Page i, The Herald, Friday,

December 22, 1978

FROM

THE CHURCH

by Frank Johnson

Heart disease, which is
fast becoming a_ national
disaster, is taking hundreds
of lives every year. One of
the saddest facts of this
disease is that some of our
young people turn out to be
victima.

Then, as if heart disease
were not enough, there is the
awlul scourge of cancer. I
could go on listing many
more ailments that leave us
feeling miserable most of the
time. Can an individual do
anything that will increase

Give to
Christmas
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YOUR gift is a Matter
of Life and Breath

his chances of avoiding
disease and enjoying good
health? I think ‘yes’,

Some people would ad-
vocale the use of this or that
to aid in good health but I
would like to explore the use
of simple, easily accessable
remedies: pure air, water,
sunlight, regular exercise,
and Trust in God.

Let's consider pure air.
Those of us who live in the
great northwest do not really
appreciate this blessing. AB
the polsonous carbon
monoxide, hydrocarbons,
and nitrogen oxide of factory
and high concentration of
automobile exhausts are a
very serious problem. But
distressing to me is the
number of people who
pollute their own air with
tobacco smoke.

Besides pure air, pure
water is important. Most of
us do not use enough of it,
Our bodies are made up of
about 60 percent water and it
must be .- replenished
regularly for much is, lost
daily in various ways. Many
people think that by the use
of liquids they get sufficient
water, They get some but we
still need up to six glasses of
pure water daily.

Now let's turn our at-
tention to sunlight. Of course
we can misuse sunlight and
get into real trouble; but if
we use it wisely, it can be of
tremendous benefit.

In this day of run-away
Inflation, the correct use of
sunlight just for our own
person could be a valuable
saving. Sunlight, shining
moderately on one’s skin,
makes it possible for the
body to manufacture its own
vitamin D. This vitamin D
then helps to regulate the
body's use of calcium. Just
think, saving the use of ali
those medications. Caution:
don’t use these thoughts in

place of your doctor's per-
scriptions. It is also an in-
teresting point that people
seem {o be of better spirits
when they are out in the
sunshine for 4 period of time
on a regular basis.

Another important health
habit is regular exercise. !
needn't belavour this point

for we are continually ac- -...
costed with ‘participaction’ -

ads and advice. Suffice it to
say; this is all good advice.
One point, however, don't
overdo it at first. Condition
yourself,

Finally: Trust in God.
“How can that be a health
principle?’” you might
wonder. Think of it this way.
It is common knowledge that
stress, especially over long
periods of time, can aifect us
physically, If we can reduce
some of the stress or
eliminate it completely,
we're going to enjoy better
health. Trust in God is a
tremendous stress reducer.
Therefore, -Trust in God
promotes health.

Are you filled with guilt
because you've sinned
against God and your
fellowman? Are you anxious
and fearful about the future
— about your future? These
are forms of stress that can
interfere with good health.

Study God's Word, the
Bible. Learn of the won-
derful future God plans for
you. Learn about His
forgiving love for even the
worst sinner. Learn how you
can have eternal life and
forgiveness here and now,

Trust Godand His Word, aiid,”

you will find it healthfujsfo
both soul and body. You Will
begin to appreciate as nevay,
before what Jesus meant
when He said, “I am

that they might have life;
and that they might have it

more abundantly,” John 10:
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Let us remember the holiday’s beginnings. Rod Taylor photo.

AS VOCATION |
More turning to church

WINNIPEG = (CP)
decline in student enrolment
that saw one local institution
stop teaching theology
altogether in the late 1960s is
showing signs of reversing,
church leaders say,

Many senior Winnipeg
clergymen see the growing
number of people looking to

the church as a vocation in
terms of a backlash to the
secularism of the previous
decade,

Others view the trend as a
sign that people again are
turning to the church to give
meaning to their lives.

“To some extent il’s a
backlash to the ‘God is Dead’

movement of the '60s,"’ says
Father David Jamieson,
vocations officer of Roman
Catholic churches in Win-
nipeg,

He says that aside from
questions being asked about

society in general -in .the «

1940s and reluctance to make

were questions about the
future of the church: There
was a desire to wait and see
what would happen,

“There has since been a
period of growth and the
church’s. direction has
_become clearer.”

