CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 24,.1980 -A6 My Answer Billy Graham By faith, ask-Christ to come into your life and be your DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have falled into sexual deviation, although I didn’t really intend to. I'm not happy and Lord and Savior, He has promised to do so,.and He will I want to get out. How can I do this? t trength become your and ‘Then you will need to take definite steps to break away from your present way of living, Notice that I say “definite” — because you need to be clearcut and decisive here. Get as far away as you can from every situation and.person that would tempt you to resume your old way of living, . The Psalmist said, "I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word” (Psalms 119:101). Paul told young Timothy, “Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22), Most of all, let Christ fill your life. Get into-His Word, the: Bible, and get into the fellowship of a church where Christ is preached, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near and He will come near to you" (James 4:8). —-T.Y. DEAR T.Y.: A sexually deviant lifestyle is not God's will, and I am thankful you want to break away from it. Like any sin which grips a person, it may not be easy for you to leave it, But it is important for you to act on your desire to leave it at once; any sin, if it becomes a pattern of living, tends to make us MI d and hardened, and it becomes harder and harder to leave it. How can you break away from this? First, commit yourself to Jesus Christ. God loves you. He loves you in‘spite’ of all your sins, and He wants to forgive you and make you) part of His family. This is why Jesus Christ came — to make it possible for you to be forgiven and restored to God. He came “so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24), Construction Association SILVER ANNIVERSARY of Jim and Bunny Horswell was held Aug. 9 with relatives and friends in the Nordic Hall. The couple were married July 30, 1955 at the home of the bride’s parents,. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Mew of Medicine Hat, Alta. Master of ceremonies, Denny Hughes, read congratulatory messages from __1st ANNIVERSARY -BACK TO SCHOOL resente Our Gift To You For Your Support During Our First Year With Every T-Shirt Purchased Get a TRANSFER for ‘NO’. CHARG “With Every Pair of Jeans Purchased Get.a T-SHIRT or PANTY HO “JEANS ~~ Children's. To size 6X, f ‘ Youth's. Size 8-16, Nelson and Grant's Pass, Ore. The toast to the bride was proposed by Frank Elliott of Kelowna. Included in the gifts to the couple were 25, 1980 silver dollars in the figure 25. Guests were rom Medicine Hat, Seattle, Wash., Kelowna, Osoyoos, Nelson, Castlegar and Kimberley. 2 meets in Vernon The annual meeting of . the Southern Interior Con- struction Association will be held at the Village Green Inn in Vernon on Sept. 4. Included in the business agenda will be the election of possible members from this area to the board of direc- tors. This part of the day's activities will be carried out at the official business meet- ing between 2 and 4 p.m. Bill Life happens in a bunch of stories, says one of Can- ada’s most colorful charac- ters. |<", . At 79 years of age, Dr. Robert McClure has a lot of storios to tell, Dr. McClure is the mis- sionary surgeon and gyna- ecologint who served a three- year stint as moderator of the United Church of Canada, in between almost 60 years of practice in ‘struggling coun- tries on four continents. The grandfather of 10 is retired now and living in Toronto, but his experiences in Third World countries are the basis’ from which he * forms most of his opinions — and. most of his answers during an interview. ¢ During this interview he leans back and relaxes in his chair in an office at St. Stephen's College, on the University of Alberta cam- pus. Arriving in Edmonton earlier that morning, he had met with the Faculty Club for a luncheon and speech, then strolled over to St. Stephen's for a second luncheon and a “free for all.” In front of an audience he's a performer. But even in this office, he doesn’t let up. His energy, as he nears 80, is fl His eyes twin- Winkler of the board of directors of British Columbia Construction As- sotiation will be addressing the members. A seminar on the various types of contract tendering documents will be conducted the morning of the annual meeting. Speakers featured will be: Peter Sorensen, president, Northern British Columbia Construction’ As- sociation; J.W. Bibby, presi- dent, J.W. Bibby Manage- kle as he tells his stories about North Borneo, India, the jungles of Africa, China, T'm here, however, to ask questions about the United Church discussion re- port, to be released in June, entitled In God’s Image — Male and Female. “Oh yes, the one about sexuality,” he says. “Haven't read it.” The report gives qual- ified support to sex outside i and it of ment Ltd.. of V: speaking on project and Con- struction management; Ste- phen Cousins, president, S.W. Cousins Construction whose