A News Journal for Churches of Christ on the West Coast

Volume I November 1983 Number 4

KNLS begins broadcasting in AlaskaMore than one-third of all the world is

now within broadcast range of the gospelas a result of International Radio StationKNLS going on the air. By the use of thisshort wave radio station Churches of Christnow are able to present the gospel daily incountries where missionaries cannot go.

On July 22, 1983 the Federal Com-munications Commission gave WorldChristian Broadcasting permission to begindaily short wave radio broadcasts intoChina and the Soviet Union over the100,000 watt transmitter at Station KNLS.Located some 120 air miles southwest ofAnchorage, Alaska near the top of theworld. Station KNLS was built with thesupport and encouragement of thousandsof Christians.

August 19 was a historic day.Christians from many parts of the UnitedStates gathered at Anchor Point, Alaskafor a day of dedication at the 71-acre siteof Station KNLS. Reuel Lemmons was thefeatured speaker.

Faithful Christians led this uniqueeffort. They are committed to attractingand holding thp largest possible listeningaudience through a variety of program-ming. Their aim is to help make it possiblefor Churches of Christ to communicateeffectively with spiritually starving peoplefrom vastly different backgrounds whospeak other languages. The unchangingpurpose is to make available the Bread ofLife so these people in countries like Chinaand the Soviet Union may have an oppor-tunity to begin a new life in Jesus Christ.

A number of Churches of Christ areactively using this unique opportunity inworld evangelism. Hundreds of congrega-tions permitted their individual members toparticipate in special contributions to helpprovide these invaluable facilities. Othersare sending funds for the purchase of airtime and to help develop messages fromGod's Word.

Transmitter building at Station KNLS.

Initial broadcasts go forth daily inMandarin Chinese and in Russian. Otherlanguages will be added as capability inprogramming is developed Until Novcm

ber 6, the broadcast day will be limited toseven and one-half hours. On November 6,it will be lengthened to 13 hours each day.

The elders of the Sunset Church inLubbock, Texas oversee the work of pro-gramming messages from the Scriptures inMandarin Chinese. The Airline Drive con-gregation in Bossier City, Louisiana sup-ports George Tien in his work of broadcast-ing into China over Station KNLS.

The elders of the Chestnut BoulevardChurch in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio provideprogramming oversight for Russianmessages from the Word of God. Theyalso support John Fisk in his work asDirector of Program for World ChristianBroadcasting. The Wilshire Church inOklahoma City, the church in Nattick,Massachusetts, and other congregations

and individuals that work with them helpprovide funds for Russian broadcasts byIvan Kolesnikow.

Churches or individuals interested inoutreach into China are invited to contactthe Sunset Church at 3723 34th Street,Lubbock, Texas 79410. Those who wishto provide broadcasts into the SovietUnion should contact the Church of Christat 837 Chestnut Boulevard, CuyahogaFalls, Ohio 44221.

Churches and individuals have in-quired about the possibility of providingfinancial support for personnel using thefacilities of Station KNLS as "missionariesto millions." That help is welcomed. Fundsare needed for developing additional pro-grams, as well as to help support writers,translators, narrators, engineers and tech-nicians. A prompt response will be providedto all inquiries. Write to Robert E. Scott,Box 3857, Abilene, TX 79604, or call(915) 698-0695.

Pacific Church NewsThanksgiving YouthFestival at Pepperdine

Over 500 9th graders through collegeage will gather on Pepperdine's Malibucampus November 25-27 for the 13thannual Thanksgiving Youth Festival. Thetheme for the spiritual program will be"Love Yourself," based on Matthew22:37-40.

The featured theme speaker will beJohn Paul Blankenship, Director ofSpiritual Emphasis at Lubbock ChristianCollege in Lubbock, Texas. Drew Brown,senior religion major at Pepperdine fromSan Jose, will direct the youth in song. Aspecial multi-media presentation on"Friendship" will highlight Saturday night'sactivities and will be narrated by Hal Black-burn, youth minister at the LakewoodChurch of Christ, and Robert Russell,youth minister at the La Habra congrega-tion. Pepperdine's new Singing Travelerswill present one of their first major concertson Friday evening.

Cost for the complete weekend willbe $26 for each youth or adult sponsor.

Each congregation sending six ormore must have an adult accompanyingthe youth. Adults will join the youngpeople in dorm housing with sleepingbags.

Registration will begin at 3:30 p.m.on Friday and the program will concludeSunday after lunch.

Each youth should bring a sleepingbag. Bible, grubby clothes for theOlympics. $26 and a great spirit.

PACIFIC CHURCH NEWSEDITOR

Jerry Rushford

ASSOCIATE EDITORKanet Thomas

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Graham speaks during Columbia's MinistersEnrichment Seminar, Ju/y 1983.

Columbia adds fivefaculty members

An Old Testament scholar leads agroup of five new faculty members atColumbia Christian College and Schools.

Dr. Pat Graham, a 1983 graduate ofEmory University in Atlanta. GA., joins theDivision of Bible and Religion as an assis-tant professor. Graham comes toColumbia with outstanding academiccredentials and an impressive record ofservice to the church.

The new assistant professor receivedfrom Abilene Christian University a bachelorof arts degree in Greek, a master of artsdegree in Old Testament and a master ofdivinity degree with emphases in Greekand exegesis. His doctorate from Emory isin Old Testament.

Graham supplemented his academicpreparation by preaching for Churches ofChrist in Texas and Georgia and by teach-ing at ACU, Emory and two schools oftheology. During the summers of 1979and 1982, he participated in archaeologicalexpeditions in the Middle East.

Tom Sibley, Bible and Religion Divi-sion chairman, described Graham as "oneof the best young scholars in thebrotherhood."

Also joining the college faculty whenclasses began Sept. 28 was Nancy Bland,adjunct professor of education, and NancyDawkins, computer literacy coordinatorand instructor.

Mrs. Bland is a 1976 graduate ofHarding University with a bachelors degreein special and elementary education. Shealso earned a masters in education fromAbilene Christian University. The neweducation faculty member taught four

years in Texas school systems and has sub-stituted in Portland-area schools.

Mrs. Dawkins will coordinate andteach in Columbia's computer literacyprogram. She earned a bachelors degree,summa cum laude, from Harding Univer-sity in 1980 and a masters there in 1982.Her undergraduate degree is in math andcomputer science and her graduate degreein education with specialization in biology.

Mrs. Dawkins also will teach compu-ter, math and science classes for ColumbiaChristian Schools.

Other new CCS teachers are ChrisMetcalf and Debra Weldon.

Metcalf is a 1975 counseling educationgraduate of Columbia. He also has com-pleted courses for a masters degree insociology at Portland State University.Metcalf worked for children's homes inOregon and California after his graduationfrom Columbia. He will teach high schoolhistory courses.

Miss Weldon, a 1983 Columbia musiceducation graduate, will teach elementarymusic, junior high girls physical education,and high school chorus. She will alsocoach volleyball. As a Columbia studentMiss Weldon was a member of the concertchoir, several vocal ensembles and thecollege's conference champion volleyballteam.

Californians work inJamaica campaign

Twenty-two Californians were amonga group of American Christians who spenttwo weeks in Jamaica this past July. Therethey assisted twelve congregations in fol-lowing up on contacts made through theWorld Bible School.

As a result of these efforts, thirty-sevenJamaicans were baptized into Christ andfour new congregations were established,at Old Harbor, Grandville, Ocho Rios, andMontego Bay. In addition, 4,200 peoplewere enrolled in Bible correspondencecourses. Fifteen others obeyed the gospelat Freeport in the Grand Bahamas afterthree of the Californians followed up con-tacts in that city.

