Pacific Church NewsA NEWS JOURNAL FOR CHURCHES OF CHRIST ON THE WEST COAST

Volume IV Summer 1986 Number 2

Elliott Named President at Columbia

Dr. Gary D. Elliott was appointedseventh president of Columbia Christ-ian College by Columbia's Board ofDirectors. The appointment came aftera four-month period in which Elliottserved as chief operating officer atColumbia after the resignation ofMichael C. Armour.

Elliott has been with Columbia since1982, serving as dean of the college andas executive vice president. He hadpreviously served as chairman of theEnglish department at Harding Univer-sity in Searcy, Arkansas.

Columbia's new president earned hismaster's degree in English from NorthTexas State University in 1968 and hisdoctorate in English from Kansas StateUniversity in 1973. He has preached forcongregations of the Church of Christ

in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas, as wellas being a guest speaker at manyNorthwest congregations.

Elliott is married to the former CherylGuild, and they have two children,Doug, 17, and Heather, 15.

Among the major responsibilities ofthe presidency is Columbia's first majorcapital gifts campaign, raising $9million for continuing support, endow-ment growth and capital improve-ments. Also, in his role as president,Elliott has announced the appointmentof three new administrators at Colum-bia. James Bean has been named asdean of the college. Dr. Deb Muller isthe new chairman of the division ofarts and sciences, and Keith Farris hasbeen appointed Columbia's newregistrar.

Olbricht Will ChairReligion at Pepperdine

Pepperdine University hasannounced the appointment of Dr.Thomas Olbricht as chairperson of theReligion Division of Seaver College.

Dr. Olbricht is presently director ofgraduate studies in religion at AbileneChristian University. From 1981 to 1985he was the Dean of the College ofLiberal and Fine Arts at ACU. He hasalso served on the faculties of HardingUniversity, the University of Dubuque,and The Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Olbricht received his academictraining at Northern Illinois University(B.S.), Harvard University (S.T.B.) andThe University of Iowa (M.A., Ph.D.).He is the author of four books andnumerous articles in scholarly journals.He is editor of the scholarly journalRestoration Quarterly and president ofthe board of Second Century Journal, Inc.

Dr. Olbricht is an elder of the MinterLane Church of Christ in Abilene,Texas, and has served as a minister insix states. He has served as a consultantto the Herald of Truth and Heartbeatradio programs. He and his wife Doro-thy have five children and twograndchildren.

Thomas Olbricht

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Annual Campaign Heldin August

Over 25 Churches of Christ in LosAngeles are planning their annualCampaign for Christ. This year thecampaign will run from August 3-29at the Carson Community Center onAvalon. Reginald Dulin of Dallas,Texas, and Jack Evans of Terrell, Texaswill be this year's speakers.

According to Calvin Bowers, cam-paign coordinator, there will be agreater emphasis on publicity this year,with some services shown on TV.

Jack Evans

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EDITORJerry Rushford

ASSOCIATE EDITORSBill Henegar

Carol Morehead

CONTRIBUTING REPORTERSMarshall BrookeyDick CuppKelly DeatherageClifton DitmoreBobb GowenMilo HadwinDick HenegarBillie SilveyDon WhiteEdwin WhiteKen WilsonBud Worsham

Porterville, CAMountainview, CA

Portland, ORStockton, CA

Chico, CABellevue, WA

San Diego, CALos Angeles, CA

Antioch, CAPhoenix, AZ

Spokane, WALong Beach, CA

PACIFIC CHURCH NEWS is published fourtimes each year by the department of churchservices at Pepperdine University. Send allcorrespondence to Pepperdine University,Malibu, CA 90265.

Dr. Steve Eckstein, chairman of the BibleDepartment at Michigan Christ-ian College, was the featured speaker at theannual Irondyke Family Camp inLaGrande, Oregon. The camp was held]uly 27-August 2, and the theme was "TheAroma of Christ in Our World."

8th Annual GNEWSuccessful

The 8th Annual Great NorthwestEvangelism Workshop was held on thecampus of Pacific Lutheran Universityin Tacoma, Washington July 2-5. Theworkshop, on the scenic campus withMt. Rainier as a backdrop, drew over2,000 people from more than sixtyChurches of Christ in the PacificNorthwest.

This year's workshop featuredtwenty-four of the church's most dyna-mic and capable leaders providingmotivation, inspiration, in-depth Biblestudies, and strategies for churchgrowth and problem solving. Speakersincluded Jeff Walling, Marvin Phillips,Mike Armour, Rubel Shelly, RichardRogers, Dick Marcear, and RandyMayeux.

