June 22, 1971 OFFICIAL ORGAN of the LAKE UNION CONFERENCE of SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS� Volume LXIII Number 25

June 22, 1971 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS Volume LXIII Number 25

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Young people surround Elder H. M. S. Richards, Jr., for some serious rapping after a meeting.

COVER UJVIALK Lze One of the main attractions for young people attending the Voice of Prophecy crusade at Flint, Michigan, this spring was John Rudometkin. Mr. Rudometkin, a former star basketball player with the New York Knicker- bockers, is now an Adventist. He is the subject of the book, "Rudo the HT1r BALD Reckless Russian," authored by Herbert Ford.

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GORDON 0. ENGEN, Editor Conference Directories ILLINOIS J. L. Hayward, president; Elton Dessain, secre- CAROL HARDIN, Assistant Editor LAKE UNION CONFERENCE tary tr . Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: 3721 RUBY JEWETT, Circulation Services Box C, Berrien Springs, Mich. 49103 Prairie Ave. Mail Address: Box 89, Brookfield, III. 60513. (616) 473-4541 Phone: (312) 485-1200. President F. W. Wernick INDIANA: R. L. Dale, president; Larry Davis, secretary- EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: F. W. Wernick, Chairman; W. F. Secretary, S. S. Sec. F. L. Jones treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:00 a.m.-12:00 Miller, Vice-Chairman; Gordon Engen, Secretory. Treasurer W. F. Miller p.m.; 1-5:30 p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-12 noon. Office and Mail CORRESPONDENTS: Estop Allen, Illinois; M. D. Oswald, Assistant Treasurer Charles Woods Address: 1405 Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46220. Phone: (317) 251-9292. Indiana; Fred Williams, Lake Region; Ernest Wendth, Auditor Arthur Opp Michigan; Glenn Aufderhar, Wisconsin; Horace Show, Educational Secretary G. E. Hutches LAKE REGION: J. R. Wagner, president; M. C. Von Andrews University; Joyce Griffith, Hinsdale Sanitarium Lay Activities Secretary A. W. Bauer Putten, ry treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., and Hospital. 8 a.rn.-5:15 p m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office and Public Affairs Secretary NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS: All articles, pictures, obitu- Gordon Engen Mail Address: 8517 S. State St., Chicago, Ill. 60619. Public Relations, Radio-TV Phone: (312) 846-2661. aries, and classified ads must be channeled through your Religious Liberty, Ind. Rel. local conference correspondent. Copy mailed directly to Publishing Secretary J. W. Proctor MICHIGAN: R. D. Moon, president; L. G. Wartzok, the HERALD will be returned to the conference involved. tree . Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Missionary Volunteer Secretory Ed H. Webb MANUSCRIPTS for publication should reach the Lake Fri., 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: 320 W. St. National Service Organization Secy. } Joseph St. Mail Address: Box 900, Lansing, Mich. 48904. Union Conference office by Thursday, 9 a.m., twelve days Stewardship D. A. Copsey before the dote of issue. The editorial staff reserves the Phone (517) 485-2226. right to withhold or condense copy depending upon space Medical Secretary Temperance Secretary WISCONSIN: K. J. Mittleider, president; G. H. Crumley, available. secretary-treasurer. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m.- A.S.I. Secretary 5:00 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 o.m.-12:30 p.m. Office Address: ADDRESS CHANGES should be addressed Circulation De- Civilian Chaplain J. D. Westfall partment, Lake Union Herald, Box C, Berrien Springs, 802 E. Gorham St. Mail Address: Box 512, Madison, Mich. 49103. Always give full name, old address, and Wis. 53701. Phone: (608) 257-5696. new address. If possible, send address label from an Entered as second-class matter in the Post old issue. Please allow at least two weeks for change to Office, Berrien Springs, Mich. Printed weekly, become effective. 50 times a year (omitting the weeks of July 4 NEW SUBSCRIPTION requests should be addressed to and December 25) by the University Press, Ber- the treasurer of the local conference where membership rien Springs, Mich. Yearly subscription price, Postmaster: Send all notices to Lake Union is held. $4.00. Single copies, 10 cents. Herald, Box C, Berrien Springs, Ml 49103.

