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REVEREi:fC TROY D. PERRY, FOll.l'mEp.

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Distri~t ConferenceArizona-Southern California D:!strict

Milton Breec.J.ove ••••••••••••••• 5

The Need of PrayerMar-ty McCabe ••••••••••• c ••••••• 6

~fuat's Happenin6 in TampaRev , Troy' D. ~>erry ••••.••••••••• 8

Gay PrideRev. Troy D. Per-ry ••••••••••••• 10

Atlanta, A Eevi"ChurchBill Leopard ••••••••••••••••••• 13

Fellowship :.'!ewsRev , Troy D. Ferry •........••.. 16

Poet.ry •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18

Book ReviewI Pat; Rardin •.•.....•..••••..•••• 21

D~rcctor:r of Churches & MissiollS •••••••• 25

This IE.31.:.esCover (Fr-ont. & Back) iG s.cOPJ" of the Urri.ver-s.a.LFe.lLovshd ps ChurchCherter. This Charter is presented to a!-1is"5ior:when they have met the st andar-dscf t.he Uni ve r ss.L FeLl ovsh ip , The Charteri:3 gi ven by an :Llder of t.he Fell.owshf p?t the Ch ar' er Day S'~rvice 0:- any I·fissionin the Fe-Ll ovsb i p C~O be.come e. f ..J.lChur-chwi thin the Fe I Lowsh.ip

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Dear Editor:

This is in answer to your unsignedreply to a letter from a FRIEND OF MCCasking for voting privileges for Friends.ere: In Unity - March, 1972)

It is not your right to question aperson's decision whether to join MCC as aFriend or to join as a Member. This decis-ion is solely a matter between an indivi-dual and God.

Jesus Christ was not Christian; Hewas an Orthodox, practising Jew who wasmolded and influenced in His beliefs andactions by thousands of years of Jewishthought and religion. The term Christianwasn't used until years afterwards to de-scribe the followers of Christ. A non-Christian may be just as Christian in hisor her actions in everyday life as aChristian.

Your long list of what a Christianbelieves sounds very formidable. To behonest, how many professing Christianseven know, much less practice the thingsenumerated?

Many of us have examined our con-sciences deeply and then committed our-selves to becoming Friends of MCC. v.7ehavenot done so lightly. We have listed withall our hearts to the pledge to supportthe aims and goals of MCC. We have thengone ahead and have worked in the church'sfunctions, and contributed to its causes.We do not ask to become Deacons or Ex-horters or ministers of the Gospel. How-ever, we feel that we are as deeply dedi-cated to the other purposes of MCC as anyof the members.

These other purposes include being inthe forefront of the homophile communityin promoting new laws ending discrimina-tion and guaranteeing our rights asAmerican citizens. They also include pro-viding food, clothing, shelter, jobcounseling, personal counseling and otherassistance.

MCC is more than a church and Friendsbecome involvea- because it is more than achurch. Therefore, we should have theright to vote and completely participate.

MCC is an ecumenical church; thereinlies your strength. Close your hearts andyour doors to others and your uniqueappeal will disappear. .

Fror:ta friend,SelrnaK.

Dear Editor:

I was veryyour article onthat he was acOIIIDlWlity •

It really is a shock to the hetero-sexual cOIIIDlWlityto learn that their ver-sion of the Bible was made possible by ahomosexual.

I enjoyed the article very much. Itwas very well v.witten and showed that theauthor did extensive research.

much surprised to readKing James which stated

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I remain,Bob Barkes

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Dear Editor:

The Nay issue of In Unity Has great.Congratulations~!!

I really enjoyed the cover story con-cerning King James 1. t10st informative andI am sure the heterosexuals Hill raisetheir eyes when they read that he was gay.

Wish you much success in the upcoDingissues.

Yours in Christ,Don Cramden

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Betropolitan Community Church-Phoenix(The Church of the Nomads) was the host ofthe February 18th and 19th, 1972, Arizona-Southern Ca~ifornia District Conference.The Delegates, Hinisters ) Bembers andFr-iends of the district arrived in sunnyPhoenix the 17th to begin the 2-dayconference with many activities planned byour host.

The General Beetine':w·J.s.held the 18thand from this meeting the fo.l.Iccring wasstudied and/or passed.1. Three new missionsBernardino-Riverside,Springs, Cali.forrri.a;California.2. BCC Mission Long Beach presented aletter asking for full status (charter)into the fellowship which was passed.Other business discussed and a comnitteewas fonned to study (divorces) within thefellowship. This is to be presented atthe next district confertnce for passing.

The business portion cut of the way,MCC-Phoenix hosted us to a western hay-ride and dinner under- the stars, whichwas something else. Three wagons carriedus to the foothills of Phoenix where a

nfire was node and everyone roasted:ot dogs and mar-shma.l.Lows, Variousspeeches were given and then Pev ,Cunn::'ngham, pastor of the Phoenix church,asked everyone to join hands and to lookup at wlat he called "God's Church" (thesky). He ther:prayed a very roving prayer.

were formed - SanCalifornia; Pa.lmand Santa Barbara,

Sunday, the 19th, the church waspacked to hear Rev. Pel~ preach. He toldof the founding of the church plus othersubjects. The many members and friendswho had never heard Rev. Perry preachreally received a blessing from his s~r-mono

This was the first district confer-ence I have attended. I hope to attendmore as they are fun as well as construc-tive for the fellowship.

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Christ was pravinp. Fis discipleswatched and listened. VThen Fe ceased,they J"Bde the request, "Lord, teach us topray." Then we see Pim pranting of thisreauest in the successive verses. So herewe have a reouest ~ade to Christ, and Hisanswer', The words of the disciples vou'ldbe proper for each one of us. Lord, teachus to·pray. As surely as Christ answeredthe disciples, Fe will answer our request.Christ is our example of prayer. He pray-ed.

