellow­ BOISE, Idaho necessary as choir and cast pre­ thus we had the information to be pared for their production of No taken home with us. The exciting ship hall on Saturday evening to en­ Our church extended Sunday eve­ courage attendance and fellowship. Greater Love, an Easter cantata. The thing was the way the Holy Spirit ning services one hour effective full-costume drama was directed by used the Word to speak to hearts. Several people found help at the February 8. Everyone meets in the altar of prayer Sunday morning. Dick and Arlene Zeller. Choir direc­ Not only did many find new joy in sanctuary to sing from 6:00 p.m. to tion was by Bob Neumann. contemplating the Lord's return, but Praise God for the working of the 6:25 p.m. Then the preschoolers, Holy Spirit and for men like Dr. Hess A variance has been granted to others found renewal and some were primaries, juniors, junior highs, and the church to use a building adjoin­ born again. We praise God. who will teach us about the third high schoolers are excused to meet person of the Trinity. ing the church property as an annex. One Saturday evening a missions with their group leaders. The adults Plans are being made for its best prayer meeting and workshop was BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio remain in the sanctuary for a half­ use for our junior high and high directed by Joel and Susan Arico. hour film and then meet for an hour We were thrilled to have with us school youth. There were slides of some of our in groups to discuss the subject. A teachers' appreciation dinner missionaries and their fields, follow­ "Tim and Roger," the fine piano duo, Our Monthly Meeting approved who toured the nation this past year. was sponsored in March by the Edu­ ed by prayer, then a break for re­ giving a call to Clare Willcuts to cation Committee. freshments. Next came a workshop Graduates of George Fox College, come to Boise Friends as part of the they blessed our hearts with their "Sound Solution," our high school with a questionnaire on our world Team Ministry effective August 1. youth choir directed by Arlene Zel­ and missions. This concluded with sacred concert before a full church. Pastor Willcuts is currently serving We had an added bonus ... they had ler, presented Son-Life by Paul John­ another prayer time. the Homedale, Idaho, Friends son for a morning service. some open dates, so spent three Church. He will retire from full-time days in one of our homes resting, Fourteen teachers were able to at­ ALUM CREEK, Marengo, Ohio ministry after forty-two years of ser­ tend the Education Camp at Twin and then took part in our Sunday vice. He will be working part time in Don and Betty Copp shared in the morning worship service. Rocks March 26-28. our church in the areas of visitation, Dr. Wayne McCown, professor of leading of prayer meeting in the Our pastor announced to the counseling, teaching, and preaching. absence of our pastor. Chris Jack­ church he was accepting another biblical studies at Western Evangeli­ Dave Wilhite, our church evan­ cal Seminary, conducted sessions son, Kenneth Black, Sharon Bobb, three-year call to stay as our pastor. gelism director, and his wife Linda and Pat Jackson were asked to He has been with us now for ten on How to Study Your Bible, March have been accepted for a two-year 5, 6, 7. He presented tips on ways share Bible passages that were es­ years. term on the staff of Campus Crusade pecially meaningful during a time of Our Teen Choir left on April 24 for to make your Bible study time more for Christ. They completed their profitable and meaningful. trouble or in the hour of special their sixth annual spring tour, which training at Arrowhead Springs, Cali­ need. Scriptures were sung blending took them to Rhode Island, New fornia, and will be stationed in Boise the singing and testimonies together York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Forty­ COUNCIL HOUSE to direct the "Here's Life America" Wyandotte, Oklahoma in a beautiful balance of word and two persons made the trip this year. campaign for the area. song, inexperience and experience, The Tulsa Indian Council on Al­ age and youth, male and female. BETHANY, Wadsworth, Ohio cholism and Drug Abuse has been This provided a setting in which Earl and Catherine Smith were in CALVARY, Columbus, Ohio camping out on the church property, those new in the Christian walk charge of our Spiritual Renewal Our church has been blessed with holding meeting and using the kit­ found a freedom to share with us. Week. Many ideas and experiences visits from the "Boanerges" from chen and dining room for meals. were shared. A fellowship supper Malone College, and a group of en­ This was a meeting to give spiritual BARBERTON, Ohio preceded the family workshops on thusiastic and faithful teenagers help to the leaders working with Our hearts were blessed as Mrs. how to share the Gospel with various from Bellefontaine Friends Church. people with alcohol and drug-related Kaye Leach ministered to us in ages. Many are now putting to work Our ladies have started a Bible problems. music on a Sunday evening. Kaye what they learned and are trusting study group, which is meeting once Our Ladies Aid Society had the explained the combinations she used God for the harvest. a week. They have some ambitious annual Memorial Day Sale of fancy to create various sounds and used Several of our Sunday school plans and the faith that all will work work, woven products, etc. This is them to the greatest extent of the teachers, workers, and prospective out. This group, as well as our Good always a busy and profitable time. organ. The musical variety included leaders attended the Sunday School News Club for youngsters, is grow­ Junior Friends Youth served lunch, contemporary, sacred, and classical and Church Leadership Convention ing steadily. with proceeds going to help children numbers, and her own arrangement at the Arlington Memorial Baptist Our workshop lor Sunday school attend Quivering Arrow Friends of "How Great Thou Art." Church in Akron. teachers, with Joyce Lamb, was fun camp. JUNE 1976 29

DAMASCUS, Ohio lion left literature at approximately ippine Islands; Gary and Connie Easter Sunday our church was Our Awana Club for boys and girls 2,000 homes in our area, resulting in Young, from Burundi; Paul and Linda nearly full for both services, starting is going great and recently held an 40 people coming to our Easter ser­ Snyder, YM youth director, and Bud with a breakfast and ending at night open house for parents and i.nterest­ vices. We had 427 in our worship and Letha Lawrence from Camp by showing the movie, Gospel Road. ed people from the community to services on Easter and 301 in Sun­ Quaker Haven. The badly needed rains have come see how the club works. day school, both records. Some of our laymen have occa­ to our section of Oklahoma. We have A Sunday school promotion en­ Our choir presented, "The Great­ sionally brought the Sunday morning much to praise our risen Lord for. titled "Spring to Life" ran through est Friend," on Good Friday and message, with others taking the re­ Spiritual growth is at the highest April 18. Various activities were again on Easter Sunday evening to a sponsibility of directing the morning point in two years. planned, including a kite-flying date combined audience