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Look inside! Your conference newsletter—pages .—pages 9-12

A Healing Ministry—pages 13-16

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must when I should be cele-brating "independence" I find I'm more dependent than ever!

My van broke down on U.S. Route 78 in Pennsyl-vania. It was 12:45 on Sabbath afternoon and I was all in charge, on my way to an appointment in New Jersey. And early, too! But suddenly I, and each other member of my family, was totally dependent.

Dependent upon God to somehow lead us through another amazing moment.

Dependent upon the young graduate who picked me up in his BMW.

Dependent upon a friend to pick all five of us up, lend us a car, make sure our van got towed away and call ahead that the speaker was going to be late.

And it all worked. I mean, our dependence on God worked.

Two babies have just been added to the Columbia Union office family. They sure are dependent. But they're supposed to be that way. Tiny little beings needing assistance with everything except crying.

I used to be that way. But then I grew up into in-dependence. Able to handle it all myself. So why do I find that I am still so dependent upon everybody and everything? Is independence a myth?

Yes. Literature evangelists are dependent upon God to

lead them to the right homes at the right time. Their customers are dependent upon the literature evange-lists to follow God's leading. And it's working.

The staff of Columbia Union College is dependent upon God to send students who will benefit from a quality Christian education. Your children are de-pendent upon the teachers to teach with wisdom and insight from God. And it's working.

You and I are dependent upon God to teach us the purity of His love, peace and power. God is depen-dent upon us to pass that love, peace and power on to others. Is it working?

This is not a time to be celebrating our spiritual independence. Instead, maybe we ought to celebrate "Dependence Day."

COVER: During their Spring Big Week, Family Enrichment Resources reported that three of their "stars" in the Colum-bia Union sold more than $3,400 in truth-filled books and literature. Betty Ana Murillas (center) from Springfield, Virginia, sold more than $3,600, with Larry Carter of Butler, Ohio, and Martha Gotsis of Elizabeth, New Jersey, close be-hind. (See story on page 6.) Cover design by Reger Smith Jr.

DEPENDENCE DAY

RICHARD DUERKSEN Editor

VISITOR STAFF Editor:

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Diane Baier The VISITOR is the Seventh-day Ad-

ventist publication for people in the Colum-bia Union. The different backgrounds and spiritual gifts of these people mean that the VISITOR should inspire confidence in the Saviour and His church and should serve as a networking tool for sharing methods that members, churches and institutions can use in ministry. Address alleditorial correspon-dence to: Columbia Union VISITOR, 5427 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045. One-year subscription price—$7.50.

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President R.M. Wisbey Secretary, ASI H.M. Wright Treasurer D.J. Russell

Undertreasurer R.J. Jensen Senior Accountant C. Wright Revolving Fund P. Lee

hurch Ministries J. Clements Associate B. Manspeaker

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LOCAL CONFERENCES ALLEGHENY EAST: Alvin M. Ribble, President; Robert Booker, Visitor Corres-pondent; P.O. Box 266, Pine Forge, PA 19548. Telephone: (215) 326-4610.

ALLEGHENY WEST: Willie J. Lewis, President; Robert C. Lewis, Visitor Corres-pondent; 1339 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43205. Telephone: (614) 252-5271.

CHESAPEAKE: J.W. Coulter, President; Neville Harcombe, Visitor Correspondent; 6600 Martin Rd., Columbia, MD 21044. Telephone: (410) 995-1910; Washington, D.C., area, 3011596-5600.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Randy Murphy, Pres-ident; Ruth Wright, Visitor Correspondent; 1400 Liberty St., Parkersburg, WV 26101. Telephone: (304( 422-4581.

NEW JERSEY: Robert W. Boggess, Pres-ident and Visitor Correspondent; 2160 Brunswick Ave.. Trenton, NJ 08648. Tele-phone: (609) 392-7131.

OHIO: Ed Motschiedler, President and Vis-or Correspondent; Box 831, Mount Ver-

non. OH 43050. Telephone: ( 614) 397-4665.

PENNSYLVANIA: Jerry Page, President; Gloria Bentzinger, Visitor Correspondent; 720 Museum Rd., Reading, PA 19611. Tele-5p1h5o6ne: (215) 374-8331. ABC, P.O. Box 3641, Hamburg, PA 19526. Telephone: (215) 562-

POTOMAC: Ralph W. Martin, President and Visitor Correspondent; P.O. Box 1208, Staunton, VA 24401. Telephone: (703) 886-0771. ABC, 8400 Carroll Ave., Takom a Park, MD 20912. Phone: (301)439-0700.

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July 1, 1992 Vol. 97, No. 13

EDITORIAL

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Vision 1:

The local church will be the central focus and

driving force of the denomination.

program Youth Day at the Berea church of Charleston, West Vir-

ginia, in the Allegheny West Conference became a very joyous occasion when 8-year-old Danny Adkins II was baptized as part of the special program on Sabbath, April 25, according to Communication Secretary James Buford.

Joyce Adkins, Danny's mother and the church clerk, stated that her son, who is a bright student in the congregation's pri-mary Sabbath school class, had asked her several times dur-ing the past year if he could give his life totally to Jesus.

Buford also reported that Berea Pastor Derrick Moffett, who acknowledged Danny's readiness and desire to join God's family, performed the baptism while Danny's grandmother, father and friends--as well as many visitors--looked on.

Also part of the program that Sab-bath was special mu-sic presented by the church youth choir under its director, Elizabeth Johnson.

"The baptism during Berea's Youth Day activities is a fine example of how vibrant church fellowship can lead to member retention even among the young people in our congregations," said Ron M. Wisbey, president of the Columbia Union Confer-ence. "It is our hope that more churches throughout this union will reap the benefits of the third aspect of Vision 2000."—RH

Vision 2:

The joy and celebration of worship will attract

people to our churches, allowing the Sabbath

to become a major evangelistic tool.

Vision 3:

Church fellowship will be so vibrant that

member retention will improve and conflict

Baptism brightens

youth over lifestyle issues will decrease

FACE TO FACE: Profiles of newly baptized people

Samuel Chin-tha, Sligo, Po-tomac. Samuel was an eighth-grade student when both he and his younger sister, Sonia, were baptized by their grand-father during December of 1991.

Sonia Chin-tha, Sligo, Po-tomac. Then a sixth-grader at the Sligo Ele-mentary School in Takoma Park, Maryland, Sonia was bap-tized with her brother, Sam-uel, in Decem-ber of 1991.

Jim Ross, Havertown, Pennsylvania. Jim and wife Lynn were look-ing for the right church when a member invited them to come to Havertown. They were bap-tized in Septem-ber of 1991.

Lynn Ross, Havertown, Pennsylvania. Because they felt a spiritual need, Lynn and husband Jim went to the lo-cal Adventist church and were baptized during Septem-ber of 1991.

Craig Red-wood, German-town Philadel-phia, Allegheny East. After at-tending the Last Days Re-vival by Oscar Lane, Craig and his brother, Andrew, were baptized in Au-gust of 1991.

Andrew Red-wood, German-town Philadel-phia, Allegheny East. Andrew and his brother, Craig, were two of 16 people bap-tized in August of 1991 after the Last Days Revival held by Oscar Lane.

Heather Herb, Philadelphia Boulevard, Pennsylvania. Attending Greater Phila-delphia Junior Academy for a year helped Heather decide to be baptized during Febru-ary of 1992.

Danny Adkins II

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SPOTLIGHT ON LIVING THE VISION

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"How about a new silk gown for the wedding?"

Potiphera turned to face Ben Marduk, the Midianite merchant who provided balsam, incense, slaves and silk to the Egyptian royal court. The craggy old merchant bowed low before the priest, his upstretched hands offering a flow of incredibly white silk shot through with strands of pure gold.

"I've been saving it for you," Ben Marduk continued. "I knew when your daughter, Asenath, became a bride, you would seek the finest silk."

Potiphera caught his breath and knew instantly that he was going to make Ben Marduk a richer man. But that was all right. He actually liked the old trader, and Asenath would love the silk.

"Ben Marduk, what do you know about my new son-in-law? I hear you brought him to Egypt tied to the back of a camel."

The merchant's laughter nearly drowned out the shoutings and clangings of the bazaar.

"Three things I know and three I will tell you. His brothers hated him because he was a spoiled son. You can thank his father for that!

"He's the smartest slave I've ever sold. You can probably thank his mother there. And the child became a man on my camel!"

"Became a man? How so?" Potiphera, priest of On, chief reli-

gious advisor to the great pharaoh, caressed the shimmering silk fabric that Ben Marduk had laid enticingly in his hands.

"Ah! Let me tell you! Most every-one I know, young and old, become like scared sheep when in a really

DICK DUERKSEN

tight situation. Especially the spoiled ones. And this wise kid, Joseph,

wearing his father's multicolored, long-sleeved prince's robe, was al-ready a legend around the desert campfires.

"His brothers hated him so totally that they sold him to me for only 12 silver pieces. But I wasn't sure I'd gotten a bargain. In fact, I worried that his attitude might make him a hard sale!"

Several of the brightly robed atten-dants in the priest's entourage moved closer, drawn by the crusty voice of a master storyteller.

"At first all he did was wail, cry, scream and threaten. But I just left him there, tied tight to Old Ahmed's hump. But on the second night he went dead silent. Kept looking off into the hills toward some nomad camp-fires. In the morning he asked to see me. Called for me in a soft, kind voice.

"'Ben Marduk,' he said, 'my father taught me that when I'm in trouble I'd best be grown up and trust Jehovah God. Those were father's fires last night. He believes I'm dead. Gone. Done. I guess that means it's time to trust for real.'

"Potiphera, you should have seen him break into his magic smile! Right then, tied up on Old Ahmed. It was as if his whole life had miraculously filled with glittering rainbows."

The morning sun created grand patterns on the merchant's face as he smiled confidently toward the priest.

"Then, with his next words, Joseph taught his old merchant to smile. `Since you'll be selling me in Egypt, could you teach me everything you know about the country, animals, merchants, priests and silk? I'd like to be the best slave in all Egypt, and to do that I'll need your help.'"

"So you trained him for Pharaoh's general?" The priest was obviously impressed.

"Nope. Trained him to take over my caravan. General Potiphar only got him on a fluke. He made an offer

even I couldn't refuse!" The attentions of both merchant

and priest shifted back to the silk. They haggled down and up, finally settling on a fortune for both.

"That Joseph, your beautiful Asenath's new husband, he's got the finest mind I've ever known." Ben Marduk slipped the gold coins into a leather pouch that

hung safely under his embroidered cloak. Then he continued speaking. "I think it's because he's chosen to

belong to his God. Joseph's so loyal that he actually runs from anything his God doesn't OK! Just ask Mrs. Potiphar about that! He's become as pure as that silk you are holding.

"Yes, sir. Your Asenath is one lucky woman. And you're one lucky priest. I'll bet even you'll learn a thing or two from the new prime min-ister. I sure did. He taught me that choosing God grows you up, fills you with peace and makes you into a trustworthy friend.

"A trustworthy friend and a silk gown. Your Asenath is greatly blessed!"

Dick Duerksen is editor of the Colum-bia Union Visitor.

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Continued accreditation granted by Middle States

The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools announced June 4 that Columbia Union College will continue to be on the commission's approved list. This continued accreditation means that Columbia Union College has been an accredited institution of higher education for 50 years.

Columbia Union College is a four-year liberal arts college located in Takoma Park, Maryland. The college is operated by the eight conferences of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Prescription for Cultural Success at Columbia Union College 1992-1993 The mission of Columbia Union College has always focused on human development through Christian education.

The college's goal is to prepare graduates for a harmonious and productive life in society. in accordance with its mission and to assure cultural success on its campus, the college has certain expectations of all members of its community, as follows: 1. The rights of every human being are of primary importance; the protection of these rights is an obligation on this

campus. Everyone in the college community can help by not infringing on the rights of others, including the rights to dignity, respect, time and quiet.

2. Regular participation in community worship and service activities are the culture's test of other-directedness. Everyone in the college community is challenged to submit to the discipline of a regular program of personal spiritual nurture and religious formation, as well as of a regular program of community worship and service. CUC agrees with the dictum of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "To educate a [person] in mind and not in morals results in a menace to society."

3. Beauty is an important value on campus, as is respect for it and the space and property of others. The love of beauty precludes profanity. The possession and use of unauthorized keys, theft and vandalism will not be tolerated, nor will trash or graffiti, written or verbal.

4. Discrimination when it comes to music and art is the mark of an educated Christian. The biblical principle is: "Whatever is good, think on these things."

5. Health is a sacred responsibility, a responsibility that not only implies the need for a balanced and nutritious diet, exercise and adequate rest, but also the proscription of substance abuse. The use of tobacco, alcohol or non-prescription drugs will not be tolerated, nor will the abuse of prescription drugs.

6. Another mark of culture is a sense of what is appropriate for time and place. This has implications for public displays of affection and Sabbath celebration, as well as for outward appearance. Dress should be simple and modest.

7. The safety of CUC's community is of utmost importance, which explains the need for adherence to curfews and dormitory checks, as well as for extending courtesy to others socially, including pedestrians and drivers.

Columbia Un "This is an unprecedented time of

planning and action for our college," says Ron M. Wisbey, chairman of the college board of trustees and president of the Columbia Union. "With a renewed focus, a continuing emphasis on quality and stabilized finances, the 1992-1993 school year will be one of the most exciting in the college's history."

During June and July faculty members will be calling each current and prospective student to share the exciting plans that are already being implemented and to introduce students to the college's new presi-dent.

The presidential search commis-sion made its recommendation to the board of trustees on June 8. An invitation has been placed, and the new president will be announced in the next few days and introduced in the next issue of the Visitor. To

provide a smooth and efficient L transition during the summer, the board has asked Dr. James Cox, a former CUC vice president for academic affairs, to serve as president pro tem.

The continuing planning and strengthening process at the college includes a renewed emphasis on the religious life of all members of the college family. The board has also asked the college to develop an honors program, a "Semester in Washington" and a pre-law program that will take full advantage of the unique business, political and commerce resources available in the nation's capital.

"CUC cannot afford to be like other small Christian colleges," says Wisbey, "We are instead exploiting our unique advantages and training Christ-centered graduates who are thoroughly prepared to face the challenges of today and tomorrow."

SPOTLIGHT ON COLUMBIA UNION COLLEGE

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FER branches out •

_mom Even though the Family Enrichment

Resources literature ministry was formed only a few months ago, the new organiza-tion has already placed more than $1.2 million in truth-filled publications into peoples' homes and is branching out into exciting new ways of spreading the gospel.

Under Director Harold Otis Jr., FER oversees the work of 291 literature evan-gelists in the Columbia, Atlantic and Pacific unions. This extensive territory is divided into eight areas, three of which encompass the Columbia Union.

Leading out in the western half of the union is Tom Kapusta, with Roger McQuis-tan serving as his counterpart in the Co-lumbia Union's eastern half (except for the LE programs in Allegheny East and West, which are not part of the FER operation). Elisio Lozano provides guidance for Hispanic and French literature evangelists in the Columbia and Atlantic unions.

According to Otis, "exciting reports are coming in from all three unions." One example of the initial success FER has had is the fact that sales during the month of April surpassed $400,000.

An important goal of Family Enrich-ment Resources has been to translate higher sales into lower retail prices on the material literature evangelists carry. Until recently, Bibles sold by colporteurs cost $18.75 apiece; now they can be purchased for $12.75, a saving of six dollars for anyone who wants to have his or her own copy of God's Word.

In another move to encourage higher sales through lower prices, FER has

dropped the cost of a Bible Story set from about $400 to $299.95, which was exactly the price of these books in 1982.

Brisk sales and FER's streamlined organization have led to another benefit for colporteurs in the program: more bonuses! While only 12 workers qualified for bonuses back in December 1991, this number rose to 52 four months later, when a total of $12,000 was given out to reward high achievement by literature evangelists.

New items are presently being added to the Family Enrichment Resources line, including a brand new Spanish health series available for $69.95 and a particu-larly interesting upcoming product: a 12-part series of animated videos on Bible stories being prepared in conjunction with the Adventist Media Center in Thousand Oaks, California. These tapes will be of "Walt Disney quality" and will feature three-video sets telling the stories of creation, the life of Jesus, the book of Acts and the prophecies in Revelation.

Columbia Union President Ron M. Wisbey remarked: "During FER's begin-ning months of operation, many well-meaning individuals asked me about this new organization. I always responded, `Just watch what happens!' And now the dedicated and faithful work of our leaders and literature evangelists has brought Family Enrichment Resources to life!"

Randy Hall is assistant editor of the Columbia Union Visitor.

RANDY HALL

"The end is near. Already much time has been lost, when these books should have been in circu-

lation. Sell them far and near. Scat-

ter them like the leaves of autumn.

