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College Adopts Orphan Park Agency Thanks tudents at Adventist College (NSW) recently adopted a park as part of a program Ssponsored by their local council. Retiring The Mayor of Strathfield Municipal Council, Councillor Eve Dutton, dedicated a plaque acknowledging the adoption of Inveresk Park in a ceremony attended by about 50 students and Supporter 12 staff from the college. Councillor Dutton, assisted by Councillor Andrew Ho (one of the youngest councillors in ) and several city administrators, encouraged students to take an interest in, and value their environment. Finding a As a part of this environmental awareness the students planted a number of trees that, during the year, will be monitored by Year 10 and 11 geography students. They intend to Definition for nurture their development and see that the park is preserved for others to enjoy. Love —6 EDITORIAL Challenges for the Record

layout of YOR. Obviously they are they are missing out on a blessing." love the more in tune with youth issues than We'll be working harder to try to make IRecord," those of us who left youthdom many more people want to read the Record writes one Rec- years ago. each week. ord reader, "and Michelle and Brenton have had have withdrawal some experience as editors—both What's Old? symptoms if I working at various times in the edito- We will still keep you in touch with miss out." rial department at Signs Publishing what's happening in the Adventist I've never Company. Michelle recently began Church in the South Pacific Division met her, but this work at a public relations company and around the world. Since its begin- woman obviously has excellent taste. and Brenton is a university student ning in 1898, the Record has seen as one "You keep me in touch with the hap- studying communications. I believe of its main aims as keeping the church penings of my beloved church," she they will not only make YOR more informed about the mission and continues in her letter. "Your editorials appealing, but also more relevant dur- progress of the church. That will contin- raise my spirits. You give me hope for ing 1996. ue. this Laodicean church." The Trans-Australian and the Trans- One thing that is old, but new, is that It's no wonder there was a certain Tasman Union Conferences will be we will have our copy editor—proof- glow among the editors when they reporting regularly and directly to reader back with us. Graeme Brown has received that letter. We're encouraged readers in the Record. This will help been heavily involved in book editing when we know that the Record is keep you in touch with resource devel- over the last half of 1995. He was virtu- appreciated. opment and ideas at that level in the ally unavailable to help with the Record. I'd be the first to admit that not all church. The editors are breathing a sigh of relief the letters we receive are that positive. We're planning a series we're calling that he is back. We do take any editorial suggestion "Walking With Jesus." We've asked The editorials, the letters, the fea- seriously. (That's a hint, by the way. If some of our best writers to help us tures, news, Flashpoint and Noticeboard you have something you want to say make this series something special, will still be there as a service, to chal- about the Record, please let us know.) something that will help lift our eyes to lenge, to instruct and to inform. It may interest you to know that a our Saviour. majority of the letters we receive, and Later in the year we plan to run a Record Offering most comments made about the report on Adventist churches in You may have already guessed from Record, are positive—that's an encour- Australia and New Zealand that are the enthusiasm for the Record in this aging response to us as editors. growing. And this report will not be editorial that it is time for the Record looking at what are sometimes called Offering again—next week, in fact. What's New? ethnic churches that have seen spectacu- We do need your financial support This year you will find some new fea- lar growth. You might be surprised at again this year. It costs money to have tures in the Record. For instance, we what churches are growing and what the Record waiting for you at church have been concerned for some time they are doing to have this success. each week. We've tried to do our part that YOR has not been widely read There will also be some challenging by holding the cost of the Record down among youth. We're attempting to articles, such as one recently commis- as much as possible (Record costs have make it a must read for them. sioned: "How Relevant Are the Three increased by less than 1 per cent over This year two youth (Michelle Abel Angels' Messages?" the past three years). and Brenton Stacey) will act as editors And, speaking of challenges, here's The church membership has support- for YOR. Under the watchful eye of one. In the letter mentioned above is ed this offering extremely well in the the editors of the Record, they will be the comment: "I know some people do past—and we thank you for that sup- responsible for content, design and not bother reading the Record, but port again this year. Bruce Manners

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2 RECORD February 10, 1996 LETTERS

My wife and I were fellow travellers Home Schooling on a coach tour that included stop- Recipe for Health The article "Just a Housewife" overs at Alice Springs, Darwin and It has been widely reported that (December 16, 1995) was timely. With Toowoomba. We were able to worship, more than 40 per cent of soft-serve ice- all her attendant tasks, this home- in all these places, with our faithful creams are a health hazard due to the schooling mother has just one ambition members. Our association with these bacteria E coli. Here is your own deli- (as does God): to train up her children church members of like faith was an cious do-it-yourself soft-serve in three for the kingdom of heaven. inspiration and a joy. We were blessed different flavours. At a time when families are disinte- to be recipients of their vibrant hospi- Peel, slice and freeze 3-4 ripe grating, home schoolers across the tality. We trust that our visit was bananas. Also freeze the diced flesh of board are saying, "We are close as a encouraging to them. one mango or two diced strawberries. family." That means a lot in these Olive and Harold Josephs, SA When needed, process the frozen times—for there is love, communica- bananas until half is smooth; then add tion, respect, learning and growing Uncontainable one of the frozen fruits. Continue pro- together. After reading the letter "Sad Story" cessing until all is smooth. Serve in a This allows time for beliefs and val- (December 16, 1995), I couldn't contain cone or as a dessert with fresh slices of ues to take root and grow strong during myself any longer. It is so good to see mango, or a little passionfruit on top. the tender years. There is enough someone confess to being a sexual The third flavour is just as nice. weathering to be had without the abuser and seek help. I know what it is Don't add any fruit while processing destructive blast of the current human- like to be abused. the bananas, but add vanilla and a istic education system (plus peer pres- Perhaps others in the church could dessertspoon of Perfect Cheese sure, television etc). come forward and be "real" people and Ricotta. No white sugar, no fat (negli- I have been home schooling my chil- not hide behind a cloak of respectabili- gible in ricotta) and no E coli! dren. My daughter, at the age of 15, has ty, living a double life. These people Marjorie Dodd, SA experienced God's working in her life may look respectable on the outside, and has learned to make good choices. but if they don't come forward and Missing Friends She plans to be baptised soon. receive help, they will probably, in the Please contact the Record if you With this type of schooling, along end, destroy themselves. know the whereabouts of Mrs Joy Van with Christian worship and fellowship, Unfortunately, I feel the church der Klift, or Helen and Ken you are equally-yoked with God in the encourages this respectability and calls Muggeridge. responsibility of providing a fairly ideal people to be moral, but God calls us to environment for your children's devel- be holy. While we continue to deny that Views expressed in Letters do not necessarily repre- opment. No matter what the future we have our struggles, we block out the sent those of the editors or the denomination. Letters holds, you have done what you can. healing that Christ brings and the sup- should not exceed 250 words and should be mailed to Record Editor, Signs Publishing Company, Warburton There should be no regrets. port that fellow Christians can give. Victoria 3799 (CompuServe 74617,726; Internet Suzanne Harrison, Vic Name Withheld 74617,[email protected]). Writers must include their name, address and telephone number. Letters received more than three weeks after the date of the issue carrying Unique Sabbath school? the article to which they respond will normally not be Our Ferntree Gully junior Sabbath printed. All letters will be edited to meet space and liter- ary requirements, but the author's original meaning will school divisions are, I think, unique. not be changed. Not all letters received will be published. Our junior—earliteen group has a " t analleg„. woman leader—but all her assistants, including her teenage son and the pianist, are men. UP Our primary division has a woman NOW w W11.1- TAKE leader, and her assistant is a man. THE RFCQ OFFERING You sl; ,e, VEY ARE In our cradle roll—kinder department iNcoPLE oF OkEAT we have a woman pianist, but the lead- er and his assistants are men (his father FA 111-i ./,/ and my teenage son). This means that in this department we have three gen- erations of the same family: father, son and grandson. Denise Allen, Vic Sabbath School Thanks We appreciated the excellent stan- dard of preparation exhibited in the presentation of the Sabbath school pro- grams while visiting isolated churches recently.

RECORD February 10, 1996 3 FLASHPOINT

Now the village has 23 units, New Uni Chaplain a fully occupied 36-room hos- Students Glad of Good Foundation Adventist university stu- tel and six bed-sitters. dents in have a new chaplain for 1996. Peter Rowney says he would like Stormy Carols to do all he can to help stu- A crowd of mostly non- dents find accommodation, Adventists recently attended settle into their study, meet the Stockton (NSW) church other young people and keep Carols by Candlelight pro- in touch with God. He also gram, despite storms forcing invites all Brisbane first-year the program to be moved university students to join indoors. The highlight of the the activities of the local program, compered by a

Adventist student association local disc jockey and featur- SiIv A :

QUSDAS. Mr Rowney can ing instrumentalists, singers, to

be contacted on 015 760 430 puppeteers and clowns, was Pho or through (07) 3236 2972. an impromptu performance of "Jesus Loves Me" by Top academic awards were received by three past three-year-old Brylie Frost. students of Townsville (Q1d) Adventist Primary School. Residents Thankful One of the organisers, Carol Katrina Kapitzke, Christie Krogdahl and Kate Young The first Adventists to Clarke, said a few people (pictured, from left), now attending a large private high move into the Capricorn questioned her about the school, proudly told parents and teachers their church's beliefs. She is now Adventist primary education was the best possible following up their interest. foundation to prepare them for high school.

