Zion’s Advocate · 2013. 11. 16. · cycleasthe“feastoftheharvest.” Agenera-tion comes of age and through their labor bears fruit. That fruit normally consists of a wife or

Zion’s Advocate“And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day,

for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost….”1 Nephi 3:187

VOLUME 90 INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI—November-December 2013 NUMBER 6

~In This Issue~

EDITORIAL—The Feast of the Tabernacle inthe Last Days - Elder Gordon McCann . . . 103

ARTICLE—The Time Shall Come -Apostle Brian E. McIndoo. . . . . . . . . . 104

GENERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION—Sunday School Lessons on CHRISTMAS . 110

FROM THE ARCHIVES—Apostles and theirWives in 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ARTICLE—Making the Scriptures Real in ourLives - Priest Aadam Yates . . . . . . . . . 114

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

OBITUARY—Derald Dean Sarratt . . . . . . . 121

OBITUARY—Mary Thelma Schwegler . . . . . 121

OBITUARY—Margie Evalee Downs . . . . . . 122

NOTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

2013 INDEX to Volume 90 . . . . . . . . . . . 123

“And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come, whenthe knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout everynation, kindred, tongue, and people. And behold, when thattime cometh, none shall be found blameless before God,except it be little children, only through repentance and faith onthe name of the Lord God Omnipotent.” —Mosiah 1:121-122

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GENERAL CHURCH OFFICERS

SECRETARY, COUNCIL OF APOSTLESApostle Duane Ely18814 N. 30th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85050

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GENERAL CHURCH SECRETARYHarvey E. Seibel9800 E. 32nd Street S.; Independence, Missouri 64052

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The Feast of the Tabernacle in the Last Days

By Elder Gordon McCann

Traditionally this time of the year is a time tocelebrate and give thanks for the fruit of

our labor, or the harvest. In the Mosaic Law Is-rael was commanded to keep three feasts inthe year. One of those feasts was the “… feastof the harvest, the first fruits of thy labours…”found in Exodus 23:16-19. Israel was togather their harvest from their fields and thenbring the “first of the first fruits” before theirGod as an offering. This gathering or feast re-ferred to as the “feast of the tabernacles” wasto be a solemn pilgrimage to a place that waschosen of God. Once gathered the feast wasto last seven days (see also Deuteronomy16:13-15).

Though we believe and are taught that theMosaic Law has been fulfilled by Jesus Christwe still have this inward sense at the end ofthe year to give God thanks for the blessing oflife. These blessings of life come by way ofour labor and by petitioning God’s blessingupon it in faith that our labor would bring forthgood acceptable fruit. Our “first of the firstfruits” is our tithes and offerings that we freelygive to acknowledge and give thanks to ourGod for those blessings.

It has also been a time for reflection uponwhat we were able to accomplish against ourgoals that were set at the start of the year, thento make plans for the coming New Year inpreparation for the new harvest.

Our lives follow, to a great extent, the samecycle as the “feast of the harvest.” A genera-tion comes of age and through their laborbears fruit. That fruit normally consists of awife or husband, children, monetary thingssuch as homes and lands, along with otherworks and pleasures of life. Since God is anunchangeable God, His expectations are thesame when it comes to our labor. God fully ex-pects that our labor would bring forth goodfruit, acceptable before Him, to promote Hisgood pleasure. A new generation comes toage and hopefully builds upon the good fruit ofthe past generation’s labor.

My wife and I had opportunity to travel toColorado this November to attend her AuntMargie Downs funeral. Aunt Margie was thelast of her family’s generation where her twoolder brothers, Marvin and Bob Ely, had al-ready passed away. A portion of AuntMargie’s fruit that came from her labor was ahusband. More fruit was borne when they do-nated the land upon which the Church ofChrist in Grand Junction Colorado was built.More labor was expended by others who builta building unto their God so that they couldgather to worship Him and have that fellow-ship with those of like determination. This fruitwas laid before God as an offering with the in-tent that more fruit would be gained by the la-bor of the next generation.

It is important to note that the success orfailure of the next generation’s labor and pro-duction of good fruit is dependent upon howsuccessful we (the current generation) can in-still the importance or value of the fruit borneby previous generations. Along with that un-derstanding we must provide the new genera-tion a clear vision of God’s plan or goals thatbecome theirs to set and work to fulfill.

God has, through His Holy prophets asfound in the written Word, provided a clearvision or plan for mankind to work toward thatthey may bring forth good fruit. It is incumbent

upon each succeeding generation to pass the“light of the Gospel” onto the next generationso that they can be a “peculiar people,zealous of good works” (Titus 2:14).

The Mission of the Church of Christ

Preach the Gospel

“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gos-pel to every creature; and he that believeth and isbaptized, shall be saved, but he that believethnot, shall be damned” (Mormon 4:86).

Gospel Defined

“Behold I have given unto you my gospel,and this is the gospel which I have given untoyou, that I came into the world to do the will of myFather, because my Father sent me; And my Fa-ther sent me that I might be lifted up upon thecross; and after that I had been lifted up upon thecross, I might draw all men unto me: That as Ihave been lifted up by men, even so should menbe lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, tobe judged of their works, whether they be good orwhether they be evil; And for this cause have Ibeen lifted up; therefore, according to the powerof the Father, I will draw all men unto me, thatthey may be judged according to their works.And it shall come to pass, that whoso repentethand is baptized in my name, shall be filled; and ifhe endureth to the end, behold, him will I holdguiltless before my Father, at that day when Ishall stand to judge the world. And he thatendureth not unto the end, the same is he that isalso hewn down and cast into the fire, fromwhence they can no more return, because of thejustice of the Father: and this is the word whichhe hath given unto the children of men” (3 Nephi12:25-30).

