_______________________________ in te congregations, the word continues to find itUM AG way into the heart.' U M G The pen Is mightier than the sword. This word SALE look£ good on a computer terminal, which some of ThStMakUn T h e C h u choui' clergy are using. If a littie message about'God's Thrh St.Mark's Unh messengers deserve a good hearing and a definite Wednesday, fo response. p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Sponsored by the piss W[HITBY MINISTERIAI. ASSOCIATION by REV. GERALD HUNT Wbltby Baptlst Church Raise your glass, please! This is a toast to two dozen men (and two women) and their work. In'this town of 40,000 there are 25 or so clergyper- sons. They are expected, at least by their churches, to look after the spiritual needs of the faithful, visit J the institutions, exert a good influence i the com- munity and give comfort and guidance to those who seek It. According to survey, clergy are stili considered J the most trustworthy and reliable persons in the commumity'. That doesn't go automaticaly with the job; it is a rating that bas to be earned. An old naine for clergy was 'parson'. Today whenP.4 people feel the loss of personhood, the 'person'- minister or priest-bas the task of restoring a senseM of individual worth, especiaily a person's wortb to ,,.* ' ' ' -T4sh ; 4 God. Hie doesn't have to crawl izito a stove for several hours, as legend says of Rene Descartes, to . .A? ,, ::Lr prove the existence of the person and ail bis needs. Now and then a clergyperson may be late or miss an appointment. Often the datebook reveals the con- flict of too many commitments and insufficient> time. Though he tries to be ail things to some and some things to ail, he is not God. Because Whitby clergy are few and have littie turne for polisblng their images, they do not have a higb profile. Being one of the crowd every day is probably as helpful as being in the linielight i the pulpit on Sundays to get values and wholeness across to otbers, acting as saIt or yeast in the way Jesus taught bis disciples. If a minister or priest turns up in a service club, on a bail teamn or a family outing he may be able to access better what God bas cailed him to share, even though a congregation bas calied him to do theïr work most of the time. Preachers must continuaily rediscover their world with its tecbnology and buman relations, its politics and ernotions. The majority of oui' clergy/are married and bave cbildren. With a 'hands on' approach to life they are HARDWICK HOTPOINT ful cgiznof practical issues, even thougb their G[SICRO convctios my stop themn from being participants F>w IR in some ares of life. 50"00 RANGIE With such busy lives oui' parsons feel their con- PM912M 630 AC W A E stant need of a Cartesian-style stove to crawl into : 30" range - E asy dlean oven - Lit-off oven door for Urnes of deep thinking about the word and wiilof *Pogme d co-odae ot RK 9200 God, and bow to app,1ly tbem in oui' sopbisticated elm a day dlock-timer DualwaveTM microwave system 14 cu. computerized world. As far ahead as we think we Our regular picé«$49.9 capacity- Minute timer; derIay start and are, we are spiritually retarded and moraily con- Novi OnIy programmable memory - lime of day cloci fusd< $ D IIEE roast - Two-position sheif for whole meal Ultimately we cail on God or someone out there to - Ext Or edewr rnty79.9 save.us. St. Paul asks how people can cail on God or $17.88* per month 10Nw reglar rie 79.9 unless they believe in him and someone bas to corne Almond $10.00 extra Now OnIy» to tliem with his good news. If the datebook and JI. '7J EtLVI1 telephone are stern slave-drivers to the pastor, the INGLISU . or $17.88 per mc word of the God in Jesus Christ is even more IBERATOR PLUS IN - SMATCHINî demanding, requiring a major. proclamation every WASHRY' DRYERRO 7358 seven days or less fromn a sanctuary pulpit. RO[43UO While the preacher is cailed, and salaried, it'is RuOmai /435cls-Cutm80rglapr really bis love for this planet, the reflection of God's normal, permanent press, gente press - Tîmed dry-regular - love, that drives hum on. 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