Computer Awards brothers and sisters, were response, Adventist Media Four Lilydale (Vic) baptised recently at the Centre. Murray House from Adventist Academy students Toowoomba (NSW) Central Ministerial Association sec- were recently presented with church by Pastor Clive retary, Central Pacific Union

Sanitarium Health Food Butcher: Haley and Tracy Mission, to field work, South Company (Sanitarium) com- Clark, Cameron and Selina Queensland Conference. M Biddle

to: puter excellence awards at McKay, Candice and Reg Litster from teacher,

Pho the school's annual speech Jasmine Malcuit and John Prescott College, to ground- night. David Lister received Webster. All publicly school instructor, Avondale Adventist Retirement the open award, while declared their love for College flying school. Kelvin Village (Gild) are thankful Kathryn Howard, Tammie Christ. Peuser from associate trea- for the vision of a senior Maddern and Heidi Millar surer, Central Pacific Union Rockhampton church mem- were also honored. Mission, to accountant, ber who, in the late 1980s, Sanitarium developed the Transfers Avondale Retirement dreamt of establishing the awards because of its com- Mike Brownhill from dis- Village. George Porter from village. In early 1991 the then mitment to Christian educa- trict director, Vanuatu secretary, Papua New new church minister, Pastor tion and its desire to see Mission, to field work, South Guinea Union Mission, to Frank Tassone, became computing skills promoted. Queensland Conference. pastor of Dargaville and involved in the building pro- Phil Ellison from business Whangarei churches, North ject. Soon land had been pur- Seven Baptised manager, Kambubu New Zealand Conference. chased and cleared, and the Seven young people, Adventist High School, Peter Roennfeldt from coor- first units were constructed. including three pairs of Papua New Guinea Union dinator, Mission to Secular Mission, to associate busi- Society (SPD), to Ministerial ness manager—properties, Association secretary, Did You Hear ... ? Pacific Adventist College. Trans-European Division. . . . About the flu "drive-thrum? Richard Ferret from secre- Russell Strahan from Papua Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services tary, Eastern Highlands New Guinea, to accountant, (USA) recently redefined customer convenience when Simbu Mission, to field Trans-Tasman Union it offered "drive-thru" flu shots. work, Greater Sydney Conference. David Nearly 1700 community residents drove up to the Conference. John Gate from Taivairanga from dean of hospital's Medical Arts building, poked their left arm director, Institute of World students, Pacific Adventist out the window, got a quick jab, and drove away— Mission (SPD), to principal, College, to field work, North immunised for another flu season! Bible correspondence school New Zealand Conference. and director, media Hayley White from assistant

4 RECORD February 10, 1996 accountant, South their annual convention Queensland Conference, to held at Andrews University Radio Man Retires from AWR assistant accountant, (USA). Pastor Walter Scragg, an Australian, retired from Avondale College. Greg Adventist World Radio (AWR) at the end of January; his Young from manager, Church Retirees position as president is filled by Pastor Gordon Retzer. Adventist Book Centre, The following people have Pastor Scragg, who has directed the activities of AWR Northern Australian retired from church employ- since 1990, served as a special consultant to Pastor Retzer Conference, to assistant ment recently: Lafaele Ah until his retirement, and will continue to write and be manager, Signs Publishing Him, Western Samoa, 15 involved in some special projects for AWR. Company. years; Alick Baenasi, He formerly served as president of two divisions Western Solomon Islands (including the South Pacific Division), and was also direc- Mission (WSIM), 31 years; tor of the General Conference Radio-Television Australian President Dr Hedley Eager, Far Department when AWR began operating in 1971. Eastern Division, 40 years; Arthur Fairall, Sanitarium Health Food Company, 44 McCoy, Pacific Adventist royal family appear to be years; Pastor Kiko Gamana, College, 37 years; Pastor aloof, but I was very WSIM, 35 years; Pastor Lance O'Neffi, South impressed with their friend- Desmond Hills, Trans- Queensland Conference, 27 liness and their keen interest Australian Union years; Henrietta Parkes, in humanitarian matters," Conference, 41 years; Pastor Adventist Retirement said Mr Arthur.—ANR Edward Ho, Greater Sydney Village, Western Australia, Conference, 34 years; Neil 25 years; Pastor Tungane Hughes, Adventist Pokura, CIM, 30 years; NEWS EXTRA Development and Relief Pastor Robert Possingham, Agency, 40 years; Pastor Trans-Tasman Union Bibles for Army Vaevae Kakino, Cook Conference, 39 years; Pastor Effects of the Bible distri- Diane Fletcher, professor Islands Mission (CIM), 19 Teina Taivairanga, CIM, 33 bution program, conducted of foods and nutrition pro- years; Frederick Lang, years. by the Bible Society of fessor at Pacific Union Victorian Conference, 35 Ecuador during the continu- College (USA), recently years; Feofaaki Lanivia, ing "unofficial war" with became the first Australian Tonga Mission, 19 years; WORLD CHURCH neighbouring Peru, are now president of the Seventh- David Liggett, North New being felt. Churches in areas day Adventist Dietetic Zealand Conference, 30 Royal Reception affected by the war desper- Association. Miss Fletcher years; Pastor Donald The Queen recently invit- ately needed Bibles for peo- was elected by the associa- McClure, Victorian ed John Arthur, director of ple faced with guerilla war- tion's 500 members during Conference, 42 years; Erna the Adventist Development fare, widespread fear, con- and Relief Agency scription and economic insta- Pathfinders Give Food to Needy (ADRA)-Trans-Europe, to bility. Eighty per cent of the Buckingham Palace for New Testaments provided meetings with other aid under the program were leaders. Mr Arthur spoke delivered to young men con- individually with both the scripted into the army and Queen and the Duke of sent to various barracks close Edinburgh regarding to the conflict area. One ADRA's work in Sarajevo, young soldier, whose body where it has delivered was found in a minefield, 400,000 family food parcels died holding a New and 370,000 letters following Testament. The man's com- ker the complete breakdown of rades all wanted a copy when llma

Ste mailing services there. they recognised which book R 0 "Sometimes members of the it was.—The Bible Society

0_ Murwillumbah (NSW) Pathfinders recently collect- CHURCH CALENDAR ed and packed 35 large food hampers that brightened February 17 Record Offering the Christmases of needy people within their commu- March 9 Adventist World Radio Offering nity. The nonperishable foods were displayed at a thanksgiving service held in the church. March 16-23 Youth Week March 30 Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing Impaired Offering