Christ is our great example of theprayer life. v-Thether by the runningstreams of Jordon or in the busv streetsof Jerusalem, on the ~ountain top or inthe wilderness, prayer ascended from Hissoul as incense from the altar. Praverwas more important with Him than eating,sleepinp, teaching. It was a very import-ant thing in His life. He lived in thespirit of prayer.

Cbrist is the p,reat example ofsecret prayer. He read He went into amountain alone. Again, "He werrt out intoa mountain to pray, and continued allnight in prayer to God. " Luke 6:12.Christ is our greatex~ple of soul bur-dened in prayer, "And beinp in an agonyhe prayed more earnestly: and his sweatwas as it were great drops of blood fal-ling down to the ground." Luke 22:44.v~at a sight for one who had never ex-perienced physical weakness because ofdisease, was under such a burden thatevery pore in His precious body becamean open wound, out of which came sweat,as it were "drops of blood".

Christ is the great example ofprayer being answered. Before He calledand ordained the twelve, He spent thenight in prayer. He solved the p~blemthrough prayer. On another occasion therearose the problem of·the workers. "Thensaith He unto His disciples, The harvesttruly is 'plenteous, but the labourers arefew; Pray ye therefore the Lord of theharvest, that He will send forth labour-ers into His harVest." Matthew 9:37-38.The problem was solved by prayer. "Prayye , GOd works only in answer to prayer,"said Wesley. Prayer then is the greatsolution of our greatest difficulties.

Manv wouLd save 'themse Ives many prol.Lensif they sought direction fro~ Goe ~r.prayer before decisions vrer-e nade. FOlr7many heartaches could be avo.ided, POlr7manv could find deliverance fror1 theirpresent problems if they Houle go to GodIn prayer.

Christ is the great ex~ple of con-tinued interces sion in prayer'. \tie read,"vTho in the days of His flesh offered upprayers and supplication IrIith strong cry-ing and tears .•.•and Has heard." BebreHs5:7 Be would impress upon us the lessionby the words, "Shall God not avenge Bisown elect, which cry day and night untoHim, though He bear long with +hen?" Luke18: 7. vThat a need there is for God IS

children to be intercessors for the lost,for revivial, for the reaching of thelost at home and abroad v.7ith the Gospel.vThat careless age we live in Hhen thereseems to be so few that intercede IrlithGod.

Christ is our great example ofprayer for our enemies. "Father forgivethem; for they know not what they do."Luke 23:34. Christ could pray this v7ayalthough they had nailed Fim to the cross.One of the best wavs to change an enemyinto a friend is to pray for him. Youwill be surprised how your own feelingscan change for him.

Christ is the great example by wayof present encouragement in prayer. Heappears in the presence of God to makeintercession for us. "For Christ is notentered into the holy places made withhands, which are the figures of the true;but into heaven itself, now to appear inthe presence of God for us." Hebrews 9:25"He made intercession for the transgres-sors •" Isaiah 53:12. ,A7ith this there isthe intercession of the Spirit who makethintercession for the saints. "He thatsearcheth the hearts knoweth what is themind of the Spirit, because He maketh in-tercession for the saints according tothe will of God." Romans 8:27.

Think about it. And pray daily forthe continued success of this great move-ment. Pray for our founder Rev. Troy D.Perry, that he will have the strength andthe courage he needs. Pray for the min-isters throughout the United States asthey countinue to "preach the word."

And pray for those who would denyus our First Class Citizenship.

WHAT'S HAPPENINGBY: REVEREND TROY D. PERRY

I was flying home agad-n, It had beena.lmcs.t two· -years since I had visited

-F'Lor-Lda when I had' last preached in ourchurch in Miami where at that point weonly had one congregation in that greatstate, Florida. It was my birthplace and Ilived for 14 years in Florida before mov-ing on to Alabama and then to Illinois,before moving back to Florida, back toTl-linQis and then to California, where Inow make my home.

It was with some expectation that Iarrived. This time, not to visit MiamiMission but Tampa Church. Florida now hasthree churches, Miami, and Ft. Lauderdalebeing the other two besides the Tampagroup w0e~e _ I was going to visit. I hadjust finished chartering the AtlantaChurch and was flying on to Tampa with Rev.Bradley vlilson, our District Co-ordinatorfor the Southeast District Conference ofthe Universal Fellowship of MetropolitanComnundty Churches. Brad had come up forthe Atlanta Chartering and was now flyingwi th me on to 'l'ampa,

The group from Atlanta t~ok us to theairport all 62 of them and sung "HeLives" as we departed from that airport.v7e flew into Tampa International which isone of the most gorgeous new airports inthis nation. It is just beautiful and youwould have to see it to believe it. Ithought that Los Angeles was something butthis place has Los Angeles beat all topieces. A Monorail System, Satellites,Landing Spots for airplanes, the Main Ter-r.:inal.Building with sculptured piecestanging f'ron the ceilings. It was__j.ustgorgeous. 'iThen.•..re.arr5.veain the Satellite'Suildihg as vrestepI'ea- of of our East-t err.~2.ig:-.t,about 30 r:embers of the 'I'anpaC~urc~ were there with large signs greet-~~g us to T~~pa, Florida. I was pleasantlysurIlr:sed as the e;roup went into~~---2--4.-6-8"~:-Leco we appreciate - Troy Perry. One 1070";;-·

:-:-.aY'..•..~~~ vas corring by J:1.e,a friend met herarid said, "1-1y God, vrhat is going on." Thevcnan tele !ler, "Cone over and I .•..rill tellycu , "It is i-Em!" She said, "Hho is him,"ar.dt.r.ect.r.er woman said, "Cone over honeya~d I will explain the whole thing to you

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as she was glvlng me the eye.I was also surprised that relatives of

mine had come out with the Tampa Church,my brother Jackie and his wife and sonwere there to meet me. After the meetingat the airport, we immediately drove tothe Tampa Church where dinner was planned.As we Southerns call it, "dinner on theground," when all of the membership of thechurch would bring Pot Luck, spread it to-gether and we would all eat oMt of doors.It was just great as everyone was Showingtheir southern hospitality as only south-erners can. Everyone had worked very hard,a beautifu-l ca:Ke-'Iffis· made with the name ofthe Fellowship and welcoming me to theTampa Church.