The 1986 GNEW had something foreveryone. Children enjoyed HuggyBear and the Sonshine Valley Puppet-eers. A special program for youthincluded, "A DJ's Experience withMusic." Special classes were designedfor parents, singles, and couples. Thosewho attended the workshop enjoyedAcappella and His Heirs, plus partici-pation in great congregational singing.A large exhibit area provided Christianliterature and displays of projects fromthroughout the brotherhood.

Portland ChurchSponsors Family Seminar

The Eastside Church of Christ inPortland Oregon sponsored a FamilyFocus Seminar with Royce Money onJuly 25-27.

Working with the Alpha-Omega out-reach program of the Westgate Churchof Christ in Abilene, Texas, the Eastsidecongregation brought Dr. Money to theNorthwest for a seminar designed tohelp strengthen family relationships.Dr. Money is chairman of the Bibledepartment at Abilene ChristianUniversity and has worked with ACU'sMarriage and Family Institute. He isthe author of Building Stronger Families.

Royce Money

California EducatorAppointed Deanat York College

Dr. O. Boyd Gilliland of La Mesa,California, has been appointedacademic dean at York College inNebraska. Besides a bachelor's degreein chemistry, he holds a master'sdegree in education and a doctorate ineducational administration.

Gilliland brings to his new positionexpertise in many areas such as publiceducation, educational administrationand church leadership. He will be leav-ing the San Diego Unified SchoolDistrict where he served twenty-threeyears as a mathematics teacher andcounselor. He also has served nineteenyears as an elder at the La Mesa Churchof Christ, and was vice president ofColumbia Christian College in Port-land, Oregon, during the 1979-80school year.

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Luncheon Honors George Pepperdine Centennial 1886-1986A special gathering of Pepperdine

friends took place on June 20, 1986 tocommemorate the centennial ofGeorge Pepperdine's birth. Helen Pep-perdine attended, along with over sixtyother people, in order to reminisceabout George Pepperdine's life and hismany contributions to Christian educa-tion and to the Churches of Christ.

George Pepperdine was born in aone-room cabin in Southeastern Kan-sas on June 20, 1886. He founded theWestern Auto Supply Company inKansas City in 1909, and moved toCalifornia to expand his operations in1915. As his business successes mount-ed, his deeply spiritual nature lookedfor ways to use his resources to helpchurches and individuals.

Out of this deep sense of dedication,Mr. Pepperdine began assisting manycongregations of the Church of Christwho were struggling through the De-pression. At one time, he was finan-cially assisting more than forty congre-gations in California. But he wantedto do more, and in 1937 he made thedecision to invest his fortune in thefounding of a Christian college.

Near the close of the luncheon,Hubert Derrick, former professor atPepperdine, recalled a story whichaccurately described the character ofGeorge Pepperdine. A young boy,upon seeing Mr. Pepperdine andknowing of his reputation as a wealthyman, asked him, "How much do youhave?" Mr. Pepperdine replied, "Theonly thing I have left is what I've givenaway."

Helen Pepperdine and Kenneth Hahn Former deans /.P. Sanders, E.V. Pullias

Students from '37: /. Harris, L. Derrick, H. Mattox, G. Millay, W. Stivers, G. Hahn

Among guests: Hubert Derrick, Lola Tiner, EV Pullias, Don Miller, Howard White

Even/one joined hands in a closing prayer and agreed to meet again next summer.

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Great Songs of The ChurchGreat Songs of the Church, Revised was

introduced during Abilene ChristianUniversity's annual Bible Lectureship.The hymnal, published by AbileneChristian University Press, has beenin revision for the last five years. Thenew edition is the first complete revi-sion of the hymnal since Great Songsof the Church Number Two waspublished in 1937. Elmer Leon Jorgen-son first compiled the book in 1921,making the lifespan of the book greaterthan any other known hymnal in theChurches of Christ. It was improvedwith a supplement of fifty songs whichwere added to the original collectionin 1925. This book continued until 1937when the Number Two edition appear-ed. Since then, no major changes havebeen made with the exception of asupplement of seventy songs in 1975.

About two-thirds of the songs fromthe original book remain in the revisededition, and some 200 new hymns havebeen added. The book contains at leastone song from each century, beginningwith the second century, with songsrepresenting each period of churchhistory. Included are melodies from theancient and medieval church, tunesfrom the Genevan psalters and Ger-man chorales, as well as melodies fromthe 17th and 18th centuries. The tunesources are international, coming fromAmerica, the entire British Common-wealth, six countries in WesternEurope, three countries in EasternEurope, as well as the Orient.