RECORD February 10, 1996 5 This Is Love

by Carole Ferch-Johnson

mal shed—a helpless, dependent infant hat irony is this, that the at the mercy of sinful humanity. Wfinest quality known to Love grew to maturity on the dusty humankind should die the death of a streets of a border town in the lime- thousand definitions. Love has been stone hills of Lebanon; sharing His trivialised and scandalised, glamorised meal with the hungry, bringing water to and romanticised. Love is ever on our the thirsty, shouldering the heavy load lips with one meaning or another and of a weary passer-by. will always be, because loving and Love spilled over the borders of being loved is our deepest and most Galilee and flowed throughout the fundamental need. length and breadth of Palestine, work- It can only be met in a relationship ing miracles of healing and restoration and can only be found in connection wherever the blight of sin had left its with another. Try as we might to meet hateful mark. it ourselves through any diversion, dis- Love spoke as nothing else can to traction or substitute, if we want full the ears and hearts of women and men; satisfaction, we're dependent on some- and love in His image, after His kind, one else to supply our need. was born again in whosoever would. To a husband, love is warmth and Love bent and braced itself against acceptance in the heart of his wife. the forces of hatred screaming in oppo- To a wife, love is understanding and sition to His gracious influence until tenderness in the eyes of her husband. the time had come for Love to bow His To a child, love is care and nurture in head in death, that Love may be the the hands of its parents. victor. To a sufferer, love is empathy and Love has never left the earth, but companionship in the presence of a remains in the hearts of all who want friend. Him. He keeps on spreading His light, To the sceptic, love is oceans of emo- outside Heaven where you can be per- His joy and His will to serve wherever tion surrounded by expanses of fectly safe from all the dangers and He is welcome. expense. perturbations of love is Hell." One day, Love will recreate the earth At best, love is a risky business. So it would seem that refusing to with nothing of the old order left but There is risk in seeking love because love irretrievably stunts our humanness love. All who feel at home in such a we may not find a fulfilling source and and robs us of happiness. Daring to place will be there. the garden of our lives, calculated to love, on the other hand, puts us at risk But this isn't the kind of love we blossom and yield the fruit of love, will of being profoundly hurt. expected. It simply isn't natural. Our be parched for the want of it and be This predicament urges us to look loves are reciprocal or they wither. blighted with barrenness. beyond ourselves as we search for safe- They spring from emotion and are If this isn't dangerous enough, the ty, support and assurance in the all- bathed in feeling. risk is even greater for the one doing important business of loving—all Our natural heart simply does not the loving. As C S Lewis reflects: "To important because we cannot escape love with no return or give to no love at all is to be vulnerable. Love how we are made. Being thus made advantage. The Irish dramatist Isaac anything and your heart will certainly presupposes a God of love as our Bickerstaffe epitomises natural love be wrung and possibly be broken. If Creator who intended that love be when he says: "I care for nobody, not I, you want to make sure of keeping it indispensable to our wellbeing. if no one cares for me." Loving, for us, intact, you must give your heart to no But how would He lead us to under- must feel good both in the receiving one. Wrap it carefully round with hob- stand the essential nature of love? and in the giving. bies and little luxuries: avoid all entan- Could He send representatives to teach The love of God is altogether differ- glements; lock it up safe in the coffin or us? He did, but it fell on deaf ears. ent from this. It is supernatural, and casket of your selfishness. But in that Could He give us object lessons? He above all that is a part of our sin-trou- casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless— did, but they fell on blind eyes. Could bled lives. William Blake tries to it will change. It will not be broken, it He come Himself and reveal love in describe it thus: will become unbreakable, impenetra- everything He did and said? He did. Love seeketh not itself to please ble, irredeemable. . . . The only place Love lay on a bed of straw in an ani- Nor for itself hath any care.

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But for another gives its ease patience and forgiveness, grace and doing me a kindness, though she surely And builds a Heaven in Hell's goodness. was. despair. My friends Mike and Paul under- Week in, week out, month in, month There is a quality to God's love that stood it when their happy little family, out for years she remembered me. She, transcends the mutual meeting of complete with two compliant, academi- ever the giver—I, ever the receiver. needs or the motivations of emotion. cally gifted children, was asked to This is the love that God is. This is a love that chooses against enlarge its capacities and care for a To be born again is to reflect this the tide of adverse feeling to bless and third child. Despite the care and nur- love and to bear its fruit: joy, peace, serve another. ture they offered, she rejected their patience, kindness, goodness, faithful- This is a love that knows no bounds love and broke their hearts. ness, gentleness and self-control. Love to its commitment to another. For 10 years they provided and cared has only one criterion for discipleship This is a love that goes as far as it for her, but she didn't respond. It took that it sees itself mirrored in those who possibly can or is permitted to go in another 15 years of love on their part follow it, "Then shall all men know concern and care for another. for them to see a response. that you are my disciples when you This is a love that sacrifices all com- My neighbour Marenida understood have love one for the other" (John fort, safety and familiar loves to love it when she lifted the phone every 13:35, The Message). ❑ the unloving. week and invited me to go shopping This love was nailed to a wooden with her. She knew I was housebound Carole Ferch-Johnson is the coordinator of cross and raised above the ground, and in my isolation and made it seem like a Women's Ministries for the South Pacific Division. in His face we saw it: mercy and ten- privilege to take me along. Never once This article is adapted from a presentation made at derness, kindness and compassion, did she give me the impression she was the division session. The Language of a Look by Phil Fitzsimmons

tion, the conductor on our carriage opened the doors and he day was hot and the windows in our train carriage let them in, placing them on the floor between the toilets. Tdidn't open. Because of the incredible crush of peo- As the train pulled out of the station I returned to the ple, the conditions inside were almost intolerable. Our book I'd been reading. seats were close to the rear of the carriage. The only spare In what seemed only a few minutes later, the train space left in our carriage was in the gangway between the stopped again. Amid confusion and uproar, the family who toilets—fouled, by this time, beyond imagination. had just boarded dragged their father off the train and laid My wife and I arrived early at the train station and were him outside our window. He died, right there. pleasantly surprised to find our seats vacant, thanks to a His wife, already sobbing uncontrollably, began to rock conductor who allowed only ticket-holders into the car- backwards and forwards, cradling her husband's head in riage. This doesn't always happen on Indian trains. As the her lap. A crowd gathered and, when they saw their obvi- 12-hour trip wore on, successive conductors were not as ous poverty, began throwing coins into her lap. Moved by vigilant and the carriage filled even more. Soon people this pitiful scene, I struggled out of the carriage and pushed stood or sat in the aisles, on the roof and hung onto win- through the gawking crowd. I threw the woman 10 rupees. dow ledges. As the note fluttered down into her lap, she looked up into So great are the numbers travelling from Bombay to my face. Ahmedabad that, although there were 12 trains daily, we Fifteen years later, those eyes still haunt me. Total help- had to wait a week to get our seats. We planned to travel lessness. The family's breadwinner was gone. His body to Ahmedabad, on to Jaipur and then to the oldest, inhab- would be burned on the cheapest of wood, his ashes simply ited city in the world, Jaiselmere, in the north-west fron- scattered in a nearby stream. In all the aspects of her life— tier. Once an important stop on the silk route from China, emotional, financial and spiritual—there was now no hope. it's now a small rock fortress in the middle of the Thar Climbing back onto the train, I knew I had changed. I desert. wondered how many on that train had heard the gospel of An hour out of Ahmedabad, the train pulled into a small Jesus. Not many, I knew. I wondered how many had heard station. To our amazement, more people scrambled onto of Seventh-day Adventists. Probably none. the train, even filling the space between the carriages. The Perhaps for the first time I fully appreciated the hope only ones who did not manage to get onto the train were a and certainty I had in Christ. I knew the peace that was family with a seriously ill father. Unable to walk, he was mine for the asking. And I realised that countless others, dragged by his sons up and down the platform. sadly, do not yet know Him. ❑ They begged to be let on. At last, seeing their despera- Phil Fitzsimmons writes from Wollongong, .

RECORD February 10, 1996 7 FEATURES Plant Foods That Help by Winston J Craig

Foods documented to quently diagnosed cancer in Australia. reduce the risks of cancer More than 4000 deaths each year are Out With the Old ... are often in our supermarket traced to cancers of the colon and rec- Recent studies reveal that about produce section. tum. Evidence points to diet as one of three dozen foods have possible can- the greatest factors that increase one's cer-preventative properties.3 Scientists n average, cancer accounts for chances of being one of its victims. A at the US National Cancer Institute ini- Oabout 30,000 deaths per year in diet high in fruits and vegetables has tially focused their attention upon six Australia. And each year about 60,000 been shown to greatly reduce the risk foods that have shown good promise in new cases are diagnosed. Researchers of this type of cancer. preliminary studies. The identified have estimated that as many as 35 per Data from China indicate that death plant foods contain small amounts of cent of all deaths resulting from cancer rates from colon cancer in China are 40 active compounds called phytochemi- are caused by improper diet. per cent less than in Australia and New cals, which are known to help prevent A quick survey of two of the most Zealand. On average, Chinese eat cancer. prevalent—and preventable—forms of three times more fibre and one-third as Before we outline some of the foods cancer reveals some common and much as their Australian and New that reduce the risk of cancer, we instantly recognisable characteristics. Zealand counterparts. In China itself should look at how some dietary fac- About one in every nine women will the risk of colon cancer is twice as high tors can increase that risk. develop breast cancer sometime during in people who eat vegetables less than her lifetime. In Australia, breast cancer five times per week, compared to those • Alcohol claims about 2400 lives per year. The who eat regular servings of vegetables Alcohol consumption is associated incidence of breast cancer has been at least twice a day.2 with increased risk of cancer of the associated with such factors as alcohol A study in Boston (USA) recently liver, pancreas and upper gastrointesti- use and a diet high in fat and low in confirmed the important role of meat nal tract—especially the mouth, fruits and vegetables. While the risk of consumption in the development of oesophagus, pharynx and larynx. breast cancer is closely related to hor- colon cancer. Colon cancer in women Women who use alcohol have a monal status, dietary factors may con- who ate beef, pork or lamb as a main slightly higher risk of breast cancer— tribute to those risks by influencing dish every day was found to be two even if they have as few as three drinks hormonal levels. and-a-half times greater than for per week. Regular use of beer is linked Studies in Japan reveal that women women who consumed those meats less to colon and rectal cancer in both men who eat meat daily have four times the than once a month. and women. risk of breast cancer compared with So, while tabloid magazines and tele- those who consume meat less than vision newscasts tout every alleged • Cafeine once a week. The regular use of animal "breakthrough" in cancer treatment In a recent French study a significant products such as eggs, butter and (including so-called miracle cures), association was found between coffee cheese increases the risk of breast can- foods that are documented to reduce drinking and increased risk of bladder cer to two- to threefold."1 the risks of cancer are often no farther cancer. Among nonsmokers in the Colon cancer is the third most fre- than our supermarket produce section. study, there was a fi efold increase in