of 354. This service. Pray for our staff and our people, multimedia production was written, as we see fruits of our labor and for all kids and adults from the GOSHEN, Zanesfield, Ohio community who wanted to partici­ arranged, and directed by Diane God's goodness and souls are won pate. There was lots of fun, food, Hopper. The youth of our church conduct­ to Him. ed a sunrise service. Songs and a and prizes. FIRST FRIENDS, Salem, Ohio West Branch High School Choir reading by Mrs. Robert Gulp, pre­ KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon presented the cantata, "I Love Sherman Brantingham was the senting the feelings of Jesus' mother speaker at a historical service held through the trials of Christ's life, Praise belongs to the Lord, who is America," in our church. The pro­ building us into a loving, supportive gram was cosponsored by the East Sunday evening, April 25. Southeast were followed by breakfast. What a Friends joined us in worship, and joy to see our young people re­ fellowship. The people of our church Goshen Friends and Damascus are ministering to others out of car­ Jack Rea and Herman Stratton man­ sponding with such happiness! Friends churches. ing hearts in ways such as the Gos­ aged the program in Pastor Winn's Earl and Catherine Smith were absence. pel Mission, nursing home residents, EAST GOSHEN, Beloit, Ohio with us for evangelistic services May Christian Businessmen's Committee, Sherman Brantingham entitled his 2-5. Also in the month of May, we The "Cross of Jesus Christ" was message "Facing the Future with the Christian Women's Club, and in the theme carried throughout our challenged McKee's Creek Friends many other lesser known activities. Faith of the Founders." He recount­ in a Sunday school enlargement pro­ weekend with Bert and Carol Jones, ed early religious foundations of this Our church is growing, and we are a brother-and-sister team from Erie, gram. Each service was planned especially grateful for the good country and punctuauted it by say­ with something special. Pennsylvania. Their organ and vocal ing, "If a sparrow cannot fall without group of young adults. ministry caused us to stop and think Christ's notice, it is probably true Jack Trachsel held special meet­ ings for a week in March. Many re­ about the meaning of the cross in that an empire cannot rise without GREENLEAF, Idaho each of our lives. Those who attend­ His aid." He secondly reviewed the No Greater Love by Peterson was ceived new light and took new steps ahead with Jesus. ed these meetings felt the presence history of Salem, the "city of peace," given at Deer Flat Free Methodist of God in a very real way. naming many of the early settlers Church on April 11 and at Greenleaf Members of the Indian community The "Sound Principle," a group of who came to the area because Friends on April 18, a joint venture gave a surprise potluck dinner in the nine teenage girls from our church, slavery was forbidden in the North­ of the adult choirs from both church­ church social hall in appreciation of presented the musical, "The Story west Territories. Lastly, he turned to es. Belle Bates directed the fifty­ Evert and Virena Tuning. Tellin' Man," on a recent Sunday the future, saying we live in the "best voice group. Our annual Mother-Daughter Ban­ evening. The presentation was beau­ of times" and the "worst of times." Silly Supper for the young people quet was held May 14. Several tiful and meaningful. We appreciate He said that if we are to be great in during the School of Missions found "adopted" mothers or daughters for these girls very much. this age, it will require humility, in­ the kitchen crew having as much fun the occasion. ENTIAT, Washington terest in others, courage and in­ as the guests. The men of the church continue tegrity, and purity and faith. The WMU Spring Rally at Meridian The Entiat Friends Youth have their Saturday morning prayer fel­ Friends Church on April 10 had more lowships weekly. We believe much been busy. They had a walkathon FULTON CREEK, Radnor, Ohio than 70 women present. The offer­ and spaghetti feed during March to of what the Lord is doing among us The FY had a "Spring Round-up" ing of over $388 was designated to is due to our praying church people. earn money for a retreat, which they to collect money for the building go to Glenn and Sue Leppert to help held at Circle C Ranch near Leaven­ with expenses of Trisha Ann while in fund. A penny a pound was the go­ LAWRENCE, Kansas worth, Washington. There were ap­ ing price. A collection of $669.40 the incubator. proximately thirty-five people who was realized. Now think what you Faith Promises totaled over $10,000 Graduation time brought recogni­ went. may, but shame on you! with 57 people participating (13 tion to Keith White, our youth minis­ The women of the church gave Dr. Robert Hess visited the last more than last year). ter, who received a master's degree Carol Thomas, the pastor's wife, a weekend of April and showed us Albert and Frances Oglevie cele­ in Christian education from the Na­ surprise baby shower Friday, April 2. slides on Saturday night and spoke brated their 55th wedding anniver­ zarene Theological Seminary in Kan­ She received many lovely gifts. to us about missions on Sunday sary March 30 at the home of their sas City. Kathy Jay received double The Little Angels Choir provided morning. That evening, Wayne daughter, Agnes Tish. All four of honors as she graduated from special music for the Sunday morn­ Evans spoke to us with a challenge their children were present. Friends Bible College and from Kan­ ing worship service April 11 and concerning our Christian living. sas University with a degree in phar­ Easter Sunday. Their director, Pam HUGHESVILLE, Pennsylvania macy. Thomas, is an eighth grader and is GARDNER, Kansas Our Friday Film Night featured the doing a great job. We were sorrowed by the passing Billy Graham film, The Gospel Ac­ During the month of December our of Chester Smith from our fellow­ We've received a lot of good news people painted the interior of the cording to Most People. from our former pastors, Gil and ship, but we rejoice that he was able church, upstairs and down. Paneling to celebrate his 100th birthday anni­ Henry Harvey was with us recently Louise George and family, who are was installed around the furnace and to present Radio CORDAC, the mis­ now at language school in Costa versary on February 26. He was water heater, greatly improving the presented a plaque by the Pennsyl­ sion radio station in Central Africa. Rica. They will be leaving shortly to appearance of the basement and The following Sunday we began a be missionaries in Bolivia. vania Medical Society honoring him. giving badly needed storage space. A Lay Witness Weekend was held totally different type of Sunday Carpeting has recently been laid in March 12, 13, 14. Roger Skiff served school-which continued on into the EUGENE, Oregon the church foyer, two adjacent as coordinator and was joined by 11 o'clock service as we began our This has been an eventful year in rooms, and on the stairs to the base­ more than twenty team members. It "Celebration of Life and Love." It's the life of cur church. ment. New hymnbooks have been was a weekend of great blessing, new, challenging, and may start a We added a second full-time staff purchased. with