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Story and Photos by Ernest Wendth realized that if he were to have success he would have to Ray Thomas lives in Berrien Springs. The Voice of stay the entire time and take them each evening to the Prophecy held its crusade March 28 to April 17 in Flint, auditorium. 175 miles away. Yet Ray brought his relatives to the His loss of business, his time, efforts, and extra expenses didn't matter. He had had a burden for these relatives for years, he said, and realized that their only chance of making their decision for Christ might be Elder Jeremia during this crusade. Florea, area coordinator for the crusade, talks with the Honorable Francis E. Limner, mayor of Flint, Michigan, prior to his appear- ance at the first meeting.

meetings and, as a result, saw four of his cousins baptized. Ray Brooks is a public school teacher in Yale, a small town 25 miles northwest of Port Huron. He drove almost four thousand miles during the crusade, bringing students each night to hear H. M. S. Richards, Jr. A number of his students took their stand for Christ, and one was baptized. In spite of all the preparation for the crusade (which began weeks before) and the talents of the Voice of Prophecy team, the real success of the meetings came as the result of laymen. Their efforts won souls. Ray Thomas discovered this. When he heard of the crusade he left his store in Berrien Springs to visit relatives in Flint. He planned on staying only a few days Elder Richards and Elder Gordon Henderson bow for prayer to encourage them to attend the meetings, but soon before beginning a meeting. a. Elder H. M. S. Richards, Jr., speaks before a packed house at the I.M.A. auditorium.

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June 22, 1971, Vol. LXIII, No. 25 3 The cousins had been aware of the evangelistic series. They had seen the advertisements. Their names had been turned in to the crusade team and some of the ministers r had called upon them with a personal invitation to attend. But, as one of the cousins said, in spite of all the invitations they had received, in spite of Elder Richards' making the Bible plain, in spite of the Holy Spirit working on their hearts, it still took Ray's interest and efforts to get them to the meetings. The personal work of this layman was the key which unlocked the door to baptism for four who were acquainted with Adventism but had made no move to accept its message.

Ministers line the platform for the opening meeting. The mayor of Flint (Michigan), the Honorable Francis E. Limner, stands to the left of Elder Richards. When he spoke, the mayor talked to "fellow Christians," and called his audience "God's people." In front of the platform are some of the Bibles given one to a family for use during the sermon. professional basketball player, now an Adventist, and a naturalist who brought his pets—an anteater, an alligator, and a large snake; talks on hobbies; and special motion 4 11rE 1c PROPHF pictures. K, 2, •(PRIL IS He, with approximately 150 other juniors, also en- -1MS h CHARDS .1( joyed Elder Castlebuono's blacklighted flannelboard talks, which paralleled Elder Richards' sermon topics for the adults. After the presentation of the change of the Sabbath, this 9-year-old went home to tell his parents they had a "problem." As a result, they began attending and then, with their son, were baptized. According to Elder Castelbuono, five other non-Adventist young people were baptized because of these youth meetings. All ministers from the Flint District were involved in the crusade, with Elder Jeremia Florea as the crusade Bright lights invite the curious in for a closer look. coordinator. Elder Edward Herzel of Owosso "invited

Ray Brooks and his wife Sylvia are the only Adventists within a 25-mile radius of the junior high school in Yale where he teaches. For the past year, during the noon hour he has been giving Bible studies to some of his students. A real interest developed, but it took the special effort on the part of Ray and his wife, to get some of the students to the meetings. The Brooks logged 200 miles each evening, picking up the students, taking them to Flint, and returning them to their homes. But, "we received a wonderful feeling when we saw these young people take their stand," Mrs. Brooks reported, and declared that all their efforts had been worthwhile. Young people of the Flint church distributed thou- sands of youth-oriented leaflets which brought some young people to the meetings. Small tracts on love and Christ were handed out at a local community college, and at a shopping mall, where two booths had been set up for rapping with young people. Each evening special meetings for juniors were conducted by Elder Anthony Castelbuono of the Pioneer Memorial (Berrien Springs) church. Were they worthwhile or were they just baby-sitting operations? Those who watched as one of these juniors and his parents were baptized, know that these junior meetings paid off.

The 9-year-old boy, invited to the auditorium, found Volunteers kept an accurate file of Bibles, so that each family the special guests presented prior to the evening's talk got the same one every evening. Over one thousand Bibles were very interesting. These included John Rudometkin, a kept permanently by those with 10 nights of faithful attendance.

