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Show Sunday. November me 7f Ok 77 in 18. 1979. THK HKRALI). 1'mvo. l iah- -I Church news, BOB Local Religion 2 Development Officers Named to Regional Posts Commentary Religion's Purpose Helps People Live By ALFREDA WAY "Never to allow ourselves to speak one unkind word about another, even though that other be our enemy. "To do all of our deeds in kindness. "To cut our hearts from ourselves and from the world. "To be humble. "To be servants of each other, and to know that we are less than anyone else. "To be as one soul in many bodies; for the more we love each other, the nearer we shall be to God ; but to know that our love, our unity, our obedience must not be by confession, but of reality. "To act with cautiousness and wisdom. "To be truthful. "To be hospitable. "To be reverent. "To be a cause of healing for every sick one, a comforter for every sorrowing one, a pleasant water for every thirsty one, a heavenly table for every hungry one, a star to every horizon, a light for every lamp, a herald to everyone who yearns for the kingdom of God. anyone. "To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit. "Should opposition or injury happen to us, to bear it, to be as kind as ever we can be, and through all, to love the people. Should calamity exist in the greatest degree, to rejoice, for these things are the gifts and favours of God. "To be silent concerning the faults of others, to pray for them, and to help them, through kindness, to correct their faults. "To look always at the good and not at the bad. If a man has 10 good qualities and one bad one, look at the 10 and forget the one. And if a man has 10 bad qualities and one good -'A- Churches Join Under One Roof - The worshipers of CITY, Mo. (UPI) West Paseo Christian church lacked a The Swope Park Christian the building. church lacked worshipers. The two congregations voted Sunday to broach racial barriers and merge under one roof. The new multi-racicongregation will be known as the Swope Parkway United Christian Church. It's primary leaders, at least through 1980, will be those from the white church. The minister will be black. "I just can't hold it in," said one black woman who hugged a white woman after the results of the separate, secret ballots were announced Sunday. "I'm one of your members now." all-bla- te al "This will give us a chance to see how brotherhood really works," Ruth McCallop, a West Paseo deaconess, said. 20-- 0 The voting by the Swope Park members and 163-- 5 by the West Paseo members followed a joint worship service in the church the group will be using, the Swope Park church. - Religious Seminar Scheduled in S.L LAKE Office at - The Dayspring a seminar in Westminster CITY College will sponsor preaching Tuesday and Wednesday SALT at Nunemaker Place. Dr. Gardner Taylor, pastor of the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., will conduct the seminar, which will be from 9 a.m. till noon both days. Tuesday's topic will be "Some Reflections of the Preaching Responsibility." Wednesday's topic will be "The Preacher's Personality as Preparation." Taylor will speak on "Three Sabbaths of Biblical Faith" Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Calvary Baptist Church, 532 E. 700 S., Salt Lake City. Interested persons may contact the Dayspring Office at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. 12,000-memb- LES SMITH - ST. LOUIS Mercy killing is "contrary to God's Law," but a Christian in good conscience may "let nature take its course." In essence, that is the finding of a report on euthanasia, which The Lutheran Church-MissouSynod's Commission on Theology and Church Relations has issued. The synod's 1967 convention assigned the report to ri SefWce Planned SPANISH FORK -- The Nebo Baptist Church, 30 N. Main, will celebrate Thanksgiving with a vespers service Wednesday at 7 p.m. The theme of the service will be "Giving Thanks to God." Pastor James Lang will deliver a Thanksgiving message. Participants also will partake of the Lord's Supper at the service. The public is invited. . Missionary Speak Kevis Martia Sown, son of Joyce Bown of 845 E. 1490 S., Orem, will speak at a missionary farewell meeting today at 3 p.m. in the Orem 12th Ward, 1450 S. 800 E., Orem. 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Each person, no matter how inthey might have made a wrong decision in this regard. firm and socially useless he may apPrepared by its Social Concerns pear to be, deserves to be accepted as a Committee, the CTCR's document first being created in the image of God. While suffering is an intrusion into appears in excerpted form in the November issue of The Lutheran life, it. provides the opportunity for Witness, and all LCMS pastors, Christian witness and service. Often the time prior to death is so teachers and congregations will receive the complete text. wrapped in mystery that no one ought At the end of the report, after forcibly to interrupt the movement of sections which define terms and speak man's spirit as it may be comto the theological focus of the issue, are municating through God's Spirit with 12 guiding principles drawn from those his Creator and Redeemer by way of two sections. responding In trust and inner yearning. Death is not merely a physical but These principles may act as "guidelines for working one's way a crucial spiritual event for each through the vast array of ethical ques- person. tions raised not only by the very speed of advances made in the technology of Any decisions made in this highly medicine but also by forces at work in complex area, and any actions taken our culture which tend to relativize all that may later appear to have been moral considerations as they apply to wrong, have been redeemed by that the central issues of life." forgiveness which is available to all The concluding principles are as folwho put their trust in the work and lows: merits of mankind's Savior and Euthanasia, in its proper sense, is Redeemer. The spiritual and moral questions a synonym for mercy killing, which involves suicide andor murder. It is, raised by the issue of euthanasia are of such a nature that their evaluation is an therefore, contrary to God's law. As Creator, God alone knows with enterprise touching on the very of the basic principles which certainty whether a disease or an inthe integrity of our Christian jury is incurable. n When the powers of the faith and the survival of our cultural body to sustain its own life can no heritage. They constitute the primary longer function and doctors in their spiritual and moral crucible of this age. There have been several errors in pricing, Christmas sizing and keying in our Place Circular (due in home 15 15 15 15 Provo Church professional judgment conclude that there is no real hope for recovery even with instruments, a Christian may in good conscience "let nature take its course." (An explanation notes that the patient, the doctor, the nearest of kin and the pastor should normally be involved in the final decision.) CTCR. The report explains that a Christian may "let nature take its course ... when n the powers of the body to sustain its own life can no longer function and doctors in their professional conclude that there is no real bdul'-Baha" Will REX GUYMON Synod Takes Stand On Mercy Killing SORRY! Page Page Page Page Rex D. Guymon and L R ,'Les" Smith will be responsible for developing philanthropic financial support for church programs from among individuals and organizations in the northern t'tah and the Uinta Basin. Guymon of Draper, is a graduate of the American Institute of Banking. His professional experience includes three years with the Federal Reserve Bank 10. a, of San Francisco (Salt Lake branch) and 16 years with Valley Bank and Trust He managed the trust department of VB T for 10 years, and was assistant vice president of marketing when he left to join the Development Office. Smith of Sandy, is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a second year Ml'A candidate at the BYU Salt Lake Center. He has extensive experience in real estate development and property management. In addition, he has been a bank manager and vice president, and was business manager for the Utah Stars professional basketball team. fund-raisin- g one, to look at the one and forget the Baha'l Faith In this century of great change and transition, one can't help but reflect on the most important aspects of life, those which remind us of the true purpose of religion in its practical application. Abdul'i-Bahson of the founder of the Baha'i Faith and foremost exponent of its teachings, said that true religion is a way of life. Here are his injunctions for "living the life." "To be no cause of grief to KANSAS - SALT LAKE CITY Two new regional development officers have been appointed for the northern Utah area of the IDS Development Office, arm of the Church, according to Donald T. 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