Later in the summer, Bob Ethingtonand thirteen San Diego teenagers held aone-week youth campaign in Kingston,Jamaica, with encouraging results.

Another follow-up effort has alreadybeen scheduled for July 14-28, 1984.Twenty-four Californians have made acommitment to participate in that cam-paign, but additional workers are needed.For more information, call Dennis Cree at(209) 883-2914.

Pacific Church NewsA tribute to BessStinsonby Edwin F. White

For the last fourteen years it has beenmy privilege to serve as a pulpit minister forthe congregation where Bess Stinson hasher membership. I have come to know heras a remarkable person, teacher, busi-nesswoman , civic leader, stateswoman,and committed Christian.

Bess Stinson was born near Ham-mon, Oklahoma, on December 24, 1902,and was baptized in the summer of 1916.After attending the University of Oklahomaat Norman, Bess taught school for threeyears and then worked for the PublicService Company at Mammon.

In August of 1938, Bess visited Phoe-nix while on vacation and fell in love withthe sun, which she says "was my un-doing." She loved Phoenix enough to re-sign her job in Oklahoma and accept anew position as Home Service Advisorwith Arizona Public Service. Bess continuedas Home Service Advisor until 1942,when the company became an issuingagent for War Bonds. The company deci-ded that a bond delivery truck was an effec-tive way to get bonds to people, and Bess,along with a driver, delivered bonds allover Phoenix for seven months. After thatcame two years in the Women's ArmyCorps and then back home to ArizonaPublic Service to become receptionist forthe company.

In 1952, Bess took a new job with theFirst Interstate Bank. She retired from thebank in 1966 as a Vice President andDirector of Special Services. Bess came tobe known as "Miss Arizona Banker" be-cause of her desire to interpret the bankand its services to women and youngpeople and to make it seem a more friend-ly, approachable institution for financialinformation and assistance. She spent agreat deal of time working with schools,making films on banking and other subjectsavailable. In addition to work with theschools, Bess worked tirelessly withwomen's groups all over Arizona, makingas many as seventy talks each year andmaking arrangements for many more forthe Trust and other departments of thebank.

On the civic side, Bess has been veryactive through the years. She is a past statepresident and past national officer of theBusiness and Professional Women's Fed-eration and a charter member and past na-tional treasurer of the Goodwill Auxiliary.She served on the Membership RelationsCommittee of the Phoenix Chamber of

Helen Young (I.) and Kanet Thomas (r.) present Christian Service Award to Bess Stinson atPepperdine's annual Christian Women's Seminar.

Commerce, was appointed to serve on theArmy Advisory Committee and the Mili-tary Manpower Committee of Phoenix, isa past commander of the Hazel MortonPost of the American Legion, and wasgiven a citation by the Secretary of theArmy for civilian patriotic service. Bess hasalso been the recipient of two medals fromthe Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forgeand has served the past two years as WestCentral Region chairman for the Founda-tion , with responsibility for the YouthLeadership Program.

Bess Stinson's main impact on thecommunity was as a member of the Ari-zona legislature, with four years in theHouse and four years in the Senate. Sheserved on the Appropriations Committee,Commerce Committee, State, Countyand Municipal Affairs Committee, NaturalResources Committee, and the Joint Leg-islative Budget Committee. During hereight years in the legislature, Bess missedfewer than six meetings. During thoseyears, it was my privilege to occasionallyserve as chaplain to both the House andSenate. I saw personally the great respectwhich Bess Stinson commanded. SupremeCourt Justice Sandra D. O'Connor, whoserved with Bess in the Senate, said thatBess "was never seen to attend a meetinglate or unprepared, In fact, the only time Ican remember Bess missing a meeting inthe legislature was on the sad occasion of afamily death. Not a single state agencycoming before the Senate AppropriationsCommittee escaped her careful scrutiny ofits finances and budget. Not a penny ofpublic money was ever recommended byBess for expenditure without close examin-ation as to its need and importance. If anymember of our Senate Majority was everinclined to get the least bit out of line, Bess

was there to remind them to behave."When Bess decided to retire from the

legislature in 1974, Senator Barry Gold-water said, "One of the saddest days of mylife was when you announced that youwould not seek re-election. Those of uswho represent Arizona at the federal levelhave come to look upon you as a bulwarkof Americanism, and an inspiration to theyoung people of our state and country."Senator Paul Fannin said, "As a state legis-lator you have contributed immeasurablyto the perservation and betterment of oursociety. Your counsel has aided me oninnumerable occasions, and 1 greatly valueour friendship. You are a great American."

Above all, Bess Stinson is recognizedas a committed Christian. Since 1959 shehas taught a Bible class for women at theEastside Church of Christ in Phoenix andhas used every opportunity to confess herfaith in Christ. In a recent speech, whichwon a Freedoms Foundation medal, deli-vered at Northern Arizona University, Besssaid, "The ebb and flow of civilizationattests to the fact that men and nationsnever prosper by turning away from God.How the world would be transformed if allof us would follow the commandment,Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with allthy heart and all thy mind, and thyneighbor as thyself/ If that sounds solemnor 'preachy,' I make no apology. It is theeverlasting anchor that man can cling towhen life's tremors seem almost to engulfhim. Let us commit ourselves to God andgo forward."

During the fourteen years of my minis-try with the Eastside church in Phoenix, Ihave profited greatly from the just observa-tions, good opinions, and sincere encour-agement of Bess Stinson, an amiable andsensible woman.

Pacific Church NewsSan Diego TV programgenerates excitingpublic responsefay Dick Henegar

Vision is perhaps the most character-istic word associated with pioneers. It alsocharacterizes the elders of the El CajonBoulevard Church of Christ as they pio-neered religious television programming inSan Diego, California. As a result, KnowYour Bible is the second longest runninglocally produced television show of anykind in the county.

Spring, 1969, saw the first show ofKnow Your Bible aired on Channel 8, theCBS affiliate in San Diego. Since theoriginal airing, the program has been seenon the ABC affiliate and, most recently,Channel 39, San Diego's NBC affiliate.Consequently, the television question andanswer program has gained in popularityand viewing audiences through the years.With a potential viewership of 3.2 millionpeople, including possible audiences inTijuana, Mexico, Know Your Bible experi-ences a weekly estimated audience of12,000 to 45,000 individuals. However,some Sundays, depending upon stationprogramming, figures may run muchhigher. The latest Arbitron ratings indicatethat Know Your Bible has a 5% share ofthe potential viewers during its time periodeach Sunday morning. This compares to a4% figure Channel 39 has during its newsprograms. The leaders of the San Diegochurch were able to look beyond theobstacles and stumbling blocks of produc-ing a major television program to see themillions of people who would be able tohear the gospel of Jesus Christ beingproclaimed.

Know Your Bible utilizes a questionand answer format that has resulted inthousands of Bible questions and corres-pondence course enrollments by viewersover the years. Hundreds of baptisms havetaken place, confirming the originalcommitment of reaching the lost throughthe media. Although hundreds of storiescould be told, three are of significant andparticular interest and illustrate theinfluence and scope of the originalcommitment. The first concerns themother-in-law of a member of the El CajonBoulevard Church of Christ, who, himself,was reached through the program. LarryHolt, a retired Naval officer baptized intoChrist in 1976, is an example of the powerof the gospel as presented over the televi-sion. As a result of his exemplary life, hismother-in-law was baptized into Christ on

January 20, 1983. The interesting part ofthe story is that Ruth Ellen Duncan wasbaptized at the age of 102 years!