After we had finished with dinner, itwas time for evening services and we wentinto the Unitarian Church where the Tampafolks worshi-p. We had a "full house of overT09::: people in attendance and the Lordblessed, real good.

I was in Tampa for three days, duringwhich time we appeared on tvo radio pro-grams, had articles written about us inthe local press and saw the Lord anoint ineach nights service.

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Tampa is pa:stored by Rev. Lee J.Carlton, a young man who really has thefire of the Lord in his heart and a zealto do the work of the Father. Lee hasworked very faithfully for over a yearwith the Tampa folks and they have seenthemselves not get bombed out in that areaby individuals from the radical right orthe radical left. They have seen rapportwith the entire Gay Community and Lee hasbeen very active also in the Civil Rightsfor Gay people in that area.

The Tampa congregation is running on anaverage of about 70 per week in attendanceand now have the opportunity to purchasedthe building that they are meeting inthe building that they are meeting in, theUnitarian Church. They have made an offerand have started raising money and in oneweek Lee and his fine congregation raisedover ~5,000 in order to have down-paymentmoney for the congregation in Tampa. We

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praise the Lord for this, and vre are Looking fonrard to seeing great things f'ror: thecongregation in that area.

They are a lively group of people wholove the Lord and vorshi.p the Lord. Theyare fantastic people who are with theirBoard of Directors and Board of Deacons.Everybody is pulling together and goodthings are going to happen. Anytine youget people in the South who are on firefor the Lord and who are deternined theyare coing to see God nove and they are go-ina ~o carry the gospel to their brothersand sisters in that area, it is just boundto happen. Hith their zeal and v i.th theLord's help, I see many great things forthat wonderful congregation and for thatchurch. Let's pray for them that the Lordwill ever bless them as they bless thecommunity in which they live.

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Dear Brothers and Sisters;

Well, it is that time of the yearagain. The day when we celebrate riotsthat took place in New York in 1969. Theyear when Gay America came out of theclosets and went to the streets. We arealso celebrating more than just a Gay Rio~We are celebrating in Gay Pride: ~ride inourselves; pride in our community, andpride in our accomplishments over thesefew years since the Gay Liberation Move-ment started in America.

I am happy that Metropolitan CommunityChurch has had a place in the liberationmovement in this country. It was October6, 1968 when Metropolitan Community Churchheld its first service in Los Angeles.Here we are in 1972 with over 30 churchesand missions stretching from Honolulu,Hawaii to New York City, from Dallas,Texas to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. No more onelocal group, but truly a national organi-zation of gay people -and other interestedindividuals who have learned that gaytruly is good and that God can be good too,to a gay person.

Here we are in 1972 with our thirdparade, and isn't it just great! To be outon the streets of Hollywood again lettingthe world know that we ~ gay and we ~proud.

GAY PRIDE:Up until a few years ~go no one w.ould

think that you could be gay and proud ofit. No one dared to speak in glowing tor-esof being happy to be what they were. Itseemed as though- we were in a vaccum andwe had let the oppressor tell us too longwhat we,were supposed to be like, act likelook like and talk like, but then, thedoors swung open. I am glad that God inHis goodness creat~d me, a gay person. Iam glad.,and Iwo).ll,dnIt have it any-otherway. N:():~,too-'manY:-,years ago I couldn'tsay that, "';asT was oppressed as other in-dividuals were, _-:t; believed in myths andthe lies that we:!;'€:.t.o.Ld about us; I be-lieved the storie:e..t.hat;came our way; -I

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believed that we were all some sort ofperverted degenerates, some sort of guttercreatures. But, one day I woke up and re-alized that Gay was Good, that I could bea whole human being, that I could contri-bute something that I felt would helpchange American Societ~. But, before Icould even do anything to help our so-ciety I had to help myself, by acceptingme for what I am.

-GAY PRIDE AND TOMORROH:What about tomorrow? _ What about our

struggle for human rights in this AmericanSociety? Can we win it? You bet we canand we are going to. We are not going togive up in this race, but, we are going tofight. We are going to fight- the indivi-duals who oppress us and who try to keepus down,those individuals vho would usethe simalar tactics, those indiv~duals whowould use half truths and myths surround-ing our community to try to talk about usas though - we don't exist or that we aresome sub-human individuals. What abouttomorrow? We are going to win; we are go-ing to see things happen as we have neverseen things happen; we are going to seegood things transpire and take place with-in our comnunity, within the straightcommunity and within the world community.We are going to-stand up and be countedand we are going to let our brothers andsisters from California to New York andall areas in between know that really Gayis Good. -Weare going to make this abetter place to live in. We do have pridein ourselves as gay men and vomen , march-ing-together, holding each others handlooking up, smiling out in the light, let~ing America know that we do have gay pride

-in our hearts ,and in our lives, and wewill see a better tomorrow, for gay menand women everywherel

In Gay Love,Rev. Troy D. Perry

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January 16, 1972 was a clear, exceed-ingly cold Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia. Afire, however, was lit that has continuedto grow without ceasing. The spark thatignited this blaze was the introduction ofthe Reverend John W. Gill as the InterimPastor of the newly organized HetropolitanCorrmun.ity Church of Atlanta. This is thestory of the growth of that f'Lamewhichhas brightened immeasurably the lives of agood many people in the homophile cOlTlr!luni-ty in Atlanta.