8 RECORD February 10, 1996 FEATURES Prevent Cancer

risk for those who drank three or more Swiss chard contain high levels of beta- on the defensive against "scientific" cups of coffee a day, compared with carotene. Beta-carotene and other claims that a strictly vegetarian diet those who drank only one cup a day.4 carotenoids act as antioxidants and could not sustain a normal, modern While caffeine alone doesn't seem to have the ability to protect cells from lifestyle. cause cancer, it does appear to enhance damage that may lead to the develop- Now it's practically universally the frequency with which other car- ment of tumour cells. Carotenoids are understood that a balanced diet high in cinogens induce tumours. also known to enhance several aspects natural fruits, vegetables, legumes, of immune function.5 grains and nuts, prepared simply and • Nitrites eaten in moderation, provides all the Sodium nitrite is a food additive used • Bright-Yellow/Orange/Red Fruits basic dietary requirements necessary to preserve and colour foods such as and Vegetables for optimal health. And such a diet cured meats. Its use is important for Mangoes, pineapples, tomatoes, reduces many of the risks associated the prevention of botulism. But nitrites peaches, strawberries, watermelons, with a diet high in animal foods and can react with protein products to pro- cantaloupes, carrots, pumpkins and products. duce potent cancer-forming chemicals sweet potatoes--all contain com- Indeed, when the United States called nitrosamines. These pounds associated with lower cancer Department of Agriculture recently nitrosamines have been found in signif- rates. In addition, the presence of yel- published its revised food guide pyra- icant quantities in meat and fish prod- low pigment may indicate a substance mid, it bore a remarkable resemblance ucts, including sausage, frankfurters that, in addition to inhibiting cancer, to the ideal diet given to our first par- and bacon. also seems to possess anti-inflammato- ents in Eden. It recommended ample ry properties.6 quantities of vegetables (three to five In With the New ... servings a day) and fruits (two to four Now for the good news. The regular • Citrus Fruits, Nuts, Berries and servings a day). consumption of fruits and vegetables Grains Implicit in that recommendation is has been associated with lower rates of Compounds in these items help pro- an acknowledgement that diseases cancer of the lung, breast, colon, rec- tect against cancer by degrading certain common in our day are largely pre- tum, prostate, bladder, stomach, carcinogens. ventable through proper diet. It's also a oesophagus and cervix. Combined In 1989 the National Research tacit admission that our heavenly mortality from these cancers is 70 per Council (USA) issued the following Father really knows best! ❑ cent less among those who eat several dietary recommendations to individu- servings of fruits and vegetables every als who want to reduce their risk of 1. Committee on Diet and Health, Food, and day. cancer: Nutrition Board, National Research Council, Diet and Health: Implications for Reduction of The six foods considered especially • Reduce total fat intake to 30 per Chronic Disease, Washington, DC; National promising by the USA's National cent of calories or less. Academy Press, 1989. Cancer Institute (NCI), in terms of the • Eat five or more servings per day 2. S Grahams et al, "Diet in the Epidemiology phytochemicals they contain, include of fruits and vegetables, especially of Cancer of the Colon and Rectum," Journal garlic, licorice root, soybeans, flaxseed, green and yellow vegetables and citrus of the National Cancer Institute, 61, 1978: 709- 14. citrus fruits and umbelliferous vegeta- fruits. 3. A B Caragay, "Cancer-Preventative Foods bles (carrots, celery, parsley, parsnips • Eat six or more daily servings of and Ingredients," Food Tech, 46, 1992, pages and coriander). Other plant foods that foods that are high in dietary fibre and 65-8. have shown anticancer properties in complex carbohydrates—breads, cere- 4. J Clavel and S Cordier, "Coffee Consumption NCI studies include cereal grains, cru- als, legumes. and Bladder Cancer Risk," International Journal of Cancer, 47, 1991, pages 207-12. ciferous vegetables (broccoli, • Balance food intake and physical 5. A Bendich, "A Role for Carotenoids in cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage activity to maintain appropriate body Immune Function," Clinical Nutrition, 7, 1988, and kale), onions, solanaceous vegeta- weight. Overweight persons have a pages 113-17. bles (tomatoes, eggplant and peppers) greater risk of cancer. 6. M Nagabhushan and S V Bhude, "Curcumin and turmeric. • Avoid alcohol consumption. as an Inhibitor of Cancer," Journal of the As you plan your diet, be sure to American College of Nutrition, 11, 1992, pages • Limit salt intake. Foods that are 192-8. include one or more of the following salt-cured and salt-preserved should be fruit and vegetable groups: used sparingly. Winston J Craig, an Australian, is professor of • Dark-Green Leafy Vegetables Back to the Future ... nutrition at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA. Adapted, with permission, from Vegetables such as spinach, kale and Until recently, vegetarians have been Adventist Review.

RECORD February 10, 1996 9 Programs an Answer to Prayer ussian Adventists had a three-year As a result only 200 people attended Rprayer answered recently when the opening meeting. But news of the Pastor Arthur Bath, a retired minister meetings taking place quickly spread. attending Bundaberg (SQ1d) church, "Night by night the numbers grew," baptised 79 people after an evangelistic says Ms Williams. "Some people invit- program. ed up to 15 friends." The meetings, held in the eastern Alexi Usov was one who attended. Siberian city of Bratsk by Pastor Bath, He had been contemplating suicide Peter Harding, secretary of the East after his mother-in-law cheated him out Siberia Mission Pastor Sergie of his house and car, and persuaded her Partsekanich, and a team of six volun- daughter to leave him—taking their teers, were successful despite some two children from him. He was obliged problems. to support his family even though he Pastor Partsekanich was not able to had no access to his children. Despite hire a hall until five days before the these problems he continued to attend meetings started. the program. Toward the end of the "The Russian organisation was series he started to change. Eventually, Some of the people baptised as a result of chaotic," said team member Ivy responding to a baptismal call, Mr the Bratsk mission. Williams. "For several days we had no Usov told Pastor Bath that while his other special meetings including: interpreters and the handbills were not problems were still unresolved, he had • a nightly children's program distributed. So we had to deliver them hope for the future. attended by up to 200 children. Their ourselves two days before the start of In addition to the main crusade, program, culminating in a concert held the program." Pastor Bath's team also conducted in the main evangelistic hall, resulted in several of the older children requesting baptism. Good Results from Serbian • a five-day stop-smoking plan, where over 150 people, some as young Crusade as 12, attended. Many people drink and smoke in Bratsk because alcohol and ncouraging evangelistic tobacco are so cheap. Ework recently completed • a visit to a local retirement village in Serbia by Tasmanian minis- where several older Bratsk church ter Pastor Don Fehlberg and members live. "We were appalled at his wife, Eileen, saw 80 meet- the conditions in which they were ings conducted in six cities forced to live," said Ms Williams.

over a period of six weeks. hlberg The climax of the program came on Most of their meetings the last Sabbath when more than 100 D Fe were held in Pristina, a city to: people celebrated communion.

where the Adventist Church Pho "Some of the team had their feet membership is only seven. washed several times as they led the Pastor Don Fehlberg and the first Albanian to work as Conflict between the Alban- a minister, Dijana Daka, holding a new Albanian new folk into the joyful experience of ians and the Serbians initially translation of the Bible. knowing Jesus," said Ms Williams. kept people away—yet after That afternoon, the team travelled to a four weeks of Pastor Fehlberg's meetings 120 people were enrolled in a Bible man-made lake where 79 people were correspondence course, a Sabbath school was organised for Albanian young baptised. children, 15 people were attending follow-up meetings and the senior elder's However, despite the success of the son, who was not interested in church, decided to become a minister. 1995 mission, there may not be another Also, the editor of an Albanian university newspaper printed "Digging Up mission in Bratsk. A new Russian law the Past" lessons, the strategy being that interested readers would bring com- means no public buildings can be hired pleted quizzes to Pastor Fehlberg for marking at the program. for religious meetings. So Pastor After completing their meetings in Pristina, the Fehlbergs moved on to Nis. Partsekanich and the local church Here, 200 mostly nonchurched people (or "friends") attended the opening members must raise $US35,000 for a meeting. At the end of the two-week series 100 people were enrolled in fol- permanent building in which to wor- low-up seminars. Similar meetings were also conducted in Zrenjanin, where ship. 50 people were encouraged to join Bible-study classes. "Please pray for these lovely peo- While in Serbia, Pastor Fehlberg became the first overseas minister to ple," says Ms Williams, "because this preach a sermon at the Leskovac Adventist church. year their religious freedom will be taken from them."

