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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ed some basics of the language A
friend whose host family spoke on
ly Japanese learned a lot more. It
was a learning experience, though,
a whole new wav to Hv* "
Mrs Tanahe worked for the
Toshiba Co and Mr Tanahe work
ed for the government They were
"rich" compared to many other
families, the Hcppner 4-H'er says.
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.”
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