. . . Souls are perish- ing out of Christ.

Let them be warned of His soon appear- ing in the clouds of heaven,"—Review

and Herald, August 13, 1908.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE COLUMBIA UNION


Mount Vernon 00.1 students win

leadership awards

BY CYNTHIA SNYDER

The Mount Vernon Academy chap-ter of Future Business Leaders of America won 31 awards and 10 tro-phies at the 45th annual FBLA State Leadership Conference, which was held recently in Columbus, Ohio.

Approximately 400 students from 25 high schools throughout the state competed for awards in business-related fields. MVA students only competed on one day of the two-day conference because the second day fell on Sabbath.

The following students won awards: Jennifer Chapman:

2nd Local Chapter Business Report

2nd Office Procedures 7th Computer Concepts 8th Adv. Keyboarding

Applications Danielle Connovich:

1st

Keyboarding Applications

Suzanna Craft: 2nd Community Services

Project

Winners at the FBLA State Leader-ship Conference were left to right, front row: Cynthia Snider, Jennifer Chapman; second row: Joshua Welch, Danielle Connovich, Jack Gibson; third row: Jim Smith, Edward Dinin-ger, Nathan Poland; and fourth row: Dawn Shafer, Cindy Maier, Suzie Craft.

The MVA chapter also won the fol-lowing awards:

6th Gold Seal Chapter 10th Largest Local

Chapter Membership 10th Attendance at

Leadership Conference A certificate of appreciation from the National Society to Prevent Blindness

Seven students who won first and second awards will be going to the National Leadership Conference competition to be held in Chicago in June.

FBLA officers for the 1991-92 school year are: President Joshua Welch; Vice-President Cynthia Maier; Secretary Jennifer Chapman; Trea-surer Barbie Edler; Reporter Cynthia Snider; Historian Jack Gibson; Parliamentarian Jim Smith and Advisor Gladys Neigel.

The Mount Vernon Academy chap-ter of FBLA, in its third year of existence, has 28 members. The pur-pose of the organization is to break down the walls between the classroom and the workplace. This is accom-plished through field trips to various companies, as well as visits from guest speakers.

Edward Dininger: 8th Introduction to Business

Jack Gibson: 2nd Job Description

Manual 6th Scrapbook

Cynthia Maier: 1st Job Description

Manual 1st Sales Presentation 6th Marketing 7th Office Procedure 8th Creed Oration 10th Eleanor Gallagher

Achievement Award Nathan Poland:

5th Introduction to Business Dawn Shafer:

6th Information Processing Concepts

7th Business Law 8th Sales Presentation

Jim Smith: 2nd Introduction to Business 7th Poster Design

Cynthia Snider: 7th Information Processing

Concepts 7th Poster Design 9th Office Procedures

Joshua Welch: 1st American Enterprise

Project 3rd Job Interview 5th Public Speaking 8th Eleanor Gallagher

Achievement Award


The health fair held at the Ephesus church in Columbus, Ohio.

SPOTLIGHT ON ALLEGHENY WEST

Ephesus hosts largest health fair in Ohio

VALERIE LEE AND DAVID GRIFFITH

In 1988 Temperance Leader Sharon Townes Ozonuwe, a registered nurse, conceived the idea of a health fair that would bring free medical services to Columbus residents.

Little did she realize that one day that health fair would grow to be the largest in the state. Ozonuwe's suc-cessor, Ardith Wright, was able to secure additional funding from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health. This was the boost the fair needed.

Since those years, LaVona Foster has worked tirelessly in organizing and securing screenings for more than 19 medical problems, including dental health, blood sugar, glaucoma, nail health, massages, hearing and cancer screenings.

On April 26, people attended from all over the city. Also, some visiting diplomats from Kenya, in town for business, heard about the health fair, and they also attended. Much to their surprise, they learned that they had dangerously high cholesterol levels.

In addition to the screenings, this year's health fair had more than 40 booths where professionals addressed such topics as childhood obesity, sickle cell anemia, teen sexuality, sleep dis-orders, cardiovascular diseases, AIDS, lupus and prenatal care.

Also involved in the fair were representatives from the Columbus Board of Education, area hospitals, the Red Cross and law enforcement agencies, which sponsored "Safety City" and "Stranger Danger" pro-grams for the young people. During the course of the fair, the church

served a wide range of vegetarian dishes.

"As soon as one fair is over, I begin working on next year's," beams Foster, who on the day of the fair was riding around in a wheelchair due to a disability.

The health fair is a major event in Columbus. At the exit interview table this year were medical students and Ephesus members Ron and Kim Cle-ments and registered nurse Sandra Wright Maupin. They received more than 400 exit evaluations and desig-nated appropriate referrals.

The greatest public recognition of the fair came this past fall, when the

Ohio Commission on Minority Health asked Ephesus to write the state wide manual on how to run a fair. Carmen Griffith spearheaded the committee that produced the manual.

Lynval Williams, Ephesus' present health and temperance director, notes that this year's health fair theme sums up the importance of what the church is doing: "Healthy Lifestyle—Longer Life."

Valerie Lee is communication secre-tary for the Ephesus church in Colum-bus, Ohio, which is pastored by Buford Griffith.

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Below: Workshop participants display their vegetable robots. Left: Judy Rogers (center) with representatives from all three conferences.

SPOTLIGHT ON CHESAPEAKE

Below: A new baptistry (right) was added to the church.

Above: The first new members baptized in the new baptistry are: (left to right) Chick Berger, Sonja Howard, Joan Cruick-shank, Karolyn Hall and Timothy Bush with Pastor Ben Boggess.

New doors between sanctuary and foyer.

Baltimore First adds Pastor Boggess in the new baptistry on and remodels

Ben Boggess, pastor of the Baltimore First church, has been pleased with the completion of the new baptistry. When the church building was originally purchased, it did not have a baptistry. One of our Chesapeake church members got the bid to not only build a baptistry, but also include three extra rooms. A total of $80,000 was needed to add this much-needed facility.

It was a happy congregation when the baptistry was completed and five new members baptized within days. Boggess and the church board are planning unique methods to attract the local community to this beautiful church. One of the ways dis-cussed is to open the doors of the church on Sunday for an evangelistic meeting held on a weekly basis.

Boggess also reported that the pastor's study was remodeled. New doors between the sanctuary and the foyer were also installed.

VBS workshop produces "veggie" robots

On Sabbath, April 25, about 100 people from the Allegheny East, Chesa-peake and Potomac conferences atten-ded the VBS workshop held in the Sligo Elementary School. Judy Rogers was the main presenter of the new "Kids in the Kitchen" VBS curriculum. She is the author of the new materials that center around the theme, "Take Care of Your Body—It Is the Temple of God."

Beverly Russell, Chesapeake Confer-ence VBS director, is planning on a good program this summer for all of our churches. If you would like to hold a Vacation Bible School program in your church, please contact: Beverly Russell, 6600 Martin Road, Columbia, Maryland, 21044; phone (410) 995-1910.

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Chemistry students Daryl Wout and Ron Brathwaite juniors, and senior Jenny Samuel work during the third period chemistry lab, a recent addition.

SPOTLIGHT ON POTOMAC

Students participate in weeks of prayer

"I am expecting a spiritual explo-sion," stated current Wheaton Pastor and former Baptist minister Tony Mav-rakos at the beginning of TA's Fall Week of Spiritual Emphasis. His goal for the week was to "recruit, enlist and induct students into God's military service."

"This is the time to regenerate our lives," said Pastor Tony Mavrakos.

Student Council Pastor Sheryl Lin-deman lead out in the Student Week of Prayer, introducing new, innovative as-pects to the week. This year people with talents other than speaking or singing were given the opportunity to participate.

TA shares through Project TALK

"Project TALK is Christmas come true for children," said Liz Strachan, campus ministries chair. "It is a good opportunity for the kids ofTakoma Acad-emy to share with others who are not as lucky," she added.

The T.A. students brought a collec-tion of new, unwrapped toys and pres-ents to give to the children of families to whom the National Honor Society gave Thanksgiving baskets.

Susan Toth's English students each brought in one dollar. With the money that students gave, 19 gifts were pur-chased. Choices ranged from Barbie dolls to footballs.

Tete Koffie-Lart, one of the students who went out and bought the gifts, said thoughtfully, "I know how a parent must feel when he or she gives a gift."

Freshman Stacy Wilson said, "I don't think everyone would have given a gift if Ms. Toth hadn't asked us. It made me feel part of the project to donate a $1 to such a worthy cause."

Students volunteer in college soup kitchen

Of the 30 National Honor Society members in the Takoma Academy chap-ter, 21 chose Loaves and Fishes as their community service project to which they donate four hours per month. In addi-tion, Kelly Jones, freshmen and sopho-more Bible teacher, offers optional assignment points for each hour spent volunteering at the kitchen.

"It's amazing; all of a sudden, God rains blessings on us," said Lori Leonard,

director. Loaves and Fishes is a soup kitchen run through the campus minis-tries office of Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland.

AP and honors classes challenge students

Of the 320 students enrolled at TA, 176 are enrolled in either an honors class or an advanced placement class.

Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Bi-ology I, Biology II, Chemistry and fresh-man, sophomore and junior English are offered. In addition, college-level Ad-vanced Placement English and Ad-vanced Placement Government are also available.

Honors and AP classes are taught at an accelerated pace emphasize in-depth writing assignments and projects re-quiring heavier reading and more inde-pendent work.

The AP classes assist students in scoring well on the Advanced Place-ment exam taken in May. They also provide a challenge for students serious about their studies.

TA students score high compared to other advanced students across the coun-try. Last year 36.4 percent scored the maximum five on the Advanced Place-ment English exam. The national aver-age was 12.6 percent. Nationally, 68.5 percent of the class of 1991 received scores of three or higher. 91 percent of TA's 1991 AP Seniors received scores of three or higher.

Classes limited to 15 students allow for more group discussion "where the students come up with the answers and this serves as the basis for independent work," explained Myrna Candelaria, Sophomore English honors teacher.

"The honors class has two to three times as much writing—daily writing assignments," said Susan Toth. Stu-dents are expected to maintain a "B" average or better in an honors class.

ASSET helps students succeed in life

Observing that students who suc-ceed in school succeed in life, Dr. Selma Chaij, guidance counselor, has instituted Academic Skills for Student Excellence at Takoma, ASSET. This program is designed to improve student achieve-ment and emphasize success.

ASSET has four levels: freshman study skill classes, academic effort lists, math and English labs and individual study partners with first semester study skills classes aimed at starting fresh-men with good study skills.

"We saw a need to help the freshman adjust to heavier demands in academy," said Bible Department Chairman and study skills instructor Don Tripp.

The second level of ASSET, academic effort lists, is aimed at recognizing stu-dents with outstanding effort. Academic effort is defined as having perfect atten-dance and turning in all assignments in all classes on time.

Math and English labs comprise the third level of ASSET.

"I like math lab because I get enough attention", explained Atiba Shrophshire, sophomore.

Individual study partners are the fourth level of ASSET. Students are paired with peer tutors, and the two become partners in progress.

Many students are recommended to labs by either their teachers or Dr. Chaij. Other students attend voluntarily.

Student council creatively changes tradition

The student council proved to be innovative this year, deviating from tradi-tion in many of its activities.

Shaking hands took on a tropical twist this year with students at the Handshake sporting brightly flowered beachwear, grass skirts, shell necklaces and flowers in their hair. Instead of shak-ing hands in the gym, the hands were shaken in the hallways .


SPOTLIGHT ON POTOMAC

Keeping with the tropical theme, a part of the activities was the Calypso March, a favorite event for several people.

Instead of hosting the Valen-tine's banquet at a hotel or country club as it has been in the past, the student council arranged for the banquet to be held at Toby's Dinner Theater in Columbia, Maryland. The performance for the evening was Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Many students enjoyed the change, and the turnout was high.

Spirit Week was planned and orga-nized by the special activities commit-tee chaired by senior Jenny Samuel. Three new games were played, and step teams from each class performed a rou-tine during chapel one day.

Jenny Samuel explained, "The basis of judging which class had the most school spirit included creativity, execu-tion, sportsmanship and spirit." Being supportive of other classes was a new addition. "We were trying not to empha-size class competition," she commented. She then added, " I was proud of our school because of the spirit. It makes me happy to see others having a good time."

TA students get experience traveling abroad

More than 20 students visited Eu-rope during spring break. The four chap-erones were French teacher Michele Beach, who grew up in Europe, Spanish teacher Orlando Mastrapa, Selma Chaij and Guidance Counselor and History Department Chairman Robert Albright.

In Madrid they visited the Plaza de Espana, the Puerta del Sol, the royal palace built by King Phillip V and the

Prado, home of the world's larg-est art collection.

In Toledo they visited the Church of Santo Tome, which houses one of El Greco's master-pieces, as well as El Transcito Synagogue. In addition, Tako-mans visited the "Valley of the Fallen," a monument to the Spanish Civil War dead.

In France they visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Elysees and Chartes, "the Birth-place of French Culture." They saw the Chateau d'Amboise, where the famous Italian painter, Leonardo da Vinci, is buried. On their last tour they visited Versailles.

According to Mastrapa, this trip was an "eye-opening experience for students."

The foreign language students were not the only group to travel this spring. The choir went to Bermuda, and the or-chestra went on a tour of Canada.

Choir members' time was divided be-tween vacation and performances. The choir did several performances, includ-ing one on Sabbath at a church. When they were not performing, they had free time.

The cost of the trip to Bermuda was less than $300 per person for air fare. Choir Director Dunbar Henri helped raise funds by performing a concert in early February, which brought in over $1,000.

The choir also hosted an Indian din-ner to raise funds for the trip. Jeyar Sathyasheelappa donated and cooked most of the food for this Indian meal, which was served in Takoma Acdemy's gymnasium. More than 350 tickets priced at $10 were sold.

With instruments in tow, the Takoma Academy orchestra, under the direction of Dennis Hunt, went for a four-day tour of Vermont, New York and Canada.

The group went sight-seeing and gave concerts. On the last day of the tour the orchestra went skiing at the Killington Resort in Vermont.

Youth to Youth remains active despite obstacles

"Our Youth to Youth club has re-mained surprisingly active this year," commented senior Mindy Rodenberg, who is the youth leader for the program. "We have had many scheduling prob-lems. Living in the D.C. area, many of

the members have other commitments vying for their time. We meet every other Friday evening, and at least 15, usually more, are able to come."

The current sponsor, Kelly Jones, is leaving TA; however, there are several adults, including new Bible teacher Dwayne Boyer, who are interested in sponsoring the club for next year. In addition, several students are interested in being the youth leader for next year.

P.E. teacher stresses Christianity in athletics

"I plan to stay and be a positive influ-ence," said Brad Durby, TA's new physi-cal education teacher, who wants "to show kids that you can be an athlete and still be a Christian. It's kind of a hip-to-be-square thing."

Besides teaching P.E., he will coach the varsity basketball team, help run the intramurals program and co-spon-sor the senior class.

Durby tries to expect the same from his female students as he does from the male students. "Women can be athletes and still be lady-like," he said.

Durby is involved with the intramu-rals. He plays in them and sets them up, but he allows the captains to decide what to do for their teams.

One of Durby's goals is to get all students involved in the intramurals at least once this year.

Coach Brad Durby and varsity team members eagerly watch during a recent basketball game.

Left to right: Scott Lawrence, Mindy Rodenberg, Joy DeShay, Melanie Rumble, Jean Davadas and Cecilia Leger closely analyze Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.


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Barry and Lilly Tryon with children David (left) and Daniel.

SPOTLIGHT ON PENNSYLVANIA

Let's play 'baptisms' It was too quiet in the house. I have

been a parent long enough to know that blessed quietness is often times an indi-cator of trouble. Knowing my youngest was taking his afternoon nap, it was the activities of his older brother that concerned me. Stepping around the corner, I peered into the living room to see what he was up to.

Daniel, my 4-year old, was partially hid-den behind the re-cliner. He had undone his shirt and was in the process of taking off his belt. It seemed apparent that more clothes would soon be coming off as well.

With curiosity I asked, "What are you doing?" He flashed an embarrassed smile as if he didn't really want to answer, then qui-etly said, "I'm playing `baptism."' With help from Mom, Daniel donned his little bath-robe, then, dressed in the proper attire, continued his game of "baptism." It was a simple game. He would go into the dressing room (behind the recliner) and change into his robe. Then he would step out into the baptismal font (in front of the stereo), say a few words and "bap-tize" the people.

I smiled at the creativity of his play. But it was not just the smile of an amused parent. I knew where Daniel got the idea for his "baptisms" game, and I was glad that he had caught the message of what had just transpired at our church.

