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One of the most ambitious
programs ever undertaken
by an Elizabeth City
organization is - ready to
begin working with troubled
girls, aged 12-16, from this
10 county area.
Heritage House, a special
project of the Elizabeth City
Woman's Club, located at
501 West Ehringhaus St.,
has been renovated and
conforms to all health and
safety requirements needed
before girls could be
assigned. " "
Far-reaching community
support has made it possible
for ! the two-story frame
home to be renovated in only
three to four months.
Donations of time, labor,
furniture and cash to be
used for furnishing the home
have come from the com
munity. But the house still
remains empty except for
the teaching parents, Steve
and Frances Roberts and
their two-year-old daughter,
Heather.
If no girls are channeled
through the program in the
very Nnear future funds will
run out May 11, Roberts
said. Refunding plans are
contingent upon getting
girls into Heritage House.
Not a single girl from
Region R, which includes
Perquimans County, who
conformed to the age
requirements was chan
neled through Heritage
House during the month of
January, All mental health
'clinics, social service
agencies and schools have
been contacted and are on
the lookout for possible
occupants.
Last year a survey was
taken by the Junior
Woman's Club to verify the
need for such a facility in
this area. Statistics
gathered from the Social
Service Departments in this
10 county area last year
showed 60 girls 9 to 16 years
of age who could have used a
home like Heritage House.
These figures reflected
only those who passed
through the Social Service
Department. Indications
are that Wimany " more
troubled girls exist. Only 27
of the original 60 girls had
not been through juvenile
courts. They were, however,
considered . pre-delinquent.
For Region R there was
an 80 per cent increase in
juveniles being processed
through the courts in the
years between 1965 and 1969.
One girl has been through
the admission procedures
for Heritage House but just
prior to her moving in her
social worker disapproved
citing as a reason, "she
should not be the first."
Someone has to be first.
The facilities are finished,
the teaching-parents trained
and waiting...
Heritage House was not
built to be a reformatory,
' there are no bars on the
windows, no uniforms, no
old matron shouting orders.
The Roberts are a young
couple anxious to work with
girls and help them learn
social and self help skills
which they have not been
able to acquire at home.
Girls who are . being
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sentenced through the
juvenile courts should
welcome the choice of a
family atmosphere versus a
youth reformatory.
At Heritage House all
privileges are earned. For
example a typical school
day is much the same
routine' which the ""girls
would follow at home. "The
youths arise at about 6:30
a.mM shower, dress and
clean their bedrooms and
' bathrooms. Following
breakfast some of the girls
are assigned clean-up duties
in the kitchen while others
review homework before
leaving for public school.
, Unless the girl is engaged
in some school or com-
' munity activity she is ex
pected to return home
within half an hour after
school. The girls usually
have a snack after school
before beginning their
homework. Once they
complete their homework
they are free to do as they
please until bedtime at 10
p.m., depending on the
privileges they have earned
and depending on who is
responsible for helping with
the evenirg meal."
Privileges are earned
through accumulation of
points. Different privileges
require varying amounts of
points. Behavior and work
assignments are given point
values, for example: dping
dishes, 500 to 1,000 points
per meal; neat room, 500
ooints oer day; homework,
500 per day; neat and clean
appearance, 500 points; etc.
Privileges require
accumulation of points:
watohinff television. 3.000
points; allowance, 3,000
points; permission to leave
Heritage House. 6,000.
School attendance is of
great importance, Mrs.
Roberts stressed. In similar
programs grades were
. raised on the average of one
letter grade per student.
the system is set up,;ta.
allow girls to spend
:. weekends at home, after
their behavior has proven
them capable of coping with
at home situations, and the
Roberts have conferred with
guardians.
Hopefully this will lead to
establishment of a
meaningful relationship
with the parents or
guardian.
The Roberts stress that
they want to maintain a
family atmosphere. "We see
Heritage House as an
: alternative to institutional
commitment and also a
place where parents can
temporarily place their
daughters during a difficult
period, where they can
make use of a professionally
trained staff to heln with
teen-age problems."
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AWAITING GIRLS Mr. and Mrs. Steve Roberts and
daughter Heather are waiting for girls who need a home.
If anyone in Perquimans County knows of a young girl who
may need to be placed, they are asked to contact their
social services department.
The girls receive
behavioral management,
tutorial and group therapy
as well as recreational
opportunities, cultural and
vocational training.
The Roberts have
remained busy speaking to
local groups on the goals for
Heritage House and putting
finishing "at home touches"
on the house. They are both
graduates of East Carolina
University, Steve in
psychology and Frances in
sociology.
They are stressing the
fact, that the facilities are
open to girls who are
troubled and perhaps need
some time away from their
families to straighten their
thinking. Facilities are also
open to adjudicated and pre
delinquent youths.