Among the special features of thenew book is a larger page size, whichallows for clearer notes and morereadable type. Another feature is theaddition of scripture readings. Morethan 100 scripture portions have beenincluded throughout the book and arenumbered like the songs. The hymnalalso has a topical arrangement ratherthan an alphabetical one. The indexesinclude an author/composer index, amuch-enlarged tune index, a topicalindex, and a scripture index. Also,credit lines appear at the bottom ofeach hymn, along with a scripturereference for devotional use. Thehymnal has been arranged to be moreuseful as a devotional book for thehome and family.

Dr. Forrest McCann, associate profes-sor of English at ACU, served as generaleditor for the hymnal and has servedas chairman of the editorial committee.

Revision CompletedThe music editor was Dr. Jack Boyd,professor of music at ACU. About sixty-five people from across the UnitedStates, Canada, Great Britain, andAustralia participated on an advisorycommittee for the completely redesign-ed and rearranged hymnal.

The hymnal made its debut in Cali-fornia during the Pepperdine BibleLectureship in April. Several congrega-tions on the West Coast are now usingthe new hymnal.

New Director of ResidentAffairs at Sunset Haven

Paul SchlosserPaul Schlosser has been appointed

the new director of resident affairs atSunset Haven. In his new position,Schlosser will be responsible formaintaining communications betweenresidents and their church homes, aswell as establishing exchanges ofservices between the churches andSunset Haven. Over the past thirtyyears, Sunset Haven has served morethan 1,300 elderly in two residentialcare centers and one health care center.

Schlosser completed his Bachelor ofArts degree at Harding University andreceived his Master of Arts in Religionfrom Pepperdine University in 1985.Besides teaching at Sonrise ChristianSchool in Covina, he has worked withchurches in Azusa, California andAlbany, Oregon. He and his wife,Debbie, have three daughters; six-year-old twins, Rachel and Lydia, and two-year-old Elana Mae.

46th Annual YosemiteFamily Encampment

For Paul Methvin, pulpit minister ofthe Church of Christ in Orangevale,California, the responsibility for direct-ing the Annual Yosemite Family En-campment is a labor of love. He hasgladly accepted this task for fifteenconsecutive years.

Each year thousands of Christiansfrom across the nation choose to taketheir vacation and attend this popularevent. This year was no exception, aslarge and enthusiastic crowds attendedeach session.

The theme for the 46th Family En-campment was "Lessons From God'sPeople." Featured speakers includedPaul Faulkner, Howard Norton, CarrollOsburn, Steve Lemley, Willard Tate,V. P. Black, Leonard Gray, Doug Dean,Art McNeese, Tim Matheny, John Clay-ton, Bob Payne, Randy Gray and IanFair.

The daily program included classesfor all ages over 3 years. In additionto twelve adult classes and a specialchorus class, there was a program forjunior and senior high young people.Nightly campfire programs, featuringseveral singing groups, highlighted theweek.

Peggy Blanton to KeynoteClairemont Retreat

The annual Clairemont Ladies'Retreat will be held September 18-20,1986. This year's keynote speaker willbe Peggy Blanton from Amarillo, Texas.The event, sponsored by the Claire-mont Church of Christ in San Diego,will also feature Jill Trice as a speaker.Helen Riley, from the Pacific Beachcongregation, will conduct a work-shop, and Garment Bobo and MarciaGifford, both from the Lemon Grovecongregation, will present a dramaticinterpretation. The Christian Confer-ence Center on Mt. Palomar will be thesite again this year. The cost for theretreat is $55.00, including an $11.00nonrefundable fee. Reservations aredue by September 10. For further infor-mation, write Clairemont Ladies'Retreat, Clairemont Church of Christ,3951 Dalles Avenue, San Diego, Califor-nia, 92117, or call Joan Book at (619)278-1946.

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Over 4,500 Attend Pepperdine Bible Lectureship

A crowd numbering more than 4,500was present for the opening night ofthe 43rd Annual Pepperdine Bible Lec-tureship on April 22.

Lectureship guests came from 37states and six foreign countries for thefour-day event. California was themost-widely represented state, withparticipants from more than 300 con-gregations of the Church of Christ inattendance.

Doug Parsons, preaching minister forthe Golf Course Road Church of Christin Midland, Texas, was the featuredspeaker. His keynote address, "TheGod of our Salvation," launched the

lectureship theme of "God of Graceand God of Glory."