In January of this year, the Pennsyl-vania Conference held one of its field schools of evangelism at the Boulevard church in Philadelphia under the direc-tion of Dan Bentzinger. The field school, funded in part by the evangelism offer-ing given at the 1991 Pennsylvania Camp Meeting, was designed to train local pastors in the "how tos" of conduct-ing their own evangelistic meetings. Four pastors from around the confer-ence transferred to Boulevard for seven weeks for the purpose of learning about, watching, experiencing and practicing every aspect of evangelistic meetings.

And Daniel? He was there every night. Helping us greet the people, set-

ting up and taking down the equipment, even singing a musical special one evening. He watched it all. And when the baptisms began he carefully observed this interesting inclusion to the worship service. He had played church before. But it was as if he now realized that along with the announcements, the

songs of praise, the of-fering and the sermon, church should also in-clude baptisms.

But my 4-year-old wasn't the only one who caught the mes-sage that evangelism is to be an integral part of church life. The whole tempo of the church seemed to beat a little faster as the members united to pray together for God to work in our city. Many became involved in forming the various committees necessary for running a success-ful campaign. Mem-bers who came to the meetings experienced the joy of hearing again

the wonderful truths of the Bible and the thrill of watching the Spirit of God work on the hearts and lives of those attending. Habits were broken and per-sonal and family problems overcome as people surrendered themselves to Jesus.

As with any series of meetings, the testimonies are many. There was an Adventist store owner who packed up his van every night to bring his own family and others he had invited to the lectures. What joy was on his face as he saw how he had been used by the Holy Spirit to lead two of his customers to Jesus. And the Bible study group that prayed for the non-Adventist husband of one of our church members. They saw the prayer-answering God at work when they witnessed his baptism.

The meetings are over in Philadel-phia, but the vision continues at the Boulevard church. Plans are being made to reach even farther into our commu-nity and hold another series next year. The congregation has caught the mes-sage that evangelism is the lifeblood of the church and the reason for its exist-ence. Evangelism is not a once-a-year event, but should be an everyday expe-rience in the lives of Jesus' followers and the focal point of every church.

Spring is slowly coming to the Phila-

delphia area. My children are replacing the indoor games of winter with the outdoor activities of spring. But I pray that Daniel doesn't forget his "baptism" game. I pray that my congregation will not soon forget the benefits of ongoing evangelism: renewal, revival and growth for the kingdom of God.

Come on, Daniel! Grab your bath-robe; let's play "baptisms!"

Come on, church! Grab your bath-robes; let's play "baptisms!"

The Pennsylvania Conference will be calling for its special camp meeting evan-gelism offering. The funds received will assure the continued evangelistic thrust in the Pennsylvania Conference and sup-port future field schools for training pastors in evangelism.

BARRY J. TRYON Pastor

Adventists in Action

The youth and adults of the Shermans Dale congregation have been distrib-uting literature on a regular basis during the first quarter of 1992. More than 1,100 copies of The Desire of Ages and more than 500 copies of Happiness Digest Amazing Facts bro-chures have been given away. They have been received well in the com-munities they have visited, and the church family is looking forward to continued success and God's bless-ings in this intensive endeavor.

Under the direction of Miriam Fran-cisco, the Allentown young adult min-istries organization is collecting coats, shoes, blankets, kitchen items and clothing for infants, children and adults for distribution to the home-less and poor in Allentown. A home-less feeding event is conducted one Sunday per month in cooperation with a local agency.

Carol Buchalski and her non-Adventist sister volunteered to sort, fold, hang and shelve good used clothing and open the Nanticoke Community Ser-vices Center every Tuesday to the public. In the early stages of the center, when organizing the shelves and racks, Alice Norton and Mary-Beth Patrick volunteered many hours helping. After working, the ladies go door to door and leave Bible study enrollment cards at homes on a new street each week.

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Adventist Health Care in the Columbia Union

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Beyond physical needs

When Florence Nightingale first lit the lamp of the nursing profession, she had no idea it would be carried a century later through the halls of hospitals around the globe. While all nurses still carry this lamp of caring and healing, the Christian nurse carries a lamp that shines brighter with the Light of the World. But the lamp held by the Adventist Christian nurse shines brightest of all.

Hackettstown Community Hospital Just ask Hackettstown Community

Hospital nurse Kim Wicki. Introduced to Adventism by her enthusiastic yet patient fiancee, Keith, she was at first somewhat skeptical about all the "strange new informa-tion." After listening to a compelling Sab-bath morning sermon by Henry Wright during the '91 New Jersey camp meeting, she could hold back no longer. "My heart was beating so fast as he made the call," said Kim. "I was sweating, shaking."

Excitedly noticing the Holy Spirit at work, Keith discreetly offered to accom-pany Kim should she decide to respond. To his delight, she did, and two months later she was baptized. Now as husband and wife, Kim and Keith are eager to share this "strange new information" with others.

Did such a change affect her perspec-tive as a nurse? "It has been easier dealing with the suffering I see," Kim said. "I

Kim Wicki of Hackettstown Community Hospital

watch for the opportunity to have special prayer with my patients."

One in particular, a Catholic woman who was very depressed at the thought of dying, asked that Kim remain with her and pray. "She requested that I read the 23rd Psalm to her, and it made us both feel a lot better," said Kim. "It's one of my favorites, too.

"At least once a day a patient will smile, ask to hold my hand awhile or express appreciation for my care. To me, that's what nursing now is really all about—not just helping people get well, but watching for opportunities to help uplift some dear person who may never again be quite so open to God's influence."

Adventist nurses; bringing hope as well as healing; dispelling darkness as they carry the light of Christ's love beside each sickbed.

Leland Memorial Hospital For Ruth Johnson, R.N., a charge nurse

on the intensive care unit at Leland Mem-orial Hospital, nursing is much more than taking care of her patient's physical needs. It means taking an interest in his or her personal, spiritual and emotional needs as well.

"In the nursing profession, you must apply your spirit, body and mind—it takes all three," said Johnson, a 10-year Leland employee. "You get 100-fold more reward than what you put into it."

Ruth Johnson, R.N., winner of Le-land's1992 Leoma Dillon Award for Nursing Excellence.

Johnson's patients speak highly of her, and some even return to the hospital just to visit. "Ruth consistently delivers the high-est standard of nursing care to the patient and family, doing the 'little extras' that calm fears and make their hospital stay as pleasant as possible," said colleague

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Editorial

ADVENTIST HEALTH CARE IN THE COLUMBIA UNION

Adventist HealthCare, Inc. (Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers) 9430 Key West Avenue Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 309-0660

Adventist Home Health Services, Inc. 10800 Lockwood Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 9430 Key West Avenue #205 Gaithersburg, MD 20850 (301) 681-9760

Hackettstown Community Hospital 651 Willow Grove Street Hackettstown, NJ 07840 (908) 852-5100

Hadley Memorial Hospital 4601 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW Washington, DC 20032 (202) 574-5700

Home Assistance, Inc. 10800 Lockwood Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 (301) 681-9602

Kettering Medical Center 3535 Southern Boulevard Kettering, OH 45429 (513) 298-4331

Leland Memorial Hospital 4409 East-West Highway Riverdale, MD 20737 (301) 699-2000

Reading Rehabilitation Hospital R.D. 1, Box 250 Morgantown Road Reading, PA 19607 (215) 777-7615

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital 9901 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 279-6000

Washington Adventist Hospital 7600 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912 (301) 891-7600

Nurses make the difference Health care today is comprised of a variety of professions to meet the broad spectrum of

health-care demands. Throughout this range of need you usually find the presence of a caring and compassionate nurse. Whether it is the doctor's office, a hospital intensive care unit, a dialysis

unit, the emergency room or home care, all of these areas require nurses to provide care to patients needing medical attention.

Many of us have different perceptions about nurses and the care they provide; usually this perception is based on personal experiences and/or what we have been taught. Several adjectives come to my mind when I think of what I would expect to find in a nurse: caring, competent, skilled, compassionate, knowledgeable, responsible and committed.

As the senior executive director of Adventist Home Health Services, Inc., I have had the opportunity to closely observe these qualities I mentioned to you. On a home visit I made with one of our nurses, I could see compassion and warmth exhibited as she carefully worked with the patient to make certain that he was taking his medications properly. She also demonstrated her competence and skill as she reviewed with the patient his diagnosis and plan of care.

The majority of care provided at Adventist Home Health Services is nursing care. Our nurses have opportunity to reach out to many patients. Their focus is to work within the "whole person" framework of care, not only meeting the physical needs, but also covering the mental and spiritual aspects of patient care as well.

We often hear expressions of gratitude from our patients for the opportunity to "heal at home" rather than spend additional time in the hospital away from family and friends. When our nurses make visits, we can visibly see patients relax during the first several days at home. In their homes they have "more say" about what happens to him or her. Family members and friends can freely visit, surroundings and especially food are familiar! This familiarity means security, peace and safety to the individual who is recuperating. Being home means: "I'm getting back to normal." We find patients are ready and willing to participate in their healing process in the home setting. There is no doubt that the patient's increased involvement and a more relaxed, peaceful state of mind contribute to the healing process our nurses work diligently to facilitate.

Probably the most accurate response to what nursing care is at Adventist Home Health Services is demonstrated in how our patients respond to the patient survey section entitled, "What I liked best about Adventist Home Health Services was ...." Some of the responses are: "The way the nurses handled my needs and concerns was very professional; The nurses were very helpful, dedicated and understanding; Nurses were cheerful, efficient, instructive, pleasant and very caring; The nurse was knowledgeable and informative."

Recognizing these essential qualities in nurses, Adventist Home Health Services continues our commitment to provide the highest quality of home care nursing available. This commitment is reflected in our team of carefully selected nurses.

George L. Child is senior executive director of Adventist Home Health Services in Silver

Spring, Maryland. The agency provides skilled intermittent home care services in Montgomery

County, Prince George's County and the District of Columbia. AHHS is Medicare and Medicaid

certified and JCAHO accredited.

George Child Adventist Home Health Services

Senior Executive Director


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Charlene Earle, R.N. That may involve helping a patient to understand his or her condition, sharing a hug or a prayer or putting in extra hours to care for someone who is critically ill.

Johnson is noted for her commitment to quality care, dedication to continued edu-cation, dependability, flexibility, and plea-sant and caring attitude. That commitment is evident in her community activities as well as her career.

As a member of the youth committee at her church, Johnson helps to organize activities for young people, and her house is open to the youth in her neighborhood. For three weeks during the summer, she even hosts a "Fun Club" for neighborhood kids ages 5-12 in her home, where she teaches the children Bible stories and helps them with arts and crafts.

Johnson recently received Leland's 1992 Leoma Dillon Award for Nursing Excellence, named in honor of a much-loved and respected nurse who worked at the hospital for nearly 40 years before retiring in 1984. The award recognizes Johnson for her clinical, educational and professional expertise.

Nursing and rehabilitation centers Regardless of how a nursing center

serves its clients, it must function to meet a variety of needs in an environment that provides caring, warmth, autonomy, spirituality, nourishment, entertainment, companionships and safety, all while upholding basic human rights.

To successfully meet these needs and provide a caring environment requires a team effort from all members of the nurs-ing center staff. This requires a nursing staff that possesses keen assessment skills and acts professionally and quickly when life is at risk; a dietary staff that prepares food with a flavor to satisfy discerning palates; a housekeeping staff that keeps each room spick-and-span while keeping each resident's personal clothing clean and available on a daily basis; an activity department that ensures an adequate num-

ber of social outings and religious services; a plant operations crew that not only ensures room temperatures are individually controlled, but also hangs a favorite paint-ing, repairs a wheelchair or replaces a screw in an old rocking chair; a rehab team of physical, occupational and speech ther-apists who assist in achieving goals; and a social services staff that distributes absen-tee ballots, helps with financial affairs and ensures human rights are upheld.

Nursing home staff member Magi Hudak provides support and encour-agement to resident John Rogers.

While all these disciplines work in an interdisciplinary fashion to make a nursing center, it is the caring that each employee demonstrates through hugs, pats on the shoulder and a warm smile that creates an environment that is not only goal-oriented but also provides for a setting where healing of body and spirit will take place. For the resident, the nursing center becomes home and a place where he or she will live out the rest of his or her livfe.

If nursing sounds like a ministry that fits your talents, call the personnel department of your nearest Advent-ist health-care institution. Most have nursing scholarships available.

News

HACKETTSTOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

■ New community health seminars Members of the medical/dental staff of

Hackettstown Community Hospital are helping area residents learn more about varied health subjects through a new series of free community health seminars.

Discussion topics include Lyme dis-ease, substance abuse, new laser surgery procedures, skin cancer prevention, breast surgery, heart health, and more.

■ Benefits from lighting retrofit Hackettstown Community Hospital

has installed energy-efficient fluorescent lighting, resulting in a reduction in lighting costs of from 40 to 80 percent—depending upon the lighting application. Quality of light has actually been increased, and the negative environmental effects produced by the consumption of power have been reduced.

LELAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

■ Mammography program accredited by ACP

Leland Memorial Hospital's mam-mographic imaging services recently received a three-year accreditation from the American College of Radiology. The accreditation process included a peer review evaluation of the program's staff qualifications, equipment, image quality, breast dose, quality control and quality assurance programs.

■ Said Daee appointed to board of directors

Said A. Daee has been appointed to the board of directors of Leland Memorial Hospital. Daee is a board-certified physician in general surgery and has been a member of Leland's medical staff since 1981. He is also an executive board member of the Prince George's County Medical Society and has served in the past as deputy medical examiner for Prince George's County.

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Ministry Care Line is staffed by mental health professionals (seated) Bob Peach, director, (standing, from left) LoNita Fattic, Richa Stevens, Lorraine Beaven and Gaylon Worch.

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READING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

■ Employees enjoy Wellness Day Wellness Day, a day to educate staff at

Reading Rehabilitation Hospital about health and to celebrate it, was held Wed-nesday, May 27. Included in this year's activities were free spirometry tests, blood pressure and blood glucose screenings, audiometry testing for children of staff and talks on bike safety, stress reduction, nutrition and fitness.

The day-long event included Family Night activities for staff members and their children. After a supper prepared by the hospital nutrition dervices department, the younger set was treated to games, videos and bike safety tips, while parents and members of the community were invited to a free seminar entitled "Humor and Well-ness," presented by Anthony Massimini, a local psychologist and lecturer on health and well being.

"Our philosophy here at The Rehab is one dedicated to helping people live healthier lives," said Jennifer Parent, the nurse educator who coordinated the event. "This day is a reminder to all of us about the benefits of healthy living. We hope by providing this service we can inspire those attending to take responsibility for their own well being and take active measures to live healthier lives."

KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER

■ Ministry Care Line program launched

A confidential counseling service for professional church leaders, spouses and children is now offered by the Ketter-ing Clergy Care Center, an affiliate of Kettering Medical Center.

Ministry Care Line offers subscribing organization employees and their family members access, through an 800-number, to support and consultation when the human problems and unique stresses

of being a Christian leader emerge. All conferences in the Columbia Union are currently subscribing organizations. For more information, call (513) 299-5288.

SHADY GROVE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL

■ Krueger addresses medical school J. Harry Krueger, Shady Grove's

director of pastoral care services, ad-dressed the Christian Medical Society at the George Washington Medical School. "It was my privilege to be a speaker and emphasize the importance of providing emotional and spiritual healing, as well as physical restoration," Krueger said. He spoke to the medical students on the sub-ject of ministry to AIDS patients.

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST HOSPITAL

■ A.A.R.P. teams with hospital to educate public about chest pain

The American Association of Retired Persons featured Washington Adventist Hospital in a one-and-one-half-minute news video sent via satellite to television stations across the country. The segment stresses the importance of paying attention to heart attack warning signals and describes how the hospital provides rapid treatment in its new chest pain center.

■ Hospital promotes health message in community

Washington Adventist joined WRC-TV News 4's "Fighting Fat" campaign this spring. Physicians and nurses provided free blood pressure screening and counseling at News 4's "Walk for Fitness." The hospital also distributed free copies of a pocket-sized guide for calculating the amount of fat in foods. If you'd like to receive a copy, call (301) 445-0755.

Ways to Wellness Kitchen gardening Gardening is an excellent way to reduce

stress and manage your health by focus-ing on the peace and rhythm of life, as well as the beauty and mystery of the natural world. In our fast-paced society, everyone can escape to the natural world by gardening, both indoors and outdoors.

Turn your kitchen into an indoor garden any time of the year ... try garlic! You'll need one big, fresh garlic bulb and a couple of big containers. (Gallon milk jugs or coffee cans will do just fine.) Fill the containers with potting soil. Break garlic into individual cloves. Place cloves five inches apart. The pointed end of the clove should be at the top. Cover the top with two inches of soil and water it. Be careful the soil doesn't dry out. Add liquid fertilizer monthly. When the leaves turn yellow, it is time to harvest your garlic. Simply loosen the dirt around the plant and gently pull up the bulb. Make garlic braids or use the garlic in your favorite dishes. And take pride in your gardening work!

