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Show UGfJG J F Branch President Thinks j TC3GD j English, Speaks Spanish 1 (3C30QGC3G5 NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. News Service and the wires of the Associated iF'om the Religiousand tl. United Press International ) Press Tax On Churches : of 33 The National Council of Churches, composed and the Roman IYotestant and Orthodox Churches, the federal asked U.S. has the of Catholic bishops c1um.1i tax exemption on income government to end teceived from businesses unrelated to religion. in New The unprecedented move was announced to the sent and D.C., in Washington, Ymk City and now writing House Ways and Means Committee, draft legislation on tax reforms. the general Approval came with endorsements by U.S. Catholic Conference, the and NCC of the board the secretariat for the Catholic bishops. Unaffected, according to the statement, would be income from any enterprise undertaken by a church in Garcia thinks the Gospel but he speaks it in Spanish. He is the branch president of the San Diego South Stake Branch at National City near the border of Mexico. have Pres. Garcia and his family for eight Church the ,een members of some relirears. We felt we needed said. he gion, with our children, Leonardo direct relation to a religious function. Chief Killer Heart disease strengthened its lead in 1968 as the Southern Baptist primary cause of death among ministers and denominational employes. Cancer, while remaining the second most prevalent cause of death, decreased by 7 percent. The Southern Baptist Annuity Board reported in Dallas that heart disease was the cause of death in the among 65 per cent of those participating in died who Protection denominations Program 1968. This marked an increase of 8 per cent over 1967. Auto accidents and pneumonia each accounted for suicide was per cent of the deaths during the year; listed as the cause of death in 5 per cent of the cases, and nv'or'o - sclerosis and emphysema eacli claimed 4 per cent. 7 their They had been sending 13 years of age, and 11 10, then we go to churJi :o church. How come would ask. they go? dont and you , we d and it Because you need answer. vas the so we startBut we did need it and We would chuches. ed looking at many . addresse for book check the phone a was wife nad been a Protestant, my 1 dian said. Garcia Pres. Catholic old want to go back to mv as a boy and satisfied wasnt cause I now. satisfied be knew I wouldnt blocks of I had lived within two o M rmon a Church in Arizona where I was born, but I never bothered to look into it a.nb they didnt nTXr me. In our search theweMorthat we hadnt tried So we did, and we are Church. in ,1 here, explained Pres. Garfcia. we met the At the LDS mbers. who introduced us right away the missionaries. We were taught was . Gospel in English because it was difii-l-t It ward. English speaking branen when I was called to be a branch Spanish-speakin?sidcnt in a the cause everything I knew about Garcia Pres. ispel was in English, clul-ire- n g Rural Poverty in part, a cause Asserting that rural poverty is, of of the urban crisis, the United Methodist Board M ssions decided in New York City to launch work in rural economic development. in The B mrds National Division, which has to uiban allocations its recent years increased recognition of the ministries, cited increasing been a factor in has extent to which rural poverty lh" explosive crisis now besetting the urban ghetloes. The mechanization of agiiculture and the mise of the sharecropping system, the division dede- have grossly accentuated an already clared, exlreme poverty situation . . . poor, landless and unemployed pepole from rural communities, with occupationally or culturally to cope hunthe flocked by the stresses of urban living, have dreds cf thousands into ghettoes. Church Building conFor five of the last six years, church-relatebillion-dollin the U.S. has passed the nurk, but notwithstanding this high plateau, tailspm trends are in a marked tliree-yea- r in actual value. This is indicated by figures recently released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The department projects that in 1969 church construction again will top the $1 billion mark, but the slide in actual value of new construction will cond st' on tinue. The seeming disparity results when current costs aie compared to a dollar of earlier years (Comdollar for its norm). Using merce uses the 1957-5the formula, 1968s total of $1,045,000,000 in new construction translates to a mere $731 million in the 9 '37-7- 9 cutrency. plained. Garcia After his baptism, Leonardo He was called work. to is put right . be secretary of the welfare commit-;experience, a was helpful That said. pie after a year. Later he served as second counselor a in the MIA and then was ordained and became a stake mission- seventy ary. exBeing a missonary was a great was it and converts perience. We had a blessing to see them giow in the Church, Pres. Garcia said. Pres. Garcia was growing also. lie became a counselor in the misson in the quorum presidency, and then satispresidency. Missionary work was Garcias. for the fying In 1967, Leonardo G.ircia was called to be branch president of the Spanish branch in Sun D ego South Stake. This was a challenge. He could his speak Spanish, but for years now Church work had been in English. He knew the distance the branch covered. It covers the whole stake to the Mexican bolder. Ho had learned the joy of service and his attitude was, It I work, others will work, if I do my best everyone else will try also. Pres. Garcia has the support of his w ife, and she is involved with the work of the branch. Sunday morning foi Pies. Garcia means up at 5 a.m. and travel about 30 miles to pick up the boys and priesthood. "Many do not have transportation; those that do have cars help the others by bringing them to the meetings, he said. The same thing is repeated for sacrament meeting and at the end of the day the president has traveled 150 to 200 miles. The only way we grow is to help someone else grow. It is a most wonderful thing to see someone you have been working with grow in the Church," Pres. Garcia explained. Mrs. Garcia works in the MIA. She and her husband woik together. For example, he picks up half of the athletic team and drives them to the practice field. Mrs. Garcia supervises the practice while Pres. Garcia drives to pick up the half of the team that lives on the other side of town. When the game is over the process is reversed. The team members that were picked up first are delivered home and Mrs. Garcia continues to practice with the second half. It is little wonder that We are a they have good teams. small branch, but we try hard, Pres. Garcia said. Pres. Garcia and Mrs. Garcia never lack for enthusiasm. They take everything in stride and believe that the Gcspel is for everyone. Il'i.d work is part of Leonardo Garcia's !iro. He works for his family as a salesman for truck equpment. They have two boys and a gH. He works hard in the Church. Working hard really makes me V 1 wcndorlul, tiied but wonderful. lr e d,iii"d. Girls Trek In Woods Continued from Page 9 Joanne Gehring started g.illieiing wood for the fire. Terri, using a flint, steel wool, dry wood shavings and a lot of breath finally got a flame going after a half hour of making sparks and then blowing for all she was worth on tip glowing steel wool. A lunch of foil dinners male fiom potatoes, hamburger, carrots, cucumbers and salt and pepper was cooked in the fire. In order to certify, the three younger girls lashed branches together to make a shelter. They also taught one another camp songs and held a testimony meeting Friday evening after eating two chickens bai on a spit. d WEEK A nature hike Saturday morning helped one of the girls, who had slept with her head outside her sleeping bag, forget the 15 to 20 mosquito bites on her head. The girls broke up camp Saturday noon after soaking their feet in a cool stream running by the campsite. I don't know if tb I three girls certified or not, Vickie Uriarte said, but I know we sure had a lot of fun. Mrs. Jordison said the girls who went on the jaunt will soon be certified as adventurers. at The hike prepared them to face challenges in their lives, she added. Just imagine the delicious outdoor meals these girls can make for their future husbands. ENDING AUGUST 16, 1969 CHURCH-- 11 |