SDA Kinship - CONNECTION - September/October 1986

I [P@ Publication of Seventh-day Adventist Gay Men and Women and Their Friends Vol. 10, No. 9 September/October 1986 Kinship Kampmeeting'86 66This has been the best week of my life as usual.))66This is my frrst Kinship Kamp-meeting and my first opportunity to bewith a group so large. I've been to afew regional meetings here and there, A Commuter Talks 10but this has been a whole different BusinessMeetin+ 9experience. The guest speakers especi- 3 Campmeetinq Notebook 16 Good Newu 8 Phil's Goodbye 15ally have been a yreoallkbll'e:s:.s3in:g,:a*n:fdfia1, Regional Updateereal release of a F}ETURES ,, THROUGHOT}TI

Kinship Connec.tion rom the The Monthlv Publication of President's ResidenceSDA Kinship lnternational, lnc. This has not been an easy year. The AIDS crisis, for many of us, has stopped being an abstract problem and has begun to intrude itself into our personal lives. Tim McClure, a PO Box 3840 beloved Kinship friend who was with us at the '85 campmeeting, was not with us thisLos Angeles, CA 90078-3840 summer. Craig Roberts, the founder of Kinship Kontact pen pal list and an early part o{ our Kinship family, died this spring. Just a week ago a close friend's lover passed away. Both Phone (213) 876-2076 (V) the friend and the lover had marched behind the Kinship banner in New York's recent Gay or, for the hearing impaired, Pride Parade. (408)866-015e (TDD) The days of triviality are over. Whatever possibility there was of not thinking about(V<oice; TDD-Tolemmmunietions Devie lor tho Deaf) the crisis are gone. This summer at Kampmeeting we had with us Philip Kayal, one of the founding members of Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City. He told us about the workJE. Vmickvi SLhoeltuonJohnsoffiditor EditorRobertFoerch that organization is doing providing care for the ill. He told of the spiritual crisis oftenMark Honaker Keying Assistant encountered by AIDS patients, when a lot of the unresolved questions can no longer be avoided--does God hate me? ls AIDS really God's judgment? But then he also tells ofRobert F. BoBuOcAh-R-aDDrdisM-iEriMbuBtEioRnSMaPnraesgideernt hundreds of gays and lesbians who have volunteered to help, who have provided love and Vice President support, who have created a family for those afflicted, and who have provided solace forMarge Doyle those in pain.Pamela RoberB Secretary A new seriousness of purpose has come over much of the community. There is tooEnol L. Chamness Treasurer much to be done to waste large amounts of energy on unimportant matters. I can see the change in SDA Kinship. We have always been a relatively cohesive group, but I see a newJJDRRM.vaeoaVmvnnriiicadeSRRkldGiCeteSyrLdon.hrvfoaLIeaonalaldtrvowosotwnstlo-sdnMos, nPePlhmnfDhobrD-mPe-uaSrbWtiloDSiocnDmARASeeenlCar'svhtiioucCenrcosshoaDrDdLtiiiiErrLnaeeadaiccsrittttogoooonerrrr willingness to look past immediate problems or momentary conflicts in order to address the larger issues. When people you care about are facing death or are huding from losing aLarry Hallock Member at Large Langford-Member loved one, real or imagined slights become a lot less significant.Marsha McLaughlin-Member at Large And as with all crises, the best and the worst are being evoked in people. We marvelMichael at Large at the compassion of a Mother Theresa who left Calcutta to open a hospice for AIDS REGIONAL DIRECTORS Vasquez patients in New York City; at the bishops and ministers of various denominations who have321 SNSoourotthhuAAtthlatnleatircnnt-ic Dennis Haley braved criticism to establish soup kitchens and outreaches to those afflicted with AIDS. PLaalKakeeinsss Jim Foxworthy We are repelled by a William Buckley who seriously suggests that all people afflicted with4Great UGary SSIteeObObeeOdSsSGreat the AIDS virus be branded or tattooed; by the vindictiveness of many preachers who Terre Price thunder about wrath and condemnation and say nothing about service and compassion.lg99S0TtSSOPsooooae.uuacn.httitfhhrnyiaceelarrMNnnPdooaCurcatniahf tlwia. c-ie&nO-sAAtVrbirzieri. zgd.inia Ted Hurlev And we wait impatiently {or an Adventist AIDS hospice to be established or a wing of Loma Dennis Demin6 Linda University hospitalto be set aside for poverty-stricken AIDS patients. - Reynolds Time is passing. Kinship continues lo have much to do this next year. We must help Bob Holland JeremyYoung our own. We must continue to educate. We must call our church to compassion. It is a serious time. But it is a time when we know why our organization exists.Need Confidential CLaonugnfsoerldino-?Reverend Marsha J. -Boblf you're feeling lonely, depressed, suicidal orin need of a qay or lesbian refenal, I know of anetwork of oiv'and lesbian-suoooitive orofes-sionals nationfoide. I am also ivilling to talk withyou personally. You can be very secure thatabsolute confi dentialitv is assured.You may call orwrit'e to me at: Vicki'sReverend Marsha J. Langford(818) 848-4648643 North Hollvwood WayBurbank, CA 01505 S€vsnhday Adwnlist Kinship lnt€maliond, lnc., is a wqld-wide support Henry David Thoreau once said, \"lt takes two to speak the truth<ne to speak, anddgroup ot/for Advmlisl (formd ojnfit) gay mon and womon ard heir another to hear.\" As we see it, we've been cjeclaring truth lor quite some time now. We'vefiends. S0A Kinship also p(ovides gonie oducatim of SDA pastors, been enthusiastically saying that God loves all people-including Seventh-day Adventistildteachss and cuJnsolors lo an understmding of homosexudty relatodis$€6. This puuicalim, SDA Kn$ip Cornecton, is intsdod to bs al h- gays and lesbians; we've been saying we have an important role to play in the Seventh-ild {dformalional and hspiralimal jdJrnal lor our msnbas timds isusually Fruishd monfily (10-12 times por yoar) by SDA Xinship lntdna- day Adventist Church; we've been saying we won't go away, we cant go away or be othertmal, lnc. Ihe ubsciption rah is $24 per yea. Copy &adline moololbn ir he Friday be{ae he hird Mmrhy oI eadr mmh; than we are; weVe been saying we are an integral parl of our church; we've been sayingreft* lo ihe calend{ ld monhly lpecifiB A[ t)pili[m ffiysild ohs gjb[isons {phobgaphs, etc) cannot be r6tumd. lndudo a fr6t we are deeply committed to letting the truth be known about us.$d last namo, actual or trgudmym, hat may bs plui$od. Lottqs and so Ours is a story t8h)a, t.lmhuasvtebaeshkeedaridn.thOeuprsasist a need lhat must be met. As Phil Kayal 6dihd lor pupocos of darity q spaco. Sfid pot$tid copy aptly said (see p. about how I can be Christian and gay. I6says may boand ohs corGpondglco drecbd h hs 6ditx to: J yrcli Shdhn, P0@Box 1()ql2, Dcnver, $210 Ptm: (3ts) 781-5!59, don\ ask anymore if lcan be legitimate. ...we must each say,'l am a child of God! lam Ths appgaranco of narn6 or photographs ol pssons cr crganizalidts legitimate!' and go from there.. He's right. We can and should hold our heads high as(sirilld not be constru€d as any hdicatiofl ol hs afiocl$d soxual Adventist gay men and women.orienlaliff o[ hs namod ol $iln. Odnims extrossod hsdn de notn€c€ssarily h@ of S0A lft$ip lnh.nalind, |rc., c o{ ho S0l ,cnrhF We have stories to tell. And our church needs to listen. lt needs to act. lt mustqComeco'dr shfi. r6qu6ts for n6i,'rslo[d s$G.lidms $did bg figure how to include us in a more meaningful way. Kinship should not have to {ight ior Chang6 ol add6sq,$nt b SDA KinstrBrs intdnalional malling addross: PO Box 3840, L6 every inch of ground it gains; it should not have to struggle to find and minister in God-likeAngeles, CA 9007&3810, USA. maifing list is cdridtrtial mmg ofi-css and stafi atd is not sdd, tfitsd u ddlilgod ld aoy pJrp6o. love to the hufting and rejected 50,000 or so gay and lesbian people within our church.01986 by SDA Xin6hh lntsnational, hc. Al rights ressvod, Our church-yes, OUR church-must help us minister, help us find the quietly- and not-so- Ydi lethrs arewdcoflis b:J.Vi*i Sh€ltdl, F0 Box 1m32, Dflvd, quietly alienated ones and bring them into the circle of the Adventist Christian family. lf itC0 802.10. $bni$sims may b 6dtsd tu prpo66 of daity a spaeand strold be siped. doesn't it isn't true to the commission given by Jesus when he directed us to \"love one lf yotJ wdte bul tr6fq to b6 unpuuish€d, d6as so stab. another.o TO OBTAIN KINSHIP MATERIALS I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of the struggle. I'm tired of wondering if I'd be thought Write: Emv Lou Johmon less than whole if my sexuality were known. But I believe we are on the verge of more PO 60x 1m3:r things good. I believe increasing numbers of the leaders of our church are providing and OrOcednvl:er(,3OC3O) 788or25r1059 will continue to provide hearing, that essential ingredient needed for truth to be spoken. OId6r smcilic Dubli€tkrs or reoEst Mrteridl. 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September/October 1 986 Klnshlp Connection Paqe 3gC amp fite e tin Atro t eb o g.kr, *n\",*\", andVicki SheltonPART ONE OF TIIE EVENING This is where we come into trouble allHOMILY SERIES: the time because, you see, we love tradi- tions. We louetraditions. We feel so The book of Galatians is couched in secure and so safe with what our fore-veryinteresting language by which Paul fathers said, why would we want to give ittries to demonstrate what the gospel is not.What is the good news of the gospel? The up and think through something else?second coming? No. The Seventh-day Sab- Paul is sayrng things about himselfbath? No. and argues for his apostleship. We've Grace is the theme of the New Testa- been taught not to do that. Paul did it well.ment and it's the heart of the gospel. It hasseveral meanings, however. One is that In chapter 2 we get a slight innuendo ofgrace means God's favor in the sense that the problem. He mentions Titus, the manhe thinks that somethingis really quite ex-cellent. For example:1 Peter 2 says, \"To who was Greek and Hebrew. He says,suffer for an unjust cause...\" That's gracewith God. That's an okay thing with God. \"Even fitus wasn't compelled to be circum-You find that to be excellent as far as God cised,\" so you know that that's the prob-goes. lem. I recognize that circumcision in the What Paul's tryrng to show you here is 20th century isn't such a big deal, but itthat there really can only be one kind ofgospel. The Greek has two words here and was in the first century.it's a delicious play on the words that you Some people insist that everythingcan't really have another one of the same these men did was inspired. I've got newskind-\"there's only one Gospel and you for you, I don't believe that for one whit,have actually distorted it,\" he will say. for the simple reason that when Paul is standing before the Sanhedrin you know So, my question is, as I study Galatians how vindictive he is, don't you? And weand try to put it into the 20th centiry,In know what the words of Christ are. So,what way haue I done what Paul is ac-cusing these people of doing? Haue I dis- you see, even Paul muffed it didn't he?tortedthe gospel? And we must let him be human and make One task of every theologian is to keepre-examining his position, her position a few mistakes. Just because it's in theconstantly to see if, in an institution whereyou're almost demanded to uphold certain word of God doesn't mean that everythingthings-<re those certain things really he says-I mean-that would make himpan of the gospel or dren't thq? perfect and obviously he's not perfect. We're quite aware of that. I think it's high time we take a healthy look at the scriptures. Incidentally, on the other hand, un- less you do that with the writings of Ellen White you are in terrible trouble. In other words, Ellen White has to be looked at as aThe above notes were taken during the frrst of our tehveeKniinngshhipomKilaymspemrieeset-itnaguwteedekb.yNmotaensyfmatmtenodteheesr as an extremely enouraging and helpful part ofpresentations, as well as some cassette rccordings are available; please write for futher details. -JVS