Reading Rehabilitation Hospital


Ellen Gibson

Sarah Beagles

Lisa Comley

Connie Farkash

CHESAPEAKE More than 90 fathers and sons attend dinner

The Rock Hall and Chestertown, Maryland, churches recently held a father/son dinner. More than 90 peo-ple attended this event, which was held at Eastern Shore Junior Acad-emy in Sudlersville, Maryland. Moth-ers and daughters from both churches prepared and served the buffet meal.

With spring fever as well as base-ball mania in the air, it was fitting to have the Oriole Bird as a surprise guest. The Bird felt right at home as Brandon Williams sang "Take me out to the ball game." The Bird played ball with the younger sons, posed for pictures and signed autographs.

Barry Beaven and his two sons entertained the fathers and sons with their captivating magic act. Bill and Nancy Drazza, owners of a commu-nity Christian bookstore called "The Mustard Seed," provided that eve-ning's music with piano and guitar.

Dick Duerksen, vice president of creative ministries for the Columbia Union Conference, spoke about the unique role of a man. He told about the history of the Buck knife and its originator, who was a man of integ-

rity. He shared spiritual insights on Isaiah 49:2, which likens a man to a polished arrow hidden in the Lord's quiver.

Duerksen then went on to relate the fascinating art of arrow making by the Blackfeet Indians. And just as an Indian crafted and treasured each arrow, so God lovingly refines a man's character. Interspersed with his illustrations, Duerksen gave anecdotes of experiences with his son.

The Oriole Bird helps Brandon Williams sing about baseball at the father/son banquet.

NEWS

PENNSYLVANIA BMA students present week of prayer

Unlike most weeks of prayer, this spring's Focus On Christ's Ulti-mate Sacrifice week was planned, orga-nized and presented by students at Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg.

Student leaders talked about being happy by trusting and following God. During one of the programs, students were asked to write on paper worries and problems they have in their lives. Then all were asked to bring these lists up and fasten them with a nail to the wooden cross that had been placed on the platform. This illustration helped everyone realize it's simple to give our burdens to Jesus.

The students re-sponded very posi-tively to the series. Many of the young people accepted the challenge of stand-ing for what is right regardless of what friends might say. The students were reminded how spe-cial the Lord is to them yesterday, to-day and tomorrow.

An agape supper followed by a com-munion highlighted the close of student FOCUS week.

Speakers for the week were fresh-man Ellen Gibson, sophomore Sarah Beagles, junior Lisa Comley, senior Con-nie Farkash and an-other senior, Scott

Scott Haakenson Haakenson.

OHIO Teacher commissioned at Canton church

The worship service on May 9 at the Canton church was just a plain, every-day Sabbath service. Yet in its own way, it was just as important as the ordina-tion of elders and deacons, even bap-tisms. The service was plain. There was no pomp or pageantry, just a beautiful service with a blessing for all attending. It was a teacher's commissioning.

Debbie Cookson, who teaches at May-fair Junior Academy in Uniontown, is from Rhode Island. She graduated from Atlantic Union College in South Lancas-ter, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in elementary education. She has taught school for almost 20 years.

Robert Skeggs, Ohio Conference su-perintendent of education, explained the purpose of the commissioning ceremony and how the General Conference in 1988 said how important the teacher is in the training of the youth of our church.

Russell Lucht, the Ohio Conference treasurer, was the keynote speaker. His sermon was entitled "Vision Eternity." He said that mothers are teachers, and they must teach every waking hour.

Jess Jones, a former student of Cook-son's, introduced her to the congrega-tion with a few words of praise.

The commitment and challenge was issued to Cookson by Joan Yeary, assis-tant superintendent of education. After the challenge, Cookson was given a cer-tificate of commitment by Skeggs.

JIM NOCK Communication Secretary


ALLEGHENY EAST Conference president receives deposit for Philadelphia church

A deposit check in the amount of more than $1,000,000 was presented to Alvin Kibble (right), president for the Allegheny East Conference, by Stanton Parker, executive director of Risk Man-agement Services at the General Confer-ence in Silver Spring, Maryland. This check is partial settlement in the destruc-tion of the North Philadelphia church, which caught fire during re-roofing op-erations.

NEWS

MOUNTAIN VIEW Pathfinders raise over $700 in free car wash

Pathfinders of the Mountaintop con-gregation in Oakland, Maryland, raised over $700 on May 3 during a free car wash. Ten young boys and girls, along

Mountaintop church Pathfinders "clean up" during their recent free car wash.

with club leaders Tom and Diane Blake-ney, washed a total of 76 cars during the seven hours they worked.

The car wash was held at the Pizza Hut on the main street oftown. Although Pizza Hut does not make cash donations, the management provided the location and water plus free sodas and personal pan pizzas for each one who worked. In return, the Pathfinders washed the cars of all the Pizza Hut employees.

A local radio station advertised the free car wash the week before, sponsored by area businesses. As customers drove in, they received copies of the sponsors' business cards and were encouraged to thank them for the service. Many cus-tomers also gave donations.

The funds raised will help the Path-finders attend this fall's Columbia Union Pathfinder camporee and also assisted in their June field trip.

RUTH WRIGHT Communication Director

ALLEGHENY EAST Where there's a will, there's a way

The Mount Sinai church in Trenton, New Jersey, wanted to operate a soup kitchen, but was unable to do so due to a lack of space. Instead, church members

became actively involved by volunteer-ing at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, better known as TASK.

The volunteer effort is under the aus-pices of the congregation's Community Services department and coordinated by Gertrude Smith, the church's Com-munity Services leader.

Mount Sinai's Community Services workers have now been volunteering their efforts for the past four years. On the fourth Tuesday of the month, Mount Sinai provides three to five volunteers for the soup kitchen.

Foods are sometimes prepared and brought to the kitchen, and clothing is also brought and distributed to the cli-ents. Mount Sinai workers also aid in preparing food on site and serving lunch to 300 people.

The remainder of the regular volun-teers on the fourth Tuesday come from the office of human resources at nearby Princeton University.

Trustees at TASK have viewed Mount Sinai as a church that is very community minded and have placed an article and a picture of the church in the Trenton Times newspaper in regards to the ser-vices this Adventist congregation has rendered to the program.

Pastor Gene Donaldson actively sup-ports and encourages this program.

JOYCE SAMPSON Community Services Department

HOSPITALS WAH president honored for service to church and community

Members of the community honored Ronald Marx, president of Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland, for his outstanding service at a birthday celebration held in his honor by Bryan Breckenridge, the president of Adventist HealthCare Mid-Atlantic.

In recognition of his service to the community, Marx received a resolution from the Senate of Maryland, a gover-nor's citation from the state of Maryland, a letter of congratulations from United States Representative Connie Morella and a certificate of appreciation sent by the Montgomery County executive, Neal Potter.

Marx came to Washington Adventist Hospital as vice president for finance (C.F.O.) in 1979 and became senior vice president in 1982. In 1983 he was ap-pointed WAH's president and chief exec-utive officer.

Under Marx's leadership, Washing-ton Adventist continues to innovate and improve services to meet the communi-ty's health-care needs. Since 1985 the hospital has more than doubled its num-ber of open-heart surgeries; created new outpatient surgery area; upgraded its family-centered maternal-child services; begun a day treatment program for men-tally ill patients; opened a pain resource center; instituted a patient relations program; created the area's first chest pain center; and established a compre-hensive community health education program that now reaches 12,000 local residents.

"Marx's years of service include 18 years of missionary financial leadership in Africa. He brings this very rich back-ground of servant leadership to his cur-rent position," remarked Ron M. Wisbey, chairman of the board and Columbia Union Conference president. "Marx is known as a progressive and competent


Christian leader. The hospital trustees are most pleased with the direction he has led the institution, as well as the outstanding vision he has for its future."

TRINA MAGI Public Relations Director

OHIO Miamisburg member marks her 100th birthday

One of Helen Stoehr's earliest rec-ollections is being about three or four years old and "standing at the window looking for my birthday to come." Now a resident of Centerville, she is celebrat-ing her "century birthday."

Stoehr was born April 11, 1892, in Wabasha, Minnesota. She remembers traveling by covered wagon to Wiscon-sin, where her father planned to take up some land.

At age 18, she started teaching 26 children in a one-room schoolhouse. "Even now I get mail from two sisters who were early students. They send me birthday and Christmas cards."

An introduction to Seventh-day Ad-ventist beliefs came by way of a neigh-bor named Mrs. Winters, and about 80 years ago Helen, her mother and her sister were baptized at a camp meeting at Northfield, Minnesota.

In 1914 Gustave Stoehr asked Helen to be his wife, and they settled in Minne-sota, where they had two daughters, Esther and Ruth, later adopting a third daughter, Betty.

Helen spent a total of 15 years teach-ing on and off, with the last six years dedicated to special education students. In between teaching and rearing a fam-ily, she took in boarders and did sewing to pay for her children's music lessons.

Now a member of the Miamisburg church, Stoehr was asked how she felt about reaching her 100th birthday. "I haven't got time to be 100 years old. Life is too short. It goes too fast. I don't have time to do it all."

The "it" is sewing projects she does for International Children's Care, an Adventist organization based in Van-couver, Washington, and a Community Services center in Kettering.

She cuts material and sews clothes six days a week. "I enjoy doing it. I've always sewed since I was a little girl, when I made doll clothes. When I was a child I didn't know if I would be a teacher or a dressmaker. It turns out I'm both."

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Helen Stoehr shows off one of her many sewing projects.

Stoehr has advice for the young: "Every woman should know how to sew—and if she doesn't have homemaking talent, she should get as much education as possi-ble. But homemakers are really needed today." Her counsel to young men: "Make a wise choice for a wife."

She also believes that the training of children is important. One of her favorite Bible promises is: "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

BETTY KOSSICK Communication Secretary

WORLD CHURCH African countries face century's worst drought

As many as 40 million people are facing the worst drought to sweep eastern and southern African countries in a century.

Reaching from South Africa to Egypt, the drought has even hit the nations that normally export food, stated Ken Flem-mer, assistant vice president for ADRA, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International.

"As recently as two months ago, reports were calling for excellent harvests," Flem-mer said. "Germination rains were good, but the rain for the flower stage of maize failed; and the crops are lost."

ADRA is preparing now to have an ac-tion plan ready when the large-scale fam-ine develops.

SHIRLEY BURTON GC News Director

The Family Column

Dr. Kay's Q&A Dealing with discouragement

Question: I have a teen-ager who is suffering from bouts of discouragement. I know it's a part of growing up. The problem is that I'm a terrible example to her right now. The finances are tough, my husband is working a double shift, and my squabbling kids are sometimes more than I

can take. I feel like going on a vacation and never coming back!

Answer: No matter who you are, or how old, or what your position is in life, there are times when discouragement reigns. And it's not always possible to get away from it all. The answer is to learn to go on vacation right where you are. In-stead of a suitcase, grab your Bible and find a quiet corner.

If you are bogged down with pressing deadlines and a "to do" list that looks like an unrolled roll of toilet paper, you probably feel I'm being totally unrealistic. But just do as I say and see if it doesn't help. There's truth in the title of a book I recently read: Too Busy NOT to Pray!

Are you away from the bills and bickering? Good. Now take three deep breaths, look up and tell the Lord exactly how you feel. His answer to your problem is in your hand.

Start with Psalm 27:14: "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord."

Great message, wrong timing? You want an answer right now? Try Matthew 11:28-30: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.... For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." That's great advice. Give the "burden" of your bank account, your over-worked husband and the squabbling kids to the Lord!

Are you beginning to feel better? Tell the Lord exactly how you feel. Don't just mumble. Say it loud and clear. Be specific. What is bothering you about your finances? Now, follow the advice in Psalm 27. Wait. God is wanting to speak to you about your finances. What pops into your head? Write it down. Wait again. Another idea? Continue to do this as you one by one give your burdens to the Lord and wait for Him to tell you how He will lighten your load. As you wait, turn back to your Bible and start reading again. When all else fails, pray the words of Psalm 70: "Make haste, 0 God, to deliver me, make haste to help me, 0 Lord."

When you feel better, chances are your daugh-ter will, too. Why not encourage her to follow your example and take a vacation with God?

Read more from Dr. Kuzma in the Family Times newspaper. For a free year's subscrip-tion, contact: Family Matters, P.O. Box 7000, Cleveland, TN 37320; 615) 339-1144.

Kay Kuzma


ALLEGHENY EAST Tenth-grader maintains Adventist standards at convention

Kelly Darby, a 10th-grade student at Pine Forge Academy in Pennsylvania, recently represented her school at the Eastern Regional Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Convention in King of Prus-sia, Pennsylvania. HOBY representa-tives are selected for scholastic ability and leadership potential.

During the four days of the convention, these high school representa-tives meet with leaders in business and indus-try. They are exposed to a variety of career op-tions and given oppor-tunities to investigate their own talents.

Darby was very con-cerned that her partic-ipation in these HOBY workshops would com-promise her keeping the Sabbath. Students who come to HOBY are re-quired to stay in a hotel and attend all of the ac-tivities throughout the four-day weekend, from Thursday to Sunday.

She met with the di-rector, who told her that

her request was unique. Although they held special services for Jews on Satur-day and Sunday religious services, they had never dealt with a request from a Seventh-day Adventist. As a result, he was unfamiliar with what she would need. He informed Darby that she would be excused from any activity she felt did not conform to her religious convictions.

This turn of circumstances provided Darby with an opportunity for witness-ing. On Friday evening, for example, when all the other young people headed for the HOBY dance, Darby was in her room listening to sacred music on her headphones and reading from her Bible. Then, when her roommates came back, she was able to share with them the rea-sons for her beliefs.

A member of the National Honor So-ciety, Darby has the highest grade-point average in her 10th-grade class. She plays the piano and violin, participates in cheerleading, takes tae kwon do and is a member of the PFA Concert Choir.

JAYNE DARBY Correspondent

PENNSYLVANIA Upside-down worship boosts Sabbath school attendance

As a result of re-districting, the Haver-town church now holds its worship service before Sabbath school, and the other large church in the district worships at its regular time. Marcia Niles, the new Sabbath school superintendent, saw the change as an op-portunity to boost attendance.

With the members already present for worship, there was no need for them to come early to class. She contacted or cor-nered every church attendee and encour-aged each one to stay and study. Then she followed up with reminders.

It worked! Sabbath school attendance is up by a third, and another class is meeting in addition to a class added this past year.

Niles has also involved more members so that now more people teach, some classes have more than one teacher, and duties shift among several people.

MARK FROG HARRIS Communication Secretary

POTOMAC Week of prayer speaker now available for academies

The Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries board has voted $10,000 to cover

expenses for Pastor Jim Richards to conduct weeks of prayer in academies around North America. This is espe-cially to help academies that may not have the budget to provide week of prayer speakers for their students.

Richards is a retired regional sales manager for the Nationwide Insur-ance companies. He is a member of the Potomac Conference Executive Committee and has also served during the past five years on the Columbia Union Executive Committee.

In 1980 he began a Saturday morn-ing Bible study program in one of the units of the Virginia state prison sys-tem. During the following year the regional administration of the depart-ment of corrections for the state of Virginia made him the first and only lay prison chaplain. He was installed two years later on the warden's staff. He served in this capacity for nine years until he retired in 1990.

He has spoken at many camp meet-ings and addressed the closing ban-quet of the national ASI convention in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 1990. Richards can be contacted at his home: 2682 Southwoods Drive, Roanoke, Virginia 24018; (703) 989-3870; or by contacting the church's secretary at 1701 Memorial Avenue, Roanoke, Vir-ginia 24015; (703) 345-9438.

Richards will be available for the 1992-93 school year.

COLUMBIA UNION PLANNED GIVING Stewardship responsibility becomes stewardship blessing

Margaret Hamby, an X-ray technician, surrendered her heart to the Lord. "I gave 100 percent of my heart to God," she said, and added: "No matter what, I would do His will ." She was living near Atlantic City, New Jersey, and had experienced some heartaches in her life.

Margaret spoke of the promise in Malachi 3:10 regarding her stewardship responsibilities, but didn't realize the blessing would be so abundant.

Shortly after her vow to God, her uncle from Woodbine, Maryland, called to ask Margaret if she could come and care for him. He had cancer. Since she was unemployed at the time, she accepted the offer from her uncle, whom she had not heard from for over 35 years.

Before he died, he had made it possible for Margaret to be given the home free and clear. The present value of the home exceeds $110,000.

In reflecting over the past 24 months, Margaret can only praise God. "Not only do I have a home, but it enables me to donate money to the church I love."