Claire Potter, a resident of San Diegoand a viewer of the program, moved toNew Bedford, Massachusetts, to assist inthe care of her family. As a result of herconversion and move, she startedworshipping with the church in NewBedford, began a home Bible study andwas able to witness the baptism of hermother, sister and two members of theoriginal study group.

One of the most amazing stories asso-ciated with Know Your Bible centers in theNorth San Diego County area where BudKeith had been watching the program forabout 2 years and was able to interestothers in the show. After contacting JohnMilton Banks and setting up a groupmeeting with 30 young men and women,10 were baptized into Christ on Saturday,September 25, 1982. Subsequent to theoriginal gathering, another meeting andstudy was conducted and 6 more baptismsoccurred.

John Banks (I.) and IV. L. Fletcher.

Know Your Bible originally aired onSaturday afternoons with a "live" format,questions being asked by both a studioaudience and by telephone to the studiowhile on the air. However, with fore-thought and prayer, the program waschanged to a taped production and airedSunday mornings. The hourly program isseen in San Diego County from 8:30 a.m.to 9:30 a.m.

W. L. Fletcher, an elder in the ElCajon Boulevard church, is the program'shost and moderator and has been servingin those capacities since the first show airedin 1969. Banks, who has served as thequestion answerer, has skillfully fieldedquestions since January, 1972, with theexception of a one-year leave when DavidDavenport (currently Executive Vice Presi-dent of Pepperdine University) ablyserved.

Statistics for the program have beenvery impressive over the years. The church

leaders, however, tend not to focus onstatistics except as a measure in determininghow visible Know Your Bible is. Thethought and impetus has always been toreach as many people possible with themessage of scripture. Subsequently, it hasbeen an extremely economical way ofteaching when viewed in a cost-per-personmanner. On a weekly basis, the programcosts from 5 to 10 cents per viewingperson and currently generates from 40 to50 telephone calls to a switchboard that isstaffed by members at the El Cajon Boule-vard church building. Calls originating inthe North County are answered by volun-teers at the Vista Church of Christ. On anaverage, 30 new people are enrolled inBible correspondence courses each show-ing. In the years from 1977 through 1980,the program averaged generating 625questions each year, increased requests forBible correspondence courses from 610 to1595 yearly and graduated over 720people. Currently, over 3,200 people areenrolled in one of the 10 courses that areoffered. Upon course completion, eachgraduate receives a certificate which issuitable for framing. The certificates arehand-delivered by an area Christian orlocal preacher, the effort being coordinatedby the El Cajon Boulevard church, withthe vast majority of graduates commentingupon how much they appreciate thestudy. All materials, Bible correspondencecourses, Bibles, and study aids aresupplied free of charge to those requestingthem. The most dramatic growth occurredduring 1981 when the program was ex-panded from a half hour to one full hour.

A graphic testimony to the vitalityexperienced with Know Your Bible hasbeen the interest, support, and enthusiasmby sister congregations in San DiegoCounty. With the doubling in air time andthe financial liability that was substantiallyincreased, area churches have joined withthe El Cajon Boulevard church in an effortto proclaim the message of Jesus Christover television. Cooperating churches inthe County have grown closer together inthis cooperative and worthwhile work andthe Lord's admonition of taking the gospelto the world is being accomplished.

The future looks extremely bright forKnow Your Bible. As Banks has stated,"Know Your Bible is a partially emptywagon and it is hoped that with additionalthought, prayer, and development, manymore people will hear scripture taught andthe gospel proclaimed." The effects of theprogram have increased the borders of theKingdom of God throughout the worldand people are hearing about the goodnews offered in Jesus Christ.

Pacific Church NewsSierra Bible Campby Bobb Gowen

"The Bid is $5.00. Going once, goingtwice. Sold for $5.00." With these words,the dream of having a Bible camp in North-em California became a reality in the springof 1954. Bobb Gowen, the young preacherat Westwood, California, had been sent$270.00 by the elders of the Roseville con-gregation to try to purchase the fish hatch-ery at Clear Creek. The sale notice carriedthe terms—25% down, the remainder in30 days, building to be moved in 30 days.The brethren involved saw that they couldbid a little over $1,000.00 to obtain thislarge building to serve as kitchen, dininghall and canteen area for the camp.

Application had been made for an or-ganizational camp site set aside for thatpurpose by the U.S. Forest Service. Sev-eral other groups were vying for the land,but brethren from Northern California werehoping to obtain the site for a youth camp.The previous two years they had rentedfacilities to conduct camp sessions, butthis had not proven to be a satisfactoryarrangement.

With the purchase of the building,and still not knowing if they had a site for it,the brethren renewed their prayers. Theday after obtaining the fish hatchery, wordwas received that our application had beenchosen to receive the camp site!

Now the tremendous task was begunto get the camp ready for a session sched-uled in August. With little money, but greatfaith, eager hands began to disassemblethe huge building and to reassemble it againat the campsite 12 miles away. Weekendwork parties were formed from the valleychurches. Members of the Westwood con-gregation worked their jobs by day and thecamp construction far into the night. Someof the women from Westwood dug the firstseptic tanks with picks and shovels.

A well was drilled and bath houseswere built. When August arrived and thecamp opened, the huge building had beenreconstructed, except for completing theroof. The boys used the open end of thebuilding for sleeping. F. F. Carson of Rich-mond loaned us his gospel tent for the girlsto sleep in. God continued to bless theefforts—a lumber company sold bed, mat-tress and pillow sets for $1.00 each. Someof these beds are still used in the camp.(The mattresses have been replaced al-though some campers would argue thepoint!) The fish trays where baby fish wereraised were turned upside down and instal-led with legs to serve as "temporary"tables. Twenty-nine years later, these

Craig Pacanowski and Kathy Crowe,counselors at Sierra's August 1983 camp.

"temporary" tables are still being used.So began Sierra Bible Camp. In 1984

Christians will be celebrating its 30th yearof service to the churches of Northern Cali-fornia. Countless young people have en-joyed the beauties of nature and have beentaught the love of Jesus in this beautifulsetting near Lake Almanor in PlumasCounty, California. Hundreds have beenbaptized into Christ and continue theirwalk with Him. Hundreds have rededicatedtheir lives to the service of their God andhave grown in the knowledge of HisWord.

Churches of Christ from Stockton,the Bay area, the Sacramento area, andthe smaller churches of Northern Californiaand Nevada held nine camp sessions in1983.

As we look back over the past 30years and see how God worked with faith-ful brethren to make Sierra Bible Camp areality, we rejoice and pray that eachgeneration will see the opportunities Godpresents to each of us to carry His Word tothe ends of the earth.

A prayer uttered by a camper whohad just concluded his eighth and last yearto be eligible as a camper summed up thefeeling of those who love Sierra BibleCamp: "Lord, we hope this camp will behere until Jesus comes." Amen.

California ministerauthors book ondivorce

Abingdon Press of Nashville, Tennes-see, has recently published a book byLewis Rambo entitled The DivorcingChristian.

Rambo is associate professor of pas-toral psychology at the San FranciscoTheological Seminary and associate pro-fessor of religion and the personalitysciences at the Graduate TheologicalUnion in Berkeley. He also serves asminister of the Church of Christ in SanRafael, California.

