o PAGE TWO The World Day of Prayer and fellowship hour, prepared by the women of Canada will be held in the Trucksville United Methodist Church March 3, at 1 p.m. There will be a ‘hursery for the children. “ Planning committee met fin the Dallas United @ethodist Church. ‘Attending were Elizabeth Lease, area chairwoman; “Liz Greenwood, Prince of Peace Episcopal; Elda Coolbaugh, Lehman United Methodist; Meryl Wagner, Huntsville Christian; “Dorothy Pwell, Huntsville “United Methodist; Isabel “Kreidler, Trucksville EUnited Methodist; Hazel PEERY by Joan Kingsbury Does serving as pastor of a church with a parish population of ap- proximately 900 parish families in’ addition to Garris, Dallas United Methodist; Margaret Molley, St. Theresa, Romas Catholic, Ida Koeb, Trinity United Presbyterian, Helen Searles, Shavertown United Methodist. Theme for the celebration is ‘‘Community Spirit in Modern Living.” Women will be united in prayer, meditation and study until the 24 hours ends in the islands off Alaska. Everyone is invited to» attend the celebration. Fourteen Back Mountain Churches will be represented. : being principal of a parochial school run by that parish differ greatly from being a Navy chaplain? Father William Cusick, ss The third and fourth services in the Lenten Seriés sponsored by the Lehman, Maple Grove and Huntsville United Methodist Charges will be held this week. The third service will be 22 at Maple Grove with the Rev. Margaret Reid, pastor of Huntsville UM bringing the message, this service will be followed by a meeting of the joint committee. The fourth service will be Sunday evening Feb. 26 at Idetown at 7:30 p.m. This will be a service of music and drama. All are invited to both of these services. new pastor of Gate of Heaven Church, is in just the right situation to an- swer that question. Father William Cusick was born in Scranton. He attended St. Ann’s Monestary School, Scranton, and graduated from the University of Scranton. He continued his education at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. In 1955, he was or- dained by the late Bishop Jerome Hannon in St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton. During his years in the priesthood, Father Cusick ferent areas. His first assignment with the Pocono Catholic Missions ‘lasted for nine years. In 1964, he was transferred to GOH plans St. Patrick’s Day party The Gate of Heaven annual = St. Paltrick’s Day Party will be held in the parish auditorium Saturday, March 18. will be served. For reservations contact Mrs. Robert Okonski. els Rehearsal for the Cantata to given by the six chur- ches on April 2 will be held at Lehman following mor- ning worship on Sunday March 5. Prof. Rosendo Santos is writing the Cantata and will direct it. “The Holy Sabbath’ will be the sermon topic of Thomas R. Williams, Chairperson of the Work Area on Worship, at the Trucksville United Methodist church on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Wayne Long, lay leader and Ruth Merrel, Friendship Class teacher, will assist Williams as lay readers. The Chancel Choir, under the direction of Harry G. Trebilcox, will sing the traditional southern hymn, “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need.” Church school will meet at 9:15 a.m. Mrs. Nicholas Mazur, Jr. is coordinator of Bible studies. St. Rose of Lima Church. His appointment this time was for two years. In 1966, his travels really began, for in that year, he went on active duty as a chaplain with the United States Navy. He served in such diverse places as the Navy base in Newfoun- dland; the Marine Corps training center at Paris Island, S.C.; and attended chaplain school at Newport, R.I. He also spent one year in Viet Nam on an air base near DaNang. For two years, he was stationed on the aircraft carrier ‘‘Midway’’. Although the ‘‘Midway’s”’ home port is Alameda, Calif., most of the time the ship was at sea in the western Pacific. Prior to his present assignment at Gate of Heaven Church, he was stationed at the Great Lakes Training Station, Ill., for four years. According to Father Cusick, being chaplain on base where there are families is similar to being pastor of a parish. However; his time spent on the Midway was of cgurse different, because only men were on the ship. things ran quite smoothly while the ship was at sea, but when weekend passes were issued when they reached port, sometimes some mischief resulted. Although Father Cusick taught while stationed at the Pocono Missions, and Rose’s he has never before been principal of a school and admits it is a new experience. Father Cusick explained that to him, the whole idea of the priesthood is to serve people, whether on ship, on base, or in a parish. Since his arrival 21, weeks ago he had been heard to say several times that although maintaining the school and church are important goals “working out our savaltion together is our primary goal.” Although Cusick remembers traveling to Harveys Lake as a small boy, the Back Mountain is really a totally new area to him. The recent snowy weather and bad roads have made it difficult for him to really get acquainted with the area. Since he has only been living in the community a short time, he said he hasn’t had much time to form an opinion, but what he has seen of it he describes as ‘‘seeming to be an active and alive place’. Gate of Heaven parish has ‘‘really impressed’ him. He remarked that the teenagers, adults, and older members of the parish seem to co-operate and work well together. He also noted that there seems to be a good ecumenical feeling in the Back Mountain and that hed is looking forward to meeting other area clergymen. Being a very busy per- son, he really doesn’t have much time for hobbies. when time allows, he enjoys hiking or playing golf. Father Cusick con- cluded, “I am glad to be here. I am looking forward to becoming part of the community as best I can.” CIES ! 