Bobbie Jane Van Dolson

Bobbie Jane Van Dolson is supervisor of the junior high curriculum for Home Study International, Takoma Park, Maryland.

Too Precious to Lose

THEY ARE at the periphery of every congregation and may be the bane of the preacher's pastoral existence. You know them well--the long-haired kids wearing platform shoes--the boys in loud clothes that don't match, and the girls in slinky long dresses or minis. They appear to think only of today--- its fun, its food, its fantasies. In the church organization they are apt to be thought of as the hangers-on, habitually late, often absent, participating unenthusiastically, if at all, in church activities. . .

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No Greater Love

ON A long-ago day, a new family moved into the depression-ridden village where I walked the paths of my childhood. Their name was Jones, and if they were poorer than some of us, it did not matter, for there was no class consciousness in that town in those desperate times. . .

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The Christmas Bus Ride

The monthly shepherdess column

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Women for Christ

One special feature of the 1 985 General Conference session was the women's meetings, planned and directed by Shepherdess International

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