Calvin Synod Herald, 1979 (79. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1979-01-01 / 1-2. szám
8 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD ON€ WORLD OH€ FAMILY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST U.C.C. URGED TO OBSERVE HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK December 10 marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Dr. Avery D. Post, President of the United Church of Christ, has joined in a “National Religious Call for Public Support of the UN Human Rights Covenants,” which urges all our congregations to “initiate a coordinated effort to inform the American public about and acquire favorable public support for these human-rights covenants.” The UN Covenants, signed by President Carter and submitted to the Senate in February of this year, are expected to be considered by the Senate in late 1979. Concern in the Administration and the Congress about human rights has been clouded by confusion about just what human rights are. The UN Covenants define political and civil rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; the right to protection from race and sex discrimination; the right to food and to a job; and the right to special protection for groups in the society who are especially vulnerable — the handicapped, children, and the elderly. A Covenants Action Guide, produced in part by the Office for Church in Society of United Church of Christ, is available free for a single copy upon request from the Office for Churbh in Society, 297 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10010. Bulk orders are available at $7 per 100. A more extensive Human Rights Packet is also available for $4. McCORD ELECTED President James I. McCord has been named Chairman of the United Presbyterian Council of Theological Seminaries (during its November meeting in Indianapolis ). Dr. McCord, following his election, said he is heartened by the marked increase of interest in theology among the present generation of seminarians. “This means that our preaching will be Biblically based and theologically informed,” he stated. The increasing integration of theology and practice, he said, has been strengthened by the relation of the Church and the seven Presbyterian seminaries: “Evidence of this is the concentration of this meeting of the- Council on evangelism and the creation of new life in Jesus Christ.” Campus Update, Princeton Theol. Seminary, Winter ’79 CHILDREN TO COME FIRST IN 79 Did you know that 1979 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of the Child? A resolution adopted last year by the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA encourages churches to: 1. Study the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 2. Give careful consideration to All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure, recently published as the result of a five-year study by the Carnegie Council on Children. The study calls for new understanding of the importance of supporting a variety of family units by redirecting needed services in such a way that the famliy-unit’s integrity is preserved. The Carnegie report concludes that “the greatest single harm to children is poverty.” 3. Recognize and strive to implement the rights specifically related to children in churches as valued persons in the congregation, with the right to be nurtured in the faith and to be given freedom of religious choice. The child, according to the NCC resolution, has the right to full participation in the church regardless of sex, race, color, or nationality. 4. Develop a global perspective on responsibilities toward children. Ed’s’ Clipsheet, Dec. 1978 REQUISITES FOR CONTENDED LIVING Health enough to make work a pleasure. H ealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future. Ed’s Clipsheet, Dec. 1978