The other theme speakers for theweek were Neale Pryor, Art McNeese,Jim Roberts, Tony Ash, Ken Durham,and Frank Pack. The evening banquetspeakers were Bill Teague, Betty Muns,David Davenport, Roy Osborne, andFran Armour. There were 132 classes,42 meal programs, and nine late-nightspecials during the week.

Bill Stivers, professor of languagesat Pepperdine, was honored on open-ing night for his half-century of serviceto the Hispanic congregations in LosAngeles.

Raymond Kelcy, chairman of theBible Department at Oklahoma Christ-ian College in Oklahoma City, washonored at the Annual Men's Fellow-ship Dinner on Thursday evening. Dr.Kelcy has chaired the Bible Departmentat O.C.C. for the past twenty-threeyears and is retiring this summer.

On the final evening of the lecture-ship, Pepperdine University honoredFrank Pack with an Appreciation Din-ner for his forty-six year career as aprofessor of Bible. Following thedinner, Dr. Pack gave the closingaddress of the lectureship in FirestoneFieldhouse.

David Davenport and Bill Stivers Raymond Kelcy frank and Delia Pack

Scenes from Pepperdine's

President Davenport, banquet speaker Browsing in the expanded display area

Yale's Abraham Malherbe, daily teacher Ken Durham speaking at the Friday morning lecture

Thursday evening lecturer Tony Ash Standing room only for Oliver Howard's class in Smothers Theatre

43rd Annual Lectureship

Annual Women's Fellowship Dinner, a perfect evening around the pool

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ACU President Teague speaking in fieldhouse Women's Dinner speaker Fran Armour Children enjoying the puppet shows

Great Themes from theBook of Isaiah

i The 43rd Annual|epperdine University* Bible Lectureship

April 22-25,1986

Betty Muns speaking at the Annual ANP Banquet Abilene's Paul Faulkner teaching a popular late-night class

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J. P. Sanders—A Life ofDedication to the Lordby Carol Piland Morehead

This month marks the 80th birthdayof J. P. Sanders, a man who has faith-fully and humbly served the Lord allhis life. He has preached and servedthe cause of Christian education forover 60 years.

Born in Texas in 1906, Sanders grewup in a family of faith. He preachedhis first gospel sermon at the age of15. After high school, he attended TexasChristian University, where he earneda bachelor's degree in chemistry. Fromthere he went to Vanderbilt Universityin Nashville on a fellowship and earneda master's degree in chemistry.

Sanders moved to Cisco, Texas andtaught chemistry for a year. While inCisco, he also preached for the churchthere. It was during that year that hedecided to switch from science toreligion. "I had planned on being ascientist and to preach on the side,"said Sanders. He returned to Vander-bilt to study religion, eventuallyearning a bachelor of divinity degree.In 1935, he began teaching at DavidLipscomb College in Nashville, wherehe remained until 1939. It was duringthis time that he and Frank Pack, whowas a close friend, made plans to goto Edinburgh, Scotland to study at theuniversity there. However, the rumb-lings of what would become World WarII caused them to reconsider.

Instead of traveling to Scotland,

Sanders accepted an invitation fromGeorge Pepperdine to teach at his newcollege in California. J.P. taught at thecollege from 1939 until 1942. While atPepperdine, he met Gloria Millay, oneof the first students at the new college.They were married on June 16, theMonday following her graduation.

From Pepperdine, the Sanders re-turned to Nashville where Sandersserved as dean of Lipscomb College.However, in 1957, he returned toPepperdine, this time as dean, wherehe served the College for thirteen moreyears. In 1970, the board of ColumbiaChristian College in Portland, Oregon,asked Sanders to fill the importantoffice of executive vice president. In his12 years at Columbia, he served aspresident and then chancellor.

In 1982, he returned again to Pepper-dine as Professor of Religion, theposition he currently holds. While attwo institutions, Lipscomb and Colum-bia, Sanders played an important partin the accreditation of the schools. Hehelped build strong educational pro-grams based on Christian values.While educating others, Sandersplayed an important part in the accredi-tation of the schools. He helped buildstrong educational programs based onChristian values. While educatingothers, Sanders himself has not ceasedto grow and learn. He earned a Ph.D.in philosophy of religion at the Univer-sity of Southern California and con-tinues to update himself on the latestwritings in a number of fields.