Seek to Bring forth Zion

And blessed are they who shall seek to bringforth my Zion at that day, for they shall have thegift and the power of the Holy Ghost;” (1 Nephi3:187).

The Clarion Call of the Bride of

Christ

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. Andlet him that heareth say, Come. And let him thatis athirst come. And whosoever will, let him takethe water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17).

EDITORIAL

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By Apostle Brian E. McIndoo

Mosiah 1:121-122: “And more-over, I say unto you, that the timeshall come, when the knowledgeof a Savior shall spread through-out ever y nation, kindred,tongue, and people. And behold,when that time cometh, noneshall be found blameless beforeGod, except it be little children,only through repentance and

faith on the name of the Lord GodOmnipotent….”

During the month ofJuly, Apostle DuaneEly and I made the trip

to Ethiopia’s Gambella Re-gion with the expectation ofteaching the fullness of theGospel to a few small groupsof people. God’s plan musthave been slightly different:we would be going to sharewith those in complete dark-ness about His omnipotenceand how His Son became theSavior of the world.

After a lengthy multi-cityflight we finally arrived at theinternational airport inAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, atabout 1 AM. In spite of thefact it was the middle of thenight we were able to quicklyclear customs, collected ourluggage then headed out intoa cold dark parking lot wherewe were to meet our contactKoba Kotale and have the ho-

tel shuttle waiting to pick usup and deliver us to our hotel.What we found was we hadneither a shuttle or Koba.Being on the last flight of thenight, the taxis were startingto leave so we grabbed one be-fore they all disappeared. Weloaded our luggage in thetrunk and back seat of thebroken down little taxi andheaded to the hotel. When wereached the hotel we were re-lieved to find they did haveour reservation.

Where was Koba? Wouldhe make contact? Thesequestions weighed heavy onour minds as we tried to get tosleep at 2:30 AM; after all, wewere to meet up and head outacross Ethiopia in the morn-ing. About 9 AM Koba arrivedat the hotel and explained wewould not reach the midwaypoint of our two-day journeyin time to get a hotel for thenight if we left this late. We

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suspended out departure until early the nextmorning so we could cover the 600 kilometersand reach the little town of Bedele in time to geta room. A day’s rest after three days of flyingdidn’t sound all that bad.

Up at 4 AM the following morning to makeour departure to the Gambella region. We werepicked up by our driver in a 4WD, roof rack ladenwith several 5 gallon jerry-cans of gasoline; ap-parently we would be driving to a place wheregas would be hard to come by. The rental com-pany also threw in camping gear just in case.Just in case what? It would seem they were nottotally optimistic about the driving conditions orthat we would reach our final destination. Wedrove two days across cold mountains socked inwith clouds and light rain at an altitude of justunder 8,000 feet above sea level before wereached the Gambella region where we wouldhold meetings.

Late afternoon of the second day we reachedKoba’s home, where we were fed and introducedto his wife and three children. The youngestchild being held by Koba’s wife belongs to aneighbor. After a short rest we were taken to asmall town nearby and checked into our hotel.

Koba had prepared a couple of differentgroups of people for us to go share the gospelwith. One of the groups Koba has met with for

some time, but they had a very limited un-derstanding of Christianity. Anothergroup lived deep in the jungle and kept tothe traditional religion of their ancestorsand virtually knew nothing about Chris-tianity.

On July 24th, 2013, the seventh day ofour trip, we would finally hold our firstmeeting in Ethiopia. We hiked through amagnificent forest with majestic hardwoodtrees some soaring 150 into sky beforebranching out into 50-foot canopies shad-ing the coffee and banana trees below. Wecontinued our hike until we reached Dopeyvillage.

Our first stop was at the rusticmud-walled, thatched roof house ofAshnafi, the clan leader of the village werewe would have our meeting. They led usinto the smoke filled hut to partake of re-freshments being prepared to refresh us af-ter our hike before we went to the service.Scores of children sat across the roomgawking at these strange white-skinnedmen. The refreshments came: a hot brew,not of coffee, but of water, hot spices, saltand burnt coffee leaves, served in a filthyplastic coffee cup. It got our attentionquickly, but refreshing it was not.

In the Book of Mosiah, King Benjaminspoke about a time, a future time when ev-eryone upon this earth would hear andknow about Jesus Christ. When would thisbe accomplished? In the Bible we read howChrist commissioned the Church to takethis gospel, teach His Kingdom in the en-tire world. Had that been accomplished bythe Apostles of old and the European mis-sionaries? Do we, the Church of Christ,have any part in such a great commission,or was our duty to only teach the RestoredGospel to those who had already been ex-posed to the scriptures?

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M a r k16:15-16: “Andhe said untothem, Go ye intoall the world,and preach thegospel to everycreature. Hethat believethand is baptizedshall be saved;but he that be-lieveth not shallbe damned.”

After whathad unfoldedthat day I knowfor a certaintyit is our duty topreach theChrist’s King-dom and thePlan of Salva-tion throughGod’s only be-gotten Son, Je-sus Christ, tothose who haveno knowledgeof the Saviorand are in dark-ness.

After beingrefreshed all wecould standthey took us alittle fartherinto the forestto a small openarea sur-rounded byhuts. Morethan 200 people

of the Manja tribe sat awaiting our arrival under the shade of trees just out-side the clearing. The Manja tribe is a social outcast among the local peopleand tribes in the Gambela region of Ethiopia. They are looked down uponfor living a hard and primitive lifestyle, living off the land with a diet includ-ing log worms and the black and white Colobus monkey. These people areamong those in complete darkness and knew nothing of the Bible or JesusChrist.