All true stewardship has as its actuating principle a willing heart and will-ing mind. How has God blessed your stewardship? Share your story with other members through the Visitor. For each story that is used, I have the book Think Big by Ben. Carson to send you free. Send your stories to: Planned Giving Department, 5427 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045.

JERRY LASTINE Director of Planned Giving

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Ralph Neigh-bours recently wrote a provoc-ative little book entitled, "The Seven Last Words of the Church." He points out sev-eral reasons why some churches grow in membership and others have

J. Wayne Coulter to close their doors and die. Most of us want to keep up with the latest developments in busi-ness, technology, automobiles and home improvements. We consider that pro-gressiveness. But when a new or differ-ent way (which may be a genuine im-provement) is suggested in our reli-gious life or church, the often heard objection is (seven words) "We never did it that way before!" The church often becomes shackled to horse and buggy methods.

As a pastor, an evangelist and an administrator, I have heard those words used at times during the course of my ministry. I am happy to say that "We never did it that way beforerwas not used very often. But, when it was used, the tone was of such finality that it stymied any hope of creativity and pro-gressiveness.

I am not suggesting that we follow every new idea or suggestion that flut-ters in from innovative sources. I do think it is well for us to at least say

Chesapeake Challenge is published in the Visitor each month by the Chesapeake Conference, 6600 Martin Road, Columbia, MD 21044. President, J. Wayne Coulter; Editor, J. Neville Harcombe.

(seven words) "Let us look at the new idea."

There are six guidelines that I per-sonally use before I accept any new pro-posal:

1. Biblical -- Is it based scripturally on biblical principles?

2. Spirit of Prophecy -- Can the idea be backed by counsels given by Ellen G. White?

3. Adventism -- Does it fit in with the Adventist style of conformity and inter-pretation?

4. Value -- Will it advance the work of God in enhancing the gospel of Jesus Christ?

5. Prayer -- Ask God to guide and to give an open mind so that the Holy Spirit may lead.

6. Counsel -- It is always wise to seek the counsel of a committee or group of believers who are strong members in the body of Christ (the church).

"Satan hopes to involve the remnant people of God in the general ruin that is coming upon the earth. ... Men and women will arise professing to have new light or some new revelation whose tendency is to unsettle faith in the old landmarks. ... False reports will be cir-culated and some will be taken in this snare. They will believe these rumors and in turn will repeat them, and thus a link will be formed connecting them with the arch deceiver,"—Counsels for the Church, page 344.

New ideas can either be of great ben-efit to God's church, or they can be most harmful and damaging. I believe the principles outlined above can be a safe-guard when investigating any "new idea" or "new light" that comes our way.

Dick Thomas (left) and Buddy Hart look at Dundalk's new addition plan.

Dundalk church renovation Dick Thomas, new pastor of the

Dundalk church, has enthusiastically begun a plan to renovate the church building. The head elder, Leonard Hennlein, and the church board were excited about the possibility of bringing a new image to the church, making it attractive in the neighborhood where members minister.

Architect Buddy Hart was asked to sketch out an idea for the church. The members were delighted with the final drawing. The renovation will focus on the front of the building, adding a foyer and carport for people to use in bad weather.

Thomas says they are also looking into the possibility of purchasing the vacant lot adjacent to the church build-ing. It would give them additional parking space.

The whole process of planning the renovation has lifted the spirits of the church members. They are planning on taking advantage of the growth poten-tial of the surrounding neighborhood to increase their membership.

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Baltimore for Jesus '92! Coordinated evangelism!

Missionary families! New church planting!

Global Mission! You will be hearing a lot about the above terms in coming months from Chesapeake's headquarters, so here is a primer

to get you started. Baltimore for Jesus '92 -- The "umbrella" phrase describing all outreach activities taking place in the greater Baltimore

area during 1992 and again in 1993. Each church is planning activities, such as stop-smoking seminars, stress-control workshops and international food fairs. These programs, designed to meet the "felt needs" of our communities, will function as an "entering wedge" to bring souls to hear about needs they don't yet feel through the Revelation seminars and crusade meetings.

Coordinated evangelism -- On Saturday evening, October 17,15 Baltimore area churches (including Frederick, Westminster and West Wilmington, Delaware) will each sponsor evangelistic meetings. These meetings will be widely advertised through radio, television and the printed media. The churches and speakers are as follows:

Atholton Gary Jensen Baltimore First Lonnie Melashenko Baltimore City Bill McVay/Jim Chamness

F Brooklyn Willis Dagenais

Baltimore Korean Shin Woo Kyun

OR Baltimore Spanish To be selected

Linthicum Elders Frederick Dan Goddard Owings Mills/Randallstown Ed Reid Parkville-Essex Frank Ottati Dundalk To be selected Glen Burnie Wayne Coulter Pasadena Neville Harcombe Reisterstown Louis Torres Towson To be selected Westminster To be selected West Wilmington Lyle Albrecht

New church planting -- A major goal of this outreach is to establish a Chesapeake congregation in the area of Baltimore near the new Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Please pray with us that a suitable meeting place can be found so this can become a reality.

Missionary families -- Each Baltimore area church is being challenged to provide to the newly planted church a "missionary family" unit. These members will function as a spiritual and leadership nucleus for the new congregation, which will begin meeting in the early fall.

Global Mission -- This term encompasses not only the overseas mission work, but outreach in North America as well! The city of Baltimore is designated as a North American Division "Global Mission" site for 1992. Volunteers from all over North America and funding from the division will assist with the project.

On Sabbath afternoon, May 9, the "Baltimore For Jesus '92" Rally II was held at the Woodlawn High School auditorium in Baltimore. Inspiring music and testimonies were heard. Dr. Floyd Bresee, ministerial association secretary of the General Conference, challenged attendees to utilize their spiritual gifts to fulfill the gospel commission.

All Chesapeake members are urged to make Baltimore For Jesus '92 a matter of special prayer.

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Students take mission trip to

Honduras RICHARD PARKER

Imagine going to a place with no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no beds and very simple but good food. Next imagine beautiful mountain scenery, green tropical forests and cool moun-tain streams. Finally, picture yourself lifting 25-pound bricks, mixing cement by hand or hauling dirt down the side of a mountain in a wheelbarrow.

This is just the start of what it was like for the 56 students and adults sent from Chesapeake to El Carrizal, Hon-duras for Mission '92. The term "fron-tier missions" took on a whole new and very down-to-earth meaning! The rug-ged yet tremendously beautiful sur-roundings only inspired this adventure-some group of missionaries.

Sponsored by Chesapeake's youth ministries department, Mission '92's objec-tive was to build an addition to a public schoolinthissmallmountain village, which is over 100 years old, even though the winding mountain road leading to it has been in existence for less than three years.

Students from the Baltimore and Spencerville areas spent the week of April 13-20 building the wall to the school addition and preparing a second building (the kitchen) for the roof. When HVA students arrived the next week, they energetically continued the work, finishing the kitchen area and nearly completing the school addition.

Besides the construction, each day students held Vacation Bible School meetings, played with the local children

and drove one hour to visit a prison and a child care center in Santa Barbara.

Toward the end of the second week there was a meeting of the local town council. During this meeting, several members stated that "If these groups represent what an Adventist Christian is like, then we want to become one, too." That night the council voted to build an Adventist church in the village. Since then land has been donated, and the money is pledged for materials by one of the mission team members. God sent our youth on a mission to a village that had never heard of Adventists before. They did the work, and He has provided the increase. Please continue to pray for the work going forward in the town of El Carrizal.

A special thanks to all the parents, family members, friends and churches for supporting the efforts of our youth on this trip. Our commitment has already begun to reap rich rewards in Honduras and in the lives of those who partici-pated in the Mission '92 adventure.

Some of the sights from the student mis-sion trip to Honduras were, clockwise from top: the HVA student group; the school addition and the children who attend; Elizabeth Ramirez (Spencerville school) teaches VBS; Gladys Decker teachingVBS; students Charity Morrison, Lara Galling and Lisa Jackson mix cement; and (clockwise from right) Erica Negley, Christine Holtry, Lisa Jackson and Tom Decker work on the school addition.


Hagerstown members pull together at ground-breaking for new church

"There's not going to be just a couple of people with shovels building this church. It's going to be all of us working together." With those words Pastor Tim Roosenberg invited those attend-ing the ground-breaking ceremonies for the new Hagerstown church on April 26 to grab onto ropes and help pull a single-share plow. The strip of land they dug is the beginning of a new church build-ing to be located across from Hagerstown Junior College. It will replace the one destroyed by arson last September.

Even before the fire, members had planned to build a new church and the ground breaking was a result of prayer, sacrifice and hard work on the part of members who then had to put the plans into high gear as a result of the fire.

About 200 members, officials and friends attended the ceremony held dur-ing the mid-afternoon. Though fore-casters had predicted rain and showers had dampened surrounding areas, not a drop marred the occasion.

Roosenberg welcomed those who at-

tended, and Jim Williams, who heads the building com-mittee, gave the opening prayer. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Pride pre-sented two mu-sical selections. Ron Bow-ers, county commissioner, and Wayne Coulter, confer-ence president, gave short addresses. After members had pulled the plow together, Bob Carr, head elder, gave the dedicatory prayer, and attendees released bright-colored balloons into the air. Each balloon had a message inviting whoever found it to write for free literature.

The building, which is due to be completed within a year, will contain 21,000 square feet and will seat 430 in the sanctuary. It will cost about $2 million. J.C. Burrey is the architect, and Richard Hensel is the builder.

EUGENE LINCOLN Communication Director

Hagerstown Church

Clockwise from top: Those attending re-lease brightly colored balloons into the air, containing an invitation for the finder to write for free literature; church mem-bers grab ropes attached to a single-share plow to break ground for the new church; James Williams, head of the building com-mittee; Tim Roosenberg, pastor; Wayne Coulter, Chesapeake Conference presi-dent, and Robert Carr, head elder, put their hands to the plow.

Norrisville church

grows and grows

Top: Pastor Richard Fearing baptiz-ing a recent convert in a makeshift horse trough. Right: Norrisville wel-comes newly baptized members.

Two years ago, three concerned mem-bers of the Norrisville church, together with pastor Richard Fearing, asked for an appointment at the conference office with Wayne Coulter and Neville Harcombe. Their concern was simply stated: their church was "dying." Mem-bers had moved away, some could not be found, and attempts at trying to attract new members were not successful. What could be done?

Three suggestions became the major emphasis of their long-range plan for church growth:

1. Internal evaluation: They made an honest study of their own attitudes

as members. Misunder-standings, atti-tudes and per-ceptions by oth-ers had to be evaluated and changed.

2. Outreach in the Neigh-borhood: Their

"Good Neighbor Campaign" broke down walls of prejudice. It was a simple plan started by Peggy Yale and her primary class that now has the whole church

involved. On major holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Moth-er's and Father's days, each home was visited and a small gift presented. Their future plan is to give each home a sub-scription to "Signs of the Times."

3. Evangelistic crusade: It was sug-gested that an evangelistic crusade should take advantage of the growth potential of the neighborhood and also the "sowing" activities of the members. Willis Dagenais recently completed a successful crusade held in the church. There were at least 50 visitors on the opening night of the crusade.

Nadine Owens, an elder of the church, wrote an appreciation letter to the con-ference. She says, "Good things just keep happening. ... We are a small but very active church and are now realizing some of the rewards."

The active attendance on Sabbaths has just about tripled. The newly baptized members are being used in church activi-ties. There is a whole new spirit of optimism and thankfulness to the Lord.

Norrisville is living proof to any church that things can be turned around and a growing membership result from self-evaluation, outreach ministry, public evangelism and the Lord's blessing.

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Edward Motschiedler

lru News of the People and Churches in The Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Ohio Conference, P.O. Box 1230, Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 / (614) 397-4665

Mark Your Calendar

June 28-July 5 Cub Camp

Camp Mohaven

July 5-12 Junior Camp I Camp Mohaven

July 12-19 Junior Camp II Camp Mohaven

July 19-26 Teen Camp

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Mission Ohio is published in the Visitor each month by the Ohio Conference. President, Ed Motschiedler; Editor, Jeanie Hal-deman.

President's message There is an old saying that "bad news travels fast." So does good

news. I know that I love to share good news with friends and family. At times I even share the news with total strangers.

When I became engaged, I called all over the country to share the good news. My first call was to my parents, the second to my brother.

When Rhonda, our first child, was born, I left the delivery room and went to the nearest pay phone. I remember calling my brother when Krista and Kevin, our twins, were born. He was shocked by the news and said, "Let me get Barbara (his wife) so you can tell her. She will never believe me."

When meeting a stranger, I find myself turning the conversation around to children. This gives me a chance to brag that my three children are all graduating from college this summer.

Evangelism is simply sharing the good news! When I had a conversion experience in college, I felt compelled to share the news with my friends. I shared a very simple testimony; I had new peace and joy since placing Christ first in my life.

After Pentecost, nothing could stop Christ's followers from sharing the good news. You could beat them, put them in jail or threaten their lives, but you couldn't stop them from sharing the good news.

We need to spend time in personal Bible study and prayer. God will then impress us with messages so precious we will have to share them with someone.

Evangelism is not a program run by professional evangelists. It is our response to God's love!

EDWARD MOTSCHIEDLER President

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Five of the newly baptized Newark members are (left to right) Bonnie Hendrickson, Deanna McGee, Jacque Haynes, Lynda Dingey and Randy Dingey. Pastor Bill Davis, far right, greets the members.

Pastor Jose Guillen and six Pathfinder members recently baptized: (left to right) Cespar Pineda, Gabriel Rosario, Sammy Moreno, Cecilia Gavilan, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Esther Sierra.

MISSION OHIO EVANGELISM

■ Literature reaches hearts in Ohio

Literature evangelism is alive and growing in Ohio, according to Tom Kapusta, area director of the new pub-lishing program, Family Enrichment

Larry Carter trains student literature evangelists during last year's summer student program.

Resources. "The work is really going forward," Kapusta said.

Literature sales are climbing as five new evangelists have been added to the Ohio team, reported Kapusta. Scott Ward, an experienced literature evan-gelist and one of the group leaders in

Scott Ward, the new FER area representative, instructs students on how to deliver a canvass.

this past summer's student program, has accepted the position of district leader for Ohio in the new organization.

A student literature evangelism pro-gram will occur in Ohio this summer. Under the direction of Larry Carter, 45 students will be spreading literature wherever it will be accepted. Carter has conducted 13 successful summer pro-grams. He believes that this year's team of students are very deeply com-mitted to Christ.

Students will visit more than 100,000 homes. Their work will be greatly blessed by your willingness to become

involved. "Humble, fervent prayer would do more in behalf of the circulation of our books than all the expensive embel-lishments in the world,"—Colporteur Ministry, page 80. Kapusta believes that if we pray the work will greatly be blessed.

There is also a needs for churches to support the stu-dent program by helping with housing and meals. If you can support this important work in these ways, contact Larry Carter at (614) 599-6212.

■ Spirit fills Chesterland church

"Hello. Could you tell me what time your church service is on Saturday?" This question and other unsolicited in-terests have marked the beginning of exciting growth at the Chesterland church, reported Pastor Ken Studer. The Spirit of God has been the evange-list in the following cases.

Pam Znidar, who asked the question, attended church with her three children the following Sabbath. She was bap-tized last December and is blessing the congregation with her musical talents.

In January, two more strangers ap-peared at the church. "Could we please have some literature about your church? This is our first time in an Adventist church, and we would like to know more," Michael and Pam Williams said. They were baptized this spring. They and their three children are now active in church programs. Pam is the new editor of the church newsletter.

Another family stopped by the church requesting a schedule of church meetings. Since that time Tim and LuAnn Syers have been in church with their three chil-dren. Tim and LuAnn are study-ing and planning for baptism. Tim, formerly a chain smoker, has quit. He has been attending prayer meeting and has even helped with the church lawn at times.

Jessica Stewart, a stranger at the time, began attending and has been joined by her fiancee, Marcus Capps. Marcus became involved in an early morning prayer group via a telephone conference call. Both plan to be baptized on June 6.

Visiting his daughter from his

home on the West Coast, Joe Murphy began to attend and made a decision for baptism on the last Sabbath of his visit. He was baptized at a very special ser-vice conducted during a Wednesday night prayer meeting.

"In each of these cases, our church had no previous contact with these people. They just showed up one Sab-bath. God's Spirit is working in mag-nificent ways," Pastor Studer said.

KEN STUDER Pastor, Chesterland / Cleveland

Suburban East District

■ Newark membership grows

The Newark church has witnessed remarkable growth during recent months.

Due to the illness of his wife, Dottie, Lew McGee spent a lot of time around the staff who cared for her. One nurse, Lynda Dingey, was attracted by Lew's


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witness. She and her husband began studies and soon were attending ser-vices and drinking in the fellowship and Bible truths. They joyfully surrendered their lives in baptism in January.