many saved and reclaimed and spiritual revolution in our church. person, instituted double worship Our pastors, Larry and Glenna with a feeling of unity in the church. services, and developed a new for­ Mardock, have been bringing their mat for our Sunday evening ser­ Sunday dinner to the church kitchen LEAGUE CITY, Texas vices. As a result we have experi­ with an open invitation for those who KICKAPOO INDIAN CENTER We have had a series of meetings enced solid growth in all areas of can to share with them, whether Mcloud, Oklahoma with Henry and Ronda Vanderbush, our church program. bringing food or not. Many have re­ "Trust in the Lord with all thine and even though the services are We observed Fine Arts Month in ported a blessing from sharing in a heart; and lean not unto thine own over the revival is still on. The meet­ March. Those of our congregation common meal and from the fellow­ understanding." ings were a spiritual blessing to us, possessing artistic talent displayed ship with pastors and others in this As we work and labor here some­ and the music and specials were a their works in our lobby and fellow­ informal way. times we find ourselves leaning on delight. Every evening "Uncle ship hall; we enjoyed a special musi­ Visiting speakers in the last few our own strength, and then God Hanks" told a children's story, and cal presentation each Sunday eve­ months include our Yearly Meeting gently corrects and directs. It is our their special music included the ning. superintendent and wife, John and desire for ourselves and for the marimba and Swiss bells. We are On the afternoons of April 4 and Betty Robinson; Mr. and Mrs. Jared people here just to be more like thankful we had the Vanderbush April 11, members of our congrega- Barker, missionaries from the Phil- Jesus every day. family in our services. 30 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

MARYSVILLE, Ohio weeks. They found glorious evi­ NORTHSIDE, Grinnell, Iowa Family Counseling Center of our county. Singles of all ages attended. Guatemala! Glenn Althouse, Dar­ dences of a well-rooted church in We were privileged to have Gene that former difficult soil. Central Toulouse and Girls Trio with us for There was a record attendance at win Buck, and Jack Rowley were East Richland on Easter Sunday this asked to help the people in Guate­ Fund income of the Bundelkhand an evening of gospel music. Carter year with 506 present for the wor­ mala to rebuild and repair. The Friends Churches is increasing with Holman, who is traveling with the Scripture says it is more blessed to more tithers. Village evangelistic group, played his guitar. ship service. give than to receive. The fellows know-how and keen fervor for wit­ A highlight of Youth Month was a Our camp promotion committee is found out the more you give the nessing everywhere are evidenced in visit from the "Puppet Team" from endeavoring to raise money to help more you get, which is the way our both the talk and action in a large Vennard College. This group is com­ our youth with camping expenses Lord works. They brought home share of young Christian families. posed of ten students and proved to again this year. A bake sale was more blessings than they could fit in Upon arrival at central station be a big hit with young and old alike. held on April 24, and a garage sale their suitcases and many memories. Chhatarpur, they found former Our young people were in charge of is planned for May 13 and 14. Last While the guys were gone many Friends missionary Robert M. Earle an evening service in which their year thirty-two youth and children dedicated men filled the pulpit. The very ill in the mission hospital. They youth director, Robbie Strong from were given $15 each toward camp first Sunday the singing group, "The were able to arrange air passage for Vennard College, presented the fees. Boanerges," brought the message him and Elizabeth Stalker Earle with message. The inner-city shower of toilet arti­ and song. Harold Wyant came many them on return flight. Praise God A potluck dinner was held in honor cles, staple foods, and good used times, and one Sunday Edgar Phelps for His mighty saving and building of Sara and Ken Sleeuwenhock and clothing was held at the church on was with us. What a blessed month power! new baby son, Travis. The couple Sunday, April 25, for the Canton for all at Marysville! were presented a Bible and a love project. NEWBERG, Oregon gift. MERIDIAN, Idaho SEBRING, Ohio Speakers during our week of mis­ Guest speakers brought messages PLAINS, Kansas A recent family night featured a sions included Harold and Nancy sack lunch, with Dr. and Mrs. Rich­ during our Outreach Conference, Thomas, Ed and Marie Cammack, John Nilan and Joe Gabel of Ho­ which was held in April. Floyd and ard Weaver sharing experiences of Barbara Morse, Bob Gilmore, and sanna Spiritual Resource Center in his work as a veterinarian and Mrs. Merry Penna presented the chal­ Gerald Dillon. Albuquerque, New Mexico, minister­ lenge of church extension and home Weaver as a teacher among the Ben Brantingham was Sunday ed in our morning worship hour Sioux Indians. missions. Harold Thomas, mission­ morning speaker on March 28 on March 14. In the evening they pre­ ary from Bolivia, spoke after an all­ Our teachers were recognized "The Christian in the World." sented "Alleluia," a unique and May 2 with the theme: "An Apple for church taco supper. Ed and Marie "praise-full" blending of Bill Gaither April 4 was appreciation day for the Teacher." There were brief bio­ Cammack and Barbara Morse also senior adults by our church. A re­ music and 288 slide illustrations. shared messages and experiences graphies of the teachers, tributes ception in their honor was held at The Education Committee spon­ from members of their classes, gifts with us during the conference. Friendsview Manor Auditorium. sored a Shamrock party for adult People who enjoy singing com­ presented to the teachers, and words Timothy L. Smith, Nazarene schol­ Sunday school classes in March. of appreciation from the pastor. bined their voices under the direc­ ar and minister, speaker for GFC tion of Steve Magee and presented spiritual emphasis week, was speak­ an Easter cantata, "Hallelujah, What REEDWOOD, Portland, Oregon SMITHFIELD, Ohio er at our Sunday evening service on "When the need arises, God bless­ a Saviour," on Easter evening. April 11. "Making Missions Real at Reed­ Young Friends Conference was wood" was the theme for our mis­ es" is how one church member Portions of J. S. Bach's St. Mat­ described the paid-up mortgage on held at Inn of the Seventh Mountain thew's Passion were sung by our sionary emphasis in February. in Bend, Oregon, in late April, and Our young people have enjoyed the "Quaker Quarters" building and combined Adult Choir in the Easter property in Smithfield. several people from Meridian Sunday morning worship services. several Saturday ski trips on the Friends attended this. slopes of our beautiful Mt. Hood. The congregation held a mortgage On Easter Sunday evening the Small Bible study groups and burning for the two-year financial MT. CARMEL, Cable, Ohio drama committee presented a stimu­ breakfast prayer meetings are be­ project on Easter Sunday. The pre­ An epidemic of "Green Fever" has lating and inspiring play, "The Chal­ coming