In addition to their dedicated servicein Christian education, he and GloriaSanders have also served the churchin the places where they have lived.J. P. has given himself tirelessly to thework of the church across the nationand in several foreign countries. He hasspoken frequently on lecture programsand in gospel meetings. Gloria has alsoplayed a vital role in many congrega-tions. Together, the Sanders havetouched many lives in many places.

Editor's Note:/. P. Sanders is the subject of a biography

now being written by Professor MorrisWomack of Pepperdine University, Womackis interested in receiving photos, newspaperclippings, letters, personal stories andanecdotes about Sanders. All corre-spondence should be addressed to: Dr.Morris Womack, Communication Division,Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90265.

Creation-EvolutionDebate Held

An overflowing crowd of more than1300 people filled Laxson Auditoriumon the campus of the University ofCalifornia at Chico to hear Dr. DouglasDean of Pepperdine and Dr. MichaelErpino of Chico State debate the issueof the origin of life. The debate cameas a result of the recent controversyover the teaching of evolution in juniorhigh school science textbooks. Dr.Dean teaches biology at SeaverCollege.

Bobb Gowen, minister of the Lassenand Burnap Church of Christ, arrangedthe two-hour debate. The event wasvideo-taped and made available to localnewsmedia as well as to cable stationsand churches. Audio cassettes werealso made and are available by writingto the Church of Christ, 995 E. LassenAvenue, Chico, CA, 95926.

Sacramento Area-WideWorship Successful

A crowd of 1,500 people attended acombined worship service sponsoredby the Sacramento metropolitan areaChurches of Christ. The area-wideevent took place June 15 at the CordovaStadium.

David Davenport, President of Pep-perdine University, spoke at theservice. His lesson, on the occasion ofFather's Day, was entitled "WhateverHappened to Father?" Don Foster,director of singing at the CollegeChurch in Fresno, led the song service.

"The number of non-Christians waslarger than ever," said Dennis Smith,involvement minister at the RanchoCordova Church of Christ.

Oster to Speak at RetreatRick Oster will be the featured

speaker at the annual Fall Retreat spon-sored by Campus Ministry at Pepper-dine University. Oster is associateprofessor of New Testament at HardingGraduate School in Memphis, Tennes-see. The theme will be "The Search."Camp Bluff Lake near Big Bear will bethe site of the weekend event, schedul-ed for October 3-5, 1986. The retreat isopen to all Pepperdine students andto members of local Churches of Christ.For further information, contact theCampus Ministry office at (213)456-4504.

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Central Church in L.A. MayBy Dan Knight

One of the greatest moments for anycongregation is when the doors openon their new church building. It is theculmination of years of planning, sav-ing, meeting in temporary locations,and, above all, dreaming.

The year was 1930 and the Great De-pression was settling over a fearfulnation. But in downtown Los Angeles,a new church building was being dedi-cated on the corner of 12th and Hoover—the Central Church of Christ becamea reality. Paul Harper and Glen Smith,the two elders of that church today,were present at the dedication and theyfondly remember the beautiful newbuilding with all its promise of hopefor service in God's kingdom.

During the next twenty years, thechurch thrived. G. C. Brewer, W. B.West, Foy Wallace, Batsell Baxter, anda host of others led the congregationin times of rapid growth. But in thelate 1950s, progress became a problemas people moved away from the crowd-ed central city to the suburbs. Thebuilding had been constructed beforethe great increase in the use of auto-mobiles and did not include adequateparking. So even those who desiredto drive back into the city were facedwith the problem of where to park.

However, as one group moved out,other groups moved in. In 1973, a workwas begun with the Koreans who hadsettled in the area. Then, ten yearslater, the University Church of Christin Malibu brought Dan and VickieKnight to Los Angeles to begin an

Lose Building

Hispanic ministry at the CentralChurch. Now there were three groupsmeeting in the Central building:Korean speaking, Spanish speaking,and English speaking. Plans anddreams for the future emerged again.

But then came the bad news. TheCity of Los Angeles is requiring thechurch to restructure the buildingbecause of the threat of earthquakes—at a cost of over $120,000. Unless themoney can somehow be raised, theCity will demolish a building that wasborn in and survived the Great Crashof the '30s.

The people who love the CentralChurch have not yet surrendered. TheBoard of Trustees has been expandedto include Howard White, TommyThompson, Mark Hager, WalterChadwick, Gerald Hunnicutt, andFrank Pack. The preacher's home inHollywood is being sold to raisemoney. Plans are under way to increasemuch needed parking.

