CIIURCH of GOD eW(J Northern Midwest District Volume 3, Issue 10 October, 1964 This newspaper now serves the area pictured in the map. NashvUle and Duluth are the two new churches. Known as the Northern Midwest District, it is one of seven in the United States. Circulation is currently 1800 copies. The cUstrict newspaper is financed by the Spokesman Clubs of the various churches and by donations from the membership of the churches in the area. TIDS IS YOUR PAPER! Comments, letters, articles, and donations are welcome. IN THIS ISSUE ..--. Think -Big -Theme At Big Sandy Feast •• Page 3 • Don't Be A Dead-Pan! Page 2 .-....---. Negro Brethren Keep Feast In Texas •.••.•Page 5 • Seven Chicagoans Attend Feast In England ••.. Page 5 Jekyll Island Again Scene of Fall Feast •. Page 4 Big Sandy, Texas Jekyll Island, Georgia ~HURCH of GOD wufeWJ Editor-in-Chief . .. .. . .. Dean Blackwell Ministeriar Advisor ... Allan Manteufel Editor ............... ' . .. Wilbur Ball News Editors . . .... . . . . .. Ted Efimov Jim Howell Harold Stocker Regional Reporters Chicago-LaGrange . . , . Dick Alexander Fred Mancewicz Dave Shell Chicago Negro Church .. . .. Elisha Crim Cincinnati-Lexington .. .. . Eugene Noel Danville ... .... ..... Gene Scarbrough Elkhart . .. . . . .. ... ... Donald Hofman Grand Rapids . . ... .. . . Victor Johnson Indianapolis . . .. . . .. . .. . . ... ...... . Milwaukee . . . .. . ... . Lyle Vershowske Minneapolis-Sioux Falls .. Russell Brown Nashville-Evansville . .. . Ken Wingham Peoria . ....... . .... .. .. Jean Dawson St. Louis .. . .... . . . .. .. Gerald Flurry Circulation . .. ...... .. . Gene Madison Business Manager .. . . . ...Ted Efimov Art .. .................. John Moore Photographers . .. . Wilbur Vandermolen Robert Einerson © 1964 by Radio Church of God Address all correspondence to the Editor. Published monthly by the above named area's Spokesman Clubs. Notify us immediately of any changes of Address. Circulation over 2800 St. Louis Changes Spokesman Club Officers by Jerry Flurry When Mr. Dean Blackwell comes to town, many activities usually occur. One of the most exciting events was the change of Spokesman Club officers. The following men were appointed as officers of Section "A" Spokesman Club: Jerry Flurry, President; Jim Malone, Vice-President; Jim Carrington, Secretary; Lee Welshans, Treasurer; and John Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms. Left to right; Jim Malone, Jim Carring~ ton, Jerry Flurry, John Thompson, Lee Welshans. Don't Be a Dead-Pan! by ADen Manteufel Apathy, boredom, unconcern characterizes the world in which we live. People are unable to have a wholesome enthusiasm for anything. This was vividly illustrated several weeks ago as the National League baseball pennant race was reaching its furious climax. Two teams-the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds-were hammering it out for the championship. The St. Louis team was finishing up against the Mets from New York while the Reds of Cincinnati were battling the Pittsburgh Pirates. The league championship and share of the world series were at stake. Down in St. Louis loyal fans were jamming the ball park, shouting, screaming, cheering their team on every play. The air of loyalty, enthusiasm and fervor sparked the hometown Cardinals. Meanwhile, up in Cincinnati a strange paradox was taking place-a paradox which illustrates the empty, spiritless lives most people live. Instead of the 40,000 seat ball park being packed with yelling, applauding fans, barely 7-8,000 spectators bothered to come out and back their team. Such fickleness, lack of loyalty and enthusiasm was appalling! This was not all. The second to last league game was a thriller. The Reds had battled their opponent to a scoreless tie for nine innings. Reports of this game were being telephoned each half inning to St. Louis where each scoreless inning was received with thunderous roars! Then, another shock came. To the dismay of many-hundreds upon hundreds of "fans" casually got up and left the ballpark with the game and league championship still hanging in the balance. You brethren of God's church need to take a vital lesson from all this. The c:amal mind is fickle. Most times it is pitifully empty-only short-lived periods does it have something to be enthusiastic about. God's personality exudes enthusiasm. Loyalty, concern, excitement, optimism, characterizes His spirit. Wholesome, balanced, emotional expression radiate from God's penonality. Brethren, we are not to be unemotional, unexpressive dead pans! That's the mark of stunted carnality. Heartily throw yourselves into every phase of Christian living-study, prayer, church occasions and family activities. Get excited over each day you live. Live life with gusto and enthusiasm! The new "B" club officers are: Roger if we were not attending the Spokesman Malone, President; Bill Gracey, ViceClub, we meght just as well write "LAZY President; Gerald McCormick, Secretary; CHRISTIANS" in our notes, because Walter Darling, Treasurer; and