1S RS TOSSED SALA GRILLED GR Clam inner by Rev. Joseph Sammons Christ was led by the Holy Spirit into the barren desert to fast for 40 days and nights. The fast that we observe during this season of lent, mitigated as it is, is a direct inheritance from the fast of Christ himself. The fast of Christ is a mysterious thing and especially, the fact that he allowed himself to be tempted by the devil. There are a number of circumstances which we do not understand. How did Christ survive for 40 days without food? Certainly by His almighty power. And his temptation with the devil. Did satan assume some form, grotesque or otherwise? We are not told. We know it was a mortal conflict between the all- holy son of God and the head of all that is evil and corrupt. We note that the devil did not tempt Christ until after the period of 40 days when he must have been ravenously hungry-- hungry and tired as well. The devil waited until Christ was at his lowest ebb in human nature--as when he tempts us when our resistance is lowest. The desert abounded in stones and rocks, many of which looked like loaves of bread. Hence, it was almost natural for the devil to say to Christ: ‘If you are the son of God, command that these stones be turned into bread.” Now scripture scholars are, for the most part, agreed that the devil did not try to induce Christ to commit sin. The devil realized probably that such a thing would be im- possible. What the devil really wanted to discover was whether or not Jesus was truly the son of God. If Jesus did these prodigious things suggested by satan, than then that would be a clear indication to satan, that, .in truth, he, satan, was encountering the son of God himself, .. , . Christ, for his part, when the devil ordered him to turn the stones into bread, refused to do so. It would be an act of distrust of Christ for his Father. Did not his Father send him on a mission to save the world? Was not the desert and its circumstances part of that mission? Every facet, every part of his public life was willed by God his Father--so that if Jesus would have yielded to his pangs of hunger he would have doubted the power of his Father to take care of him in his direst need. As it was, Jesus had absolute trust in his father who would provide for his only-begotten son even among the barren stones of the desert. And again, Christ was appointed messiah whose mission was to bring salvation to the world. To achieve this end, he would form a band of disciples about him. Wouldn’t he be starting a very bad precedent if he began his mission in this world by doing spectacular things like turning stones into bread? Wouldn’t his disciples ‘be expecting the like whenever the need disciples to give them- selves completely to his service for what he was in himself, not for any material gain or worldly show. And so, Christ said in reply to satan: ‘Man does not live by bread alone but by every utterance that comes from the mouth of God.” That is, to say, to satisfy a man’s hunger is not the only thing in life. If we satisfy a man’s hunger we are only satisfying a symptom, we are not satisfying the cause. There is more to life than bread and material things. Surely they are need to live. But beyond that there is the spiritual. Man lives by the rejected the first temp- tation. During this holy season of lent, we pause to salute Christ our captain who emerged victorious in this first battle with his arch- enemy, the devil. We ob- serve how Christ resisted temptation in order to give us an example of what we are to do when we are tempted. Christ resisted immediately. He did not hesitate. And he also prayed. He tells us to ¥ watch and pray. It is not enough to watch, we must also pray to strengthened our will and character to resist the attacks of the evil one. Sacred scripture tells us: “Blessed is the man he will receive the crown of life.”” Christ, our captain, resisted the temptation of the devil and received the crown of leverlasting life. We, too, if we resist, shall on blessed day receive this precious crown of everlasting life. daily services. Lent. light that is Christ. Sunday of Lent at the Leh- man United Methodist Charge will deal with the question of motivation. The motivation of Jesus, his enemies and ourselves will all be discussed. The pastor’s con- firmation class will meet, if possible at 2 p.m. Sun- day. The evening Lenten service will be held at Idetown. The Lehman United meet on Tuesday Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. The Cluster Council will meet at Lehman on Wednesday March Pastor Robe-t Harris will be at- tendi. g the District Councid Meeting at Wyoming Seminary on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. The Lehman and Idetown U.M.Y.F. have Huntsville March 5. on Sunday Mercy Center will sponsor three March evenings of renewal for sisters: March 2 ‘‘Religious Life: Commitment’’ by Sr. Carlos Maria 7:30-9 p.m. Miller, RSM. March 9 ‘The Desert Experience” by the Rev. William D. Campbell, Christ-My Cross’’ by Sr. Rosemarie 7:30-9p.m. Ippolito, S.C., and Rev. Dominick J. Lorenzetti. All programs will be held in Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Mercy Center, Dallas. JIMI'S RESTAURANT ‘Dallas Shopping Center PANCAKE HOUSE SCRANTON RT. 6, SCRANTON-C'DALE 400 Kidder Street, Wilkes-Barre Routes 309 & 415, Dallas OUR STEAKS ARE NOW DELICIOUSLY CHAR-BROILED utterances that come from the mouth of God, by scripture, by meditating on the world of God, by things of the spirit. 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