10 RECORD February 10, 1996 midwife at the birth of all the royal CHURCH NEWS Missionary's princes and princesses. Mr Edwards was educated in Albany and Mount Barker, WA: Grandson Tonga, but graduated from law Members school in New Zealand, where he from both started practising law. In 1974 he was churches have Named MP involved in negotiating amnesty for had a busy he grandson of a Tongan Tongan "overstayers" who were liv- end-of-year TSeventh-day Adventist mission- ing in New Zealand. He returned to (1995), with ary was named Tonga's Police and Tonga that same year and has been highlights Immigration Minister on January 12, president of the Tonga Law Society including: 1996. since 1993. • the baptisms Clive Edwards, OBE, succeeds the At the time of his appointment, of Joanne late Noble Akau'ola. Mr Edwards was one of 61 candi- Sawyer, Mr Edwards's grandmother, dates vying for nine parliamentary Sherilee Maraea Young, a young Pitcairn seats in Tonga. Dyson, islander, travelled to Tonga on the The Seventh-day Adventist Melissa mission ship Pitcairn after it visited Church is respected in Tonga, where Elsegood, Emily Searle (pictured, Pitcairn Island in 1890. She later it is known for the high academic from left), and David Rosendall. married Charles Edwards, one of the standards of Beulah College—a • Albany Adventist School's annual first converts of that missionary visit. large boarding school near concert and speech night, formal tea A nurse, Maraea Edwards (nee Nuku'alofa—and its famous brass and Year 10 graduation. •the Albany Young) served as the private nurse band that performs at many state Pathfinder investiture, taken by to Queen Salote of Tonga, and as functions—ANN Pastor Paul Goltz and featuring the presentation of the Green Beret award to Desiree Smoker. •a secret sister program—where women from Factory a Shoe-in for Clinic Albany church selected other female members to care for, without giving Nepalese cardi- A away their identity. •a health assess- ologist, on ment and awareness program con- behalf of his gov- ducted by young Mount Barker ernment, recently members at two local shows. asked the Adventist Development and Esk, SQId: Six people were baptised, Relief Agency and Pastor Ervin Ferris and his wife, (ADRA) to convert Val, retired on December 9, 1995, at an old shoe factory Camp Somerset, located in the into a heart clinic. Brisbane Valley. Pastor Ferris bap- Dr Thapa, a lead- tised Paul Borowski, Brian Fuller, er in the field of Felix Rijavec, Antje Schultz and cardiology, and 0 re Philip Vaessen, while Gatton (SQId) Paul Dulhunty, 0 church minister Pastor Ray Fraser director of ADRA- - baptised Joylene Devonshire. A Nepal, have wanted The director of ADRA-Nepal, Paul Dulhunty, and the Queen of farewell tea was then provided for the clinic for a long Nepal, at the official handing over of homes for lepers, another Pastor and Mrs Ferris, and for Esk time. ADRA construction project. church elder Nathan Thorpe, who is "Heart problems are prevalent here largely because people come down with a simple taking up volunteer service in Korea. throat infection, which is often followed by rheumatic fever that damages the heart's valves and eventually causes heart failure," said Mr Dulhunty. Gin Gin and Monto, SQId: Five peo- "A simple operation can give them back their life." ple were baptised in the Kolan River A large group of New South Wales Rotarian volunteers also helped on December 9, 1995, finishing a ADRA in Nepal. Tradesman worked on new nurses quarters for the busy time for Gin Gin and Monto Scheer Memorial Hospital, and dentists visited selected villages to give church members. Kathy and Jack dental aid. Allen, Carolyn Cumuck, Phil Carter "The saddest thing we came across was examining the older women and Kylie Wakenshaw were baptised by Pastor Phil Downing. A health coming in from the fields at night—most of them had only a mouthful of video program and banquet were stumps for teeth," said one dentist. ADRA, highly respected by the King and Queen of Nepal, will begin held at Monto, and a public vegetari- renovations on the factory later this year. an program and another baptism were conducted at Gin Gin.

RECORD February 10, 1996 11 U1;1471-1 gel ail 111111111111111111111111. Aid Agency Thanks Retiring Supporter

Melia aid valued at more than Fl$A1.5 million was raised by Croation Relief Organisation (CRO) members, who met recently to acknowledge the support of Mr Neil Hughes. Mr Hughes, retiring associate director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), helped CRO raise the money for the humanitarian aid. The organisation, an Adventist initiative, then shipped 50 containers of relief supplies to Zagreb, where they were distributed through the ADRA net- ht work to victims of the civil war. ig

"The CRO story is quite a remark- L Kn able one of cooperation with ADRA, to: both here in Australia and in Pho Croatia," says CRO public relations Croatia Relief Organisation board members, who met recently to acknowledge the support of the officer Lyn Knight. "The tremendous retiring associate director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Mr Neil Hughes. goodwill the organisation's efforts have created is outstanding. The ments gives us all great heart to Hundreds of volunteers in Sydney, recognition it receives from both the realise that our denominational Melbourne and Brisbane are mem- Australian and Croation govern- efforts are welcomed and respected." hers of CRO. CHILDREN The Angel and the Bull by Eileen Pearson dren stopped short, panting. Looking up they saw Jake trying elanie and Cory were staying to head-off the bull as it charged Mat Uncle Don's farm for the across a paddock. He tried to holidays—something they really open a gate and get the dog to enjoyed. But on the day the angel make the bull head toward it, but visited the farm Uncle Don was he couldn't. away in town. Suddenly the bull crashed Jake, who worked for Uncle through a fence and came rush- Don, was in control of the farm ing in Cory and Melanie's direc- that day. tion. Melanie gave a scream of Cory had climbed a tree, and horror, and little Cory's voice was wiped the back of his hand was looking out across the fields loud and urgent, "Quick, ask across his perspiring forehead when he saw Uncle Don's very Jesus to stop him!" and muttered, "Could you believe expensive prize bull out of his Melanie hugged Cory and it? Could you believe it?" paddock. closed her eyes for a moment. Still a little shaken, but thrilled "Hey," Cory called out, "the bull When she looked again she saw with such an answer to prayer, must have got out! There he is the bull prop suddenly, turn delib- Melanie managed to breathe, "I going up toward the haystack. erately and then trot quietly can. It was as if an angel stood We'd better find Jake and tell through the open gate. right there and stopped him." him." Jake just stood staring, too sur- "Of course," agreed Cory. Running hand-in-hand the chil- prised to close the gate. He This story first appeared in Primary Days.