Page 4 Kinship Connection September/October 1 986human being. You have to look at what I like the forthrightness of Paul. Heshe says. You have to look at the culture of was not ever one to go behind your back.her century. If EllenWhite said everything Paul is refreshingin a day when so muchthat was 1007o right, then I want all of you behind-the-back stuffis going on. Paulpeople to have penance boxes on your table grabbed ahold of Peter and told him, \"Look,and that's how you stop thinking your bad brother, this is what you're doing and Ithoughts and saying your evil words. don't like it!\" What Peter was doing had toThat's what she said to do and not one of us do with the idea of racism and sexism andsitting here believes in that. And yet, weinsist that euerything she wrote , euer'vthing all the prejudices that we have. Themust be inspired. Well, those who say that Hebrews thought that they were God's elect. Now, that sounds familiar. Not onlyalways overlook the things they don't want did they think they were the elect, but cir-to do. And I have a problem with that.Let's learn what we can and let's think. cumcision demonstrated it. You realizeWe have an aversion to thinking. how sexist that is. What would women do? When I think of how PauI was so radi- When you read chapter three and get tocally changed, it is really something-a verse 28 where he says there's neithermiracle. In the first century they had a male nor female, keep in mind that thedebit and credit system with millions of argument was circumcision and he'slaws. Don't make the mistake of thinking trying to free us all from these externalthat \"law\" refers only to the ten command- rites that would set apart one sex or onements. In Matthew 5 when Jesus said he group above the other. Peter got back, how-came not to destroy but fulfill, don't we ever, into his old prejudice of, \"It's okay toread also where it talks about the least of save those Gentiles, but, for heaven's sake,these commandments? Of the ten, which don't eat with them. We're special.is it? To that least commandment was the They're second rate.\"death penalty. It was a nest falling out of atree to the ground. If someone saw the nest The Gentiles were proud that theyhe or she had to, under penalty of death, u)eren't circumcised.replace that nest in the tree. Think howdifficult that would be for an arthritic if the We go to extremes in religion. Either \"we do\" or \"we don't\" and we flount that astree was very big! though it's the best thing. There were the 10 commandments plus The argument begins. Paul finishes his statement about Peter and what he wasthe 613 plus hundreds of others. For exam- saying by suggesting in verse 16, \"A man isple: if you wanted to visit someone on the not justified by the works of the law.\" LookSabbath (limit of 7/8 mile) you would trace at those words. \"Justify\" is not alwaysyour path on Friday and place food every7/8 mile, since where food is, is home. On understood by the people of the 20th cen-a committee meeting I once heard themspend an hour talking about how to cook tury. From Aristotle the Romans agreedpotatoes on Sabbath. That is kind of pa- politically and socially to the concept thatthetic we now think. there were superior and inferior beings. This system was such that if you couldtake a law that had more credit, like the You all know who the superior beingsSabbath, it would make up for others. But were. They were the men, of course. Theto take care of those you didn't keep, they inferior ones were the women and thesaid that since we presented our good law- slaves. Even in Judaism you have the in- feriority of women. Women had to be veiledkeeping, God had to exercise his forbear- to signify that they were nothing and there-ance. Paul says we are justified not by fore no man could talk to them becauseworks of law but by believing. they didn't exist when they wore their veils. Remember what we've always been told and known about heaven and mar- riage? There will be none. What those who