That first Sunday a total of 51 cou-rageous souls were in attendance. SOJ:lecame out of curiosity, some carne just tosee what was happening, but the largermajority came seeking the solace of a Godwhich had been denied ther:t through themore established churches. This larger

majority still attends, and has formed anucleus around which others have gathered,seeking a home. The home is now a formallyChartered member of the Universal Fellow-ship of Metropolitan Community Churches.

The second Sunday, January 23, theAtlanta mission moved into what has con-tinued to be its home, The Pocket Theatreon Courtland Street. These premises weredonated to the Church until such time asneeded by the owner. To the owner, MY'.Dick Monroe, we would like to give ourmost heart-felt thanks for his generosity,for this enabled us to start planning andexecuting a workable budget without toomuch fear of having to over-reach ourselvesfinancially.

The congregation continued to grow,and stayed around the 90-95 bracket forseveral weeks after the move. Then, whenword started circulating wider, the churchfinally broke the 100 attendance barrier.Since that date, incidentally, we havenever gone back under that mark. By thistime, Reverend Gill had so ingrained hispersonality into the affections of thecongregation that the next major step wasacted upon with the entire consent of theattending audience.

On March 5, Reverend Gill was passedupon by the congregation as a full-timesalaried minister, in order to devote hisfull time as a Shepherd for the Childrenunder his guidance.

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday werethe next memorable dates for the Atlantamission. On Palm Sunday, we were witnessto one of the most moving services in anychurch. Three adults and one child werebaptized into the Church by Reverend Gill.vie had discussed the feasibility of havinga Sunrise Service for Easter, but finallydecided against the idea, but those whoHere there for either of those days cannotforget the faith and conviction that wasso easily discernible. The following Sun-day, April 9, another baptism in thechurch.

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Then, on Sunday, April 16, 1972, weentered into a new phase of our relation-ship with each other and with God. Thiswas Charter Sunday, with the Reverend TroyPerry officiating, along with ReverendBrad vJilson of Vciami and Reverend JohnGill.

This was the first appearance by Rev-erend Perry in Atlanta, and a receptionwas held for him at the church on Saturdavnight. Sunday morning services were at11:00 a.m., and the entire congregationwas captivated by his forth-rightness ancdynamic manner of speech. Afterwards, itseemed as if he had entertained, chasti see ,exhorted, and blessed us, all at the sanetime. vje definitely knew he had beenthere, and we are eagerly looking fcrwardto our next appearance in his congregat ion,

After the sermon, and an offer:S.g ::ythe 137 member congregation of over ~~~O,the choir perfOl"r:1edThe 150th Psc.lr: ::yCesar Franck, in one cf the rost beautif'~and moving manners seen or heard 1::y t::iswriter. Then, the· presentation cf t~eChurch Charter was riade bv Rever-end Fer'rv,- -Spontaneous applause brcke out fror.~::isusually staid Southern Congregation. ~er-haps this was part of our reaction to ?ev-erenc Perry.

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Then, Reverend Brad Wilson asked thecongregation for their acceptance of Rev-erend Gill as the Permanent Pastor for thechurch. This was unanimously passedj. andReverend Gill announced the names of the60 Charter Members. Those present cameforward to receive the Hand of Fellowshipfrom the Reverends Gill, Wilson, and Perry.The Charge to the Congregation was givenby Reverend Wilson, followed by the Sacra-ment of our Lord's Supper, attended by allClergy. After a hymn by the congregation,Go~ Te II It On The Moun tain, ReverendPerry pronounced the benediction with anadditional charge to all to Go, Tell It OnThe Mountain.

Yes, we will go and tell it--fromStone Mountain allover Georgia, and theSoutheast. That spark which ignited afire to warm our souls back on that coldday in January, which is now a blaze light-ing our way on Charter Sunday, we hope itwill become a conflagration suchro Atlantahas not seen since the days of Gone v.JithThe Hind. Join us, the next time you arepassing through Atlanta, and warm your-self.

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BY REVEREND TROY D. PERRY

Four new missions were started in themonth of May. Seattle, Washington, withInterim Pastor--Robert Sirico--a very wellversed young man of 22 who had his ownministry in the Seattle area until becom-ing affiliated with our Fellowship, hadhis first service in the middle of Maywith 76 people in attendance. Since thattime we have been hearing good things fromthat part of the country. Venice, Cali-fornia, with Interim Pastor--Bonnie Daniel--who will be holding her first service onJune 11, 1972. Bonnie is a student withthe Samaritan Bible Seminary, a very ener-getic young woman and is beginning herwork in an area that I am sure will be areward to all involved. Salt Lake City,Utah--with Interim Pastor--Robert Buckley,along with his lover Fred Wall. Bob is aformer Mormon and felt that he would beable to get a Mission started in that areaso, he was sent there to see what he coulddo. In his first service, he had 46 peoplein attendance for which we praise God andsince that time we have had reports thattheir attendance is building and interestis growing in that area. Santa Barbara,California, with Interim Pastor--RonaldPannell--Ron has not as yet had his firstservices but plans to do so at the end ofJune or early July. However, he has been.going to Santa Barbara on weekend? fromLos Angeles and has had a great deal ofinterest and has young people in the areathat are willing to work with him to getthings started. We feel confident that wewill see good things happen there also.

