9 December 1985

"The Cost of Being a Christian"

Times when it costs a price to be a Christian	A reason for being different...
When everybody is: 1. fighting 2. acting like they're better 3. ignoring parents 4. smoking, drinking, etc	A Christian believes that: -you should turn the other cheek -a people are created equal; we should be humble -we should honor our father and mother -we were given our bodies to take care of

What's Happening in the World End-of-year films: The Jewel of the Nile, The Color Purple, Out of Africa End-of-year US events: Christian Identity adherent murders family of 4 mistaken for Jews; John Gotti has Mafia rivals killed, takes over as head of Gambino crime family End-of-year world events: Palestinian terrorists kill 18 in Vienna and Rome airports; Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes in Canada killing all on board, including 248 U.S. servicemen End-of-year celebrity events: Births of American actresses Raven Symone and Beth Behrs; start of Jerry Rice's NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

3 December 1985

“Jolie’s Parable”

A true christian is like a puppy to his owner. The puppy follows his owner around for guidance and shelter. He looks up to his owner for food, plus other things like love and companionship. His owner, in return, supplies him with his needs as well as teaches him obedience and tricks. The puppy grows up to be a mature and well-trained dog. He continues to follow his owner forever. Like this puppy a true christian should follow God around and go to him for your needs. Then He will teach you the ten commandments and the tricks to get in heaven. Of course, sometimes the puppy might stray off, but he returns home eventually for shelter from the night. If the puppy does get lost, his owner will search for him.

What's Happening in the World On ABC: Three's a Crowd, All My Children, Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains, Moonlighting Space Shuttle Atlantis returns from its second mission, deploying 3 more communications satellites Birth of international organizations OEI and SAARC Birth of American actress Amanda Seyfried

25 November 1985

“Personal Cornucopia”

Dear God, thank you for all of the things listed below, especially for my family and friends. Thank you for me and every day of my life. Thank you for giving us the Gospel & commandments so we have laws to go by. Last of all, thank you for making every day a day to give thanks. Amen.

What's Happening in the World On CBS: The Price is Right, The Young and the Restless, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Cagney & Lacey Reagan and Gorbachev meet for first time; Prince Charles and Princess Diana make first trip to US Total solar eclipse; volcano kills 23,000 in Colombia; Palestinian terrorists hijack EgyptAir flight; Anglo-Irish Agreement signed Birth of Calvin & Hobbes, Elmo and Microsoft Windows

6 November 1985

“Personal Symbols”

No symbol is perfect. However, some symbols do help us to understand more about ourselves than other symbols do. I have chosen the following symbols to represent certain things about myself:

I am like the color white because I am fairly bright and with one idea as to how to be or what to wear I’ll change to that way – like white can be changed with a dot of red or a splotch of blue.

I am like a puppy because I follow behind and can learn new tricks or ways of doing things and when I get older I’m more independent.

I am like the carnation because I don’t come in big groups like other flowers and I’m not all fancy with bright colors and in a nice design like the snapdragon.

I am like a coffee pot because when people like my sisters & brothers make me mad, I hold it in and get hotter and hotter till I get so mad, I pour it all out.

I am like a Weeping Willow because I am about medium height compared to the other trees. I just hang in the wind and sway any which way anyone pushes me. If someone said something mean to me I would act mean until someone said something nice to me.

What's Happening in the World On NBC: Wheel of Fortune, Days of Our Lives, Highway to Heaven, St. Elsewhere, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Guerrillas storm the Colombian Palace of Justice; among 115 killed were nearly half of Colombia's Supreme Court Justices French secret service admit to bombing Greenpeace ship, killing photographer Stan and Jan Berenstain, authors of the Berenstain Bears, appear on the Today Show

23 October 1985

“Modern Apostles”

If I were Jesus, and I had to choose 12 people alive today to serve as my Apostles, I would pick the following people for these reasons:

1. Mr. Albertson because he’s an influencial teacher and knows what he’s doing.

2. Grace Cary because she really enjoys Jesus and even though some people criticized her for being so active, she loves everyone.

3. Fred Knapp because he’s always really kind to me when I meet him in the store even though at first I made fun of him. He even gave me a necklace for Christmas.

4. Mrs. Edna Knapp because she spent her spare time making a Cabbage Patch Kid for my sister and she’s real active as a christian, too.

5. Father Jim because he really loves children and he let my older brother FLY his plane!

6. Mrs. Stopol because she has a lot of patience and when she does get mad, she reads from the Bible.

7. My mom because she always goes to prayer meetings and has influenced at least 30 people to join her when she goes.

8. Mrs. Graven because she is very influencial and energetic, besides being considerate and a good teacher.

9. Miss Monrovia because she understands children and listens with concern to their complaints and problems and handles things with ease.

10. My sister Susie because she is a young, energetic, and intelligent child with a sense of humor as well.

11. Rose Zurek because she, at her age, is still very religious, generous, & kind in spite of her half-poverty.

12. Bishop Weisner because he’s always helping others in celebrations and taking time off to spend with his relatives.

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Saving All My Love For You (Whitney Houston), Miami Vice Theme (Jan Hammer) John A. Walker, Navy officer turned KGB spy, convicted and sent to prison for espionage, along with his brother and son Nintendo releases NES in the US, with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt, reviving struggling video game industry

16 October 1985

“The Test of Time”

3 people that are important in my life now	Will be important later?
1. My mom 2. Susie (my sister) 3. Lori H.	very likely very likely not likely
3 things popular when parents were young	Still popular?
1. stretch pants 2. duck tail 3. hoola hoops	yes no no
3 things popular now	Will be popular later?
1. jelly bracelets 2. dangly earrings 3. video games	not likely likely likely

What's Happening in the World On the radio: Part-Time Lover (Stevie Wonder), Take On Me (A-Ha); Orson Welles dies Space Shuttle Atlantis makes maiden voyage, launching 2 military communications satellites Palestinian terrorists hijack cruise ship, 1 American killed; Sandinistas further restrict civil rights in Nicaragua, citing US involvement with Contras Sam Walton (of Wal-Mart) becomes richest person in US, followed by Ross Perot (future presidential candidate) and David Packard (of Hewlett-Packard)

2 October 1985

“Encounter of a New Kind”

If I were one of the few chosen to go to this new planet to start a new community, at the first meeting I think we should discuss government, education, and law.

Government is a good topic in my opinion because we would live terribly if we lived as the colonists before the Constitution was written. We need some form of leadership to take care of the whole community as one. If us humans totally disagree with dictatorship, I think they should know about it right away.

Education is very important. That is what makes Japan a leading country, as well as the United States. We need education to help invent things, discover things and to balance our community’s budget. To figure out taxes (if any) and just to do ordinary everyday things that people 100 years ago couldn’t do.

Last of all, law is another very important issue to be discussed because it would be very awkward for us if the Novans were allowed to do things like kill if they were insulted and vice-versa. If they weren’t allowed to speak to each other in public without some form of communication besides the voice, they might start a riot about it and demand to leave.

This experimental community shall strive to be a people who will start out right, learning from the mistakes of our forefathers and will not make the mistake of building bombs to kill each other in times of disagreement.

What's Happening in the World First Farm Aid concert; TV debuts: MacGyver, Growing Pains Hurricane Gloria hits East Coast; US signs Plaza Accord to devalue US dollar; ex-CIA officer defects to USSR Israel bombs PLO headquarters in Tunisia in retaliation for Israeli tourist murders; death of anti-Nazi activist leads to riots in Germany Rock Hudson's death reduces AIDS stigma, drives AIDS research fundraising