As the inside cover states, our new secretary is Karen Vink.  Karen has taken on her responsibilities with great enthusiasm.  Her energetic style and useful ideas have already encouraged us in our meetings.  We welcome her to the fellowship of the Beacon Lights staff.

We thought of working with a couple of teachers at Covenant High School again to produce several articles on the words of Jesus Christ our Lord that He spoke while hanging on the cross of Calvary.  As part of a writing assignment in the English classes of Mr. Huizinga and Mr. Kalsbeek, the tenth grade picked one of the cross words of Jesus Christ, explained what those words meant and the importance of those words for our life as God’s people.  They wrote very well and produced some superb insights into each of the cross words.  My only regret about all of this is only being able to print seven of these articles, one article for each cross word.  Choosing those seven was a difficult task because many of the articles not chosen are worthy of being printed in this magazine.  Thank you for your efforts and keep up the excellent work, tenth grade students at Covenant.  May our God bless you as you finish up the school year.

There is that occasional bit of witty humor that comes my way at times.  The notes that Mr. John Faber (Gramps) sends me are always a joy to read and I want to share part of one with you.  Mr. Faber asks, “Do you think the type-setter can read my typewriting?”  Then he adds, “What a combination!  1. OLD TYPEWRITER  2. OLD TYPE WRITER!”  That combination has made for many an excellent Beacon Lights article and we have been privileged to read them.

Mr. Ken Feenstra, another commendable writer, who wrote in the previous rubric, Current Events and Comments, has resigned.  Ken and his wife Glenny and family are planning to move to Kalamazoo, where Ken has a job with the Upjohn Company.   He will write articles from time to time when he is able to fit it in his schedule.  We pray that God will continue to use him to benefit our young people and the church.

We have gained Mr. Pete Schipper as a new writer to the rubric, Issues in Our Lives.  Plan to read some interesting articles from the pen of Mr. Schipper in the near future.

We are hoping to begin a series of articles every other month on the “Ten Commandments.”  We hope to follow the same three part format as we did with the series of articles on the “Fruit of the Spirit.”  Look for these articles in coming months, D.V.

Some of you may think that we are losing our marbles when it comes to your subscription renewal.  What seems odd to you is the filled out receipt that is mailed back to you.  Granted, all you need is your cancelled check to prove you subscribe to the Beacon Lights.  But WE need proof to show to the United States Postal Service, when the postal service audits our accounts, that you paid your subscription and that a receipt was sent to you for your payment.  We know you will understand.

The Staff thanks you for your generous support over the years and trusts that you will continue to pray for all of us that are a part of the magazine of the young people of our churches.  In January of 1991, D.V., the Beacon Lights will celebrate its fiftieth birthday.  We have much to thank our Covenant God for during all of these years.