the popular thing at Reed­ vious week a "Thirty Pieces of Sil­ hit Mt. Carmel. The symptoms are lenge of the Cross," directed by wood. ver" campaign was staged to raise easily detected and include inviting Elsie Campbell and Debbie Goins. A bicentennial mother and daugh­ the final payment. neighbors and friends to church, as­ ter potluck dinner was one of the Treasurer Gene Zifzal was pleased sisting in transportation to services, NORTHRIDGE highlights of March. to announce donations exceeded the and attending services faithfully. No It has been a real blessing having needed amount. The Quaker Quar­ vaccination is available because ex­ Wichita, Kansas Virginia and Eldon Helm home from ters is an immense house used for perts feel the disease itself strength­ No Greater Love, a musical drama, Kenya sharing their experiences and missionary meetings and various ens the Christian against dangerous with lighting and costuming was pre­ Christian witness in Africa. church functions. Clothes for an complications such as stagnation. sented at Easter. Directed by John Reedwood hosted a Korean Con­ emergency situation in the village or The prognosis is good. The people Overholt, with Roy and Karen ference featuring the Korean pastor a need by parishoners are displayed of Mt. Carmel already feel a new McConaughey having lead parts, the who has one of the largest churches and stored here, also. spiritual awakening. New hearts story of Easter was presented to in the world in Seoul, Korea, in The Senior FY is growing very have been won to Christ and others over 1,200 people in three perform­ March. Their featured soloist treated nicely. Approximately twenty youth have been refreshed. ances. us during our morning worship that attended the weekly meetings. Per­ Mt. Carmel recently hosted a Lay Neng Lor, a refugee from Laos, weekend. The conference wound up fect attendance will mean a reward Witness program. Morning coffee arrived in Wichita April 29. Neng is in the Friendship Center, where we of a special trip later in the year. hours were not only enjoyable but 22 years old and very happy to be in joined them in a fellowship meal. Our Norma Freer Missionary So­ helpful to the lay witnesses and the United States. He is sponsored Our Sunday school staff joined ciety presented a new idea for their others present as they exchanged jointly by Northridge and University others from the Yearly Meeting in a recent program. Coach Kara Bright, their testimonies. meetings. He has already begun his workshop retreat at Twin Rocks athletic director at Buckeye Central, schooling and has a job in the cus­ Conference grounds recently. was guest speaker. Men of the todial department at Friends Univer­ We were privileged to hear AI church were invited to the program MT. PLEASANT, Ohio sity. Belton, an outstanding black Chris­ to hear Mr. Bright speak on "Honesty A district meeting of Friends Dis­ Gary and Connie Young day was tian leader from San Jose, Califor­ and Truthfulness." aster Committee was held at our observed May 23. It was a refresh­ nia, speak at an open forum in April. It was an inspiration to have Rev. church, and more folk signed up to ing time to have "our" missionaries and Mrs. Earl Smith with us for four help when needed. back with us again. The Youngs had days of special services. Our pastor, Pastor Milton and wife Rebecca been a vital part of the labors at ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio Earl Kelbaugh, termed this a "soul Coleman of Mt. Pleasant spent a Northridge before going to Burundi, A twelve-week ladies study group clinic" and asked that we all seek to most rewarding vacation in India and it was good to have them back ended at the church on April 7. Over know His will so that we might be during March of this year. Ever since again to share the story of their work fifty ladies participated in the course strong and help others find their way closing sixteen years of missionary in Burundi. entitled "The Christian Family." A to God through our Savior Jesus service there eight years ago, they Three black students from Friends preschool class and nursery were Christ. have felt urged to see firsthand ma­ University were assisted in attending provided for the entire length of the An all male choir has been re­ turing fruits of EFC-ER's eight dec­ the National Black Evangelical Asso­ course. organized to present gospel music ades of work in that great subcon­ ciation Convention in Chicago April A fellowship of Christian Singles to the church. tinent. Along with their daughter, 21-25. These were young people was begun at the church. The first Our senior FY gave $200 to mis­ Carol Jean, and son-in-law Steve from the local black community who meeting was a mystery supper and sions last year, making them the Lansing, they were given a joyous are planning careers in church­ planning meeting, The second meet­ ninth largest giver in the Yearly reception that lasted nearly two related fields. ing featured a speaker from the Meeting. We have a group of teens JUNE 1976 31

who devote much time and energy nation's freedoms as a bicentennial Thornburg taught for thirty years. host for the District Youth Rally. On to the church. project; second, they were planted Others who have served for less the same weekend a Saturday night in appreciation of the cross of Good years also were honored. Awards progressive supper with the youth SOUTH SALEM, Oregon Friday, recognizing that the cross is were given to Eva Yocom, Paul was held. It was followed by an eve­ March was Music Month. Our ac­ the foundation of our Christian faith Thornburg, and Bertha Nichols. They ning of fellowship, singing, and de­ tivities included Talent Night on and heritage. At the base of one of were presented a one-year subscrip­ votions with the "Christlife Singers" March 7. Solos, duets, family sings, the trees, a "time capsule" was tion to Christian Life magazine. in charge. Sunday morning and eve­ poetry, and Scripture memorization planted, containing a list of our ning services were very meaningful, as well as instrumental numbers membership, a copy of the schedule WESTGATE, Columbus, Ohio and the Lord's presence was very were given by our people. Then on of the evening's services, and other Senior Citizens' Day at Westgate near as the singers presented God's Sunday, March 21, we were privi­ pertinent information. brought young and old together for Word and love in testimony and leged to have Greenleaf Academy The evening service concluded some great fellowship. Everyone 55 song. Choir for a concert that blessed our with a communion service. It was a years and over was honored for this Revival meetings began on Good hearts. Our church choir partici­ unique emphasis on what the cross special occasion. Corsages and Friday with Salvation Army Brigadier pated in a mass choir at Area Rally means to us as individual Christians boutonnieres were provided for each Edward Deretany showing slides of in Eugene on March 28. and allowed much time for medita­ participant. Leonard Wines, a former his tour in the Holy Land. The cantata, "0 My Dearest Jesus" tion. The communion elements were pastor now retired, gave a sermon Easter Sunday began with sunrise by Sharon Elery Rogers, was pre­ simply made available for those who on "Fear." After the service, each service followed by