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POWER TO GROWTH
(Acts 2:1-4; 16-17; 36-42)
Dr. F. E. Marsh has
reminded us that an inert
substance or a living body
may become so surcharged
and transformed with
another force foreign to
itself, that when we touch it
we feel only the foreign
force which fills it.
Galvanize a pail of water,
and then put your hand into
it. You touch the water, but
you feel only the electricity
which prevades it. Take a
bar of iron and put it into the
fire. Soon the fire enters it,
and takes possession of
every atom of which it is
composed. If you touch it
while red-hot you will
scarcely feel the iron, but
you will certainly feel the
fire. So it is with a man when
he is filled with God. Come
near to him and touch him,
and as you touch the man
you feel God.
The coming of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pen
tecost, and every day since,
was to fill man with God.
Fullness of Power,
Acts 2: 1-4
The day of Pentecost
comes fifty days after the
Passover and climaxed the
week of week (Leviticus
23: 15ff ). It marked the close
of the harvest, and it also
commemorated the giving
of the Law on Mt. Sinai.
Pentecost was one of the
three great Jewish festivals
to which every Jew within
twenty miles of Jerusalem
was legally bound to attend.
The other two were the.
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Sunday's Church Lesson
Tabernacles, The name
Pentecost means "The
Fiftieth".
Pentecost was one of the
most popular festivals of the
Jewish year and so
Jerusalem would be
thronged with Pilgrims
from every quarter of the
earth. As this day
represented the ingathering .
' of the harvest, so it became
the day of ingathering of
souls into the Church of
Jesus Christ.
We read in verse one that
the believers "were all' of
one accord in one place."
This is an excellent formula
for the manifestation of
spiritual power in any day.
In the verses that follow,
emphasis is on the fact that
there was an unmistakable
intervention of God. There
was "an echoing sound as of
a mighty wind borne
violently," Dr. A. T.
Robertson says, "Rushing
along like the whirr of a
tornado." The sound filled
the whole house.
This is not the first coming
of the Holy Spirit into the
world. It is His first working
with a people of God who
had experienced the death,
rising, and ascension of
God's Son. Upon every
believer there rested the
fire-like appearance of a
tongue of fire. What was this
all about? These symbolized
the presence of God with His
People. Where God's
Presence is there is zeal,
like, power, and purity.
"They were all filled with
the Holy Spirit."
The Holy Spirit made
them able to speak in
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languages other than their
own. This ability to speak in
foreign languages was a
temporary endowment to
meet a specific need. This is
not a requirement for
assurance that one is Spirit
filled. The fruit of the Spirit
is "love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
meekness, self-control."
The Fuf illment of Prophecy,
Acts 2:16-17
In these verses Peter
defends the believers
against the charge of being
drunk with new wine. Peter,
now under the control of the
Holy Spirit, sees this as the
fulfillment of Joel's
prophecy. This would link
Jesus of Nazareth with the
Old Testament prophecy of
the Messiah.
"In the last days"
referred to the days in which
the apostles lived. The "last
days" would witness the
outpouring of God's Spirit
upon all flesh. Sons and
daughters would prophecy.
This is, they would speak
forth God's Good News.
Young men would see
visions and old men would
dream dreams. God's
presence in power would be
available to all, young and
old, servants and hand
maids. God's grace and
mercy would not be
withheld from any who
would turn to Him in faith.
The Freeness of Promise,
Acts 2 .36-42
Peter was addressing a
Jewish crowd. The house of
Israel must know the facts.
They had crucified Jesus of
Nazareth but God had
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declared Him to be both
Lord and Christ The Holy
Spirit stirred and pierced
their hearts. They turned to
Peter for advice. What were
they to do? Peter's answer
is the much-needed answer
to a God-forgetting world
today. "Repent." "Change
your attitude and action
toward God." They have
lived in rebellion against
God. Now there must come
an openness to God. A
willingness to obey God.
Baptism must follow
repentance. This would be
their first open confession of
their faith in Christ. It would
further proclaim their own
death to the sin way of life
and their intention to walk in
a newness of life.
In verse thirty-nine Peter
declared that the promise of
the Holy Spirit is to all '
whom God calls. God's will
is that none should perish.
All are invited. Only those
who respond will be saved.
Verses forty-one and forty
two tell what resulted in the
acceptance of the message.
They continued. They
rejoiced. They worshipped.
They praised. They loved.
Tehy shared. What more
does one need?.
BIBLE QUESTION
FOR THIS WEEK:
How long did the
resurrection take place
before the ascension of
Jesus?
ANSWER:
According to Acts 1:3,
Jesus appeared to his
disciples for 40 days before
He ascended.