tEbe Uorlbwibe j}ewgOF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

.ACPasadena graduates 227 .

HWAtravels to Syria, Jordan;

me~ts royalty, of.lkials, students

MAY 27 , 1985

program, God's Chu rch also airs theFrench-subtitled World Tomorrow

-p rogram on TM C. . .During our meetin g we discussed

addit ional air time on TM C and thecoming chan ges in French televi­sian.

Before returning to the Unit edStates. M r. Mit chu m and I t raveledto Paris, France. to meet withFrench BBDO exec utives. Th isbranch of BBDO 's intern at ionalnetwork has a reputation as a topcreat ive agency.

The officia ls brie fed us on thee lectro nic me di a s i t ua t io n inFrance. The govern ment plans toprovide cable for 1.5 million homesin Paris, which is expected to be par tof a private cable network in thefutu re.

Europea n med ia ' doors cou ldopen wide in the coming months.S ince our media budge t is alreadyfully' allocated, the Medi a Purchas ­ing area would apprec iate yourprayers that God will provide thenecessary financial means to walkthrough those doors when the yopen.

AmbassadorCollege. The freshmangra du at ion mon itor was J an iceDian.

Larry Salyer. dean of students,gave the invocation, and evangelistLeslie McCullough , deput y chan ­cellor, welcomed the faculty, grad­uate s, students and guests .

Rand al Ur wille r , sopho more. class president. gave the discourse,

titled , " A Time of Change."Nex t, the Big Sand y Ambassador

College Chorale, directed by RogerBryant . sang UPraise the Lord" byHan del and " He, Watching OverIsrael," by Mendelssohn.

Mr. Hoeh's address was on "T heNew Lost Ge nera t ion" who arebeing inundat ed by hard drugs and

. (Soe TEXAS. PO.. 41

By Kerri MilesPASADENA - One hund red

fifty-eight associate of arts orscience 'degrees were conferred incommencement exercises at BigSandy Ambassador College May 15in the fie ld hou se audito ri um,according to the academic dean'soffice in Big Sandy.

Evangelist Herman L. Hoeh, edi­tor of The Plain Truth, gave thecommencement address.

Facu lty member s led the proces­sional, followed bythe degree candi­date s. T he men wore dark suits , andthe women wore white dr esses andeach car ried a dozen red .roses. Pro­cessional and recessional music wasprovided by Ruth W alter , pianis t ·and a faculty memb er at Big Sandy

VISIT WITH STUDE NTS - Paslo r General He rbert W. Armstrong (ce n­ter) shares a ligh t moment in his Amman. Jor da n. hote l suite May 8 withAmbassador Coll ege st udents se rving 0 0 Ambassador Foundat ion pro ]­ect sin Jordan. [Pho to by Aaron Dean}

Texas campus con fer s

158 associate degr ees

David Hulme, a pastor-rankminister. is director of MediaPurchasing/or the Church.

After a 12-day trip to Europewith Donald Mitchum, president ofBBDO /West {Batten , Barton , Dur­st ine & Osborn) . we learned that

By David Hulme several teI~vis ion markets are goingPAS ADEN A - It appears th at to open up in European countries in

1985 will be .awatershed year. con; . " . 1985 an<l1986 . ; ...cern ing Wor:l~ , Tomoiiow~terevr-~ -::-"7 · ,.. 'After beginnin'g thetrip April 28sion coverage in Western Europe . I met with Pastor General Herb ert

W. Arms trong May 3at the BritishRegional Office in Bore hamwood ,England. I reviewed with the pastorgener al a May 2 daylong meeti ng inLuxem bou rg with of fic ia ls ofR adi o-Televis ion L ux em bo u rg(RTL).

There we discussed broad cast ingopportuni ties in Europe using satel­lites and current and poten tialWorld Tomorrow air t imes onRTL.

T he French government is plan­ning to deregulate French televi­sion. It is expec ted that private . non­govern ment television will , beginthere in 1986. France has threenational, governmen t-c ontrolledtelevision stations.

Mr . Mitchum and I flew to MonteCarloMay 6. The next day we metwith Jean-Louis Medecin, presidentofTele-Mo nte-Car lo (TMC) and thebrother of the mayor of Nice, France.. Along with the Italian-subtitled

.are as follows:

apostle Paul met Ananias, thr ough .whom God resto red his vision.

The group drove the length of thisboulevard before turning left intothe palace .. Mr. Arm strong reca lled that heviewed the same palace 29 years ago'during a tour with his wife. Lorna,and oldest son. evangelist RichardArmstro ng.

He said the palace had notchanged much in 29 years, althoughthe city is much larger.

' After visiti ng the palace thegroup ' drove to the residen ce ofAmbass ador Eagleton and his wife,Kay. ,

Mr . and Mrs. Eagleton invited anum ber of top ' U.S. Embassy per - .sonnel, Dr. and Mrs. Bahnassi, and .the mayor of Mayadin, a town near

(See HWA. page 3)

1985 may be 'watershed year'

Europe: media doors open ing

PASADENA, CALI FOR NIA

Bachelor of arts

With highest disti nction (cumu­lative grade point average [GP A] ofat least 3.80) : Patric ia Eil eenBriggs, Belinda Falk, Rebecca LynElla Harden and Kerr i Jean Miles.

With high distin ction (cu mula­tive GPA of at least 3.50) : KellyIleen Ambrose, Kathleen Jane Bel­lamy; Ro na ld Bo lzern , L indaLevada ""'IirookS, u emse Heath erBrowne, Mar dy Ben Cobb, Te resaMarie Conti. Roxanne Dowd,!!!y"nard Armon Edd in~ Pamela FayeFanmn , Donald R. Hornsby, 9:!!:!i.sEdwar dTIndsley.

Joel Chns topher Meeker, Mar ­tin I Imothk William Pri nce, DanielLawrence eyer. ~Ichael A""iidreWK ice. S io Ching Anke S hl8, Kath­~arie S hields, Lind a Arle neSnuffer . Gar ry Ma rk Steadman,Linda Ma rie Strelow. Kare n Ehza·beth Thomas, Cha rles B. Wakefie ld

. and Rober t Daniel Walke r. ,. With distinct ion (c umulative

GPA of at . least 3.20) : Gg~ory

Todd Achtemichuk, Gloria uinidAngel, Gar y O. carn~bell, HelenMa ree Cha nd ler • .Je fre y Scott

. p OSdzLisa Sprotte Gi rouard, Md~re araiGonzalez, Cy nth ia Lynne

G ray, Barbar a Carolyn H aines,Soc rates Karag iannidis, Gerard IanLand reth, Saul 'Langari~~A.Lewls.

(See PASADENA. page 4)

St reet called Straight .

Next the 'group was driven toAzem Palace in th e cen ter of the oldcity. It is near the end of the streetcalled Straight. This is the streetdescribed in Acts 9:11, where the

sented "T he Last Words of David"by Randall Thompson and "T heH allelujah Ch orus" by Ge orgeFr ederick Hande l, accompanied onthe trumpet by freshman Richard

. Gillis..M r. Hoeh, in his add ress titled

" T he N ew Lost Ge nerat ion,"explained the problems besettingtoday's generation of students. .Hetold the graduates abou t polydru gabuse. which includes "alco hol, licitand illicit hard drugs. am pheta ­mines, barbiturates, the uppers anddowners. Th e list seems nearl y end-less." . .

Cont inued Mr . Hoe h: ;' Facultymembers of one of the pub licschools of our Los Ang eles [Cal­if.] system told my wife and methat on average in the classes ofth is nong he t to , this non-i nnercity school of th e Los Angele ssystem . upward s ·of one hal f ofthe studen ts, she said. to use themodern term. are 'out of it:

"They are eith er on alcohol,hard drugs or w have worked longhou rs a nd a re ti red and ex­hausted by 8 a.m. in or der toearn money to buy a car to have .a good time or to be able to gosomewhere to buy the dr ugs.

" If one half of the non-inner cit­ies, imagine what could be true ofsome of our inner-city schools," M r.Hoeh said. ", Acc ordi ng to th e Registr ar'sOffice those who received ,degrees .

Aaron K. Dean, a pastor-rankminister, is personal aide toPastor General Herbert W.Armst rong.

By Jelf ZhornePASA D E N A - .W a rn io g

against the hazards of drug abuse,evangelist Herman L. Hceh , PlainTruth editor, addressed 144' grad­uat ing seni ors and 83 associatedegreecandidat es at the 35th com­mencement exerc ises of PasadenaAmbassador College M ay 17.

Mr. Hoeh. .who de livered thecom mencement address in th eAmb assador Auditorium, filted infor Chance llor Herbert W. Arm­strong. who was in the Mideast (seear ticle this page) .·

This marks the first time in thehistor y of May . com menceme ntexercises here that associa te of artsand associate of science deg reeswere confer red on students whocompleted two years at Ambas sadorCollege .

At 3 p.m. the facult y and 227graduates filed in to " Pomp and Cir­cumstance" from the lower lobby toseats in the Auditorium. The menwore dark suits, and the womenwore floor-length white dresses. andeach car ried a dozen red roses .

Evangelist Raymond F. Mcblair,deputy chance llor, gave the invoca­tion and welcomed the degree can­didates and guests .

Before Mr . Hoeh's address, OUI·going Student Body President Joe lMeeker gave the discourse (see page7). .

Then the Am bassado r Chorale.directed by John D. Schroeder . pre-

M useum tour

"Tuesday.' May? at II a.m. thegroup enter~d a car pr~vided by

ByAaron K. DeanAM MA N, Jordan -Pastor

General Herbert W. Armstrongarrived here May 8 aboard theCh urch's G-III jet; cont inu ing hisEuropean and Middle Eastern tour.

T he pastor general had flown toJordan from Damas cus. Syria.

Arriv ing in Damascus May 6

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Pr ime Minister Abdul-Ra' ouf al­Kassem's office for a drive to Syria's .

.Na tional Museum.T here Mr ~ Armstrong was given

a privat e tour of art ifacts and relicsfrom the time of Abraham , Isaacand Jacob (early second millenniumB.C.) . One arti fact Mr . Arm stro ngviewed with interest was a raretablet displaying the Ugari tic alpha-bet. . .

He also saw Hittite ivory and goldjewelry. clay tablets with seals fromdifferent kings. and idols to pagan 'gods of the period .

- from E ngland, Mr. Arm strong was Mr . Armstrong made some addi-greeted by UC LA Professor Gior- tions to his book Myste ry of thegio Buccellati and Dr . Marily n Kel- Ages to show how ancient culturesIy-Buccellati of Californ ia State viewed deiti es.University, Los Ange les•.archaeolo- From th e museum the groupgists excavating in the ancient city drove to the office of Na jah Attar,of Te rqa in the Mesopotamian Val- the Syrian minister of cultu re. wholey on the Euphrates River and the was M r. Armstrong's official hostsite ofTeII Mozan, possibly ancien t for the visit . With Dr . Attar wasUrkish, near the Syrian border with Afif Bahnassi, di rector genera l forTurkey. antiquities in Syria . and Wi11iam

T he Terq a excavat ion s a re Eagleton, U .S . ambassador to .funded in cooperat ion ' with the Syria ... .Ambassador Foundat ion. the Uni- Dr. Att ar thanked Mr . Ar m-versity of California at Los Ange les strong for his support of the Terq a(U CL A) and other foundat ions and exca vations. T he past or gene ra lindividuals. gave her th e lat est publicat ion about

Also present to gree t Mr . Arm - ' arti facts uncovered at Terqa.st rong were Professor Zuhd, cu ra- Dr. Attar then gave Mr. Arm­tor in 'chief of Syria's 'N ational ' ~ · strong a silver hand-tooled set ofcup

Museum, and M r. Burgess, cultu ral holders. which M r. Ar mstrong saidattache from the United States will be displayed in the Hall ofEmbassy. ' Administration.

After clearing Syrian custom sthe group was driven to the Merid­ian Hotel. .

2 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, May 27,1985

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on a new generation, it will backfire.Guilt feeling s will lead to anti-Wes tsentiments and ant i-Semitis m."

One is reminded of the account inJon ah. The prophet J onah was,appare nt ly, becau se of national sen­sit ivi t ies ag a in st t h e N ineviteAssy rians ( intere sti ng par allel) ,unwilling to accept tha t they cou ldch ange as a people and th at Godwould the refore " tum and relent"(Jonah 3:9) from puni shing them.

In II Co rint hians, the apostl ePaul told the Corinthian church toaccept back into the fold the repen ­tant (changed) sinner- Jest he beovercome with "too muc h sorrow"(II Corinthians 2:7) .

Then the apostle warns thatunless forgiveness take s place,Satan might tak e advan tage of thesituat ion (verse 11).

. Th e same lesson, hroadl y speak ­ing, applies to remarkably ch angednations such as West Germany andJa pan. Their polit ical and social fab­ric is st ill fragile . Satan might beable to stir"up moods of resen tm entonce again. ~ ,

Al though West Ge rman y hasbeen called a " miracle of the mod­ern age," it has its weakne sses. Itshed patri otic feeling s tha t would benormal in other countries, becausepat riot ism .a nd nationalism were

(See GERMANY , page 11l

By John Ross Schroeder

EuropeanDiary

LettersTO THE EDITOR

Abort ion articleI am writing you concem ing the arti­

cle on abortion in the May issue of ThePlain Truth . I am only twelve and somepeople may say that I'm too young tohave an opinion on abort ion.

Well , I th ink it is real ly wrong. A babyhas a right to live just asyou and I do, nomatte r bow small they are. If their heartbeats, t hey're alive! The doctor whoove~es the abort ion is very guilty. Godis against abortion. It saysso in the Bible!And the Bible is all tru e.

Petr a BaldridgeIvyton , Ky.

I congratu late you on the May 1985abort ion art icle. Your descript ion ofwhat commonly happens to a fet us in anabortion was the most gruesome, horri ­ble thing I have heard described. But asunsettlin g as this is, people need to know.I would not even mut ilate an animal likethis, let alone a human, No creat uredeserves this sort of death.

I also thank you for thestatistics pro­vided, especially those illust rating con­venience to be the common reason; andmarried women the ones most common­ly having abortions. Every time I readabout abort ion, I find the situation muchmore appalling and gruesome than I hadever previously imagined. And inciden-

tally, lama "feminist." Liz Michael

Beverly Hills, Calif.

I am II Catholic priest. I congratulateyou on your article based on statistics onabortion . It is one ofthe best I have read .

(See LETTERS, page 111

thi s canhappen, that th e penalties ofsins can beexperienced by up to the" third and fourth gene rations" (Re-­vised Authorized Version through­out). Nevertheless. in a nation suchas Germany, which the late authorLuigi Barz ini descr ibed as beinghighly mutable or cha ngeable , amood of unrelieved guilt and lack offorg iveness can be dangerous.

Alois Mertes, state secretary inthe West German Fore ign M inis­try, warns: "If this guilt is pre ssed

gan and Secretary of State GeorgeShultz expr essed in Bonn , no suchthing as " collect ive guilt ," it is notqu ite correct to say eit her , as oneU.S . newsman cont ended , that "youcan' t visit the sins of the fathers onthe sons."

Exodus 20:5 clearl y shows that

Thepope and the princethe end , it seems diplom acy won theday, and Buckingham Palace saysthat the prince will not beattending .any services -in St : Pet er' s." '.' :.

T his Spectator article appearedabout a month before the prince'sroyal visit to Ital y. The prince per ­sisted in his effort s to tak e mass withthe pope. Onl y last-minute inter­vention by the Queen prevented it.

Repor ted Charles Lyl e in TheMirror May 1: " Pr ince .Charleshoped to br idge th e gap betweenRoman Ca tholic and Protestan t byatte nding mass in th e Pope's privateChape l . . .

"Char les is a deep ly religiousman and has long felt sympathy withthe Cat holic Church. He has a highrega rd for Cardinal [Geor ge]Hume, the Archbishop of West­min ster and leade r of the English

(See PRINCE, page 111

W~RLDWATCHBy Gene H. Hogberg

Chri st was responsible for watering,fertili zing and prun ing it. But it wasup to the tree to do th e gro wing!Th at is something God cannot do forus.

