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Show DAILY HERALD B2 Saturday. January 2005 CHURCH SERVICES Amish Continued from Bl Yet it is evident from the unease with which some Amish see the outside assistance that there are limits toJiow much help they are comfortable with, and in some ways, the generosity served also to highlight the distance between people who seek to limit their contact with the outside world and those who inhabit that world. Not that anyone is ungrateful. The Amish, who preach humility and practice what they preach, have been stunned by the donations, which are still coming. "We're not worthy," said John Stoltzfus, an elder in the community and a relative of Amos', echoing the thoughts of many. At the same time, two elders, when told that a fund set up for the family had approached $45,000, stared for a moment before one said quietly, "This has got to stop." Jeff Goldwasser, a local rancher who has befriended many of the Amish and helped lead the early assistance efforts, said it is not ingratitude but discomfort, particularly with publicity. "t's kind of too much of an intrusion," he said. "They're used to taking care of their own, and everyone is giving, giving, giving. It's ' overwhelming to them." The physical wounds from the accident have mostly healed, though neck problems keep Amos Stoltzfus going to a chiropractor, generally preferable to medical treatment for many Amish. He has resumed 'work on the house and barn. Neighbors have been quick to help him with that, too. Businesses have donated paint and other building supplies, and volunteers, Amish and English, have helped with the construction labor. Katie, 15, his and Mary's oldest child, has taken over as mother to the other five, who range in age from 1 to 8. At night, often the hardest time for those who have lost a spouse, Amos reads, by fuel lamp, letters of support from IS. 17. S. A Baptist A PLEASANT GROVE 7 tist Church, 344 E. Center St. Sunday school will be 10 a.m. Midweek Bible study, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Info: 785-329- 5 Bible ,4 iUh S&L PROVO Pastor Joshua Harding will speak on "Looking Back and Moving Forward" at 11 a m. Sunday at Provo Bible Church, 1449 W. 1150 South. Sunday school, 10 a.m. Bible study groups for men, women, teens and children meet at various times during week. Info: w?2sf VIST ! 373S272 SPRINGVILLE Pastor Derrick Smothers will speak on "Tithing: The Gift That Keeps on Giving" at 10 a.m. Sunday at Grace Bible Church, 239 S. Main St. Nursery and junior church will be provided. Prayer service, youth group, Kingdom Kids and nursery meet from 6:30-- 8 p.m. Sunday at 248 S. 0 Main St., Springville. Info: 491-844- Amish men dear property they purchased from a local rancher near Fennimore, Wis. The Amish began moving tothe state about six years ago. Christian relatives and strangers. The rest of his strength comes from God, and his rock-soli- d belief that his wife and child were taken from him for a reason. And one possible reason, he said, is to foster more understanding between the Amish and their neighbors. Indeed, people from the little towns that surround the Amish like Boscobel, Fenfarms nimore, Mt. Hope say the story moved them. "I think the fact that the woman was pregnant had a lot to do with it," said Goldwasser, 39, a transplanted New Yorker. Ole Sein, 63, a retired farmer from Boscobel, said people were impressed by the way the family publicly forgave the driver of the pickup, Donald Comstock, 78, and prayed for his peace of mind. "They're not even resentful," Sein said. "They don't want Steve Bahl, 64, a lifelong resident and owner of the Fennimore Cheese factory, says the Amish are changing the character of Grant County. "It certainly is a metamorphosis," he said, choosing his words carefully. "We're seeing the demise of the family farm in this area, dairy farms in particular." Large operations are moving in, he said, while "the other side of the coin is the Amish. That's what the family farm is going to be." Other complaints target the buggies, which even some who otherwise have no problem with the Amish say are accidents waiting to happen when they use federal highways. "Exhaust" from thehorses is a dirty nuisance to many. h factions also cite economics. The farmers spend little money punishment or revenge," noting the contrast to America's often litigious society. The Amish began moving to Grant County, the southwest-ernmo- st part of Wisconsin, about six years ago. Many came from Pennsylvania, which was becoming too crowded, the land too expen- . . " sive. But some elders said there was another reason. Jacob Stoltzfus, Amos' uncle, said tourists from New York would gawk at their settlements in Lancaster County, while businesses affiliated with the Amish only