_ In the early 1960s, Roman

lasting commitments, there “‘ Catholic churches in Win-

veka Daa

Zion Baptist Chureh

Corner Sparks and Keith
Pastor Paul Mohninger
Office 635-2407 Home 635-5309

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Uplands Baptist Church

Deacon Bruce Freeman

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wo» Gorner of Halliwell and N. Thomas. «3° «© =="*

9:45a.m. Bible Teaching
Sunday School

11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service
7:30 p.m. Singing and Bible Study
Wednesday 8:00 Home Bible Studies
“You Are Welcome at Uplands”

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4830 Straume Avenue, Terrace 635-2312

SATURDAY EVENING 7:30p.m.
SUNDAY MASSES 9:00a.m.

Se. Matthew's Anglican Church
4726 Lazelle Avenue 635-9019 |

Sunday School. Adu!ts Discussion.

Christian Reformed Church
Sparks Street and Straume Avenue

_ Reverend S. Van Daalen

Sunday School - Terrace 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School - Remo 1:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
5:00 p.m. Worship Service

Sunday Services - 10:00a.m.

11:00 a.m. - Holy Communion far the famity

Minister; Reverend Lance Stephens - 635-5855

SACRED NEANT bahioh

W:iam,

7:30 p.m,

4907 Lazelte Avenue

Minister Reverend Dave Martyn

Sunday School

Senior 12 and up 10:00.a.m.

Under 12- 11:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

KNOX UNITED CHURCH

4637 Walsh Avenue
SUNDAY

TUESDAY NIGHT

7:30 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Meeting

WEDNESDAY

7:30 p.m. Ladies Home League Fellowship

SATURDAY
7:30 p.m. Youth Group
Christian Counselling
Emergency Welfare
Spiritual Resources
635-5446 or 635-2626

SALVATION ARMY.

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9: 30.a.m. Christian Education Hour”

Mennonite Brethren Church
" 3406 Eby Street 635-3015

10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00.a.m. Family Worship Service

11:00 a.m. Family Worship Service
7:30 p.m, Evanglistic Salvation Meeting

Welcomes
You To
Worship

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

3341 River Drive Terrace, B.C. 638-1561

Reverend R.L. White

Sunday Schoo! 10:00 4.m
Reverend R.L, While

Morning Worship 11:00.a.m.
Evening Worship 7:30p.m,
Prayer Ser vice Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

Corner Sparks Street and Park Avenue
Reverend Rolf Nosterud 635-5882

Morning Service 11:00 a.m.
Church School 9: 45 a.m.
Sunday School, Confirmation

Youth and Adult Classes

nipeg were sending about 20
candidates a year to train for
the priesththood, By the end
of the decade, no. ap-
plications were being
received,

Apathy also hit the
Anglican church. In 1968 the
situation was so bad that St,
John's College at University
of Manitoba—where ‘
seminarians train for the
ministry—had' to stop
teaching theology. -

In 1960, United churches
across the country had more
than 700 candidates. in
training at nine centres. By
the end of the decade,
however, two centres had
been forced to close, and the
total number of candidates
oan 7 x ps ' tn 250, if
t inte Tae: few" years,
Winrtipeg's"’ Catholic” chur-
ches again have been
receiving applications from
people wanting to become
priests. There now are six
candidates in training and
several more “in various
stages of preparedness,"

St, John's College is back
in the theology business with
21 full-time and 15 part-time
students sponsored by the
province's three dioceses.

Canon Jim Brown, college
warden, sees a renewed
jseriousness among people as
one of the reasons for the
reversal.

‘Tt was the hard

secularity, the moods and
fashions of the °60s, which

turned us all, churchmen:

and non-churchmen alike,
round and round."

The United Church now
has 20 candidates, including
nine women, in training—
twice as many as in 1970—~

and more than 400 in training
nationally.
Dr. Howard Milts,

|secretary of the United
Church's national division of
ministry personnel and
education, also attributes the
change to a reaction to the
1960s. .

“Many people lost con-
fidence in the church in the
‘60s and lots of young people
who would have gone into the
church went into govern-
ment service, social agen-
cies and things like the civil
rights movements.

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The Most Famous Basket on the Would”

Wetone Hin

__ [t's time to call your
Welcome Wagon hostess.

Lois Mohninger - 635.5309
Evelyn Anweller 635-5571

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