Campus MinistryWorkshop slated forFresno

Landon Saunders of New York City,John Wilson of Pepperdine University,and Wendell Broom of Abilene, Texas,will be featured speakers at the 15thAnnual West Coast Campus MinistersWorkshop. This year's program, scheduledfor January 13-15, will be hosted by theCollege Church of Christ in Fresno.

Centering on the theme of "Create inme . . .," the workshop will offer severaltheme speeches and a variety of classes.Due to an increased number of campusministries on the West Coast, it is anticipatedthat the 15th Annual Workshop will drawthe largest attendance in the history of theprogram. For more information, call RustyBolton at (209) 439-6530.

Friendship evangelismby Bud Worsham

Friendship evangelism is nothingnew, as Jesus Christ reminded us, but theidea is being put into practice by two youngmen on the school campuses in the LosAngeles area.

Hal Blackburn of Lakewood andRobert Russell of La Habra are bringing theGood News to young people through amethod they call "Friends."

It is a simple method, helping peoplediscover life through relationships.

Blackburn and Russell, who aregraduates of Lubbock Christian Collegewith B.A.'s in Bible, go to the schools, withproper approval, and present their"Friends" program to any group that willlisten.

The 45-minute presentation consistsof an audio-visual slide feature designed byBlackburn, a photojournalism and a discus-sion on the need for friendship. The goal,of course, is to lead them to Christ.

The response has made the effort wellworthwhile, observes Blackburn, whomans the "Friends" office near Long BeachState University.

Blackburn and Russell, who earlierwere assisted by Steve Mass, are youthministers at their congregations. Theyreceive support in their "Friends" workfrom a number of churches.

They hope to visit 20 schools in theL.A. area in this, the third year of theirventure. The "Friends" mailing list consistsof 1200 people who have indicated aninterest.

Pacific Church NewsPlanting a church in thesuburbs of Portlandby Kelly Deatherage

"We believe that we need to give afree gift to the community and expectnothing in return."

That philosophy guided a team of 17adults who moved to Hillsboro, Oregon inthe summer of 1979 to plant a church.Tim Minnix and Bill Adams, who is quotedabove, led the team, which trained in anintensive nine-month internship conductedby Stanley Shipp in St. Louis, MO.

During their internship, teammembers were exposed to a dream sharedby Shipp and Landon Saunders, creator ofHeartbeat: a dream of planting churches inAmerica's urban centers. After searchingfor communities that needed the churchand the message of Jesus Christ, the groupof 17 chose Hillsboro. The Portland suburbof approximately 29,000 is largely a white,upper middle class commuter communitywith a few high-technology firms located inor near it. The area already had beenidentified by the Vancouver, WA Churchof Christ as an area ripe for the church.

After moving to Hillsboro, teammembers found jobs and studied thecommunity and its needs. Adams andMinnix, who were supported by congrega-tions in Lubbock and Temple, TX led thestudy. Although supported by "Bible belt"churches, Adams stressed that the teammembers were not all Southerners butcame from varied backgrounds, locationsand financial classes. "We aren't carboncopies of each other."

Their formal and informal communitysurveys indicated the need for a counselingservice to help people "looking for somemeaning in life." Counseling at the centerwas free and came, Adams added, "withno strings attached."

Four years after the team moved toHillsboro, all but three members remainedin the community. Minnix left in Septemberto help begin a similar program inMassachusetts. Adams, who spent the lasttwo years in Oklahoma for family reasons,returned when Minnix left.

The group of Christians still inHillsboro operate Daybreak Counseling,which is well-respected by the communityand the penal system, and meet togetherweekly in a body of 125.

That body, the Tualatin ValleyChurch of Christ, is described by itspreacher, Tom Sibley, as very non-tradi-tional. Adams explained that during thegroup's informal services it's not uncom-mon for a member to spontaneously share

an insight, problem or need. Yet both menemphasized that the congregation differsfrom most Churches of Christ only in itsform and methodology—doctrinally thegroup is no different from more traditionalcongregations.

The Tualatin Valley church, whichSibley said still is too young to have elders,is divided into five areas of ministry: benev-olence, involvement, finance, educationand worship assembly. All members selectan area of ministry and participate ingroups led by men known as servant lead-ers. Those leaders meet monthly to planwith Sibley and Adams.

In addition to their Sunday services inHillsboro's Grange, members meet weeklyin life groups of about 20 or 30 for fellow-ship, upbuilding and Bible study.

Tom Sibley prepares for Sunday sermon.

To really get into the community,Christians in Hillsboro have used a varietyof methods. About six months after begin-ning work, they sponsored LandonSaunders1 "Feeling Good About Yourselfseminar and had a total attendance for thethree evenings of 1,023, 83 percent ofwhom were non-Christians. Follow-upgroups, backyard summer Bible studies,seminars about the family and the JamesDobson films were also used, all conductedat "neutral" sites such as the city library,schools or private homes.

Saunders has returned to Hillsborotwice to conduct seminars. The congrega-tion also recently went through his "Heartof the Fighter" training series. In fact, Sibleysaid, "everything Heartbeat's done, wewere in on at the start or very early."

Many of Saunders materials, whichstress Biblical concepts and Jesus' answersto life's problems but don't push religion,are used and displayed in the DaybreakCounseling office. Adams conducts coun-seling sessions in the informal office next toan insurance agency, where he guidesclients by suggesting principles to live bythat are Bible-based. Daybreak receivesreferrals from doctors, communitymembers and the courts. In the center's

first year the staff won the confidence ofthe county jail authorities and now has freeaccess to prisoners who wish counseling.

By offering counseling in an officecomplex, rather than a church building,Adams said he sees much more of theproblems and struggles clients face than hedid in six years of campus ministry. Again,he stressed, the neutral site is non-threaten-ing and makes meaningful contact easier.

As counselors, Adams said he andMinnix neither hid nor emphasized the factthat they were ministers associated with theChurch of Christ. If clients express aninterest in religion and the church, Adamssaid he pursues it. But if they don't hecontinues to offer counseling as a free gift.

Adams expressed his commitment togiving with no strings attached: "Youestablish contact and show real love tothese people. They try you out, then theymay go on and try out a lot of other things.But eventually they come back to some-one who's really given them something,and they want to pursue it." He recalled awoman in a group he and his wife, Kathy,led in their first year in Hillsboro. Fouryears later, the woman approached amember of the congregation, wanting tobegin a Bible study. "She struggled for fouryears and hadn't found the answer any-where else," Adams said.

Success with Daybreak Counseling'sservice and with other forms of outreachhas increased the size of the TualatinValley congregation. With that increaseand the body's increased needs, lessmoney has been available for the center,leading to decreased office and staff size.

Like most churches, the TualatinValley congregation finds tension betweentwo different kinds of needs—outreachand service to the community on one handand nurturing within the body on theother—vying for the same limitedresources. Adams' schedule includes three6:30 a.m. counseling sessions a week, andhis evening counseling sessions may run aslate as 10:30 p.m. Sibley, too, is facedwith too many needs and too little time. Inaddition to his responsibilities to preachand lead a life group, he serves asColumbia Christian College's Division ofBible and Religion chairman and is work-ing on his doctorate.

However, both ministers and theentire congregation leave such hecticschedules behind each September tospend two days in retreat. There, theyconcentrate on their commitment to reachHillsboro, recommit themselves to support-ing and uplifting each other, and planefforts to share the news of Jesus in theircommunity in the coming year.

Pacific Church NewsA hard lesson learned—and lived

by Billie Siluey

He has a scholar's mind and ateacher's heart, a respect for all people,and yet a realistic comprehension of theircapacity for evil as well as good.

