June 22, 1971 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS Volume LXIII Number 25 a • rtr 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. Vol. LXIII, No. 25 June 22, 1971 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. 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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. 2 LAKE UNION HERALD Laity Responsible for Crusade Success 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 coordi- nator for the cru- sade, 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. 1 * I V 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 con- ducted by Elder Anthony Castelbuono of the Pioneer Memorial (Berrien Springs) church. Were they worth- while 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.