Easter breakfast sented by our church choir under wanted to participate in them, and senior citizen who wished to went served by the Men in Missions and the direction of Jeff Grover on Eas­ after a time of prayer at the altar, out for dinner with a young family of FY boys. Brigadier Deratany spoke ter. those in the congregation could re­ the church. It was a great time for in all the services. Five of our youth enjoyed an area turn to their seats or partake of the all concerned! FY retreat at Santiam Lodge April elements as they chose. Many have The annual Young People's Re­ WINONA, Ohio 2-4. expressed their delight in this un­ treat was held at Atwood Lake. On a recent Sunday following the usually precious service. SPRING BANK David Gould of Willoughby Hills morning worship service we had a TRINITY, Van Wert, Ohio Church presented the topic L-1-F-E covered-dish dinner in the fellowship Allen, Nebraska (Living Is a Fantastic Experience). hall, followed by "Youth Awards" For Easter we were involved in Spiritual Awakening Services were Thirteen young people and five and the presentation of funds raised community Good Friday services. held in our church with Stan Scott of adults attended. The weekend made by a Rock-A-Then held by our youth. Our choir, under the direction of Steubenville, Ohio. The presence of a real impact on the spiritual life of The large sum of money was divided Herb Ellis, presented a cantata. the Holy Spirit was felt during these the group. and given to the Bus Ministry fund We were thankful to have our su­ services, and many who attended re­ of the church and to a family with perintendent, Olen Ellis, and his wife ceived spiritual blessings. WEST PARK, Cleveland, Ohio large medical expenses. The same Martha with us recently for a week. The senior youth held a "Jalopy April was a very busy, interesting, day we dedicated newly installed They participated in events through­ Raid," which thirty-five people at­ exciting, and blessed month. To be­ carpet and slate as a memorial to out the week. tended. The youth are also busy gin with we were host to the "Christ­ the late Joe Althouse. A very good Our WMU group remains active. with their own newsletter, which is life Singers" of Vennard College of spirit of Christian love blessed the This year, we have chosen Exodus published once a quarter. University Park, Iowa. We were also time of fellowship together. 4:2 as our theme. UNIVERSITY, Wichita, Kansas SPRINGFIELD, Colorado University Friends recently hosted WEST CHEHALEM from a year of missionary intern As a part of improving our facili­ a dinner meeting in behalf of the training in Michigan and will leave ties, a new office desk and chair Earlham School of Religion, noted Newberg, Oregon soon for language school in Costa were recently purchased for the pas­ as the only Friends graduate theo­ More than 300 people shared in a Rica. Paul and Phyllis Cammack tor's study. Carpet is to be laid in logical school. Tom Mullen, author, celebration of rejoicing and dedica­ leave soon for Mexico City, where our basement fellowship hall. humorist, and ESR associate dean, tion of the beautiful new sanctuary they will serve as interim mission­ For over a year our evening ser­ was speaker for the occasion. Many and fellowship hall on May 2. The aries under EFA. vices have been devoted to the study former students, interested Friends nine-month-long building project Jeanne Clark, 15-year old daugh­ of the book of Acts. Our pastor is and associates were present. Parti­ was a labor of love accomplished ter of pastors Roy and Ruth Clark, now bringing us a series of mes­ cipating in the program were local with volunteer workers under the recently won the Pacific Northwest sages on the lives of Bible charac­ pastors, Dave Kingrey and Jack Kirk; direction of associate pastor, Marvin oratorical contest sponsored by Op­ ters and how learning of them can KYM superintendent, John Robin­ Hall. It provides seating for 240 wor­ timist International. She received a strengthen our Christian experience. son; FU president, Hal Cope; and shipers, and with 20 classrooms for beautiful trophy and a $500 scholar­ Friends Bible College administrator, Sunday school and an adequate fel­ ship prize for her oration on the SPRINGFIELD, Ohio Delbert Vaughn. Recognition was lowship hall, it gives facilities for theme, "Tomorrow's Promise." On April 11, 1976, we were honor­ given to the fact that the strength future growth. A reception was given for the ed to have eight students and the and vitality of our Friends meetings West Chehalem has nine of its graduates: Marvin Hall from George director of the Montezuma Indian depends in large part upon the qual­ members in active missionary ser­ Fox College, and Laura Clark, Lyn Mission School, Cottonwood, Ari­ ity of leaders we train. vice, so its vision is worldwide. Dave Umpfleet, and Gene Hall from New­ zona, with us. They praised the Lord At a recent meeting of the under­ and Kathy Anderson are just back berg High School. in song and prayer and gave us their shepherds, Mr. Neng Lor was intro­ testimonies. The sincerity and deep duced to our people at the carry-in love these young people have for our supper. Mr. Neng is a refugee from Lord and Savior gave many of us Laos, being sponsored in the U.S. by food for much soul searching. University and Northridge Meetings. After the morning worship service, A May service honored our gradu­ we enjoyed a potluck dinner in the ates, including ten from high school annex, where we were able to fellow­ and thirteen from Friends University, ship further with these six girls and and Barbara Stark from Earlham. two young men. We feel that this visit was a "hand of Christian fellow­ URBANA, Ohio ship" grasped across miles, and we A Teachers Appreciation Banquet feel privileged to have had them with was served in the Church Annex for us. all teachers, assistants, and officers. Bertha Nichols was in charge of the TRINITY, Lisbon, Ohio program. Mrs. Kensler led everybody Easter Services at Trinity Friends in the singing of "An Apple for the Church, Lisbon, were especially Teacher" and "School Days." Poems meaningful this year. Our Good Fri­ were read by Kathy Connor and day service began out-of-doors with Charles Thornburg. Some teachers a tree planting ceremony. Three red were honored for their long years of maple trees were planted on the service. Eva Yocom had taught the church lawn to serve as a double adult class for forty years, and voice of appreciation. First, they twenty-eight of those years she were planted in appreciation of our taught in the country church. Paul 32 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

