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Show Page E2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, October 30, 1994 Kids need support JSriofi Sermon: God's By JOY THOMPSON Knight-Ridde- View of Halloween l was once asked, "Do you it is possible that witches ride on brcwmsticks?" Of course my answer was, "No!" But, then I began to wonder how this idea came into existence witches, broomsticks, demons and all the other experiences that accompany Halloween. The answer to that question is complicated. But, Halloween, or All Saint's Eve, was first observed throughout the ancient pagan world as the begriming of a New Year in which the prime objective was commemoration of the dead or more accurately appeasement of the dead spirits (Dtkeep them from haunting people's rjftmes and lives during the coining be-hc- jear. 5n every way, it has its roots in S&anic occultism; and in the Bible, Ghjistians are told to have absolutely nothing to do with such activities. Of v. 19:31) 2 This morning during the 10:30 Worship and Praise service of the My grandmother told me last week that my brother wants me to write him. I was moved. It hurts to talk about my brother. He has been in and out of detention centers since the age of 13. He curses. He fights. He has no respect for authority. And when he started hanging with an older gang memgroup of teen-agebers he became too much for my mother, the schools and the local law enforcement authorities to handle. Now, as he nears the age of 16, his home is a maximum security facility for juvenile offenders. I saw this coming when he was a little boy. My sister and I were rs Church to show 'Scars that Heal' The Provo First Baptist Church, 144 West Columbia Ln., will be showing to the public Billy Graham's film Scars that Heal on today at 6:45 p.m. Admission is free, but a free-wi- ll offering will be taken to offset the cost of the film. Also, a creative Ministries Team from the Kentucky Baptist Convention called "Son Burst" will be visiting the church on Thursday at 7 1 pm. It The ts team consists of college from universities around Kentucky. For more information call stu-jfcn- $hurch issues rpblicy on voting The following statement has been 'wsied by the First Presidency of Jftrfe Church of Jesus Christ of Saints: In this election year we reaffirm trhl policy of strict political neutralX ity fcr the Church. The Church does not endorse political candidates or parties in elections. Church facilities are not used for political purposes. Political candidates should not imply that their candidacy is endorsed by the Church or its leaders. Church directories or mailing lists should not be used for political purposes. Church members should study the issues and candidates carefully atid prayerfully and then vote for those whom they believe will act Avith integrity and will most nearly harry out their ideas of good govern- merit. Members are encouraged to participate as responsible citizens in supporting measures that strengthen "society morally, economically and jculturally. i Members are urged to be actively engaged in worthy causes to im- q; prove their communities and make them more wholesome places in ;which to live and rear families. Z'The statement is from President oward W. Hunter, world leader of tile Church, and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Gordon B. Hinckley and President Thomas S. Monson. 'I ' tf Seminary hires female teacher - SouthIRVING, Texas (AP) western Baptist Theological Seminary officials have hired the first e teacher in the grnan as a sftool's history. trustees voted unanimouslly last vjiek to appoint Karen O'Dell 41 , as an assistant professor of ofcjirch history. 4Tie hiring came despite the belief bfcmany Baptist conservatives that Sjripture forbids women to teach the principles of theology or to sc2ve as senior pastor of a church. ""Women have traditionally been allowed to teach at Baptist seminaries, but usually in religious education, music and other subjects not directly related to theology. full-tim- Bul-Kfi- drug-usin- g, late-nig- ht basically is a victim of neglect. And that neglect took a major toll on his character. My grandmother, now a widow, grieves over him. She was much too old to raise another child when he came around. I seriously considered taking him in as well. But as a single woman in another city religious orgsnmizatioin working to make my own ends meet, I could not give him the attention, stable home life and strong male role model he needed. And my visits, calls and gifts were not enough. He turned to the streets for love and acceptance. And the