Page é, The Heraid, Friday, February 24, W78 Churchgoer pulls gun on forgiving pastor VANCOUVER (CP) — A churchgoer who decided his “pastor preached too much forgiveness was found guilty Wednesiay of assaulting the dergyman. Cornelius Abraham Wiens, 62, of Vancouver, was given a discharge on the condition that he stay away from Lyle Funk, of the Mennonite Brethern Church, and the SWE $21, Dwh 624, TWH 026 L755 Devia Street, Vascaaves VEG 1WS, Phane: 604-482-1831 collect Telex: 04-51161 church Funk told the provincia) court trial that Wiens ap- proached him at church Dec. 18, 1977, just before the service and “pushed a gun or facsimile thereof to my midriff." He said Wiens asked him “what would you do if I pulled a gun on you?” and poked him with the gun which the clergyman could not be sure was a toy. Funk sald he replied, “You wouldn't do a silly thing like that would you?” and ushered Wiens from the ding. The dergyman said Wiens, whose request last June for release from membership in the church had been granted, had earlier disrupted Funk’s religious classes repeatedly 3 by ening “totally irrdevant questions.” Weens, who said he ad: mitted himself to a clinic twice in recent years for denied poking the pastor but admitted producing a toy gun he'd taken from a Sunday school boy earlier. : He told the court he had been arrested and had spent five days and nights In jail after Funk swore an in- formation about the incident. Wiens, who said his grand: father. was one of the foun- ders of the church, had been amember since 1999 but said "I was angry because he (Funk) doesn't preach the way he should,”’ Wiens said there was too much emphasis on forgiveness in the sermons, Asked why he produced Anglican the gun, Wiens told the court that perhaps “I wanted to see what he was made of.” Have higher hopes witha ! 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Speaking to the new grov at ita service in a high Exo deCatanzaro, 61, said that “we meet under strange and difficult circumstances.” “But we are still what we were before—Catholic Cheis- tians in the’ Anglican tradition,” he said. The new congregation is associated with the Anglican Church of North America, founded in St, Louls, Mo. in 1975 to accept female priests was one of the reasons deCatanzaro left, he ' sald. BELLEVILLE, Ont. (CP) — The ci has decided aie allow church services but no > collections in cliy parks. Lloyd Syer director, sald the board for years has considered it unfair for people using the park to be asked to’ contribute to part of rules follo request from a Un ted church to hold services in ac ty park. TORONTO (CP) — Th S; United .Church Observer in that have sex outside marriage should not be ordained ministers of a Christian church. “The ideal for the Christian is fidelity within marrisge and celibacy. without and while we do not e. “and homosexual recruitment: should condemned, oh 4 Church and The Observer” anys in Bringing you Gifs and anciher editorial that the United Church is commilied “to equality for women but “In practice our actions do not come up to our lip ser: vice," It saya the gap is widening betwee’ what men and women are paid for the same Women’ B stru uggle for equality is as significant “as the abolition of slavery was ‘to our ancestors and will turn the Church upside down," ‘The Observer says. of et t, y with Wyndholme Christian Church in Dartmoath, N.S., ig the new secrelary of the Maritime division of the He succeeds Rev, Paynter Mactotoa, a United Church minisier. who became the secretary in 19523 and recently retired ch reins fight bet Arn] ween Pall and Leon bears some to -the life of Many people said the fight never souk have been ar- himself the great Spinks calls himself the Jatest because the titles are r E + 4 2 i r i a 4 a en - ere Re Br a SE bade El aren A TN re ome RR Salvation Army | Head in Terrace Captain Robert Moffatt, ‘head of the Prince Rupert Salvation Army, will be in Terrace this weekend to mark the begninning of the time set aside prior to Easter for self-denial. He will conduct a youth meeting on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and also the Christian Education class at 9:30 a.m. Sunday and the Sunday Service at 11. There will be a missionary dinner at 3 p.m. when, Captain Moffatt will show Co slides and curlos from this term in Argentina. ALT: 7:00 the film ‘'Corrie”’ will be shown Robert Moffat (Captain) was, born and raise in Dawson Creek, B.C. and after ten months of strict training in the Salvation Army Training College in- Moonto assisted other of:- ficers in Fort MacLeod and Vermillion Alberta and in North | Surrey, British --He was then sent in charge - Latter’ Day”? of Nelson, B.C., freon and Prince George” from where he was sent with his family in 1968 to Santa Fe, Argentina. Apart from two furlough periods of four months each and two months assisting ata children’s home near Buenos Aires,the whole period of nine years was spent at the same Corps. In June of 1977 Captain and Mrs.Moffatt were placed in charge of Prince Rupert rps. Mrs. Irene Moffatt (nee Carey)}} born in Duff, Saskatchewan but raised in Summerland, british Columbia entered Training College in 1858 was in charge of Kitimat Corpse, Kanata Lodge, Harelton Corps, Rossland and North Van couver before joining her husband in Vernon and serving ‘vith him there Pr. George and the Mission Field. They now have two children; Stephen (age 9) and Deborah (5), to uaty a aie Sh ! eh ia 0 - Saints meet BY DOUG CLARKE A regular quarterly conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be held in Terrace on Sunday, Feb.26, at the Thorhill Elementary School at 10 a.m. —. All interested: caquirer. of truth are welcome. . the mission call. Elder Scott has with his wife and young Mr.Scoot has atrong feeling’s about sapecly today’s problems, especi thoee involving the family. and to cope with modern. day problema with old Available at all participating Credit 4. a fashioned ideas. His ofthe church which includes to family ‘reas ve pestinest ‘ all of British Columbia north © Although not ye in his to Pine Pasa. ‘ forties, elder Scott has had a: Mr. Scott began his tenure. wealth of experience, An in B. C, lasiJuns and is from ’ church c It , Utah. Prior Sat emission call he was a Salt Lake and has ted a promising the fleld to answer Acco bee him will be mm Keith M. Humphries: and. eloan Alma Smith of Vaz-, couver and Penticton . respectively. _ Ral te tattoo? in Twenty-one = interr ape Waa, It's time to call your daily routine of work, the Bible advisea that it should involve * more than the struggle for sur- vival. It should involve the joy * Trusteed by: BC. CENTRAL CREDIT UNION : Unions _Betterinsomany ways Welcome Wagonkostess. | themesongsofar as they are of living. 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