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TWO - The Hrppner G arrite I Imrs. Heppncr. Oregon Wednesday. September 17. IVtWi Barker leaves lone congregation after 7 * years Nazarene ^astor comes to He.ppner ° ® congregation The congregation of the lone United Church of Christ veil) say farewell t. > the Rev (attic Marker Sunday. Sept 21 She and Mercy, her dog. «ill begin the drive across the United States to Cadillac. Michigan, and Marker's new church on Monday morning The Rev Barker recalls that many things have happened during the seven years she has served the lone Church The first week I «as here, cows kits of them thundered across my la«n. she relates "I leaped lor my camera to get proof ol «hat goes on in rural Oregon, she said Nothing like that has happened since The first year at lone, her first year as a full time pastor, «as dif ficult in many «ays. she admits, hut one of them »as not heing accepted "Almost everybody accepted me readily I don't mind being the first, it's never bothered me because it's not a personal issue Very fe» re jeeted me because I am a »oman There arc so many »omen in the ministry no» that United Church of Christ seminaries are about half women " The nvist rioting change at IUCC has been the summer internship pro gram, she said For the past fe« summers lone and Condon United Churches of Christ have shared an intern pastor, a seminary student »ho is a licensed minister has alio» ed each pastor to take a vacation »hile the other was available to ad vise the student, if necessary The student has also had a chance to be on his own, yet have another pastor close at hand, she said The choir was strong when I came here, she said “ The Church is blessed with musicians." so I car l take any credit for the music program A worship committee was |ust get ting started when I came and it has SS Oregon ' Mercy 's ears picked up at the talk of a new home She is apparently prepared for the adventure "By going to another part of the country. I’m challenging myself to adapt. " the pastor said "I have liv ed in the cast. west, and Pacific nor thwest. the midwest seems to he the missing piece I see myself as a citizen of (he world, and am con sidering the longterm I hope some day for an overseas mission " she said "To adapt to another culture. I will need to he adaptable "D on't he afraid to really care about each other and really show how much you do care." she says will he her parnng advice to parishoncrs "W e need to express our Christian love not just locally hut globally United Way explains benefits Cathy Barker really developed into a "wonderful, creative, brain storming group " "Many parishoncrs told me they had no clue that I would be leav ing now, but because I've been here longer than any other pastor since the nud 50*. that they expected I would be moving sooner or later " I »ill really miss the people of lone, and the ecumenical fellowship I have had here," she said "I wonder if people realize how wonderful they are I have felt privileged to serve here and be with these people The Church council tells me that I have improved over the years, she says thoughtfully patting Mercy on the head "People have been very pa tient with me during the learning process There arc more challenges here, hut I have done what I can The Church will continue to grow with some fresh leadership As a pastor, the Res Barker says she sees herself as an "enabler" bringing seedlings of ideas to pco pic to plant, water, and bring to harvest Her ne» church, she says, »ill provide «»me new challenges for her They have been through a tinan ctal crisis two years ago. so steward ship will he a challenge There is no youth program, and Church growth will he a priority The Church is about the same size as the IllCC. but the town is a much larger industrial town surrounded by rural areas "I'm looking forward to the winters." she said "They have hard winters with MX)" of snow I'm sick of lone's puny winters I like winter with commitment rather than the off again on again winter of eastern FALL FENCE SALE 330’ 330’ 330’ 330’ s5309 s6130 s6980 s7880 All Poultry WIRE p 20 % Morrow County United Way Chairman Dave Hampton will ex plain how l nited Wav benefits Mor row County at a booth next to the Heppncr post office on Thurs day. Sept 18 from 12 mx>n to 2 p m He will give away hot dogs and Pepsi Tri County Home Health which receives funds fn>m United Way will he at the booth to check blood pressures Pat Scott from the Heppncr 4-H’er returns from Tokyo Nance Wright, daughter of Ken and Judy Wright of Heppncr par ticipatcd in the 4 H 1 .iN> lex ex change to Tokyo last summer Tokyo was rather a shock when she first arrived, she said, because it is so crowded, and "I've been to big cities before." but Japan is V mountains so everybody hav to crowd into such a small space "The first week was hard because I got homesick ami was not used to everyone staring at me because I am an American " By the end of her stay. though, she said she didn't want to come home Her host family was Akira and Asako