12 RECORD February 10, 1996 at the Dandenong Polish SDA church. Appreciation John Baron Hawken. Lance, family and relatives want Lahnor—Poyser. Jeffrey John Lahnor, to thank all their friends and members of the son of Robert and Erica Budd (Ardlethan, church family who supported them with NSW), and Sharon Elizabeth Poyser, daugh- In the Footsteps of... expressions of sympathy, cards and floral ter of Roy and Vicki Poyser (Coo- tributes on the death of Daphne, loving wife, nabarabran), were married on 17.12.95 at Abraham and Patriarchs. Syria, Jordan and Israel, mother and grandmother. Jinchilla Gardens. Dubbo. Doug Weare May 13, 1996 Martin Weber, Project Editor of Saunders. The family of the late Victor Leeson—Lyne. Darrin John Leeson, son Ministry, and Pastor Terje Bjerka. Saunders (New Zealand) would like to thank of Neville and Annette Leeson (Lismore. .. Jesus. Israel, Nov. 11, 1996.1k William G. their friends for their sympathy, comfort, NSW), and Tracey Meredith Lyne, daughter support, cards and floral tributes at the time of Brian and Carolyn Lyne (Brisbane, Old). Johnsson, Editor of the Adventist Review, of their sad loss of a loving husband, father, were married on 17.12.95 in the Springwood Noelene M. Johnsson, Director of Children's father-in-law, grandad and great-grandad. SDA church. Ken Martin Ministries N.A.D, and Pastor Terje Bjerka. Isabel, Colleen Reid (both of Rai Valley, NZ), Raewyn Diggerman (Toowoomba, Moriarty—Rath. Nigel Moriarty, son of In the Footsteps of . . Pd111. Greece, Sept. 30, 1996. Hans LaRondelle, Old), Alan (now at Coonabarabran. NSW) Malcolm and Veronica Moriarty (Innisfail. Prof. Emeritus of Theology, and Pastor T. Bjerka and Peter (Melbourne, Vic). Old), and Alison Rath, daughter of Wilf and is a series of tours Hazel Rath (Canberra, ACT), were married covering Church and .. Paul and John. Turkey and Patmos April 15, on 31.12.95 at Canberra National SDA 1996. Martin Weber, Project Editor of Ministry, church, ACT. They plan to set up their home Bible historu Join us and Pastor Terje Bjerka, Norway. Anniversaries in Sweden. A M van Rensburg in the exhilarating .. Wesley and the Pilgrim Fathers. Great Britain, Opini Tuake. Patrick Opini, son of Pat Bowden, Cliff and Margaret, celebrated — July 8, 1996. Pastor Per deLange. Dr. PH. their 50th wedding anniversary in late 1995. Ramona Opini (Avondale, Auckland, Nets experience of retracing Margaret has been church clerk at Zealand), and Linda Tuake, daughter of Tani the footsteps of the .. the Adventist Pioneers. USA, Oct. 6, 1996. Parramatta for many years and involved in and Pepe Rongo Tuake (Cook Islands), were James R. Nix, Vice Director E.G.Whitc Estate the music program of the church. She and married on 24.12.95 at Ponsonby SDA heroes of our faith. Cliff have two children, Jennifer and John; church, Auckland, New Zealand. John Veld and Pastor Ed Peterson. and three grandchildren. Sally Nelthropp These tours attempt to Robinson—Waldrip. Darren Robinson. CALL US AND ASK FOR OUR BROCHURE! McLean, John and Edna celebrated their son of Robert and Sandra Robinson integrate historg Australia: Alfa Travel, 21 Morton Bay Road, 60th wedding anniversary late 1995. Edna has (Bendigo, Vic), and Michelle Waldrip. leisure and spiritualitu been a member of the Parramatta church all daughter of (Dr) Harold and Verlie Waldrip Capalaba, Queensland 4157. Tel.: 073 8233999, her life; her grandmother, Maria Forsyth, was (Yarra Junction), were married on 17.12.95 at Fax: 073 2451288. a charter member of the Parramatta church Warburton SDA church. A H Waldrip New Zealand: Alfa Travel, 4th Floor Parkview (among the 21 baptised by Pastor Robert TOWer, 28 Davies Avenue, Manukau City. Hare in 1892). Unfortunately, John died the Rush—Lawty. Paul Rush, son of Wayne 011 *,'EL week before Christmas from a sudden heart and Martha Rush (Sydney, NSW), and Tel.: 09 2622467, Fax: 09 2622304 attack. They had one son and three daugh- Georgina Lawty, daughter of Raymond and ters. Sally Nelthropp Pamela Lawty (Alstonville), were married on 25.11.95 at Bexhill, Lismore. Wilson—Green. Michael Wilson, son of 1953. He predeceased her in 1966. On 29.6.74 Harold Grosse Alan Wilson (Atherton, Old) and Lesley she married Ralph Brewer. Pat is survived by Sivyer (Mackay), and Kyle Green, daughter her husband (Rosewood); sons, Bevan Schulz—Potter. Matthew Schulz, son of of Alwyn Green (Murgon) and Maxine Bewert (Sandgate), Noel Bewert (Dysart), Jude Wilford (Sydney, NSW), and Karen Green (Mackay), were married on 30.4.95 at Leslie Bewert (Yamanto) and Henry Bewert Potter, daughter of David Potter the Mackay Central SDA church. (Rosewood); and daughter, Lynette Kiss (Cooranbong) and Jan Potter (Paterson), A Faro, R McGrath (Rochedale). Daughter, Maureen, prede- were married on 29.10.95 at Galston, NSW. ceased her in 1982. David M Lamb Wayne Krause Obituaries Brothers, Nancy Arabella, born 27.7.05 at Smith—Saunders. Gregory John Smith. Avera, Raiatea, French Polynesia; died son of George and Betty Smith Askin, Samuel Murray, born 21.6.01 at 22.12.95 at the Adventist Retirement Village (Muswellbrook, NSW), and Lorelei Anne- Lawrence, New Zealand; died 10.11.95 at Nursing Home, Victoria Point, Brisbane, Old. Marie Saunders, daughter of Alan and Lorne Hospital, Invercargill. He was baptised John R Lee, Selwyn A Bartlett Weddings Marilyn Saunders (Cooranbong, previously in the Sydenham SDA church in the early of Christchurch, New Zealand), were married '20s after purchasing the book The Great Clark, May Irene, born 22.5.13; died Butler—Thomson. Kym Butler, son of on 17.11.95 at Hillview SDA church, Contro ersy from a colporteur. He served 16.12.95 at the Maitland Hospital, NSW, and Ron and Daphne Butler (Canberra, ACT), Morisset. NSW. Steve Wold with the New Zealand Air Force as an engi- was buried at the Castlebrook Lawn and Carissa Thomson, daughter of Trevor neer in the Pacific during World War II. He Cemetery, Kellyville. For 20 years she and Jill Thomson (Canberra), were.married Standish—Peate. Dr Russell Roland married Frances Mary Ibbetson at Timaru in worked at the Sanitarium shop in Hunter on 17.12.95 at Canberra National SDA Standish and Glenice Lorraine Peate were 1932. She predeceased him in 1990. Sam is Street, Sydney. Her husband, Tom, prede- church. A M van Rensburg married on 20.12.95 at the Amazing Truth survived by his son, Murray (Moeraki); ceased her several years ago. She is survived College, Narbethong, Vic. brother, Allan (Nelson); four grandchildren by her son and daughter-in-law, Don and Dean—Scotter. Geoffrey Dean and Colin Standish. 0 K Anderson, T T Turner and four great-grandchildren. Fran; daughter and son-in-law, Lorraine and Shirley Ann (Shan) Scotter were married on Terence McHugh Ron Scheman; eight grandchildren; and 11 17.12.95 at Nunawading SDA church, Vic. Sykes—Hallam. Lee Anthony Sykes, son great-grandchildren. G D Giles of Malcolm and Robyn Sykes (Logan City, Beard, Gracie Ellen, born 6.3.03 at Tom T Turner, H Weymark Brisbane, Old), and Briohne Joy Hallam, Woolgoolga, NSW; died 27.12.95 at Elizabeth Green—Vause. Neil Green, son of daughter of Murray and Gail Hallam (Logan Lodge, Wahroonga, and was buried in the Dose, Nancy Louisa (nee Jones); born Kenneth and Glenice Green (Mackay, Old), City), were married on 10.12.95 at Calamvale Camden Cemetery. Baptised 30 years ago, 9.4.14 in Adelaide, SA; died 19.12.95 at and Alisa Vause, daughter of Edward and Gardens, Brisbane. Ken Houliston she was a member of the Campbelltown Swansea, NSW. Married Harry Woodward Pam Vause (Kenilworth), were married on church. She was a keen collector for Dose on 14.12.35 at the Clarence Park 10.12.95 at Maroochydore. Watson—Hitchick. Brad Anthony Adventist Appeal and Dorcas leader. Methodist church, Adelaide. They were bap- Maurice Woods, Lloyd Grolimund Watson, son of Paul and Yvonne Watson Predeceased by her husband, Alfred, and tised in 1951. For many years Nancy helped (Sydney, NSW), and Fiona Gai Hitchick, three sons, she is survived by five sons and with Meals on Wheels in the Swansea area. Hutton—Wawrzyniak. Derek Brian daughter of Douglas and Margaret Hitchick one daughter. John Silver, Ken Low She belonged to an art group, enjoyed cro- Hutton, son of the late Robert and Arlene (Sydney), were married on 21.12.95 at cheting and china painting. Harry prede- Hutton, and Elizabeth Wawrzyniak, daughter Eureka. Brad and Fiona will both teach at Brewer, Patricia Angela Emma (nee Dau), ceased her in 1980. She is survived by her of Stefan and Krystyna Wawrzyniak Kabiufa, Papua New Guinea, in 1996. born 17.3.27 at Harrisville, Old; died 26.12.95 sons, Fred (Adelaide); John, and Chris (Melbourne, Vic), were married on 17.12.95 Harold Grosse at Rosewood. She married Charles Bewert in (Swansea, NSW); six grandchildren; and