streets, in turn, hardended his heart. I appreciate the speech President Clinton made several weeks ago on the nation's duty to teach and protect its children. "Parents have to recognize that the real war on crime begins at home," he said. "If the first responsibility of a government is to provide law and order, the first responsibility of parents is to teach right from wrong," he said. The moral mandate to protect By DAVID BRIGGS AP Religion Writer 5 Long before radio broadcaster Harold Camping or David or any of hundreds of minor and major American religious figures who thought they could predict the end of the world, there was William Miller. The farmer-turned-proph- convinced tens J -- & r If jT- ' - will-kno- Joy Thompson is the religiori.ed-itor of the Long Beach (Calif You can write'td her at the Long Beach Press-Tel- e gram, 604 Pine Ave. LongBeacH J Press-Telegra- ond. cated east of Alpine Highway on ; Country Club Dr. Jason Gurney, son of Allen and Sandy Gurney of Santaquin, has been called to serve in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission. He will speak in the Santaquin 5th Ward, 345 W. 100 North, today at 1 p.m. He will enter the MTC on Nov. 2. Monte Moore Stewart, son of Merlin R. "Mez" Stewart of Pay? son, has been called to serve in the ; Japan Toyko North Mission. He will speak today at 9:30 a.ni! in the Payson Mountainview;6tH Ward, 681 E. 500 North. An open house will follow- tin meeting. He will enter the MTC on Ncvv 9. - Elder Scott M. Hampton, son of Ed and Carma Hampton of Lehi, has returned from serving in ' ' :': the Arizona Phoenix Mission. He will speak in the Lehi 14th Ward, 875 N. 1200 East, today at 10:50 a.m. Baptists, Methodists and other Christians across the nation that Elder Tadd M. Killpack,;spn of Ted and Phyllis Killpacfc;f Springville, has returned from the Second Coming would take place Oct. 22, 1844. Scores gathered that day on his farm in upstate New York to await the coming of the Messiah. The "Great Disappointment" that followed left most of them angry and disappointed. But century-and-a-ha- the Arizona Phoenix Mission. She will speak in the Bonneville 5th Ward, 85 S. 900 East, Provo today at 11 a.m. She will enter the MTC on Nov. 7. later, Adventists are not among the but they still eagerly date-setter- s, Christianity has anticipated the Second Coming from the faith's earliest days. Up until the present in the United States, there have been a steady stream of prognosticators of the end of the world. But perhaps no one in American religious history has built greater expectations of the imminent return of Christ than Miller, X 2:45o.m. EldT Curtis Lancaster ha$ returned from serving in the Mexico Merida Mission. ; . C His brother, Daniel Lancaster, has been called to serve in the California Los Angeles Mission, i , They are the sons of Bernell and Susan Lancaster of Orem. ; They will speak in the Orem Park 1st Ward, 750 W. Center St.:, ' ;. Orem, today at 2 p.m. Elder Brian K. Nelson, son of Lowell and Rita Nelson of Highland, has returned from the Latvia Riga Mission where he served in Estonia. He will speak at 9 a.m. today in the Highland East 2nd Ward, lo-- some 500 Adventists gathered again on "Ascension Rock" at the Miller estate this month to commemorate the event that led to the founding of their faith. The await the return of Jesus to reunite them with their loved ones in heaven. For the church, which has multiplied many times over this century to grow to 8 million worldwide today, the challenge has become how to keep a sense of urgent anticipation of the Second Coming even after the passing of seven or eight generations. "To keep that hope alive is something, frankly, I think the church is struggling with," says historian James Nix from church headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. "How do you keep that hope alive? I don't have a good answer for that." serving in the Pennsylvania Phfla delphia Mission. Ijl; He will speak in the SpringVilJe 10th Ward, 355 E. Center, today a( Beth Anderson Rosenlof of Provo has been called to serve in from the group of original believers arose a small remnant who created one of the truly unique American contributions to world religion: The Seventh-da- y Adventist Church. A ; 3 thousands of lf : Calif. 