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Show ES The Salt Lake Tribune RELIGION Saturday, December 7, 1996 Salt Lake Churches Target Hope for the Homeless BY PETER SCARLET Confederateflag from atop the South Carolina state capitol Gov. David Beasley has discov- ered what any religious leader could have told him: Symbols are often more powerful than words becauseoftheir extraordinary ability to stir intense emotions — for goodorill Beasley wants the controversial flag moved to a Confederate war memorial on the capitol grounds, and his plan has gained the support of some key South Carolina political lead- ers. But the governor's foes have accused him of being a traitor to the heritage of the South Unsurprisingly, South Carolina's blacks and many whites perceive theflag as a symbol of and enthusiasm — are anyindica- tions. “We plan to bring hope back into the lives of homeless families,” said Vicki Neumann, who oversees the Salt Lake Cityeffort Methodist Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bountiful The InterFaith network pro- Grace Baptist Church, and First vides food and lodging to homeless families, and helps them find permanent housing and jobs. Host churches provide overnight Christians thecross is a tangible reminder of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Overthe centuries, the cross has replaced the earlier sign of thefish as the major symbol of Christian faith, Today, the cross is a central feature in ‘It makes sense,” said the Rev Roger Anderson, pastor of Salt Lake City’s Our Saviour’s Luther Faith Hospitality Network in mann and a group of Salt Lake City area religious leaders and gram even Terror recalled: She told tegrating the spiritual with their professional practices. this is an emphasis of the Association of MormonCoun. selors and Psychotherapists, an organization with about 1,000 members better knownby its ac- ronym, AMCAP. Anyone who is a member of AMCAPisabletotake the profescally helpful,” said Janet ScharAMCAP’s Flannery’s research changed his life forever. In 1965, as a direct result of hisstudies, Flannery published a remarkable book that has be comea classic, “The Anguish of the Jews.” It was the first time that a Catholic priest wrote about this painful sideof Christian history ‘The Anguish of the Jews” is a powerful call for a radical change of Christian attitudes beliefs, and actions towards Jews and Judaism The jarring experiences of Jeff Silliman. warmth Political and religious lead ers should treat such potent symbols as they would radioac “Our distinction is that Chris tian counseling recognizes Augustine’s idea that our heart is rest- of the American Jewish Com mittee, ee— - — United Methodist Church, Cotton- wood and Wasatch Presbyterian neededfor the Salt Lake City In churches, and Salt Lake City’s First Presbyterian Church are file articles of incorporation wit! fh providing aid as well donors. terFaith Hospitality Network t 0 as corporate Jordan Valley Worship Center \ new h where you Can exciting and inspiring music community of believers Churc | Worship the living God wit th Grow With a dynamie JOIN US EVERY SATURDAY AT GPM © Riverton Community Center at 128805. Redwood f bor more io Call 256-0888 Basesccv came IBERT KIRBY & PAT BAGI iN THEIR SECONDcollaborative effort, Salt: Lake Tribune Religion foreTigieeeTee!3 ogy at Brigham Young Universi ty not exhorta- ermaerkerig Bergin and a BYU colleague. Scott Richards, are working on a chological counseling a book about religion and counsel that takes spiritual reality seri ¢ ing that the American Psychologi cal Associationwill publish “Peoplearenot as accepting of perplexities of Mormonite behavior. This book will give you more chuckles than a jello the old scientific model as they bowl at an LDS picnic itual dimension in peoples’ lives were20, 30years ago,” ‘The academics whotrain professional counselors and therapists have taken notice of the spir- and increasingly seek to apply it said Dave available at Smith, a thirdpsychiatry resident at the University of Utah. “Theybelieve there is more in their disciplines The August 1996issue of the APA Monitor, the American Psy chological Association's newspa- Robert Kirby Pat to healing that biology and physi Bagley TRI BSTORE AEZZANINE LEVE ology, and many are demanding per, hadaseries ofarticles about that the otherside be lookedat SSS Ys CHRISTIAN eat iio eran of AS Sitar orteS Sundays 10:30 am, Wedereians 148 pm 615 E 9800 S, Sandy 572-0211 Home of Salt Leke Christian Academy (K-12) 572-0749 ‘Christian counseling recog . 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Powerful sym. bols must be used in ways that Rabbi Rudinis the national interreligicus affairs director even came up with the $565 fee and physically,” said Allen Ber gin, professorof clinical psycho decade-old practicein La Mirada Calif., to take over the Presbyteri an center four monthsago. are constructive, not destruc tive, and handled with extreme care, lest they promote or condone violence and hatred. each month, Neumannsaid. and We can’t host [homeless fam ilies]. but we could help with re sources.” he said In addition to LDS help, Hilltop ously Psychologist Donn Petersleft a cording to company officials. abused. Not everyone looks upon them with affection and sional “We just help about the power and dangerof throughout history they have often had their original mean ings twisted and tragically and a Bible verse, or to convert them,” said the Rev emblems like the Confederate Although these symbols are cherished by many people can be a health benefit, mentally It doesn’t have somespecial Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church, in partnership with Salt LakeCity’s Wasatch Presbyterian Church, started the Presbyterian Counseling Center more than a decade agotofill this need. We don’t use counseling as an opportunityto manipulate people few months ago, it has relayed more than 2,000 messages ac flag and the Christian cross ‘an get involved in