Dick that is EXACTLY what we are! Pierson. Sergeant-at-Arms. The new officers are filled with en thusiasm about their opportunities to serve in this significant way. The Spokesman Club is a vital part of God's work. When a job needs to be done, a spokesman is usually chosenone who can take the "Message to Garcia." Season Finale! by Jobo Coco Left to right; Bill Gracey, Walter Darling, On Sunday, October 11, the com Roger Malone, Dick Pierson, Gerald bined Chicago-LaGrange softball team McCormick. met the St. Louis team in Bloomington, Mr. Hal Baird once asked us all a Illinois. The contest was tied at six runs very pertinent question: "Can you picapiece going into the 9th inning. Then ture a king who can't speak?" The anthe Chicago-LaGrange outfit exploded swer is obvious. Mr. Dean Blackwell said for four runs to provide the victory in his sermon the following Sabbath that margin. 2 (D WHO WASTI-lE ONLY ~~@M'J~[b@~ AMERICAN PRESIDENT (D WHO WASTI-lE ONLY ~~@M'J~[b@~ AMERICAN PRESIDENT Superior Power How DOES TI4E NEW @ AMERICAN DOLLAR DII'FER F~OM PREVIOUS W140 WAS THE SHOELESS ISSUES? ~".~~' DEACOt-J ANKLE DEEP t.4'-!~'\~ '~(.~',,:', ~ J ,IN WATER AT T14E W'toIO WA~·> , J '.! i JEKYLL ISLE. FUN SI-lOW APOSTLE PAUldi . ® PERSONAL h -,-=ATTOR'N!; Y f.. .i h _ ,P' ,/ ), WHICH ' IS ,:' ''','' ',{ "j // / ') FASTER SOUND d 'hr~,... ,j I ? , "~5ii~ OR. LIGHT . See page six for answers Away from the world-JekyU Island THINK-BIG -THEME At Big Sandy Feast by Jerry Flurry "This is the 1964 Feast of Tabernacles, and this is God speaking!" So began Mr. Norman Smith in one of his earlier sermons to set the theme for an entire feast that admonished us to THINK BIG NOW! Mr. Smith told how God has, since the time of Moses, spoken through men and unless we believed this, we were wasting our time at the Feast. Between 7500 and 8000 people motored to Big Sandy to attend this festival. The weather was hot and humid when we arrived, but a good rain cooled things off in the latter part of the week. Last year, about the time of the feast, deep cracks veined much of the land around Gladewater. However, this year floods were raging in other towns around Gladewater, but God protected his people from them. Mr. Roderick Meredith opened the feast, and in his first full length sermon told us to RULE our thoughts and emotioDSt our mouths and our time. We were told that our motto should be, "anything good is accomplished by God-ALL mistakes are ours." Our accomplishments are to be considered as dung (Phil. 3:8). People there for the first time were absolutely awed by the content of the messages and by the authority with which God's ministers spoke. Of course, the old-timers weren't exactly unmoved when such vivid pictures of the coming Kingdom were portrayed. Many spokesmen were used, and the organization was smooth-displaying the fruits of the clubs. Men were told to do a job and they did it. After talking to many of the spokesman club officers and members, they agreed that there has been much growth in the clubs. However, ONE main problem is a failure of many men to THINK BIG. No doubt this reflects a problem in the whole church and is why God gave us so many sermons on striving for the RIGHT GOAL. Mr. Meredith told us when we saw the sun and moon to think, how we would shine like them in a few years. We must think in terms of the universe. If we are to be Gods, we must tbink and act like Gods. As Mr. Herbert Armstrong said, "The only way to the top is the bard way/t In the future, little men with little purposes are going to persecute us more severely. Mr. Meredith told us how this stage of the church has suffered less than any other. Perhaps this is why so much emphasis was placed on THINKING BIG-unless we do, we can't possible endure to the end. by Karwin Kalassy "America's record standard of living stems from superior horsepower," said a top man in the national space agency. We have less than 10% of the world's popUlation, yet we control almost half of its power supply. The result of this superior power control is that our living standard is seven times the average of the rest of the world. In 1900, every person had two horsepower available to work for him day and night; today he has ten. NASA's power consumption is very great. The first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle-which they think will carry man to the moon by 1970-will have a 7.5 million pounds of thrust. We of God's church can be very thankful for this rich, industrialized na tion in which we live, but realizing the real key to the wonderful standard of living we enjoy is the promise God made to Abraham. Only when God's government reigns on the earth and men have received the Holy Spirit, will horsepower and the awesome power of the atom be properly used to make this planet the productive and beautiful place it was meant to be. 3 Jekyll Island Again Scene of Fall Feast gure I have .faul·f;s ! 'W~.there"s ??? and ~ere's ??? and?? ah.?? ~here's??? 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