Jacque McGee Haynes was baptized when her mother, Deanna McGee, was rebaptized. An Adventist cousin of Jacque's moved back to Newark for a while and requested that Jacque and her aunt, Deanna, go to church with her because she didn't want to go alone.

Bonnie Hendrickson shed tears ofjoy following her rebaptism experience.

Through the dedication and prayers of members and Pastor Bill Davis, a prophecy seminar was conducted. Re-sponding to the Spirit's call, nine other individuals were baptized and received into the fellowship of believers at New-ark.

Pastor Davis and the Newark mem-bers rejoice at the powerful way in which God has been working in their church, especially by the blessing of 14 wonder-ful people who have joined the church family.

ANN DAVIS Assistant Communication Secretary

• Spanish churches focus efforts

A series of lay evangelistic activities have started to yield tangible results in the Spanish churches of Cleveland.

Evangelistic activities include: a re-ligious interest survey; a renewed con-viction of the evangelistic potential of the Pathfinder club; the placement of advertisements in the newspapers with circulation among the Hispanics; the airing of the evangelistic broadcast, The Voice of Hope (the Spanish version of The Voice of Prophecy); a Revelation Seminar and a series of public evange-listic meetings scheduled for summer.

This all-out approach to evangelism proved to be effective on a Sabbath af-ternoon in March when 10 individuals, five adults and five children were bap-tized by Jose Guillen, district pastor. Guillen reported there are a similar number of interests preparing for an upcoming baptism.

Spanish members are excited that literature evangelists will be canvass-ing the Hispanic quarters of the city of Cleveland this summer with our gospel-filled literature.

JOSE GUILLEN Pastor, Cleveland Spanish

Churches

IN Youths baptized at Fairfield

On Sabbath, April 4, the Fairfield Mission Church baptized nine young people into its membership.

Pastor Chester Hitchcock studied with these young committed Chris-tians in their homes and witnessed their enthusiasm and desire to take a stand for the Lord.

The Sabbath service was fresh and creative, with each of the youths taking an active part in the worship

experience. Each of the candidates read papers they had written en-titled, "What Jesus Means to Me" and "Why I Want to Join the Seventh-day Adventist Church."

As a means of recommitment to their Lord and a deep commitment to passing on the torch of truth to Jason Arnold, 12 their newly baptized children, parents participated in a special candle-lighting service with the baptismal candidates and pastor.

CHESTER HITCHCOCK Pastor, Fairfield Mission Church

• Cincinnati First conducts evangelism

During the winter and spring, the Cincinnati First church conducted a number of evangelistic events as a part of its ongoing outreach ministry.

Members and Pastor Merlin Burt conducted Bible studies, a vegetarian cooking school (with approximately 80 guests), radio talk show interviews, a family finance seminar (conducted by Jeff Wilson) and a Breathe Free (Stop Smoking) Program.

The Breathe Free program was di-rected by Jan Comberger and Dr. Lois Lello and supported by a fine team of workers. Remarkably, the success rate of this Breath Free plan was 100 per-

cent. These events were culminated with

the Amazing Discoveries Prophecy Semi-nar conducted by Pastor Burt. Thus far, seven precious souls have become a part of the Cincinnati church as a result of the moving of the Holy Spirit through these outreach events.

Several other individuals are mov-ing forward with hopes that they will join the church family as well. The Lord deserves the praise, and we are grateful for the moving of His Spirit in the greater Cincinnati area.

MERLIN BURT Pastor, Cincinnati First Church

■ Laymen reach out in evangelism

"My heart was in my throat; I was scared. I wished I had never agreed to help conduct a Revelation Seminar," commented Joe Shafer, a member of the Mount Vernon Hill church.

Shafer and Lewis Castillo, also a layman at the Hill church, led out in a recent evangelistic outreach to the farm-ing community of Danville.

Shafer said, "We laymen think we have to be perfect. Fear keeps us silent and hiding in the pews. After being out on the firing line, that's where I plan to be from now on. I'm not afraid any-more."

Castillo, experienced at evangelism in Central America, was anxious to get started in Ohio. Together, he and Shafer coordinated a visitation program sup-ported by enthusiastic members of the Hill church. During this informal and brief visit to homes in the Danville area, members introduced themselves, left a copy of the Great Controversy and in-vited people to attend the Revelation Seminar to be conducted at a school in Danville.

Approximately 40 individuals came for the first meeting. Four individuals have expressed an interest in baptism and are continuing follow-up Bible stud-ies.

Castillo and Shafer rejoice with other members of the Hill church. To mea-sure the success of the event, it is help-ful to note that the community of Danville became aware of Seventh-day Adventists because two young laymen venturing out in faith were encouraged by the reality that God will bless our abilities when we place our confidence in Him.

DALE GLASS Communication Secretary

VISITOR, July 1. 1992

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CHURCH MINISTRIES

■ Pathfinders have heaven as their goal!

MISSION OHIO

The Ohio Pathfinder Fair is now his-tory, and what a legacy! Nearly 300 Pathfinders and their staff almost ran off the Ohio map as they traveled to the

Mansfield Club Pathfinders show the perfect salute.

Astabula club director's property to camp for the May 1-3 weekend event.

The event was hosted by the Cleve-land Antillian club with the theme "Heaven is our Goal!" The 13 clubs in attendance vied for points awarded for various activities throughout the week-end, and the Hillsboro club came away with the fair trophy by edging out Akron by just 2 points! A trophy was also earned by Mt. Vernon Hill for its win-ning team in the Bible Bowl competition and by Akron for its winning team in the Drill Master competition.

Cleveland Antillian and Dayton Area clubs earned perfect points for their honor display booths and Zanesville earned perfect points in the campsite inspection (the judges were tough!).

The Youngstown/Youngstown Span-ish/Salem district pastor, Hector Rodrigues, was a special guest for the

weekend. He spoke and sang a number of times about topics and issues that were important to the Pathfinders.

As the fair marks the end of the Pathfinder year, it is the time

to announce the total points that clubs have earned for their activities through-out the year. Specifically, clubs are awarded plaques for earning at least 500 out of a possible 600 points, and the club that earns the most points is awarded the Worthington Cup, a large

trophy graciously provided by Worthington Food Company. The tro-phy spends the next 12 months with the honor club!

This year, 6 clubs of 21 in the confer-ence achieved "500 Club" status: Akron, Mansfield, Dayton Area, Mt. Vernon Hill, Mt. Vernon City, and Hillsboro. In keeping with its perfect record since the Worthington Cup was first awarded in 1988, Akron was again recognized as Ohio Pathfinder Club of the Year, hav-ing missed only 2 points out of 600 possible this year!

The fair was a cooperative effort of all the clubs in Ohio, who either planned or operated portions of the weekend's pro-gramming. And a good time was had by all!

DOUG HERDMAN Dayton Area Pathfinder Director

Council Secretary

In a move labeled by many as a giant leap backward, the Ohio Conference Executive Committee, in late 1990, abol-ished all administrative staff positions for Church Ministries except for the director. Their plan was for Marwood Hallett, director, to find highly skilled individuals who would organize and operate the various ministries.

After 18 months into the new opera-tion, the area of Pathfinder ministry shows the following structure:

• the Pathfinder council, composed of and directed by club directors, meets approximately six times yearly.

• the council has elected officers to act on behalf ofthe council between meet-ings and to publish a newsletter ap-proximately eight times a year.

• the council prepares a proposed bud-get each year with a full explanation of its rationale for each item of in-come and expense.

• the council prepares an annual cal-endar of state-side Pathfinder events, including which club will "host" each event.

• the council officers participate in the planning and operation of union-wide events. There has obviously been quite a

noticeable increase in work performed

Pathfinder David Rescon, of the Dayton area, shows a frying pan and a smile.

by club directors under the new pro-gram, but it has been easy to find willing volunteers when the time came to plan events. It appears that with the greater responsibility for running the Pathfinder program in Ohio, there is a greater sense of ownership.

Several advantages of the program are improved communication, long-range planning and a fresh analysis of programs and why they are operated . Leadership weekends have also taken a new direction that is most beneficial to club leaders. Last fall, approximately 35 class sessions were held on about a dozen honor topics. This approach to pathfinder leadership weekend was a huge success. The same approach will be taken at this fall's leadership week-end.

Marwood Hallett and Mary Parrett, secretary to the department at the con-ference office, have provided excellent support for the Pathfinder program, most tangibly by printing and distribut-ing the newsletter, but also by their continuing reassurance that the council could do what it wanted to do, and it should be done well.

Pathfinder ministry in Ohio is alive, well and moving forward in high gear!

DOUG HERDMAN Dayton Area Pathfinder Leader

Council Secretary

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■ What leaders think about church ministries

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:1 Blue Mountain Academy

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Visiting stu-dents register

for academy days.

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with a permanent marker, to meet new friends whom they might end up going to school with.

Then everyone found seats to enjoy the assem-bly program, which was presented by the music department. The visitors got to hear the LaSon-nette Ensemble (bell choir), Bel Canto (select touring choir), Sylvan Singers (choir), piano and organ students and our concert band. At the end, it was almost noon and everyone was starved, so after a quick photo to commemorate the 1992 academy days, the whole group moved to the caf-eteria to receive nourishment for the rides home.

Blue Mountain Academy set out to show every-one that this is a great place to be. Next year why don't you "Come Feel the Spirit!"

LISA KARPENKO Student Admissions Counselor

It seemed kind of like the beginning of school all over again. It was actually sunny and warm outside, we were picnicking on the lawn, and the air was filled with a sense of excitement and new-ness. It was indeed the end of the year, but for some this was their first taste of academy life. On May 3 and 4, Blue Mountain Academy had their of-ficial academy days. Students came from all over Pennsylvania to visit the school and to see what being a student here is all about.

After registering and being checked into the dorms, visitors met in the center of campus for a picnic supper. For vespers, one of BMA's outreach pro-grams, puppet ministries, put on a show that kept the students' as well as the adults' attention. Fol-lowing the vespers members of the Aerial Aires tumbling team defied gravity and kept the people in the audience on the edges of their seats as they performed their home show. That night many tired bodies gladly fell into their beds (or sleeping bags) to get rested up for Monday.

Breakfast was served at the crack of dawn (or so it may have seemed to those not accustomed to being up at 6:45), and then it was off to get orga-nized into groups for a tour of the school. The hot spots were the new computer lab, the music de-partment, chemistry and physical science classes, the gym, the ABC and the industrial arts building.

To relax after a busy morning, a T-shirt signing party was held in the gym. Everyone received a free T-shirt and then was sent out, armed only

Service day at Laurel Living Center

Does a cheerful, steady worker constitute a wit-ness for God? On our recent service day, 10 stu-dents witnessed cheerfully to the residents of a local nursing home and its employees as well.

We began the morning by dividing into groups of two and working in pre-arranged areas doing a variety of things. Some filled water pitchers and transported residents to appointments, while oth-ers straightened books, collated and stapled pa-pers and even folded laundry and cleaned the van.

Later, when most residents were in their rooms, the students visited them individually. The staff had made up cards for various patients who didn't normally receive a lot of visitors, listing something personal about each one. Each student would pick up a card and spend a few minutes with the person listed. They offered them cookies, read to them, polished fingernails or just chatted.

Having such a willing and cooperative group of volunteers made the morning pleasant for every-one. The nursing home staff members expressed their appreciation for the help, and the residents beamed their enthusiasm that these young people would take the time to listen and care.

LOUISE CORBIN Accounts Payable


A Message from the Principal

Why Blue Mountain Academy? What does it offer students that makes it worth the money? Is there a difference?

YES! YES! YES! I could give many ex-amples, but let me list just three:

1) BLUE MOUNTAIN ACADEMY STILL UP-HOLDS HIGH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. We believe that an Ad-ventist academy should still be a haven, sheltering students from the temptations with which the world seeks to surround them. Our dress code demonstrates a professional attitude toward education. It is still a privilege to attend BMA. Though we had a total of 245 students ap-ply to BMA this past year, 224 were accepted. We seek to provide a Seventh-day Adventist environment designed to help our students ex-perience what it means to not be squeezed into the world's mold!

2) EIGHTY-MINUTE PERIODS FOR OUR CLASSES. BMA believes we have found an exciting way to improve education while effectively adjusting to the time pressures facing our young people in the 90s and beyond. More creativity is possible. More material is being cov-ered. Attendance is better! Our students and staff are excited as we have begun to realize in this first year of our new schedule some of the potential options available to enhance learning! Academics at BMA are advancing with our changing times!

3) WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD AROUND US. Here are two examples of how we advanced in this area: There were two ser-vice days in the last half of our school year when every BMA student and most of the staff shared with others; and also two Maranatha trips instead of just one. Our students were able to experience what life is all about—receiving to give! Plans are being laid to increase the number of service days next year. However, this is only a begin-ning as we seek to reach Pennsylvania churches, communities and parts of our world even farther away with this army of youth.

Our students and staff are engaged in warfare! Our students have victories, struggles, failures and more victories. Satan hates when we discover and follow more carefully God's plans for us, and he is a master of sabotage. However, we know if we truly seek His will and allow Him to transform us and our school, He will bring results that will last into eternity.

STAN ROUSE Principal

Co Blue Mountain Academy ,

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80-minute classes This past school year, Blue Mountain Academy

went to 80-minute classes instead of the tradi-tional 40 minutes. The classes met on alternate days instead of every day. I'd like to share with you some of the results of our new schedule.

I teach math and science. The students in my classes appreciated the longer periods. Many got their work finished in class, meaning no written

assignments outside of class. We were able to cover the material in more inte-

grated sections rather than the small, seemingly discreet lessons typical of the 40-minute periods. Before each test there was time to do "warmup" problems, a sort of pre-test. This met with posi-tive responses from the students, and test scores improved.

In pre-calculus class, the longer time was used to explore and experiment with topics rather than learning by lecture. All of the students used so-phisticated graphing calculators, and the longer periods were great for discovering why all those buttons are on the calculator.

From a teacher's perspective, three presenta-tions a day felt more relaxed than six. Although the in-class time was the same, it seemed less be-cause only three groups of students passed through the classroom each day. A smaller percentage of time was spent on mundane tasks like taking at-tendance and making announcements.

There were larger blocks of time for planning, grading, etc. The 80-minute planning period was more productive than a 40-minute period. Work could be graded and ready to return to students by the next class. The students appreciated get-ting tests back quickly. Rapid feedback promoted better learning. Lesson plans were easily altered and customized for difficult topics. Tests became more of a learning experience than a "trial by fire."

A lot of thought, planning and prayer went into the decision to go to the longer periods. With the Lord's blessing, this bold step at BMA seems to have been a real success.

CARY CORBIN Teacher

Meet the 1992-93 Blue Mountain Academy teachers

David R. Benton - Mr. Benton will be teaching government, world cultures, general shop, auto mechanics and auto body. He has been teaching for 21 years, 12 of these at BMA. He attended Loma Linda University and Bemidji University and holds a master's degree in industrial education.

Cary Corbin - Mr. Corbin will be teaching alge-bra I, algebra II, pre-calculus and physics. He has been teaching for 18 years, six of these at BMA. He graduated from Bloomsburg State College with his B.S. degree in education. Mr. Corbin received the Zapara Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1991.

Maurice E. Crandall - Mr. Crandall is the librar-ian and also teaches English. He has been teaching


Blue Mountain Academy

UNIQUE for 33 years, nine of these at BMA. He has at-tended Andrews University, Bozeman State Uni-versity, the University of Southern Mississippi and Kutztown University. He holds a master's degree in music and education.

Harold Curtis - Mr. Curtis will be teaching pho-tography and printing. He is also the director of BMA's graphic arts department. He has been teaching for I I years, nine of these at BMA.

H. Mark Dalton - Elder Dalton is the pastor of the Blue Mountain Academy church. He will be teaching religion next year. He has been at BMA for two years. He attended Southern College and Andrews University. He holds a master's of divinity.

David Dunkin - Mr. Dunkin will be teaching band, choir and Bel Canto. He will also give indi-vidual vocal and instrument lessons. Mr. Dunkin graduated from Union College with his bachelor's degree in music education. He has been teaching for two years, one of these at BMA.

Ed Eberhardt - Mr. Eberhardt graduated from Andrews University with a B.S. in physical educa-tion. He has been teaching for five years, two at BMA. He will be teaching health, P.E., P.E. activi-ties and the Aerial Aires (BMA's tumbling team).

Wendy Eberhardt - Mrs. Eberhardt attended Andrews University. She will be teaching art and ceramic classes. She has been teaching for three years, two of these at BMA.

john Edison - Mr. Edison will be teaching pre-algebra, geometry, physical science, computer sci-ence, PASCAL and string instruments. He has been teaching for 33 years, all at BMA. He at-tended Atlantic Union College, Itheca College, Kutztown University and Penn State University. Mr. Edison has his master's degree in music edu-cation and secondary certification in mathematics and science.

