Calvin Synod Herald, 1973 (73. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1973-12-01 / 12. szám

REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA 7 Pa.; Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon E. Mackey, Chester Springs, Pa., Dr. Mackey being secretary; Charles H. Lockyear, treasurer, and Mrs. Lockyear, Pleasantville, N.Y. Also Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Baumer, West Bend, Wis­consin; Dr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Bode, St. Louis, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Myron H. Buehrer, Toledo, Ohio; Dr. and Mrs. E. Roy Corman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Donald C. Dearborn, Salisbury, N.C.; Dr. and Mrs. John W. Flucke, Claremont, California; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gordon, Jr., Reading, Pa.; Dr. Arthur W. Newell, Evansville, Ind. Also Miss Florence A. Partridge, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. Milton Rasche, Burlington, Iowa; Dr. and Mrs. Reuben J. Schroer, Akron, Ohio; the Rev. and Mrs. Paul R. Surbey, Granite City, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Webber, Lewisburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. White, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dr. and Mrs. James E. Wagner, Norristown, Pa. Dr. Wagner, who has been president of the church and its continuing corporation since 1953, presided at the meeting. It was noted that he had been elected as a member of the first General Council in 1938, and had served on it continuously during the 35 years since then. He retired from the active ministry in 1968. Dr. James E. Wagner 450 Forrest Ave., Apt. H-204 Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401-------------< • » »»-------------­THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AT A GLANCE New York, N.Y., Oct. 15 — In four-day business session ending here today, the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches: ELECTED: Ms. Claire Randall, Associate Director of Church Women United, to succeed Dr. R. H. Edwin Espy as General Secretary of the National Council of Churches. HONORED: Dr. Espy, who will retire from the post December 31, with a testimonial dinner attended by 250 church leaders including past presidents of the Council. GREETED: With a standing ovation the first woman to be designated as executive head of the nation’s largest church federation. GAVE: Ms. Randall 110 votes, as the official candidate of the Board’s own Search Committee (United Methodist Bishop Paul Washburn, of Chicago, Chairman), and the Reverend Albert M. Pennybacker, a Disciples min­ister of Shaker Heights, Ohio, 61 votes. Mr. Penny­­backer’s candidacy was presented from the floor. SPENT: Better than half their time in five separate section meetings, discussing and recommending a host of pro­posals for ecumenical program, later acting on them in plenary session. ENDORSED: Among the section proposals a recommenda­tion that Council staff representatives meet for dialogue with an independent Task Force on Gay People In The Church. ENCOURAGED: NCC member churches to make available some $500,000 for bail bonds and legal defense for 200 American Indians under indictment for protest activities at Wounded Knee, S. Dak. last spring. MANDATED: The NCC Division of Overseas Ministries to develop goals and strategies for a broad gauge, collaborative program for Latin American social progress. AUTHORIZED: A research project on the role of women in the church. APPROVED: A proposed series of six regional work­shops on racism, to be held under auspices of the NCC Division of Education and Ministry next year, agreeing to devote time at the Board’s next meeting in February for a workshop of its own. CALLED FOR: Enlargement of the NCC Task Force on Evangelism to include a strong representation from member and non-member church bodies . . . Action on section proposals aside, the Board weighed a number of resolutions, and accordingly CALLED ON: The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to “effect an immediate cessation” of arms shipments to both sides in the current Arab-Israeli war to help bring about its speedy end. URGED: Washington to “restore full diplomatic relations with the Cuban Government ... as rapidly as possible.” ISSUED: A statement of support for the striking workers at the Farah (Clothing) Mfg. Co. in El Paso, Tex. DEPLORED: World-wide violation of human rights, cur­rently evidenced by suppression of dissent in the Soviet Union and mass imprisonment and execution of Chilean opponents of the present regime in Chile. PRESSED FOR: International agreements to halt all nuclear testing, including underground tests, by the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R. and all other nations. ENDORSED: The 1974 World Population Year promoted by the United Nations. WELCOMED: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. as a communion in affiliation with (not with full voting membership in) the National Council of Churches. ADOPTED: An operating budget for 1974 of $13,294,580 — down approximately one million dollars from the current year’s budget. WILL MEET NEXT in Los Angeles, California, February 25-28, 1974.-------------» »»-----------------­^Sermon n -Soctp DUZ you DREFT with the TIDE? VEL now is the time to CHEER up. If you want real JOY, the TREND is to BREEZE to church on Sunday. Too many people WOODBURY their heads in a pillow, or work to make their car SPARKLE, forgetting the LORD’S Day is made for LESTOIL. Maybe we ought to DIAL you to remind you of the IVORY palaces yonder. Worship if you LIFEBOUY. So WISK yourself out of bed Sunday, dress up SPIC and SPAN and DASH like a COMET to Church School and Church. As you sing PRAISE to god and hear his words, you’ll feel like MR. CLEAN all week. —NEWSLETTER CUCC, Winchester, Va.

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