CAPTAIN S.M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
ADAK
sun
CDR E. L. CHANCE, USN
Executive Officer
Published each Monday for all personnel !
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for NavExos P-35 (Rev, July 58) complied
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at no cost to the government. Articles
contained herein are not to be construed
as representing the official opinion of
the Commanding Officer or the Navy Dep
artment, inasmuch as the Adak Sun is not
an official publication.
EDITOR; Harold T. Davis, YN1 055-J or 365
C RA FIA J NS CO A N£ K
The Need for Churches
Whether a church is in the open coun
try, in a village, in a large -city, or
on'Adak, the.chief Justification for its .
existence is in the fact that nan,creat
ed in the inage of God, lost nuch of
that original glory by AdanAs disobed -
ience of a Divine -command end by our
choice of evil rather than good.All have•
sinned; therefore mankind everywhere
needs an instrumentality devoted entire
ly to bringing people into a right. relat
ionship to God.
God is not an inpersonal force, like
fate or luck. He is the Crea.tor of
heaven and earth and all that in them ’
is„ Although His majesty and power are
beyond human comprehension, He has rev
ealed Himself through the recorded' ins
pirations of prophets in the Bible and
most of all through Jesus the ChristcHe
is our Heavenly Father, the source of
the inner spirit of man. He is known
by personal experience of dependence up
on Him for spiritual power*
The chief means of that experience is
a church. Its function is to proclaim
the. sovereignity of God and the Gospel
of Christ; to interpret the profound im
port of both; to shew the possibilities
of their application in everyday life;to
persuade people to believe these truths
and to become faithful followers of the
Master.(Continued next column)
It is the acceptance of the gospel
that is the supreme aim of a church.All
that a church does and all that Christ
ians do is constantly measured by teach
ings of Christ. That Gospel 1b. the
source of power for personal evangelism,
for missions, for betterment of a comm
unity, for improvement of moral stand
ards in our own community or station &
throughout the world.
The mission of the church & the miss*
ion of our chapel and che,plains is Iden
tical. You share in the responsibility
and play a vital part in the success or
failure of this proclamation. The follow
ing poem is often copied end has a word
in this regard.
I am only one,
But I am one,"
I can not do everything, T • '
* •• But I can do something.
What I can do,
I ought to do;
And wha.t I ought to do,
By.the grace of God I will do.
John L. Perry
Chaplain
fftOJvlO'f J ON S'
It was "Promotion ^ Day" Friday, Decemb-^|
er 8th for the following Naval Station ™
Officers who were given the Oath of Acc
eptance by the Commanding Officer, Capt
Shelton in ceremonies held at the Adndii*
Building, •
The Officers and their new rank ares
LCDR Wilbur R. FERGUSON
LTJG Robert W. MC, EVOY
LTJG Ronald-N„ SORENSON:.
. LTJG Donald H, WHITE ’ 1
LTJG Ralph W. HOIZWORTH - • ;
CWC-4 Clifton J. PERRY
CONGRATULATIONS to the above Officers.
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