It's not an easy mix to attain, andMichio Nagai has not had an easy timeattaining it.

Nagai was born in San Francisco in1922 of parents who had come fromJapan. The family moved to SouthernCalifornia, where they were baptized inLos Angeles in the late 20's by HirosukeIshiguro.

Ishiguro had come to Los Angeles in1923 from Abilene Christian College afterten years of preaching in Tokyo. Hegathered seven children for Bible classes ina rented house at 1277 W. 35th Place.This became the nucleus of the Japanesechurch in Los Angeles.

After three years in the rented facili-ties, Mrs. Brooks, a Christian from Arkan-sas, donated $10,000 which was used inpart for the purchase of a house at 1444W. 37th St. The church moved into thesefacilities in 1925 and remained there until1942.

The congregation grew rapidly duringthis period, and at its height over 200 child-ren were enrolled in Bible classes.

Soon after the outbreak of war withJapan, however, all people of Japaneseancestry on the West Coast—both citizensand non-citizens—were placed in concen-tration centers in other states. They losttheir businesses, jobs, houses, and most oftheir belongings.

They were deprived of their rights ascitizens. Ironically, the only right that wasallowed them was the right to serve in themilitary. Nagai had to register for the draftin the temporary concentration camp setup on the parking lot of Santa Anita racetrack.

Eventually allowed to leave the campto attend college, Nagai enrolled as a pre-engineering student at Abilene ChristianCollege, and then at the University ofColorado School of Engineering. But henever became an engineer.

Meanwhile, Loraine Hasegawa hadbeen in school in Tokyo in the 30's andhad worked as a secretary for missionaryJ. M. McCaleb for two years. She cameback to the States in 1941 and was internedthe next year.

She too left the camp to attendAbilene Christian, where she graduated

Japanese congregation about 1930. Michio Nagai is fourth child from left in sailor suit.

with an English major in 1945. She andNagai began dating at Abilene and marriedin Los Angeles in 1946.

Two years later, the Japanese churchmoved to its present location at JeffersonBoulevard and 6th Avenue. It becameknown as the Westside Church of Christ.

Nagai worked with the Nisei orsecond-generation Japanese group from1947 until 1955. They held their servicesin English, and for a time he arranged forother people to do the preaching. Soon herealized his own need for better training inthe Bible.

He graduated from Pepperdine Uni-versity with a Bible degree in 1949. Healso did graduate work at the University ofJudaism in Hebrew and rabbinics.

The year of his graduation, he joinedthe Pepperdine faculty, specializing inBiblical languages. His students now servechurches throughout California and inother states and nations.

His wife Loraine worked at homerearing their two sons, David and Mark.Then she worked ten years at thePepperdine library.

From 1955 to 1969, Nagai preachedby appointment for a number of LosAngeles churches, including Montebello,Woodland Hills, Monrovia and Bellflower.In the summer of 1967, he toured Japanand Korea.

From 1969 until 1973, he preachedin Gardena. In 1974, he began part-timework with the Vermont Avenue church at79th and Vermont in Los Angeles, wherehe also serves as an elder.

In 1976, he retired from teaching andbegan full-time preaching at VermontAvenue. But he never stopped learning. Inthe summer of 1979, he participated in anarcheological seminar under the auspicesof Hebrew University, working on a dig inthe Mount Zion area.

At Vermont Avenue, the Nagaishave worked hard to maintain a spirit ofpeace and love among a congregation ofthree races and two language groups.They encourage strong family life throughthe annual Filmfest seminars for youngpeople and adults. They have promoted agreater appreciation for God's gift of natureand creativity through Loraine's beautifulflower arrangements. They have influencedthe community through Bible classes forstudents at the nearby Campbell LearningCenter.

They know firsthand the discriminationexperienced by minority groups. And yet,as Nagai puts it, "I think I have found asolution to the problem—if not by dissolvingthe prejudice, at least by controlling myown reactions and attitudes to its appear-ance . . . . I must seek a source of worthoutside myself that transcends both thecommunity in which I must live and myown thoughts. It is here that the Bible tellsme, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy' (1Peter 1:16). It is God who has decided myworth, not man.

"But even this is not enough. I mustalso do something about my feelingstoward those who have rejected me. Weusually think of love in terms of investmentand return . . . . However, there is anotherkind of love that gives and does not expectsomething in return. This is the love ofenemies. Of course, we hope that throughour love the enemy may be changed so hewill respond in love. But there are noguarantees, and we are expected to con-tinue loving with or without return."

Many at Vermont Avenue—black,white, Spanish-speaking and Oriental-have experienced that love and havereturned it. They benefit, as have Christiansthroughout the Los Angeles area, from theexperiences, learning and teaching of thisdevoted Christian couple.

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Daybreak — a 72-acregift from Godby Dick Cupp

A group of California Christians had adream in the late 1960's . . . and it's nolonger a dream . . . it's Daybreak ChristianCamp.

Daybreak is a beautiful, 72-acre gift ofGod located in the redwoods, hills, canyonand meadows, just outside the city limits ofFelton, California, six miles east of SantaCruz on Highway 9. It used to belong tothe Hewlett-Packard Corporation, but it be-came Daybreak Christian Camp in 1969.

Daybreak, located between scenicSanta Cruz on the coast and San Jose, nottoo far from San Francisco, was first con-ceived in the minds of a few Christians fromCampbell and San Jose who saw the needfor such a facility for Christian use. Oneof those people was Lee Zumwalt, whoactually picked out the property.

"Colonel Lee," as he's known affec-tionately from his annual "ZumburgerBooth" at Daybreak's Fall Festival, saysthat the whole idea started in 1968 whenhe and some other brethren bought someproperty in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Itturned out that the Felton acreage wasmuch more than was needed, and thetrade was made. Daybreak opened in1969.

At first it seemed that the purchaseprice of $165,000 was too much. Everythree months a huge mortgage paymentwould come due, and sometimes therewould be only a few dollars in the treasury.But somehow, from somewhere, themoney would always be there, and thecamp, which is probably worth more thana million dollars now, was paid off in fullthree years ago. Now the emphasis is onimproving the property, which includesseveral cabins and a large mess hall.

There have been several presidents ofthe camp since its inception, but the onewho really gave it its impetus is Carl Soren-sen. Carl was the first president, and thencame back later to serve a second term.He literally devoted his life to the camp,before dying last year of cancer. Hiswidow, Wilda, says that Carl would alwayssay, "The Lord wants us to have this," andthe money always came. Carl's son, Eric,has been very active in Daybreak over thepast several years.

Al Roberts, of Salinas, came alongduring the intervening years and used hisexpertise in the construction business toupgrade the physical appearance of thecamp. Now Jerry Campbell, of the Camp-bell congregation is the current president

and doing a fine job.Bill and Virda Stevens, who live in

Atherton which is between San Franciscoand San Jose, have been connected withDaybreak Camp for many years. Bill, thepresident of Triad Communications Systemin Sunnyvale, and his wife work with thecamp in many ways. Bill is an elder of theRedwood City Church of Christ, and heand Virda have been very active in theDaybreak ministry. Bill says, "It's been areal help to us." Redwood City has usedDaybreak in many different ways, includingcongregational retreats and summerprograms for young people who are notyet members of the church.

Daybreak is used by Christians for alittle bit of everything: family overnights,Bible camps, congregational retreats, "op-portunity camps" (for kids who can't affordto pay), all-day elders and deacons meet-ings, etc. God truly blessed us when Hegave us Daybreak.