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who had also attended Elder Robert Collar's meetings in Flint last fall. The wife had accepted Christ, but the husband hadn't because of his smoking. With Elder Richards' help and the prayers of many people, this man overcame his habit

Each night and was baptized. there were up to Another one of Elder Herzel's converts was the son of 36 children shep- a couple who had been baptized nine years ago in herded by Owosso as a result of the Walter-Henderson crusade in patient volun- their cloud tabernacle. Elder Herzel recently helped the teers in the "bawl room." son get his Sabbaths off despite a "hard boss." However, Mrs. Catherine the change in this man's life is such that the boss now Ashbaugh, teach- ti would like to hire only Adventists. er at the Flint Quite a few non-Adventists never missed a meeting. church school, One such lady, who will soon be baptized into the South organized and operated this Flint church, had had no previous contact with the baby-sitting denomination. That is, none except the witness of a service.

himself in," since he lived just outside the Flint District. Members of his church supported the program and the Pathfinder bus transported a large group of church mem- ., hers and interested persons to the meetings. He was responsible for the attendance of a husband and wife,

Right: Elder Anthony Castelbuono, youth pastor at Pioneer Memorial church on the campus of Andrews University, direc- Above: Workers count ted Youthquake—meetings requests for special doctri- for juniors and earliteens nal books to be given to held simultaneously with interested nonmembers. the evening meetings. There were 200 to 250 Below: Older, more such cards filled in each mature usher helps his evening. friends sign up for free gifts offered during the crusade.

co-worker of a number of years ago who brought her to the meetings. And so they were baptized. The bearded Mennonite, the arthritic lady confined to a chair and her retired husband (their first contact was in an Adventist doctor's office years ago), the young man from Berrien Springs who heard Elder Richards speak at camp meeting last summer. Each person has a story to tell. In most cases that story couldn't be told if some faithful layman hadn't done his part. As Ray Thomas said about working for his family: "It seemed like one of the hardest things I had to do," and 71 added that it was much easier to work for strangers than for relatives. But he also stated that the layman had a wonderful opportunity to obtain a blessing such as he had never had before. He also added that if more laymen would get out and work when evangelism hits their area, the baptismal results would be fantastic. Additions to the church are in direct proportion, he feels, to the efforts put forth by the layman.

June 22, 1971, Vol. LXIII, No. 25 5 areas where Seventh-day Adventist pastors are not available. Ministerial students and Bible teachers from our colleges and universities will help reach dark counties MISSION and inner city areas. Many will be working in places and with people never before reached by any part of the church's message. Personal contact is a prime goal of Mission '72. Local conferences will work out schedules and arrange with pastors, departmental secretaries, and other workers for MISSION '72 places where each can be involved in the program. But the key to the success of Mission '72 is every- MUSTERS member involvement. This phase of the project began in EVERYONE May, 1971. Teams of two were to be formed in each 72 church. These teams were to then visit every member, inviting each person to become involved in some form of contact witnessing for God before and during the Mis- sion '72 program. The every-member enlistment program In this weary old world filled with people snagged on has already been used in several churches with encourag- coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, and electronic gadgets, in this ing results! world where war, trouble, and taxes dog man's steps, in You should have received by now a commitment card this world where politicians promise and youth with many different activities listed. There is something protest—in such a world God has placed His people. How for everyone to do. can He expect the church to accomplish its mission to Isn't it time for us to claim the promises of God and "Go teach all nations" in such a turned-off generation, receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that the work absorbed in sex and the nasty little games people play? of God may be finished in our own lives and in the Yet, here we are. world? The promise is: God will pour out His Spirit Leaders and laymen alike have long searched for an without measure when the largest portion of the church answer. But there seems to be no human solution. God become laborers together with Him. Mission '72 could alone has the answer to our dilemna. be the beginning of this wonderful experience, if we are "When we have entire, wholehearted consecration to willing. the service of Christ, God will recognize the fact by an outpouring of His Spirit without measure; but this will V.O.P. BAPTISMS MORE THAN DOUBLE not be while the largest portion of the church are not Baptisms were up 141 percent in the English-language laborers together with God."—Ellen G. White, work of the Voice of Prophecy in the first four months Evangelism, page 699. of 1971, reported Elder H. M. S. Richards, Jr., director- There is the answer: every-member consecration, speaker of the V.O.P. every-member involvement. "Baptisms of those who trace their conversion directly To meet the challenge, a project named Mission '72 to English language broadcasts grew from 345 in the first has been scheduled for the Seventh-day Adventist four months of 1970 to 834 in the first four months of Church in 1972. One of the prime goals of this evangelis- this year," Richards explained. tic thrust is "every-member involvement." In fact, by the end of March there was a 104 percent What, then, is Mission '72? It is an all-out program to baptismal gain in both the English and the foreign lan- utilize every individual and facility within the church for guage operations at broadcast headquarters. Elder Rich- the finishing of the work. It is a people-oriented pro- ards says this unusual growth is a direct result of a gram, using methods both old and new. Although it is greater focus on soul winning at the Voice of Prophecy, planned especially for 1972, it is designed to expand and and the united prayers and consistent support of V.O.P. grow until that great day when we shall see our Saviour supporters. returning in eternal brilliance. With the Lord's blessing The V.O.P. is asking every layman to join in the we may help to hasten that wonderful day! increased soul-winning thrust by presenting radio logs For a better understanding of what Mission '72 will and Bible course application cards to friends and neigh- involve, here are some highlights of a 21-point program bors each week. Church pastors are being requested to initiated by the 1970 Autumn Council of the General follow up every V.O.P. Bible school interest sent to their Conference: church, and ministers and laymen are being asked to give "We recommend that a divisionwide evangelistic cam- full and consistent support to V.O.P. Bible crusades paign be launched simultaneously in North America, scheduled in their area. Twenty-eight crusades are sched- using churches in every city, or where desirable, other uled across North America this year, says Elder facilities. The campaign will begin in all cities on the Richards. same night and there will be identical divisionwide adver- "The soul-winning success in these first months of tising to announce the meetings—including billboards, 1971 can be but the foretaste of a much larger ingather- newspaper ads, special invitations, radio-television spots, ing of souls in the days ahead," states Elder Richards, "if window cards, and handbills." every minister and every layman will become partners Central to the entire project will be the theme, "The with the Voice of Prophecy in this all-out effort for Blessed Hope." Youth and lay preachers will lead out in Christ."