loosely, if at all, were capitalizing on their reputation for quality handcrafts. So some Amish sent scouts to the rolling, picturesque hills of Wisconsin. While there has been no real trouble, the Amish influx has rubbed some the wrong way. Anti-Amis- in town; the Amish also have driven up the price of land, they say: And Bahl is unhappy with the Amish reaction to the fundraiser held on their behalf. The Amish generally do not believe in fund raising, and did not attend the charity auction or music concerts held to help them. "I was flabbergasted that someone put together a raiser and they didn't even show up for it," Bahl said. But Dick Klas, 66, who owns a livestock auction barn, said the accident put a different face on what, to some in the area, had seemed an alien culture. "The ones on the far right, nothing could happen that would change them," Klas said. "(But) I'm sure this made a lot of people see them in a different way. They're not just Amish. They're people." - of war in the classroom Discussing issues TTB TTT er said. The discussions about war d talk should be more radio. than talk Calif Near SANTA ANA, "Students shouldn't say, 'I'm the end of class, they catch for or against the war because themselves staring at the clock, my dad is,"' Granger said. like many high school students "You need some facts to back do. But these kids want the ' up your argument. You need clock to go slower. social like scientist. a to think , They want more time. Let's find out if what I'm hearThis week, the students in El ing is from a credible source." Toro High School's ContempoIn Utt's Contemporary Issues were Issues class comparrary the discussion doesn't apU.S. class, of a the news coverage ing pear to be guarded at all. But Marine shooting an Iraqi prisUtt, a teacher at El Toro since oner with the coverage of the 1976, has rules that keep the death of an aid worker at the debates respectful. hands of militants in Iraq. "No swear words," his stuTheir discussions are spirdents are quick to point out. ited, open and respectful. The If his class is lopsided in its war in Iraq and all its ramificasupport for President George tions are not taboo in teacher W. Bush's policies in Iraq Jim Utt's class neither are STEVE K. ZYUUSOrange County Register like (which it is), he will take the abortion, prostitutopics role of a Bush opponent. Students discuss the war in Iraq in Jim Utt's contemporary issues class at El Toro High School in tion or the death penalty. He If, on some issues, the class Lake Forest, Calif. starts the arguments almost tilts left, Utt jumps to the right. every day. He refuses to tell the students And the clock moves too his the Forces Armed to have in and teachers The talk of war reverberpersonal politics. He is the fast. fighting chologists ates through Orange County "When the bell rings, that's grandson of James Utt, a forfigure out a way to channel the Middle East. mer Orange County congressdiscussions toward education schools almost every day. By "guarded," Cummins the worst," said Samantha man who vigorously attacked and understanding, rather than means that discussions of war Administrators, school psy- Thomas, a senior. knee-jer-k should be culturally sensitive. insult sessions. . communism, welfare, civil All points of view should be "No administrators are tellrights and the United Nations represented and respected. The until he died in 1970. ing teachers to avoid those But Jim Utt, the teacher, is a teacher's point of view should discussions," said Arthur be absent from the discussion. glVi Cummins, the Orange County registered independent. "I never let the kids know Being guarded, Cummins Department of Education's what I actually think," said Utt, Crisis Response Network Coorsaid, "is right and fair to the who leads discussions in front multiethnic students sitting in dinator. "But the word I would of a wall that is papered with the classroom." use to describe how teachers covers of Newsweek magaThe war is a common topic should talk to a student is: which serves as his class in 10th grade Modern World zine, lanpia'alHtOTro guarded." A comedy with a textbook. In schools, war is hard. History, 11th grade Modern He often presides over "the U.S. History and 12th grade Teachers try not to let war arEconomics and Government. become polarizing and uncomhorseshoe," a All those classes conform to the rangement of desks in which, fortable. They use the daily CHECK LOCAL DIRECTORIES FOR THEATER INFORMATION standards required by the state. for example, the anti-wnews to provoke "teachable Sony, No Passes Accepted For This Engagement. The most important lesson is students sit on the left and moments" in an otherwise diffithe students who support U.S. cult situation, Qimmins said. respect for everyone; said DebAs