Portland campusministry team plansadvance

The Southwest Church of Christ'scampus ministry team will sponsor acampus ministry advance November 11-13at Camp Yamhill, southwest of Portland.

The advance will be the ministry's firstmajor outreach in its work on the PortlandState University campus. "College studentsand college-age adults from throughoutthe Portland metropolitan area are invitedto the advance," said Ken Jacobs, co-leader with Curt Simmons of the ministryteam.

Jack Paul, evangelist from Tyler,Texas, will speak from Acts on the themeof New Testament Christianity. To makearrangements to attend the advance, inter-ested persons are encouraged to callJacobs or Simmons at (503) 620-0223.

Death of a pioneerClarence A. Ingalls, a pioneer mem-

ber of the Church of Christ in the North-west, passed away Sunday morning,August 21, at the home of his son,Marion, with whom he was visiting. Hewas born in New Hartford, Iowa, onOctober 22, 1879, and lived to be 103years and 10 months. It was in 1903 thathe obeyed the gospel, and he has been afaithful member, seldom missing any activ-ity of the church since that time. In 1910he married Myrtle Dunn, and after 67years, she preceded him in death. Outsideof fifteen years in California, he lived inand around Tacoma, Washington.

Clarence served as an elder of thechurch in four congregations: Puyallup,Washington; Southside in Tacoma, Wash-ington; Roseburg, Oregon, where he wasinstrumental in starting the church; andCulver-Palms in Los Angeles, California.He has two sons who serve as elders:Marion at Southside in Tacoma, Washing-ton, and Russell (with whom he had madehis home the past five years) in Vallejo,California. Russell also serves as thepreacher for the Lassen Street church inVallejo. One grandson, Gerald Ingalls,serves the Culver-Palms church as adeacon.

He is survived by three sons, Marion,Archie, and Russell, five grandchildren andfourteen great-grandchildren.

The service was conducted in theSouthside building in Tacoma, Washing-ton, by Roy Knott and Russell Ingalls. Hisgrandchildren sang special songs; twograndsons led congregational singing andled prayers, and his grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren were casket bearers.He was laid to rest by the side of hisbeloved and near his parents' grave inSumner, Washington.

Pacific Church News"Hold the bus, I'mgetting on"

by Bill Lawrence

In late November of 1979, the UnitedStates of America was thrown into a tensetime of political turmoil when the govern-ment of Ayatollah Khomeini took 52American hostages in their own embassyin Tehran, Iran. We were shocked and an-gered, and rumors of possible impendingmilitary action made us uneasy for the nextseveral days. In our small office near thecampus of the University of Washington, Iremember listening intently to the newsreports. The local news was already busilyreporting outbreaks of violence againstIranian students on the campus of the Uni-versity of Washington.

It was in that setting that Milton Jonesand I knelt in prayer on a November after-noon and asked God to bring us in contactwith Iranian students in our college com-munity. Instead of a retaliation based onabuse, we wanted to retaliate by sharingthe love of Jesus Christ. Soon after that,God answered our prayer and brought intoour lives five to ten Iranian students whobegan to attend some of our devotionals.One of these students was a remarkableyoung woman named Shahrzad Zarkoob.Perhaps the story of her conversion canbest be told in her own words.

"Seventeen and fresh out of Englishboarding school, America seemed so largeand strange and yet another challenge inmy life. These were my thoughts as Ilanded at Sea-Tac Airport in August 1979.

My brother was there to meet me.How he had changed since four years agowhen I last saw him in Iran. For the firsttime, I realized how far apart I had grownfrom all that was so dear to me.

I began school at Seattle CentralCommunity College and soon directed allmy energy towards my schooling. ThoughI enjoyed school, I felt very much alone.Iranians usually go around in groups, but Ididn't feel like I belonged. Except for mybrother and his family, I had no otherfriends. My hope of finding Americanfriends was shattered by hatred that spreadthroughout America against Iran after theseizing of the American Embassy in Tehran.

One day late in November, a friend ofmy brother came to visit us. Becky lived inSeattle but had known my brother whenthey were both students at NorthernColorado University. She seemed like areal fun girl who had a lot going for her.Very soon she began to talk to me and wassurprised when I accepted an invitation to

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go to a Campus Advance devotional withher. She was so excited about it that shemade me look forward to being there. Thedevotional was by no means a let-down.Becky took good care of me and intro-duced me to all her friends as if I werespecial. Everyone seemed so warm andfriendly and interested in me. Thoughmost people asked me about the situationin Iran, there was love and concern insteadof hostility in their voices.

That was the beginning of many ex-periences with Campus Advance and theNorthwest Church of Christ. My brotherwas concerned and many times he askedme the reasons why I went to the devo-tionals. Usually I replied that they were anice bunch of people and that I liked thesinging, but the real reason was that Ifound men and women who could singand praise God despite everything else andthat I found people who loved and carednot only for one another, but also for me.

Two months passed and I studiedand prayed constantly. Though no onepressured me, I felt the urge to make adecision. The 1980 Winter Advance wasyet another step closer to God. I had adream there. I dreamed I was at a busstation where many buses were leaving fordifferent destinations. I didn't know wherethey were going, but I noticed one wasdriven by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Every-one was fighting for seats, and there was alot of shoving and jealousy. Another buswas driven by Milton Jones, and every-one on it was singing and smiling. Itseemed like the more people that got onthe bus, the more seats were available. Butthe most amazing thing about it was that

someone told me that the fare had alreadybeen paid! I was told that I didn't need toworry and that anyone could get on. Thatbus was the only bus that knew its destina-tion, but they too did not know how longthey were going to stop at that station.

Though I felt the urgency to make adecision, I could not because of my feel-ings. The next few weeks, I spent countingthe cost of becoming a Christian during anIslamic Revolution among my own people.The choice was obvious, yet my fearsmade the decision a difficult one. In God Ifound a Father who loved me, promised tobe with me, and protect me. In this world,He was the only one who could take con-trol of my life and give me all the securityand protection I had always dreamed of.But the words of Jesus in Luke 14:26 wereall too real to me. It is hard enough for aMoslem to deny her own faith and becomea Christian, but for an Iranian Moslem inthe middle of an Islamic Revolution, it iscalled apostasy, rejection of family, ofculture, of country, and in many ways,identity. But the decision had to be made.So one night I called Bill Lawrence, thecampus minister, and said, 'Hold the bus,I'm getting on.' That night I was united withmy Savior, Jesus Christ, in baptism. Myyears of being a hostage to myself and tosin were over. I was free by the ransompaid by Jesus Christ."

Shahrzad's first year of Christianexperience was a year of challenges andstruggles, and yet a year filled with thesecurity of the promises of Jesus Christ.Matters were not helped any by the worse-ning diplomatic relations between theUnited States of America and Iran. Rumorsof student deportation caused Shahrzad tomake the difficult decision to apply forasylum in the United States because shefeared religious persecution if she wereforced to return. In March 1982, Shahrzadwas granted asylum in the United States ofAmerica. As such she became one of thefirst Iranian citizens since the Embassytakeover to receive this privilege from theUnited States government. One year laterin March 1983, she received her status as apermanent resident of the United States. Incommenting on her asylum and grant ofpermanent residency, Shahrzad states, "Ido not regard this as an achievement ofmine, but I do feel blessed because duringthese years, I have grown closer to God bytrusting in Him and experiencing His faith-fulness to His children. This has inspiredme to want to take the saving message ofChrist to my home country, knowing that itis the only thing which will bring peace tothat land and its people.'1

Pacific Church News 10Columbia's librarian toassist Korea ChristianCollege

Dr. Richard Chi-ho Lee, head librarianof Columbia Christian College, has accep-ted an invitation from Malcolm Parsley,Korea Christian College president, toreturn to Korea to help rebuild that Christianschool.