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Ed Dower Is New Pastor at Glen Ellyn On June 5, the Glen Ellyn church welcomed a new pastor. He is Pastor Edward Dower, formerly the associ- ate pastor of the North Shore church in Chicago. Pastor Dower lived his early years in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from Pacific Union College and subse- quently received his bachelor of divinity degree at Two hundred people participated in the family prayer break- Andrews University. He and his wife have a daughter, fast sponsored by the upper grade students of Hinsdale Junior Christine, almost two years old. Academy. The Glen Ellyn church congregation now worships at the First Baptist church of Lombard, corner of Route 53 and St. Charles Road. The members have bought property on North Main Street, Glen Ellyn, and plan to build a church there soon. Pastor Tui Pitman, former pastor, and his family are now missionaries in Cochabamba, Bolivia. They left the United States on April 25. Both parents of Pastor Pit- man were missionary physicians in Bolivia for many years. His father was killed there and Pastor Pitman Pastor L. D. Jaecks writes that the first place he visited was his father's tomb at the school in Vinto, not too far from Cochabamba. Pastor Pitman and his wife, Faye, took a refresher Spanish course in California during the winter and he also received some medical and dental instruction. Pastor Pitman is extremely interested in young people. STUDENTS SPONSOR PRAYER BREAKFAST Last October he organized the Pathfinder group in the A family prayer breakfast was recently sponsored by Glen Ellyn church. At the Illinois fair in April, this the upper grade students of Hinsdale Junior Academy as young group received the blue ribbon for their working a part of their Spring Week of Prayer. Over 200 attended demonstration booth. the early morning event, which emphasized the impor- The director now is James Lewis, the deputy director tance of the Christ-centered family unit in understanding is Mrs. Paul Gurney, and assisting is Mrs. Robert Jones. one's role in life. Pastor L. D. Jaecks of the Hinsdale Instructors for the fair also included Mr. and Mrs. Verne church was the speaker for the occasion. The title of the Heller. Mrs. Leonard Graf presentation was "Does Anyone Really Understand?" The menu and physical arrangements were very simple, but the spiritual impact was noted by many! Wallace Croak, principal of the school, stated, "It was an encouraging sign to see our young people sponsor an event like this and to see parents rearranging their work programs to be in attendance." The breakfast closed with the singing of "Blest Be The Tie" and a dedicatory prayer, while family units joined hands. Jeanne Kincl

Senior Citizen Day Held at Decatur Church Members and friends of the Decatur church were ROCKFORD BAPTISM invited to a potluck dinner held at the church school on Pictured are Rockford baptismal candidates. Left to Sunday, May 16, a special day for senior citizens. right, front row: Vera Mayberry, William Mayberry, and About four years ago Mrs. Judy Peterson, Home and Cathy Mayberry. Center row: Richard Mayberry, Gary Mayberry, and Mark Mallo. Back row: L. J. Marsa, pastor, School leader, and Mrs. Katherine Walters, Sabbath and Edwin Swan, Bible worker. A total of 25 new School superintendent, had a dream. They have been members have been received into the church to date for dreaming of a way to honor the senior citizens of the 1971. Elder John Hayward, conference president, was Sabbath School and church. guest speaker that day. Following dinner, the program featured each member over 70 years of age. A part of his life story was given,