New York City Church with Rev. Wellsis going great guns and the reports comein weekly that they are growing. They havea beautiful Newsletter that will be achallenge to all in the Fellowship at theGeneral Conference this year ••• Rev ••John H. Hose, an Elder of the Fellowshipand the Assistant Pastor of the MotherChurch has become the full-time pastor ofthe San Diego Church and has moved to thatarea. John will be doing some preachingat the Mother Church even though he is nolonger the Assistant Pastor • • • The newInterim Pastor of the Philadelphia Missionis Rev. Keith Davis. Philadelphia hasjust recently requested to be chartered asa full church in their status and the re-

ports from that area have been real good.Our Pastor in Costa Mesa, California, Rev.Rodger Harrison has just returned homefrom visiting the American Baptist Conven-tion. For a full report on what is happen-ing with this convention, please see nextmonth's In Unity ••• Reverend Paul Bre-ton the Pastor of the Washington, D.C., .Church reports that there is stand~ng roomonly for the worship services and therehas been talk that they will soon beginhaving their services -inthe morning ratherthan in the mid-afternoon as they now do.Trinity Mission, Metropolitan CommunityChurch, Riverside, California, with Rev.Hal Young as Interim Pastor has requestedto be chartered as a full church and ithas been granted at the last District Con-ference and the chartering service will bethis month • • • We have had reports fromRev. John Gill of our Atlanta, Georgia,Church that they may be buying their ownproperty on a lease-purchase agreementwithin the next two months. He also re-ports that they are growing by leaps andbounds and we thank God for this • • •Metropolitan Community Church, Long Beach,California, just had a successful benefithald for them which was put on by thebrothers and sisters who have a businessin that area. We understand that they hada real good attendance to the affair andall enjoyed themselves. We have had re-~orts from Tampa, Florida that attendancehas doubled in the last two months and wethank God for this ••• Miami, Florida,reports that things are moving a littleslow for them but we know and God knowsthat things will pick up • • • During mytrip to the East Coast, I had a nice visitwith our fine folks in the New Orleansarea and they are all doing just greatdown there • • • • • • • • Miami, Floridareports that they have moved into a newbuilding and that they are going greatguns. • •• Fresno, California, Missionwhich is pastored by Rev. Paul Van Heckereports that things are moving a lit~leslow for them but we know and God knowsthat things will pick up.

San Jose, California,Church under the capable direction of BillChapman, so it is reported that they haveone of the best choirs in the fellowship.Rev. Ploen has given us this report and hesays that they are really going to givethe rest of the choirs in the Fellowship arun for their money • • • Our Mission inOklahoma City, Oklahoma, pastored by Rev.

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Bob Evans reports that they keep growingin attendance. They had 186 there thenight that I spoke to their gr-oup-randweare happy that Bob is doing such a greatjob. By the way, the Oklahoma Mission willalso be chartered-this month ••• Oakland,California, Church is without a pastor atthis writing. We have written to our dif-ferent churches to see if they have anyqualified persons that could be sent tothat church and we will get the results toyou in the next issue of In Unity •••Denver, Colorado, Church just recentlypresented their pastor with a check forthe purpose of buying a new car. The checkwas in the amount of $3,000. This grouphas also just recently had a phenomenalspiritual growth in this, their first yearof existence ••• San Francisco, Cali-fornia is looking for new quarters. Theyhave standing room only," in the churchwhere they presently ~eet ••• Chicago,Illinois, under the leadership of Rev.Arthur Green has just come through somegrowing pains but they are now feelingbetter than ever before Reports fromRev. Ronald Hansen of Honolulu, Hawaii,tells us that they are doing real well.Because of the work that Ron has been do-ing in that area, Hawaii is the fifth statein the Union to dissolve their laws con-cerning us, the Gay Community ••• As ofthis writing I am sorry to report that Ihave not heard from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,in some time--hope to hear from them bythe next issue • • • The Lord is blessingthe work in the Detroit, Michigan, areaand we are looking forward to renewing ourrelationship with these fine people at theGeneral Conference •••• Church of theHoly Spirit, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, un-der the leadership of Rev. Ted.Callawaywas chartered as a church last month andreports indicate that good things arehappening in that area. • • Rev., BobCunningham has Just been appointed .as.fulltime Pas'tor-ofour Phoenix, Arizona, Churchand they report that they had 80 in atten-dance for the 'last'few weeks • •• 'Tucson,Arizona, is still' sittJng 'still ,as 'itseems we "are not able',to get things goingirithat part ";O'f'the'CountrY. ". '.;', .."

J. am "happy toreportthat.two.of',burchurches 'irithe ',fellowshiphave,:begunex-t'e:n~:lve '<prison nilriist:d'es.''Rev~,RichardV1'ncent :'of:'the::':Da.l-las~:'Texas',Chunch : isconduc't'Lrig : .services ,,''and" ccunse.Ling ser-v:f~es"':iIl:th~ '(;ity Jail I :In''Dalla:s';,arid~ihNorther~Ca.lffo'inia~'·<Re\r.Jos'eph"Gilber,t

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of the Sacramento, California, Church isdoing the same thing. Be sure to watch InUnity for further information concerningthis work. The Mother Church in LosAngeles has just come through a small fin-ancial crisis but, God in His goodness hashelped us through and we are now strongerthan ever.

Samaritan Bible Seminary has beenblessed by the Lord. This past quarter wehad 23 students enrolled. The Dean of theSchool, Rev. Richard Ploen is also happyto report that Samaritan w~_l be graduat-ing its first two students th~s September.Several students from the school are pas-toring churches and missions ~n the South-ern California area and are also carryingthe work of the school and attending theclasses three times a week.

Well, I guess that is all of the newsthat I can come up with this time; will begetting more to you next month. Until thattime, God Bless everyone.

