p ra y fo r the unsaved. Grandm other whispered to Butchie, “ W ou ld you like to go to the a lta r w ith me?” “ N o ” he replied, “ I ’m not a C hristian, I ’m a B a p tis t!” (E ditor ’ s N ote : Butchie is now 21 and serving his country in V ie t N am . Re member him in yo u r p rayers as you p ra y fo r yo u r servicemen this C h rist m as.) Welcome w ords! B eautiful w o r d s w ith music and laughter tucked in each letter! Home for Christmas! A daughter home fro m a fa r-a w a y college. A hus band and father home fro m a bare hos pital room. A w e a ry son home fro m the g rim re a lity of w a r. Hom e fro m clang in g cities, fro m quiet villages, from crowded apartm ents, home a fter months — perhaps years — of fa m ily separa tion. Home for Christmas! Hom e to w a rm embraces and hap p y greetings and a sudden ridiculous joke to hide a b lu r of tears. Hom e to the footsteps of chil dren a t the door. Hom e to love and friendship and a thousand small joys. Home for Christmas! Hom e to a clut tered kitchen where the kettle sings and coffee steams and the oven groans. Hom e to the spicy arom a of pum pkin pies and f ru it cake and ro w a fte r ro w of b uttery Christm as cookies. Home for Christmas! Hom e to a ta ll, tinseled tree sheltering m ysterious gifts — ga ily, beautifully wrapped. Hom e to crackling logs . . . candle glow . . . red flowers in a w hite bowl . . . an angel w ith gold wings. Hom e to carols and the fa m ilia r Christm as S to ry — old, yet alw ays am azingly new. Home for Christmas! Hom e to the tarnished decorations hu n g fro m posts in the center of town. Hom e to greet the paper boy, the m ailm an, the neigh bors down the street. Hom e to answer a telephone call, to w rite a note to one who couldn’t go home. Hom e to spend an hour w ith a dear child of God who w ill be eighty years old on Christm as Day. Home for Christmas! Hom e to a white-steepled church w here children w ith glo w ing faces retell the story of One S hining Star. Hom e to the swell in g crescendos of a majestic organ and a vested ehoir. Home for Christmas! Hom e to think. Hom e to thank. Hom e to kneel alone by a w arm -blanketed bed weeping fo r the thousands who have no place to call home. T h e lonely. Th e frightened. Th e confused. Th e h u n g ry— always, always hungry. Home for Christmas! Hom e to look w ith deep gratitude into the lo vin g face of the S aviour who came to earth al most two thousand years ago to make H is home in the hearts of all men. Home for Christmas — "I'L L BE HOME FOR CHR ISTMAS . . ."
Pastor,mucaiDiuH marusefulnes
Sent by Mrs. George Sharp Torrance, California
P A S T O R ’ S S T U D Y
. . . a talented performer, experi enced in dramatics, as a composer, pianist-vocalist, and as a recording artist, Joyce Landorf also finds com plete satisfaction in her role as an enterprising housekeeper, mother, and wife of a successful business man.
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problems people bring to you be come Increasingly more complex. You try to pick up the pieces of broken relationships. You recognize loneliness . .. depression . . . incom patibility . . . sexual problems . . . financial binds ... rebellious children . .. alcoholism . .. breakdowns. You know the value of listening, the power of the personal touch, the heal ing of Christian love. But you wish for increased skill in pointing the way to specific solutions. You’d like more pro fessional know-how as you counsel. We can help you consider the prob lems of your people from three basic aspects: the spiritual, the emotional and the physiological. That’s why we’re here. We take your problems seriously. This is our calling. Week after week we deal with hun dreds of human problems that keep people from living freely. Our staff of 16 Christian psychologists and profes sional counselors plus our medical doctor represents quality hel p for you. Let us multiply your usefulness. Four times a year we offer a month of intensive training in Christ-centered professional counseling at our new in ternational headquarters. Pastors and missionaries from 20 states and six foreign countries took the training in 1967. As a resulttheir ministries have been greatly enriched. You, too, can multiply your usefulness. Write today for information.
You'll enjoy sharing a few moments daily with Joyce as she opens her notebook to . , . Household tips . . , Favorite Recipes . . . Children , . . Inspirational verse . . . and, of course, MUSIC. LISTEN TO "HERE'S JOYCE" Monday through Fridays Los Angeles 11:45 A M KBBI 107.5 San Diego 10:15 A M KBBW 102.9
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DECEMBER, 1967
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