Reformátusok Lapja, 1972 (72. évfolyam, 1-7. szám)
1972-01-01 / 1. szám
REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA 7 THE CONVE . . . NEVER COMES AGE 21-30 I can’t give very much to my church now. I am just getting my start in life. I don’t make a lot yet, and I feel I’m entitled to a little fun while I am young. There will be plenty of time later on to give. You can count on me then! AGE 3045 I can’t give very much at this time. I’ve got a growing family on my hands. Children and a home really cost a great deal of money. It takes all I have to keep them going. As soon as they are a little older, it’ll cost less. Then you can count on me to make a significant gift. AGE 45-55 I can’t give much now. I got two children in college and it’s all I can do to pay their expenses. In fact, I had to borrow for their tuition last fall. This is the most expensive period of a man’s life. I’ll have to cut my gift to the church this year. I am sure that you understand. AGE 55-65 I can’t give very much to the work of the church now. I know that I should, but things in my business are a bit unsettled. Really I don’t know what is going to happen. You know that I have only a few years left before my retirement and I have to plan for that now. I am afraid that I’ll have to leave my pledge the same as last year. AGE 65--I can’t give anything now. I have to watch every penny. I am trying to live on my retirement pension. The younger ones will have to carry on in my place. Certainly the church doesn’t expect us senior citizens to give very much. Don’t they remember how we gave when we were younger? lenten offering. Ask the viewers to examine each entry carefully to learn what the artist is saying about the One Great Hour. It’s time we got a fresh look at this familiar appeal, and what better way than through the eyes of a child? Your church may want to send the best 5 pieces of art work of this exhibit to be part of a National Exhibit. If so, send such items, carefully packed, to the Stewardship Council, 1505 Race St., Phila,, Pa. 19102, for display at the Interchurch Center in New York NIENT TIME ... IS NOW! AGE 21-30 I want to start out right. The giving patterns I begin now will influence my life in setting priorities—putting first things first. AGE 30-45 The church is a center in our family life. Worship, classes, fellowship, camping are all a part of each of our lives. Sure the church serves me and my family — why shouldn’t I give generously? AGE 45-55 My earnings are pretty good now. Yes, one youngster is in college, but I can still tithe. I see more of what the church is doing in the world. My giving is up. AGE 55-65 Being honest about it, I do have more than reasonable security. The church is helping many less fortunate. There are others taking my place in mission and ministry — the least I can do is offer an increased dollar support. AGE 65--My income is about half what it was. But retirement has taught me a new value of time. I give time for visiting, some jobs at church no one else has time to do, and to be a friend to new folks. Money? Yes, I give — still tithe, but I also remembered the church in my will. THE CONVENIENT TIME? ALWAYS ! "Seek first the Kingdom of God . . . and all other things will be added to you.”—Matthew 6:33 City, beginning March 20, 1972. From these, some items of art will be chosen for use in the 1973 One Great Hour of Sharing publicity materials. Interested? Then start to plan now. Detailed suggestions are available from the Stewardship Council. Editor’s Clipsheet WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is observed each year on January 18 - 25. Editor s Clipsheet DISASTER IN PAKISTAN Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, General Secretary of the World Service Division, United Church Board for World Ministries, called the disaster in Pakistan similar to the genocide of the Jews in World War II. Just returned from a fact-finding trip to India, Mr. Anthony reported that fifty-thousand new refugees per day are streaming from Pakistan into the Bengali region of India swelling the number of refugees well beyond the 8.5 million announced earlier. To compound the situation, floods and monsoon rains have forced Indian residents of the region also to flee in almost equal numbers. On one ten-mile stretch of road along the top of a natural dike, refugees crowd every square foot of space on both sides of the road, with flood waters sometimes lapping around their feet. Crude, makeshift hovels, no sanitary facilities, a woman tending a dead husband, a mother tossing her dead baby into the flood waters — these are some of the impressions which Mr. Anthony reports. Church World Service, through which the United Church of Christ works in meeting disasters, is seeking to raise $385,000 as a part of an international appeal for $4,000,000. Special contributions should be marked “Pakistani Relief” and sent to the conference office or to the U.C.B.W.M. Editor s Clipsheet EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNICATION “SHARE” is the name of a new Christian education experiment — a practical publication designed for the church school teachers and staff. Whether or not this experimental communication venture will get off the ground depends on reactions from the field. Even though you may have missed the “deadline” for returning the questionnaire which was included in issue number one, please send in your reactions. One interesting item “shared” in this first issue concerned the Monrobot, a small computer used by a church in Florida. What is the Monrobot, you ask? The Monrobot is a computer with a small memory hank which was used during the 1969-1970 season for computer- assisted religious education in a church school. Of course, IT (the Monrobot) blinked and flashed all its little green lights to the utter delight of the children in the fifth and sixth grades who participated in the experiment.