September/October 1 986 Kinship Connection Paqe 5fear that idea don't understand is that in God has done his work. All we can da isthe first century the people who applauded accept or reject his gift.that were the women. When a woman mar-ried she was given separate quarters. She I went to Worker's Meeting where wedidn't even eat with the family. The hus-bands got their sexual kicks from down the together studied the book of Galatians. Itstreet. The wife was there onlyfor produc-tion of children. When the women heard was hard for them to accept what is here in the Bible. People balk at the 20th centuryJesus say that about marriage, they musthave gotup and said, \"Hurray! We don't application, but not at the ancient explana-have to sit in private quarters for all eter-nity!\" You see, that's good news for wom- tion. God takes you as you are. We needn'ten. The issue is not really sex; the issue is try to clean ourselves up. If we could docorporaity. But that's another subject. that we wouldn't need God. We come just Justification has really two parts, but as we are.it's all called justification. It is taken fromthe juvenile court oflaw in which one is Two women came to me and said theyfirst pardoned, secondly, one is made over. had asked to be baptized but the pastor saidNotice I put that in the passive; I did not they had to quit smoking. They lied to thesay, and I will never say, that you make pastor and were baptized. Now they wereyourselfover. asking what to do and how to handle their So, therefore, when you look at this current dilemma.you're never sure whether Paul is empha-sizing the first or the second part--or the How many pastors ask people to givewhole. Chances are that he mightbe goingback and forth, but never omitting the one up their arrogance, egocentricity, theirpart when he's emphasizing the other. selfishness or their lust? We're allowed to come to God where we are. The growth of a Look at that for a moment. What that person depends on God and the percon.says to you and me today is, God takes us Every person is different due to our past,where we're at. The cross of Christ is the etc. But we still think we can line peoplememorial to the fact that God has remitted up like little tin soldiers and make them allthe sins of the world. I was preaching once on 2 Corinthians say the same thing. I have been reading your literature and5 (reconciliation, etc.) and I thought thatmost people knew that God has forgiven one of you had written asking why Godeach of us through Christ. Thatis the hadn't changed him. Many years agoGood News. He has removed the barriers there was a dumb thoughtin my head thatthat existed between heaven and earth; you I interpreted as base and I couldn't get ridcan't. When I was shaking hands, one of it although I had tried for years. I final-irate lady said I was teaching the idea of Iy was angry at God and said, \"If you don't\"once saved always saved\" referring to the care, why do I? If you can't do it, don't askstatement that all the sins are forgiven. me to do it.\" I think that is applicable to all of us who try so unsuccessfuIly to be what One lady said she had spent 25 years in others think we should be but we aren't.therapy with guilt and crying and suddenly That is part of reason I have changed myrealized that she didn't need to be like thatany more. It finally sinks in-and for views on homosexuality. Now I'm sayingSeventh-day Adventists it takes a long time, that what seems to be sin maybe isn't sin atyou can say it 100 times and people just lookat you-then one dayit clicks. Saluation is all. I feel that if I can change my ideasnot based on what we do or how we behaue there is hope for anyone. My point in saying this is that if God isor who u)e are, it is based on th.e fact tltat in charge of our refurbishing and our re- making, our nature being renovated accord- ing to his nature, then it must be done ac- cording to God's priority list and not accord- ing to ours. And when it is, then we all rec- ognize that there are wonderful changes. God is so interested in the heart and Adven- tists have, down through the years had