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HELP US TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND

God> give us wider vision to see andunderstand

That both the sun and showers aregifts from Thy Great Hand,

And when our lives are overcastwith trouble and with care>

Give us the faith to see beyond thedark cluds of despair>

And rive us strength to rise abovethe mist of doubt and fear

And recognize the hidden smile behindeach burning tear>

And teach us that it takes the ehouereto make the flowers prow

And on ly in the storms of life tohenthe winds of t.roub Le b Loio

Can man> too> reach maturity and grot.)in faith and grace

And gain the strength and courage toenable him to face

Sunny days as well as rain - high peaksas well as low>

Knowing that the "Apr-i. 1 Showers ioi.IImake the May Flowers Grow" -

And then at last we accept the"Sunshine and Showers">

Confident it takes them both to'makeSalvation Ours.'

by Helen Steiner Rice

A LITTLE SEED OF LOVEIf I can plant some little seed of loveThat later on will blossom in a smile,It matters '(lothowever else I fail;My life ioi.l.I. be ioor thiohi.l.e,

If I can do some little kindly actThat later on may soothe some sa~

heart's painIt matters not iohat: else I do, my lifeWill not have been in va{n.

by Mary Daioeon Hughes WARM OUR HEARTS ~IITH THY LOVE

071, God, oho made the summer and ioarmedthe earth with .beauty,

Warm our hearts ith aratitude anddevotion to our d~ty,

For in this age of violence, rebellionand defiance'

~/e've forgotten the true meaning of"dependable reliance" -

viehave lost our sense of duty and oursense of ual.uee, too,

And iohai: ioae once uneonc tioned, nolonger is toboo ,

Our standards have been Looered and uJeresist al.L diecepl.i.ne ,

And our vision has been narroioed: andblinded to all sin -

Oh, put the summer briphtness ~n ourclosed~ unseeing eyes

So in the carewarn faces that we passwe 'U recognize

The heartbreak and the loneliness the,trouble and despair

Th~t a world of understanding wouldmake easire to bear -

071, God, look doum on our col.d heartsand warm them with Your Love,

And grant us Thy forgiveness iohi.ch.we're so unworthy of'.

by Helen Steiner Rice

TAKE A LITTLE TIME

Take a little time todayTo mend a broken heartOr gather up the piecesOf a dream that's torn apart ...Take a little time todayTo graciously extendAn outstretched hand to someone~lho really needs a friend ...Take a little time todayTo help make life iaor thiohd. LeFor a stranger ioho can useAn understanding smile ...Reach for heaven and reflectThe sunshine from aboveTake a l.i. i.t.l.e time todauTo radiate God's love.

by Ray Habheioe

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, fl L L T 'r' PES [] f []f f SET flJ~[)LETTERPR~66 PR~~T ~~IJ

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BOOK REVIEW:

~be Worbby Irving Wallace

If you had to choose between faith ortruth, which would vou choose? This iscertainly not my usu~l way to begin a bookreview, but then this is not a usual book."The \-lord", by Irvinp Hallace, Hill becondemned by some and hailed bv some. I donot believe there will be an~one in themiddle. It has been in the bOok stores alittle over a month and is, of course, onthe top ten list. It started as #10, wentup to #6, down to #8, up to #2 and I amquite sure that it will make #l.

It will be condemned bv some of thefanatics who insist that the version ofthe Bible they use must be taken quite

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literally, at least the parts thev chooseto auote. It may also be condeJ'lIledt.vthose Hho are too lazy to thin}:. Becausethe author has used many historic facts toback up most of his "new" Testament, itwill make those Hho believe, those offaith think. These same historic factswill or should also ~ake the apnosticthink a bit. Perhaps, if they Hill read it:,it Hill even make the atheist think. I savperhaps because even adding this histori~evidence doesn't give conclusive factualproof. If there ever Has anv it has beenlost during the last a.lmos't-two thousandyears. But then if there v-JaSactual proof,would you really need faith?

All book reviewers are supposed to beoDjective and I try to be, but vrith a booklike this it is hard. Because I read vrheri-ever I can find a few minutes, there aremanv tilleswhen I have to lav aside a bookI aID reading. Interesting -books can behard to put down and boring books can behard to pick up again. EOv7ever, ho» do voudescribe a book that is more than inter-esti.nz, certainly not borinp:, but v-7ithwhich you have trouble putting do-m andhave trouble picking up again? This lS asimple book about secrecy, spies and sex.This is a profound book about faith, loveand truth.

vlhat if such a "f.ind"really happened?vlhat if such a tIfind tI was really faked?Can you build real faith on a lie? Orwould it be just another case of big bus-iness suckering in the people? But then,could big business turn faith in Christand God into a way of controllinp: the com-mon man? But then this is only a book, apiece of fiction; an ~otionallv charged,thought provokinp: book.

The hero, Steven Pandall, an agnosticwho can't even believe in h~self, is verYbelievable in his role. Look around todavand you can see manv who onlv believe inthe physical, who .h~ve no tille to be in-terested in anything that they can't see,hear or feel. A~though Steven is quitetaken up with the physical, he is also, atthe same time, a true agnostic. Betries to find out why, find out the rea-sons behind that wh.ich he doesn't under-stand. But he is even more, because find-ing the truth will not help unless youalso act upon that truth.

Irving v.7allace spent ten years ill

study, research and the writing of thisbook. It hit the market in the middle of atime of religious revival and ferment. v7as

this an accident? Or VIas he psychic? HeVlrote about heart transplants (The Prize)many years before they became a fact andabout a black senator (The Man) vears be-fore there ever VIas one. .

The "find" mentioned earlier is of afaded Aramaic first-century papyrus and apiece of parchment. The papyrus is themissing gospel wr i.tten by .Iames the .Ius t ,the younger- brother of Jesus. The parch-ment is the report on the Crucifixion asVlritten by Petronius, the centurion incharge on that dav.

Leading biblical experts believe thatthere had been another gospel and probablvan earlier one than MattheVI, Mark, Luke orJohn. These experts apree that certainparts of MattheVI and Luke C~E fro~ Mark,but that also much came fro~ SO~E otheroutside source. This could easilv be oneVlritten during or shortlv after the deathof lJesus, one that has never been found.