If things were not complicated enough, our teachings had to go througha two-way translation for the people to receive them. Not only did they notunderstand English, but also they could not speak Ethiopia’s national lan-guage. We spoke in English and Koba (blue shirt) would translate into Am-haric, the national language. The clan leader Ashnafi (red shirt) is one ofthe few who understood the national language. While Koba translated mywords, Ashnafi translated for Koba into their tribal tongue.

We made no attempt to teach the Restoration, that was a moot point; wetried to convince and show them there is one supreme God and His Son Je-sus Christ in which they could have hope, and they could have everlastinglife. We tried to teach the need to believe and serve the true and living Godrather than following traditional pagan religions of their fathers. We

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thought we could accomplish this by start-ing at the beginning; the creation story, thefall of man, man’s enemy Satan, the Re-deemer Jesus Christ. We quickly under-stood we had a long way to go and could notjust start at the beginning. These peoplehad traditional beliefs such as prayingthrough their clan leader to dead ancestorsand they believed Satan is an enemy orsomeone they fought with in this life and isnow dead that comes back to haunt them.We could not just teach them; we had to ex-plain the differences in the word of God andtheir traditional beliefs, such as when wespoke of Satan we had to explain the wholestory of Satan, or the Father, how He wasthere from the beginning and not a deadclan leader from their past. We would re-turn to these people and teach classes in thehope they would come to understand someof the things they were confused aboutfrom our first basic teachings.

I have come to believe there are otherswho are just as ignorant concerning thegospel and the Savior of mankind. Weshould be asking ourselves: are we ready tohead into the darkest of jungles, the mostbarren of deserts, and the frozen waste-lands, and the wilderness at the ends of theearth to reach those God is preparing tohear the truth and come to the light ofChrist?

After concluding our meeting we weretaken out of the jungle by a different andmuch longer route. The tribe we visited feltresponsible for us, so about thirty peopleescorted us through the jungle and remotevillages until we reached our car. When wewere almost out of the jungle Koba told uswhy we hiked an additional hour out of thejungle. He said government officers werelaying in wait for us to hike out the way wecame in so they could tax us $150 as tour-ists. Some locals ran to town to report us

coming and assumed we were there to do sight-seeing. After we got back to town Koba went tothe government office to explain why we were inthe area and that we had already paid the taxwhen we applied for our visa. The governmentwas satisfied and would leave us alone with onlya tongue-lashing for not reporting to them whenwe first arrived.

The next day we headed to another villagecalled Dunchai among the Majangir tribe. Thiswas part of the group Koba had been meetingwith when he first contacted us. Originally theywere not meeting at this location but severalmiles down a steep muddy road that Kobafeared we would not be able to reach in our vehi-cle. They erected a new structure for us to meetin hope we could drive to it. Unfortunately, be-cause of the relocation, many families withsmall children were not able to meet with us.Koba was correct—we would not have been ableto drive to their old location; our driver stoppedabout a kilometer short of the new building,fearing the mud and refusing to go any farther,so we walked the last kilometer of the way.

When we reached the building we cameacross three women outside working at a firebrewing us up a batch of burnt coffee leaf andsaltwater drink. Inside there were a little over60 people of very limited understanding of the

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gospel, ready and waiting to hear our teach-ings. I taught the very basics of a living Godand hope of salvation through Jesus Christ.After refreshments of roasted corn and burntcoffee leaf drink we had an afternoon class.Duane started with a simplified class on thePrinciples of the Gospel. He also covered thebasics of where to find God’s word and severalother basic points. Usually when we go to anew group we try to reason with them out ofthe scriptures even as we read of the apostlesof old doing, showing how the scripturesteach us the right way and the truth. Thescriptures can convince them and bring themto Christ and an understanding of the Resto-ration. In this case it is much different be-cause they never heard of the scriptures. Wewere left trying to convince them how the oneliving God has given us His word to use andhow other gods of their tradition cannot bringthem salvation. Salvation? Another hurdlein our path was to explain the very concept ofSalvation. Nothing was easy; every word re-quires a lengthy explanation. There were asmall handful of men in this group, aboutfour, who knew of the Bible, Jesus, eternallife, but we did not have time to meet withthem alone during this trip. We hope on a fu-ture trip we can meet with them and teachthem the fullness of the gospel.

On our second visit to Dopey among theisolated Manja tribe we were impressed to see

a large group from our first meeting returnedto learn more about the Gospel. We taughtthem more about who Satan was and, moreimportantly, who Jesus was. Between classeswe took a lunch break of spicy burnt coffeeleaves in salt water and a half ear of corn,which we preferred over getting their stapleof monkey and log worms, although thatwould have been different and interesting.While we ate, an armed militia showed up tochase us off even though we there with thetribe’s chief and clan leader. The neighboringtribe, who sent the militia, said we neededtheir permission to come into this area.Seems we have to report to everyone when wedo anything. We finished our class and toldthe group we had no fear of Satan or man andwe would return if they wished. They toldKoba they wanted us to come back and werealready wondering how long it would be.They also said they were anxious to find outwho killed Jesus.

On our last day in the Gambela region wemade a second visit to Dunchai among theMajangir tribe. The numbers increased fromabout sixty on the first visit to over a hundred.The people filled the building and they wereremarkably quiet and attentive during the

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teachings, so much so Duaneand I both took note of it. Wehad to explain to them thatthey were not yet Church ofChrist members. Kobathought they believed theywere now members sincethey came. This was an obvi-ous mistake since they knewnothing about the require-ments of being a member,such as faith, repentance,and baptism. Duane taughtthe remainder of the Princi-ples of the Gospel class, then Itaught them what theyshould be doing to prepareand how to hold services inour absence. I explained ourintent to return and teachthem further until they cameto the point they could chooseto be baptized.

We had endured not onlycold and wet but hot and hu-mid weather, hunger, thirst,long road trips in cramped ve-hicles, and long hikesthrough muddy forests, but itwas a great opportunity toserve God and fulfill part ofthe great commission Christhad given the church.