June 22, 1971, Vol. LXIII, No. 25 7 together with his favorite scripture and song, and pictures of early days. Twenty members were given special honor. One of them, Gilbert Foll, is known as N. Mr. Ingathering. Each year he raises from $500 to over $700 for the fund. Clarence Fry, another faithful worker in Ingathering, first had contact with Seventh-day Adventists when he delivered a load of coal to the church school in 1914. Mrs. Lily Pryor is known as Mrs. Investment, having been Investment leader for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dickerson sang "Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." He also directed the choir in singing two hymns. Recognition was given to Miss Nina Carle, 89, who has been a member of the church for 73 years. Her sister,

Mrs. Marie Stevens, has been a member for nearly 63 Harold Teeter, baptized years. Miss Carle was presented with red roses and a by Pastor John Herr, repre- planter. Mrs. Minnie Kramer, 87, a friend of the church, sents the many people who wrote a poem in honor of the senior citizens. responded to heaven's Those who attended had a wonderful time. The event invitation. led us to appreciate our senior citizens even more. We thank Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Walters for their dream come true. Mrs. Julia Potter Dozens Respond to South Bend Evangelistic Campaign On April 23, at 7 p.m., the first service of the South Bend Faith for Today series began. Elder Gordon Dal- rymple was the speaker. With the cooperation of the laymen, and the ministry of both the pastors and the dedicated teachers of South Bend Junior Academy, 87 persons united with God's people in baptism or on profession of faith. We rejoice over the many victories that came during the four weeks. The follow-up meetings continued on Friday and Satur- day evenings, the last service being June 5. On Sabbath, May 1, at the close of the first week 17 persons were baptized. The week following, 41 more precious persons united with God's people. On May 15, twenty more joined the remnant church. Even after the last baptism on May 29, plans were immediately laid in anticipation of yet another group of persons making a decision for Christ. Churches growing as a result of these Standing second from left in the back row is Pastor Norman baptisms are South Bend, Plymouth, Elkhart, South Kinney. Newly baptized members with him are, back row, left to Bend Berean, and Buchanan (Michigan). right, Mrs. Bernice Golik, Walter Bauman, and Mrs. Francis Pastor John 0. Herr of the South Bend-Elkhart Dis- Fiarito. Front row: Miss Sylvianne Gutekunst, Miss Linda Renz, trict was the coordinator of the campaign. Other pastors and Miss judy Grimshaw. involved were Joel Underwood and Steve Guptill of the

SIX BAPTIZED AT PALATINE Mrs. Golik had studied with Ruth Prust for over a year. She had studied all of the Bible Says lessons plus Voice of Prophecy lessons. Mrs. Fiarito was contacted through Voice of Prophecy lists which were sent out prior to the meetings. She had just discarded her lessons after completing about ten of them. The next day she was called upon. She agreed to attend the meetings and took her stand. Mr. Bauman was an Adventist many years ago, left the church, and then started attending again. Sylvianne, Linda, and Judy each have Adventist parents. These individuals were all baptized at the conclusion Progress Hall was the scene of the recent Faith for Today of meetings held at Palatine. crusade in South Bend.

8 LAKE UNION HERALD Baptismal group John and Wayne Thurber, Jose Rodriguez, and Mickey Thur- ber perform.

1 South Bend-Elkhart District, Oliver Cheatham of the South Bend Berean District, Dan Wandersleben of the ti Plymouth District, and John Leach of the Buchanan church. We thank God for the manifestation of His power and for the rich harvest of souls. With the power of the Holy Spirit working through the united efforts of evangelists, pastors, teachers, and dedicated laity, success can be attained. Working together with Christ is the key to success in finishing the work.

Thurbers Conduct Week of Prayer at I.A. One could just tell by the enthusiastic expression on her face that when she said, "This is the happiest day of Ready for Communion service my life," she meant it. She was a senior who responded occupied the center, with white candles being used as to Elders John and Wayne Thurbers' invitation to the the only source of light. students to tell what the Lord had done for them. It was beautiful, and most of all, tremendously All week at different times of the day and in different inspiring. This was particularly true when the students places, doing different things, the students and the Thur- "preached the sermon" as they told of their happiness bers had been getting together. and love for Jesus Christ. James Nash, Principal The get-together place a Friday evening in April was at the gymnasium at Indiana Academy. Instead of coming for a ball game, students came to celebrate the ordinance of humility and the Lord's Supper. There were singing and praying. There were bread and wine. There were a cross and candles. There were love and happiness. Attendance was not required; however, an estimated 80 percent of the students were on hand to take part in the service. Tables had been arranged in the configuration of a cross, draped with long white tablecloths. A large Bible

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Vicki Moore, 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Moore of the Richmond church, removes some of the Disaster and Famine Relief bread banks from the oven after the special offering was received at the Richmond church recently. Helen Greulich Press Secretary Richmond Church

