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World Vision International has awarded the first international children’s art talent contest grand prize to a 15- year-old Japanese boy, Elkichl Sakural. Judges selected the work from more than 1,000 entries from 17 nations. The contest is being conducted by World Vision as part of an effort to develop the total child and en couragement of any special talents
26th Annual Convention scheduled for April 23-25 in Philadelphia as “ The Witnessing Church Ip A Secu lar World.” Featured speakers for the evening sessions will include Senator Mark O. Hatfield, Dr. Myron S. Augsburger and Dr. Joel H. Nederhood. Speakers for the morning addresses will be Dr. Rufus Jones, Dr. Clyde W . Taylor and Dr. Billy A . Melvin. More than 1,000 Christian leaders are ex pected to attend the convention. Membership in the organization now exceeds 2% millions. Wheaton College Graduate School will conduct the third annual Min isters’ Institute on Saturday morn ings during February. The schedule was announced by W . Glyn Evans, as sistant professor of practical theolo gy and chairman of the Institute. The theme is “ Techniques of Chris tian In terpersona l Relationships.” Two-hour sessions will begin at 9 :00 a.m. each week during February. The Associated Collegiate Press has announced A ll-Am e r ican h on o rs awarded to the Wheaton College KODON. The magazine celebrates its fourth consecutive AA rating. Editor of the magazine was Larry Brook, a June graduate who is now continu ing his studies in literature at the University of Chicago. Gospel Light Publications of Glendale, California, has announced the re lease of a new book by Ethel Barrett entitled “ It Didn’t Just Happen.” Featuring 54 stories, certain titles include “ The Man Who Ran Away,” “ The Journey with Nine Surprises,” “ The People Who Couldn’t Go Back wards,” “ The Grumble-Mumble Peo ple,” and many others. “ It Didn’t Just Happen” is Mrs. Barrett’s first volume of children’s stories. Previous books have included Storytelling — it’s Easy, Sometimes I Feel Like a Blob, and There I Stood in All My Splendor. Narramore Christian Foundation of Rosemead, Calif, recently conducted a seminar for ministers, mission aries, and their wives. A total of thirty-three people from twelve states and four foreign countries took one month of intensive training and counseling at the foundation head quarters. “ The purpose of the semi nar,” according to Dr. Narramore, “was to help ministers improve their coun seling skills.” Course topics included Personality Disturbances, D efense Mechanisms, Depression, The Bible and Counseling, Techniques of Coun seling, The Unwed Mother, Phobies,
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Dr. Ted Engstrom and Mrs. Bob Pierce he may have. Sakurai was aban doned when he was six months old, and is one of more than 23,000 or phans and needy children cared for by people in the United States, Canada, and Australia through World Visions Childcare Program. First prize was awarded him for a skilful colorful paper collage of the Matsu- moto Castle. Second place winner was a seyen- teen-year-old boy from the island of Bali, Indonesia who presented a wa ter color painting of a temple. "Pala Mar" Retreat in P ineland , Florida is a unique ministry oper ated by the American Evangelical Christian Churches. The organiza tion is non-commercial and does not rent or sell its accommodations. Peo ple from any denomination may en joy the facilities during the winter in return for lending a hand a few hours a day doing repair and main tenance work on the grounds. The facilities are furnished free of charge to those who desire to fellowship in the out-of-doors at a beautiful loca tion which offers good fishing, swim ming, boating, and other outdoor ac tivities. No charge is made for the services ; however, each person enjoy ing the facilities is asked to spend several hours a day keeping up the maintenance of the grounds while enjoying them. The organization op erates the retreat for its own use for annual conferences and the rest of the time it is available for Chris tian people. The National Association of Evangeli cals has announced the theme of its
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