A few weeks after our de-parture I wrote to Koba, hop-ing to find out how thingswere going on in Ethiopia. Iwondered if they were stillmeeting, studying the thingswe left for them, still inter-ested in the Church of Christ.The following is an uneditedresponse I received fromKoba detailing the efforts

they are making, and the per-secutions they got from ourvisit. What strikes me themost is their attitude to en-dure through the trials theyface and effort to prepare.

Dear brothersDays passed without re-

plying to your mail. But we aredoing well and our church isgrowing well. It is rainingheavily than usual here. Cur-rently our members are har-vesting maize. These days Ihave been teaching aboutpaying tithe and the Church inthe village (not the one webuilt on the edge of the coffeeplantation for your visit) is nowreceiving some sacks ofmaize. With that maize (afterwe sell it) we are planning tomake a pulpit and 2mx2mblackboard for l i teracyclasses. I am planning to setup a literacy class to be con-ducted by me & volunteermembers twice a week to helpour members read and write.What do you advise us on theusage of the tithe?

With regard to the Manjagroup they have encountereda little problem while they aretrying to get a plot of land fortheir church. They fencedsome plot of land to locatetheir church without gettingpermission from the villageauthority and the villages au-thorities have band them untilthey bring legal license togather their members. They

have arrested Azene and an-other man for three days at thedistrict town (Teppi). Theyalso called up on me fromMetti (our district town) to ex-plain about what we were do-ing and why we took you therelast time. I explained every-thing smoothly to the districtauthority whereby they con-vinced that the problem liesonly in reserving land withoutthe permission of the villageauthority. You see, things areserious in Southern region,not like in Gambella region.The problem is that their dis-trict officials are from anothertribe, not Manjas. Anyway, forfuture we have agreed to takesome Manja people to our vil-lage and set up a small groupfor more lessons and baptismwhen you come back nexttime. They will then legally op-erate in their village after weregister the church in Ethio-pia.

Finally it is our prayer thatyou can manage to come be-fore 2014 and teach us in de-tail to baptize us.

Pass our greetings to allaround you.

God be with us all!Koba

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Apostles in 1950

FROM the ARCHIVES

1950 Conference — Some of our Apostles — left to right are: Rob-ertson, R. R. Gould, Leon A. Jordan, T. J. Wheaton, Clarence Smith,A. M. Flint, B. C. Sheldon, William Housknecht, Don W. Yates,James E. Yates.

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Their Wives (not in the same order)

FROM the ARCHIVES

1950 Conference — Wives of the Apostles — left to right are: Yates,Irene F. Wheaton, Angela Smith, Minnie Jordan, Mary Flint, FredaHousknecht, Doris Sheldon, Doris Robertson, Anna. Not present areThomas Barton, William Anderson and Francis Jordan. Leon Gould’swife, Alice, was also not pictured.

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By Priest Aadam Yates

“Wherefore, I said unto you,Feast upon the words of Christ; forbehold, the words of Christ will tellyou all things what ye should do” 2Nephi 14:4.

Ihave heard said many

times over that thescriptures are hard to

understand and that becauseof this, they are difficult toapply to our lives. My sons of-ten ask for me to tell themstories from the Bible and

Book of Mormon before bedand I have felt strongly thatto just tell them a story wouldbe only doing part of my job. Ifeel that the word of God isreal and applicable to life,just as much today as in thedays when those words werepenned. As I tell my sons sto-ries of scriptural heroes, Ihave begun telling them “thereal” story, the lessons insidethe stories.

In this article we will lookat four stories of Christ andlearn the lesson behind thestory. I hope this will help thescriptures become more realto our understanding.

Luke 18:35-43: “And it came topass, that as he was come nighunto Jericho, a certain blind mansat by the way side begging: Andhearing the multitude pass by, heasked what it meant. And theytold him, that Jesus of Nazarethpasseth by. And he cried, saying,Jesus, thou son of David, havemercy on me. And they which

went before rebuked him, that heshould hold his peace: but he criedso much the more, Thou son of Da-vid, have mercy on me. And Jesusstood, and commanded him to bebrought unto him: and when hewas come near, he asked him, Say-ing, What wilt thou that I shall dounto thee? And he said, Lord, that Imay receive my sight. And Jesussaid unto him, Receive thy sight:thy faith hath saved thee. And im-mediately he received his sight,and followed him, glorifying God:and all the people, when they sawit, gave praise unto God.”

This story has two veryimportant lessons I wish toconvey. This man was blindand his only means of subsis-tence was to beg for money. Iwould only assume that be-cause of his impairment hewas probably looked downupon, especially when weconsider the multitude didnot wish for him to speak.This man must have heard ofJesus, and when he heard He

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was near, he took the only ac-tion he was able to—to cryout, hoping Jesus would hearhim. We see that Jesus didhear and a blessing wasgiven.

Have any of you ever feltlike this man, unable to see inlife? Have you ever felt likeyou were barely able to ekethrough, the effort of keepingyour head above water in lifetaking all the strength youcould muster? I have. I re-member days of uncertainty,feeling like I had no direction,no vision, and dying for direc-tion. Do you believe Christ isable to open your eyes spiri-tually? I do. I know, becausein that time when I finallyknew I could do nothing else,I cried out in faith to my Lord,and (like He did for this blindman) He answered. As weeach go through life, weshould feel like this man fromtime to time—unable to see.We learn from this story thatif we cry out in faith, Jesuswill answer.

The second lesson I findis that of persistence. Thisman cried out, and washarshly told to be quiet. Yethe couldn’t, for he desired sogreatly to be blessed. And inhis persistent crying out, heacknowledged there wasnone but Jesus who couldbless him. Are you persistentas you approach the Lord?We live in a get-it-now society,one in which patience is un-

necessary. This story re-minds me that the Lord re-wards our persistence, muchlike we read in Luke 11:5-13.