Page 6 Kinship Connection September/October 1 986their lovely catalog of sins. you get the spirit? By works of the law? I finally changed my theology-by uery The answer of course is, \"No, you did not.\"fervent study-and discovered that I wastryrng to keep the lid on the garbage cans Oh, I see, it's by believing. It is fascinat-myself. And if you've been doing that, you ing to me that when you say \"believe\" everybody starts thinking of that littleknow what I'm talking about. statement Ellen White quotes in Steps to With two hands you can keep the lids Christ which she takes from the book ofon two cans pretty well. If you have more James, \"Even the devils believe and trem- ble.\" So, therefore, believing doesn't seemthan two garbage cans, you know you haveto juggle your hands around to keep the to be enough. But, actually, the devils dolids on the garbage. That says to me thatit's not my job to keep the lids on. It's believe and tremble, but they don't believeGod's job to get rid of the garbage. Isn't he in the right things. They only believe that God exists. They don't believe that God iscalled the sin bearer? So we have twistedthe whole thing so badly that we don't rec- the one who saves you to the uttermost.ognize what God is all about. Paul is try-ing to show them what God is about. When you read John, the first 18 verses are all prolog. In among those Paul calls them foolish, bewitched Gala- verses are two verses that say we too havetians, then asks two questions: 1) How did become the children of God by the will of God, not by the will of mar1.o!*lrlo Salvation is not based on what we do or how we behave or who we are; it is based on the factthat God has done his work. All we can do is accept or reject his gift. (seated), David Gray, Hal Jobe, Terry Wormwood, - Clerry One, Larry Hallock -,

September/October 1 986 Kinship Connection Paoe 7 Robert Rosier Rob Peterson Deb Parent & Yvette Perreault Phil Kayal (above & below) Eugene Shirley

Paqe 8 Kinshlp @nnectlon September/october 1 986 f@Wrs Sw*d-ffig@**. Thanks for having me here this week. I have been very much healed by being here. I have vivid visual memories of you. I will pray for each of you and for Kinship collectively. I have never experi- enced this warmth and closeness in [other groupsl. What I've learned here is the gift of patience. What must we do while we are patient? Patience is not passivity. The gospel comes in gradual revelation. I see your evolution in gradual terms. Clerry One has supplied us with a brilliant theolory of libera- tion. Now you must move. You must make a decision on action. You don't seem to really believe in your wholeness-as can be seen by your stratery techniques. Ifgays experience suecess and women don't, you've gained nothing. Women cannot be equal to men in the game that men have set up. We move into a position of incoherence when we break offour relationship with the power image. Women must succeed. I have asked in the past abouthow I can be Christian and gay. I don't ask an)rnore if I can be legitimate. I now say and we must each say, \"I am a child of God! I am legitimate!\" and go from there. Ifyou do that you are then free to recreate the kind ofrelationship of adulUadultwith the powerfigure. Letthe oldfears die. Letthe old concepts and rules die. Be more radical than you are. Your mission is greater than just to Adventism. Before this week I had never prayed with gay men. I am overwhelmed about this. You do it with no self consciousness. We live in such a secular society. Out there no one does this at all. You don't seem to see the strength of whatyouhave here. Move on and start doing with what you know. Plan all your strategies with healing love in your mind. The whole civil rights issue was won because they stood there with truth on their side. You can win too. But you must stand as a person and say, \"You can't do this to me! You can't do this to my brothers and sisters!\" +++ /ou don't seent to see tfii strerlgtfl of *frm you finoe fiprel The above giBroaupcojdpyetofpnroioter5l,otaNk8endedDwairntug-reDFr.riPdahyil KaaIIyLaml'sofne.wPmhoilm, euutsinovfigtiododn-tbiyset rith the York Cil,y gay organizationsi Hie epaker, is a saiolbgist ud is ac-tive with New prentations were particularly inspiring to cupmeting attendees. -JVS

September/October 1 986 Kinship Connection Paqe 9There was a lot to do and m-uch got done. the annual business meeting. Florida and Atlanta chapters were recognizedBusiness Meetings Report in Region 3 (the southeastern states) and a Bay Area chapter, comprising the San Francisco/Oakland area, was recognized in Region B. Each of Officers for 1986-'87 were elect- these new chapters has ful{illed the re-ed and a variety of other decisions Appointments. MikeMclaugh- quirements of Article Xl, Pt. 1, Sec. 1were made at the 1986 Kampmeeting lin, a member of Region 9 (southern of the SDA Kinship bylaws: \"ln order tobusi-ness meetings: California) and coordinator of the be certified, a chapter in lormation shall: (a) Subscribe to the purposes Elections. A new public rela- banner project, was appointed a mem- and objectives of [SDA Kinship]; (b)tions director, David Gray, and a new ber-at-large by President Bouchard Have held at least three meetings overwomen's coordinator, Ren Reynolds, and confirmed at a general business a period of six months; (c) Have at leastwere elected in addition to the reelec- meeting. He will serve as coordinatortion of the following SDA Kinship offi- lor next summer's campmeeting to be five persons who are full or supportingcers: Bob Bouchard, president; MargeDoyle, vice-president; Pam Roberts, held in northern California. Marie members of [SDA Kinship].\" We wel- come the new chapters to our Kinshipsecretary; Errol Chamness, treasurer; Crofoot, a member ol Region 8, andVicki Shelton, newsletter editor; Ron Larry Hallock, a member of Region 4 family. for SponsoredLawson, SDA Church liaison; and Jym (midwestern states), have also been Guidelines appointed members-at-large. Marie Activities Adopted. As Kinship'sStuart, information services director. has been developing an outreach to the physically impaired, including the outreach and the number of programs David Gray, our new PR director, translation of Kinship materials into it sponsors have expanded, programhas been very active in behalf of Kin- braille, facilitation of a TDD contactship since he moved into Region 1 leaders have often sought guidance(New England and mid-Atlantic siates) number for the use of the deaf, anda few years ago. He has served as the the distribution of educational materi- on very practical questions:what kinds als to Kinship board members. LarryBoston chapter president and has writ- of decisions must be approved by the coordinated last year's three-partten the \"Around the Nation\" column special series of the Connection, organization before they are acted up-for the Connection He looks for-ward to using his professional skills- the Union College outreach, and the on; what kinds of reports are required;he works in a public relalions'office- informational packet development. He how are expenses reimbursed; whofor Kinship's benefit. has been and willbe the primary aulhor must review necessary printed materi- Ren Reynolds, the new women's of many Kinship publications. Marsha al. The Guidelines for Sponsored Ac-Idirector, has been Region (northern Langford, adlve as a willing and inspira- tivities, approved at the business meet-California) director lor many years. She tional leader and speaker, continues ing, provide standardized answers tois especially noted for her regular per- as a board appointee. Larry's, Marie's all these questions. For a copy, callsonal communications with her region and Marsha's appointments will be pre- Bob Bouchard al (212) 662-8656.members and has also represented sented to the Board for confirmation at Inlormational Packets. An-Kinship to a large number of groups,such as Parents and Friends of Les- its November meeting. Additionally, other wave of our very successful in-bians and Gays (PFLAG), and ecumeni- regional directors will soon be elected formational packets lor clergy, teach-cal and civic organizations. She will in each region. Look for details in a re- ers and counselors has been authori-bring a demonstrated organizational gional mailing to be sent to you soon. zed for distribution. The planning andability and personalwarmth to her new Kampmeeting 1987. Kamp- logistical support work have alreadyposition. We welcome both ol our new begun. We will need approximately meeting next summer will be held at aofficers. camp near San Jose, California from $5,000 to cover the cost ol the entire project. lf you would like to help pro- David Gray ran unopposed and July 12-19. Please note those dates and plan now to be with us lor our vide enlightenment to many who knowRen Reynolds defeated Lin Shep- annu al week{ong retreat. little about our issue, but who have aherd, longtime Kinship member and Membership. SDA Kinship cur- major impact on our lesbian and gayformer women's coordinator, in a rently has 999 individuals and organi- sisters and brothers, please send acontested election. zations on its mailing list. ln the past contribution to SDA Kinship, PO Box Former public relations director year we have received approximately 3840, Los Angeles, CA 90078-3840.Van Johnson declined to seek 370 inquiries about our organization, Board Meeting. The lirst boardreelection, citing time demands. He '122 ol which have either joined or deci-has agreed to continue spearheading meeting of the new Kinship year will bethe Stonewall registration project and, ded to subscribe to the newsletter.with his lover, Tony Vincente, will host held over the weekend of November Ba November 8-9 meeting of the Kin- There are 336lulland supporting mem- and 9, 1986 at Van and Tony's homeship board of directors (see below). bers and 143 others who receive the in New Hope, Pennsylvania. All board newsletter. meetings are open and members are New Chapters. Three new invited to attend. For further informa- chapters were officially recognized at tion on location and time, call Van and Tony at (215) 862-0216. For agenda and business information, call Bob Bouchard al (21 2) $$l-$$$$. +ft+it+!r