There are many facts YJ10Vlntodav; someactual facts, some just historic clues andhints, known to biblical scholars and his-torians, on vmich to base the contents ofthis "find". For example, in 1886, a Gos-pel of Peter was found and how many ,todav ,knoVl about it. Petronius is mentioned init. In the parchment "find" it is Pilatewho condemns .Iesus . The VIitnesses VlerePoman or citizens of Pome and it is nowbelieved that the earlv Christians put theblame on the LTevJish Priests because ofpolitics. jlfter all, Pome ruled the wor-Ldand the early Christians certainlv did notwarrt to antagonize them. Also', to thePomans, Jesus,VIas a troublemaker and thevcertainl" did not need the help of a su:t>~jugated people to liouidate Hi~. Also, ifyou remember your history, the Pomanstried to Vlipe out all the .Iews .m Pales-tine just a fevT years later.

There VIas not only historical re-search to see vThat has l-een learned ofChrist and the early Christians s'ince theti~e that the Fi1'leVIasvTritten, rut alsor-esearch into the J"1ethoc1sused toeav toauthef'ticate thinps that arCheologistsfino. This even included re search into howthese thinr:s could he faked.

Most Christians +odav knovi 0:Fthe useof the fish or the sign of the fish :t>einpused by early rhristians. Fo,·!manv kno»vThy? No, it had nothinp to do viith thefact that Peter was a fisherman. The firstletters of each Greek Hare for the phrase'\Tesus Chr-i.st , Son of (:0(1, Savior" is T-rH- j}T-P-S' , V'hich toc'avv!e spell TerrIfY:;, af'c1is the (:reeK worxt :forfish.

Because .Ioseph VIas a carpenter, doesthat mean ,Tesus also had to be c carpenter?,Tesus spoke many times of being a shepherdand Pe spoke the Language of the fanner.He certainlv knew about crops, the harvestand used their lanfuage in His parables.The fact that He plied Fis trade on someof His journeys, does not mean that Fe didnot wor-k in the f.i.e Lds , After all, howcould He have been a carpenter VIithout anytools, since Pe took nothing VIith Him. jlfarm hand uses the tools of the owner ofthe land, whi.Le a carpenter must bring hisOVln tools.

There also had to be research into themourrti.ngconflict between the hierarchy ofthe orthodox establishment churches andthe dissident and sometimes radical clergy.SomE may be radical, but many are not, ex-cept to the establishment churches. So~eonly want to simply help people and so areagainst the church's stand on minorities,poverty and the inequality of vlealth.Those that want the cler~l to go hack tobeing~ servants of the people, not justdignitaries, can not be called radical,except hy these same establishmentchurches.

v7hy did Irving Fallace vrr-i.te thisbook? So~e vears rack the top newspapermenin the country vlere pollee as to viha'twouLd be the bigpest news storv of thecenturv. ~ome said a cure for cancer, so~esaid a treatment that woul.d al.Lo» everwoneto live to the ape of one hundred, SOJ"1esaid for a landing on earth of creaturesfrom another planet and still others saiereaching another planet ane fineinp civil-ized life. But the najority said the Sec-ond Corn,infof Christ. ves, the Second Con-ing of Christ!

\'.7henas a wr iter-, as a rational re21-ist, Irving-Pallace could not think c.r::

what vJoule happen if Christ sudden lv \-'28to appear in tTev?Yor k , POJ'le,Los jlr.peles,Paris, Chicago or af''lother city, he therthought of vlhat wou lr! happer if SOP.Eo 21'-solute Lv authentic ev.i.cence I-'ere ?OlT:C

that LTe~us had li'Jec?That Christ had act-uallv waLked the earth af'ehad Lef t C'~ l:er-itage of vor ds ard actions that spol:e t('us dovm +hrough the cor-r i.dor-sof the cert-uries , to pive us .r::aith , nor or.lv if'c.truer 80(1, r-ut fa ith if'our se1ves arc"trust in one anot her-? /\r.cso he st2rtechis investiraticr., "hisresei1:r('}'C'TC-: i.t 212f.ina.l lv Led to "'T'}-:e r,l('rc".

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WESTSIDE MOTELRENQNEVADA

DIREcroRY or THE UNIVERSAL FEu..ovlSHIP or ML1'ROPOLITANCOt11UNIT't CHUROiES

CONFERENCESAND LOCAL CONGREGATIONS

BOARD OF ELDERS

REVEREND TROY D. PERRYREVEREND JOHN H. HOSEREVEREND RICHARD A. PLOEN

ALABAMA-FLORIDA-GEORGIA DISTRICTCONFERANCE. REVEREND BRAD WILSON,DISTRICT COORDINATOR

METROPOLITAN CO~llimNITYCHURCHOF ATLANTA

P. O. Box 54763Atlanta, Georgia 30308Phone: 404/636-5101Rev. John Gill. Pastor

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRITMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHP. O. Box 1119Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33302Meet: 1765 N. E. 26th St.Phone: 305/791-2630Rev. Ted Callaway, Interim Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OFMIAMI

Mailing: P. O. Box 5077Miami, Florida 33131Services: 3901 N. W. 2nd St.Phone: 305/754-9506Rev. Bradley Wilson, Pastor

FIRST METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF TAMPAMailing: 3417 San Luis DriveTampa, Florida 33609Services: 2904 Concordia StreetPhone: 813/839-5939Rev. Lee J. Carlton

2201 SO. UNION AVE.LOS ANGELES, CA. 90007

PHONE: 213/748-0123

ARIZONA-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIADISTRICT CONFERENCE. REVERENDHOWARD IHLLIAMS, DISTRICTCOORDINATOR

l'Rmr.:'Yl'1ISSIONi'1ETROPOLITA::~COIvIM"JNITYCHUW~HP. O. Box 762Co.Lt on , Ca.Phone: 714/825-9510Eev , H. S. Young, Errt er-Im Pastor