topic will be turn key buildings; and John Hickling, general superintendent, Fred Westen Construction Ltd. on : stipulated sum contract. The main subject that will be brought out by the various speakers is “Why should the purchaser of con- homosexual ministers, “Personally I am much more conservative than that report,” he says, But, he admits, he’s disappointed in how poorly Canada is’ preserving the family as a social unit, “I feel disappointed. about what I regard as a threat to the security of the family.” That threat is high- density living. By 1985, 85 use contracts or stipulated sum contracts or turn key build- ings?” per cent of C: jans will be - living in multiple dwelling units, he says. And the next thing I Pulpit & Pew by Ministers In the West Kootenay By PASTOR ROY HUBBEARD Pp Tab, important. So important is this Faithfulness seems to be a forgotten word. International. treaties are made, only to be broken a short time later. Laws are created only to be searched ‘ hol Contract: for istic that God has it as part of His nature. Lam- entations 3:22 and 23 state, “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every drawn up between companies are often disregarded or cir- cumnavigated in order to get a better deal. Marriage contracts are often not taken seriously, Someone suggested that the wedding ceremony be changed from “ "til death do us part” to " ‘till we get a divorce.” : Faithfulness to one an- other used to‘be very .im- portant. A man was as good as his word. Today, people do not, nor can they, trust one another. This does not alter the fact that faithfulness is i great is thy faith- fulness.” Do you feel that God is not fair and just with you? Do you feel that God does not treat you as you deserve? Be thankful that He does not. Because of our inborn sin- fulness, we deserve hell and destruction. It is because of the Lord’s faithfulness in mercies that we are not con- sumed. God was so faithful to us that He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for us, offering us eternal, exciting and abun- dant life. God has done His part. He is faithful. 1John W SELKIRK COLLEGE — VOCATIONAL DIVISION ROSEMONT CAMPUS, General Mechanics Program Course Description: This 9-month program offers training in theory and practical skills for those who wish to become amployed in the mechanical repair trades. The contents of the course have been modularized to provide some options of training for those students with definite career goals. Some of these are direct entry to employment, Oppren- tleeship, upgrading of present skills, preparation for the Trades: man's Qualitication examination. 7 Course Start Date: September 2, 1980, Admission Requirements: Educational: Completion of Grade 10 or equivalent. It would be to the applicant's advantage in the program and in securing am- ployment to have completed Grade 12, General: 16 years of age ond over. Good health and co- ordination, An aptitude for and an interest in mechanics. Apply to: Selkirk College - Vocational Division, 2001 Sliver King Road, Neluon, B.C. VIL 1C8. Phone: 352-6601, NOTE: if you require financial assistance please contact your local Canada Employment Centre. OPEN MONDAYS regular hours _ THURS. & FRI. 1:19 gives us this assurance, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” What about your part? Are you faithful to God? nnn Yes No That the unity of man- kind is the next stage in our social evolution? That prejudices of all kinds should be elimi- nated? oo That men and women should have equal rights? O) £1 That extremes of wealth and poverty are unjust? That the planet needs to be reorganized on the basis of cooperation rather than confronta- -tion? That world peace should be the birthright of our children? . That a second language used by everyone would facilicate i Dr. McClure spent 24 years. |) “I was very much: pressed in Sarawak, in Ne Borneo, where I was deallig. with tribal people who have high-density living, and have had it for 600 ‘years,”. They:’ live in longhouses — no such thing as a private home, he says. i ; “They have the secret of maintaining their tribal iden-' tity remarkably ‘well, have ‘ solved the problem of ‘high: density’ living and are ‘still 4 extremely happy people.” - aeroe soa OR. ROBERT McCLURE +. energy is overtlowing The tribe, where women wore topless clothing, had “the most tremendous free- dom possible,” and yet, -he says, “I found the highest rate of fidelity within the marriage bond iri any country in the world. “They have mutual sup- port. They have a high tribal standard of morality and » olergyme “about.” But, he eayd, more could roi Gy be “accomplished if Canada ‘were willing to look outside of its own ‘borders,'to learn ‘from other societies — such as the Borneo community, © ‘ “There ,isn't' a problem we face that hasn't existed in some other country. We can learn from those countries.” 2 ‘| Edmonton Journal CASTLEGAR BOOT & SADDLE Repairs tor i orts Equipment shoos Boole Hockey Gloves repalmed 186 Columbia Ave. ‘NEW IN LET US PUT 3 OUT THE MAT ; FOR YOU!