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seven great-grandchildren. Gruberski, Henryk Jan, born 16.5.13 in dren. Even in her 92nd year, she continued to Empire Games stadium. Baptised by Pastor S L Barnard, L Coombe, A Macauley Warszawa, Poland; died 22.11.95 in Adelaide, take an active interest in her large family, M Uttley following studies with Pastor John SA. Baptised in 1947. He married Emilia particularly in their spiritual growth. Wade, he joined Queens Park church, then Duncan, Joan Tasma, born 4.3.14 at Kunowska on 25.9.54 in Warszawa. He is sur- John Silver moved to Gosnells where he served as dea- Katanning, WA; died 11.12.95 at Freeman vived by his wife; son Marek (both living in Keegan, Ashton Olivia, born 22.12.95 at con, elder, lay activities leader and treasurer. Nursing Home, Rossmoyne. In 1945 she mar- SA); and sister. Maria Gruberska (Poland). King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA; After joining the Seventh-day Adventist ried Stanley Duncan in Perth. She was bap- Dariusz Keberek, Eugeniusz J Majchrowski died 22.12.95 after living only 18 minutes. She workforce in 1967, he supervised the building tised on 2.10.82 at the Morley church. Joan is survived by her parents, Mark and Jenny of the SHF bakehouse at Carmel College, was a courageous, loving mother who main- Hill, Iris Olive, born 24.10.21 at Maitland, Keegan; and brother, Callan (Manjimup, served as Clerk of Works supervising the con- tained a strong faith and trust in the promises NSW; died 17.12.95 at Bethshan Nursing WA). Pat Marshall struction of Sydney Adventist Hospital and of God. She is survived by her sons and Home, Wyee. During the war she served in Warburton Health Care Centre. He is sur- daughters-in law, Kim and Rita (Mirrabooka) the air force as a member of the WAAF. Love, William Herbert, born 21.2.04 at vived by his wife; children and their spouses, and Terry and Gayle (Dianella); and six With her husband, she was a devoted mem- Towamba, NSW; died 11.12.95 at Bega. Wendy and Ron Millen, Linda and George grandchildren. Mery Chapman ber of the Kanwal church and a quiet, consis- Married Ivy Barker in October, 1931, at Drinkall, Leonard and Rena, Rosemary and tent Christian. She is survived by her hus- Bega. She predeceased him in 1967. Bill was Reijo Karvinen, Victor and Robyn, Julie and Godber, Robina Ruby Ruth (nee Blair), band, Keith; daughters, Cheryl, Noela, baptised on 7.7.79 at Bega. He is survived by James Sutherland; 16 grandchildren and born 23.7.1899, at Camperdown, Sydney, Pamela and Robin; and sister, Doris. his children, Valda Overend (Pambula), three great-grandchildren. NSW; died 11.12.95 at Charles Harrison L H Barnard Noelene Millner (Bega), Neville (Nowra) and George W W Drinkall Nursing Home, Cooranbong. She married Lynette Murphy (Bega). Mike Fritter William Albert Godber on 15.3.22 in Howe, Rose Mary, born 28.11.04 at Swan O'Brien, John Erik, born 1963 in Brisbane, Wellington, New Zealand. He predeceased Hill, Vic; died 2.12.95 at Eildon Private Macko, Josef, born 1.3.19 at Wisnicz, QId; died 7.12.95 in San Francisco, USA. her on 1.9.29; and daughter, Gwen, in Nursing Home, Ringwood. At the age of 18, Poland; died 12.11.95 in Adelaide, SA. From John spent two years at Avondale College, August, 1949. She is survived by her daugh- she was baptised at Merbein. She married Joe the age of 14 until the second world war he two years at Pacific Union College, USA, and ter, Berenice Cassels (Tauranga, New Howe on 26.12.27. Rose was a devoted wife worked in Poland as a literature evangelist, one year as a student missionary in Korea. Zealand); and son, Ian (Burrell Creek, and mother. She is survived by her children, then after the war as a gardener. He married He was an accomplished musician. He is sur- NSW). L C Coombe, S R Goldstone Edna Brownjohn (Charlton, Vic); Irene Anna Zisper on 24.1.47 in Poland. He is sur- vived by his parents, Jim and Inge (Sandgate, Powell (Seacombe Heights, SA); Hazel vived by his wife; daughter, Gertruda Old); sisters and brothers-in-law, Esther and Golby, William Henry (Bill), born 25.1.03 at McAdam (Boronia, Vic); and Josie Paterson Haanstra; son, George; their spouses; six Mark Shaw (Shorncliffe) and Anne-Marie Parramatta, NSW; died 27.12.95 at Elizabeth (Ringwood North). grandchildren; and sister, Anna Przybylko and Ray Grauf (Kingaroy); nephews and Lodge, Normanhurst. He married Stella Clem Van Ballegooyen (all of Adelaide, SA). Predeceased by son Smith on 27.7.23 at Parramatta. Bill was Jan. Jerzy Lipski, Dariusz Kuberek, renowned for his "photographic" memory Johnstone, Irene May, born 16.6.03 at St E J Majchrowski Volunteers Needed and his ability to recite from memory large Kilda, Vic; died 12.12.95 at Esther Somerville portions of Scripture and extracts from the Nursing Home, Normanhurst, NSW. Rene Markey, Grace Inga, born 23.3.06 at Teachers, Aore Adventist writings of E G White. Predeceased by his was baptised in Tasmania. She was prede- Mudgee, NSW; died 3.12.95 at Freeman Academy—Two single (male/female) wife on 4.12.85; daughter, Merradene; and ceased by her husband, Robert Roy Nursing Home, Rossmoyne, WA. Married teachers are needed to teach science/his- son, Leslie. He is survived by his brother-in- Johnstone, in 1950; and son, Ron. She is sur- David Markey in 1930 at Northam. Inga's tory/geography/English for senior classes law, Charles Boulting (Sydney). vived by sons, Keith and Kevin (Tasmania); faith and belief in God was always positive. (Forms 5 and 6), commencing February John Silver and daughter, Denise Ferris (Sydney, NSW); She spent her life in unselfish ministry to her 1996. Appointment is for 11 months. seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchil- family and wherever she saw a need. She is survived by her sons, Ian (Bridgetown, WA) English Language Teachers are and Clive (St James); daughter, lone urgently required to work with Hinwood (Sydney, NSW); five grandchildren; ADRA/Laos as follows: and 12 great-grandchildren. Mery Chapman Vientaine. Stipend approximately $US250 per month; accommodation, Position Vacant Menhenett, Francis John (Frank), born in insurance, and textbooks provided; Director of Nursing England; died 17.12.95 in Mildura, Vic. transport—bicycle provided, and Frank's philosophy of honesty, perseverance approximately $US700 towards interna- Sydney Adventist Hospital and humour enabled him to stand up to the tional travel. tough times of his generation. He is survived Pakse (more isolated, but nicer sur- by his wife, Joan (Mildura). Predeceased by roundings, old southern capital). Stipend his son, Peter; and daughter, Wendy. $US250; accommodation, insurance, and The South Pacific Division is seeking applications for the position of Ross Chadwick textbooks provided; transport—bicycle, Director of Nursing for the Sydney Adventist Hospital. Suitable appli- plus $US200 internal travel, and cants should have: Musk, Mabel ("Bell") Florence, born $US$500 international travel. 23.6.12 at Murwillumbah, NSW; died 13.12.95 1. Qualifications enabling registration as a Registered Nurse with the at Mountain View Nursing Home, Wanted: Tradesmen volunteers for NSW Nurses Registration Board Murwillumbah. In 1971 she was baptised by 1996. Two weeks in April or November 2. A Bachelor in Management degree or be undertaking same Pastor H Dickins in the Ballina church. She to work in Katmandu for ADRA on the 3. A minimum of 10 years postgraduate nursing experience was predeceased by her first husband, Roger First National Heart Centre. Carpenters, 4. Previous management in hospitals with more than 100 beds Legge in 1979. In 1981 Bell married Jim electricians, plumbers, painters, mechan- 5. Effective communication and interpersonal skills Musk. A farewell service was held in the ics and handymen etc. For further details 6. A commitment to the philosophy and objectives of the Seventh-day Ballina church, where members of the Musk phone/fax Pr Des Mowday on (02) 9980 Adventist Church and the Sydney Adventist Hospital and Legge families paid their last respects to 8258 or Pastor Eric White. a loving wife, sister, mother and grandmoth- It is desirable, but not essential, that the applicant also have a Masters er. W V Fedorow, G Burton FIy'n'Build—Western Solomon in Management as an alternative to the Bachelor in Management Islands. An electrician, builder, and degree. Neil, Mary Esther (nee Yarrick), born 3.4.15 two labourers needed to help in the con- at Fremantle, WA; died 10.12.95 at struction of a Home Science block at the Armadale. Married Henry Arthur Neil on Kukudu Adventist High School, Western Please send a curriculum vitae, copies of certificates and references to: 24.12.33. He predeceased her in 1979. She is Solomon Islands, April 1-14 inclusive. survived by her children, Barry, Janice Swift, Cost $A1490. Contact Carl Ginger V B Parmenter Lynette Dobell (all of Perth). (mobile) 015 403 005, (home) (02) 9980 Associate Secretary Maurice Bland 7814, or Volunteer Service Coordinator, South Pacific Division South Pacific Division. Inquiries close 148 Fox Valley Road Oakes, Albert Edward (Ted), born 17.8.12 Sunday, February 17. Wahroonga NSW 2076 at Clapham, England; died 29.11.95 at For any information on volunteer ser- Hollywood Hospital, Perth, WA. Married vice, please contact Pastor Eric White, Marjorie Bates-Darvill on 17.6.37 at Volunteer Service Coordinator, 148 Fox Clapham. A master builder, he taught at the Valley Road, Wahroonga NSW 2076; England School of Building. After his arrival phone (02) 489 7122 or fax (02) 489 Applications close on March 8, 1996. in Australia on 2.9.49, he helped construct 1713. major buildings in Perth, including the 14 RECORD February 10, 1996 NOTICEBOARD