VALENTINE-A son Russell, April VOTH-ENNS. Sara Voth of Newberg, 18, 1976, to Russ and Carol Valen­ Oregon, Friends and Gregory Enns tine, Canton, Ohio. of Albany, Oregon, March 6, 1976. Friend§.. WILLIAMSON-ZOLLINHOFER. Lois VINCENT-A son, Daniel Alan, Feb­ ruary 29, 1976, to Jim and Betty Vin­ Williamson and Mark Zollinhofer, recoru cent, Akron, Ohio. April 10, 1976. ZEPERNICK-McCRACKEN. Robin ZELEZNIK-A son, Aaron Lee, March Zepernick and Robert McCracken, 23, 1976, to Dale and Laurie Zelez­ April 10, 1976, First Friends Church, nik, West Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Salem, Ohio. ZIMMERMAN-A daughter, Shannon Ray, March 21, 1976 to Charles and DEATHS Joy Zimmerman, Salem, Ohio. BIRTHS KESTER-A son, Ryan Allen, to Rick ALLEN-Lotus L. Allen, 80, Deer­ and Charlene Kester, April 14, 1976, field, Ohio, February 27, 1976. ALBERS-To Gary and Janet Albers, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. MARRIAGES a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, March 27, BOES-Mildred Lucy (Mrs. Ralph) 1976, Portland, Oregon. LOFTUS-A daughter, Tiffany Lynn, COOK-SMITH. Susan Marie Cook Boes, 63, March 9, 1976, Tulsa, Okla­ and Larry Allen Smith in Hood River, homa. BARAGER-To Rick and Anne Bara­ April 1, 1976, to Leonard and Karen Loftus, Columbus, Ohio. Oregon, March 6, 1976. ger, a daughter, Jennifer Claire, Jan­ COFFIN-Druscille Wilson Coffin, uary 9, 1976, Portland, Oregon. LOWER-A daughter, Barbara Elaine, CRIDER-HOVIS. Melody Crider and 96, March 15, 1976, Springdale Bob Hovis, April 3, 1976, First BLACK-A son, Richard Allen, Jr., to January 31, 1976, to Steve and Kathy Friends, Kansas. Friends, Salem, Ohio. Richard and Kathy Black, March 16, Lower, Columbus, Ohio. CRAIG-Myrtle Craig, age 91, mem­ 1975, Northridge Friends, Wichita, MORISON-A daughter, Joan Eliza­ GRAHAM-SALLASKA. Cynthia Gra­ ber of Northridge Friends, May 16, Kansas. beth, April 13, 1976, to Kyle and ham and Gary Sallaska, April 10, 1976, Wichita, Kansas. BL YER-A daughter, Jennifer Lynn, Carol Morison, Canton, Ohio. Liberal, Kansas. CUSHMAN-Frank Cushman, Cable, March 9, 1976, to Roger and Carolyn NEWSY-To Bruce and Joyce New­ Ohio, February 1, 1976. Slyer, Canton, Ohio. HENKLE- MISSLER. Linda Henkle by, a son, January 7, 1976, Bethel and Kent Missler, February 14, 1976, DOREMUS-Lillie Doremus, April 6, BROWN-A daughter, Heather Brian­ Friends Church, Hugoton, Kansas. Trinity Friends, Van Wert, Ohio. 1976, Enid, Oklahoma. na, February 7, to Lance and Diane PARKER-A daughter, Terri Jean, Brown, Tyler, Texas. HODGE-FAST. Nancy Hodge and EDINGTON-Homer Edington, 59, April 2, to Richard and Wanda Park­ David Fast, April 24, 1976, First St. Clairsville, Ohio, March 22, 1976. BURTON-A daughter Angela, April er, Leavenworth, Kansas. Friends Church, Salem, Ohio. 14, 1976, to Mr. and Mrs. Michael EWALD-Walter Ewald, West Park, RINARD-To Dean and Helen Rinard Cleveland, Ohio. Burton, Bellefontaine, Ohio. of Reedwood Friends, Portland, Ore­ HODGES-ODOM. Linda Gale Hodges gon, a girl, Julie Ann, March 3, 1976. and Jack F. Odom, February 28, FOLEY-Wayne C. Foley, 75, Wood­ CHURCH-A daughter, Lindy Jo, Tyler, Texas. April 21, 1976, to Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ land Friends, Kamiah, Idaho, De­ liam Church, Bellefontaine, Ohio. ROUDABUSH-A son Jonathan, Feb­ KELL Y-DOLEY. Rebecca Kelly and cember 6, 1975. ruary 11, 1976, to David and Dianne Robert Oral Ooley, Jr., of Friends­ CLINE-A daughter, Maggie Virginia, Roudabush, Van Wert, Ohio. INGRAM-Charles Ingram, 82, Salem, wood, Texas, April 11, 1976, at Col­ Ohio, March 6, 1976. April 29, to Connie Wayne and Phyl­ lins United Methodist Church, Mis­ lis Cline, Friendswood, Texas. SARGENT-To Dave and Nancy Sar­ gent, a daughter, Lindsey Renee, sissippi. JONES-John Jones, 63, Bellefon­ taine, Ohio, March 26, 1976. CLOUD-To Roger and Jannis Cloud, March 31, Portland, Oregon. MARTIN-LEWIS. Pall Martin and a son, Jeremy Scott, March 20, Kevin Lewis, April 17, 1976, Reed­ KNISELEY-Orville Kniseley, 60, Be­ Greenleaf, Idaho. SLEEUWENHOCK- A son, Travis Lee, February 26, 1976, to Kendall wood Friends, Portland, Oregon. loit, Ohio, April 25, 1976. COONS-A daughter, Jessica Nicole, and Sara Sleeuwenhock, Grinnell, McGINNIS-NIXON. Mary Lou McGin­ LORCHER-Pearl Lorcher, 75, Nor­ March 16, 1976, to James and Jenny Iowa. nis and Michael Ray Nixon, May 15, walk, Ohio, April 8, 1976. Coons, Byhalia, Ohio. STEGHERR-A son, lan Davis, April 1976, Northridge Friends, Wichita, Kansas. MACY-William Keith Macy, March COSAND-A daughter, Kristen, Feb­ 4, to David and Lynn Stegherr, Wi­ 21, 1976, Reno, Nevada. ruary 11, 1976, to Wesley and Ruth chita, Kansas, Northridge Meeting. MONDL-STALNAKER. Barbara Cosand, New York. Mondl and Jack Stalnaker, April 3, MENDENHALL-Ella Marion Mielke STRAIT-To David and Judi Strait of Mendenhall of Hay Springs, Nebras­ DISBROW-To Glen and Edie Dis­ North Valley Friends, a girl, Jodi 1976, Salem First Friends Church, Salem, Ohio. ka, New Hope Friends, passed away brow of Boise, Idaho, a daughter, Heather, May 10, 1976. March 26, 1976. Tammy Lorraine, February 22, 1976. MOORE-HERR. Cheryle Moore and STROUP-A son, Joel Aaron, April SHILLING-Josephine Shilling, 64, 30, 1976, to John and Barbara Don Herr, April 10, 1976, Southeast DUNN-A son, April 17, 1976, to Friends, Salem, Ohio. Deerfield, Ohio, April 8, 1976. Gordon and Vivienne Dunn, Salem, Stroup, Salem, Ohio. SMITH-Chester Smith, 100, Hughes­ Ohio. STRUK-To Dan and Jan Struk of PI CKE LSI MER-STRAUSBAUGH. Mary Lynn Pickelsimer and Steve ville, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1976. ECKHART-Twin daughters, Lindsay Medford Friends, Oregon, a son, Nathan Allen, April 12, 1976. Strausbaugh, September 6, 1975, Mt. SMITH-Esther E. Smith, 87, of New­ Marie and Shannon Kay, April 2, Carmel Friends Church, Cable, Ohio. 1976, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Eck­ berg Friends, Oregon, March 23, TEAGUE-A daughter, Michelle Lee, 1976. hart, Damascus, Ohio. to Frank and Glenda Teague, March RATCLIFF-ESCH. Connie Ratcliff and Rick Esch, September 20, 1975, FOLWELL-To Ron and Karen Fol­ 26, 1976, Hutchinson Friends, Kan­ STEGMEIER- Doyt Stegmaier, 55, sas. Mt. Carmel Friends, West Liberty, Van Wert, Ohio, March 6, 1976. well of Boise, Idaho, a son, Byron Ohio. Wade, March 20, 1976. TEUBNER-A son, Cory Scott, April THORNBURG- Beulah Thornburg, SEDELL-TEMPLE. Jane Sedell and GIBBONS-A son, Jason Earl, March 15, to Doug and Joyce Teubner, Uni­ 82, Urbana, Ohio, March 28, 1976. versity Meeting, Wichita, Kansas. David Temple, June 20, 1975 (First 28, 1976, to Charles and Rosemary Friends Church, Vancouver, Wash­ WALKER-Ralph Walker, 80, Salem, Gibbons, Alliance, Ohio. THOMPSON- To Vivian (Harmon) ington}, from Hughesville Friends Ohio, April 8, 1976. HAYES-To Craig and Marie Hays of and Dan Thompson of Haviland Church, Hughesville, Pennsylvania. WILHITE-Kathryn Wilhite of Boise North Valley Friends, Newberg, Ore­ Friends, a daughter, Danedri Rene, Friends, Idaho, February 8, 1976. April 19, Osage City, Kansas. SHEPPERD-MECHLING. Constance gon, a girl, Priscilla Bess, May 10, Shepperd and Darrell Mechling, 1976. WILL-Mildred Will, 98, Portland, THORNBURG-A son, Joshua Paul, April 3, 1976, East Richland Evan­ Oregon, January 21, 1976. HEROLD-A daughter Carla, Febru­ February 25, 1976, to Michael and gelical Friends Church, St. Clairs­ ary 17, 1976, to James and Vicki Judy Thornburg, Milan, Ohio. ville, Ohio. WILLIAMS-Alice Williams, 91, Be­ loit, Ohio, March 2, 1976. Herold, Beloit, Ohio. TO-To Anh Van To and his wife SMITH-WILCOX. Bonnie Smith and HILL-A daughter, Lorri Jo, to Isaac Mai, a son, Joel Tuan Anh To, April Brent Wilcox, March 6, 1976, Beth­ WUTHRICK- Frank Wuthrick, Da­ and Joretta Hill, Garfield, Ohio. 13, Medford, Oregon. any Friends, Wadsworth, Ohio. mascus, Ohio, April 14, 1976. JUNE 1976 33

