LettersFrom the February/March/April 2006 issue Dear Home Mission Advocate, After reading the article in the recent Advocate about relief efforts for hurricane victims, I thought you might like to hear what Crestwood—my church—in Lexington, Ky., has done so far. To begin with, we set up our Mission Center to receive evacuees and collected/bought supplies to accommodate 125 people. When no people arrived the supplies were loaded onto a trailer and two men in the congregation—Bill Johnson and John Gretz—drove them to Louisiana. A little later we set up the Mission Center again to receive 75 evacuees and collected supplies again for that possibility. When no people arrived this time, the supplies were given to local centers. On November 5, three members of Crestwood-Bill Johnson, John Gretz and Karen Wheeler—and five people from Midway First Christian Church left for a six-day work week in Louisiana. In the meantime financial support for hurricane victims began to come in and was sent to Week of Compassion. To date Crestwood has contributed $29,818. Ellen Frost, Member, Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington, Ky. From: Rodney D. Glasscock, via e-mail Friends, Perhaps I should have written after reading the Advocate for last December. The Advocate for August-October has jogged me into action. I lived in Moses Lake, Wash. and in Spokane, while a Chaplain in U.S. Army Air Force, then was pastor of First Christian Church, Pasco. Although the Good Lord made me a natural proof-reader, I try to be grateful for the talent and also not to be nasty! However, I must ask, has the spelling of Yakima been changed since I learned it nearly sixty years ago? Since I doubt that (and our Rand-McNally Road Atlas agrees with me), please let me remind you that the Native Americans at White Swan are called "Yakima," not "Yakama." Since your publication carries a vast amount of very helpful material, perhaps a correction in spelling will give you an even better appearance! Actually, your loyal supporter, ResponseDear Rodney: Thank you for your letter as it gives us the opportunity to respond to a question that is asked of us many times. The question has to do with the spelling of Yakima, or is it Yakama? Actually it is both. The city located in Washington is spelled "Yakima." The tribe spells its name "Yakama" and thus the mission is called Yakama Christian Mission. The government and others decided to spell the name of the city with an "i" but the tribe has always kept the spelling with the "a". I hope this clears up the matter. We're glad you are a loyal supporter and hope you will continue to send your suggestions and questions. Jane Lawrence |
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