ADVENTIST WEEKLY NEWS AND INSPIRATION FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS MARCH 17, 1994 CREATING THE "IMPOSSIBLE". 10 FAIRHAVEN_ MASSAMIIISFTTC 1 R LE I I ERS Including All Our Young People Best in 96 Years enly Father, and forget them. I am sure I am pleased to see Myron Widmer In my 96 years, most of them reading God forgives and forgets them. He does ("Listening to Our Young People," the Review, I have never read anything not want us to carry that burden of sin Dec. 16) reporting on the need felt by so truthful and encouraging as around. Lay it on His shoulder. youth for the church to become more "Preparing for Our Time of Trouble" Now you have a new day. Start it off inclusive in addressing the needs of (Dec. 16). I still remember being told as right by committing your life to Him students attending non-Adventist col- a boy that we would never be ready for the first thing in the morning. Lift your leges. The same need exists for K-12 the time of trouble if we ate ice-cream heart to Him in prayer and thanksgiving education. Readers should know that cones between meals. Recently there often during the day. When evening the John Hancock Youth Center at La have been many books and articles try- comes, you will not have so many Sierra University is making a con- regrets or mistakes to confess or certed effort at developing model pro- acknowledge. Go to bed with a good, grams for meeting these needs while "Footprints" Story clear conscience. not hurting our emphasis on attending Disputed Do this faithfully, and you will have Adventist schools in the process. a good perspective for tomorrow. The editorial quotes an often-cited After "No Footprints in the Tomorrow isn't yours. Let God take claim that only about half of all Snow" (Dec. 23) appeared, we care of that. Mrs. Gertrude Battle Adventist students attend Adventist col- heard from members of the Collegedale, Tennessee leges, but I wonder about the basis of Charley Hall family who disputed this assertion, which is also made about the accuracy of the account. "Grandma" Battle, now advanced in the K-12 level. In a study of a large The article is based on daughter age, worked for many years as a Bible metropolitan area, when we factored Edie's recollection. Charles E. instructor.—Editors. out K-12 students from inactive Hall, of Lisbon Falls, Maine, Adventist homes who rarely attended brother of Edie, contends that "the Eternal Bond Sabbath school or church, or did not story is for the most part fiction." My heart was touched by "Sandra contribute tithes or offerings to the Another brother, Melvin Hall, of Price: Way Beyond Black or White" local church, or families with only one Martinsville, Virginia, agrees with (Dec. 30). I was privileged to be a char- Adventist parent, those percentages Edie that an incident occurred but ter member of the Sparks, Nevada, changed dramatically. It would also be remembers details differently. Seventh-day Adventist Church for 16- interesting to compare church atten- We also heard from sister plus years, until I moved this past dance figures to enrollment figures over Glennis Hall Holland, of Salem- September. Even though I am White, I the past 20 years. Although conferences burg, North Carolina, who was not was elected to be the representative of do not regularly report church atten- yet born at the time of the story but this Black church on the Nevada-Utah dance figures, we hear of dramatic disputes the statement in the epi- Conference executive committee! My declines similar to enrollment losses. logue that the Christmas incident counterpart on this committee was a The figures would also change if we led to "a drastic change for the bet- Black brother who represented a White factored in the growing number of low- ter in Charley Hall's life." church in Utah. income families. The incident occurred in 1951. Our church was originally meant to In light of these changes, the local The differences in recollection by be a Black church, but thank God, we church holds the key to the challenge of members of the same family are didn't really believe it. This mixture of inclusiveness. Young people, regardless probably not unusual. Black, White, Tongan, Spanish, Native of where they attend school, should feel American, etc., is a blessing that cannot the warmth of a local church. Many do be expressed in words. What lessons we not—even those attending Adventist ing to scare us into being ready for the all learned from sharing our individual schools. The local church also needs to last days. Keep up these encouraging cultures! The hearts of the members are help make Christian education more messages. George E. Taylor knit in a bond that will last throughout inclusive by funding budgets that will Ukiah, California eternity. Mrs. Helena Reid include strong religious education pro- Paradise Valley, Arizona grams centered in the local congrega- The time of trouble is a very serious Letters should not exceed 250 words and tion and to help young people attend event. Try this and see if it works with should carry the writer's name, address, and Adventist K-16 schools/colleges. you: We can live only one day at a telephone number. All will be edited to meet Richard Osborn time. Yesterday is gone. All we can do space and literary requirements, but the au- thor's meaning will not be changed. Views Vice President for Education about that is to sincerely acknowledge expressed in the letters do not necessarily rep- Columbia Union Conference and confess our mistakes to our heav- resent those of the editors or denomination. 2 (266) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 17, 1994 ADVENTIST EW MARCH 17. 1994 DEPARTMENTS ARTICLES 2 Letters 6 Newsbreak 8 The Woman Who Won the Northwest 12 Dear Miriam In spite of her husband's efforts to keep her away from other 19 World Report Adventists, Augusta Moorhouse exemplified the patience of saints and kept the commandments of God. by Doug Johnson 20 The Way It Was 21 Children's Corner EDUCATION 21 Bulletin Board 8 The Northwest's 10 Creating the "Impossible" first Adventist 23 Reflections How one school responded to the information gained from the Valuegenesis youth study. by Corrie Whitney EDITORIALS 4 Keeping the Faith ADVENTIST REVIEW SEMINAR 5 How to Relate to 13 The Church and End-Time Conspiracies Me! We know that the master conspirator tries to thwart God's work. Yet Adventism, born from the ashes of the Great NEXT WEEK Disappointment, thrives. What do we know that conspirators "New Life Emerging" don't? by Ginger Harwood The term reformation 10 Training the is negative to some HERITAGE SITES mind and the and positive to others. hand What does it really 18 Fairhaven, Massachusetts: Home of mean? Joseph Bates "Couples Without Visit the home of an Adventist pioneer who was instrumental in Kids" How can the spreading the observance of the Sabbath. by Paul A. Gordon church develop sensi- tivity to childless cou- ples? General paper of the Marketing Representative To Writers: We welcome unsolicited Subscription queries and changes University Press and the Syndics of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Ginger Church manuscripts. 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