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Show A Way Of Life For First Indian Bishop Service (From the Religious News Service and the wires of the Associated Press and it's United Press International.) By DELL A Presbyterian congregation in New York City has responded to the rising rate of deaths due to drug abuse by holding a special worship service that featured a litany al for the dead. "Lord, we must offer up our rage to you, declared worshippers of the Good Shepherd-Fait- h Presbyterian Church during the service conducted by members of the groups task force on drugs. "This country, they continued, "can spend millions on new missiles, new supersonic airplanes, new highways, new wars, while it lets 100,000 addicts in New York City alone die slow deaths. and The parishioners chanted in unison, Forgive us, Lord. We have not cried out at injustice or proclaimed the acceptable day of the Lord. We buy that myth about solving our problems by taking the right pill. Forgive us our foolishness. "Lord, have mercy on us, the litany concluded. It was followed by a silent prayer in which each worshipper asked Gods help for an individual addict. not-so-slo- w U.S. Orthodox Church A move is under way for the formation of an Orthodox Church of America, independent of European or Asian Mother Churches. The development is being opposed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Eastern Ortho- :i doxy. Disclosed in New York City were negotiations which resulted in an agreement that the Patriarchate of Moscow will formally recognize the de facto independence which the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America has exercised since 1924. The action would represent the first time an Orthodox Church has relinquished jurisdiction over a diocese in the Western Hemisphere. It would open the way for an Orthodox Church having only the word American as its national description. u Woman Named a i k 2 1 ... Miss Jean Woolfolk, a lawyer and insurance executive, has been named chairman of a committee to write the first constitution for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Little Rock, Ark., woman will head a structure and function committee which will work toward completing a restructuring of the Church. A preliminary draft of the constitution is expected lo be ready for study by 1973, and itis possible that a final draft may be ready for adoption by the 1975 General Assembly. ! ft' I 4 ik '3 t f ; 1 ; f ! six years, making a total of 31 years he served in a bishopric. It was a real honor being the first Lamanite bishop in the Church," Mr. Timbimboo said. It was a great experience being a bishor. Mr. Timbimboo, now 81 years old, retired and living in Plymouth, was born into the Church. His grandparents, and the grandparents of his w ife, were converts to the Church. VAN ORDEN Church News Assistant Editor Death From Drugs '1 Is ALC Mission Aide PLYMOUTH, UTAH Moroni Timbimboo, a Indian living in northern Utah, had an experience which greatly impressed him that the Lord had a mission for him to perform. He had been shopping in Garland and was to catch the train back to his home in Washakie. However, the train started pulling away from the station before he had a chance to board it. He ran after the train, grabbing onto a hand raiL 1916, In But as he tried to swing himself up, his foot became lodged and he lost his balance and was thrown to the ground, with his foot still caught on the train. As I was being dragged by the train, I said a prayer, asking the Lord for help," Mr. Timbimboo said. As I did, I felt renewed strength and was able to reach up and grab onto the rail, lifting myself up to the steps of the train car. In 1915, Mr. Timbimboo and his wife spent the entire winter in Logan, doing temple work. When we were younger, we used to go the temple two or three times a week, he said. Information on his ancestors, he explained, is extremely difficult to obtain, so very little genealogy' cr temple work has been done for the Indian The Lord saved my life, he remarked. I feel the reason that my life was spared was that the Lord had something for me to do. Some 23 years was ordained the in later, Mr. Timbimboo first Lamanite bishop this dispensation. He was called in January 1939 to be of the Washakie bishop Ward, then a part of the Malad Stake. Five families of Indians had homesteaded Washakie in 1880. Mr. Timbim-boo- s father was one of the original settlers. Being named bishop hit me pretty hard, Mr. Timbimboo reflected. Although he had been a counselor to two bishops and had served for about 20 years, the call to bishop came as a surprise to him. He said he was later told by the stake president that when the president was in the temple pon- - Dr. R. Dale Lechleitner, executive director of the Division of American Missions of the American Lutheran Church, will retire May 31 after more than 25 years in mission work. The Spencer, Ohio, native, who marked his 65th birthday on Dec. 21, was graduated from the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus and ordained in 1932. From that time until he joined the staff of the mission division in Minneapolis, he was pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Los Angeles. PROVO, UTAH Woman Heads CWS April 2. Mrs. Robert W. Webb is the new chairman of Church World Service, the relief agency of the National Council of Churches. She is director of Experimental and Specialized Services of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. Her new office is elective, not a staff On Aug. 1, 1875, a group of Indians were camped on the Bear River. Brigham Young sent George W. Hill as a missionary to teach them the Gospel. A total of 300 Indians were baptized on that day, according to Mr. Timbimboo. Mr. and Mrs. Timbimboo were married on March 21, 1910 and the following year, their marriage was solemnized in the Logan Temple. They commemorated their 60th wedding anniversary this past week. . Moroni Timbimboo displays headdress . . dering who should be bishop of the Washakie Ward, his name came to the president When Mr. Timbimboo told his wife, Amy Hotchew Timbimboo, about the call, she told him, Always obey a calling in the Church. After he served a bishop for four years, he gave up farming and moved to Clearfield where he worked for the government. He commuted to Washakie every Sunday to carry out his responsibilities. A year later, lie was released as bishop, but was named a counselor to the incoming bishop. He continued in this assignment for people. A couple of generations ago. Indians did not have surnames and there were no written records kept. Mr. Timbimboos own surname was the name of his grandfather. When the older generations were still living, I obtained the names of my ancestors seven generations back, Mr. Timbimboo said. In 1933, while serving as a bishop's counselor, Mr. Timbimboo and the other counselor were called together on short-termissions to the North Central States. They worked with the Sioux Indian in Wolf Point, Mont. The Gospel has been the greatest thing in our lives, Mr. Timbimboo remarked. We've always had a testimony that the Church is true." Service has always been a way of life for Mr. Timbimboo since he was called as Sunday School superintendent when he was only 16. BYU To Host Annual Visitors of the rise Kirtland of the anJ fall Temple will be stake presiand for bishops presented dents of the Church during their am al visit to Brigham Young University A dramatic the Lord" is the title of the assembly presentation, written and directed by Dr. Lael J. Woodbury, chairman of the Department of Speech ami Drama. A in lions' of It deals with the tempestuous days Kirtland, Ohio, in the middle 1800s, persecution forced Mormons from the state and piwoked the invasion and desecration of the newly completed temple. the assembly, which Following 10 at a.m., the bishops and begins stake presidents will disperse to several designated campus locations to meet with students from their areas. when Campus tours will leave the center every half hour to give a glimpse of campus expansion and a look at exhibits being featured in the second annual Festival of Mormon Arts Fine Arts Center. in the II. ini'. Buses will be available a' S:15 a.m. at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake t'nh for the trip to BYU, and at 4 :."0 p.m. for the return. Those rem. ming in Provo may attend Dramatic Mormon Vignettes" at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center experimental theater. The presentation will depict Mormon pioneer experiences and unusual events. The movie. Shoes of the Fisherman," will aNo bo shown at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. WEEK ENDING MARCH 28, 1970 CHURCH-- 11 |