Page 10 Kinship Connection September/October 1 986A Commuter Talks Through the week I came to appreciate all of the hard work that Kinshp leaders have put into \"Definitely better than any of the usual Ad- this organization throughout the years. Whereventist campmeetings I have ever been to!\" was would we be today without Kinship's \"Foundingjust one of the many phrases I used to describe my Fathers\" and \"FoundingMothers?\" I realizeexperience at Kinship Kampmeeting last month.I felt I must write this to share my impressions the enormous sacrifices theyhave made and theabout our recent campmeeting-myfirst ever. tremendous pain they musthave borne. I also I have been a member of Kinship for more thank them todayfor their encouragement.than three years and in that time I have let thecampmeetings at Pottstown, Quaker Ridge and I was certainly glad when I was in the midst of grief and despair that Kinship wasJulian slip rightby. Perhaps I would nothavebeen at this year's campmeeting if it were not for there to turn to several years ago. I was glad tothe fact that it was practically in my backyard, be able to meet many of the \"pillars\" of our or-just thirty minutes from home. I was able to be ganization at campmeeting and I would like tothere for at least part ofevery day except one. thank you for what you have done to bring Kin- ship where it is today. As I arrived at Cedar Glen each day, friendswouid occasionally tell me that I had missed \"so One thing I will always remember at camp- meeting was the personal sharing. On Mondaymuch\" from earlier in the day. However, for theperiod of time I was there, I felt that I GAINED \"so aft,ernoon we met together to tell our stories ofmuch.\" I was so impressed that I wenthome and how it is to be Adventist and gay. What an awfulbrought my brother (who, by the way, is quite lot ofpain we have undergone! I was riveted tostraight) and some friends, to meetings later onin the week. I wish my parents and church my seat and saw many watery eyes as story af-members couldhave been there too. ter story was told. I felt that I and many others could relate to the fear, the rejection, the plead- On arriving at campmeetingfor the first ing with God for a cure, the broken relationshipsevening it was wonderful to be reunited with the and the hopelessness we all felt as a result oftry-Kinship friends I had metbefore. It was also won- ing to reconcile our homosexuality to our faith,derful to meet all of the people in the organization our families and those we thought were our friends.I had heard so much about but had never met. It Some of those who shared their life experi-was great to see the people who were , just as I, ences certainly made my suffering and painattending for the first time. For many of us thatfrrst visit to campmeeting can be quite unnerv- seem so insignificant. I reallyhave had thingsing, but I thank those who reached out in friendli- relatively easy regarding my homosexuality.ness and made me feel welcomed and gave me a But I thank all of those who shared, for tellingsense ofbelonging even though I can be quite me as much as they did. It was certainly an eye-aloof attimes. openerforme. I was touched and impressed by the wonder- Duringthe week ofcampmeetingl found aful guests-our speakers for the week. I want to lot ofpeople I can call myfamily. I, surprising-thank them. It was the first time I have ever been ly, found campmeeting to be a deeply spiritualface to face with a group of Adventist clerry or pro- experience and I appreciated being able to talk,fessors who chose to understandme ond myhomo-sexuality. Whata greatfeeling! I appreciated laugh and cry together. As I drove home Itheir warmth, their unconditional love and will- thought to myseif that I had experienced what the name Kinship must mean*fellowship ofkin-ingness to learn about Adventist homo sexuals asindividuals. Oh, how I wish everyone in the Ad- dred! It was a wonderful feeling. So, Vicki, Iventist Church would treat us as they did. think I know why we always sing, \"To God be the Glory.\" -The Commuter:aPDo,u-yt o_uLr 9w-r-elLkd.tIoIgee.ethiveer.d this unslicited Epontan@E responre tothe Kinship p{lGenmtypmreeaestinng*fo-5r rKeriniesnhciep! wn afer our anival home. We think it says a lot about how pople feel Ite8ponres such aE this remind us again that there i6 The writer wishes anonymity. -IVSoh, how I wish everyone in the Adventist Church wouldtreat us as [our clergy] did.