Vaughan on 3.8.31 at Mount Barker. He pre- SNO deceased her on 30.6.74. They were baptised in 1940. During her husband's ministry they OG pioneered the mission programs at Karalundi and Wiluna. Affectionately known as 4.4 "Mummy Vaughan," she touched many lives Head Chef and hearts. She was a "loving and lovable Christian" who generously gave of herself. Adventist Alpine Village She is survived by her daughters, Barbara The Food Services Department of Sydney Adventist Reynolds (Mooroolbark, Vic) and Margaret ALL SEASONS RESORT Harders (Narembeen, WA); sons, John and Hospital is inviting applications from qualified chefs to fill FOR SCHOOLS AND CHURCH GROUPS Peter (both of Cooranbong, NSW); sister, the above full-time role. Mary Banks (Capel, WA); 17 grandchildren; WITH FAMILY CHALETS and 17 great-grandchildren. Mery Chapman, Cyrus Adams The position will mainly be responsible for: at the Watson, Arthur Robert, born 8.6.24; died Adventist Alpine Village • organising and overseeing all food production Jindabyne 3.12.95 at Gosford, NSW. Married Margaret ("Peg") Stubberfield on 6.9.48. He was bap- • assisting with the development of menus and standard- tised in about 1960 at Maryborough, Qld. A Photo. or Fax: Dm Rang*, ised recipes for further information and bookings on loyal and loved husband, father and friend, Arthur was known for his work for his • training and educating staff involved in food preparation church, war widows and the oppressed. He is 064 562 738 survived by his wife (Kangy Angy, NSW); • establishing and implementing quality management daughters, Robyn Radford (Narromine), goals for the food preparation areas Deniece Dixon (Wamberal), Sandra Bradley niece, Michael, Dane, Jay and Melanie. (Deniliquin), Kerry Howard (Gorokan) and • patient meal presentation D Leamon Jennifer Rand (Lisarow); and son, Trevor (Bundaberg, Old). Peterson, Mollie Ada Gladys (nee Mudie), Eric Livingston, Gordon Lee Essentially, applicants will have at least two years experi- born 3.11.10 in Broken Hill, NSW; died ence in large quantity cooking and preferably have had a 16.11.95 at Gawler, SA. She married Frank Williams, Ronald David, born 18.7.21 at previous supervisory role. Peterson on 31.12.30 at Woodville. They North Sydney, NSW; died 1.12.95 at Berkeley were baptised in 1950 in Adelaide by Pastor Vale, NSW. Ron was a founding member and George Burnside. Mollie was not only a elder of Bankstown church. Later he attend- Please apply in writing by February 22, 1996. devoted wife and mother, but used her time ed Ourimbah church. Ron was much loved Personnel Officer, Human Resources Department and talents to bring help and comfort to any- by his family, and a strength to the church. Sydney Adventist Hospital one in need. She is survived by her husband He is survived by his wife, Iris; children, 185 Fox Valley Road (Gawler); children, (Pastor) Adrian Allan, Neville, Merrilee, and Jill; 18 grand- Wahroonga NSW 2076 (Indianapolis, USA), Christine Starke children; and two great-grandchildren. Fax (02) 487 9266 (Adelaide, SA), Dennis (Adelaide), Errol Douglas Jenkins, John Oaklands (Melbourne, Vic), Felicity Jones (Adelaide) and Gay Pearce (Adelaide). Predeceased by Withycombe, Michael Timothy Morse, son, Barry. born 26.9.44; died 8.12.95 at his home at Ross Simon, Bryce Andrews, Robert Parker Barrack Point, NSW. He is survived by his owner/manager of a national car-carrying wife, Margaret (nee Piper); sons, Nicholas, company in Canberra. After his recent three- SIGNS OF THE TIMES Smith, Beverley Estelle, born 31.7.19; died Mark, Richard and Geoffrey; and their wives; week stay— "My stay turned my life around 17.12.95 at Wyong Hospital, NSW, and was brother, Dr Robert Withycombe; and sister, from heading into darkness to regaining hope buried at the Avondale Cemetery, Charmain Parker. M G Townend and health for the future.... I found the hum- Cooranbong. She is remembered fondly for bleness of the centre a more rewarding factor her caring ministry to the retired in Coronella than a more commercial one with less sereni- Evangelism that (Nunawading, Vic) and Elizabeth Lodge ty." If you have health needs, our health- gets into (Sydney, NSW) retirement homes. A dedi- Advertisements improvement programs with God's blessing cated worker for the Lord, she used her skills could be your answer. Phone (044) 65 1362. letterboxes. as a musician and counsellor. She is survived Mobile Home for Sale—Arizona by her husband, Ian; and children, Dianne, Pines Caravan Park, Brisbane Attention Ladies—Want a Break? Elaine, Trevor and Yvonne; eight grandchil- Floor area 35'x 20'—block .55'x 40'. Fully self- For more information on the Christian $3 will be collected to help defray expenses. dren; and five great-grandchildren. contained. Double carport, shed. Minutes Ladies Getaway Club write to Lyn Spain, All inquiries to our president, Ken Killoway S R Goldstone, L C Coombe from church, ABC and campground. Yarra Travel Junction, PO Box 225, Yarra (03) 980 18986. Giveaway price to church member. Phone Junction Vic 3797. Phone (059) 67 1858. Smith, Edna May, born in Sydney, NSW; (07) 3888 1343 after 6 pm. Real Estate—Cooranbong. From Lake died 24.11.95 at Sydney Adventist Hospital, Holiday Unit—Southern Gold Coast. 2 BR Macquarie to the Wattagan Mountains, we Wahroonga. She married Bill Smith on 8.4.43 For Sale. Delightful 2-storey, 2 BR, fully furnished. Direct beach front, ideal for can assist you to buy or sell. For friendly and at North Sydney Adventist church, St 'Settlers Cottage' on 5 selectively cleared fishing and surfing. Quiet, peaceful setting. professional service contact Geoff & Deirdre Leonards. Edna is survived by her husband; acres with dam and shed. Tasmanian oak For holiday booking phone (07) 5524 9777 Reilley on (049) 77 2911. son and daughter-in-law, James and Jenny; kitchen and bathroom, tastefully decorated, BH or (066) 766 208 AH. daughter and son-in-law, Robyn and Noel partially landscaped with verandas and per- Advertisers Please Note: All advertise- Were; grandchildren, Sonia and Sheldon (all gola. Located at Blackbutt, Queensland, a Are You Interested in third angel's mes- ments should be sent to Record Editor, Signs of Sydney); and sister, Joyce Keeler great buy at $89,000. Contact R Cantell on sage? Study and discussion group every Publishing Company, Warburton Vic 3799. (Gorokan). (071) 63 0622. Friday at 7.30 pm at East Prahran church, 8 Advertisements approved by the editor will Eric Greenwell, John Silver, John Cernik Wynnstay Road. For more information be inserted at the following rates: first 30 For Sale or Lease. Large house, granny phone Dusan Velevski on (03) 9525 9339. words, $A30; each additional word, $A1.50. Tangimetua, Taivairanga (Tai), born flat, mobile home (latter two rented short- For your advertisement to appear, payment 18.9.24 at Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook term) on five acres suitable horses. Inground Retired Workers' Fellowship of must be enclosed. Neither the editor, Signs Islands; died 10.12.95 at Bethesda SDA pool. NW Sydney. 15 KellyvilletWindsor Victoria. The Fellowship will meet for the Publishing Company nor the Seventh-day Home, Manukau City, New Zealand. He is churches. Phone (02) 679 1487. first time in '96 at the Warburton church hall Adventist Church is responsible for the quali- survived by two daughters and six sons (five on Wednesday, February 21, at 11 am. All ty of goods or services advertised. Publication living in Australia and three in New Furnished House for Rent for six members and friends are invited to attend does not indicate endorsement of a product. Zealand). Ritchie Way, Alvin Coltheart months from March 1. Three BR, garage. our Fellowship luncheon and get-together. $220 per week. Contact Mr Frank Stilinovich, Any interstate visitors are very welcome to Finally: People some- Vaughan, Elizabeth May, born 3.8.10 at 14 Havelock Avenue, Palmerston, New join us. There will be a full program with Prestbury, Macclesfield, England; died Zealand. Phone (06) 357 7500. items of interest etc. All members are kindly times credit themselves 19.11.95 at Swan District Hospital, Middle asked to bring a plate of savouries or cakes. with success, and credit Swan, WA. Married (Pastor) Albert Dudley Cedarvale Health Centre. Mr B is the Drinks will be provided. The usual charge of God with their failures. RECORD February 10, 1996 15 Value for Money!

$25 a head for one inexpensive concert recital.

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