rs Bt;HOLD IS THE CHURCH THt; FULFILLING fiR!;! ITS MISSION? The Royal Coach, its stately halls are quiet, The Quakers gathered CoMPILED BY GERALD I. TEAGUE have now gone. The city seems not to have noticed, And usual business goes right on. Yet the gathered ones had felt The touch of God. With one desire, They had come like kindling gathered To become a signal fire. Through the presence of His Spirit, Encouragement, hope, and life was right. Then all were sent out, ROBIN JOHNSTON able to go outside the bounds of the local in His timing, Staff member of Friends Bible College, meeting and minister to people. To me, Like flames of fire Haviland, Kansas; formerly associate the most important thing is the body-life pastor, Haviland Meeting into the night. relationship I have experienced within DAVID SMITHERMAN the local body. That is what edifies and And look, Presiding clerk of KYM, layman of encourages me to go out and work and behold the fire! Haviland Meeting minister. Five hundred fires JoHNSTON: To me the church is the SMITHERMAN: I think of the Church of across the land local people in a local situation-those Jesus Christ-the full body of the Church To signal Christ's way, who call themselves Christians, those who -in reference to the New Testament truth, and life, have been "called out." The real essence church when members were added daily. And that His kingdom of the life of the church is the involve­ There was consistency of growth and in­ is at hand. ment of people as they minister to one spiration and injection of enthusiasm that was creating and breeding growth of the -Wendell B. Barnett another. As they have meaningful and spiritual interpersonal relations they are church, in numbers as well as power. May 1976 In a sense, in a local situation the church never quite fulfills its mission. This is the fifth and final in a series Not only are new people different peo­ Written following the on the subject of purposes of the church. Friends Conference on ple, but the same people come with Assistant general superintendent of different needs. Pastoral Ministry held at Kansas Yearly Meeting, Gerald Teague, Dallas, Texas, in April. offers a view of the thinking of key JoHNSTON: If you don't keep changing leaders of the Yearly Meeting on the your methods-because those needs question: When is the church change-you lose contact with people. fulfilling its mission? That is the reason you keep changing 34 EVANGELICAL FRIEND

programs, to minister to people, for they The early church was noted for the the community have a need they call the keep changing and their needs keep way the people loved one another. The office; the office in turn contacts someone changing. That is why the ministry of world was drawn to them because they who would be best qualified for this the church is so exciting, so constantly demonstrated this love; the world could problem. The church not only ministers alive. see it and respond to it. I think the but equips others to minister. church can best fulfill its role by its love. Out of that abundance of love and a DAVID ROBINSON MELVIN ADKINSON meeting of the needs of those who arc the Seasoned minister pastoring KYM's Pastor of Bayshore Church, church, the overflow of the artesian-well Bayclif}, Texas newest church in Tyler, Texas effect will spread out to others. The church has two great arms: one, The purpose of the church is twofold: evangelism, and the other in the area of The fellowship acts as a continuing evangelizing and discipling-introducing service. When people begin to get in­ check and balance where the members of new people to the Lord Jesus Christ and volved with needs around them, not the church-the body of Christ-serve to helping them to be disciples of Christ, only do they see their own inadequacy to encourage and strengthen one another. permitting Him to really be the Lord of meet those needs but also their vision in­ I believe the Holy Spirit is the healer and their lives. There is a very strong need creases. They begin to see needs beyond the sustainer of the life of the fellowship; of fulfilling the services part of the minis­ themselves; [often] a call then comes to the one that promotes the love of God try too, because Christ came to serve. go where the Gospel-the good news of and the love for one another. When we In completing the work He began, we life-changing circumstances - is being respond to the love of others in the must minister to others' needs. Christ brought to people outside their own fellowship, then our lives will be enrich­ did not minister just on the spiritual level groups. It could be across the ocean or ed and strengthened. but also to human needs. We are ful­ across town. filling our mission when we are meeting No community is ever static but is every need-the physical, mental, social, STEVE HARMON and spiritual needs, ministering to the always in flux, not only because people Hugoton Friends Church, president come and go, but people's lives are in of Spiritual Life Board of Kansas flux. Therefore, I do not think that its Yearly Meeting mission is ever completely fulfilled. The church is constantly fulfilling its mission. My definition of the church is the local One of the men in our church shared congregation and of mission is reaching with me that one day during his devo­ out and ministering to people. Adminis­ tional time he visualized our church tration and services of worship are, of standing in our community filled with course, definite parts of the church and people, with still other people all over necessary. This is really not of itself ful­ our community coming in and out of the filling the mission of the church. To my church, finding their needs fulfilled. I see way of thinking, fulfilling the mission is that as being our vision, being able to actually ministering to people's needs. project ourselves into the lives and the All we do should be designed to contrib­ ute to a ministry to individuals, and needs of our people, so that our church whole man. From the human standpoint, becomes a beacon light. this is what I interpret as fulfilling the mission of the church. this is an impossibility. Only Christ is able to meet those needs. But he wants KEITH WHITE to meet them through us. He is reincar­ Completing a master's program at the WALTER PICKETT nate through us. Nazarene Seminary in Kansas City, Layman, University Friends Church, presently associate pastor of Lawrence, Wichita, Kansas Kansas, Friends Church KEITH ELLIS The church has to function to help the Pastor at Lone Star Friends Church, I think that the church is fulfilling its relationship between man and God, and Hugoton, Kansas mission when it is acting on the basis of man and man-the church reaching Christ's commands instead of reacting down to unite man with God, and the It has not yet really fulfilled its mis­ against false teaching and error. When church reaching out to help relate to his sion. We must minister to the whole it acts in response to Christ's commands, fellowman. The best way the church man, to his spiritual and his other needs then it is embodying Christ himself and can do it is pretty well going to have to as well. In that are involved the growth becoming a body of Christ. That will come out of a local situation, because and the maturity of that man and helping result in the praise and glory of the each community has different needs. For him have an outlet for Christian service. Father, which is the ultimate goal or pur­ instance, University Church has an un­ pose of the church. programmed service as well as a pro­ JOHN P. WILLIAMS, SR. grammed service. This has been a meet­ Dean of Friends University, WENDELL BARNETT ing from which many groups have start­ Wichita, Kansas Under special appointment by KYM ed. Some have taken vacations to work When the body of believers is nurtur­ to an Extension work in Texas with mission in Mexico. About fifty ing! When, in its discipling process, it is called "Friends in Dallas" people help people in need. If people of building the "body" toward the full sta- JUNE 1976 35