SOME PERSONAL SHARING, Cortinued from p. I ( ( It goes without saying that campmeeting is alwaysing around that really was unnecessary-feeling special. This year it's been especially special to meguilty. I still thought I was okay being me, but still hadthat thought in the back of my head telling me that, since I flew in last Friday from the world-from a\"Well, thishas gotto be Satan tellingyou\"-as I've period ofintense loneliness and overwork and spiritualbeen taught through the years that we must watch out for frazzlement I really had felt very alienated andthe snares of Satan. Well, through cominghere I'vereallybroken down a lot of these walls and it s been a sometimes very frightened. To come to campmeeting isgreat blessing and a real release. I fly out tonightunfortunately, but I'll sure take a lot of memories from very much the most wonderful way to come homehere with me. Alot of special people I've methere.Words can't express the joy that I have and the release because it's comingback to your strongest group of friends and supporters and loved ones. And it'sof a lot of past things.!! comingback to a time of spiritual refurbishing and (( I've been to every campmeeting except the one in regeneration and a high.Pennsylvania. Of course the very first one was theultimate for me and I'Il never forget that one. Each I want to thank each one of you for the role you'vecampmeeting is unique. We all come here for differentreasons. I look forward to it; it's the highlight of my played this week to make me feel healed. And you allyear. I'm about 60 miles awayfrom the closest Kinshipmember so I only get to see people about once a month. have because we do it. I want to thank Clergy One forWith campmeeting it s so intense that when I first playing areally special role atthis campmeeting. Iarrive I'm all excited to the point I usually get aheadache. I wantto see everyone I haven't seenfor a think that we've gone another logical step in ouryear. I want to meet all the new people and help make struggle as Kinship to-well, I described itthe otherthem feel comfortable. It s such a wonderful experience night: we began by saying, \"Can we be gay andmeetingnewfriends and seeingthe old ones. It's Christian?\" And somehow that's a question that isexcitingto see all the new clerry that comeyear after always there, partlybecause we've had so much piled onyear and hearing the different talks and where they're us in the past. Partly because there are new people allcoming from and how they help each one of us. I thank the time. But I think that Clergy One in heryou for all the love and hugs and nurturing you've presentation ofthe gospel this week brought us another really big step towards freedom in Christ. At least I feltgiven me to take back home.lt that and that was speeial. I felt }ike I was making important steps personally and that we were probably doing that together because there was this sense around. I felt that this eampmeeting came together well right at the beginning. I felt that somehow putting the personal stories on the frrst day helped us know each other that much faster. We started out well and it just !!kept on going and I feel really great about it. Robert Ramsay & Ron LawsonTerry Wormwood

Page 12 Kinship @nnection September/October 1 986 I I I I I i Briaru Phil Kayal & Richard Hoffman (( I don'tknowwhatkind of neighborhoods the ((Trethingthat always amazes me about rest ofyou live in. I know it seems in the gay community in LA-and not that the gays have acampmeeting-and I re ally enj oy watching people-i s corner on the market or that LAhas a corner onthat it's absolutely mind-bogglingthatwithin a week's the market--butpeople who are myfriends andtime, people who were hesitant, pinched and really people I work with so manytimes seem tobe filledunsure about being here, within three to four days, with cynicism and scepticism and just a generalwithin five days the entire demeanor, attitude and jaded view of religion. And it s so refreshing forrelaxed quality of the expression on the face shows that, me and it's so necessary that I come here toindeed, especially in the cases ofthe new people, the campmeetingbecause instead ofbeingin an auraattitude about themselves has been modified. The of, \"I don't want to hear any more, I've heard it allexperience has changed them in this week's time. It's and it s a bunch ofbunk and it's not for me,\" to anmiraculous to see that in such a short period of time aura of\"Teach me, Lord. I wanttoknowmore. Ithere is such aremarkable change in quite afewpeople.It surely shows that the Holy Spirit is working with us. want to be around people who want to know more.\"As we're listening to all the presentations and beingwith each other, it's the same as any vacation, it's very And it's just so nice to be away from thatintense. But as you go back home, the value of jadedness of \"the world.\" That's what makescampmeetingis the residual affects and it s somethingthatyou can fallback upon when youhave lonely campmeetingforme. !!moments. It's niee to know that next year you can befortified again. But I think the miraculous change in Markpeople's attitude is so encouragingthatit's enough to Honnakerreally feel that the Holy Spirit is with us in so manyways. That's the true value of campmeeting. t! ( ( Prior to coming here, Kinship was just a name to ( ( I'd just like to add my thanks to Clerry One andme. When you were meeting in the east I was just Clerry T\vo and the Clerry Three's and Philip for thestarting at Quest and I saw some of these faces, but now I ministry that they've had during this week has beenthink Iknowyou as myfriends. extremely important to me and I think for many ofus. I I reallygotmore of an inklingofwhat always look forward to campmeeting as a time ofcampmeeting was going to be like from Van and Tony spiritual rejuvenation, a time to renew old friendshipsabout a month or two ago as we watched a video ofyour and to make newfriendships, and I've neverbeencampmeeting and I made the decision quietly in the disappointed in those expectations. It's been also heartening-I've been to three campmeetings, each withback of my own mind, I'm going to go there. I'm going time between-it's been encouragingto me to seeto frnd some Christian Adventist gays. I didn'thave a Kinship grow as an organization, not only in numbers but in its purpose, in how smoothly things go, intremendous circle of Christian supportfriends, but I expansion of its vision and, at the end of the week I'mthink I do now and I've greatly enjoyed the just filled with hope for the future and thanks for whatmeetings-I've absorbed them like a dry sponge absorbsin a container ofliquid. But I've also enjoyed the one- has been this week and love to all the people I've gotten toon-ones where people come up and share and talk to you. knowthis week.!!And I thank you.r,