The Thurber family

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DAVISON SCHOOL RECEIVES GIFT Davison Junior Academy is a small but fast-growing school located in the metropolitan area of Detroit. Presently the nine-grade school has an enrollment of 152 students. Due to the struggles faced by a small school, much is needed in the way of equipment. For eight months, the biology department, without a laboratory, has been trying to function with one microscope and a few specimens that could be found. Recently, Elder Reginald Barnes mentioned a "gift" Sailing in the New York Berkshires given him for the Lake Region schools. Wow! The gift is more than that. It's a blessing! The school now has a the famous Appalachian Trail will be Camp Berkshire, beautiful stereo combination, 4 lovely tape recorders, youth camp of the Greater New York Conference. and most important, the biology department has 30 The property, a former country club, includes areas Micro-Slide Viewers—a simplified version of the for tennis, volleyball, softball, boating, horseback riding, microscope. The Micro-Slide-Viewer set comes equipped and swimming in an olympic- size pool. Facilities are with 30 microscopes, 5 boxes of slides (30 in each box), available for trailers and tents. Also provided are house- and texts or phamplets to explain each slide. In other keeping cabins, which sleep four to six persons and are words, each student has his own Micro-Viewer and his complete with stove, sink, and bath. own slide and text. We are really happy. If you would like to join the scores of Michiganders As visual aids the Micro-Slide-Viewer, micro-slides, and who annually benefit from the Family Nature Camp, texts are designed for use in connection with the study write immediately to the conference MV Department for of elementary and advanced life science. They provide full details. for the individual examination of biological specimens in color photomicrographs ranging from whole mounts to magnifications of 100,000x. We still need a laboratory, but this is progress. On behalf of the school board and faculty, we wish to thank you, Elder Barnes, and those who made this gift possible. Miss A. Elaine Cox, Teacher

Davison Junior Academy Holds Food Fiesta Recently the second Fiesta Cosmopolitan by the Davi- son Avenue Junior Academy was given; it was well attended. Countries represented were Germany, France, the West Indies, Mexico, Africa, Italy, and Hawaii. In addition American "soul food" was served. A heart- felt thanks is proffered to teachers and other contributors of food. The program grossed over $200. Dexter Pierce

MEDIC HOME The North Kelly German church in Detroit was happy Applications Still Accepted for Nature Camp to welcome Richard Weber home after he served more than nine months in the front lines of Vietnam as a The Berkshire Hills, on the borders of Connecticut, medic. Pictured with him are his parents, Michael and will be the locale of Michigan's 1971 Family Nature Katharina Weber, and his sister Ingrid, with Elder T. K. Camp, August 16 through 22. Struntz. Richard had received for his faithful service an The base for nature study and photography, hiking honorable commendation. through birch, maple, and oak trees, or exploring part of

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Elder Leonard Mills of Big Rapids helps junior high students sign cards for "Wayout" magazine.

CHURCH PUSHES WAYOUT the planning and obtaining of permission to place the posters in the high schools. The Big Rapids church is acting as local Wayout To date, over one thousand people are being sent the headquarters in a concentrated effort to help the youth materials. The church members (20 regular attenders) of that area. are financing the effort. • April 2 was kickoff day. Blue on red posters with a bright green Wayout sticker were placed in the 10 high schools. A story and paid ads in the local newspaper plus spot announcements on the radio and a mobile billboard informed youth as to where to obtain a Wayout magazine. The first day 75 persons requested the magazine. During the next two weeks requests averaged over fifty per day—a total of more than seven hundred. "This mail-order evangelism is attracting and helping • many frustrated young people in a way that church meetings couldn't," Donovan Freeman, local Wayout director, reports. "You just couldn't get several hundred kids to come listen to a man tell them how they should live. But Wayout is doing it. They read it. They believe it," emphasized Freeman.