Mark 4:35-41: “And the sameday, when the even was come, hesaith unto them, Let us pass overunto the other side. And when theyhad sent away the multitude, theytook him even as he was in theship. And there were also with himother little ships. And there arosea great storm of wind, and thewaves beat into the ship, so that itwas now full. And he was in thehinder part of the ship, asleep on apillow: and they awake him, andsay unto him, Master, carest thounot that we perish? And he arose,and rebuked the wind, and saidunto the sea, Peace, be still. Andthe wind ceased, and there was agreat calm. And he said untothem, Why are ye so fearful? how isit that ye have no faith? And theyfeared exceedingly, and said oneto another, What manner of manis this, that even the wind and thesea obey him?”

In this story, there is amighty storm that is beatingupon the disciples, fillingtheir boat with water. As sev-eral of the disciples were fish-ermen and certainly ade-quate seamen, one can onlyassume that they were doingall they could to save theirship, bailing water and fight-ing to keep the sails. And yetthey felt they were unable toovercome the storm. We readsimilarly in the story of Jesuswalking on the water, which

tells us the wind was contraryto the disciple’s boat and theywere rowing with theirmight, all in vain.

Have you ever felt thatyour life was in constant tur-moil, that no matter whatyou did you were unable tofigure it out or fix it? I have. Iremember days when I felt Ididn’t take two steps back-ward, but that I was beatenbackwards. I still have dayslike this. So what do we learnfrom this story? Jesus wasjust a few words away. I canimagine the Lord, standing atthe bow of the boat andcalmly speaking over the roarof the torrent, Peace, be still.I can imagine that in an in-stant the sea was smooth asglass.

Do you believe the Lordis able to calm the storms ofyour life? I do, because Hehas for me. The Lord is ableto bring peace to any situa-tion, yet we need to be like thedisciples in this story—theyknew there was none else towhom they could turn. Whenyou are willing, truly willingto let the Lord work in yourlife, He surely will. We readthis truth in Mark 6:31 whereChrist, recognizing the needof the disciples, providedthem rest.

The second lesson I takefrom this story is the fact thatthe disciples felt Christ wasoblivious to their peril, as ifHe had no clue what was go-

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ing on because He was asleep.They didn’t realize that as Hewas the son of God, He wasnot going to be destroyed byany storm, and with Himthey were safe.

In my life I have some-times felt like I was unseen bythe Lord. I have felt that Hehad no knowledge and nocare for my situation. Thisstory was a serious life lessonfor these disciples, one whichwe must learn. Isaiah 59:1-2:“Behold, the LORD’s hand isnot shortened, that it cannotsave; neither his ear heavy,that it cannot hear: But youriniquities have separated be-tween you and your God, andyour sins have hid his facefrom you, that he will nothear.” Oftentimes when wefeel our prayers are not an-swered or that God does noteven hear them, it is not nec-essarily because He isn’t lis-tening. Perhaps our sin, ourlifestyle, why or even how weare asking is why we haven’tbeen answered. But be as-sured of this— 1 Peter 3:12:“For the eyes of the Lord areover the righteous, and hisears are open unto theirprayers: but the face of theLord is against them that doevil.”

3 Nephi 9:40-45: “And it came topass that he break bread again,and blessed it, and gave to the dis-ciples to eat. And when they hadeaten he commanded them thatthey should break bread, and give

unto the multitude. And whenthey had given unto the multitude,he also gave them wine to drink,and commanded them that theyshould give unto the multitude.Now there had been no bread, nei-ther wine, brought by the disciples,neither by the multitude; but hetruly gave unto them bread to eat,and also wine to drink; And hesaith unto them, He that eateththis bread, eateth of my body to hissoul, and he that drinketh of thiswine, drinketh of my blood to hissoul, and his soul shall never hun-ger nor thirst, but shall be filled.Now when the multitude had alleaten and drunk, behold they werefilled with the Spirit, and they didcry out with one voice, and gaveglory to Jesus, whom they both sawand heard.”

I often think of this scrip-ture before participating inSacrament. We must lookback to the beginning of thischapter to see a full picture.The people had spent the pre-vious day with Christ andknew that He would returnthe following day. Instead ofgoing home and sleeping,they labored all night to callothers to meet with Him.

There is no indication inthis chapter what Christ in-tended to do when He metwith them the following day.Because of this, no bread orwine had been brought to themeeting. We see that Christfelt they needed the Sacra-ment and served it to them,yet we read an important

thing in verse 43— “Nowthere had been no bread, nei-ther wine, brought by the dis-ciples, neither by the multi-tude; but he truly gave thembread to eat, and also wine todrink….” Knowing theirtrue needs, Christ providedemblems for the Sacrament.

Do you believe thatChrist is able to see your trueneeds, perhaps even thoseyou are unaware of? Do youbelieve the promise in theprayer over the Sacramentwhich promises His Spirit tobe with us when we partake?I do, because the Lord hasspoken to me through HisSpirit, and often things I hadno clue I needed to hear. Yetthe Lord in His great love foreach of us is willing and ableto guide us, bless us and di-rect us in things we may noteven know we need. Whatamazing love He has for us.