Philippi ans 2:12 tells us, " Workout your own salvation with fear andtrembling." Yes, God the Fatherdoes the callin g (J ohn 6:44), andChrist lives in us thr ough the powerof the Holy Spi rit (Gal at ians 2:20,Romans 5:5), but we must make theeffort to overcome sins and faults, todevelop God 's character, to expr essGod 's love and make the give way oflife our own nature.. Onl y those who overcome andendure to the end will be saved.Some are prone to let down a little inthis Christ ian st rugg le beca use theyassume that God is somehow goingto magically make up for any spir i­tual character deficie ncies we our­selves fail to correct.

Th is is a dangerous atti tude . Likethe fig t ree in Christ's para ble, it isour respo nsibi lity to do the gro wing- there is only so much God can orwil1do for us. .

That ' is where " Iron SharpensIron" comes in. It is anot her wayGod's C hurch , our spirit ual mother.feed s..us .with the.m eat we need tobuild st rong charac ter and to gro wto be like God . .

Along with personal Bible studyand prayer, weekly Sabb ath ser­vices , God 's annu al Ho ly Days,counsel with the mini str y and thematerial appearing in the Church' sother .publications, "Iron Sh arp ensIron" willhelpprovideanabundant,healthy diet for God 's growing chil­dren ..

_Tak e advantage of it! Be sur e toread all of it every ti me it appears.This 'i ssue's " Iron"Sharpens Iron "feature is on page 5.

tend to take their altered states forgranted.

Yet now. according to -AlfredDregger, a senior member of theChristian Dem ocratic Union,"" Bit­burg raises the question of whetherthe American people really considerus to be allies, despite 40 years ."

Of course the previous gene rationof Germans bequeathed a heavymoral load to the ir children.

Whi le there is, as Presid ent Re a-

period, it was by DOmeans certai n thatGermany's third attempt at democra­cy (the first in the 1830., the secondafter World War I)would "t ake." ButWest Genn any - and Japan - havechanged their previous courses to anastonishing degree, so much so thattheir former enemies and now allies

BaREHAMWOOD, En gland- The S pectator is a respectedBrit ish weekly magazin e noted for

- lTrone-page com me ntaries on_ .• ._-~ Engl ish politics and international

GRAVESITE VISIT - From left , U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his affairs .wife , Nancy, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his wife , Hann e- The mag az in e published anlore , and U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz vis it th e grave of the late unusual item about the Prince ofChancellor Konra d Adenauer in Rhoendorf, West Germany, May 5. Wales Mar ch 30: "He is a very keen[ Worldwide News photo) churchman , and makes a point of

taking holy communion wherev erhe finds h ims elf on hi s tr av­els .. . N ot content with a visit tothe Anglican Chu rch in Rome, heapparently deman ded that he atte ndmass in St. Peter 's itself . . . But in

of our Ch rist ian lives (II Peter3:18). An d growth is not ju st some­thing that happen s 10 us, somethingthat God somehow magically doesfor us. G rowth requires t remendouseffort on our part - we are respon­sible for it .

Jesus' para ble about the fig t ree(Lu ke 13:6-9) br ings our part intosharp focus . Ge t YOUI Bible and lookfor a moment at th is example.

Jes us here like ned H imsel f to thedresser of av ineya rd, chafg¢ by th evineyard owner (God the Father)with cari ng for the vineyard andprod ucing fru it from it. The ownerof the vineyar d had a comp laintabout a certai n fig t ree (in symbol,one of God 's caned and chose npeople) .

It seems thi s tr ee had produ cedno fru it - no spirit ual growth - forthr ee years . God the Father, theowner of the vineyar d, had 'decidedto cut down this useless tree!

Th en the dresser (Je sus Christ)intervened. "Lord, let it alone thisyear a150," he urged, "till l shalldigabout it, and du ng it : And if it bearfruit, well: and if not , then after thatthou shalt cut it down" (verses 8·9).

Did you catch th e meaning'? Godth e Fath er planted the tre e. Jesus

your willingness to confront andcondemn the acts of a hated regimeof the past. Th is reflects the courageof you r people and their devotion tofreedo m and j ustice since the war."

Even ' Time magazine reportedthat Mr . Reagan's . " remar kablespeec h al Bergen-Belsen would godown in the history books. "

Appreciation - and bewilderment

Am ong West Germans, Presl-.dent Reagan's personal standingrose considerably for hang ing toughon Bitburg. Yet, there was disap­pointment and disillu sionment atthe outcry againsl the trip.

A mood of disillusionment inWest German y, if. it grows. couldlead to a dangerous widespreadimpression that no matter what con­temporary West Germany does, thepast cannot beput to res t.

Wesl Germany's transformationinto a liberalized democrati c state,anchored with the West , is not fullyappreciated in the United Stales.Thos e in a position to know, howev­er, view it as an extraord inaryachievement. ,

Looking back to the early postwar

For the past several issues wehave been publishi ng an impo rtantnew feature in The WorldwideNews. It is called " Iron S harpe nsIron ," and we have been devoting anenti re page to it eac h time itappears. \

I hope you have been readingevery word in th is exciting colum n,even studying it. It is writte n andedited especially for you. It gets tothe heart of what our calli ng is allabout. It contains incisive, stimulat­ing articl es on a wide ran ge of topicsrelated to Christian cha racter .growth.

We have already covered vitalpoints about Christian comm unica­tion, the tremendous cont ributionswomen can make to God 's Churchand how to teac h your ch ildrenabout the S pring Holy Days.

We are planning dozens more fas­cinating, easy -to -rea d, pra cticalarticles, wri tte n by ordained minis­ters, edi toria l staff and .regular con­tri butors.

" Iron Sharpens lton" providesst rong meat to sharp en your person­al effecti veness as a Christ ian, to 'deepen your spiritual understand ­ing, to encourage and inspire you togrea ter overco ming!

Af ter all, growt h is the very basis

Food for spiritual growth

Modern Germany:struggles -with its pastPASADENA - O nce again I .

covered the annual Western worldeconomic summit. this tim e inBonn, West Germany. EvangelistRonald D. Kelly, a' Plain Truthsenio r write r, accompan ied me.

We photographed the summitand other events du ring Ll.S, Presi­dent Ronald Reagan's official statevisit to West Germany as well as his

. address to the European Parliamentin Strasbourg, France.

This was certainly the roughesttest of Mr. Reagan's persuasive andoratory skills. Th e Presiden t' s .t ripwas overshadowed by his plannedvisit to a German military cemeterynear Bitbur g.

For a month before, the Bitbu rgsegment dre w considera ble opposi­tion in the U nited States , especiallyfrom Jewish groups .

Making matt ers worse for thePresident; the tr aveling U.S . presscorps seemed eager to take fulladvantage of Mr. Reagan's dilem­ma. It is widely perceived in WestGermany that the U.S. :press waslargely responsible for blowing 'the .Bitburg affair out of proportion.

Despite the Bitburg affai r, Pres i­den t Reagan came thro ugh whatwas called "so ber Sunday" prettywell intact. He did thi s in typicalReagan fashi on, de livering whateven the media descr ibed as twomoving speeches, one at the U.S . airbase at Bitb urg and, earl ier in t heday, at the remains of the Bergen­Belsen con ce ntration camp. Hestressed the positive and the pres­ent, all the while lear ning from thebrutal lessons of the past.

This was perhaps best expressedat Bergen -Belsen, whe n he pro­claimed .:

"We are here to commemora teth at life triumphed over the tragedyan d the d eat h of the H olo­caust . . . O Ul of the ashes - hope,and from antne "pain" -cprom­ise . . .

"C bancellc r {H elmut ] Kohl , you 'and your count rymen have madereal the renewal that had to happen .Your nation and the Ge rman peoplehave been stro ng and reso lute in

On The World Tomor row we have never The Bible message , rightly unde rstood.used television to convert ou r .audience. lhat's why The World Tomor row is oneOr solicit contributions. Or make poli tical of the top rated religious programs in thestatements. United States.

And we never will.Wh:uwe do is deliver a message, a mes'" - 'fHE MIDfl&D I'QlMOIIIlOW'

sage that makes sense. WITHHERBERTW ARMSTRONG

costal ," refer ring to the practice ofPentecostals falling backward dur­ing certain religious ceremonies.

Afte r the game ended with "highfives" - a greeting sometimes usedby American athletes, Mr. Arm­strong posed in a wheelchair withthe group.

At 6 p.m. the students arrived atMr . Armstrong 's hotel suite for aninformal senior dinner of hamburg­ers and fre nch fries . It was not thesame as the for mal meal served byMr . Armstrong to sen iors at theSocial Ce nter in Pasadena, but itwas welcomed by the students.

Winning at h~arts

At 8 p.m. the din ner ended , andthe table was pre pared for a game ofwhat has become known as Jorda­nian hearts. With 10 people playing,the group used 60 cards instead ofthe usual 52, so all could hold sixcards apiece .

Hearts is a giving game , wherethe playe r with the lowest numberof points wins . Mr . Armstrongagain demonstrated his givingcapacity by ending up with the low­est number of points .

At 10 p.m. the game broke up,and a pleasant evening ended .

On the Moslem Sabbath, Friday,May to, Mr . Armstrong polished afew final addit ions to Mysteryo/theAges. He had been invited to attenda fund raiser on a train ride acrossthe dese rt , but decided instead towork on Mystery of the Ages withhis aide .

Sabbath, May I I , the Ambassa­da r 'College students returned toMr . Armstrong's suite for a 2:30p.m. Sabbath service .

The students usually hear sermontapes sent from Pasadena. Occa­sionally a minister from the UnitedKingdom conducts a service .

Mr . A rmstrong explained Mys ­tery ofthe Ages. discussing the pur­pose of angels, the origi nal purposeof man, the ultimate purpose ofmankind and what lies ahead forhumanity.

He said Mys tery ofthe Ages willbe the textbook for the req uiredBible class for sophomo res and thateveryo ne would need to read thisbook with the scriptures .

Ordination ceremo ny

At the close of the service, Mr .Armstrong, Mr . Dean and Law-'rence Dietrich, the co-captain of theG-III and a local elder from theLong Beach , Calif., P.M .. church,ordained Mr . Weber a local elder .

The stu de nts were excited andcongratulated Mr . and Mrs . Weberon his new respo nsibilities. Mr .Webe r will no longer have to use theanoin ted clot hs that he did for ill ­ness amo ng the students. but willnow be able to anoint for sickness

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unteers in a scrimmage.The stude nts manag ed to ta lk

Mr . Armstrong's "personal aide intoa wheelchair to participa te . Thatadded some unexpected comedywhen Mr . Dean fell over backwardwhile trying to make a shot. Thiscaused Mr . A rmstrong to joke thathe "didn't know you were a pente-

SYRIAN VISIT - Pastor General Herb e rt W. Armst rong ta lks with GiorgioBuccella ti (left), a professor fromthe Univers ity of Ca lifornia at Los Angeles(UCLA)who is help ing to excavate ancie nt site s inSyria . [Photo by Aaron K.Dean]

At 7:30 p.m. the students saidgood-night , and after a light din nerMr . Armstrong went to bed .

At 10:45 a.m ., Thursday, May 9,Mr . Armstrong was driven to theroyalpalace for a meeting with Prin­cess Sarvath , wife of Crown PrinceHassan .

She greeted Mr. Armstrongwarm ly, escort ing him into a sitti ngroom. Also present were Mrs . AbuOdeh; Mrs. Kadijeh , secr etary tothe princess; and Gb usoon Karah,the principal of the BunyatCenter,

The princ ess upd ated Mr . Ar m­stro ng on the progress of the center,spoke of cer tain problems and dis­cussed the vocat ional business sho pthe center hopes to build .

She said she is pleased with thework of the stude nts and asked ifanothe r group had been selected.

The pastor gene ral told her thatanothe r gro up had been selected and

"is anxious to begin work.Afte r having tea Mr. Armstrong

said the foundation is glad to be of ."service and said good-bye to theprincess and the group .

After lunch at the Mar riott, thegroup drovetothe Jordan SportsCen­ter for a wheelchair basketball dem­onstrat ion. At 4 p.m. the physicallyhandicapped players began the game,which was inspiring to Mr . Ar m­stro ng's traveling group.

Smiles and happiness seemed topermeate, and Mr. Arms t rong wastold that this atti tude did not exis tbefore Ambassador stude nts be­came involved .

After a ze-minute demonstra­tion, the handicapped playersdefeated Ambassador College vol-

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He then discussed world condi­tions and said that peace is comingto the Middle East, but not in theway that most might expect it.

On to Amman

Mr . Ar mst ro ng thanked Dr.Attar and then left with the groupfor th e Da mascus airport. T hegroup was greeted for a final tim e bythe Buccellat is and Dr. Zuhd at theVIP lounge. Mr. Arms trong thenboarde d th e G-III, and the planetook off at 4:30 p.m.

Th irty minutes late r Mr . Arm­st rong ste pped off the plane at theAmman, Jo rdan , airport, where hewas greeted by Richard Weber,director of the foundation projectsin Jo rdan , and Cliff Parks, anAmbassador College student.

He was escorted to the VIP loungewhere he wasgreeted by KhawlaAbuOdeh, wife of Adnan Abu Ode h. Jor­dan's former minister of information,who serves asa principal royal aide toKing Hussein .

The pasto r general then ste ppedinto a Me rcedes -Be nz supplied bythe Jo rdanian government and wasdriven to the Mar riott Hote l.

He received an exce ptio na llywarm welcome from the Ambassa­dor Co llege stude nts here.

They joined Mr. Armstrong inhis hotel suite for discussio ns cover­ing a wide variety of su bjectsincluding the two main projects inJordan: the Bunyat Cen ter for Spe­cial Education and the Al HusseinCenter for the Physically Handi­capped.

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(Continued fr o m pege 11the Terqa excavations. The grouptotaled 15. .

The ambassador. who speaksArabic. French and Spanish, hasserved in the U.S . Foreign Servicefor more than 30years. He served 33years ago as a staff member in theSyrian Embassy and has returned asambassador. Most of his career, ashe told the grou p, was in the MiddleEast and No rth ern A frica.

Mr. Armstrong explained theactivities of the Ambassa dor Foun­dation and talked about I his newbook Mystery oj the Ages. As hashappened before, many were sur­prisedthat Mr. Armstrong is travel­ing and writing at age 92.

The meal began with steamedartichokes , followed by Moroccandishes (the ambassador employs aMoroccan cook) and spicy ch icken .After dessert of lemon chiffon. Mr .Armstrong accepted an invitationfrom the ambassador for an infer­mal dinner that eveni ng a ndreturned to the hotel.

That afternoon Mr. Armstrongand his personal aide, Aaro n Dean ,worked on a " Personal" explainingthe tragedy of abor tion for the Sep­tember Plain Truth.

At 7:30 p.m. the group ret urne dto the ambassador's residence fordinner. The Buccellatis were therewith the Eagletons to greet Mr .Armstrong.

After a pleasant conve rsation thegroup entered the dining room for adinner of salad and egg souffle anddessert of strawberries and coffee.

The ambassador thanked Mr .Armstrong for allowing him to bepart of the Ambassador Founda­tion 's activities in Syria. Heexplained that the U.S. govern mentgets partial cred it for any successfulproject whether the government hasany official part in it.

He led a discussion of the Arabworld in general , which proved use­ful to the group's understanding. At '9:30 p.m. M r. Arms tro ng said good­night and ret urned to the hotel.

Specialluncbeon

Wednesday, Ma y g, the grouppacked and sent the luggage back tothe G-IlI. Before leaving , Dr . Attarwas host toaluncheon for Mr . Arm­strong at the Cham Palace Hotel.We learned later from AmbassadorEagleton that it is a rare honor for agovernment official to play host to aluncheon for a private individual,like Mr . Armstrong.

On the way to the luncheon thegroup toured one of the world'soldest mosques , the Great OmayyadMosque .

The mosque was built about 70years after the death of M uhammadin A.D . 632.

The mosque is at the end of one ofthe world 's longest souks , or openmarkets. The mosque's mosaics arein beautiful condition and presenteda good example of architecture dur­ing the A.D. 7oos . "

The visit gave Mr . Armstrongideas for additional material to addto Mystery ofthe Ages .

