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The Acton Free- Press Wednesday 1381 thesch bus driving pastor of the Acton Pentecostal Assembly will be winging his way to Zambia to spread the word of God Accompanying him will be his wife Colleen and daughters Carrie 3 and Tiffany 1 I apprehensive but looking forward to It says Colleen The will spend at least tour years In They have to return for a year after the first miss on but plan to head back for more mis if all goes well So far Zambia is a place with little Pentecostal church involvement Brian explains He has been ass the duties of church planning around in the eastern province of Although this sounds impressive Brian will actually be starting from scratch a there are no churches in his territory at all he II be laying foundations as well as planning Moving plans have been rushed and the Ren nicks haven I had much time for research Into their new home have both attended mis on school and will have a crash course tation when they arrive at the missions base in Lusaka Zambia However most of their orients Hon will be done in the field getting to know the whom they 11 work Br an explains his territory is primarily and consists of tribal Africans of varying rel beliefs rang from Moslem to ancient ancestor worship The don even know what kind of dwelling they Inhabit although Ihey are assured thoy will have western culture amenities such as electricity and Indoor plumb ing Brian main adjustment will be in adapt s standards of achievement to fit in with those of a more relaxed society He there as a and he has to be flexible and ready to fit in where he needed He confident his preaching teaching will be accepted In years the Pentecostal Church has planted 370 churches In Kenya a country that is now considered over per cent Christian The church Pentecostal in Kenya and Malawi is expanding very well Brian com ments adding we re seeing tangible results Two of the areas that bothered Mis previously in African cultures are poly gamy ind tribalism such as ancestor worship These beliefs go against Christian doctrines Brian explains and must be handled carefully You can expect to pull out one part of their culture and put another in you have to try to determine what is totally against Christian has logo He adds that the practice of ancestor worship lias to be modified and blended with Christian teachings Pentecostal mission goals are first to the gospel to those who have never heard it Brian soys Social work will follow as a specific need arises Brian explains he will try to feed bodily needs as they arise but his primary work will bo spiritual The church however does send some nuring and teaching staff Into It established missions Colleen may be more Involved with material life as Brian spreads the gospel My first concern is the children and my fam lly she states but odds she has permission to teach bible study in the schools She Interested in craft work and sees this as an area to open doors between her and the other women In the remainder of her free time Colleen will be ting as Brian secretary taking care of the vast amount of correspondence between the Mission and Canada Having been in the ministry for five years after graduating from Eastern Pentecostal Col lege in Peterborough Brian feels prepared to handle his mission obligations He been in Ac ton for threeand a hair years in charge of the member church and member Sunday School Prior to service here he spent 18 months in Ham ilton as an assistant pastor In charge of youth and music Although happy in Acton Brian experienced a restlessness some months ago and found himself exploring the field of missions eventually secur his post in Africa He and Colleen seem some what stunned with the speed their plans have moved For instance it only took days for their work permits to reach Africa and be approved Colleen says she will enjoy stowing down to an African pace of life and relishes the closeness she anticipates the family will develop Brian agrees states Africa ia a com and family orientated society not as In di as we are Although the are not quite sure what their life will be like for the next four years they 11 soon find out They deport Canadian earth on Sunday June with the good wishes Of their Acton friends following them Zambia bound Brian and with daughters Carrie and Tiffany The Hills hit the road last Wednesday morning at a special launching ceremony at Gordon Arena Among those in attendance were the committee member I lor Dave Dills Bob Dudgeon Brian Pollock Ted Pollock TcdBallinger Barb Stephens Anne Rev John Robertson and Marilyn ier Jeantson Skateathon profit tops 5000 The annual Acton Rotary Club turned a profit 471 this year Organizer Dave Whiting reported this week came In from pledges for the March event and in expenses were piled up Half of the profit goes to the Rotary Club for its community work and half to the participating schools Rotary picked up 87 Robert Little earned the most 19 while goes to McKenzlc- 14 to side 35 to Lime- house to St Joseph to M Z Bennett and 50 to The schools receive their funds in proportion to the amount they bring In from pledges Whiting said despite the fact School didn t participate this year the 1B81 was a bigger financial success than the IBM event for youngsters will be announced soon One happy shopper of the Monte Carlo shopping spree at was Elsie who shared a ticket with Flo Elsie two minutes of Tree shopping and picked up 19 worth of groceries early Saturday morning bigger Apartment false alarm Acton Firefighters were called out Friday night at approximately to the Ransom St apartment fe town hall worth saving Continued from page 1 determine the use and restoration plans and costs for the building commit its share of funding pass a bylaw accepting all project costs and manage the building through the recreation department not the Acton Chamber of Commerce as was originally planned notes previously it has been suggested the town hall be used for a Chamber office police station town office etc but If that was done there t be any funds from the Community Centres Act To secure this money it can only be for cultural and recreation Nowlan second Scott GreenorcCrcs competed in the Optimist regional oratorical contest recently and placed second He is now a spare for the Ontario district finals later this month in Waterloo and if he is lucky enough to compete and wins he II cam a bursary for his public speaking Elliott observed if council passed a motion stating the building is to be restored all barriers would disappear Certainly it is worth saving Elliott declared adding the committee which wants to wind up raising MM pre pared to continue its efforts beyond this year and see the building restored over a period years Actarlo is already planning to continue fund raising far the town hall for at least another year The town must decide what the building will be used for and apply for grants the restoration committee can t do any thing but raise funds Elliott said CHECK 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