Tanahe. whose daughter Minako had stayed with Name three years ago as pan of the same ex change The couple have another daughter. Fukiko "My family spoke very good English." she said, " s o l iust learn Jones honored at reception Dclpha Jones of Lexington has been appointed Community Service Chairman lor the Oregon State Rebekah Assembly by state ptesi dent Carol Ann Alley Jones will be responsible for com piling reports trom each lodge, tally mg points, and presenting awards to the lodges pros idtng the most sen ice to their community, county, and stale She was honored at a reception Sunday at the Oddtellow Hall in Lexington Kathy Tcllcchca baked and decorated two sheet cakes lor the occasion Serv ing cake, coffee, and punch were Virginia Peck. [>>rothy RED BRAND FIELD FENCE 26” 'x 32” X 39” X 47” X The Rev Vaughn Govsman. 33. from southern California, arrived in Heppncr August 30 to pastor the Nazarene Church He and his wife Becky have three son*. Michael. 8. Joshua. 7. and Matthew. 7 months The Res (iossman served as senior pastor for two years at the 73 tnemher Wilson Church of the Nazarene in Yuba City . California Prior to that, he was an assistant pastor for three years at a multi- congregational church in 1-aPuente. California He studied religion and psychology at Pacific University at Azusa for one and one half years, and attended Victor Valley College Rev Vaughn Gossman for two years »here he earned an to attend Blue Ml Community Col As«<ciate of Arts degree He expects lege while serving the Church in Heppncr He vayv that his primary function as a pastor tv to preach and teach the word A pastor, he says, equips the saints for ministry and serves the Neighborhood Center will also be at needs of people the booth to explain how the Center The pastor says that he is not a henefits front Cnitcd Way ikmationx minister who has lived in a hole, that Funds from the national organiza he has been where everybody else lion and from the county United has been He held a variety of jobs, Way are used for emergency food, from truck driver to librarian, while utilities, and shelter he was in school He has also work Members of the Heppncr am ed as an instructor with a California balance crew will have an am Training Sch«x>l in court ordered bulance on display The ambulance alcohol diversion, petty theft crew has applied for United Way rehabilitation, and traffic school pro funds to help purchase medical grams All of which he say s help him equipment for the ambulance to relate with people Mure ham. Gcrt Martin. I.uclla Taylor Kathy Tcllechea ami Frances Peck assisted (iuests from The Dalles. Irrigon. Hcrmiston. Heppncr. lone, and iex ington attended Jones, a 36-year member of Hoi ly Rebekah I <xlge has served 27 years as secretary . has sened as No hie Grand. Dist IX-puty President. Chaplin, and Drill Captain She has served as Chairman of the district meeting twice, and has been a delegate to the state convention, but thiv tv her first stale office "It's an honor to serve the lodge.” Jones said O F F > BARB WIRE 12Vi Ga 2 pt. 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Their two story house was large by Japanese standards, but very small compared to American homes They had beds, a sink, shower, and bathtub, but the bathroom fixtures were in separate rooms instead of one room as in this country Other families sleep on Totann mats and many still rely on public bath houses The houses had no yards and were so close together “ you could hear everything going on in the next house," she said 4 H'ers received two major bits of advice during oriental ion. when we arrived, she said. "Don't wear shoes in the house and eat everything, hut don't ask what it is until after you cat it ." "I liked eel," she said "I thought it was good I also ate a lot of raw fish, octopus, ami dried squid We ate rice for breakfast lunch, and din ner Heel was very expensive, so we ate pork." Tokyo is very clean, she said "There is no graffiti on any subway All the workers wear white gloves Cah drivers wear suits Everyone iv dressed up The whole city is clean "The people arc very honest I saw a billfold on the ground and told my host parents about it They told me to just leave it there because the owner would come bac k and get it " We hiked to the top of Ml Fuji, saw how big Tokyo really is from the Tokyo Tower, saw many temples and shrines. Ginza St . and visited Japanese festivals, " I ’m not sure ex actly what they were celebrating, but many seemed to be still celebrating the end of World War II " Tokyo is very hof and humid, she said, one day she just missed a typhoon That day was the only time she saw clear, blue sky in Tokyo She says she would like to return to Japan for a visit in maybe a cou pie of years “ I niet many people, some of them I'll never lorgct.” We re here to help you i"wN Where The Customer is the Company Now on Display in our Window M o rro w County Grain Growers.* Phone 989-0221 1-800-A52-7396 m * Mxmtwi J»w*)*r* of Americo. Inc Peterson’s The Heppncr Jewelers 474-9704 GAZETTE- TIMES