Luke 5:17-26: “And it came topass on a certain day, as he wasteaching, that there were Phari-sees and doctors of the law sittingby, which were come out of everytown of Galilee, and Judaea, andJerusalem: and the power of theLord was present to heal them.And, behold, men brought in a beda man which was taken with apalsy: and they sought means tobring him in, and to lay him beforehim. And when they could not findby what way they might bring himin because of the multitude, theywent upon the housetop, and lethim down through the tiling with

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his couch into the midst before Je-sus. And when he saw their faith,he said unto him, Man, thy sinsare forgiven thee. And the scribesand the Pharisees began to rea-son, saying, Who is this whichspeaketh blasphemies? Who canforgive sins, but God alone? Butwhen Jesus perceived theirthoughts, he answering said untothem, What reason ye in yourhearts? Whether is easier, to say,Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,Rise up and walk? But that ye mayknow that the Son of man hathpower upon earth to forgive sins,(he said unto the sick of the palsy,)I say unto thee, Arise, and take upthy couch, and go into thine house.And immediately he rose up beforethem, and took up that whereon helay, and departed to his ownhouse, glorifying God. And theywere all amazed, and they glori-fied God, and were filled with fear,saying, We have seen strangethings to day.”

Aside from the lessonthat Jesus is able to forgivesins, there is another impor-tant lesson we learn from thisstory. This man was unableto walk, paralyzed and inneed of assistance for his sup-port. His loving friends,knowing that Jesus was ableto heal him, went to greatlengths to bring him beforeJesus. I can only imagine theeffort it took to carry thisfriend onto the roof and thenlower him down through therafters. Jesus, recognizingtheir faith (and certainly the

man had faith as well) healedhim, I believe physically andspiritually.

I think of this story whenwe enter into a season ofprayer or when we receivethose urgent requests forprayer. When we cry out tothe Lord in behalf of ourfriends and loved ones, we aremuch like those friends ofold, placing our loved ones be-fore the Master. As we kneel,we are carrying them ontothe roof. As we pause duringour work day, we lower themthrough the rafters. Ourfaith in His ability to heal,strengthen and guide them isessential, much like thosefriends of old. If they had nofaith that Jesus could heal,why should they go to suchlengths? But they were notwilling to be discouragedwhen the crowd was toomany to carry him into thehouse. Instead they put forthserious effort on behalf oftheir loved one. We, too, aresimilar. Our dedicated, dili-gent and faithful prayers onbehalf of others are seen bythe Lord, and I believe are re-warded.

I hope through these fourstories you have seen someways that the scriptures arenot just a collection of old sto-ries, written in a way we nolonger speak, but a living andapplicable collection of les-sons, able to tell us all thingswhat we should do.

David killed Goliath andgave courage to an army, andto dedicated soldiers whothen destroyed all the rest ofthe giants. But that isn’t thelesson of that story either.The lesson is that there aregiants in our life and withGod at our side we can defeatthem. And that victory willbreed courage in others tofight against the giants intheir lives. As you read thescriptures, look for the lessonwithin the story. Readthrough the stories in the OldTestament and learn howJosiah was blessed becausehe heard God’s word andacted upon it, affecting an en-tire kingdom. Read in theBook of Mormon, how Almaleft Amonihah after being re-jected and spat upon, only tobe swift to follow God’s com-mand and return to convertAmulek. Read of Moroniraising the banner of God, ofGideon blowing the trumpetto call the people together.

God, in His loving wis-dom, caused these words tobe given to us, for the purposeof our edification. I pray thatyou use them to bring aboutyour perfection through Hiswords and that you take thatliving word to others. Godbless you.

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The days are growing colder and theleaves are dropping in swirls. The

geese are lining up in long “V’s” as theytake their journey toward the South. Thecheer of the tiny hummingbirds are goneuntil spring. Though these things leaveme with a kind of melancholy feeling, yetI see the beautiful colors in the changingleaves and notice the cleanness of theearly morning air that warms into perfec-tion in the afternoon, and I know that ourHeavenly Father has given all theseamazing changes and consistencies forHis creation—good or bad we maybe—He has made it all for us to have andenjoy. I hope wherever you are that you

acknowledge God‘s greatness and giveHim praise.

My daughter, Shawna Herd, and I wereable to attend the Women’s Retreat heldat Excelsior Springs the first weekend inOctober. I marvel at how they “knew”what I needed to hear. We are to “bloomwhere we are planted,” to not devalue an-other person as they have great worth toour Heavenly Father, just as each of usdoes. We were taught of the power of thethings we “say”—even in jest—how itcan affect the speaker and the hearer andbecomes a flaxen cord to bind us tosomething we didn’t really intend. I sup-pose that everyone reading this alreadyknows all these things, but how often dowe really consider the depth of theirmeaning and make that conscious effortto “grow,” to improve our words, our ac-tions, our LOVE of our HeavenlyFather—and our neighbor, whether inor out of our circle of friends. I find it allthe more NECESSARY to pray for eachother as our days are growing shorter,much like the fall season I referencedearlier, and the sadness we witnessaround us is nearly overpowering. Bestrong and hold to the Rod of Iron. Don’tgive up—we have a destiny, and it’sworth all of our effort!

Our brother, Wendell (Slim) Yates left

this life October 1st, 2013, leaving a voidin the lives of family and friends alike.Slim touched the lives of so many peoplewith his good humor and kindly ways.He was a joy to know.

Vicky Pitts, who attends services withus here in Collins, was in the hospital fora few days due to too much calcium inher blood, causing her memory loss,among other things. Sadly there is not acure, but it can be managed. I, however,ask you to remember her in your prayersthat perhaps this may be taken away. Sheand her dad, Al Lind, are so dear to ushere and add so much to our little group.We are most grateful to have them.

Our Sister Marjory Routh is muchbetter, having been administered to, andalso finding another doctor that under-stood her back and neck problems, aswell as extreme tiredness. She is sograteful for the blessings she has re-ceived, and bore witness of God’s good-ness during our last sacrament service.

Jack and Betty Martin are still slippinginto church most every Sunday, as well asour brother Curtis Yates, who is alwaysable and happy to share his love for thegospel with all the folks aroundhim—whether in Sunday School orfrom the pulpit.