Lee, a native of Korea, will take atwo-year leave of absence from Columbiaand from his work with the EastsideChurch of Christ's Asian refugee ministry.He will leave in early September.

Lee's decision to return to Korea wasprompted by recent actions of the KoreanMinistry of Education. The ministry earlierreleased all members of the Church ofChrist from the KCC board of directors.However, after a early meeting this yearwith Dr. James O. Baird, chancellor ofOklahoma Christian College, the ministryagreed to allow Parsley to reappointchurch members to the board. After theagreement was reached, Baird and Parsleyurged Lee to help with the school's adminis-trative duties.

Lee served as KCC president from1975 - 81 and thus is well acquainted withthe school's needs. In addition to his ad-ministrative tasks, Lee will assist Parsley'smissionary efforts in Korea.

When Columbia's president, MichaelC. Armour, announced the librarian'sleave of absence, he said, "Although I hateto lose Dr. Lee, even for a brief period, Ialso know how vital he is to the rejuvena-tion of Korea Christian College. I was hisguest at KCC several years ago while hewas president there, and I have great confi-dence in his ability to help rebuild this fineschool which he once led. We wish himGodspeed in his efforts and look forwardto his return to Columbia."

A mission effort indowntown Los Angeles

Frightening or exciting? Every day anestimated 1,500 Latin Americans enterLos Angeles, California. Los Angeles hasmore Mexicans in its populace than anyother city in the world except Mexico City.Ninety percent of the people that live near12th Street and Hoover (the address of theCentral Church of Christ in downtown LosAngeles) are Spanish-speaking. Over twomillion Latin Americans are sitting, not onour doorstep, no; they have come throughthe door and are now with us. A 'foreign'mission field has come here! Is that frighten-ing or exciting?

For the University Church of Christ inMalibu, California, in conjunction with theCentral Church and others in the area, thisis an exciting time. The opportunities aretremendous! Therefore, these congrega-tions have hired Dan and Vickie Knight toevangelize and establish a work amongSpanish-speaking people in downtownLos Angeles. The Knight family has servedas missionaries in Ecuador for the lasteleven years. Contact was made withthem through Dr. Howard A. White, oneof the elders of the University church. TheKnights had been planning for some timeto return to the United States and furthertheir college educations. Dr. White, whoalso serves as President of PepperdineUniversity, heard of this and offered thema scholarship to attend Pepperdine. Almostsimultaneously, plans took shape to beginHispanics for Him in downtown LosAngeles.

During their labor in Ecuador, Danand Vickie saw the church progress inmany ways. Dan travelled the length andbreadth of the country, preaching andteaching in the nearly fifty congregationsestablished in Ecuador. The last two yearsof their ministry there, Dan was dedicatedespecially to Leadership Training by Exten-sion in twelve of the congregations in thecentral part of Ecuador.

Ed Sewell is the pioneer who beganmost of the congregations there. Heworked with Ecuadorean churches from1968 until 1979. A conservative estimateof the number of active Christians todayis 3,500 in the Spanish-speaking andQuecha-speaking words combined.

There could be that many and morepeople following Christ in downtown LosAngeles. The evangelization methods thatwill be used to reach them include a newcorrespondence course in Spanish, somespecial introductory tract material, one-minute radio spots on an all-Spanish sta-

tion, and one-to-one family-unit'teaching.This new effort is going to need a lot

of prayer support right away. Someday,Hispanic will be the predominant nationalityin Southern California, The question thatmust be asked is this: Will the predominantfaith among these lovely people beChristian?

Editor's note: The Knights ore still inneed of $1000 a month support, $600personal and $400 for the working fund. Ifyou want to help, contact the UniversityChurch of Christ, 24255 Pacific CoastHighway, Malibu. CA 90265.

California youth retreatThe "1983 Spiritual Challenge" took

place on the weekend of October 26 - 28.The retreat was held at Camp Buckhornnear Riverside, California with more than350 Christian young people in attendance.Those who provided the teaching on thetheme "You Are The Light" included Stan-ley Shipp from Hartford, Connecticut,Stuart and D'Esta Love from Pepperdine,William Norwood and a chorus of singersfrom the Southside Church of Christ in LosAngeles and Byron Isaac from the Churchof Christ in Lancaster, California.

Las Vegas church hostsspecial homecoming

The Oakey Boulevard Church ofChrist in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be host-ing a giant homecoming Dec. 2-4 to cele-brate 20 years in the building at 4000 W.Oakey and to celebrate the retirement ofthe indebtedness on the building 10 yearsago.

During the Homecoming there will belessons from former preachers, fellowshipsinging, tours to sites of former meetingplaces in Las Vegas and booths describingthe history and progress of the church inLas Vegas.

Coupled with efforts to have formerOakey members now living out of towncome to the Homecoming will be a strongeffort to challenge unfaithful Christiansliving in Las Vegas to return home to aright relationship with God.

All former Oakey Boulevard churchmembers are urged to return to Las Vegasfor this weekend festival. Housing andmeals will be provided for those who return.

For more information, please writethe Oakey Boulevard Church of Christ,4000 W. Oakey, Las Vegas, NV 89102,or call (702) 877-9629.

Pacific Church News 11Pepperdine peopleon the move

Pepperdine's Vice President for Uni-versity Affairs, Dr. Michael F.Adams, spoke on Thursday night,October 13, at the Columbia ChristianCollege Lectureship. On October 14, hehosted a breakfast for friends ofPepperdine on Columbia's campus.

Dr. David Davenport, Ex-ecutive Vice President, was the speakerfor a teacher appreciation banquet lastmonth at the Fillmore CA, Church ofChrist.

A Sunday night series of sermonswas presented the entire month of Octo-ber at the Woodland Hills Church ofChrist by Dr. Stuart Love, AssociateProfessor in the Religion Division.

Dr. Carroll Osburn, ReligionDivision chairman, made two trips toTexas in October. He was at the HighlandStreet Church in Abilene on October 15and 16 to deliver lectures on the Epistle toTitus, and on October 21 he spoke at theWorld Missions Workshop in Lubbock.Dr. Osburn heads south to Jackson, MS,to speak at the Meadowbrook congrega-tion on "Discipleship in the Gospel ofMark," and will be heading back to Texas,this time to Dallas, on December 19 toread a paper for the Society of BiblicalLiterature's Annual Meeting.

Dr. Jerry Rushford, Directorof Church Services and Associate Profes-sor in the Religion Division, spoke atPepperdine's Church Leaders' Workshopand at the Lubbock Christian CollegeLectureship in October. He has beenselected to lecture on a Bible lands tourthrough Israel in December and January.In February he will be a theme speaker atthe Abilene Christian Universi tyLectureship.

On Saturday, December 3, RickRowland, Aquatic Coach and AdjunctProfessor in the Religion Division, willbe a lecturer at the Elders & CampusMinisters' Seminar in Stillwater, OK.

During the month of October,"Big" Don Williams traveled toTexas, Oklahoma and Washington wherehe taught at a Bible school drive, spoke ata youth retreat and taught at the Broad-way Congregation's Homecoming, aswell as their Youth Ministers' Seminar. InNovember he will travel to Bellingham,WA, to speak at a campus retreat and toManchester, TN, to speak at a youthretreat. On November 25-27, he will bedirecting the Thanksgiving Youth Festivalat Pepperdine University.