One of the saddest moments for anycongregation is when the doors closefor the last time on their dreams. Fivecongregations in the Los Angeles areahave experienced this in the past fifteenyears. The Central Church is asking forthe prayers and support of Christianseverywhere—Christians who see theneed to minister in the center of ourgreat cities. No longer must we travelacross the seas to be missionaries; Godhas brought the nations to us.

Somehow, there must always be anopen door.

The Hispanic, English, and Korean congregations gather at the Central Church.

Third Ethnic EvangelismSeminar Held inLos Angeles

What does a church do when it isfaced with transition? Die? Merge?Relocate? Integrate? Reproduce itself?Those were some of the options pre-sented by Dan Knight, Hispanicminister for the Central Church ofChrist in Los Angeles, at the thirdEthnic Evangelism Seminar.

Forty-two people from fourteen con-gregations attended the seminar,which was held Friday, May 16, 1986,at the Normandie Church of Christ inLos Angeles. Calvin Bowers, one of theco-founders of the seminar, greeted theguests and introduced Normandieminister Carroll Pitts, who led thedevotion.

Tai Hi Choi, minister from SantaMonica, presented facts and figures onthe Korean churches in Los Angeles.According to Choi, more than fivehundred denominational groups meetin Los Angeles county, the largest beinga Catholic church of 3,000 members.Sixty-two percent of Koreans in LosAngeles go to church every Sunday.However, there are only four KoreanChurches of Christ in Los Angelescounty and three in Orange county,and these churches have an averagemembership of 40 or 50 each.

Eno Otoyo, an elder for the AvalonChurch of Christ, gave his perspectiveson race relations. A Nigerian by birth,Otoyo went from being a member ofthe majority in his home country tobeing a minority member in America.He married a recently-converted blackwoman from Texas, and they wereasked to leave the first congregationsthey visited near her home. Otoyoreferred to scriptures dealing with racerelations, such as those on the Hel-lenistic widows and Peter's refusal toeat with Gentiles, to show how theearly church dealt with such problems.

Knight then presented options for achurch faced with transition and divid-ed the participants into four groups todiscuss solutions to four case studiedof churches in transition.

The next Ethnic Evangelism seminarhas been scheduled for Friday, Septem-ber 12,1986, at the Hollywood Churchof Christ, 600 N. Rossmore, in LosAngeles.

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Ministers EnjoyEnrichment Seminar

"Worthy of the Lord—The Minister'sLife as Seen in Colossians" was thetopic that church leaders exploredduring Columbia Christian College'ssixth annual Ministers EnrichmentSeminar, June 9-12.

Guest speakers Frank Pack, RichardPectol and Bruce Wadczek broughtrelevant messages to the ministers andelders who attended the seminar. Theirpresentations were supplemented bysessions led by Dr. Dan Rhodes, chair-man of Columbia's Bible and ReligionDivision; John O. York, assistantprofessor of Bible; and Scott Mitchell,minister for the Linwood Church ofChrist in Portland.

World Bible SchoolUpdate

Thus far, there have been foursuccessful World Bible School (WBS)campaigns in 1986. In India this pastFebruary the campaign resulted in 201baptisms, and the campaign in Zim-babwe during March had 37 baptisms.The WBS campaign to Singapore inJune was co-led by James Cox ofAnaheim, California and ClaytonBussard of Sanger, California. In July,Lester Brittell led a group on a missiontour through Zambia.

Future campaigns include one toMalawi, East Africa, which will takeplace in August. This group will be ledby Eric Dickey and Bob Jolliff. In thecountry of Ghana, Ralph Weinhold willbe the featured speaker at four tentmeetings, to be held this September.The Ghana campaign leaders will beJake Coppinger of Visalia, Californiaand the Aikens of Brownfield, Texas.

These scheduled meetings and cam-paigns are part of the WBS follow-upprogram. At the WBS office in Visalia,over 20,000 letters are received eachmonth from people in countries ofAfrica, Asia, South America and Cen-tral America. Many of these letters arerequests for enrollment in WBS corres-pondence courses. Anyone interestedin participating in the World BibleSchool program, either as a teacher orsponsor for campaigners, should con-tact Jake Coppinger at (209) 739-8115or (209) 739-7349.

The South Painter Avenue congregation in Whittier, California recently honored Mauriceand Marie Hall on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in the ministry.

Washington ChurchDedicates New Building

The Church of Christ in Hazel Dell,north of Vancouver, dedicated its newbuilding in a special service June 7,1986.