Cummins explains, many bie Granger, the county coor- policies in Iraq sit on the right. school When the issues change, the for can dinator classrooms history high Orange County students switch seats dependand social sciences. have both students of Middle "We need to teach students Eastern descent or Muslims ing on their positions. He hands out "prckon sheets" that define how to analyze events from and students whose family several points of view," Grang- - the issues from several points and friends are with the U.S. of view. -V Then, his students go at it. He steps in to keep the discussions from getting personal. "It's important for me to ghc;'(uH1ork STimrg teach the kids to attack the "BILL riURRAVS person's ideas, not the person," PERFOrmfJCE IS Utt said. FAf.IILY!" THE WHOLE A TRiU&PHT It's working. A.asoon In Utt's class, the few antiwar students can be seen during breaks hanging out with "OUTRAGEOUSLY the Bush supporters. They FUNSIYT leave their politics in the classU Ir-ilI I room forum. THE "It would be a bigger problem not to talk about the war," v said Justin Shomaker, a senior. Sk Shomaker said he can't bewww.FtAIbftthmov(.com onk STEVE ZISSOU Rfeaquatlc.com tFISl!3 lieve the depth of Utt's knowlJ DlHriWrt y lUtm VIST PICTURES PISTBIHmOU CTOUCHSftHIE HCTURtt of current events. edge cm'Snnbm CM'tuxn spmim iomnsoiao CARMIKE "I'm SHUT. positive he sleeps with a CKMJUtxfRovo um WYNNS0N8 12 wynnson6u mmmmi OAmtomoocur mMUOim 4925N.EOGWATERDR.-PflOVnews feed going into his head," UKioCnt WWelMilfil Mmtm' CCEPTFD 'OHLTHOTIfWDSHOWTIIllfS PSSfS 764-O00- 9 Shomaker said. Keith Sharon ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER fact-base- . V3 n n h WiMi' Mi, Wii$mHm Sganglish NOW PLAYING ar ittVx V x Pas- tor Sam Coleman will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday at First Bap- open-mouth- THE 1, oiy sf AliOLIDAYUFOR - LIFE AQUATIC wiu". wi nil I U I PG0 mmm ' NO OR DrSCOONT vtw-iwr- COUPONS , OREM Pastor Gene Short will speak on "You Cannot See Without Watching" at 11 a.m. Sunday at Orem Christian Center, 494 S. 1325 West. A children's class is available during the service. Prayer and Bible study are held throughout the week. Info: 226556 LEHI Craig Halvorson will speak at 6 p.m. Sunday at Lehi Christian Fellowship which meets at Best Western Timpa-nogo- s Inn, Lehi. A children's class is available during the service. Prayer and Bible study are held throughout the week. Info: 7666617 Community Rev. Charles Hines OREM will speak on "Nicodemus" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Orem Community Church, 130 N. 400 East. Adult Bible discussion, 9:30 a.m. and children's Sunday school, 11 a.m. Info: 2254067 Evangelical y OREM Pastor Scott will speak on "The Marriage Challenge" at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Christ Evangelical Church, 280 S. 400 East. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Children's church and nursery will be available during worship service. Info: or www. McK-inne- : 225-303- christev.org Lutheran PROVO Pastor Wagner will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, 464 W. 3700 North. Sunday school and adult Bible class, 9:45 a.m. Fellowship and refreshments will follow the services. Info: 2255777 Presbyterian Rev. Janet SPRINGVILLE Riley will speak' on "Witnessing to the Light" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Springville Presbyterian Church, 245 S. 200 East. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m. Fellowship 0 hour, 11:30 a.m. Info: 489-439- PROVO Pastor Scott Seder will speak on "Life of David" at 11 a.m. Sunday at Christ Presbyterian Church, 255 S. 700 East. Evening worship, 7 p.m. each Sunday. Call for location of midweek study of Westminster Confession of Faith. Info: 794-019- 0 or www.christpres.us. Holy Huddle Continued from Bl 4 p.m. children's Christmas program found itself smack in the path of the Packers. At the last minute, the church changed the December pageant 1 p.m. to avoid the conflict. A newspaper editorial criticized the decision, describing any parent who would miss a child's Christmas program to watch a football game as a jerk. "I would agree with that," Behrendt said. "But you don't want kids to find out their parents are jerks any more than they have to." At the Unity Church of Dal- las, Holy Huddle has brought a halt to the previous 11:45 am exodus of Cowboys fans. In a fellowship hall with a piano and stained-glas- s windows, dozens of church members. . munch pizza, get to know each other better (during commercials) and watch the first half of the game. At halftime, they all drive home, presumably in time to catch the second half. to "If nothing else, it called at- -' tention to how many people were leaving, so they seem more .likely to stay," Debenport said. |