The group rode to the 15th storyof the Cham Palace Hotel for areception, where they met Dr . Bah­nassi, Mr . Daglish, director of theNa tiona l Library, the dean of facul­ty of the University of Damascus,Ambassador Eagleton and ot he rofficials.. After a lunch of traditional Ara­bic dishes such as A rabic salad ,humus , pita bread , lamb , chickenand baklava, Dr. Attar spoke aboutarchaeological projects in Syria.

Ambassador Eagl eton then spokeabout Americans . like Mr . Arm­strong who try to help humanity inspite of its seemingly unso lvableproblems.

At the conc lusion of the luncheonMr . A rmstrong addressed t hegroup , startling them by saying healso worked for th~ U.S. govern­ment. In a humo rous commentabout paying taxes, M r. Arms trongsaid, " Half of my salary goesto the

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WHEELCHAIR BASKETBAll - PastorGeneral Herbert W. Armstrong (center) poses ina wheelchair withAmbassa ­dar College students and handicapped students who demonstrated wheelchair basketball a t the Jordan SportsCenter inAmman,Jordan, May9. [Photo by Aaron,K.Dean]

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and claim Christ's promise (James5:14-16 ) as a minister of JesusChrist.

~ After the service ended, the stu­. den ts went to prepare for a meal at

Mr. and Mrs . Abu Odeh's resi­den ce.

Th e evening meal began at 8 p.m .It consisted of numerous Arab icdishes such as lamb, ch icken , meat­balls soaked in yogurt, a green mintand parsley sauce, humus and asalad th at Mrs. Abu Od eh prepared .S he is well known in Ara b dipl oma t­ic circles as an excell en t cook.

At the dinner were Prince Ra'adand Princess Majd a, spo nsor s of th eAI Hussein School for the Physi­cally Hand icapped ; and Mcham­med and Mrs. Kamal. Dr. Kamal,

. who served for 18 years as head ofJordanian television, was desig­nated to be the next Jo rdani anambassador to the Unit ed States .

Prince Ra'ad talked to Mr . Arm ­st rong about th e handica pped cen­ter, explaining how pleased he andthe princess are with the Ambassa­dor College volunteer s.

He asked that the college sendtwo more students. a male andfemale, to set up the entire sportsprogram for the handicapped cen­ter.

The prince and princess said thatthe Ambassador stud ents seemed togenerate a greater degree of respon­siveness from the handicapped stu­dents th an . others specificallytrained in this field.

Mr . Armstrong said he would seeif the college had two such students

. with the proper education and back­ground. and that if so the collegewould help them with the sportsprogram.

Pasadena''''''~ -tCo-;;ti~~;d ' rom Page",)';';

John Timothy Mabry, BradleyLinn Mann . Todd Forrest Martin.

o Robe rt Michael Medi na. DanielHugh Met z, Melinda May Mez,Owen Rhys Morri s, Keith AlanOlson. Lee Alan Page, Brenda RuthPeter son, Joseph Peter Ross, Ste­phen Patrick Schemm. Barry JeanS tahl . Benj am in Aa ron · St ores,Wendy Lou S tyer , Robert Ca rlTenn ant, Roxan ne Tidmore andDavid Witt.

Colleen Ann Adams. Emmanu elP . Andre ws, Ca m ill e Lou iseMaclean Angu s. Kathryn ElizabethAu stin . David Lawrence Baker,

.Su zanne Meidinger Bogdanch ik,Christina Lorraine Brandon, JeanCamille Brantle y, Martha EmilyBruton, Lori Su e Bugdale, FordJoseph Frank Burden. Dirje AndreaChilds. Brian Mark Chivers.

Ricki T homa s Cole, C herylCooper. Caroline Monica Casco.Christopher Charles Limond Craw­ford,St anley Leo Daniel Jr ., Rebec ­ca Denise Dayhoff. Rod Miles De­vries, Judi th Ellen Docken, ToddDrawbaugh. Dom e Nita Drown,Neil Ashley Druce , Dana LincolnDunh am. Janet Louise Edd ington.

Gary L. Fakhoury, Susan DarleneFaw,Glenn Reid Gordon. Stephen R.Gore. Lynn Rhea Grove, Patricia M.Haymond, Jerry Ray Hege Jr ., Don­na Lee Hoffert, Loralyn ElizabethHolum. Michael Eric Huff, KarenLynnette Hunte r•. Michael EugeneIiams. Penelope Lynn Knowles. Rog-.er Labelle. Lori Denise Lawton. Jef·fery Garland Lewis.

Jam es Joseph Little , Scott Cum­mings Lord, Nina Gayle Lovelady.Mark Edward Marple, Wendy H.Martin, Joseph A. Martire, Juli eAnne Ma yfield. Kevin JamesMcKie, Douglas Arthur McKin~

ney, Jeffre y Alan Molnar, Sheld onConrad Monson. Felipe De JesusNeri Barrio, POilU K,lIy Neuls,Russe ll Keitb O'Quinn.. David Michael Otto, Prenec iaMar ie Parnell, Ron ald EugenePluml ee U, Kim Michel e Popham.

Aft er thanking our hosts thegroup returned to the MarriottHotel for an evening's rest.

Bunyat Center l'isit

Sunday: May 12, Mr. Armstrongwas driven to the Bunyat SpecialEducation Center. He was pleasedto see how much the children badaccompli shed since his visit lastJun e. .

The 'group watched a demonstra­tion of the new window-washingclass begun by the Ambassador stu­dents. Mr . Parks showed how onementally handic apped student . isabout ready to enter the window­washing industryand earn his liv­ing.

The group also looked in on thecabinet shop. where the studentswere building tables. Mr . Arm­strong closely examined the wood­

. work and producti on methods .Mr . Weber explained that

although this type of work might bemonotonous to skilled workers . thementally and phy sically handi­capped are challenged by this typeof work and enjoy it.

Mr. Arm stron g visited th e pre·school area and viewed the art room.He also viewed the gardens and hor­ticulture sections of the center.

The pastor general said he waspleased with the success of the pro­gram so far.

Mr . Armstrong and his tr avelinggroup then returned to the hotel forlunch . Afterward the Ambassadorstud ents joined him for anothe rgame of hearts .

Mr : Armstrong said that since hetaught the students how to"play andhad won the game Thursday night.he felt Someone else should win thisgame.

At the end of the game. Ambassa­dor graduate Sherri Means barely

Steven Scott Pur kapile, Jane Nor ­ene Ramberg, Emily Raynes, James

, .William J~i.dg\Vay, .Tammy. Eliza­beth Sanders. Gina Marie Savoia,Mark St ephen Schlote, Diane CarolSchn epper. Roder ick Herman Sed­liacik, Jon Rikio Shigeh ara, JeffreyThom as Stafford . Jennifer AmySt oner. Paul M. Swanson, BarbaraRae Swanson.

Carolyn Ruth Tatham, Sc ottAlan Th omas, Elise GeraldineCathrin a Verwater , Colin WilliamWallace, Barb ar a A nn Wilcox,Glenn Eric Williams. Lyle MarkWi lliams. Mar k David Winner,Vance Mich ael Wood field and 'David Daniel Young.

Associate of arts

With high distinction: Daniel

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alcohol abuse. "U pwards of half ofthis generation are in need of repar­enting," he said.

Donald Ward . dean of [acuit y atBig Sandy Ambas sador College,presented the diplomas. The grad­uates received congratulatory hand­shakes from Dr. Ward , Mr . McCul ·lough and Me. Salyer.

According to the Regi str ar' sOffice those who received degreesare as follows: '\ j

Associate of arts

With highest distiriction (cumu­lative grade point average [GPAl ofat least 3.80): Michael A. Belloniand Rachel Joy Best.

Witb high distinction (cumul a­tive GPA of at least 3.50) : DeanneKay Bochenski, Paul Briscoe. MariaLorene Cox, Carolin e Gail Glass.Robert Andrew Gnage, Mary BethHills, Phillip Thomas Laign Jr .•Christopher Joseph Marlow. Ken­neth M. Mohler, William RobertRiemen, Susan D. Thomas , DanielM. Th omp son. Ne stor AndrewTurczan, RandalR. Urwiller andAllen Bryan Waggoner.

With distinction (cumulative

edged out the pastor general withlower points, winning the game.

Special olympics

Monday, May 13, after the lug­gage was taken to the G-III, Mr .Armstrong was driven to AmmanUniversity. where he watched thementally handicapped participate ina special olympics.

He met with various officials,including Prince Ra'ad arid PrincessSarvath, who officiated at the headtable.

After watching some track heats,it began to rain. so Mr. Arm strong

Bosch, Arthur Verne Braidic, Larr yDarrell Holm. Robert Jame s Lar­

. ..s~.J!,)(:~th!y.'!J~J!~J\Jewc~Il, P<!~~dRay Turgeon , Jill Lorraine Woelfleand Ronda Marie Woodbridge.

With distinction: Kevin J. Arm­strong. Deborah' Lorraine Boraker,Jennifer Ruth Douglas, N abil ElHage, Steven Ar thur McAfee,Semira Mirafsari, Bharat Jethalal

. Naker , Eric Edward .O lfnger ,Catherine Susan Peine, Douglas C.Rendall . Michael Robert Savoiaand David Allen Terdik.

Ant hony Mark Almeda Jr. , FredElias Attyab, Shawn Allen Baker,Mar tin A. Brandenberger. AndreasBuchholz, Robin Jeanne Bunting.Carrie Jane Rebecca Byrnes. Shir- 'ley Nancy Cheperdak, Michael

GPA of at least 3.20): Ruth A. Bau-. doin , Robert Lee Berri e, Janet

Gayle Black. John Martin Brunner,Valdemar Ervin Burian. NancyCatherine Culpepper, Victoria Ce­celia Joy D'Amelio , Paula GwenDavis. Jill Diane Eastman , CoryDonald Erickson .

Mark R.W. Gentry, Rachel Ma­rie Gentry. Rand y. R. Houston.Mi chael Isken, Rolfe HerbertJones. Wendy Jane Leavell. DavidLawrence Love. Ralph Jay Lucia,Merril yn Avonne Minc y. MichaelJames Nicholas , Sherry Ann Palm­er. Melodie Lynn Powell, WandaSchulte , Dave L. Stambaugh andKimberly Diann Wicks.

Jan Matthew Angus , Allen JayBerg. Faron Gene Blakeman, CindiMichele Block , Marjorie JeanBrown. Paul Stephen Brunckhurst,Ben Alyn Brunner, Lynn P. Burns.Virnell Jean Campbell, AnnetteCoffey. Tobin Dreis Cookman,Rodger O. Cutter, Charles EdwardDevilbiss, Kristi Shanon Disch.

Lila Elizabeth Docken, GraydonC. Drown. Lawrence Wade Dueitt.Thomas Erickson . David GaryFeith, David Paul fisher. MelanieLynn Fozard, Irene M. Francis,Shelly Jean Fultz. Miquelyn IreneGermano. Albert Guardamegni,Kevin Randolph Hadley, Ronald

stepped back into the Mercedes- :Benz supplied by the governmentfor a drive to the Al Hussein Schoolfor the Physically Handicapped.

Th is building was under con­struction during Mr . Armstrong'sprevious visit, but is now in fulloperation. The Ambassador stu­dents conducted a tour for Mr .Armstrong of the swimming ,poolused for therapy . and other facili­ties.

Pr incess Majda conducted a tourfor Mr . Armstrong of the livingquarters. therapy faciliti es and 'theareas where arms and legs [or the

Raymond Desgrosseilliers, 'AllanMichael Ebeling, Melvin ReeseEdmondson . Arlene Gonzalez.

- - - Karen--Oiana" Gridley, "Wend yHarley. Richard Lee Herrold,James D. Holder , Arthur Roy Hol­laday. Mary Let itia Johnson . SonjaKoning. Vernon Neal Schutter, EkeO. Udeagha, Christine Ann Vavra,Gretchen Marie Young and Ran­dolph Lawrence Zacharias.

Associate of science

With high distinction: DawnAdelle Fricke and Mary Jane Hays.

With distinction: Robe rt Mi­chael Bapst, Darl eneAnnette Gun ­derson. Randel Keith Kelly. AnnMargaret Ledin gham, Bret AlanMiller. Sheri Ann Olmstead, PaulMichael Peterson. Lorrye Sham-

Eugene Hansen Jr .• Tim Hudson.Russell D. Huston.

Jerry Wayne Jones Jr .• PamelaKelenske, Th omas Knaack. JudithAnn Kulesza, David Edmer La­casse. Debbie Frances Langland,Nanette Alexa Leslie, WilliamLemoine Livingston, Lloyd .Mar kLoudermilk, Bradley · N. Marson ,Jerry Gregg McNiel. CameronLynn Miller. Laurel Lee Miller .Tin a LOuiseNeal.

Lynda G . Pend ley. CharlotteElizabeth Pope, Timotby ShawnRoe. Paula Christine Ross. StevenBradley Rule . Tamara Lynn Sur­ratt, Edward Keith Tomes , JeffreyFrank Vilag i, Tammy J . Ware.Lynette Marie Webb , Jobn PhilipWells, Susan Esther Wend t, EdnaLynn Wilkie. Jeffrey Stephen Wil­liams , Don Stephen Worthing.Brian Eugen e Young and ElizabethMaschil Zlab .

Associate of scienceWith highest distinction: Julie

Anne Carlson. Stephanie ElaineKarnafel and J e nni fe r LynnPeterson .

With high distinction: John E.Bearse, Maria lorene Cox, AaronEagle, Stacy Corinna Hanson , Nan­cy Lynn Monson and Lori JoanSchoolfield ...With distinction: Ruth Claire

handicapped are constructed.Mr. Armstrong was then offered

refreshments with the school's staffand Ambassad or volunt eers includ­ing Abby Docken, Miss Means andKenneth Bellamy.

After the tou r Mr . Armstrongand his traveling group left for theAmman airport [or a 12:30 p.m.flight to the next stop on his con­tinuing tour of the Middle East andEurope.

(Mr. Dean's account of Mr. Arm­strong's trip is scheduled to contin­ue in the June 10 Worl dwid eNe ws.}

blin and Roger H. Widm er .

Christine A . Allgeyer. An neMari e Barenbruegge, G. RogerBrandon. Jeffrey Broadnax, LuzNe reida Colon. David JOseph Cuve­lier. Lisa R. Derstine. Cheryl MarieDexter, Bobby Joe Franklin J r.•William Edward Green III, Roy P.Gressly, Reb ecca Juli e Norr od ,Kennan Michelle Owens.

Mark Ste ven Reyngoudt, Gra ntW ilHam Ri ch ard s. C hris to phe rRossi. J acob J ayson Ruggless,An gela Fay Schartner, LucindaAnn Screen, GloriaJean Scu rr . Jod iLea Smith, Dawn Renee Snook ,Crys tal Dawn S pahr. Sandr a LynnSteadman. Edwin David S tepp,Stephen Scott Symonds, ReN aeSue Wernli and Debra Jo Woods.

Ashfield. Vincent Carl Benedett i,Robert Lee Berr ie. Robert NicholasDiehl, Glen Frick, Hayward HandIII, Elizabetb Hinkle , Randy R.Houston , Nan cy Elisabeth Howard ,Jenn ifer Lynn McGraw and DannyR.Parks .

Ann Elizabeth Baker, Donald W.Ballo . Sh ar on Annette Bowles.Susan Irene Braman . Tamar a JeanCain. Jeann e Marie Carlson, Eliza­beth Arlene Coleman. GordonVann Cooley, Kevin L. Craft, Car ­oline Grace Davies. Darcy DarleneDerrick. Tamm y Vanessa Fields.Mary Teresa Forrester.

George Raym ond Harpe r Jr .•Matthew Carl Hees. Kelly LorraineHoward . Marion Lyn n. Johnson.Peter Alan Levoir. Timothy AlanLindholm, Rober t F. Lobdell, Wen­dy Kay Love, Cat by Elaine McNiel,James Calvin Myers III, AllisonAnne Nelson . Marcia Gail Redenz,Cheryl Jo Reed, Steven BradleyRule . Renee BelleSarfert.

Deanna Leslie Schow. SharonJeanette Sowers . Lorna Jean Swan­son, Gertrude N. Swarey, Vicki 'Lynn Th om as, Tammy J oA nnTh ornton , Jenn ifer Lynn Vande­griff, Lynley Anne Walls, Sherry J .W ine. Briary Elizabeth Yeat es.Roger Dwight Zacharias andJoette Marie Zehrung.

