4 Seasons

Fireplatce Barbecue
PRE-SEASON SALE

sn5999
ENGLISH OAK BP -18"

REF. $390.

L

REF. $425.

sn7999

BP -24" L

INCLUDES: logs, burner, pan, embers,

cinders, grate, & SAFETY PILOT CONTROL.

OTHER SIZES & STYLES OF
GAS LOGS ON SALE

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ALL FIREPLACE GLASS DOORS ON SALE-- DESIGN
SPECIALITIES, CUSTOM DOOR, DAVID KIMBERLEY, GLO-FIRE
HEARTHCRAFT, PORTLAND WILLAMETTE, MAJESTIC, SUPERIOR

4 Seasons Fireplace& Barbecue
(810)855-0303 SALE ENDS 10-3-96

30903

ORCHARD LAKE ROAD

(in THE PLAZA between 13

& 14 Mile by TJ Maxx &THE GAP) HOURS: Monday-Thursday 10 am-9 pm

Friday 10 am-5 pm CLOSED SATURDAY

CLOSED THIS SUNDAY THE 29TH (SUKKOT 2ND DAY)

Had Dinner With
Gordie & Colleen Howe Late

Here's "Howe!"

Monday, November 4, 1996
Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Join us in honoring
our three newest inductees:

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Gordie and Colleen Howe,
The 1996 Alvin Foon Memorial Award Recipients

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Tickets
$100 per adult

Kids 18 and under
pay their age for admission

Call Elayne Wolfson at
(810) 788.0921

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Ben Braun

Chuck Frankel

Don Berger

Men's Basketball Coach
University of
California — Berkeley

1940s High
School and
College Star

Former MSU
Football Standout
NFL and CFL player

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about newspaper or magazine ar-
ticles. We make sure Christian
literature in Russian is available,
but we don't push it. They can
take it if they're interested. If a
religious or spiritual conversa-
tion develops, it's talked about,
but that's not the agenda in the
conversation. We don't purpose-
fully evangelize at this event."
Officials in the Jewish com-
munity have been monitoring the
activities. Nothing was previ-
ously done to combat these efforts
because at first it didn't go be-
yond door-to-door proselytizing,
said Sharona Shapiro, area di-
rector of the American Jewish
Committee. Earlier this month,
once the extent of the church's ac-
tivity was known, she and Rab-
bi David Nelson of Congregation
Beth Shalom paid a visit to the
Rev. Carlson.
During the meeting, they
asked the pas-tor to consider the
morality of his outreach.
The Rev. Carlson requested
time to decide whether or not to
continue the activities, adding he
is taking their concerns very se-
riously.
"Our primary purpose is not
in how many we can influence to
our agenda and cause, or how
many converts and church mem-
bers we derive," the Rev. Carlson
said. "Any of those would be in-
cidental.
"Our purpose is to welcome the
new immigrants to this commu-
nity by being friendly neighbors.
'We recognize that great in-
justices and atrocities were ex-
tended to Jewish people in the
name of Christianity, and we're
demonstrating we are not part of
that.
'We also want to share our
faith in God according to the
Bible. We acknowledge Jews are
God's chosen people, but we also
believe God revealed himself
through his son, the lord Jesus
Christ. That is the foundation for
our faith.
"I'm not apologizing for it, but
I am saying it's our intent to
share. If, in our sharing, we are
influential, so be it. We do feel
we are called to influence peo-
ple. If we didn't do that, our re-
ligion wouldn't be worth

anything. We are committed to
doing it with integrity and in a
friendly fashion."
Rachel Yoskowitz, executive
director of Jewish Family Ser-
vice's Resettlement Service, said
the agency wasn't aware of the
extent of the programs offered by
the Berkley Community Church
until recently.
"We knew about Jews for Je-
sus [reaching out to new Ameri-

"Yes, we are
evangelic. It's part
of our mission."

— the Rev. Peter Carlson

cans], but it was not a serious
effort. We were not aware of the
extent of this outreach until just
a few months ago."
Ms. Yoskowitz maintains that
the situation wasn't brought to
agency attention initi ally because
new Americans are not willing to
acknowledge they take part in
church activities.
"We think it's because it's em-
barrassing for them to say they
went to a church for a program
when they admit to being Jew-
ish," she said. "It's an admission
of loneliness. I think they go for
the food and the camaraderie."
The church's programming .
has led the Jewish community to
do some outreach of its own. On
Sept. 29, the Michigan Board of
Rabbis and Jewish Family Ser-
vice will initiate a monthly Sun-
day Breakfast Series for new
Americans. Conservative and Re-
form congregations will rotate
hosting the program, which will
include transportation to the con-
gregation, breakfast, a chance to
meet the rabbis and an English
lesson.
"This is our attempt to reach
out to a community we fear isn't
being reached sufficiently by the
Jewish community," said Rabbi
Daniel Nevins of Adat Shalom
Synagogue, one of the rabbinic
coordinators for the program.
"We feel bringing them into
our synagogue on a Sunday
morning, where they will be able
to see young people engaged in
Jewish activity, and giving them
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