President Howard A. Whitewas the final night speaker at the annualAlabama Christian College Bible Lecture-ship in Montgomery.

Dr. Norvel Young, Chancellorof the University, will speak at ColumbiaChristian College's Annual DevelopmentDinner. Helen Young, adjunct profes-sor in the Religion Division, spoke in Ver-non, TX, for their Ladies' Day in Octoberand will speak at the Whittier Church onDecember 7 for their Annual ChristmasLuncheon.

Lloyd Ellis honored atPepperdine workshop

For his long years of service to thechurch on the West Coast, 83-year-oldLloyd Ellis was recently honored by hisalma mater, Pepperdine University. Ellis,who graduated from Pepperdine with anM.A. in Religion in 1947, was presentedwith the Christian Service Award at theannual Church Leaders' Workshop.

Lloyd Ellis was born on September1, 1900 in Covington, TN, and he beganpreaching in Los Angeles in 1929. Hewas married to Bessie Butler in 1931.With the exception of three years inTexas, he has preached continuously inCalifornia since 1937. During these yearshe served congregations in Fresno, SanFrancisco, Los Angeles, Culver City,Upland and San Diego.

For the past quarter century, Ellis hasprovided leadership for numerous missionefforts in Baja, California, where he helpedto establish congregations in Mexicali,Ensenada, Rosarito and Tijuana. As presi-dent of the Latin American Christian Foun-dation, he was instrumental in trainingmany church workers for service inSpanish-speaking countries.

The Western Church Directory wasfirst published by Lloyd Ellis in 1938. Hecontinued to publish revised editions of thedirectory periodically for more than fortyyears.

Suburban Portlandcongregation beginsLIFE Group meetings

The East County Church of Christ inGresham, OR. has begun meeting in smallLIFE Groups during the week, instead ofmeeting together as a congregation for amid-week Bible study.

Keith Farris, elder for the congrega-tion, said the groups are taking their thrustand purpose from the acronym othershave developed for LIFE—Love, Involve-ment, Fellowship and Evangelism. EastCounty particularly is emphasizing thegroups' abilities to involve non-Christianneighbors and friends in the home Biblestudies and to provide more intimacy andsharing within the congregation.

Each LIFE Group is studying theGospel of John. The studies are being co-ordinated by the group teachers who meettogether weekly to plan the study.

"East County's elders divided the con-gregation into ten LIFE Groups," Farrissaid, "by considering factors such as geo-graphic location and age. The elders work-ed to create groups," he continued, "thatwould work well together but would bemore than social groups."

Ten Los Angeleschurches present"Way of Truth"

Ten churches in the Los Angeles areahave united to sponsor 'The Way ofTruth" television program on KDOC,channel 56.

Beginning August 21, the program,which features a panel discussion and acappella singing, has appeared at 6:30a.m. every Sunday morning.

O. J. Dyson, minister from SantaMonica, produces the program. CalvinBowers of the Figueroa church in LosAngeles moderates the panel, which forthe first three months was composed ofR. N. Hogan of Figueroa, Billy Curl of theCrenshaw church and Dewayne Winrowof Pacoima.

Sponsoring churches, which are listedon the screen at the conclusion of eachprogram, are eager to secure a better timeslot. Production costs are $1,440 a week.But despite the early hour, the churcheshave received numerous requests for Biblecorrespondence courses and answers toBible questions since the program began.

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CALENDAROctoberEvent: HomecomingPlace: Palm Springs Church of ChristDate: October 30, 1983Time: Regular A.M. worship followed

by Homecoming program at 1:00Speakers: Dr. M. Norvel Young and

Dr. Fern StoutContact: Larry Owen

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NovemberEvent: Gospel MeetingPlace: Inglewood Church of Christ

323 S. Eucalyptus AvenueInglewood, CA

Date: October 31 - November 4, 1983Speaker: Taylor McKenzie

San Diego, CA

Event: Fall AdvancePlace: Camp Gifford

Deer Lake, WADate: November 4 - 6, 1983Speaker: Craig Benjamin

Moscow, IDSponsors: Cheney Church of Christ and

Pullman Church of ChristCampus Ministries

Event: 6th Annual Fall AdvancePlace: Camp Casey

Whidbey IslandCoupeville, WA

Date: November 4 - 6, 1983Speaker: Stanley Shipp

Hartford, CTContact: Bill Lawrence

(206) 364-2275Sponsor: Northwest Church of Christ

Seattle, WA

Event: Area-Wide Youth MeetingPlace: 995 E. Lassen

Chico, CADate: November 11-12, 1983Contact: Julie Weagle

995 E. LassenChico, CA

Cost: Pre-Registration $2Late Registration $3

Event: Bay Area Youth CelebrationPlace: Martinez, CADate: November 11-13, 1983Speaker: Doug KostowskiContact: Al Lachner, (415) 228-2524

Event: Fall AdvancePlace: Camp Yamhill

Yamhill, ORDate: November 11-13, 1983Speaker: Jack Paul

Tyler, TXContact: Curt Simmons or Kenny Jacobs

(503) 620-0223

Event: Gospel MeetingPlace: Dinuba Church of Christ

College & MagnoliaDinuba, CA

Date: November 13 - 16, 1983Speaker: Joe TomlinsonTheme: "Church Renewal and Outreach"

Event: Gospel MeetingPlace: Orland Church of Christ

615 "A" StreetOrland, CA

Date: November 13 - 18, 1983Speaker: J. P. Williams

Merced, CAContact: George Wilkins, (916) 865-7424

Event: Gospel MeetingPlace: Walnut Creek, CADate: November 18 - 20, 1983Speaker: Wendell BroomTheme: "Gifts and Ministries"Contact: Frank Farr, (415) 935-47%

Event: Northern CaliforniaYouth Program

Place: 777 Brotherhood WaySan Francisco, CA

Date: November 19, 1983Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Speakers: Monte Moore, Kinwood Devore,

Ralph Baker, Robert Watt, andByron Hemingway.

Contact: Gary Ferguson, coordinator777 Brotherhood WaySan Francisco, CA

Event: Prime Time SpecialPlace: Stapley & Dana Church of Christ

Mesa, AZSpeaker: Joe BarnettTheme: "The Pursuit of Happiness"Date: November 20, 1983Contact: Steven Clark Goad

(602) 964-1743

Event: Thanksgiving LectureshipPlace: Port Orchard Church of Christ

Port Orchard, WADate: November 25 - 27, 1983Theme: "Jesus Is My Answer"Contact: Barney Renfro

(206) 876-2604

Event: 13th Annual ThanksgivingYouth Festival

Place: Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA

Date: November 25 - 27, 1983Speaker: John Paul Blankenship

Lubbock, TexasTheme: Love YourselfContact: Don Williams

(213) 456-4385 or 456-4270

Event: First Annual Lectureship ofCentral Valley School ofPreaching

Place: Arlington HeightsChurch of Christ6th & MadisonFresno, CA

Date: November 26 - 28, 1983Theme: Take Time to be Holy

DecemberEvent: Hillview Acres Children's Home

Annual DinnerPlace: Knott's Berry Farm Chicken

Dinner RestaurantDate: December 2, 1983Speaker: Dr. Carroll Osburn

Malibu, CAContact: Corky Kindsvater

(714) 628-1272Cost: $10.00

Event: Preachers' RetreatPlace: Shenandoah West, CADate: December 5 - 7, 1983Speaker: Richard Rogers

Lubbock, TXContact: Al Lachner (415) 228-2524

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