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IRON SHARPENS IRON

Making most of opportunities..builds relationships, character

Friday-evening activitiesyield delightful Sabbath

Th en they teach their unin spiredspeculations to others. Su ch areruining the ir own spiritual lives aswell as overthrowing the faith ofsome through misapplied prophecy,even as certa in "Christ ians" did inPaul's day (II Ti motby 2:18)-.

Onl y God can give the trueunders tanding of His prophecies (ICor intbians 12:10, II Peter 1:2lJ..21). When it is tim e for God 'sChurch. to know the next relevantstep in bibl ical proph ecy, God willreveal it. '

• Sp iritu al colors and additives.We must not add words to the teach ­ings of the law and proph ets (Isaiah8:20, Proverbs 30:5·6). God warns:" For I testify unto every man thatheare th the word sof th e prophecyoftbis book, if any man sball add unt oth ese things, God shall add unto himthe plagues that are written in thisbook" (Revela tion 22:18) .

Our spiritual lives requ ire a dailydiet of natural biblical foods such asthe " sincere milk of the word" (IPeter 2:2) , tbe "bread of life" and" that meat which endureth untoeverlast ing life" (Jo hn 6:48, 27) .

So avoid the chaffof man 's tr adi­tlo ns and refineme nts added toGod's Word . Th ey only light en thesignificance and destroy th e intentof God's biblical instruction. ' .

Eat, iostead, the bread of God'sWordand live heal thily - forever(Jobn 6:51, 58, Jeremiah 23:28) .

your employer is wrong. But the les­son Jesus was teach ing from this sto­ry is clear : If even the unrighteousofthis world can make the most ofthe ir opportu nities for ph ysicalgain•.t hen how much more does itbehoove Chris tians to grasp eachc hance we have fo r spiri t ua ladvancement ?

Remain alert

Someone once observed that suc­cess is merel y a ser ies of well-take nopportunities. It is said that successis being in the right place at the righttime; But freque ntly, others may bein that same .location at the samemoment and yet not enjoy' the samesuccess. Usually their failure comesfrom not having seen and then usedthe opportunities present ed by thesituation.·

As Christians we have opportuni­ties to build char acter and expressGod' s love in everyareaof life -c- nnthe job, in marr iage, in child rear­ing, with friends, at services, whendealing with unconverted people, inrecreational activities. We need touse all available openings as theyarise.

British philosopher Francis Ba­con noted that "a wise man willmake more opport unities than hefinds." Th e problem is that many ofus fail to use even the chances tha tstar e us in the face.

Whe ther in the home , on the job,at school or within the Church,opportunities to improve relation­ships. develop new ski lls or buildspiri tual cha racter are always there.It's just a case of spott ing the oppor­tuniti es and then acting: . ..

Professional at hletes have a lim­ited life in sports . One day they willno longer be able to play and use theex per tis e t hey have developed.However, the skills we lear n asChristians will' not disappear . But.to grow toward the perfectio n that isneeded for etern al life, we mustlearn to use every opportu nity thatcomes our way.

Art w or k by Mo nt e Wolv erton

• " Profane and vain babb lings"(II Timotb y 2:16). Thi s refers tohuman 'reasonings. In the apostlePaul' s day, for instance, heretics,puffed up in human wisdom,declared "that the resurrection ispa st a l r ead y" ( II Timoth y2:17, 18).

Bu t serious Bible sc ho lars ,includin g Paul , knew there werespecific unfulfilled signs (for exam- .ple, I Tbessal onian s 4:15-17 ) tbatproved that the first resurrectionhad not occurred [even as unful­filled signs in Revelat ion show th atthe fir st re surrection ha s not

. occurred yet).M oreover, some professing

Ch ristians spend many hours tryi ngto understand biblical prophecy.

Paul brought tbis aspect of C hris­tiani ty to the att ention of the churchin Galatia: "And Jet us not growweary while doing good. for in-dueseason we shall reap if we do not loseheart . Th erefore. as we have oppor­tun ity, let us do good to all, especial- 'Iy to those who are of the householdoffaith'~(Galatians6:9- 1 0, RevisedAuthorized Version throughout ) .

When Peter 'warned that " thet ime has come for judgment to beginat tbe bouse of God" ( I Peter 4:17),he was reminding us th at t heChurch is now being evaluated onhow well 'it is making use of thechan ces given to it, wheth er collec­tively · in its efforts at proclaimingthe Gospel, or individually in our

, attempts to grow as Chri sti ans.

The'unjust steward

Jesus recounted a remark able story- remarkable because on the face ofit He seemed to' be condoning theft!Yet a close examination reveals thatJesus wascommenting on the value ofmaking the best of a seemingly disas­trous situation.

The account concerned a man­ager who had been misusing compa­ny funds. Inevitably, the employerfound out and dem anded an expla­nat ion. Facin~ almost certain dis­missal, the manager arra nged meet­ings with his master 's debt ors.

He said to the first. " 'How muchdo you owe my master ?' And hesaid. 'A hundred measures of oil.' Sohe said to him, 'Take your bill, andsit down quickl y and wri te fifty' ..(Luke 16:1·6) .

Si milar conversat ions followedwith other debtors. By cu tti ng theirdeb ts in half, the manager was gain­ing favor with people who could helpprovide for him after he was. dis­missed from his job. Wh en theemployer found out what was goingon; he "comme nded th e "u njuststeward bec au se he had d ealtshre wdly" (verse 8).

Or. course, falsifying companyrecor ds is wrong. Stealin g from

Peter Grainger has contribut­ed to The GoodNews,

By Peter F. GraingerDoes your personal Bible study

provide an adequate supply of spiri­tual energy daily?

Our regular study should unearththe essential spiritual mineral s andvitam ins a Christ ian needs to live abealtb y spiritual life.

Steer clear of spiritual junkfood

Here are, some spiritual junkfoods a Ch rist ian must avoid:

• "Questions and strifes ofwords" (I Tim othy 6:4). Christian sneed to be grounded in the basicdoctrines of God's Word (Hebrews6:1· 2) rat her than qu estionable sideissues that God has deemed unnec­essary to reveal at this time "(Prov­er bs 25:2).

Arguing about the, meaning ',ofthe original Greek or Hebrew wordscan be a frustr ating .:.unprofitableexperience (II Timotb y.2:14, Titus3:9). Tbe result can be envy andstrife - an upset spiritual stomach.

A Christi an's first concern shouldbe to .study revealed . knowledge.

. "Those things which arc revealedbelong to us and to our child ren forever, that we may do all the words of .tbi s law" (Deuteronomy 29:29). Toresearch the"etymologicaldevelop­ment of Hebrew and Greek wordscould be an interesting slde djsh, notthe main focus of study .

Church. Each member of the group. had been given access to God's Holy

Spirit. Yet only five used the powerof that Spirit to make the most of the"opportunities that cam e along. Theremainder allowed those chances toslip through their fingers (Matt hew25:1-13).

But what were those opportuni­ties? Later in the same chapterJesus Chri st gave some examples ofthose missed opening s (verses 14­46) . They revolved around chancesto build spiritual character andexpress outgoing conce rn for others.You should read carefull y the wholeof Matth ew 25, for it is a catalog ofopportunit ies taken - and missed .

Too often we walk with our eyesclosed to the possibilit ies that are allabout us. It' s not that we are deliber­atly oblivious to chan ces to grow orto the needs of others, but ratherthat we fail to see the potential to actwhen the opening occurs . Lat er, wefeel bad when the chanc e is no lon­ger available.

Lost moments

How often, for instance . do wehear , after a dea th, such laments asUI wish I had spent rnore time withhim" or " I should have written to'her more frequent ly"? Such oppor-

. tunities will not reappear in thislife.

And so it is with so many situa­tions - the time to sayan encourag­ing word , to write a lette r of comfortor to help a neighbor in distr ess. Itmay only be a fleet ing opportunity,but once it has passed we may nothave the same chance to develop

. that littl e bit more of Christiancharac ter.

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determines the outcome of a game.Yes. team owners are prepared to

invest considera ble amounts -ofmoney in players who can make themost of chances.

ta lk, so we just relax together.·" It' s just the best night of tbe

week!"· Another member with smaller

children likes to play some short andlighthearted Bible games after aspecial Sabbath meal. Even non­member mat es can get involved in apositive way on Sabbath evenings.

S om e nonmember husbandsactually see more of their family onFriday night s than any other time;thu s the Sabbath is a real blessingfor the entire family.

In the summer some parent s takethe famil yonshort walks toa nearb yplayground or stroll through a pleas­ant park. Ju st before tucking. thechildren in they read The BibleSto­ry or the YES lessons and answerchildren's quest ions about God orany pro blems that may be botheringthem.

Fathers with wives not in th eChurch some times out fla nk theproblem by occasionally invitingother Ch urch families in for Friday­night get-togethers . .· It is especially helpfu l -if botb

families , have teenagers. Noth ingsparks the right kind of enthu siasticconversation like young people whoare positive about the Church andChurch activities.

Re lish ing a conversat ion OVersome Youth Opportunities United(YOU) project or activity is anenjoya ble way to share time withfamily and friends on the Sabbath.Few people can resist seeing that

. their teens are turn ing out all right.and enjoying life. . .

Yes, a little resourcefulness andposit ive thinking can work wondersand make the Sabbath a special joyfor your family .

But making the best of opport u­nities doesn't just apply to athletes.Life itself is made up of opportuni­ties. And the way we handle thosemoments will det ermin e a grea t dealabout how we will spend etern ity.

Failur e to act

Cons ider the biblical story of the. 10 virgins. Here was a group of.young women who, symbolically, "represented those called into God' s

K. Neil Earle pastors theToronto. Ont., East and Westchurches.

The author is a Good Newscontributor. .:

One woman wrote of her ownfamily 's Sa bbath-evening ac tivl­ties:

"Our main goal for Frida y nightis to provide a relaxing at mospherewhere we can enjoy each other 'scompanyand have a good give-and­take discussion with the kids. Th isseems to be the time ' during theweek when we can all go into detailabout our week, including familysituations and decisions.

" We begin the Sabbath with aspecial dinner and dessert served ona lace tableclotb witb candles andwine. Our son plays hymns on theorgan and sometimes we have a sing.along.

"We read the girls a Bible storyand go over the Youth EducationalServices (Y ES) lessons. Then weput on some good music, light thefire and make popcorn .

"Hopefully we settle in for agood discussion over the next fewhours. We always use this timeto go over ,Dexter H..· Faulkner's' Just One More Thing ' columnin The Worldwide News . Some­tim es everybody is too tired to

But what qualities do goodplayers possess'? Obviou sly, theyneed fitness. They mu st be preparedto study tactics and then practicehard. Yet the difference betweenmediocre players and those who areworth fortunes is often ju st one fac­tor: the individual's ability to makethe most of opportunities .

Outsta nding players recognizethat they must grasp at even the hal fchances that come along durin g thecourse of agame.Th e loose ball. Themoment of hesita tion from an oppo­nent. The freedom to turn qu icklyand drive for the opponent's goal ,

That 's what keeps them on top.It's their skiHin controlling the balland within a split second decidingwhat to do with it that freq uently

By K. Neil EarleTh e Sabbatb is a delight for

God's people (Isaiah 58:13· 14) , andwe can help make this day special byobserving it in its entirety, includingSabbath evenings. Whe n work forthe week has ceased and the sun hasfallen below the horizon, Churchfamilies have a wonderful oppor tu- 'nity for rest and fellowship witheach othe r.

By Pb ilip StevensEach year vast sums of money

cha ng e ba nds in pr ofess ion alsports.

Salaries up into the millions ofdollars are paid for the talents andexpertise of top-class players . Teamowners know that spect acular playproduces siza ble crowd s, along withleague championships.

Ambassador College,(Big Sandy

DIPLOMAS AND ROSES - One hundred f1fty·eight st udents received associate of arts orscience degrees at commencement exercises in Big Sa ndy ( left ph otos) May 15 In thefield hou se auditorium. In Pasade na 22 7 degrees we re c onfe rred at the co mmenc ementce remony May 17 in the Amb assador Aud itorium. Evangelist Herman L. Hoeh delivered thecommencement address at both campuses . [Pho tos by Mike Bedford, G.A. Bellu che Jr .Kevin Blackb urn, Ken Tate and Warren ,Watson]

:ommencement ·1985Pasadena

President's speech to class

Joel Meeker. student bodypresident. delivered the dis­course al Ambassador Collegecommencement excercises in

. Pasadena May / 7. Mr. Meekerwill serve as a ministerial train­ee in Strasbourg , France.

According to British tradi tion, asrecounted by the head librarian ofth e British Consu la te of LosAngeles, walki ng through thebloody aftermath of the batt le: pass­ing among the dead and dying sol­dier s, was th e Prince of Wales,

Sixtee n-year -old Edward, namedby history the Black Pr ince, discov ­ered a scene which deep ly movedhim.

Edward came to the body of oldJohn of Luxembourg. the king ofBohemia, who had sided with theFrench . What moved the emotionsof the Prince of Wales on the findingof one more casualty among so many(lead, was the fact that John of Lux-

. ernbroug, the king of Bohemia, wasblind .

In order to ent er the battle, he hadinterlaced -the traces of his horse'slivery with those of two of his most­trusted knights , one on either side ofhim. Thus. they had guided the

- blind king into the fray. And thiswas how Edward found the soldiers :three dead knights, in the ir bur- ...nished arm or, the reins of their deadhorses st ill intertwined..

King John hadn't needed to enterthe battle . He could not have raisedhis sword against asi ngle adversary.As far as history can tell, Johnneverstruck a blow. But, no doub t, hisexample of sellless courage andfaith in his men steeled their resolveand st rengthened thei r morale. Hefelt his place was with his knights,doing what he believed served. thebest interes t of the people he ru led.

Perh aps above all, one of theresponsibili ties we now have, is the

_ responsibility to serve. With everyright, with every privilege. Withevery honor, comes responsibility.Much responsibility has fallen on .us. Will we fulfill it?

< Th is time of commencement is at ime of mixed feelings. We feel thejoy of accomplishment. but the sad­ness of leaving an institution we

. deeply love. And for those whomove away. there is the sadness ofleaving friends. We feel perhaps abit uncertain about the new lives weare about to begin. But mostly welook forward , in the confide nce offait h, to futures of great luster andbrilliance. ~

We are now about to ente r themain are na of the great endeavor ofour lives. And as we enter a worldbuilt on a rotte n crumbling founda­tion of greed and compet ition.Jet us "be sure our foundation is firm. Firmit must be if it is to withstand thewithe ring test of time.

Toda y some say found ations mustcrumble, that nothing is permanentor secure, that all is relative. But Isay. if we, with the help of God.imbed deeply in the found ationsupon which we build our lives andthe lives of our children, at the coreof our foundation of beliefs andgoals, near its very cente r. if wether e imbed the desire to serve man­kind through the migh ty purposebeing worked out here below, thereis no power in heaven, or on eart h.which will be able to dest roy ourfound ation or the work of our lives.

So, when we leave this Audito­rium today.I et it not be with a diplo­rna alone, nor just with the wonder­ful memories of the years we havespent here at Ambassador College.

I ask each of you to take with youa motto you have made your own. Amott o of long and distinguished his­tory. a motto of great meaning andimport .

Let no act of service seem toosmall. Jesus Christ told us that noneare .

Let no act of se-rvice seem toogreat . With the help of AlmightyGod, none can be.

Let usbegin now livesofservice,service toward God and servicetoward our fellowman. Let it be saidof us, as people look back on ourlives, "There was a class that livedby the words, 'lch dien'!"

Deput y Chancel lor {Raymond} What impr essed Prin ce Edward .McN air, memb ers of the facult y most of all as he considered thisand adm inistration . honored guests scene, and the events 'which hadand fellow students : brought it to pass. was the crest that .