Nancy Sharpe Edison - Mrs. Edison attended Westminster Choir College, Combs College of Mu-sic and Atlantic Union College. She has a mas-ter's of music in organ performance. She has been teaching for 33 years, all at BMA. She will be teaching dimensions of music, music theory, pi-ano, organ and handbells.

Duane Ferguson - Elder Ferguson is the guid-ance counselor. He has attended Andrews Univer-sity and Kutztown University. He has a master's of education degree in secondary counseling. He has been teaching for 19 years, 13 at BMA. He will be teaching American history and Bible. Elder Ferguson is a graduate of BMA.

Elaine Ferguson - Mrs. Ferguson attended Co-lumbia Union College and Andrews University. She has served in academy treasury work for 19 years, 13 of these at BMA. She has been teaching an accounting class for six years at BMA and will

continue teaching accounting next year. Mrs. Ferguson is an alumnae of BMA.

Karyl L Kramer - Mrs. Kramer will be teaching English, French and ESL (English as a Second Language). She is an alum-nae of Blue Mountain Academy and has been teaching four years, all at BMA. She attended Andrews University, Seminaire Adventist du Saleve (France) and Colum-bia Union College. She has a B.S. degree in elementary education with secondary certification in English and French.

Donna Rouse - Mrs. Rouse has been teaching home economics for the past five years at BMA. She has 24 years of sewing experience and has extensive studies in cooking and nutrition.

David Stone - Mr. Stone is the spiritual life coordinator and will be teaching En-glish and Bible. He graduated from Atlan-tic Union College and has a B.A. degree in English with a minor in religion. He has just finished his first year of teaching here at BMA. He is an alumnus of Blue Mountain Academy.

Harold R. Streidl - Mr. Streidl is the flight instructor and will also be teaching biology, anatomy/physiology and chemis-try. He attended Andrews University and has a master's degree in education and bi-ology. Mr. Streidl has been teaching for 33 years, 30 years at BMA.

Marion Streidl - Mrs. Streidl has been teaching for 33 years, 30 years at BMA. She graduated from Andrews University and has a master's degree in business edu-cation. She will be teaching typewriting I & II, business machines, office procedures and SuperWrite. She was inducted to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Andrews University in 1989. She received the Zapara Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1990. The 1992 yearbook was dedicated to Mrs. Streidl.

The teachers at Blue Mountain Academy are (from left): top row, David Benton and Cary

Corbin; second row, Maurice Crandall and Harold Curtis; third row, H. Mark Dalton and David Dunkin; fourth row, Ed Eberhardt and Wendy Eberhardt; fifth row, John Edison and

Nancy Edison; sixth row, Duane Ferguson and Elaine

Ferguson; seventh row, Karyl Kramer and Donna

Rouse and bottom row, David Stone, Harold Streidl

and Marion Streidl.


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CoBlue Mountain Academy ,

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In the good old summertime

On graduation morning an academy is wild.

Students are frantically packing and graduating,

parents are frantically paying bills and packing,

and faculty members are just frantic. Then the

music stops, the campus grows quiet, and the

empty halls echo the footsteps of the AIC (admin-

istrator in charge) who does one last check on

doors and windows.

How long will the quiet last? Maybe for the af-

ternoon. Teachers don't just walk out and leave

their classrooms—there are things to be put away

and preparations to be made. There are meetings

to attend and plans to discuss.

The racket on the road Monday morning signals

the beginning of camp pitch, as the crew begins

hauling tents from the conference barn to Grove

City. Camp meeting begins in 12 days, and there

is much to do—tents to pitch, signs to post,

rooms to set up and details to check before the

eager campers begin to arrive.

Enthusiastic pastors and conference employees

take center stage for these busy few days as they

work with the academy staff to organize this popu-

lar summer activity.

Plant maintenance is an important part of

BMA's summer program. Accord- ing to Dave

Schwab, BMA's maintenance director, it takes

from 50-60 hours to mow and trim the entire cam-

pus just one time. Other summer maintenance

projects include refinishing the gym floor and con-

tinued renovation of staff housing. Schwab also

hopes to set in motion plans to replace roofs on

several buildings.

Berks Gymnastics Camp begins June 28 and

runs for two five-day sessions. During that time,

between 80 and 120 elementary and junior high

girls and their instructors stay in the dorms, eat

"vege" food and use BMA's facilities and pool.

This group has rented our facilities each summer

for several years, and the relationship has been

beneficial to both groups.

Academy students are an important part of all

these summer programs. Student workers are em-

ployed in cafeteria, maintenance and office jobs,

as well as on the farm and in industry. Dean

Mesaric is pleased that we have enough student

workers to make ball teams. He also stresses that

the industry will be air conditioned this summer,

making for an all-around pleasant summer pro-

gram. Activities such as swimming, miniature golf

and hiking are also included.

Everyone enjoys the few quiet hours following

graduation, but we wouldn't want it to be quiet for

too long. Things are always happening at Blue

Mountain Academy, so take a deep breath and

let's get back to work! LOUISE CORBIN

Accounts Payable

"For others" "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay

down his life for his friends" (John 15:13) is a

statement Jesus made as an expression of service

and commitment to our fellow man.

National Youth Service Day was a service day

for youth at Blue Mountain Academy.

One thrilling phase of the service day started at

six o'clock in the morning as 13 students and a

staff member directed their attention to the New

York Van Ministry.

After three hours of laborious driving in New

York City's rush hour, the group arrived at the van

ministry headquarters.

What an education for all as the directors

briefed the group on the activities for the day.

Seven students were chosen for blood pressure

testing and literature handout. Two groups of

three students worked in food distribution for the

homeless and the hungry in New York's under-

privileged sections.

Every day of the week these Christ-centered

people who work at the van center give their all to

make this program work. They are found on the

streets feeding the hungry and encouraging

people to accept Christ for a better life in the city.

After the Blue Mountain Academy students re-

turned to the center at 5:30 p.m., they were asked

how they felt about the day's activities, and their

response was unanimous: "Let's do it again. It's

like being on the firing line for Christ!" MAURICE CRANDALL

Teacher

Did You Know?

NEW STAFF MEMBER

Caron Oswald joined the Blue Mountain Academy staff June I as the direc-tor of advancement which includes public relations, recruitment and development. She has two sons, both alumni of Blue Mountain Academy.


Ralph Martin

Potomac People Potomac Conference, P.O. Box 1208, Staunton, Virginia 24401 / (703) 886-0771 or (202) 554-4581

What's happening

around Potomac

Hispanic Camp Meeting Shenandoah Valley Academy

July 1-5

Adventure Camp Camp Blue Ridge

June 28-July 5

Junior Camp I Camp Blue Ridge

July 5-12

Junior Camp II Camp Blue Ridge

July 12-19

Family Camp Camp Blue Ridge

July 20-24

Teen Outposts See CBR Application Blank for

Locations July 5-26

Super Teen Camp Camp Blue Ridge July 26-August 2

Potomac People is published in the Visitor each month by the Potomac Conference. President, Ralph Martin; Editor, Sue Bendel!.

A day in the life of the executive committee I wish you could see our Potomac Conference Executive Commit-

tee in action. They are wonderful to behold; sometimes tense and serious, sometimes playful and humorous, but always careful, prayerful and wise. They are 22 dedicated Adventists covering the entire spectrum of occupations—business, law, government, educa-tion, medicine, homemaking and clergy. These 15 men and seven women range in age from their mid-20s to retirement age. They take their jobs seriously as Potomac's highest legislative body between triennial business sessions.

What do we deliberate? Here is a sample from a recent meeting: After a devotional lesson and prayer, I gave the president's

report on the progress of our churches and schools. All seem to be in excellent shape. Both Takoma Academy and Shenandoah Valley

Academy had an outstanding year. I express strong appreciation for our pastors and teachers, whom I consider the best I have ever worked with. I report that the new literature evangelism program is going well. Also that only one church needs a pastor, and that vacancy will be filled soon.

Marvin Griffin reported on the finances. The conference is strong and within its budget. One problem is the need for a larger operating subsidy to SVA, but we do not know where to find the money. While our tithe this year is good, the expanding needs of a growing work perplex us. As usual, Marvin closes his report by thanking God for His blessings and commending the faithfulness of our church members for their generous support of the church.

Four women were added to the Abortion Study Committee, and Debbie Lawrence was named chairperson. The committee now has five women and four men. They will report to the constituency meeting next March 28.

Two young adults were selected to fill vacancies on the executive committee. We want those openings filled by members under 35 years of age. Steve Williams, from Wytheville, and Sarah Ware, from Hampton Roads, were invited to join the executive committee.

The committee discussed the Conley property opposite the new General Conference building. It is a valuable location that we want to hold for future use, but we cannot afford the interest on all 21 acres. The committee voted to sell 14 acres and pay interest on the property from Potomac Partners.

Randall Van Dolson reported on the Gender Inclusive Taskforce. The committee again affirmed its support of equal opportunity for all Adventists, including those in church work.

Support was given to two churches with building projects. Arlington Spanish is erecting a sanctuary, and Rocky Mount is adding a Community Services center.

Roger Weiss reported that we set a new record for baptisms during the first quarter of 1992. We all rejoice.

So goes another day with the executive committee. You selected wisely. The committee is giving good direction to God's work. Pray for us!

RALPH MARTIN President


Charleen Wright of Echo Valley school (by podium) and Paul Pedigo of Galax school (second from left) receive their commission charge from Violet Weiss, superintendent of schools for the Potomac Conference. In the background are, left to right, Ralph Martin, Frances Chappell, Clarence Dunbebin, Harry Sharley and Austin Goodwin.

POTr'" 'EOPLE

bv40t) Potomac Conference teachers commissioned as ministers of teaching

Since the spring of

1991, the Po-tomac Conference has

commissioned 44 teachers as ministers of teaching. The conference officers and education department lead-ers commissioned teachers at the Gen-

eral Conference auditorium and in local churches throughout the conference.

Of the commissioning services, Ralph W. Martin, conference president, says, "Nothing we have done to enhance the image and morale of teachers has had the impact teacher commissioning has."

The Columbia Union, Potomac and Ohio conferences take seriously their opportunity and responsibility to com-mission teachers as ministers. "The Po-tomac Conference sees gospel ministers and ministers of teaching as co-partners in ministry to the church," says Martin. "Their area of ministry is different, but teachers and pastors are members of the same team," he notes.

The concept of commissioning teach-ers to ministry grew out of actions taken by the General Conference of Seventh-dayAdventists, says Dr. Richard Osborn, director of education for the Columbia Union Conference. He and Frieda Hoffer, associate director of education for the Columbia Union, were the first educators commissioned by the church as ministers of teaching.

In the Potomac Conference, the com-missioning process follows a plan simi-lar to the one used to select and ordain ministers for the pastoral ministry.

Skip Bell did much of the early plan-ning for establishing the process within the conference. He, Ralph Martin and Marvin Griffin plan their calendars so

they can be present and take part in each commis-sioning service.

Before a teacher can be commissioned, he or she must meet certain criteria, notes Violet Weiss, super-intendent of education for the Potomac Conference. These criteria include: standard or professional certification, a minimum of six successful years of ser-vice as an educator, the evi-dence of a life-long commitment to the teach-ing ministry, a sense of call-ing to minister through his or her personal lifestyle and a desire to invite children and youth to accept Jesus

as their Saviour. Once teachers meet these basic quali-

fications, the conference invites them to become candidates for commissioning. When they accept the invitation, com-missioning interview committees meet with them to discuss topics such as their calling to ministry, their beliefs about the church and its doctrines and their willingness to minister to the children in their classrooms.

"The invitation to become a minister of teaching does not automatically re-sult in their being commissioned," says Martin. "We take the calling to ministry for pastoring or teaching seriously. We want to make sure the candidates also take it seriously," he added.

The Potomac Conference has ap-pointed three interviewing committees, notes Violet Weiss, superintendent of schools. One of the superintendents chairs each committee, and each com-mittee has an officer as a member. Other committee members include commis-sioned ministers of teaching and or-dained gospel ministers. Marvin Wray,

ministerial director, serves on one of the committees.

The interview committees refer their recommendations to the Potomac Con-ference Executive Committee, which places its recommendation before the

Bill Strickland, SVA vice-principal and teacher, receives his commissioning certifi-cate from Violet Weiss.

Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee for final approval. In follow-ing these steps, the Potomac Confer-ence is following the same steps it would for pastors being considered for ordina-tion.

Marvin Wray and Violet Weiss have worked together in developing working relationships between the ministerial and education departments. At each commissioning or ordination service, ordained gospel ministers and commis-sioned ministers of teaching take part during the ordination/commissioning prayer.

The 1992-93 school year will be the third year in a three-year cycle of com-missioning, says Weiss. "We wanted to make the commissioning service spe-cial. That meant going to the candi-dates' churches and commissioning smaller groups of educators," she notes. After this initial round of commission-ing, the conference will commission teachers as they meet the conditions outlined by the General Conference poli-cies. "Eventually, all teachers will be commissioned or ordained; and only the


Several teachers were commissioned from the Hampton Roads school and Tidewater Junior Academy. Pictured are (left to right) Nancy Melashenko, Steve Kantner, Cecelia Reid, Jeff Veness, Linda Waagen, Elaine Plemons, Skip Bell, Violet Weiss, Rex Frost and Ralph Martin.

younger teachers who fulfill their years of service will be commissioned each year," says Weiss.

Potomac educators and pastors become a ministerial team

"Potomac pastors and teachers be-long to a pastoral team," says Ralph Martin, conference president. While each pastor and teacher performs a dif-ferent specific task, their mission is the same: ministering to the needs of oth-ers.

Recently Harry Sharley, pastor of the Wytheville, Virginia, congregation, led his members in celebrating Educa-tion Sabbath. During the service he baptized three students from the Echo Valley school. As he introduced the students, he asked for their church school teacher, Charleen Wright; their Sab-bath school teacher; and their parents to stand. "We are a team," says Sharley. He notes, "The home, the school and the church must work together if children are to be well served."

Other commissioned ministers of teaching are serving as head elders, Vacation Bible School leaders and teach-ers, and Sabbath school leaders and teachers notes Violet Weiss, superin-tendent of schools.

Every year more of our Potomac schools are enlarging their outreach ministry to the community. The Beltsville and Sligo Adventist schools in

Maryland have established a wide-rang-ing program that includes working with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, the Adopt-a-Highway program, nursing homes and soup kitchens to aid the homeless. In each instance, teach-ers are taking an active part in design-ing and carrying out this outreach ministry.

Forty-four Potomac educators commissioned as ministers of teaching

Potomac Conference officers and su-perintendents of schools chose to make each commissioning service as personal as possible. To do this, they scheduled a three-year cycle of commissioning ser-vices. The first two years have been completed now, with 44 educators com-missioned as ministers of teaching. This first round of commissioning is for edu-cators who have served more than the minimum requirement of six years. Once this cycle is completed, the conference will commission on an annual basis teachers who qualify.

What leaders have to say about commissioning

Ron Wisbey, president of the Colum-bia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:

"I wish the church had not waited so long to provide this kind of a service to

Steve Kantner, a Hampton Roads School teacher, receives his certificate of commis-sioning from Violet Weiss.

its teaching ministry. You are every bit an associate pastor to the congregations represented by your school as those called to full-time ministry."

Ralph Martin, president of the Poto-mac Conference of Seventh-day Adven-tists:

"Teachers are called of God. It is not so much that they chose the profession, but rather that they were chosen by God. I look forward to the day when we will have one ordination/commission-ing service."

Skip Bell, vice president for adminis-tration, Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:

"The ministry of teaching is a sacred work. There can be no greater work in your ministry than teaching salvation."

Teacher response to commissioning service

Judy Carroll, kindergarten, pre-first teacher at the Hadley Acres school:

"The children make a difference in my life. I pray they will learn to love Jesus through me."

Anita Mayers, teacher, grades 3-4, Hadley Acres school:

"The opportunity to shepherd chil-dren into God's kingdom is a wonderful privilege. This commissioning service tells me that my work through the years is affirmed and appreciated."

Carole Smith, principal and teacher,


Dedication prayer at the Stanley school commissioning service. Left to right: Clifford Gleason, pastor; Ray Etheridge, Myrtle Pohle, Heinz Wiegand and Skip Bell, vice president for the Po-tomac Conference.