I have some thoughts from several

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sermons I’d like you to consider:

� What is MY sacrifice?

� We can’t be “cardboard Christians.”

� Riddle: What is greater thanGod—Meaner than the devil—Thepoor don’t have it and the rich don’tneed it?? NOTHING!!

� Every day is a test!

� We’re called to CHOOSE—either thethings of Satan or the things of God.

� God “allows” evil men to correct us.

� Civil liberties are only maintained ifwe exercise our spiritual liberties.

� The word of God brings peace likenothing else can!

� It isn’t what you gather—it’s whatyou scatter!

� If He has forgiven you and purifiedyour soul—your sins are castaway—are gone—to beremembered no more.

� Our service we give MUST come fromthe HEART.

Thank you for your time in readingthese few words and please carry us inyour prayers.

Your Reporter,Czerna KauffmanCollins, Missouri

Recently completing our annual busi-ness meetings and election of officers

it is a blessing to reflect on the efforts andservice of the members of our congrega-tion. We had opportunity to thank DanLawrence for his many years of service asour Pastor and welcome Jim Case for thecoming year. We reported on the previ-ous year’s activities, filled our commit-tees with ready hands and servants’hearts and looked forward to a new yearof service.

We also had special thanks for thosewho have served in our Sunday schoolprogram. In the past few years, much ef-fort has been focused on building and

promoting a strong Sunday School pro-gram, especially for our children. Ourcongregation has the express blessing ofa growing population of very young chil-dren. Along with the challenges of cor-ralling their lively energy came a greatopportunity to fill the seats around ourclassroom tables. Through gracious ef-forts from our teachers we enjoy weeklypresentations where our little ones get toshowcase their crafts or highlight theirlessons. We also have special musicclasses throughout the month for evenour youngest wee ones. The patient guid-ance of their boisterous voices is evidentas they share their songs, their lessons,

and their exuberance in our services. Itis a blessing to watch them grow and im-prove.

So as our services hum with the rest-less rustling of spirited youngsters we arethankful for the lively addition to ourcongregation and feel so greatly blessedto have willing hearts and talented handsto help shape their little minds and souls.

Aubrey Vogel

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Phoenix LocalReportGreetings to all my brothers and

sisters from your friends andfamily at the Phoenix Local. The weatherhas cooled here and as far as I’m con-cerned, has to be the best time of theyear—and, it seems, very busy at thechurch as well.

The Cider Press, which celebrated its10th anniversary, was held on October12. A whopping 200 people attended and$1000 was raised from the sale of bakedgoods brought in by the young peopleand a few others. There were many activ-ities and a large bouncy “thing” to gointo—great fun for kids of all ages. Iwanted to try myself, but the line nevercleared enough for me to have a chance.A big thank you goes out to all the youngpeople.

We all know that many perils face ourmissionaries as they travel around theworld. In mid-October we received wordthat our dear Apostle Don McIndoo wasin the hospital with a broken nose,stitches all over his face and receiving anx-ray on his shoulder. He had fallen afterbecoming very sick. Apostle Jay Moserwas not doing too well himself, althoughthankfully, he was still on his feet—moreor less. Both brothers did make it homesafely (although our dear brother Donlooked as though a bunch of thugs hadrun into him); we praise our HeavenlyFather.

I am sorry for any of the ladies whomissed the Women’s Breakfast on Octo-ber 26th. The food and fellowship waswonderful. A big thank you must go outto sisters Karen Yates, Patricia Ferrier andRebecca Yates for all their hard work inputting on this event. I would truly like tosee it happen more often.

Finally, I’d like to introduce now andthen a member of the church who choseto come to our family. Often times wehere about someone but wonder whothat person really is. When I was in Kan-sas City, I was warned about a womannamed Michelle Yates when Dan and Iwere ready to move here. She was some-one who knew everything about every-thing, but be careful because she’d grabyou and have you participating in

everything—and for me, that meantchoir! I had no idea who Michelle Yateswas, nor did I know what she looked likeso I could make sure to stay clear of her!All kidding aside, Sister Yates is a wonder-ful woman who does and has done a lotfor the church here in Phoenix. And Ican say, she has truly become a friend ofmine.

Sister Michelle met her future hus-band Br. Ed Yates in high school. It was acase of athlete attracting athlete. Theymet their freshman year and ended upgetting married. Ed was the one whobrought her to the church.

It was four years after they were mar-ried that sister Michelle was baptized.She explained to me that she never hadany huge revelations about needing to bebaptized but instead to her the Book ofMormon and the Bible just made senseto her after much study. Now, should youhappen to be in Phoenix, please make ofnote of running into our sister Yates andmake sure and tell her thanks for all thehard work she does for the church.

That’s about it for now. My hope is youand your families are well.

May God bless you all,DiAnn Hedrick

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Mary Thelma SchweglerMay 30, 1918~October 4, 2013

Mary Thelma Schwegler, of St.Charles, Missouri, was born on

May 30th, 1918, a daughter of Andrewand Emma Maude (Langford) Shanks,and departed this life on Friday morn-ing, October 4th, 2013, in the Mis-souri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis.

Mrs. Schwegler was united in mar-riage on February 14, 1953, at St.Louis, Missouri , to August L.Schwegler, Sr. She was preceded indeath by her husband on December11th, 2001; one son, Will iam

McCormick, her father and mother;five brothers, Irvin Graham, JamesGraham, Charles Shanks, HomerShanks, and Edgar Shanks; and onesister, Minerva Comegys.

Mrs. Schwegler followed her Lordin baptism early in life, becoming amember of the Church of Christ(Temple Lot), Houston, Missouri.She was a devoted housewife andhomemaker and was always diligent inproviding for the needs of her family.