The building, which will seat ap-proximately 300 and includes an officeand classrooms, was constructed pri-marily by members of the congregationwith contracted services only for sheetrock and some electrical work. JeffHicks, Hazel Dell minister, said thecongregation incurred no long-termindebtedness in its building projectsand expects to have all loans repaid infive years.

"The sentiment of the congregation,"Hicks said, "is now that we have thebuilding done, let's get busy buildingthe church." In the last year the con-gregation has grown from an averageattendance of 45 to 90. Hicks believesthe church has a great core of peoplefrom all age groups who are dedicatedto working for the Lord.

MANNA Sponsors Eventsto Help Aid The Hungry

MANNA International, anorganization dedicated to helpingpeople in need around the world, hadits third consecutive Day of Prayer andFasting on June 1, 1986. Members ofthe Churches of Christ in the WesternUnited States were asked to contributefunds that would have been spent onmeals that day to a special contribu-tion. In the past, more than $150,000has been raised. This year's contribu-tion should exceed $80,000. The moneywill go toward efforts to help thefamine-plagued country of Botswanawith long-term water developmentprograms.

In November, MANNA will sponsora nationwide event for youth groups.The event will include a weekend fast.Pledges as well as money which wouldgo for food will go to a water develop-ment program beginning in the coun-try of Haiti, the poorest country in theWestern Hemisphere.

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Pepperdine People onThe Moveby Alison Jolliff

Michael E Adams, vice president foruniversity affairs/ preached for theChurch of Christ in Oxford, England,in July.

Executive vice president WilliamAdrian preached for the Collegecongregation in Fresno, California onSunday, June 1.

Dan Anders, the minister for theUniversity church in Malibu, wasfeatured speaker at the Friends ofPepperdine Breakfast at the ACULectureship. He also spoke at a gospelmeeting held by the Crockett Roadcongregation in Palestine, Texas.

Director of the equal opportunityoffice, Calvin Bowers was a speakerat a congregational retreat, held June5-7, near Oklahoma City. June 17, hewas the commencement speaker atNormandie Christian ElementarySchool in Los Angeles. Dr. Bowers wasalso the featured speaker at a gospelmeeting in Omaha, Nebraska, July6-11, and he taught a class at theNational Youth Conference at YaleUniversity in New Haven, Connecti-cut, August 3-9.

On Sunday, April 27, PresidentDavid Davenport preached for theWestbury Church of Christ in Houston,Texas. He spoke at the Conejo Valleycongregation on June 8, and he ad-dressed a crowd of 1,500 at theSacramento Area-wide Worship Ser-vice on Fathers' Day, June 15. Thefollowing Sunday he preached for thechurch in Overland Park, Kansas.

Professor of biology, Douglas Deantaught a seminar on science andreligion at the congregation in Chico,California in March. He also taught aclass at the Yosemite Family Encamp-ment, July 20-26.

John Free, director of health andcounseling services, presented a four-week series on parenting at the Tor-ranee congregation. He gave a similarparenting series for the West Mainchurch in Medford, Oregon. Dr. Freeis currently serving as a minister andcounselor for the congregation inBaldwin Park, California.

Randy Gill, director of the ShowcaseSingers, was a featured speaker at theannual retreat of the Tulare Church ofChrist, March 14-16. He spoke at aluncheon on March 29, during the

Tulsa Soul Winning Workshop, andwas a featured speaker at the YouthRally of the Ozarks, April 5 inSpringdale, Arkansas.

Professor of missions, Evertt Huffardwas a featured speaker, March 22-23,at the annual Ventura Intra-CountyEvangelism Workshop. Dr. Huffardtraveled to Athens, Greece where hepresented three lectures on "MuslimEvangelism" at the MediterraneanLectureship, March 30-April 4.

D'Esta Love, director of the careerdevelopment center, was a featuredspeaker at the Walnut Creek Women'sLectureship, March 7. She also spokeat the Highland congregation inAbilene, Texas for a women's retreat,April 4-6.

Stuart Love, associate professor ofreligion, spoke at the Preachers' Retreatat Camp Tanda. On July 27 he preachedfor the College Church of Christ inFresno, California.

Dean of student affairs, Carl Mitchellpresented a lecture on "The ItalianMission Work" for the Santa Ana con-gregation on Sunday evening, March30. A one-day seminar was conductedby Dr. Mitchell on April 5 on the subject"How to Offer Counseling Help" at theChurch of Christ in Palmdale, Califor-nia. On April 24, Dr. Mitchell left witha group of Pepperdine students on aneight-week trip to Florence, Italy.