In the year A.D. 1346, war the old king wore. He wore a crest ofafflicted Eur ope. On Aug . 26 orthat three ostri ch feathe rs over a simpl eyear, ona northern French hillside two-word motto in Old German :near,the town q.f.Cre cy, thwrst~bat':'_ _"- _ ~'lch die n', n -;...:. -r,.. .. ".tie of The Hundred Years War had The youngEnglish prlece saw thejust ended . It had ended in the deci- tru th of those words, Ich dten', insive victory of the outnumbered the life and in the death of John ofEng lish longb owmen. over the Luxembourg. the king of Bohemi a.noble knights of the French heavy These things moved Edward socavalry. deeply that he took that crest. with its

motto -andmade it hisown. It became,in fact , the officialcrest and motto ofeach and every Prince of viales topresent day. 639 years later.

It is a very inspiring stor y. Buthow does it apply to us as graduates .of Ambassador College?

It applies becau se King John 'smotto feh dien' is translated "Iserve:' and I submit to you, that'these simp le words art: words bywhich we should live.

Jesus "Ch rist. the greatest manwho has ever lived, or will ever live,came as the greate st servant of allt ime. He came to serve mankind,and to teach that service is the high­est possible calling of any livingbeing .

He taught that learning to serve isthe very purpose of human exis­tence. He has left us a record statingwe should follow his words and hisexamp le. Let us resolve to do so.

In a few minutes we will bereceiving diplomas repres enting ourdeg rees. Thi s is the culm ination ofyears of study and training in widelyvaried areas.

The dip lomas read:" Ambassador College upon rec­

ommendation of the faculty and bythe authority of the board of direc ­tors , her eby confers upon (yourname) . the degree of (your degree) ,and with all the rights , privileges ,honour s and responsibiliti es there­unto appertaining."

One of the righ ts we now have is_the right to serve, perhaps not the

way we would choose ; often thosewho serve may not choose the man­ner of their service. But serve we cannonethele ss.

Oneoflhe privilegeswe now haveis the privilege to serve , which oureducation has prepared us to do. "

One of the honors we now have isthe honor to serve. We have learn edhere what a great honor this is.

ACCENT ON'THE LOCAL CHURCHChurchesput on country fair, chili cook-off

~easstageconcerts,show

Monday, May 27, 1985

sented to Ray Lowrie , YES baske t­ball coach. and to Shirley West, YEScheerleading coach . .

Don We aver , assi stant director ofthe Fairfield YES group, organizedthe aftern oon . Seventy people at­tended the banquet, and about 100rojler-skated afterward. Ca rrieDocken.

FAIRFIELD a nd SANTAROSA , Calif., brethren were hoststo a Youth Educati onal Serv~ces

(YE S) sports banquet and famil yroller-skating party April 21 in Napa ,Calif.

Medallions were awarded to YESbasketball players and cheerleaders.A plaque of appre ciation was pre-

YES attends sports banquet

, DOCILE FRIENDS - Clockwise irom "above left photo, (from left) Ger­rod, Jason and Trenton Graham watch a turtle ; Keith Stump (right), PlainTruth senior writer, and Les McColm, pastor of the Long Beach, Calif.,A.M. and P.M. churches , rate chili; and Nancy Joseph , wife of localchurch elder Mordakhai Joseph , watches her daughter Sharon (left) pet

" an animal. [Photos by Sheila Graham and Tom Hanson]

don women then provided refresh ­ments .

April 21 - more th an 200MINNEAPOLIS NORTH andSOUTH, LAKE CRYSTAL andST. PAUL, Minn. , a nd EAUCLAIRE, Wis., brethren watched aclassic al music co ncert put on by 18members. "

The concert took place at Bridge­man Hall on the Hamlin e Universi tycampus in St . Paul . Performances in­clud ed vocal and instrumental solos.

The evening began and ended withFrederic Chopin piano solos . JohnFreeman began by performing "Bal­lade in G Minor ," and AmyHargar­ten concluded by playin g " Polonaisein A Flat."

A chamber group composed ofHeinke Lee, Rene Pruszinske, SteveFagers trom and Steve Ouellette per­formed •' C anon , •• by JohannPa ehelbel. Christ y Ell ison . 10,daughter of Bill and Sue Ellison,played a piano solo titled " 11ue e Lit­tle Pieces ," by Antoni o Diabelli.

Don Patterson accompanied hiswife . J anet , who sang " D ie

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managing ed itor of the Church's pub­lications; Victor Root , associate pas­

. tor of the Auditorium A.M. church ;Rob in Webber, an Auditorium P.M.as sociate pastor; Sh eila Graham,Worldwide News senior editor, andher-husband, Ed; Curt is May, as­sociate pastor of the Impe rial church;and Mark McCulley, Festival plan ­ning coordinator. Pam Mosher.

Brethren from throughout south­ern England gathered at MahatmaGandhi Hall in London' s FitzroySquare for their annual spring con­cert, spon sored by the LONDONchurch April 28.

Fifty singers, under the direc tionof Peter James , music.~ director ofthe London church cho ir; presented amusical program, acco mpanied onpiano by Peter Webb and Jenn iferClarke.

The first part of the program fea­tured excerpts from "Olivet to Cal­vary " by J.H. Maunder, with choralselections and vocal solos by AlanGrist , ten or, and Don Stilwell,baritone.

Afterward, the cho ir .performed" 0 Lord , Thou Hast Overthrown"from Fel ix Mendel ssohn ' 5 Elijah .Mr . St ilw ell and sopra no EsmeClothier sang solos . Mr . Stilwell andMrs, Clothier then sang a duetfrom"the same oratorio.

The program concluded withchoral selections by ,Johann Sebas­tian Bach and Pietro Mascagni and acontralto solo by Jane Jones titled" The Lord Is My Shepherd." Lon-

Dennis Dud ek , Darrell Spencer ,Craig Eaton, Charl es Sumn er andvoca list Rebecc a Hud son .

Marc h, 30 SPRINGFIELD,Mass. , brethren sponsored a soc ialtitl ed " The Wonderful World of "­Dance" that featured dance instruc­tion .

Participation at previous dance swasn't alwa ys high , and it was dis­co vered that many would like todance but dido ' Cknow how . So thechurch hired dance ,instru ctors togive step-by-st ep lessons . TheOoor was filled with coupl es, in­clud ing YO U membe rs , trying "10

master dances such as the waltz,fox-trot and swing .

Dance rs were enco uraged to prac­tice at home , and several refre sherlessons are planned . .

The evening meal con sisted oftacos , Span ish rice and sundaes for

.dessert. Children were entertained bya movie .

Gary Crouse, Jake Hannold andWilliam Korzenawski,

Coimbra of Reseda took first in pietasting ; and fu st in cake .tasting wentto Dana Davidson of Glendale .

Chil i 'cook-off j udges includedevangelist Joseph Tkach Sr., director

. of Ministerial Serv ices; evangel istEllis La Ravia , director of FacilitiesManagement; Arthur Suckling ; fi­nancial aids offic er at Pasadena Am ­bas s.ador ,College; Dexter Faulkner,

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Spring dances take place

The fifth annual Country Fair andChili Cook -off took place April 21 inPasadena , sponsored by the LOSANG ELES, RESEDA and GLEN·DALE, Calif. , churcbes. : '

On the Imperial Schools cam pus astage show featured live music anden tertai nme nt provi ded by MarkKersh's Unity Band. the Pasad enaSpanish church's Folklorico dancetroupe .and the Stardusters squaredance group.

Attractions included pony rides,hayrides, a children's animal pett ingzoo, a game booth arcade, a craftfair. flea market. bake sale and a

. noon"chili parade fea turing Een ieMeenie Chi li 'Beanie, Miss Tomato,Hal-A-Peno and Colonel Com .

Brethren took part in cont estsra nging from log sawi ng, apple bob-­bing and root -beer drinking to an eggtoss, pull-up 'contest and women'sbake-off .

Th e main event was the chilicoo k-o ff with entrants fro m 15churches in ' California and two inTexas. rust place went to Maril ynFrancis of the Los Ange les church;secon d, 20 la Sylvester , Glendal e;and third , John Ivy, Dallas, Tex. ,West . Andre w Cas tle cfLos Angeleswon the YOU division; Brian Hoad­ley of Glendale was seco nd; and BethBulharowski of Reseda was third.

Jean Camphell of Los Aogeleswon the cake-deco rating contest; Sue

SEA TTLE, W ash . , br ethrensponsore d a semiformal dinner anddance April 7 for all the westernWas hing to n c hurches, incl ud ingEveret t, Sedro -Wool ley , Tacom a,

. Olympia, Bremerton and AU!!\lJlLAfter the meal bre thren were enter­

tained b y reco rd ing arti st GinaFunes, whose musical arrangementswere acco mpanied by her husband ,Fred Radke, and his o rchestra .

. Mr. and Mrs . Ed Lindsley of Seat­tie , dinne r and dance coo rdinators'...presented Gina with a bouquet of redand white roses.

After intermission Mr. Radke , atrumpet pl ayer, co mpo se r a ndcond uctor, fire d up his o rchestra.Mr . Radke' s career includ es play­in g lead tr umpet fo r the HarryJames Orch estra and th e GlennMiller Orchestra and performingbef ore fo rmer Presi den t RichardNi xon. -

Richard Dun can , pastor of theEverett and Sedro- Woolley church­es, seid Mr.Redke' s orcbesea was thefmest he ever danced to.

A fashion show and ann ual spri ngdance of the ROCHESTER andSYRA C USE, N.Y. , churches tookplace at the Auburn, N .Y., HolidayInn April 7. -

Les lie Schmedes. pasto r of thechurches, welcomed the about 200 inattendance , who ate a dinner of roastbeef or spring chicken. ,

Carla Beilstein and Mary Hazel­wood kic ked off the fashi on show bydoin g a dance rout ine to " Puttin' onthe Ritz :" Dean Schantz, a Roche s­ter deacon, and his wife , Juani ta.were maste rs of cere monies "for theevening. They described creati onsworn by the 40 part icipants, whomodeled their own fashions or those

-handma de for them .Roger Davis , a Rochester

member, prov-id ed backgr_ound"music. Each model was es corted tothe stage by one of four Roche sterYOU member s: T im Cl ou thi er ,Robert Salte r, Gordon Rowe or JeffStevens . .

Ass istin g behind the scenes wereWilmll'tU:non; I SyraclJ!e deseon­ess,and Kim Gullo , Noelly feiock ,Marina Kulbida, Marva Davis andJill Clouthier of Roch ester.

Brethren danced to the music ofthe Roches ter Frontiere band . con­sisting"of Mr. Davis, Jeff Hawver.

Two events boost unity

Areas usher in Holy Days

Youths hike, tour, camp

DES MOINES, Iowa , breth renpresented the playRuth and a fashionsh o w April 7 at Ga tes . Hall inNevada, Iowa. The stage was setwith flowers, trees, a trellis and afence for the fashion show, whichwas narrated by Jan Hoffert .

Handm ade clothin g was modeledb y brethren ranging fro m theyoungest parti cipan t, 5~month~0Id

Lisa Stream , who wore a croc heteddres s made by Sherry Asmussen , tothe most ex perie nce d sea mst res s,Madeline Hard yk, who wore a bluevelvet dress she des igned .

To conclude the event , Gerald andBonnie Sinkl er perform ed a waltz toshow the dan ce dress Mrs. Sinklercreated . About 25 peo ple partic i­pated , with Caro line Sim s as coor­d inator. The Des Moines single sserved an array of finger food s beforethe play .

Ruth, written by John Silve ra ofthe Reseda, Calif. , churc h, was per­formed by the Des Moines YOU andadults , und er the direction of KeithGardner. Jerry Wend elboe was nar­rator , whil e about 30 peo ple enactedthe dramatic bibli cal story of Ruth ' So

dedication to Naomi .Talents came together in the direc­

tion, music , cos tumes, sets andprops , tights and sound. Characterscame alive in cos tumes by NancyLehmkuhl and hai rst yles by Su eStream. Songs were ' set to an or­chestra directed by Tom Henderson .

Backdrops created by BerniWernli set the mood of the times. Themain characters were Naomi , PJr­tr ay ed by Lindy Gardner ; Ruth ,played by Staci e Beverlin ; and Boaz,by Dean O'Conner.

The play was dedi cated to RobertCloninger, pastor of the Des Moinesand Ottumwa, Iowa , churches . JudyRhades.

Iowansput onplay 'Ruth'

Before the Holy Days, Mr. Hunt­ing and Mr . Hose spen t four days inthe western provinces of the Sol­omon Islands, traveling from islandto island in light aircraft and fiber-glass canoe s. .

Despite a 1 1h ~hour canoe trip inswe lls and appro aching dar kness,they visited Isaac Jiru and his famil yon the island of Ran ongga.

On other visi ts the men weregiven dem onstr at ion s by TimothyNeke , who showed how to use sharpimplements to make a dugout canoe ,and John Pavukeria , who conducteda tour of his Village and schoo ls.These members live in thatched hutswi thout electricity, running water ortelevisio n.

Afterward Mr . Hunt in g and Mr.Hose returned to Honiara to condu ctthe Passover and services on the firstHoly Day. Tap ualik i Samas oni andhis wife, Elizabe th, made their home

. available for both service s and alsofor the Night to Be Muc h Observed .Brian Hose.

The group took its first rest by a .pool and swam . An overnight campwas 80 yards away from a cliff over ­loo king a valley . Orest Solyma ,pastor of the Macka y, Cairns , Cler­mont . Rockhampton and Towns­ville, Austral ia, church es, ensuredthat the group had an ample supply ofcreek water available .

Forty-four DA VAO and TA.GUM, Philippines, YOU memberswent on an educational to ur aroundDavaoA pril22 . TbeirfirststopwastheLondon Biscuits Co., where the teensobserved how biscuits are made andsampled some . ,

Nex t they toured the Coca -Colabottlin g plant.

The fmal leg of the outing was theGap Farm, where the group ate lunchunder the trees. They spent the after­noon swimming, horseback riding,stro lling and sight-seeing around thefarm , which is an orchard desi gnedfor public visits.

Nesan Ong of Davao arranged thee xcursion . Chaperons were Mr .Ong' s wife, Lucia; Eleuteric Rizal­losa Sr . • a T agwn local church elder;his wife , Cri sant a; Davao "deaconAlvin Abrau; and Reynalda Flore n­codnia , a Davao deaconess .

Seventy-five TAMPA, Fla .,YOU members, parents andchaperonsbeg a n a four-day trip Ap ril 8called Fun Tri p 85 . Th e gro upcampednear Atlanta. Ga . ; s~t aday at Six Flags Over Georgia , anamusement park; and visited StoneMountain Park .

At Stone ' Mountain Park th egroup took a train ride around themoun tain , a riverboat ride , a 'plan ta­tion tour and a 1.3-mile hike up themoun tain . At the top of Stone Moun­tain Tampa pastor Ronald Lohr askedthe YOU members if they remem­bered the definition of true godly fun .A YOU member responded, "Fun isfun if it' s fun tomorrow."

Monday evening, April 8, Mr .Lohr and Scon Hoefker, trip coer­dinator, gave a Bible stud y explain­ing the purpo se of Fun Trip 85: 10develop and improve cooperationand unity . which produce fun andexcitement. The group put the prin­ciples to work in setting up tents ,gathering firewood.' preparing meal sand making sure everyone got a hotshower. - .

The YOU members rai~d moneyfor the trip from variou s fund-raisingactivities, including programsales atseveral United SCates FootballLeague ' (USFL) gam es, coupon~

book sales , candy sales . cleaning upafter a county fair . snack sales andpersonal fund raising.

Orest D. Solyma, Julian V. Con­cepcion Jr . and Dwight Fisher andHally Hannaway ,

On the Passover and fJJSt day ofUnleavened BreadHONI~ Sol­omon Islands , brethren were paid avisit by Chri stopher Hunting, as­soci ate pastor of the Melbourne ,Australia , East church, and BrianHose, a deacon in the Sydney, Aus­tralia , South church .

Island members paid a visit

ISLANQ BRETHREN - From left, TImothy Nake, John Pavukeria andIsaac Jiru from the Solomon Islands pause for a photograph April 6.[Photo by Brian Hose)

lecture on male and female .differ­ences by Reynaldo Tani ajura, pastorof the Cebu, Dumaguete and Tag­bilaran, Philippines , churche s.

After sundown Mr. Taniajura andhis family jo ined the 26 singles for ameal and repeated his lecture . ' Mr.Taniajura said the singles were re­sponsive and thanked them for spon­soring the day ' s activ ities.

