Calvin Synod Herald, 1972 (72. évfolyam, 8-12. szám)
1972-11-01 / 11. szám
REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA 7 ‘Only as the cross becomes a central part of our life will we come closer together.” At the same time, he pleaded with the WCC to face the world with both love and justice, and to understand that programs in social justice, international affairs, and development are part of “an incarnate engagement with the world.” Speculation that Dr. Potter would be the Central Committee choice to succeed Dr. Blake, who has been general secretary for six years, had circulated for months. There was general acceptance of his candidacy among the Churches. He was nominated by an 18-member committee. The churchman reflects the interests of the Third World and the accents and education of Great Britain and the Continent. He has literally grown up in the World Council, serving two stints on the staff, from 1954 to 1960 as head of the Youth Department and since 1967 as head of the powerful Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. In the latter post, under the new WCC structure, he is chairman of the Program Unit on Faith and Witness, which encompasses Faith and Order, Church and Society, Dialogue With Peoples of Living Faiths and Mission and Evangelism . Nearly a quarter of a century after his first appearance before the infant World Council in Amsterdam, Philip Potter was invited to head the international organization. —Betty Thompson, via Religious News Service Tempo Newsletter C^haóincj _4 lkaiul ainboiv If you are chasing a rainbow, Trying to catch an end; You’re wasting your time and effort, With failure you’ll contend. If you are chasing a rainbow, One thing you do not know; The precious time you’re squandering, Are seeds you cannot sow. If you are chasing a rainbow, So sure it’ll bring you joy; But, if it can’t be yours to have, Your dreams it will destroy. If you are chasing a rainbow, Not thinking of those you love; Rugged and steep are your pathways, Frowned on by Him above. If you are chasing a rainbow, Forbidden alleys trod; You’re breaking The Ten Commandments, The Masterpiece of God. NEW N.C.C. APPOINTMENT Miss Emily V. Gibbes, a United Presbyterian Christian educator, has been named Associate General Secretary for Christian Education of the National Council of Churches, it was announced by the NCC’s General Secretary, Dr. R. H. Edwin Espy. The appointment is effective immediately. Miss Gibbes comes to the Council after more than twenty years as a professional educator for her church in the U.S.A. and overseas. She replaces Dr. Gerald E. Knoff, who retired last June, and thus assumes leadership of one of the three major program arms of the Council. In her new position she will be responsible for directing the cooperative educational efforts of church agencies working through the Council, and for administering the budget and policy of the division as it changes direction under the new NCC structure to be voted upon this December. Commenting on her appointment, Dr. Espy said, “Miss Gibbes’ qualifications as a Christian educator are enlarged by her extensive Third World experience and by the perspective she brings as a woman. This makes her uniquely suited to her new appointment and we look forward to her leadership.” The division she heads includes four major units: the Departments of Education for Mission (Friendship Press), Educational Development, Higher Education, and Ministry. In addition, it owns and administers two major camps: Conference Point Camp in Williams Bay, Wisconsin and another conference center at Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire; and it guides the publication of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Miss Gibbes has spent the past four years as a consultant in church education to the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (1970-71) and of the Eglise Presbyterienne Camerounaise, Cameroun, West Africa (1968-69), under assignment from her church’s Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. For the previous twelve years she was based in Philadelphia as executive secretary of her denomination’s Women’s Department of the Board of Christian Education. There she developed education programs, interpretation and public relations among women’s groups in some 8,000 United Presbyterian churches. She administered the department’s budget, supervised staff and did extensive public speaking, teaching, and writing. Miss Gibbes came to the United Presbyterian Church in 1950 and before promotion to the post of executive secretary of the Women’s Department, performed a variety of assignments in its Board of Christian Education. Previous to that she was confidential secretary to the Minority Leader of the New York City Council and before that, assistant supervisor of National Youth Administration in New York. (N.C.C. News) iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiii Did you send your subscription fee for the CALVIN SYNOD HERALD REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Margaret F. Csóványos IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