Potomac teachers commissioned during the past two years

Superintendents Violet Weiss, superintendent of schools Clarence Dunbebin, associate Elaine Plemons, associate superintendent

of schools

C.F. Richards Junior Academy Darlene Rice, teacher, grades K-2 Jim Minty, teacher, grades 5-6

Danville Adventist School Marion B.P. Young, head teacher, grades

5-8 Pencie Young, teacher, K-4

Echo Valley Elementary School Charleen Wright, teacher, grades 1-8

Fredericksburg Junior Academy Carole Smith, principal/teacher, grades 1-4

Hadley Acres Elementary School Judy Carroll, teacher, grades K-Pre-first Carol Vassar, teacher, grades 1-2 Anita Mayers, teacher, grades 3-4

Galax Adventist School Paul Pedigo, teacher, grades 1-8

Hampton Roads Elementary School Nancy Melashenko, teacher, grades K-4 Stephen Kantner, head teacher, grades 5-8

John Nevins Andrews School Ingrid Christiansen, teacher, kindergarten Anna May Dunbebin, teacher, primary unit

(1-3) Martha Leach, teacher, grade 1 Pixie Paradis, teacher, grade 2 Sharon Morris, teacher, grade 4 Cavel Melbourne, teacher, grades 7-8

David Waller, vice principal/teacher, grades 7-8

Frances Blahovich, enrichment resource teacher

Linda Parker, librarian

Robert A. Lewis Elementary School Marion Greenberg, head teacher, grades 2-7

Richmond Junior Academy Gilbert Goodall, principal/teacher, grades 7-8 Elaine Chrissikos, teacher, grades K-2 Brendia Bennett, teacher, grades 3-5

Shenandoah Valley Academy Marjorie Coon, English Randy Graves, biology and chemistry Dale Halvorsen, industrial arts Sarah Jane Liers, mathematics John Spano, vice principal, academic affairs William Strickland, senior vice principal Waldemar Wensell, choir director Clarence Williams, history

Shenandoah Valley Adventist Elementary School Andrea Herrington, teacher, grades 3-4 Lowell Litten, teacher, grades 5-8

Stanley Adventist School Myrtle Pohle, principal/teacher, grades K-2 Ray Etheridge, teacher, grades 3-4 Heinz Wiegand, teacher, grades 5-8

Tidewater Junior Academy Jeff Veness, principal Cecelia Reid, teacher, grades 3-4 Linda Waagen, teacher, grades 5-6

Yale Adventist School Robert Lehrer, teacher, grades 1-8

grades 1-4, Fredericksburg Junior Acad-emy:

"I wish to publicly re-dedicate my life to Christ and to the teaching profession. I pledge that I will, with the help of the Holy Spirit, not only instruct academi-cally, but also endeavor to lead each of my students into a saving relationship with Jesus."

Carol Vassar, teacher, grades 1-2, Hadley Acres school:

"A child is worth the life of the Son of God. It is my privilege to work with Jesus for those little ones. They give me more than I give them. Every day I get to see the world fresh through their eyes."

Teacher Linda Waagen (left) with school Superintendent Violet Weiss.

President Ralph Martin welcomes Jim Minty and Darlene Rice of C.F. Richards Junior Academy to the ministry of teaching.


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Dar ene Ensminger and Peggy Buckingham (above, left) greeted the guests at Waynesboro. Pastor Rick Greve (above, center) led the congregational singing, and Elaine Plemons (above, right) planned programs for the Cradle Roll guests. Conference Presi-dent Ralph Martin (below, left) preaches during one of his evange-listic sermons at Waynesboro.

Evangelism feature Last month we briefly told you of our

record-setting first quarter-229 bap-tisms and professions of faith. Reports came from all over the conference: Win-chester, Leesburg, Langley Park Span-ish, Takoma Park, Sligo, Culpeper, Beltsville, Warrenton, Arlington and more. Activities varied. There were Revelation seminars, public evangelism, Bible studies with the main thrust in Easter week evangelism and small-group outreach.

The Hispanic churches have set a goal of 500 baptisms for 1992. They reached 97 of that total in the first quarter.

Ken Wilber presented a five-week series of Revelation lectures at the Strasburg church in Virginia begin-ning January 11. The meetings, four nights a week, attracted 10 to 15 visitors each night and helped to re-kindle the fire of several inactive members. On the last Sabbath of the

meetings, February 15, three people were baptized, and several others indicated they would like to be. Fol-lowing a six-week baptismal class, three people were baptized on March 28. Two others are attending ser-vices regularly.

Evangelism in Potomac continues to be strong in the second quarter. Thus far 100 baptisms have been reported, with more to come.

Tony Mavrakos is back from Czechoslo-vakia and held a series of meetings in Luray May 8 through June 17.

Beginning Friday, May 1, and conclud-ing Saturday evening, May 16, the "Common Sense Bible Series" at-tracted people of all ages to the

Waynesboro church in Vir-ginia. The se-ries speaker was Potomac Confer-ence President Ralph Martin. Using the key

text, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," John 10:10, Martin's messages fo-cused on the great themes of the Bible and how they contribute to the best way of life for each individual.

Each evening's program featured a mini-concert with church and local musicians con- tributing their talents for the meeting. The first weekend featured the harmonious blend of the Breath of Life Quartet.

Thirteen individuals re-quested further study in preparation for baptism. In addition, 11 new names were added to the interest list for further follow-up. Who can really measure the results of evangelism? Only time and the Holy Spirit will really tell.—Richard Greve, Waynesboro Pastor

May 18—Evangelism is fun! Yes, it is hard work, too, but it is fun hard work. We started having fun in the Burnt Mills church on May 8, and we will continue through Sabbath morning, June 6, when we will be concluding with a baptism.

The excitement is building, as we have already had several decisions for rebaptism. Working with these dear people who have, most often,

wandered away as young adults is a thrill that in some ways surpasses the thrill of seeing someone make a new decision. We also have a number of our young people who have been looking forward to and preparing for baptism. Then, of course, we have a number of new interests who are just plain exciting to observe.

Add to all of that the fact that Luis Badillo, the host pastor, and Marvin Wray, the speaker, have 12 theology students from Columbia Union Col-lege participating in an evangelism field school, and you have got more fun than I can stand full time. These 12 disciples have enthusiasm and joy, and don't leave out talent be-cause it is there, too.

The dear members of the Burnt Mills church have certainly done their part as well. The music, the children's evangelism and all the other support has combined to make this part of the Lord's work a true joy.—Marvin Wray, Potomac Conference Ministe-rial Director

Takoma Park church did something rather unique with its Revela-tion Seminar, which finished the first of June. Meeting Tues-days and Thurs-days, they held two separate seminars, one in the morning and one in the evening, lasting two hours and covering two les-

Pastor Jeff Taylor baptizes Shannon Jaeger, left, and Greg McDonald as a result of the Strasburg meetings.


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Pastor Mike Pionkowski (left) leads the singing during the Takoma Park meetings, which were thoroughly enjoyed by these Revelation Seminar guests (right).

Church News

Courthouse Road opens new church The members of the newest church

in the Potomac Conference and Ches-terfield County celebrated a grand open-ing on Sabbath, April 18. This is the new Courthouse Road Seventh-day Ad-ventist Church at 530 Courthouse Road in Richmond, Virginia.

Attended by more than 370 people, God's new church celebrated its begin-ning with a cornerstone-setting cer-

sons. Morning attendance averaged 40 to 50 guests, and evening, 80 to 90. All four of the church's pastors at-tended and taught the seminars.

Two mini-seminars were run in conjunction—Pastor Mike Pionkow-ski conducted one on fitness and ex-

ercise; and Pastor Bill Neely conducted one on communi-cation and personal finance. As of mid-May, there are ap-proximately 75 interests and at least three decisions for baptism.

Evangelism at Woodbridge and Arlington Spanish churches

Guests at the Woodbridge Spanish evangelistic series (left) enjoy the preaching of Pastor Leonel Garcia (right).

The Arlington Spanish church Milted Dr. Alberto Treiyer (left) from Antillian College, Puerto Rico, to be the evangelistic speaker for the crusade. The crusade team included (left to right, standing) Pastor Leonel Garcia, Mily Jordan, Lay Pastor Eli Colon and (seated) Rosita Rivera and Olivia Del Cid.

At the Courthouse Road Church opening (above) were (left to right, below) Pastor Mark and wife Yolanda Fowler, conference President Ralph Martin and former Pastor Bill and wife Myrtle Pohle.

emony. Following an invocation by Pas-tor Mark Fowler, Malcolm Rutledge, chairman of the building committee, recounted the efforts of the building program. Ralph Martin, president of

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the Potomac Conference, along with Pas-tor Fowler, architect Harry Harris and contractor Chip Darly, then placed the cornerstone. This was followed by a triumphal entry into the new building by all the persons present.

The day's activities continued with worship service. The featured speaker was Ralph Martin. During this time, pastors Mark Fowler and William Pohle (a previous Forest Hill pastor), along with their wives, Yolanda and Myrtle, were recognized for their activities in the development and building of this facility. Following a fellowship lunch, those present continued the celebration with a concert from the musical group "Homeward Bound" from Virginia Beach.

Designed to meet the needs of a grow-ing community, the building provides a fellowship hall, classrooms and admin-istrative offices. Until a new sanctuary is constructed, worship services will be conducted in the fellowship hall.

This building is just the first of sev-eral planned by the Courthouse Road congregation. Future plans include a worship and sanctuary building to be constructed within five years. Other buildings planned include a Christ-cen-tered elementary school, youth activity center and an adult education building.

In addition to meeting spiritual needs ofits members and the county, the Court-house Road church plans to open a Chris-tian day-care center in the new building. The building will also be available as a meeting facility for family programs, service organization and support group needs.

Formerly the Richmond Forest Hill church, the members realized several years ago that they had a pleasant but frustrating problem. They ran out of room! Their previous location was not large enough to accommodate the rap-idly increasing membership, as well as the activities parishioners wished to be involved with. There was no space to expand, since an apartment complex had been built on one side and private residences on another.

After much prayer, study, planning and sacrifice, it was determined to pur-chase five acres of land in the new loca-tion. This would allow sufficient land to build the various facilities and services anticipated to be needed by Chesterfield County residents. These plans are well underway with the opening of the new building!

MARK FOWLER Pastor

Fredericksburg The Fredericksburg, Virginia, church

recently held a Children's Ministries Sabbath coordinated by Children's Min-istries Leader Carolyn Huffstickler. Activities were held throughout the day and focused on children and families.

The day began with a church service during which children from kindergar-ten through junior age participated in leading hymns, welcoming the congre-gation, giving special music, taking up the offering, reading the Scripture and offering prayer.

Short talks by the pastor and others reminded the church of the valuable resource our children are and how chil-dren are unknowingly influenced, often for the rest of their lives, by an adult who worked with them.

Two church members, Antoinette Franke and Terry Franklin, were ac-knowledged for their new programs ini-tiated during the past year. Franke started a children's church once a month, and Franklin began a children's choir called the Yes Ensemble.

Following church was a potluck fea-turing food items favored by children. The children were quite excited when told they were to go to the front of the line! Quite an interest was created by the "Dirt Cake," a delicious concoction actually served in a flower pot.

The afternoon activities, led by Cheri Iverson, were family oriented, involving a number of activities appropriate for Sabbath. The activities were to illus-trate and stimulate thought about how families can make Sabbath active and enjoyable.

The day concluded with a vespers led by Family Life Coordinator Johnny Durichek, then a fund-raiser social by the seventh- and eighth-graders from the church school.

TeacherAppreciation Week: Tamie Brooks, a Fredericksburg Junior Academy secretary, orga-nized Teacher Appreciation Week (April 6-10) for Laurie Hartman, who teaches grades five through eight, and Carole Smith, who teaches grades one to four. Each day the teachers were surprised with different gifts from student families accompanied by notes and cards of appreciation.

On Monday the teachers were given a vase of freshly

cut flowers. On Tuesday each teacher received a prepared casserole for supper and a beautiful potted plant. A specially prepared lunch was served on Wednes-day, and each teacher was presented with cookies and a personalized appre-ciation plaque. Thursday was School Fruit Day, and Hartman and Smith received a mixed case of oranges and grapefruit, a homemade dessert, and a check. On Friday the teachers were taken to lunch at a restaurant of their choice. Several parents prepared Sab-bath dinner for each teacher, then brought the food to the school to be taken home that afternoon.

No two teachers have ever felt more appreciated and appreciative of the car-ing, love and support rendered not just for Teacher Appreciation Week, but throughout the entire school year. No doubt about it—Fredericksburg Junior Academy is a great place to teach!

GREGG IVERSON Communication Secretary

Seabrook March 29 was a beautiful day! The

birds were singing; flowers were start-ing to bloom. And the Seabrook mem-bers turned out on a high day to take part in the launching of our actual build-ing process.

The area where the new building will stand was marked off with stakes and cords. By this means, everyone could visualize exactly where it will be and get an idea of its size.

A podium was set up in the section of the building where the kitchen will be, and our distinguished guests were gath-ered there. Representing the Potomac Conference were Ralph Martin, presi-dent, Skip Bell, vice president, and Marvin Griffin, treasurer.

Martin presented to Pastor Robert

The future Seabrook educational building

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Streib a certificate from the Columbia Union honoring Seabrook as one of the churches in the union achieving the goals of "Vision 2000."

Bell and Griffin gave us words of encouragement and praise for the progress toward our goal of establishing a Christian school.

State Senator Thomas O'Reilly came early but was unable to stay for the program due to pressing business with the Maryland state budget in Annapo-lis. Before leaving, he presented us with a resolution of congratulations from the Maryland State Senate.

Prince George's County Executive Parris Glendening was unable to attend our ceremony, but he sent a congratula-tory letter that was read by Claire Warrick.

A representative cross-section of our congregation had an active part, as the first shovelfuls of dirt were turned over in this symbolic beginning of the con-struction.

Because of the location of the build-ing, many of our majestic tall trees must be cut down. After the ground was broken, the Pathfinders planted an ev-ergreen tree symbolizing the first of the tree replacements that will beautify the whole area.

Afterwards, we gathered for refresh-ments served by the social committee in the fellowship room.

Solicitations to bid have been sent to prospective contractors with a bid open-ing scheduled in late May. Actual con-struction should start by the end of the summer.

We expect that it will take two or three years to actually initiate a Chris-tian school. In the meantime, we plan to open a day-care center shortly after the building is completed.

Quality day-care facilities are in short supply in this area, and we have been encouraged by county officials to go for-ward with our plans in this field

Adapted from Seabrook Focus

Wytheville March 26 was an exciting day at the

Echo Valley Adventist School in Wytheville, Virginia. Representatives and students from Big Stone Gap, Konnarock, Galax, Radford and Roanoke joined the Wytheville church school for its second spring festival.

The theme this year was countries of the world. Thirteen countries were rep-resented as students and others manned booths in costume.

Everyone had a lot of fun fellowship-

ping together as they played games and ate pizza. "What began two years ago as a fund raiser has ended in something far more valuable—Christian fun with new friends!" said Charleen Wright, Echo Valley teacher.

Next year our theme will be "All of God's Pets" and will center around ani-mals of the world.

Wright continued, "Sometimes chil-dren in very small schools feel isolated. This festival gives them a feeling of belonging to a very special family—a real part of the 'big picture'. . . a caring church and school family."

CHARLEEN WRIGHT Head Teacher

Michael Barnes, a first-grader, represents Germany during the Wytheville school spring festival.

Come . . . Explore a new land and build a new world! It was nearly 500 years ago that Christopher Columbus first laid eyes on

the Dominican Republic and said it was "the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen." Little did he know how much his discovery would affect not only himself, but the history of mankind.

Likewise, the youth ministries department of the Potomac Conference and Maranatha Volunteers International invite you to the heart of the Caribbean to explore a new land and build a new world—a world where lives can be restored, hope renewed and hearts revitalized by the spreading of God's word. This mission adventure, beginning August 5 and ending August 13, will change the course of many lives.

Each week an average of 150 people are baptized into God's family in the Dominican Republic! As a result, the Central Dominican Conference—primarily the Santo Domingo area—is expanding so rapidly they do not have churches to hold the growing membership. The Dominican Republic is populated by approximately six million inhabitants, 95 percent of whom belong either to the Apostolic or Roman Catholic faiths.

Santo Domingo '92 is the name given to the largest church building challenge ever undertaken by Maranatha Volunteers International. To date 1,200 volunteers have been involved in constructing 25 new churches in the Santo Domingo area. The youth ministries department of the Potomac Conference extends an invitation to the youth and young adults in Potomac to join the August 5-13 mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Become a part of a project that is not only making history for Maranatha Volunteers International, but also for the Seventh-day Adventist Church!

This is the kind of project that will be talked about for years to come. You will want to sign up now to reserve your space. If you cannot personally go to Santo Domingo this summer, please share this Potomac People with someone who may be able to go. We seek the prayers of each one of you as we continue to plan for the August 5-13 Santo Domingo '92 trip. For an application or further information, please write or call:

YOUTH MINISTRIES Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists P.O. Box 1208 Staunton, VA 24401 (703) 886-0771

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