90844. "When they turn to a place of et of ! Bible tells me that faith ca produce miracles when paired with the correct action. It's time for the people of faith to get busy: My, letter's in the mail; my brother ' ; ; he ' s not alone . Children look not only to their parents for guidance, but to religious organizations as well. A 1993 poll by Newsweek and CDF, found that when children were asked about the greatest influences in their lives, they ranked their parents and grandparents as No. 1 , and their place of worship as sec- P- - J . the chil- My brother is one of dren crying out for help. And foij so long, all I felt I could d6;i helplessly watch and pray. Butlnw she said. Ko-res- h, -- ! 1 j worship tor security ana proieq-- i find?" will Daley! what they tion, asked. "That's the real challenge,' for congregations today . j children is common to all faiths Jewish, Muslim, Catholic and Protestant, said Shannon Daley,' director of religious affairs for CDF. And the need is there: Thousands of children are killed violently every year. "The Children's Sabbath is a way for people to act on their faith to help solve some of the problems affecting children," 150 years after disappointment, hope remains for Second Coming Church of The Nazarene, Pastor fphn Conlon will explain where Halloween originated and how God views this phenomena in a sermon titjsd, "Riding Upon The Witches Bifcomstick!" The Church of the Nazarene is locdted at 150 N. 700 West in services begin at 10:30 am. with both adult and children's worship services. TThe evening Bible Study Fellow-Sx$- p begins at 6:30 p.m. with classes for all ages. The church's mission in the Utah valley is to provide a center for "Healing Hurts and Building Dreams through Jesus Christ. " The public is invited to all services of the Church of The Nazarene. Newspapers r raised by my grandparents who provided a secure and disciplined home for us. My brother, who came along much later, was with my mother, and his life was much more disruptive. My mother left his physically abusing father when he was a toddler. She later left him to the care of baby sitters, while she shifts and tried worked to deal with her own problems. He if , Elder Holman by Lome R. Holrrtan i WBm TRACTJNK3.... IT'5 A ,, pi; AP Photo Gloria Matthews of Tolland, Conn., sings the Millerite hymn, "The Alarm," as she sits on Ascension Rock Oct. 22. About 2,000 people gathered at the Miller Farm in Whitehall, N.Y., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of William Miller's prediction that Christ would come on Oct. 22, 1844. who lectured throughout the country at a time when many Americans believed the Kingdom of God was near. Miller based his prophecy on an interpretation of Daniel 8:14: "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Counting days as a year, he came up with 1844 as the year Christ would return. When life went on, some fol lowers were disillusioned, others attempted to return to their churches. One small group that later became the nucleus for the Seventh-da- y Adventist Church studied the Bible further and determined the "cleansing of the temple' ' did occur in 1 844, but it was in heaven, not on Earth. As soon as Jesus finishes going over the rolls in heaven to judge the living and the dead, Adventists believe he will return to Earth in clouds of glory. Dedication: To Elder Dean Taylor, Salt Lake Love Mom, and Hank. Froa dedication City North Mission. (toll call) women and media topic of free lecture LDS A collaborative research project recently presented to an international audience in Australia titled "Diversity From Within: Mormon Women and Media" will be the topic for a Brigham Young Uni- versity brown bag luncheon on Thursday. The public is invited to this free, lecture by JoAnn Valenti and Dan Stout of the BYU communications faculty in 378 Wilkinson Center. The two merged their research results about LDS women and television habits. They found a great deal of diversity, which surprised the international audience in Australia, Valenti said. ignored by mass communication researchers because they're often lit N y thought to be homogeneous," Stout said. "The key thing to understand is that there is diversity, and that is a word that is not usually synonymous with anything Mormon," Valenti said. The researchers were interested in learning attitudes of religious 1 , $ ni t p i 1 v, 1 y j j 1 1 i u 0 WLp)f5l(Ql people towards media because television is known for sometimes portraying excessive sex and violence, Stout said. They wanted to know how LDS women specifically reacted to that trend. The lecture is sponsored by the BYU Women's Research Institute. . STQIZ3: n MondayT hru 9A.M.-9P.- hltniliiMl tiHiuiiH (I Cll'll, OtlKIIII Ml IftlUflll FiXfO 020 Don't let cold, wet fall weather cancel your fitness plans. This " treadmill allows you to exercise year round in comfort. 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