t THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH. N. C . SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1871
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Left: Mrs. Doris Holloway, receives a cake presented by Mrs. Rebecca
Weatherford, president of the Saint Augustine’s College Episcopal Church
women and Dr. Joseph J. Jones, Jr., vice president for academic af
fairs at the college. Mrs. Holloway was the winner of the lucky slip
which read “Merry Christmas” at the Christmasparty, given by the women.
Presbyterian Church Commission
Approves Equality , Minority Acts
ST. LOUIS— Strong guar
antees of equal employment
opportunity for women and
minority persons have been
approved by the United Pres
byterian Church's Commis
sion on Reorganization of
General Assembly Agencies.
Under requirements -ecom
mended by the Commission,
the chief executive of each new
national church agency would
be responsible for carrying
out equal employment prac
tices, and would be subject
to dismissal for failure to do
so. Procedures .for ,-carrying
out and evaluating the em
ployment practices would be
written into the job deecrip
tions of the agency executives.
Similar reuirements would
be in the job descriptions oi
synod and presbytery chief
executives who are hired
.hrough the new Council on
Administrative Services.
The Commission also voted
to propose amendments to the
church's constitution, aimed
at insuring fair representa
tion of women, minorities and
youth on General Assembly
boards and other bodies, and
requiring the Assembly's Com
mittee on Nomination to re
port to each Assembly on the
number a", such persons nom
inal ed for national offices by
the new regional synods.
TWO MINUTES %
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THE SON OF A VIRGIN
'Buhl I d. a virgin shall be with
child." .Malt 1:23 1.
Mary was highly honored that she
should be ■ hosen to lx* the virgin
inothei of tn< Messiah. This was a
d t !i * for which every .Jewish
Wi r m 'pod and prayed
Bii! now in at she had Ivard ihe
glad nows from tlv A.igel Galvriel,
s'-.y w.o- lo Cnd herself in die most
ei'i’.Kirrassiiii'i positicaicif an uomarried
inaibi'i'. with “hild. Littli- wondei that
M.ej v i-tiMied to the hits v itintry to
vis{t Elis.ii"!!' the mother-to-lw of
(i.i’a tiloi*. i. born John hirer ..ailed
John the Baptist Who. m such a case.
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she ust eltirn io her home m
\a,:«iret >: to face hr" a;.iio.es and
acquaintances and Josep!- her be
trothed .Vhm would thev say 7 And
ah, ye ail, what would hr say? How
Could they be i x;iected to believe her
Story I* Ai ..'ups had a.ipvared to her,
indeed'
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The Rev. Robert P John
son, executive of New York
City Presbytery and a mem
ber of the Commission, de
scribed the employment pro
visions as “a tremendous step"
and as one of the strongest
ac ions ever undertaken to
ward equal employment op
portunity in the church.
The Commission, which
earlier had voted that the
headuarters of the Genera!
Assembly agencies should be
in a single location, received
initial data from studies on
where that location should be.
It is expected that the Com
mission will begin discussions
in February on the subject of
when and over what, time
span a transfer to a single lo
cation should be made. Con
siderable study must be made
before a timetable on moving
can be es'ablished, the Com
mission said.
Proposa’s for the initial in
ternal design of the new Vo
cation Agency were presented
e.t the Commission's meeting
just concluded here, and gen
eral principles of that agen
cy's structure were accepted
As proposed, the agency In
cludes departments of Per
sonnel Development. Person
nel Services, and Personnel
Support and Pensions, and a
central personnel of'ice.
In the record of Joseph s reactions
we are piyen light as to the extreme
embarrassment in which Mary now
found herself. Consider Joseph s
position. Mary was ho 'espoused
wife Why had she gone away and
stayed so long’ And now, what is
this 7 She is: found with child not by
/»."■ Her explanation if indeed she
offered d to him :i>ur.t/nave see/hed
most unsatisfactory He could have
charged her with adultery and had her
stoned, but being a just -Lit., "fair
minded' : man Ire was minded to
put her away privily" (Matt. 1:191.
But "while he thought on these
things with a heavy heart, "the
angel of the Lord appeared to him"
and Joseph iearned that his beloved
had tolri him the truth; that she was
indeed to he tHi honor.*! mother of
the Messiah of Israel the Redeemer
Os sinners.
Ii was because our lord was the
Son of God born nto the world by a
virgin and not partaking of Adams
sinfiii nature that Hi coi.ui go to
Calvary and pay the full penalty for
out sms. He suffered for sms, the
Just for the unjust that he might
bring us to Go<i (I Pei 3:"3i.
Among other actions of the
Commission were these:
A resolution was passed
asking the new national agen
cies and the regional synods,
and presbyteries, to limit their
sta-T positions io the level of
total positions in existence on
December 31, 1970.
The Council on Theological
Education was given approval
to propose changing its name
—to the Council of Theologi
cal Seminaries—and its inter
nal structure, to the 184th
General Assembly 11972). If
approved by that Assembly
the changes would become ef
fective well in advance of the
January 1, '73 target date for
all new General Assembly a
gencies to begin functioning.
A committee dealing with
the proposed Advisory Coun
cil on Spiritual Life was giv
en permission to hold small
consultations before formu
lating specific descriptions of
the council.
A design team for the Vo
cation Agency was asked to
participate, in consultation
with others, in drawing up
personnel guidelines to be us
ed during the period of tran
sition from present to future
agencies.
Studies and consultations
involving several ether com
mittees and task forces were
authorized.
The Commission expects to
meet its schedule for making
its major recommendations
on reorganization to the 184th
General Assembly, which
meets in Denver, Colorado on
next May.
Meditation
"Cas; thy burden upon the
Lord." Psalms 55:22.
Are you one of those per
sons who often feels weighted
down by the thought, of work
that has piled up, by corre
spondence that lies unanswer
ed, by ‘important things" yet
undone, by questions in youi
mind that need to be thought
through?
Nearly everyone of us at
sometime or another finds
himself in such a burdened
state of mind. Os course, we
cannot ignore these responsi
bilities. But. it is possible to
take an attitude that will free
cur minds and lighten them as
completely as though we were
without all these responsibili
ties.
First, we must take a fresh
start in our minds Through
prayer, we can turn over to
God for the time being all re
sponsibilities that have seem
ed to overwhelm us. Thet
with renewed faith in the
power and presence of our
Father, we can begin all over
again, accepting only one
thing at a time to do.
Free and relaxed in prayer,
with a new feeling of close
ness to God. our minds and
hearts are freed of worry, an
xiety, and tension. And, when
you really analyze it, it is
worry and tension that create
all our real burdens—-not the
things to be done.
In the deep spiritual quiet
ness of your soul, you will al
ways find the strength and
wisdom needed to meet any
situation that may arise. No
matter what the turmoil and
confusion about us. In this
infinite stillness of God in
your heart, you can find rest
and peace
Jesus said that we must
have faith in God if we would
overcome our difficulties . . .
but a" all requirements need
ed for such faith, first and
foremost is the need of a quiet
mind, free of all doubt, ten
sion and worry.
"Teach me thy way, O Je
hovah, and lead me in a plain
path." Psalms 27:11
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In addition to' the risk of
sustaining a hearing loss, an
employes exposed to exces
sively loud on-th-job noise also
is likely to be more accident
prone, to display job dissatis
faction and to produce poor
workmanship, according to the
Beltone Crusade for Hearing
Conservation.
An investment in Your Future
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