A sing -along , dart game , story­and joke -tellin g and a kaffeeklatschcontinued until midnigh t.

JACKSON and GREENWOOD,Miss. , brethren asse mbl ed inMississippi' s newe st and larg estRamada Inn in Jackson for servicesApril 6, the first day of UnleavenedBread. .

Almo st 400 brethren heard pastorMarc Sega ll and Kenneth Courtney ,a Jackson local church elder, giveserm ons , and Clint Brantley andBrad McDowell give senn onettes .

In addition to giving one of theirhighest offerings, brethren ate a ca­tered meal before an evening ofdane­ing in the ballroom of the 12-storybetel .

During the dan ce Murdock"Doc" Gibb s and his band enter­tained the group with a floor showand music . Part of the floor showincluded volunteers from the fiancefloor. Young children as well as par­ents entertained the group with solos,duets and jokes to to p off theevening's activities.

Brethren of the CASfRIES, 51.Lucia , church took part in a beachpicnic at Reduit, Gros-lslet, in 51.Lucia April 7 . The picnic , the fmcorganized by the church in more than'tWO years , was in honor of ArnoldHampton, pastor of the Castries;Bridgetown, Barbados; and Kings ­town , St . Vincent ; churches, and hisfamily .

Mr . Hampton conducted the Pass­over and services on the first day ofUnleavened Bread in 51. Lucia .

Activ ities included a cricket gamefor the men, a game of rounders forthe women , a Bible game and swim­ming in the Caribbean Sea .

Saldy Cuchara, H.B: Wells andAndre Arthur .

Battling subtropical jungle, thickscrub brush, 6-foot grass , rock­strewn gullies and steep ridges , 16MACKAY, Australia, YOU mem­bers and adults completed a two-dayhike April 8.

Brad Pitcher , Greg England andJeff Coleman took turns leading thegroup throu gh the terrain, avoidingven om ou s snakes and stingingplants .

the Meado w View School in Che s­terfield , N.J . , April 2 I. Steven Ger­rard, a Trenton local church elder,was master of ceremonies and intro­duced 35 acts to the 280 in atten­dance .

The evening began with the com­bined Trenton and Vineland choirssinging "Consider Yourself." In­cluded in the entertainment wereroutines by YOU and pre-YOUcheerleaders and a song by YouthEdu cati onal Services (YES) chil ­dren .

Four styles of ballroom dancingwere performed, as well as theCharles­ton. Other acts ranged from a violinduet byConway and Conant KUQ to thecomic efforts of a group of young menled by Bnb Ellis.

Followin g were piano and vocaJsolos , including songs written andperformed by Mark Bastian on thepiano . " Wild Montan a Skies " and" A Little Good News" were per­formed by Ma rk Ru sinko a ndfriends . George Van Lieu aJso per­formed two numbers.

Other acts featured co medy skitsand a flute solo by Talici a Ashford .

The combined Trent on and Vine­land choirs performed "Harmony"as the even ing's fmal number ,

Jeremy Rapson, Terry T. Lund­berg and Lester Miller.

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March 31 the Over Fifty Group nfthe NEW ORLEANS, La., churchtook .a 5-hour cruise aboard theglas sed -in, air -conditioned c ruiseboat The Bayou Jean Laffite, Theboat took them through the locks ofAlgiers , La. , into the swamp andbayou haunt s of the historical French .pirate Jean Laffite .

They traveled on the MississippiRiver through the Harvey locks . Ofparticular interest was the operationof the locks that tak e vessels inhigh-wate r levels to low-water levelsand back. again .

April 14 WINNIPEG, Man. ,senior citizens attended an afternoonsponsored by the senior YOU mem­bers . The senior citizens provided abuffet dinner , which was served byYOU members.

After dinner and fellowsh ip thegroup was treated to an hour ofsongs .dances , instrumental pieces and skits.

Maurice Ledet and - NaomiWood.

England came to Arizona April21, when PHOENIX EAST YOUgirls put on a formal English tea at thehom e of Lore ne Je tson. a YO Ume mber. The tea , which the girlsope ned to Phoeni x wen YOU girls,was intended to promote unity andfriendship. . .

An English setting was madecomplete by an antique Chippendaledining table covered by a lace table­cloth and containing Engl ish del ­icacies . Homemade scones, fingersa ndw ic he s , imported jellies ,ho memade whipped cream and im­ported Engli sh teas , placed around afloral ' centerpiece, were served oncrystal luncheon plates.

Before eating, the girls partici ­pated in a not-so-Bngltsh ' game ,cre ating a hat in a half hour withpaper plates, crepe paper , scissorsand glue . The hats wen: judged byJana Cardona, wife of pastor MarkCardona, and David A . Jutson . Thewinners for the most beautiful hatwere: Lissa Delbene. first , and TrinaCookman, second. Anne Oens wasfirst in the most unique hat category,while Chri stie Gerchak was second.

The day ended with a game of ere ­quet .

Susan Carmicha el and LoreneJulson.

Seniors visitpiratehaunts,eat buffet

tied " Minuet Opus 14: No. l " by1.1. Paderewski.

Larry Walker, master of cere­monies and pastor of the MinneapolisNorth and 51. Cl oud , Minn . •churches , said he hoped the even tcould become an annual one for theTwin Citie s area churche s.WilliamBoettcher organized the event.

TRENTON and VINELAND,N .J .• brethren combined their talentsfor their fifth annual variety show at

~, . Jd~re than 100 n ;UU,pbilip' -: .pines, brethren took part in a day of .,'.act iv it ie s at Marian' s ShangrilaBeach Resort April 7. In attendancewas Rodney Matthew s, office man­ager of the .Church' s Manila, Philip­pines, Region al Offi ce, who con­duc ted the Passover and services onthe first day of Unleavened Bread inCebu.

Mr. Matthews and his family rodeto a neighboring resort in a pumpboat (a motorized longboat with out­riggers). Later the Matthe ws familywas served a Filipino dish . "

Activ it ies included swimming,snorkeling, a sing-along, lecture sand an overnight stay by the single s.Children' s games added merriment .In midaftemoon parent s attend ed a

ANNISTON, Ala. , brethren con­ducted their second Plain Truth rep­resentatives banquet April 14. Thepurpose was to encourage cont inuedenthusiasm for the newsstand pro­gram, now in its fourth year.

Afte r ope ni ng comments byMichael Hanisko Jr . , pastor of theRome, Ga. , and Anni ston churches ,spe akers incl ude d assistant coor­di nator Terry Curren and Gen eStran ge, ca rd-holder manager.

After lunch, future programs wereintroduced by Frederick Mo or e,manager of the waiting room pro­

.gram, and Jerry York , manager of thelibrary book program.

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH andIRVINE, Scotland , SpokesmanClub membe rs were hosts to a ladie snight at Howden House Civic Centrein Living ston April 28.

Some l IOpeople ate a buffet-stylemeal of assort ed meat s , salad s,cheesecakes, co ffee and cheeses pre.pared by Edinburgh women .

David Lyon, a deac on in the Edin­burgh church, presided and intro­duced Tre vor Smith, a deacon in theIrvine church, and his wife, Susan,for tabletopics and Robert Storrier, aGlasgow deacon , as toastmaster.

Alan Broo ks, a Gl asgow localchurch elder, evaluated the topics.Speeches were given by James Mur­ray, Ian Kirkwood, William Murphyand Robert Boreland. Evaluatorswere Robert White , 'John Gillies,George Davidson and George Weir.

Theover.lll evaluationwasgivenbyColin Wilkins, pastnr nf the Glasgow ,Edinburgh, Irvine and Aberdeen,Scotland , churches.

Terry and Betty Curren and IanSmillie .

Banquetsmark specialoccasions

CCont lnu8d from page 8)Porelle , t. by Franz Schubert. a piece 'by Gustav Mahler and a vocal solotitled ••Vissi D' Arte ' from Tosca byGiacomo Puccin i.

Victor Kubik. pastor of the Min­neapolis South and Lake Crystalchurches, performed a piano solo n-

Since January TACOMA andOLYMPIA, Wash., brethren havetaken part in biograph y projects toincrease church unity. Pastor MelvinDahlgre n' conceived the idea offeaturing a family or single personeach week .

A one-page typewri tten introduc­tion and a curre nt photograph ofthose featured are placed on the biog­raphy bulletin board .

Informa tion includes type of oc­cupatio n or how one spends his or herday, how he or she came into theChurch, special interests or goals,family activities , embarrassing mo­ment s (optional), how couples metand when they were married , howGod has intervened in one 's life,place ofbirth , age and baptism date .

"It's gone over real well here ,"said Mr. Dahlgren. " Everybody canget to know everybody ." .

.In Ta coma, Virgini a Gouletteheads the project with assistancefrom Carmi chae l and Karen Edel­bach, who help with intervi ewin gand writing . Paul Joe takes photos. InOlym pia, members write their ownintroduct ions and provide their ownphotos or have Chuck or Jan Greendo it for them .

Durin g anno unce me nts Mr.Dahlgren asks the featured membe rsto stand so they c8;D be readil y reccg ­nized by the congreg ation .

Shared pastimes' such as feedingducks, working on the ca r or sewingcan be better conversation openers

' than j ust a hello followed bya name .

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

FR EE PORT, Te x. - Paul ElmoreWoldon, 49, diod April 20 of • hearlattack at his home , Mr, Weld on has beena member since 1970.

Mr. Weldon is survived by his wife.Lenora, and two daugbters, J enell andLana. Mrs. Weldon and Jenell are

(See OBiTUARIES, page 11 1

MO NTGOM ERY, Ala. - Betr iceMobley , 68, died April 21 after a pro­longed fight wit h cancer.

Mrs . Moble y was bapt ized in 1978.She is survived by her husband , Burni ce,a member; two , dau ghters, Jud y andMargaret; and a son St eve. Ral ph Orr,pastor of the Montgo mer y and Ever ·green , Ala., churches, condu cted thegraveside service .

JONATHAN PERINO

Jonathan is survived by his pare nts,David and Linda ;his 9·month-old broth­er, Mark; and grandparent s James andLee Johnson; all of Casper. He is alsosurviv ed by grandpare nts Willi s andMary Perino; and an aunt, Ma urin e Per i­no of San Anto nio, Te x.

Jonathan was buried at H ighlandCemetery in Casper April 4. Benj aminWhitfield, a minist er in th e Casperchu rch, officiated . .

Irvine, Scotland, churc hes.

CASPER, Wyo. - Jonathan BlakePerino, 3, died March 31 from head inju ­ries he suffered in an acciden t dur ing aYouth Opportunities United (YOU) bas­ketball tournamen t.

HI CKORY, Ky,-Hazel Loft in, 72,died March 13 in a Paducah, Ky., hospi­tal, afte r suffe ring a heart att ack severalweeks ear lier .

Mrs . Loftin was bapt ized in 1963. Sheattended the Paducah church. S he is sur­'vived by"a daughter, two sonsr-e-sister,two broth ers; seven grand children andfive gre at-grand children.

Fun eral services took place March 15in Lowes. Ky.

LARGS, Scotland - Agnes Wal ker,90, a member of God's Church since

' 1961, died in February. A graveside ser­vice was conducted by Colin Wil kins.pastor of the ' Aberdeen, Edinburgh,Glasgow and Irvine, Scotlan d, church ­es.

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and two grandchildren; all of whomattend God' s Church. He is alsosurvivedby a stepmother, thr ee broth ers and sixsisters. .

Graveside serv ices were conducted byFrank McCrady J r., pastor of th e Indi­anapolis, Columbus and Terre Haut e,Ind .•churc hes,

KJNTY RE , Scot land ' - Ge orgeThoms on, 77, a member ' of God 'sChurch ' for man y yeers; died here Jan .30. Mr . Thomson is survived by his wife,Margaret. The funeral service was con­ducted by Co lin Wilk ins, pastor of theAberdeen. Edinburgh, Glasgow and

MR. AND MRS. RAY SCHELLENGER

tions from Pre sident and Mrs. RonaldReagan. Kansas Gove rnor John Carlinand an area congr essman .

On the Sabbath before the anniversa·TJ. April IJ, Wichita pastor Judd Kirkpresented Mr s. Sche llenger with a dozenlong-st emmed red roses as a token ofappreciation from the church. Manymembers att ended the reception the:next day, which took place in Rose Hill ,Kan.

WJCHITA, Kan . - Ray and LenoraSch elleng er, members who att end theWichita church, celebrated their 70thwedding annivers ary April 14 with theirfamily and friends.

The Schellengers were married inJ915, and spent most of their yearstogether in the Burlington, Kan., area.Mr . Schell enger was a farmer and man­aged an apple orcha rd and roadside mar­ket , Mrs. Sch elleng er was bapti zed in1959 and her husband in 1960. Theyfirst attended services in Springfield,Mo ., and were pioneer mem bers whenthe Wichita church began in 196 1,

Sharing in th e celebration were theSchell eng ers' two surviving children,Warren, a member who attends theGadsden, Ala ., chu rch with his wife,Betty , and Dean Arnold . a memb er whoatt ends th e Alexandri~ La., church withher husband, Gilbert.

Warren Schellenger's four childrenand thei r spouses and two of Mr s.Arn old's child ren and the:ir spouse:s ar~

also Church members.Eleven of the Schellengers' 12 grand­

children and all t 8 great-grandchildrenwere present at the reception.

The Schellengers' anniversary wasrecognized with letters of congratula-

Heppy 34th an?iversery June 2 to ~om and DadJamieson 01 VIctoria, B.C. Love, JUl1, TIRa, Tim,Elaine, Bill,Aose, your grandchi ldren and all 01your" edopted" kids. We love you,

ELKHART, Ind . - Frank C . Skin­ner, 95, a member since 1966, died athome March 21,

Mr . Skinner is survived by four sons,Percy, a member who attends the GrandRapids, Mlch., church; Larry of NorthGlenn, Colo .; N eil, a member in Elkhart;and Frank Jr . of Canon Ci ty, Colo.; sixdaughters , N edra Benham) Al ethaWright and Lila Kidder, all mem berswho att end the Grand Rapids church;and Carol Hatton . Esther VanNe tt andRuth Ku ster of the Fort Myers, Fla.,'church. ', ~-" '- - ... ~ .... '" .

One son, Gladden, also a member,preceded Mr. Skinner in death . Mr.Skinner is also survived by 29 grand­ch ildren . 10 of whom are Church mem­bers, 82 great-grandchildren and several .great-great gr andchildren .

Randall Stiver, associate pastor of theElkhart, Plymouth and Michigan City.Ind. churches, condu cted th e serv ices inShelby, Mich ., March 25.

iNDIANAPOLIS. Ind. - Eddie J .Mah one, 59, a Church member since1966, died March 20 of a heart att ack atMethod ist Hospital . He suffered severalyears from bone cance r.

Mr. Mahon e is survived by his wife of37 years, Lillie ; three daughters, Mari­lyn Tal ison, Vera Gibbs and Ra chael ;

Mr. end Mra. David Wickey : Happy suver weddin gennivers ary . Morn and Ded, June 18. Miss and loveyou much. Frorn your Floride girl end the real 01thefemilies.

To my Margaret: Thanks for 40 truly ....onderfu l yeer s.May there be mtlfl y more. Love , Keith .

To Berba ra end Peter Sl enley : Wishing you bolh ehapp y and memorable ailver wedding anniverasryJune25.Ma ythenelll25yearsbejustsslulfllling8lldwonderlu l. Mum snd Dad: Thanks lor being suellbrilli ant perenla and for ahowing U$ alilha love .kindne 8S andconCerlllhatyouheve overthe yeers.lOl l 01love, Gillian and Peul

SA CRAMENTO. Calif. - LucyMay Noschka, 53, of Auburn, Calif., amember since April, 1962, died Dec. 27,1984, of cancer ,

Sh e is survived by her husban d, Char­ley; a son Thomas; a daughter J udyMunk er; a grandson Bryan Munker; abrother George Affeldt, pasto r of th eS ioux Falls, Watertown and Yankton,S .D., churches; and four sisters, Anna,Mildred Cole, Lois Hamill and LorraineCullen.

Funeral services were condu cted byLawrence Neff , pastor of the Sacramen-to chu rch. .