A "Today we received 119 cards from young people from the ages of 12 to 22, asking for help and information. It's really exciting to see the response," continued Freeman. The Big Rapids MV Society has kept busy maintaining the mailing list, making labels, and addressing the material. i "As I drove through town with the sign on top of the car, kids would yell for me to stop and give them a Adelphian students working out on their "new" parallel bars are Don Mathis, Jerry Fitch, Burt Braman, and Carl Patterson. magazine," said Freeman. One boy phoned and volunteered to be a "pusher" at his school. This idea was nurtured. Olympians Receive Belated Christmas Gift Reinhard Quast, Christine Grentz, and John Starling of A Christmas program presented to residents of the • Y the MV Society acted as publicity agents in the public W. J. Maxey Boys' Training School in Hamburg, Michi- schools they attend. They distributed the green request gan, by Adelphian Academy students, has resulted in a cards and maintained a supply of the posters. belated Christmas gift to the academy's gymnastic team, Over fifty cards have been received from other parts of the Olympians. Michigan, as well as from New Jersey, New York, A set of parallel bars from the boys' school is perhaps ▪ California, and Ohio. the largest single donation the Olympians have received. Thirty-second radio spots, twice an hour for five hours They are now praying for and working toward obtaining each night during a hit song review, urged youth to call a set of uneven parallel bars for the young ladies to work 832-2727. The Code-A-Phone in the home of Pastor on. Leonard Mills which recorded names and addresses The Olympians are planning to present programs and yielded about one hundred requests the first weekend. gymnastic clinics during the summer months to church Some kids called several times to be certain to receive school groups that are interested in summer activity for the magazine. Pastor Mills was responsible for much of their youth.

June 22, 1971, Vol. LXIII, No. 25 11 This summer marks the second year of Andrews Acad- emy's student missionary program. The project was begun by Chuck Cleveland, a student at the S.D.A. Theological Seminary, and is sponsored this year by Gerald Baker, physical education instructor at the academy, and Mrs. Charlene Vitrano, business education teacher. "The LaVida and Holbrook missions were quite willing to accept student missionaries again this year after their experience with our students last year," commented Mrs. Vitrano. She explained that last summer's group inspired 21 students to apply for positions this summer. "The group from last year was realistic about the experience—they didn't promise a lot of excitement, but they did promise their fellow students an experience that can't be beat!" The screening group which chose the student missionaries included all the faculty members, certain student Serving this summer as student missionaries to Indian reserva- leaders, and last year's missionaries. tions in the Southwest will be the following Andrews Academy Applicants were required to state their reasons for students: Yvonne Howard, Barbara Ferris, and Chana Smith, left wishing to spend the summer as a missionary, and Mrs. to right. Standing are Steve Lee, Dave Herdman, Dan Peshka, Reger Smith, and Tom Stiles. (Photo by Fred Galusha) Vitrano quoted some of the reasons given: "A challenge." "I enjoy helping people physically and A.U.A. Students to Work on Indian Reservations spiritually." Eight students from Andrews University Academy will "I love the Lord with all my heart, and I want spend the summer working on Indian reservations in the opportunity to share my faith. I'm also good LaVida, New Mexico, and Holbrook, Arizona, as student at construction work." missionaries. "I'm interested in Indian culture." The missionaries, whose duties will vary from con- Mrs. Vitrano stated that although the students and struction work to helping a doctor in an outpatient faculty members have worked hard to get enough money clinic to "doing whatever they need us to do," left for the expenses of the missionaries, some funds are still during the week of June 13 after completing a con- needed to ensure the program's success. Anyone densed course in how to work with the Indian people. interested in helping the program and the Indian people The missionaries will stay at their mission posts for two is invited to send his contribution to Andrews University months of volunteer service. Academy, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104. The academy students, parents, teachers, and members of the Pioneer Memorial church on the Andrews campus have worked on bake sales, white elephant sales, and other projects to raise money for the program. The students will be given round trip transportation to their respective mission stations, and a small amount for school tuition next year. Their room and board will be provided by the missions. The three girls in the group have been assigned to the LaVida Indian Mission clinic, where they will help pre- pare the mission's school for opening next fall, help out in the two-nurse clinic as practical nurses, and spend as much time as possible telling the Navajo young people about Christianity. The girls, all from Berrien Springs, are: Miss Barbara Ferris, sophomore; Miss Yvonne Howard, senior; and Miss Chana Smith, sophomore. The Holbrook, Arizona, Indian mission is the destina- STEPPING OUT tion of five boys from the academy. They are: Dave A baptism was conducted for the Stevensville church Herdman, sophomore; Steve Lee, senior; Reger Smith, recently at Berrien Springs. Uniting with God's remnant Jr., senior; and Tom Stiles, sophomore. Dan is from people were Danny and Vickie Costner, left, ages 14 and Niles, Tom from Berrien Center, and the others are from 12, and Nora Cross, age 11. Nora was raised in a Seventh- day Adventist home, while Danny and Vickie are the first Berrien Springs. of their family to join the commandment-keeping rem- At Holbrook the boys' main job will be construction nant. These young Christians merit our prayers that by work at the mission's coeducational boarding school, their faithful living and witnessing they may lead others where dormitories are being enlarged to accommodate to accept Christ. Elder Lewis Anderson, pastor of the more students. Evangelistic work, such as Bible studies Stevensville church, performed the baptism. and one-to-one witnessing, is another of their goals.