September/October 1 986 Kinship Connection Paoe 13 66 I'- no longer terrified ( ( I have a book for Kinship Kampmeetings on the of everybody. This has been shelf of my life and every year I get to add another truly a wonderful weekfor chapter in it. It's almost like in between there's a dark me. Iflhavetocrawlon void that's the rest of my life. It's there, it serves a wounded knee s to California function, gets a paycheck, maintains some friendships but there are some people I see only at campmeeting and next year, I will be there. we have a close friendship. We see each other and talk maybe between times once or twice but at campmeeting The Holy Spirithas been is when we really open that book up again and continue another chapter. It's really wonderful to see new pages very, verybusywith me this added to all ofourbooks. Newpeople comingin. The week and some other folks I new talent and leadership that will be Kinship in the future, it's wonderful to see! I also find very wonderful know too. There've been a to experience and see the acceptance here, when so much ofthe world rejects certain categories or doesn't allow lot of tears shed this week. A other categories. Kinship has questions about different activities, different people, different types of things, but whole side ofme that I had I find acceptance here and I see a sense of, \"We cannot killed offis back and I'm so reject people.\" That's wonderful! !! glad that God is part of my life again. He's never been (( I promise I won'tbe emotional. What a cathartic. veryfarfrom me but Ihave The whole week has been just super. I went to my first been manymany days Kinship meeting in December in Ontario, California journey from him and and I almost left because, well, I didn't know if I really wanted to do it, but I had this pot in the back seat filled because ofevery one ofyou, with food and we were goingto eat and I always remembered thatAdventists ate well. And I like to eatJim Mayes some ofyournames I don't so I went on in. I thought I would get social intercourse even know, butyou've all by going and I did get that. I thought maybe I might get a little religion, but wasn't reaily sure. I'm glad I stuck contributed to my by and I'm certainly glad I came here. I did not expectdevelopment this week and I'm goingto go home, and to hear about the grace of the lord from a Catholic. AndI'm going to treasure this and I'm going to take it up it was stunning to hear it. And then it was even morenorth to the arctic and it's going to keep me warm at stunning to hear it from Clergy One again! !!night and I hope to see you a1l again next summer!! ((Abraham Lincoln once said, \"I don'tlike thatperson, I must get aequainted with him.\" Well, I didn'tstart fr om a not-liking position, but as I rcad KinshipC onnec tion, there were a bunch of name s that had nomeaning whatsoever other than that they were in thatpaper. I go from here with a bunch of names that mean!!people that mean a great deal to me. And I thank you.-Thc above wa spolcn to u by @ of @ iwied grccts, e irryctad lca&r in rbc SDA Orrcb\" _,John Heelan, Terry Wormwood, Charles LarsonCorky Cornwight & Dennis Deming Michael Mclaughlirl Bob Bouchard, & Curtis McCrillis at Niagra Falls

Page t+ Krnship Connection September/October 1986 I I I I (( I've had a lot of support and encouragement from me my commitment, my life commitment, that I wantpeople in Region 9 this year as regional director, but the world to be a little bit better place because I was hereI've discovered again about what I had learned and than it was when I found it. And I especially want theforgotten about being a leader and that is that ifyou doanything at all about your leadership responsibilities to world to be a better place for gay and lesbian Adventiststry to carry them out with any degree ofgood conseience, so they don't have to go through 20 years of closet and 20you end up putting an enormous amount of yourself andyour enerry into the project. years ofhell like I did before I diseovered that God loved As some of you know, we've had a problem come up me, too. And that I could love myself. Ihave mymo-for one of our members and we decided that we would getactively involved in lettinghim know thathe had the ments of discouragementlikeyou do and then the timesupport of Kinship. And it has Iiterally taken hundredsofhours oftime and stratery and praying and of campmeeting reminds me all over again that thereencouraging and writing letters and making phone are people who love and care and support. I find myselfcalls and all sorts of things. That takes a tremendousamount ofenerry. Someone pointed out to me some -syheoudoseese-,aVnidckIi wonders if anybody appreciates what find myself envyingVicki's positionmonths ago when I was talking about what Kinship because people come to campmeeting and say, \"Becausemeantto me-this was aperson who hadknown me of the Connection,lfowrd out about Kinship, or be-when I was in the ministry--he said to me,'You've cause ofthe Connection I'mhere.\" And sometimes asfound your ministry again haven't you, Bob?\" And I regional director or whatever your function, you don'tsaid I guess I had. Serving Kinship this year andcampmeeting in particular this year has renewed for always see the immediate results. You don't even know if whatyou're doingis working, but I have sensed a great deal of love. I've made a lot of good solid friend- ships that I've been able to renew here and I'm looking forward to next campmeeting and, selfishly, I'm glad !!it's going to be a little eloser to home.Bob Holland & Tom Kopriva Hal Jobe, Marge Doyle & Richard RussellCommunications Director Daniel Roberts has writen to inform Connactlon readersthat he is director ol communications lor Quest Learning Center,notfor Colin Cook. $S&