this,” she said “The interest is there The LDS Church already has agreed to provide $500 in food for alist of the other 40 networks aroundthe country crutch or form of irrationality acies. Scharmansaid Gov. Beasley and Father Flan. nery provide vivid reminders tian counseling offers no mir- from and to try to support them discourageit. But it is not our pri- Judaism for nearly 2,000 years “Researchers are finding out that religion. once viewed as a ‘Our role is to understand wherethey [clients] are coming marygoal up front mus directed against Jews and There are all kindsof possibil- incest survivors. spiritual beliefs. gered deep-seated memories of the many centuries of anti- was stunned by what hediscovered: the sad and bloody recordof systemic Christian ani be a host church for the program ities where members and families professor who now serves as cler gy liaisonfor the church's Public Affairs Department, asked Olsen The October 1996 issue of the vert 2 client, she said those who the priest that the cross trig- Flannery, deeply shaken by theran Chureh. which is going to president-elect Jewish acts of murder, expul- this episode, returned to his home in Providence, R.1 wherehe began a scholarly in: vestigation into the roots of Christian anti-Semitism. He members to volunteer their help at Good Shepherd Lu- and a psychologist. “Wevaluethe people from where they are at But if someof them come[to Je. sus Christ] on their own, we won't sion, and discrimination cle about forgiveness therapy for with ourselves and others, but also with God. tion,” hesaid. “It's good, profes- counsel themshould respect their her terribly uneasy, frightened Good mental health is defined as mon counterparts sharethe Shep: Edward Flannery, learned that of the holiday season, But his friend physically shuddered and said that the cross made Journal of Consulting and Clini cal Psychology featured an arti- Conversely, Peters said, Chris: spiritual as well as the profession. al aspects of counseling While noprofessional counselor would preach to or try to con- building whose carefully lit windows on many floors formed a large cross. For Flannery, it was a welcome symbol restless, something vacuousin the human heart that seeks relationship with God and with others working formula, it’s not prayer man, religion and mental health and theroleof religion in counseling quality relationships not only herd Staff Center's view about in. church onprofit entity the state Latier-day Saint involvement may grow, too Ray Beckham, a retire: Brigham Young Univers Judy White, a member of Sand he said. “Thereis something ty.” But, as with so many other fact first-hand many years ago Holladayarea — to usein the pro- healthy growth.’ Manyof their professional Mor Indeed, an Church. “It's Matthew 25 about reaching out nizes this as a fundamentalreali- Therapists Keep Faith in Their Work quite different perception of theChristian cross. An Ameri- during the Christmas season One December evening he and a Jewish friend looked at a well-known Manhattan office deciding which of its two and Prophet Elias Church in the 2nd Ward of ¢ The Church of st of Latter-day Saints. said she will ask her stake presidency [the Sandy East Stake} to encourage lt provides a framework for ministry, Olsen said. “It encourages the involvement of lay deciding whentostart. Salt Lake 1987 in Summit, N.J., joined Neu- sional and spiritual and blend them in a way that is therapeuti- can Catholic priest, the Rev 8 people. churches — Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City many churches around the world, and in recent times, a red or blue cross has became the nearly universal insignia for healing and medical care. symbols, there is another gogue Churches seemtolikeit of City’s Greek Orthodox parish is Karen Olsen, the New Jersey understanding interferes with also arouses profound feelings of both love and dread. For Church suburbanite who founded Inter- @ Continued from E-1 erateflag, the Christian cross homeless. but Olsen wanted to do more. So she organized thefirst InterFaith Hospitality Network with 10 churches and a syna. Christian Reformed Church A numberof others likely will United “Then I Christ has agreed to be a host church, Neumann said, but is still bigotry. Indeed, the Ku Klux Klan in the state has appropriated it as a symbol of hate older symbol than the Confed- Community Church, Bountiful’s join them. Holladay Olsen said. learned that families were the fastest growing formof homelessness. Qlsen’s suburban Presbyterian church donated food for the accommodations and meals for four to six homeless families for one week, four or five times a year. racial division and a public license to commit violent acts of The cross,too: But a much nomenon,” Methodist Church, Christ United “We want to counter the hopelessness that accompanies home lessness ter, St. Patrick's and Sacred Heart “I used to think that homelessness was a New York City phe- with participating clergy Eight churches so far have agreed to be hosts, providing food and lodging. They are: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, First United = In his effort to remove the Roman Catholic churehes: St Catherine of Siena Newman Cen- weektotrain volunteers and meet & Heeding Power Of Symbols Takes Wisdom network. Olsen was in Salt Lake City this Church is ponde i A. JAMES RUDIN Wasatch Hills Seventh-D; volvement. shesaid, as are project. The Salt Lake City group Salt Lake City’s InterFaith Hos. pitality Network has yet to serve its first homeless family, but it is more than ready if planning — y's Willow Canyon to talk about the is the 41st and newest Interfaith clergy Thursday THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE es COMMENTARY DAVID GILBEY beense PASTOR Sattonmentd Presi hure Worship Services 8:45 & 1H Chumth Schoo! 9:45.0m Child Cor Prov lado: 1580 East Vine Stree! (100 So 2TBASIP Rev Dovid Crocker omeet bibiice Messerages © A Contemporary Chaistion Church tor the Entice Fearriy |