Hsppy lIf1f\;\leraary to my huaband . Micheel. ThankyOUfor sevenwonderfutye~rsendalitheloveyou'Ve

given me.l love you. Vour wlla , Bett y.

Kansas couple·celebrate70 years of marriage

of Ruth Hancox March 11. Mr. snd Mra. Manaolinower e marr ied Merch 19, 1980 , in a ceremoRYperformed by evan gellal Hermen L. Hoeh. TheMaRlolln08 have thl ee chi ld ren. Mr . and Mr a.Mansol ino live in San Dima s, Calif.. all d atte nd Ih eGlendor a church ,

Obituaries

ANNIVERSARIES

Debrl Sue Isaler, dsugh1er of Mr. end Mra . Mark A.lasferofBrocton, N.Y., andCarlRoberl Mende , aon 01Mr. aRd Mra, Hetbert G. Mende 01TORawanda, N.Y.,were unlled in marrie~ Marell t 6 al Semuel' l GrandMa"or InCllrence~ N.Y, WafTen J. Heaton "I, past or ofthe Buflalo, N.Y., Soulh churcll, performed Iheceremony. OanleIM.Meybury of Preble, N.Y., was lhebest man, and Cynthia SChmlll 01Marma, N.Y......eaIhe matron of honor . The couple fea ideln Derby,N.Y.

Mr. and Mn . Salvator eManaolinowere honorad witha 251hwedding anniver..ry celebrallOf\althe home '

MR. AND MRS. S. MANSOLINO

MR. AND MRS. CARL MENDE

Megan Arl el ie Will ieml , dl ughter of Mr. end MI'll.Rendal1William lofVeraeilles,Ky. ,andBryanSemuelCO"man were uniled inmafTiege Jan. 28 in Lellinglon,Ky. The ceremony was performed by Kenneth Smylie,uncleoilhe llroomandputoroUheBirminghamA.M.and P.M. and Jasper, Ala., eIlurelles. The msid ofhORorwaa the bride'a l ister Erin, end the best men....eathe groom 's brother Patrick . After a honeymooncruia edownlheMexlca nRivi era,thecoupleresldelnPaaeden a.

MR. AND MRS. BRYAN COFFMAN

MR. AND MRS. LARRY NEFF

Lucil le Blanche"' of Ih e Mootreal , Que., South(Fren ch) church end Frederic Picard 01the Monl reelNorl h (Frenc h) church were united In mafTiage April14 in l ongueuil, Qu" The ceremony was perlormedby Donal Picard , pester of the Monlreel (French)churehel, Tha coupl e flI alcieIn St. Calilte, Que.

LaITy Nell snd Roae McGehe were uniled inmerriageMarch 30 by Rodnay McQueen, associa le paslor oflhe Tell ar'kan•• Tex., Eldoredo, Ark ., snd Shreveport ,La., churclle s.Th ew eddin.gandre ceptiontookp lac ein the home of Mr . end Mr, Don Waita of Teltarkane .The groom'a brother Caeil s.rved as beSi man. Themetronsof hoRorwereL eul aWhlllingl onendPatrici aAnn Moo,e , WilD attend the Shre veport church . Thecouple resi de in New Boalon, Tell.

Church in Camp Hili , Pa. Jamea ROlen thal , pastor 01theHerrieburg,Pa., church ,p erlormedlheceremony.The mal ron 01honor waa Mary Bardell, and Ihe bestman was Chsrle. Bardell. A recep uen follow ed et theLow er All en Co mmunit y BuUding . The couplehoneymooned In Willi emsburg . V.,

STOCKWELL, Mik e and Sheila, of Lllk e Charle s. La.,girl, Ashl ey Bryn, April 14, 3:42 p.m.• 8 pound s 1oURCea,now 1 boy, 4 girls. .

TOBIN, Devid and Mary (Servidio ), of Erie , pa .: girl,TllIany Marie, ApriI 29,8:42p.m.. 8 pouRda t ounce,firatChild . · .

JertY end Jan Bump Peter aon are plelaed toI nfloOuRce the engegament of thelr daughter TammleLyn Bump to Neal C, Griawold, son 01 Mr. and Mr•.SI<tPhen Gri. ....old ol Selome, An! . A July 28 weddingiecplanned In Lotlhbrld lle, Alta .

Dr. and Mra. Vernon C. Rockey of Chedron, Neb. , arepleaae d to announce th e engegemenl of theirdaughler CharmelRe K 10 Timothy Bruce Crabb ,a Ollof Mr.a nd Mr• . KerIB aldner oframpa,Fl a.ASepI. 22wed dlRg Is plsRned,

WEDDINGS

WILSON. Scoll end JenaUe (Glover), ot San Jo se.Calil .. girl, Laura Elinbelh, April 18, 5:48 p.m.. 8pounds 3 0llncea, ~rat cllH d.

WAL SH, Mlke and J.llnice (Todd) . ofElyr ie, Ohio, boy,Malk Ric hard, April 29. 7:23 p.m., 9 pounds 12ouncea. now3boy.

YOUNG, Ronald snd Elizabeth (Dall on), of Albeny,N.Y., boy, Ethan Oallon, March 19, 3:25 a,m.,- 8pounda8 0uncea, now 2 boy . , 2 g irla .

Mf: and Mra. AdrianHo ward olLongview, Tell" wouldIlka to announce the enga';lement 01their daughterMalillda Sharon to Devid Joaeph Cuvelier, aon 01Mr.and Mr•• Joaeph Cuvelier 01Kamloop . , B.C. A Sept :21 wedding in Rapid Clly, S.D., i. planned,

ENGAGEMENTS

ClaAince Burltett and Merg e Troutm an were united Inmarri agaAj:lri l21atlhe 181·year·oldhiatoricP,ac,

O'ARPA, Frank and Carol (Lap inaky) , o. Union, N.J.,boy, Kf istan -Scott , Js n. 28. 11:41 p.m., 8 pounds 12ouncea, now 2 boye, 1 girl .

PRIVRATSKY, James aRd Tere SIi (Tannehill). ofChicago. lII" boy , David Jame&, AprlllS, 1:14 p.m., 1pounds I t ounceS, firsl child.

DANfORD. Robert andJudy (Prit cll ell) , of Big Sandy,boy. Oavid Joseph, April S, 4:28 p .m.. 1 pounds 8ounces ,now2 boya.

PRICE, Pet and Vicky (Howard) , of Cernbri dge, Ohio,boy, Ryen Lee, April , . 9 pOunds 1 euncee. now 2boys.

DAND, Garry and Alice (Smend!iuk), 01 ThomPSOll,Man••girl, NicoleRaanaJeanne, April 19, 8:49.ll.m .,1pounda1 2~ ollncea , nowl boy, l girl .

McMASTER, Timothy end ChristiRa (Ullerick), ofDenver. Colo., boy, Mic hse' David , AprilS, 1:21 p.m..6poundsS II ouncas, now2 boys .

McCONACHIE,Ken and Brenda (Screen), of Calgary ,Alta.. boy, Dele Sleven. Fe b. 28, 3:31a.m ., 1 pound s10 0uncea,n ow2boys.tgirl.

CREPIN, Patrick and Michele (Carion). ol BI\I85ela,Belgium , girl, Velerie Fenny, Jan. 1. 8:30 p.m.. 1pounds. now t boy, 1 girl.

FULLER, Greg and Debbie (Kint;!.),01Lexinglon , Ky.,boy, Nathan Lane. April 20, 10 a.m., 1 pound a 12ouncea, firatchlld.

RUFFNER, Jose ph end Juanita (Wil son). 01 NorthBand, Ore. , boy, Thlddeue Joel, April l1,1 1:10 p.m.•9 pounds, now 4 bOYl . I girl .

O'AL ESS ANORO, Randy and L ois (Mayes), ofRalaigh, N.C., girl, Danlelle Mar la, April 21. t 2: t 5p,m•• 1 pounds5 0unces, now t boy,lgifl.

CO NVERY. Brien and Li" da (Winslo w) , 01Rocheste r,N,Y.:boy, Matthew James, April 17, 9 pounds 3ol.mces, now2 boys. 1 girl

JELENIOWS IO, Wayne and Tina (Li senb ee), ofPelmer, Aleaka , boy , Jamea Ernel!. Apri' 11.8:20a.m.,6 pounds140unces , now2 boya,211il'la.

JONES, Tom and Oewn (Flint) , 01Gladew ater, Tex .,gi rl, Ju sios Dawn, ""arch 28. 9 :36 a.m.; 8 pound a.now 2 boys. 2 girl s.

CHINKE, Lanke and Hannal u (Merjl) , of Jos, Nige, ia,gir l, Kilrnwa, Fe l:!. 21, 3.3 ki logr am s, now 2 boy . , .2girls.

GAREY, Oale and Lynn (Jacob a), 01 Gladew ater,'tex. girl , Malynda Althea, April 18, t :3O e.m.. 1pounds,now2girla.

GROVAK , Michael and Tama ra (St eenama), 0'Oanver, Colo.. girl , Andrea Michelle , April 18,5:28a.m.,1 poundlt5 0uncea. firat child,

BONSER, Wayne and Mel iss a (William , ), of Ttl,Hague, Nalh erlanda, boy, AUBl in Berin , Jan . 28, 7pounds7 oullcBB, now2 boya,2giria .

McCOY, M;eIla eland Tammy (FuIU ), of Fort Worth .Tell., boy, Christophe,Micheel, March 21, 5: 15 p.m..1 pounds 6 ounce8, ~rsl chil d.

THOMSON. Alella ndP.r R. and Rita (Melhwig), ofPas adeRa. gi rl, Helen Louise, Apr il 30, 2:59 a.m., 8pounds, now I boy, 1 g irl.

BOESSE L. RIY and Chri st ie (Hafemanl . 01Big Fork , 'Minn., boy , Daniel John. ApTil 29, 11:50 a.m., 8pound.1S ouncea .n ow2 boya.

CREWS, Dave and Cindy(Ga rcle),o f SanJoee,C alil.,boy, Nicholos Wray, April t , 12:59 e.rn.,6 pound s t2tHlncae , now I boy, 1 girl.

McKEE,David end Janice (PefTin), 01Big Sendy, boy,John Donald,Dae. 4, 5:20 p,m., 6 pounds 8 ouncea,now3boys. tgir!.

GENS, Werner Jr. and Merri (Green). of Fort Myers,Fla., girl. Chrietine Morgan, April t 4, 8 :38 a,m., 6pounda 8 ouncea, firsl child .

HARRIS, Je" and Donna (Jones), of Lenoir, N.C., girl ,Sheron DM ise, April 11, 4:32 a.m., 8 pounds 2V,ouncea, first child.

BAULE TE, Edmund o and Ann (Po !oyap oy), otaulll en,Phlli pplnslI ,b oy, Ande J. PolOYllpOY,April rae e.e.,6pounds4 ouncss, now.2boys.

BIRTHS

BEOIO. Nick and K im (Ruth ), 01 Wilkes-Barre; P a.,girt, Nata li. Erin, Apr1l 1S. 1:11 p.m., 7 p Ol.lndll 1 4~

ounces, now 1 boy . 1 girl.

Mr. and Mrs. larry Shall enber ger and Cha rle .Campbell er e happy 10announce lhe engagemant ofthei r children Rick Lawia and Cheryl DeRise. A Sept .22 wedding In Mishawaka, Ind., is plennad.Cheryl ia

_ al.o the daughler oIB arbare Campbeli .

FIELD DAY - Top photo, Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong congratulates Damlen Sanchez; whopieced second in his age group in the 200-met,;r desh at Imperial Field Dey April 28. BoUom photo, thirdgraders 'watcn races on the Ambassador College track. Twenty ·four records were set at the meet.(Photos by Nathan Faulkner] .

Monday, May 27, 1985

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abused under nati onal sociali sm .Therefore . nati onal pride and asense of belonging to a Ureal nati on"are less than normal.

For the past 40 years no foreignrelationship has been more importantto West Germany than its good tieswith the United States. However t

cha nges have occurred. YoungerWest German s especially are not aseager to retain the U.S. link:.

" Increasingly it is integratedEurope rather than the UnitedStates that furnishes the model fOT

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Cathol ics, and was also friendlywi th his predecess or , C ard in al(John] Heenan ."

Remember that th e prince insistedon att endi ng th e ecumenical serv ice atCante rbury Cathedral when the popevisited Britain in 1982.

Sympathy for the Roman churchex ten ds to other members of theroyal fam ily . T he queen mother isre po rted to be a regular guest at theofficia l resid ence of t he pop e 'sam bassad or in Lon don , England.Pr incess Margaret is also sympa­thetic to th e Catholic mi lieu.

These sym pathies are not neces­sari ly shared ei t her by the entireroyal family or by oth er serio us 'op in io n formers. The Spect atortoo k the pr ince to tas k. It said , disap­proving ly, " If the Prince reallyimag ined that he co u ld have gotaway wit h suc h a visit , it is odd."

Royal author Anthony Hold entook t he same line . He wrot e in TheDaily Express M ay 1· prai sing th eQ uee n's pa tien t powers of persua-

West Germans: ' wrote Tyler Mar­shall in the May 9 Los AngelesTimes. ••And most important, Ger­mans want to be seen and respectedas equals in a relationship that hasbeen dominated by the UnitedStates . .. ~

"A Social Democraticmember ofParliament . ",' Guenter Yerheu­gen, commented: 'We don't want tobreak our economic and culturallinks, but we believe we need pcliti­cal emancipation from the U.S. Therole of the U.S. as our mentor is nolonger accepted.' "

It is interesting to note tha t Presi­dent Reagan appealed for a UnitedEurope - and a reunited Germany

sion . Mr. Holden said it was theQueen, not the prime minister. northe archhishop of Canterbury [An­glican Church] who explained to theprince that a Catholic mass would" co nst itu te a betrayal of his royalbirthright."

Mr . Holden continued, "Many ofher subjects tend to over loo k thereligious ro le of the monarchy, butElizabeth II regards it as perhapsher mo st sacred lj'ust."

Mr. Holden is a monarchist. Andhe is by no means oppo sed to Pr inceCharles. Yet he expresses ser iouscon ­cern about certain spiritua l develop­men ts in the prince's life.

Roman church opinion has takensome co nso lat ion from t he prince 'sa tti t ude . According to The TabletMay 4, a liberal Catholic weekly," T here is ,only one good thing tohave come out of the right royalmuddle which occurred this week atthe Vatican, and that is th e clearindication that the Prince of Waleswhen he bec omes King will notshare the old fashioned mentalitywhich prevented him and th e Pr in ­cessof Wales from joinin g the Popeat mass in his priv ate ch apel ."

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within the context ora United Europe- twice on his trip.T he first waswhen he addressed several thousandenthusiastic young West Germansat Hambach Castle, considered tobe a .fo un tainhead of Germandemocracy in the 18305.

.He said that "totalitarianism, bywhatever name, will never ful fillGerman aspirations within a Un ited

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(ContinuM:l from plge 2)Without hesitation, I could use it as itreads from the pulpit.

J .M.McAllen , Tex.

Crusading against abortion does notdeal with the main problem , which isuncontrolled population growth, Deal­ing with one part that makes the mainproblem worse without dealing seriouslywith the other side of the problem ishypocritical . Most women in the worldhave abortions not out of selfishness butbecause they cannot support and takecare of more children .

Donald WilliamsTallahassee , Fla.

* * *Mental junk foodHats off to Mr. (Dexter] Faulkner fer

speaking out against the TV soaps ["JustOne More Thi ng, WN. Apri lL] ... Igave them up in 1968, finding that eventhen that my lire was miserable enoughwithout them. and now, after all theexplicit (and ofte n illicit) sex thatabounds on them, my No.2 quarrel withthose prog rams is all the fighting andargu ing that invariably occurs betweenthe charac ters.

And in regard to Mr . Faulkn er 's ques­tion in his article, " Is your lire so unex­citing that you have to live throughmake-believe television charact ers?", I

Europe. The cause of German unityis bound up with t he cause ofdemocracy."