September/October 1 986 Kinship Connection Paqe 15 pdates Reglon 3-Southern Region 9-Southern California and Arizona Region 1-North Atlantic Jim Foxworthy New York Chapter- a(grg) 749-1134 Region 9's October meeting will be on Saturday, October 18 at Ben's home in The l,lew York Chaoter had its meelino- Region 4-Great Lakes Palm Desert. The occasion-his birthdayl Potluck on Saturday at 2 p.m., pany onon Sunday, September 21 at Bob Bouchard's Gary Stebbeds Saturday night. Ben invites you to comehome. Nominations were made lor a reoional for the entire weekend, but call him at (619) lf1zrs) 4tg-4227 346-5307 to let him know your plans. Bringdirector, campmeeting was reviewed ant Ron extrafood and bedding. Region S-Great PlainsLawson spoke about his travels around the world Bob Hollandresearching material lor his bmk about Terre Price a'(zra) 687-9557Adventism. agr3) 622-BsoB Region 1O-Canada Bob Bouchud Region 6-Rocky Mountain As you can see in this Connection,wehad The Philadelohia Chaoter meetino on a wonderlul and successful campmeelinq this vearSeptember 21 is one olthe m<ist importanld the Ted Hurley in Toronlo. ll was a marvelous lbcalion t6 cele'-year. Scheduled lo be elected was a chapler brate Kinship's tenth anniversary! Above all, itpresident lor the coming year and nomindlions will atgogl Tsg-0842 was the people who attended, lhe love and caringbe oflered lor Regional Director lor Region 1. we shared with each other, and lhe presence ofElections lor director will be done bv mail. Region 7-Pacific Northwest lhe Soirit ol God. v*rich made camomeetino this year,'and, indeed, every year, sucli an upfifiing Our Oc{ober dale has not yeit been sel, but Summer is over and our rEional activilies expenence.on November 8th and 8lh we willhost the national are ready to gear up lor another year.Kinship board meeting. The oflicers and the September 13 will be the next reoional meetino in Over 60 people were registered for theboard members lrom across the country will gdh- Pohland. We willbe nominalinolndividuals to- whole week or a major part of it, and another 10 run lor reoional direclor lor nexivear. The month people spent part ol lhe week or just attended aser here for the weekend, and will be ioined bi ol Octobei has ttue Kinshio meelino tenlalivelv many meetings as lheir work schedule allowed. lt scheduled lor lhe weekerid of the TAth and 1Oth in was cerlainly a record breaking year as lar asmany other members. At the same tlme we'yvill be Seattle. Canadian padicipalion was concerned. A totai olhaving a joint Region 1 & 2 meeting lor lhe first seven Canadians attended lor the entire week,lime in two years. ln all, we are hoping lor a turn- It was gred lo see members lrom arr another nine were there part lime. Even moreout ol50-olus Kinshio members. This is the bio- region at campmeeting and a real joy lo make so encouraging is that these Canadian membersgest Kinship event hbld in lhe area since the t 5e3 manv friends lrom other reoions. I hooe manv traveled lrom olaces like Victoria. BC. Caloarv.campmeeling in Pottslown, PA. lt is likely to bethe biggesl for some time to come, so doht miss it! morri will make plans to att6nd camprireeting hext AB, Winnipeg, MB, Oshawa and'Ottawa, 6N,' year! Montreal, QB and Dartmouth, NS. The resl were For those of you who have nol yet been to lrom the Toronlo area. What a representation!a chapter meeting, and for whom the thought ol Dennis Demingmeeting 40 or more people at once is intimidating, A press release mailed oul lo the mediabe sure to attend the September and October $tsogl 24+0286 prior to campmeeting resuhed in a lull articlemeetings and gel to meet oiher members a lew al being published in the'Religion Roundup' leaturea time al smaller gatherings. lf you have the 'lirst Region HentralPacific ol the Salurdav. Auoust 1 6th issue of the Iorontomeetino iitters.' brino a friend. Star,Toronto'slirgdt daily newspapa-with a Bay Area Chapter- circulation ol 815,000 on Salurdays. I have since Irf addition to-the meeting on November 8th received several telephone calls as a direct resuttand 9th, we will be havino a Thanksoivino Dinner Hawail Chapter-Note; Ihrb rb ollhis press release, whidr I understand waspotluck on Thanksgiving Day. Seveial ofus have canied bv other oaoers as well.no lamily in our area, others have strained rela- really mwe of a letler to Emy Lou and me, but Ilionships or don't want lo oo lhrouoh the ordeal of thouaht vou'd enbv Ted's commentg (You seem Y'iette Pdniult who works wilh the AIDSa large lamily gathering. Whatevei the reason, like iuch a delightful person, Ted!) Committee ol Toronlo and Debbie Parent, herlet's spend the afternoon logether. male, who works with Rape Counselling were with -Jvs us part of the week. They express their Tony Vincente appreciation lor the opportunity io meet and I Eent several hours in writing and speak with Kinship men and women. The Ph llad elph a Ch qter P R Diredw perleclinj a summary ol our June mbting prior to timeliness of their contacl with us is demonstrated mv deoarture lo the mainland. To mv uhra dismav. by the {act that just after campmeeting, lhe AIDS Obed Vazquez I dm norv unable to relrieve il. Theretore, it is not' ' Committee ol Toronto received an invitat'on to enclosed.... soeak wilh a orouo of Seventhdav Adventists a(eor) 742-s098 h'ere in Toronio. Yvette slales, '..ithey were Ren, our Region 8 direclor, made it quite sure they had no'deviants' within lheir midst, Reglon 2-Middle Atlantlc oossble lor me lo meet a Kinshio member durino bul were interested in finding oul more....\" Dennis Haley hy briel stay in San Francisco. both Malcolm aid Jeremy Young (416) 53$58e6 agm) 42s-zsfi his lriend Douo seem like sincere. staHe. uorioht Christians. Ttiere are many like Js.. . ...May God continuri to bless and always remain your best lriend. Here is one special hug for eacti ol you! Ted Kress Chapter President Regional Report- Virglnia \"Ren\" Reynolds rF(gro) 48$1694

TChris Ponticelli Good News! On a Sabbath this past spring, Beverly and Donna, two Kinshipwomen of Region 9, were baptized into a localAdventist Church by a Iong{ime friend of Kinship members. At the Kinship members' request, lhe ceremony was conducted privately. Both Donna and Beverly originally learned of Adventism through Adventist women friends and each has attended at least two ol Kinship's annual campmeetings. Donna, who comes from a Church of Christ background, has been studying Adventist doc- trines on her own for more than six years and became particularly convinced of the Sabbath doctrine. However, due to a concern about smoking and drinking, she made no move toward baptism untilrecently. Beverly comes from a Lutheran tradition and has tried Catholicism in her search forthe right church for her. As she and Donna studied together, Beverly also became convinced that she wished to accept Christ as her personal savior and asked to ex- press this by baptism into the Adventist Church. Both women leel they have finally met their soul-mates in one another and feelvery happy in the lord as they are \"growing spiritually by leaps and bounds!\" +++ Kinship E*htpCal.\"da;l Cctobev\"SEPTEMBER St]N MON TUE SAB01 Marie Croloot 'u V' 30 1 ., 3401 Kurt Michaels02 Rob Peterson \./, 3(S)A+tEr- r iAYETri pE \Tt Wuo I ,VETl1 BEST03 David Morris rfl.l €(efif06 R. Anthony Espinosa .l/IV6s B Atto';ft4A LL.12 Bill l-edford uony * t'ldrlner)17 Honald Coombs {:'18 Elonna Hunter bleriolgc26 Ronald G. Hoover27 Terre Price L'.-- t6,tenl,t eiqhts -tL27 Obed Vazquez30 James Passer 'r\h* 7 !31;p, /hawi\"calrl- dil ,copy dpJ 1OCTOBER sr nhcy ane ni$lt ' ikc these'01 PhilThomas03 Stephen Lane il W1Ec scenl tf ,nd10 Brett Leeland tmliws 14 ,tinA TN nrrF10 Gayl Polit 13 L414 Virglnia \"Ren\" Reynolds wtlh /usld\"l 18[cdtot]J16 Thomas H. Kennedy *r E +16 Ben Pickell, Jr. (Turns50thistime!) 9nlmorll321 Bruce Carrington jl r -/\1zr \ {-ffidrr[ qpttelty26 Frenchle Brown ull12 gtood.928 Alonzo Lanning rcr,ewf,tfuq28 Jeremy Young w)ot[30 Ted lOess31 Ted Bryant tt$--q31 Steve Shepherd 'it ar |e( -{-,t!-r- L- -.- -tftds )',The additional list of oersons with birthdavs ZO-NQ 2l ftoanq d2Abdurinq one of the ab<ive monfrs is ouite l6no- \\ 23 IwThes6 gave permission to publish. lf you wish tobe included but weren't, please write with your I,1, j To€ '-Mwh,tdicts Wnrur(permtssron. 'f;irr,tw Press .>K\" %.#,& 4*z- Q. ebmr 26 26 21 zBlrtJi .{J ,,*,{1, ln f\"ibut 1 |e {le, wlttnxs nl*ea( a a k*(- sksrEY 2 as u j do-J. ranc -l aal la /u{v/{-s ,t q,4S*' $ Calendarthis month byEmy Lou Johnson & Vicki Shelton