ture in Christ, which includes the reach­ own backyard. To answer in a personal not mean to avoid the question or side­ ing out to the whole world in LOVE and way, the church is fulfilling its mission step it, but I feel that we have to ac­ SERVICE. when I am doing everything that God is knowledge there is no ultimate answer to The church must bulwark both of these asking me to do. I really do not know this question. expressions-love and service-through if I can say that the church has fulfilled There are facets to the mission of the its institutions in order to minister to its mission at a given time, but, at the church. That which is predominant is human needs. The church should pene­ present, the church is fulfilling its mission winning men and women, boys and girls trate all strata of society-politics, educa­ as its people are living in full obedience to Jesus Christ in our communities and tion, etc., with life and work or hearts to the Holy Spirit. That is certainly a throughout the world. We must realize and hands! different thing for each one of us. It is a that there are many people who are hurt­ personal relationship of growing every The church-like any other institution ing who do not feel that people of the day. or social group-that fails to develop to church really care for them. It is impor­ serve beyond its present generation fails! tant to minister to them. We realize, too, that there are social issues that are vital to the mission of the church. We recog­ FRED JONES nize that we have done a lot, but I believe Pastor, Willow Creek Friends Church, that as time continues and until Jesus Kansas City, Missouri comes, we are not going to arrive to a The church's mission is definitely that conclusion of the mission. of witnessing and evangelism. From read­ ing the Gospels we see that Jesus Christ was interested primarily in the kingdom VERYL HINSHAW of God and its fulfillment. He left His Pastor, Emporia Friends Church, work in the hands of His disciples with Kansas, and chairman of Foreign the command to go into all the world Ministries Division of Outreach Board of Kansas Yearly Meeting and make disciples. If Christ's mission had been complete when He left this DON CRIST I believe that the church is primarily earth, there would have been no need to Pastor, Topeka Friends Church, on this earth to bring honor and glory establish the church. Christ's mission of Topeka, Kansas to God, to worship Him and praise Him through the name of His Son Jesus salvation was complete, but it was not The church is fulfilling its miSSion given to the entire world at that time. Christ. I believe the way this must be when it is able to resemble the body con­ done is to evangelize. We must present As I see it, that is the primary reason for cept of which the New Testament speaks. the existence of the church today. the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Two or three things happen! When it Being in foreign ministries for several Now I believe there are other jobs ministers effectively to each of its mem­ years, I am very interested in evangelism the church has to do. The church is a bers, building them up in faith; when the and reaching out, especially to those place for building and encouraging, and members care for one another with com­ people beyond the sea in Burundi, Africa. motivating Christians. Where else would passion; when the members feel a part of Christians fellowship? If it were not for one another, are responsible for one My great concern is that the church the undone work of evangelism, I think another, and their own spiritual welfare; will fulfill its mission by going into all of the Lord would return and there would when they are able to help each other, to the world to preach the Gospel to every be no need for continuance of the recognize each other's gifts and help each creature. I believe that our mission is church. So, if the church is fulfilling its other to put those gifts into practice. not only across the sea but is also across mission it is a witnessing church, it is a Another is when the church is reach­ the street. The church's mission reaches church that is doing all that is in its ing out. I see this as happening on a beyond the spiritual to the moral, the power to spread the Gospel to as many one-to-one basis with individual families physical, and the social needs of our people as it possibly can. and individual people reaching out to community. I believe that the church people around them. A "gathered should be interested in sound, stable government, to stand for what is right, MAURICE ROBERTS church" where each ministers to the against that which is wrong. Owner of commercial real estate other, and also, a "scattered church" business, Crown Company, Topeka, where the church people are ministering Kansas; formerly presiding clerk of to those around them. ED BRUERD Kansas Yearly Meeting. Pastor, Lawrence Friends Church, The question is really related to the ALDEN PITTS Kansas institutional church and when it is fulfill­ Pastor in KYM for 40 years, now pastor Christ has given us the secret in what ing its mission. I suppose that it is not of Hesper Friends, Eudora, Kansas we speak of as the great commission­ until I as a person fulfill my mission. The The education system of our nation that of going and making disciples. This church's commitment is to see that the has been going on for some time now; is a matter of multiplying and training. Good News is shared to the far corners can we say it has fulfilled its mission? The early church was founded, grounded, of the world. We must not ignore the Can we say that those in the field of and progressed because of the program potential and the responsibility for our science have fulfilled their mission? I do of making disciples. ~j mALODE IOLLEiiE

After 85 years, Walter and Emma Malone may have some problem recognizing us. With 891 students and 18 majors in a Christian liberal arts setting, we've changed somewhat from the original Cleveland Bible Institute. The college was founded in Cleveland, but now we're located in Canton, Ohio, fifty miles away. Tuition is a little higher (?) now than it was then, and there are more options and activities available to Malone students. But there's still a strong link to the historical Quaker tradition. Our concern for each student has brought on our " nutshell" description, " A College of Persons." And we are an Evangelical Friends institution, a Christian college whose reason for being is a practical and personal commitment to Jesus Christ and His Lordship. By the way, the fellow pictured on the left is Quaker Otis Good, Class of '79 .

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