Those left to mourn the passing of

Mrs. Schwegler include: one son, Au-gust Leonard Schwegler, Jr.; twodaughters, Nacy Peyerl and husband,Rudy O’Fallon, Karen Renaud andhusband, Char l i e Vienna ; onestep-daughter, Dorothy Verbeck andhusband Robert; twelve grandchildren;twenty-two great-grandchildren; eightgreat-great-grandchildren; and manyother relatives and friends.

OBITUARIES

Derald Dean SarrattJanuary 21, 1930~October 19, 2013

Derald Dean Sarratt of KansasCity, Missouri, passed away Oc-

tober 19, 2013, at his home. He wasborn January 21, 1930, in Independ-ence, Missouri. He spent most of hischildhood years near Collins, Mis-souri. He graduated from WeaubleauHigh School in 1947. He was bap-tized in 1939 near Collins, Missouri,and remained a member of the Churchof Christ with headquarters on theTemple Lot in Independence, Missouri

throughout his life.Derald served in the U. S. Army in

act ive duty for two years(1951-1953) spending most of histime in Germany. He worked for theU. S. Army Corps of Engineers, KansasCity District, and retired after 30 years. Derald married Eugenia Lewis

December 31, 1957, and lived insoutheast Kansas City.

He is survived by his wife, EugeniaSarratt; daughter, Carol Lynn Weaver;grandchildren, Angelique, Colton, andGabrielle Weaver; great-grandchild,Adrianna; brothers and sisters, WarrenSarratt, Roland Sarratt, Carol Cooper,and Elaine Wilson. He was preceded indeath by his parents, Leonard andJessie Sarratt; brothers and sisters,Leora Martin, Aaron Sarratt, DorothySarratt, Norma Cook, and MaryPalermo. The funeral service andburial was at Floral Hills in Kansas

City, Missouri.

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Margie Evalee DownsFebruary 8, 1926~October 28, 2013

Margie Evalee Downs was born onFebruary 8th, 1926, in Delta,

Colorado, to Ted and Sybil Ely. Shepassed away on October 28th, 2013.She was the youngest of the family ofthree children. When Margie was stillsmall, the family moved to Palisade,Colorado, where her father made hisliving by working in the orchards.

On September 22, 1939, Margiewas baptized into the Church ofChrist, and on March 7th, 1948, shemarried Archie D. Downs. For a time,Margie and Archie lived on the Downsfamily farm near Yoder, Colorado, thenreturned to Grand Junction where theymoved onto the peach farm just westof the Ely home. A few years later, theydonated the parcel of land on whichthe Orchard Mesa Local Church ofChrist is located.

Margie worked as a ward attendant

at the State Home and TrainingSchool. She also worked at the R-5High School, where she cared for ba-bies of students who were finishinghigh school. Finally, she worked as afoster grandparent with day care and

pre-school groups. She derived con-siderable pleasure from working withthese children and delighted in tellingof their antics and surprisingly seriousmoments.

Margie was preceded in death by herhusband, Archie, who died on Decem-ber 1st, 1974; her parents, Ted andSybil Ely; her brothers Apostle MarvinEly and Priest Bob Ely, Bob’s wife,Shirley and her grandson DannyArden. The surviving members of thefamily are her children, Allen Downs ofGrand Junction, and her daughterEdith Arden of Herndon, Kansas; sixgrandchildren, nine great-grandchil-dren, and her sister-in-law, BernieceEly.

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ARTICLES

Caring for Others through Prayer -Elder Moses Ohuru Chumna . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 8

Fasting & Prayer, The Way of Deliverance -Elder Peter Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 72

The Great Reunion of the House of Jacob -Elder Peter Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 87

Making the Scriptures Real in our Lives -Priest Aadam Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 114

Resolutions - Priest Bill Malone. . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 3The Time Shall Come -

Apostle Brian E. McIndoo . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 104The Words of Christ -

Apostle Don McIndoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 83

EDITORIAL

The Feast of the Tabernacle in the LastDays - Elder Gordon McCann . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 103

The Price of Freedom -Elder Gordon McCann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 63

Teaching Our Children -Elder Gordon McCann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 32

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Church History Photos: Apostles andtheir Wives in 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 112

Church History Photos: Landscaping . . . . 1 . . . . . 13Church History Photos: 1997 Teen

Challenge Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 30Church History Photos: 1928 Conference. 3 . . . . . 44Church History Photos: 1929 Conference. 4 . . . . . 70Church History Photos: 1937 Missouri

Reunion Group Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 90


Sunday School Lessons on COURAGE . . . . 5 . . 89, 92

Sunday School Lessons on CHRISTMAS . . 6 . . . . 110Sunday School Lessons on HISTORY &

POWER OF PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 68Sunday School Lessons on OBEDIENCE . . 3 . . . . . 46

OBITUARIES

Margie Evalee Downs(2/8/1926~10/28/2013) . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 122

Bernice Ruth Gould(2/26/1922~2/10/2013) . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 58

Virginia “Ginny” Kidd Phillips. . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 35Derald Dean Sarratt

(1/21/1930~10/19/2013) . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 121Mary Thelma Schwegler

(5/30/1918~10/4/2013) . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 121

REPORTS

2012 Phoenix Local Reunion -Rebecca Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 14

2013 Church of Christ Solemn Assemblyand Conference - Deb Haines. . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 48

2013 Missouri Reunion Report -Deb Haines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . 93

2013 United Workers Business Meetingand Luncheon - Jennifer Yates . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 75

Church of Christ Teen Camp (USA) -Jennifer Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 29

Kenya Youth Camp 2012 -Apostle Brian McIndoo . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . 19

Youth Forum 2013, Uayalceh, Mexico -Dan Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . 66

SERMON

To the Law and to the Testimony -Apostle Roland Sarratt. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 39

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