Carroll D. Osburn, director of theCenter for Biblical Research, spoke atthe Christian Scholars Conference, July17-18 at Abilene Christian University.July 22-25, he was a featured speakerat the Yosemite Family Encampmentand on August 16-17, Dr. Osburn willbe participating in a symposium ontextual criticism and the gospels atColumbia Theological Seminary inDecatur, Georgia.

James E. Priest, professor of religionis currently preaching for the SantaMonica Church of Christ through thesummer months. He preached on June1 for the Conejo Valley congregation,and he presented a paper at AbileneChristian University during the annualChristian Scholars Conference, July17-19.

Jerry Rushford, director of churchservices and associate professor ofreligion, spoke on opening night at theAbilene Christian University BibleLectureship. He has recently preachedfor congregations in Lompoc, Wood-land Hills, Buena Park, Fullerton, and

Palm Springs.William Stivers, professor of foreign

languages, led a group of workers ona mission trip to San Felipe, May29-June 1. He was the speaker for theVermont Avenue congregation in LosAngeles at their Bible School Banqueton May 25, and he also spoke at aseminar at the Baxter Institute inTegucigalpa, Honduras, June 23-27.

Associate professor of communica-tion, Dwayne VanRheenen preachedon April 6 for the church in Liverpool,New York. On April 8, he spoke on"Religious Communication andPreaching" for the luncheon meetingof Ventura County preachers. Dr.VanRheenen was a featured speaker atthe Bible school teachers' seminar onApril 10 in Claremont, California andhe preached for the Bangor, Mainecongregation on May 4.

President Emeritus Howard A.White preached Sunday, August 3, atthe Culver-Palms congregation in Cul-ver City, California.

Throughout the months of June andJuly, "Big Don" Williams spoke atnumerous youth camps, retreats, andsummer youth programs in Texas, Cali-fornia, and Arizona. Don spoke atHarding University in Searcy, Arkan-sas during a workshop, July 28-29. Hetaught classes at a youth leaders' work-shop in Atlanta, Georgia at the SandySprings congregation, August 7-8, andhe will travel to New Castle, Wyomingto speak at Black Hills Bible CampAugust 10-16.

John F. Wilson, dean of SeaverCollege conducted an archaeologicalexcavation in Capernaum, Israel thismay through June. A group of Pepper-dine students went along as assistantson the dig. On Sunday, May 18, DeanWilson preached for the church inRedondo Beach, California.

Helen Young will be speaking atwomen's retreats in Midland andDallas, Texas, Tucson, Arizona, andDenver, Colorado in the next twomonths.

Chancellor emeritus M. NorvelYoung will preach for the Broadwaycongregation in Lubbock, Texas onAugust 24. Dr. Young will also speakat the North Carolina EvangelismWorkshop in Raleigh, North Carolina,August 29-31.

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS:

The Annual Church Leaders Workshop September 26-27, 1986

"WILL OUR CHILDREN HAVE FAITH?"

This year Pepperdine's Annual Church Leaders Workshop is intended to serve the needs of the entire church. We anticipatemany parents and youth leaders as well as church leaders. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!

Featured SpeakerDR CHARLES SIBURTMinister, Glenwood Churchof Christ, Tyler, Texas

Keynote lectures include:

Will our children have faith?Making the church a

community of characterWill our children be spiritual?Giving our children

a vote of confidence

The following classes will also be offered:

Beyond Bible stones: instilling faith in young childrenEmily Scott-Lowe and Lajuana Gill, Malibu, CA

Building a good self-image in our childrenMel Weldon, San Leandro, CA

The dreaded task of discipline: When is the right time?Richard King, Inglewood, CA

Instilling sexual responsibility in our childrenTerry and Susan Giboney, Brea, CA

Mentoring: The leadership choice of a new generationTom Norton, Baldwin Park, CA

Teens in transition: understanding the reality of theirworldDon Williams, Inglewood, CA

After the crisis: how should the church respondto young people in trouble?Clifton Ditmore, Stockton, CA

When our children fall away: coping, reclaiming, andfinding hopeBill Henegar, Thousand Oaks, CA

Registration is $10.00 per person or $15.00 percouple. Special group rates are available. Childcareis provided free of charge. Sessions run fromFriday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. until Saturday,September 27 at 12:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL (213) 456-4270 OR WRITE: DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH SERVICES,PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, MALIBU, CALIFORNIA 90265

Pepperdine UniversityDepartment of Church ServicesMalibu, California 90265

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