CHRIST CHAPEL METROPOLITANCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF COSTA MESA1259 Victoria StreetCosta Mesa, California 92627Phone: 714/548-5046Rev. Rodger Harrison, Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF LOS ANGELES2201 S. Union AvenueLos Angeles, CA. 90007Phone: 213/748-0123Rev. Troy D. Perry, Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMmfITY CHURCHOF LONG BEACH1105 Raymond AvenueLong Beach, CA. 90802Phone: 213/434-1944Rev. Jon Bullock, Pasto~

PALM SPRINGS MISSIONMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF THE DESERTP. O. Box 493Cathedral City, Ca. 92234Phone: 714/325-7829

OKLAHOMA MISSIONME'I'ROPOLI'r.ANCOivft.1UHITYCHURCHP. O. Box 20635Okl.ahoma City, Ok.Lahoma 73120Phone: 405/848-5066Rev. Bob Evans, Interim Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF PHOENIX1426 East Maricopa FreewayPhoenix, Arizona 85002Phone: 602/271-0125Rev. James Cunningham, Pastor

SALT LAKE CITY MISSIONMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHP. O. Box 11607Salt Lake City, Utah 84111Meet: 5695 - 13th EastPhone: 8Ql/466-6865Rev. Robert Buckley, Interim Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF SAN DIEGOMailing: P. O. Box 8205San Diego, Calif. 91202Services: 906 North 47th St.Phone: 714/264-7351Rev. John Hose, Pastor

~TROPOLITAN CO!v1M"UNITYCHURCHOF NEW YORK415 West ll~th St. #1New York, N.Y. 10025Phone: 212/866-0256Rev , Howar-c Wells, Pastor

DISTRICT OF COLOMDIA DISTRICTCONFERENCE. REVEF.NED PAlTL BRETONDISTRICT COORDINATOR

TUCSON MISSIONMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHCONTACT: MCC PHOENIX

COLORADO-LOUIS lANA-TEXAS DISTRICTCO~~RENCE. ~WVEREND RON CAJUqES,DISTRICT COORDINATOR

METROPOLITAN Cru/Wfu~ITYCHURCHOF WASHINGTON, D. C.Ma-iling: 705 - 7th St. S. E.''iashington,D. C.Services: SamePhone: 202/547-2773Rev. Paul Britton, Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF DALLASMailing: P. O. Box 1344Dallas,Texas 75221Services: j~015 NormandyDallas, TexasPhone: 214/946-4 35~·Rev. Richard Vincent, Pastor

HAWAIIAN DISTRICT CONFERENCEREVEREND RONALD HA...l'l"SON,DISTRIC'!,COORDINATOR

V~TROPOLITAN COMNlUNITY C}TIJRCHOF:HAWAIIjo.l[ailing:P.O. Box 15825Honolulu, Ha~aii 96815Services: 2500 Pali HighwayHonolulu, HawaiiPhone: 808/247-2738Rev. Ronald Hanson, Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUIH'I'YCHURCHOF DENVERMailing: P. O. Box 18616Denver, Colorado 18616Services: 1)~00 La FayettePhone: 303/2411-1110Rev. Ron Carnes, Pastor

ILLINOIS-WISCONSIN DISTRICTCONFERENCE. R....:."'V1."'RETIDARTHUR GR1'EN,DISTRICT COORDINATOR

METROPOLITAN Cru.1MUNITYCHURCHOF GREATER NID-l ORLEANSMailing: P. O. Box 50081New Orleans, La. 70150Services: 604 Kernville St.Rev. David Soloman, Pastor

GOOD SHEPHARD PARISHMETROPOLITAN COK"'nJrIITYCHURGHMailing: P.O. Box 913t~Chicago; Illinios 60690Services: 3342 North BroadwayPhone: 312/248-1525Rev. Arthur Green, Pastor

PRINCE OF PEACE PARISHMETROPOLI'I'AN COMMUNITY CEURCH202i~ West Highland AvenueMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53233Phone: 414/964-4733Rev. Paul Sydman, Pastor

NATIONAL BOARD OF HOM}:MISSIONS CONFERENCE

NORTHEffi{CALIFOFU1IA DISTRICTCONFERENCE. REVERE.'ND JAMESflAIIDMIRE,DISTRICT COORDINATOR

DETROIT MISSIONMETROPCLITAN COMMUNITY CIDJRCHP. O. Box 1917North2_and StationSouthfield, MichiganRev. Robert C'.111inan,Interim ?astorPhone: 313/777-1839

FRESNO MISSIOIJMETROPOLITAN COW~fITY CHURCHMailing: 542 Bond StreetFresno, Calif. 93702Services: 1326 "N" streetPhone: 209/264-5476Rev. Paul Van Hecke, Pas-cor

PHILADELPHIA MISSIONME'I'ROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHP.O. Box 8171f

Philadelphia, Fa. 19101Phone: 215/561-3881

EAST BAY ME'rROPOLITANCOMMUNITY CHURCHMailing: 1~40 Santa Clara Ave.Oakland, Calif. 95819Services: SamePhone: 415/832-2581

PORTLAND MISSIQIi:METROPOLITAN COW~UNITY CIDJRCHP. O. Box 42232Portland, Oregon 97242

F~MONY METROPOLITANCOMMUNITY CHCRCH902 "J" StreetSacramento, Ca. 95819Phone: 916/443-5575Rev. John Gilbert, Pastor

SEA'l'TLEMISSIONMETROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHP. O. Box 1323Seattle, Washington 98102Meet: 128 - 16th Ave. E.Rev. Robert Sirico, Interim Pastor

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHOF SAN FRANCISCOMailing: 150 - 6th StreetSan Francisco, Ca. 94109Services: Gold Mine Driveand Diamond Blvd.Phone: 415/1,33-6836Rev. James Sandmire, Pastor

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SAN JOSE MISSIONKETROPOLITAN COM}Rn{I'IYCHURCHP. O. Box 24126San Jose, Calif. 95154Phone: 408/266-7872

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