The other occasion was during hisspeech to the European Parliament inStrasbourg May 8. There he said, "Itis my fervent wish that in the nextcentury there will be one, freeEurope," stretching, he add ed, " fromMoscow to Lisbon."

have to respond that my lire since comingin contact with God's Church has gottento be so interesting Of not always freeIrcmproblems) that beginn ing in 1982 Ibeganto put my experiences down in apersonal journal.

Michael E. BrandenburgPleasant Plain, Ohio

' ¥r * *Family protected from fire

We spent the first Holy Day in Nor­rolk, Virginia, and came home to NorthCarolina Sunday morning . As we camenear our home we could see smoke fromwhat looked to be a terrible forest fire(see"Update."page 12] . . .

We had been home only a short timewhen the local fire department and For­est Service came and told us we should ,leave. The wind was gusting so and the .­fire was traveling so fast their efforts atfighting it weren't doing any good . . .

We loaded the car with some clothes.booksand special th ings and went to ourson's house. We had been gone a fewhours when we heard they had pulledback the fire fighting equipment andclosed off the area . We prayed for God'swill to be done and trusted Him to dowhat was best .. .

The fire had reached to about one halfmile from our home, burnin g over twen­ty houses and trailer s. and the windchanged! This enabled the fire fightersto control the fire and we were able tocome home the next morning .There wasno ash nor smoke damage in ourhome . .. Th e Forest Service hadcleared a space on the side of our yard wehad been wanting to clear Ior a longtime.

It' s so wonderful to know God isalways looking out for His children. Weare very thank ful for His protection andblessings.

Mrs. James H. HopeCreswell. N.C.

* * *'Iron Sharpens Iron'Wow! Thank you for the new "Iron

Sharpens Iron" featur e in The World­wide News. It is a very appropriate fea­tur e fer a Chu rch newspaper that is sentto members only . . . .

The WNisa realuniryingractor in theChurch. We are being taught by thelocal ministry. The WN is an excellentcomplement to the instr uc tion wereceive locally. '

David BrunoDuluth , Minn .

God's protectionlast Friday morn ing, we were sud­

denly awakened early to discover we hada: chimney fire that was spreading to the

. back wall or the top Beer of our home.The firemen arrived quickl y and put it

out. then informed us that had we notnoticed it as early as we did we wouldhave lost the whole top floor and possiblyour whole home. instead or just the out­side wall. Thi s was really an answeredprayer as we work in our home to raisemoney for the Feast of Tabernacles.

Tracy ConwaySault Ste . Marie. Ont.

Minist erial mit. .. we had brunch with one of your min­

isters . And I was (if I may use the word)impressed by his wide field of knowledgenot only in the Bible, but the extension ofit into the fields of human endeavor andhis attention to the principle s of success.

. . . Here is a man, trained and dedi­cated to teaching us how to succeed inour lives, our marriages . our child rear­ing, our jobs , giving us the knowledgeand ccunsetwe need. helping us seewhere we are making our mistakes .spending his life to help us become obe­dient to God' s laws.

Having a true minister of the LivingGod near to calio n is trul y a great bless­ing.n~ w mrOrl; illIdtoknowheii con­tinually improving himself by acquiringaddit ional ' understanding and knowl­edge, which automatically makes him .even more capable to help, is a continua l­Iy increas ing blessing. Thank s be to Godfor ministers of trut h and knowledge,understanding and compassion .

Bruce H. YoungYakima. Wash.

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It is significant that one of themost energetic members of th eEuropean Parliament is Otto vonH absburg, an outspoken proponentof an expanded Europe or EuropeanCommunity to include countries inEastern and Western Europe.

After Mr. Reagan's address. Mr.Kelly and I chanced meeting Dr .Habsburg coming out of the assem­bly hall. Dr. Hahsburg praised thePresident's remarks - the on es a tHambach Castl e and those at theEuropean Parliament.

Thus, in a roundabout manner.West German disillusionment withthe American big brother. plus theinabili ty to recover a sense of purely

. national pride and patriotism, couldrebound into a greater zeal for aUnited Europe. which would alsolead to the biggest dream of all, areunited German nation. one Ger­mans can feel proud of again .

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. Church members . He is also survived byhis mother , Celia of Cedar Lane, Tex.;and two brothers, Ne ilof Bay City, Tex.,and Larry of Wadsworth , Tex.

David Johnson, pastor of the Houston,Te x., East church, officiated at the Rest­wood Mem or ial Par k Cemet er y inClute.Tex .•April 22.

MENTON E, Ala. - Edna BlalockCrowe, 81, a Chu rch member fer almost20 years, died in her home April I I .

Mrs. Crowe is survived by her daugh ­ter. Lucille Helms of Washington , D.C.:a grandson Dann y; a granddaughterAngela Cr eek; two brothers, Joseph andRay Blalock. a Church rltember: two sis­ters, Edith Lyday, a Church member,and Stella; and numerous nieces andnephews. some or whom are also Churchmembers.

Services were conducted byStephenSmi th , pastor or the Gadsden. Ala.,church.

YO UNGSTOWN, Ohio - Ray­mond L. Thomps on. 65, died April 15after almost ayearlong battle against abrain tumor, cancer and a broken hip.

Mr . Thompson was baptized in April,1983, and attended the Youngstownchurch.

Lloyd E. ·Btiggi e, pastor of theYoungstown church, officiated at grave­side services.

CHAN UT E, Kan. - Wilma E.Ceu­dell, 72. died March 13 at NeoshoMemorial Hospital.

Mrs. Caudell has been a member ofthe Church since 1972.

Survivors include six children , Bill,J .T., Charles. Sheldon. Shirley Driskilland Elaine Brooks.

She has 18 grandchildren and 10great-grandchildren.

Funeral services took place March 15in Fredonia, Kan ., and were conductedby Vincent Szymkowiak, pastor or theJoplin, Mo., and Independence, Kan.,churches.

8ALT1MORE, Md.-Pearl Harter,64, died at home Apr il 20 after a boutwith cancer.

Mrs. Harter was bapti zed in NewYork City in 1961 . She was ordained adeaconess in 1965.

PEARLHARTER'. Mrs. Harter is survived by two sisters ;

m enchi l~rtn, includingTerriDorothyof the Grand Island, Ncb., church andVicki Roettig or the Kalispell, Mont .,church: 23 grandchildren; and one great ­grandchild. She was preceded in deathby three brothers and a daughter.

The funeral service was conducted byRoy Demarest , pastor or the Baltimorechurch ; and associate pastor ThomasOaldey read the eulogy.

Monday, May 27, 1985

THAI VISIT - Profes s ors from Chu­la longk orn Univer sity in Bangkok.Thailan d, visit Imper ial Schools inPas adena May 20 . Princ ipal RickySherrod and Joan Boqdanchik, sec­and grade teac he r, conduct thetour .[PhotobyWarrenWatson] .

qu ality of Sa bbath services has beeng reatly enhanced. T he - Haitian

. church leaders. Jean-Pierre Joveand Franklin Blaise, continue togive str ong and ded icated service. Inspite of :poverty and difficult cir­c u ms ta nces, the li tt le churchremains faithful and dedicated,firmly desir ing to play its part in theoveral l work of God . Twenty-eightbrethren took the Passo ver this year,and a record 62 attended services onthe first day of Un leavened Bread.

Each week one of the young menin the chu rc h updates the church on

. the world situation and news of theChurch's work . (Since some mem ­bers don't have radi os and can'taf ford newspapers, they wouldot herwise find it hard to "w atch and

. pra y.")The World Tom orrow in French.

wit h evangelist Dibar Apartian, isheard on radio in several towns inthe country . ,0;.

The World Tomo rrow" wit h Pas- . 'tor Ge neral H erber t W . Ar mstrongcan be see n on WGN Chicago, lll .,which is beamed to Haiti by satelliteand cable. Only one . member hasca ble, but those who can , com e to hishom e to watch.

In poor count ries people te nd touse every scrap of physical food . InHaiti it is the same way with thespiritual food - booklets. tmaga-"zines, and every piece of news aboutthe work is devour ed by the mem ­bers. They may be one of the sma l­lest churches in the world. but theystrive to be faithful and loyal .

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Jo hn Halford , a pastor -r ank min­ister work ing in Media Service s in .Pasadena, cond ucted the Passoverand services on the first day ofUn leavened Bread in Port -a u­Pri nce, Haiti. He said the littlechu rch there continues to makegood progress .

Since fund s were made avai lablefor Gilbert Carbonnel, past or of the 'Pointe-a -Pitre an d Basse -Terre,Guadeloupe , churc hes , or ErickDu bois, pastor of the Fort- de­France, Martinique, ch urch, tot ravel to Haiti once a month, the

Assisting Mr. Willis was BenKaswaga, a Tanzania n who at­tended A mbassador Co llege in Pas­adena . M r. Kaswaga, who works forthe Ch urch in East Africa, gave lec­tures March 16 with 53 in atten­dance and March 23 with 70 peoplein att endance. He spoke on "DidJes us Rise on Sunday? " and " WhatIs Tr ue Water Bapti sm ?" ~

«Howcould ] have beensodeceivedall thes e years!" wondered one listen ­erwhen he learned what biblical waterbaptism is.

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VIENNA SABBATH - Mem bers who attend the Vien na , Austr ia , c hurc h take a S~bbath walk May 11,Evangelis t Ron ald ,-Ke lly deli ve red the sermo n in German at Sabbath services. [Photo by RonaldKelly]

LENOIR, N .C. - Despite for­est fires that destroyed more ,than80,00 0 acr es of woodlands duringthe first week of Ap ril , Churchmembers suffered no injury or dam­age to the ir homes. according toJ ohn Mo skel, pastor of the Le noir,Boone apd Mar ion. N.C., ch urc hes .

According to Associated Press(AP) reports , a 4-mile swath of fire

. rage d across western N orth Caro­lina, leaving more than $4 million indamages and inj uring 30 people .

"So me of the brethren had toevacuate their homes ju st a few '.hours before the Pas sover service[Apri141 ," Mr. Moskel said. .

He said that Church memberMartha He fner "packed up what .valuables she had and left he r homeas the-flames raced up the {Miner alSp rings} mountain.

"S he arrived at the Passover ser­vice ju st in t ime . Man y roads,including Interstate 40, were closeddu e to fires and heavy smoke.

"The fire . . . came with in 10 feetof her home and wen t around it; ' hecontinued. " It was left intact. Sev­er al of her neighbor's home s were .completely gu tted by the fire ."

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T a nza nia lectures

Before the March 9 lectu re itappeared that only a handful of read­ers would attend. But before long 110people , a 20 percen t response , packedthe meeting hall . taking up all sitt ingand standing space.

Owen Willi s, pastor of the Blan­lyre. Malawi, and 'Kibirichia andNairobi, Keny a, chu rches, spoke on" W hy The Plain Truth?" After­ward Mr . Wil lis answer ed questionsfro m his listeners, who were soexcited they did not wan t to leavethe hal l. .

PASA DENA - For the firsttime the Ch urch condu cted PlainTruth lectures in Dar es Salaam , thecapital of Tanzania, Ma rch 9, 16and 23 . Two Ch urch members livein Tanzania, a country on the EastCoast of Afri ca more than twice thesize of Cal iforni a with a populationof more than 20 million. .

Some 1.500 letters sent to PlainTruth subscribers throughout Tan­zania in early February did notarr ive. The Church quickly mailedletters to the 550 subs cribers in DaresSalaam. .

PASADENA - The Festivalsite in J eru salem . Israel, is filled toca paci ty and can acce pt no moreapplica tions. A ny who applied afte rth e lim it was reached wilt be pu t on awaiting list , and will be notified byJMTTraveL

Khemmani, ch airman of elementaryeducation; and assistant professorWorananAksawnpong.

" Th ey have requested and we aresending an Amb assador student toteach English at one of their demon­st rat ion schools for teachers inBangkok next yea r," Mr. Sextonsaid . J un ior Rober t Burbach willspe nd a year in T hai lan d teachingEngl ish at the Sathit Ch ula Demon­st ration School.

" Th ey have taken some of Impe­rial's teaching methods and areapplying them already in theirschool systems : ' Mr. Sexton said."They like our example and wantfurther contact with the way weteach here ."

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PASADENA - Four professors"from Chulalongkorn University inBangkok, Thailand, visited Am bas­sador College and Imperial Schoolshere May 19 to 22, accordi ng toLeon Sexton. arepr esentative of theAmbassad or Found ati on for Asia.

" T hey were impressed byAmb assador College . but wer eespecial ly impressed with the teach­ing methodologies used at ImperialSchools," Mr . Sexton said.

In the tour were Ambai Suchari­takul, formerdeanof faculty of edu­cation ; Prap basri Slba-U mphal,chairman of the department of theFoundation of Educa tion; Tisana

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~~~;L~~(JPD A'TEPLACES & . . l"'.EVE NT S IN TH E WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD ·

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ­Members living in Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka, were not d irectlyaffected by the May 14 massacre inwhich at least 200 Sinhalese civil­ian s were killed, according to 'Mohan Jayasekera, church .pasto rfor Sri Lanka.

Mr. Jayasekera said that 10members were in the city May 14.Seven are permanent resid ents .

One member has an office abo uthalf a mile from where the massacretook place, although he was notaffected. Mr . Ja yasekera said . Theme mbe r's wife, a schoo lteacher,repor ted some pan ic when peopl eheard of th e massac re, and then theschools were closed .

The situation throughout SriLanka is ten se, Mr . Jayasekera said .Church members are taki ng preca u- PASADENA - M inisterialtioas in case of r iots in reprisal Services announce d the followingagain st the Tam il commun ity . Tam- ordinations:ils are considered respon sible for.the Jacob Enns, a deacon in the Sas - .massacre. . . katoon. Sask., church, was ordained

" T he members here very much a local church elder on the first dayapprec iate the concern and prayers of Unleavened Bread Ap ril.6.for them," he said . Edward Jo hnston, a deacon in the

He added that furt her outbreaks Fort Collins, Colo., church, wasof violence are expec ted . ordained a local church elder March

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,-BONN, West Germany-Plain the Vancouver, B.C. , churc h, wereTruth staff members GeneH ogber g ordained local ch urc h elders on theand Rona ld K..elly arrived here May last day of Un leavened Bread Ap ril2 to cover di e Western economic 6: .'

summit. J a.mes Taylor , a deacon in theAfter flying to England with Pas- H atti esb urg, Miss.• ch urch . was

tor General He rbert W~ Armstrong ordained a local church elder on the(s ee u H W A Flies to Europe. first day of Unleavened Bread AprilRe cei ves Decoration, Cond uc ts 6.Meetin gs," WN . May 13), Mr. Richard Weber . project leaderHogbe rg , Plain Truth world' news for Am bassador College studentseditor, an~ Mr . ~~Ily. an evangelist work ing in Jordan, was ordai ned aand a . se":10~ ~I]t~er for Th! .Plain . tocal elderMay 11.,. " __., . ,. .

. Tru th . conti nued on to ':Vest Ger- '--: '~ -"'Wiliiler: Thompson. a deacon inmany. ; . the Cu mberland , Md., church, was

..It 'was certain ly an interesting ordained a local churc h elder Aprilexperience ," Mr. Kelly said in a 12.May 2 1 interview with The World-wide News. " T here was a definitefeel ing in the air that leaders ofpowerful nations wer e gathering 'together : '

M r. Hogberg and Mr . Kelly alsovisited the cemetery in Bitburg,West Germa ny, where U.S . Pres i­dent Ronald Reagan and West Ger­man C hancellor. He lmut Kohl laidmemori al wreaths.

After trave ling to "Trier, WestGermany, and Luxembourg, M r.Hogberg and Mr . Kell y traveled toStrasbourg, France , to cover Presi­dent Reag an 's address to the Euro­pean Parliament.. "Trier is Eur ope' s oldest city,

which , accordi ng to tradition, wasfound ed by T rebeta [in the 2l stcen­tury B.C .]. stepson of Semlra mls,queen of Assyria," Mr . Kelly said.

Mr . Kelly deli vered sermons inGerman in Bonn May 4 and in Vien­na, Austria, May II .

Mr . Hogberg returned to Pasa - .dena May 10. Mr . Kelly returned . 'May 15 afte r checking asite in Saal ­bach , Austria, for a possibl e interna­t ional Winter Edu cati onal Program(W EP) .

Mr . Hogberg's analysis cf thesum­mit appearscn page 2.

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