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NEWS NOTES • At the end of the first Sabbath in June, 235 new believers had been baptized in Wisconsin in 1971. That is four more than the number baptized in all of 1970. Continue to pray that God's Spirit, with each member's assistance, will seek and win each honest heart. • Of the students canvassing in Wisconsin this summer, Gary Ehlert, publishing secretary of the conference, and Don Phelps, assistant, report 38 college students and 4 academy students from schools all the way from New York to California. • Elder Melvin Rosen, Sabbath School secretary, held six Vacation Bible School exchanges across Wisconsin, where leaders from previous years shared crafts, ideas, and experiences. To date 14 churches are either conduct. ing or planning Vacation Bible Schools. • Elder R. E. Finney, Jr., missionary in Singapore, will report on mission work in the Far Eastern Division, including a recent trip to Borneo; the report will be via tape during a camp meeting Sabbath School.

Robert Warner, left, and J. D. Wohlers

NEW MILL ITEMS ARE POSSIBLE WINNERS Robert Warner, manager of the Adelphian Mill, and his assistant, J. D. Wohlers, wonder if they have another winner in the new-style urn or the wagon-wheel planter now being produced. The redwood urn was "picked as a potential best seller by Hardward Retailer's bird-dog committee" at a national housewares exhibit recently. The committee, according to the editor of the magazine, "spent three days working the show and selecting items that particu- Pastor Rodger Ratcliffe, far right, stands with some of those larly impressed them." Its report was published in a who were baptized in the recent Bible Speaks crusade held by subsequent issue of Hardware Retailer magazine, show- Elder Robert Thompson, ministerial secretary of the Wisconsin ing the "items of merchandise today's progressive hard- Conference. ware dealers are interested in." This year the Vandy-Craft urns are also available with MERRILL CHURCH FLOURISHES an attractive stand as shown in the picture. The wagon- Elder R. A. Thompson, ministerial secretary, baptized wheel planter is a new item which the mill's management 17 new believers on April 24, following a series of feels might also be honored. meetings in Merrill. Mr. Warner remarked that because of the size of the Many had attended a long campaign conducted last fall housewares exhibit, it wasn't easy to get his product by Pastor Rodger Ratcliffe and had continued studying entered. "At least 20,000 different items are displayed," in a Bible marking class until Thompson opened the he reports, which means that competition for space is Bible Speaks crusade in March. keen. The enthusiastic teamwork between minister and lay- The Vandy-Craft products are made by students at the men produced an atmosphere in which the Holy Spirit academy mill. Current demands for these items are such could woo new people to Christ's last message. that up to ninety students are employed during the Merrill church members express warm appreciation for school year. Young people interested in securing work at the opportunity to see the results of united efforts and the mill should contact school authorities now or at plan now to build a baptistry in their church, so as to be camp meeting time. able to continue baptizing new believers.

June 22, 1971, Vol. LX111, No. 25 13 Sabbath School is wonderful when daddy (Pastor Paul Johnson of Rice Lake) lets Becky examine a real live snake.

Hall at Camp Wandoon

Northern District Meeting Held at Wandoon Nearly three hundred members in northern Wisconsin jammed the Camp Wandoon dining hall in a one-day camp meeting, May 22. Elder Francis Wernick, president of the Lake Union Confer- ence, described the new creatures God wants us to be. In addition he traced the Advent movement from the days of William Miller to its mushrooming expansion into all the world. Wernick emphasized that the gigantic task of sending the third angel's message will be completed only under the unction of the Spirit. Book and Bible House sale The Madrigals, an elite singing group from Wisconsin Academy, directed by Miss Louise Larmon, enriched the meeting with music. The bright spring day made it possible for most people to eat Sabbath dinner in the freshness of nature. The folks who stayed by after sundown had an opportunity to examine many books and supplies displayed by Lyle Litzenberger, manager of the Wisconsin Book and Bible House.

LAWRENCE LECTURES Mrs. Paula Havens and Elder Terry Campbell listen to Elder J. H. Lawrence, retired pastor-evangelist from Seattle, Washington, in a recent series of meetings at Racine. Nine persons were won to Christ; in addition several other persons are looking forward to baptism at camp meeting.

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COPY DEADLINES Announcement for Should Be in Local Weekend of Conference Office CHICAGOLAND YOUTH RALLY July 3 June 3 July 10 June 10 Sabbath, July 3, 3 p.m. July 17 June 17 July 24 June 24 * Afternoon singspiration * House at the Top of the Hill July 31 July 1 Northeast corner of 91st St. and County Line Rd., south of Hinsdale