Calvin Synod Herald, 1972 (72. évfolyam, 8-12. szám)

1972-08-01 / 8-9. szám

6 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD THE GENERAL BOARD AT A GLANCE The General Board of the National Council of Churches, meeting in the Riverside Church, New York City ADOPTED after long discussion and with minor revision, the final plan for restruc­turing the NCC REFERRED it to its Constitution and By Laws Committee for preparation neces­sary for its RECOMMENDATION to the triennial General Assembly, to meet in Dallas, Texas, Decem­ber 3 through 8. for its action. HEARD a major address on ecumenism by the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake. AUTHORIZED the preparation of an amicus curiae brief aimed at placing the question of the legality of the Vietnam war before the courts. DEPLORED the slaughter at Tel-Aviv Interna­tional Airport of 26 travellers and the wounding of 80 others and CALLED UPON the United Nations, national govern­ments and the air travel industry to devise and maintain more ef­fective security measures. DIRECTED NCC Units to refrain from pur­chasing head (iceberg) lettuce un­less it clearly bears the label of the United Farm Workers Union. FAVORED NCC observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday on the third Sun­­r day of January each year and rec­ommended that the member com­munions do likewise. RECEIVED a report from the National Com­mission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse made by its chairman, ex- Governor Raymond P. Shafer of Pennsylvania and referred it to the NCC’s Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for further study and recommendations. PAID TRIBUTE TO Dr. Gerald E. Knoff, retiring As­sociate General Secretary for Chris­tian Education, and the Rev. Ran­dolph Nugent, who will leave his post as Associate General Secretary for Overseas Ministries for a new leadership assignment with the United Methodist Church Board of Mission. “SPUN OFF” into independent but related status, the Delta Ministry, its long term civil rights effort in Mississipi. UPDATED its 1963 policy statement on TV and radio to include cable TV in the purview of ethical judgment. ADOPTED a revised preamble to the NCC con­stitution, also for final approval by the General Assembly. DEBATED a proposed policy statement calling for a general amnesty for Vietnam era veterans and draft resisters, and VOTED to take action on the statement at the next meeting. WILL NEXT MEET Dec. 2, 1972, in Dallas, Texas on the eve of the triennial General Assembly, Dec. 3- 8. (Tempo newsletter) "THREE TO GET READY, AND FOUR TO GO . . ." If your congregation is planning and working for a complete Christian Enlistment this year, you will realize that “three to get ready, and four to go. ..” refers to phases in the new Christian Enlistment process. Phase three, Designing the Budget, should now be complete, and phase four, Promoting the Enlistment, should be underway. The weeks seem to grow shorter between the opening of school in September and Enlistment Sunday, which is usually set for the second Sunday in November. The purpose of the crucial “phase four” is to help every member of the congregation be­come more fully aware of the needs to be met by your church’s work, from local to worldwide mission. If, by chance, your congregation has not yet undertaken the Christian Enlistment program, September is just about your last chance to do something new and creative to enliven your an­nual fundraising efforts. A recent study of nearly 3,500 persons in the United States and Canada revealed that nearly half of the lay persons interviewed (48.5%) felt that a yearly visit to collect financial commitments or pledges for next year’s church budget is a good idea, and that 13.5% increased their giving because of such a visit. If your congregation needs to increase its income for Cur­rent Local Expenses or for Our Chris­tian World Mission, there is yet time to plan and carry out an abbreviated Christian Enlistment this year. Even more important, however, is to begin your Enlistment efforts for next year in January or February. LOOKING FOR HELP???? If you’ve not yet seen it, the July/ August issue of the United Church Herald included a sixteen-page “hand­book” on How to Strengthen Your Local Church. This, incidentally, is the last issue of the United Church Herald in its familiar format. This month will begin the United Church Herald edition of A.D. 1972, published in cooperation with Presbyterian Life. Another resource you may have missed was the May 1972 issue of The Christian Ministry which is built around the minister as organizer and planner. Included in the magazine is an article by U.C.C. pastor Peter Ainslie of Pittsburgh, Pa. KEEPING A CHILD ALIVE FOR ONE DOLLAR A YEAR When Dr. Richard C. Braun, a physician in Crossville, Tennessee, re­calls his years of service in Ghana, West Africa, he says, “We found that it is possible to keep a child alive and fairly healthy for just one dollar ($1) of health-care money a year.” With only two doctors and a budget of $100,000 for a popula­tion of 100,000 people in the Tongu District of Ghana, the 118-bed hospital which Dr. Braun directed was charged by the Government with the responsibility for the health care of the people of Tongu, assisted only by a few Government health officers. It was obvious to Dr. Braun that they couldn’t do everything that needed to be done on a community level. So they decided to start with persons in each village who suffer and are most likely to die — the small children. Infant mortality rate in many villages is still over 250 per 1,000 live births in much of Africa. The clinic team visits 14 villages once a month and one large village twice a month. Emphasis is on nutri­tion and on preventive medicine. The (Continued on pasre 8) NCC's General Board Meets In New York

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