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CANADIAN ADVENTIST eSS December 1984 CANADIAN ADVENTIST From The President's Diary Valumr 53, Na 12, De449014, 1984 Ushilica, 081,4 G.E. Maxson/Editor June Polishuk/Associate Editor Allan Colleran/Art Director CONFERENCE EDITORS L. Larsen/Alberta M. Tetz/British Columbia D. M. Maclvor/Man- Sask L. Lowe/Maritime D. Crook/Newfoundland E.R. Bacchus/Ontario C. Sabot/Quebec Official Organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada: President, J.W. Wilson; Secretary, P.F. Lemon; Treasurer, N.W. Klam; Departmental Directors: Education, J.D.V. Fitch; Personal Ministries and Sabbath School, CS. Greene; Ministerial, W.R Bornstein; Public Affairs, D.D. Devnich; Publishing, W. Ruba; Youth and Stewardship, P.A. Parks; Trust Services, F. Lloyd Bell; Consultant to Health Care Institutions, AG. Rodgers. Issued monthly, annual subscription price in Canada $5.00. Out of Union $10.00. A Backward Glance Conference Directory CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE - J.W. Wilson, President; G.E. Maxson, Secretary; N.W. KJam, Treasurer; 1148 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario Ll H 1H8. (416)433-0011. T WAS DECEMBER 18, 1949, and ALBERTA CONFERENCE — H.S. Larsen, President; W. Olson, Secretary-Treasurer; Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta 'T4N 6A1. "all through Maracle House" (403)342-5044. BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE — G.B. DeBoer, President; Not a press was stirring — P.W. Dunham, Secretary, E. Tetz, Treasurer, Box 1000, Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S 41'5. (604)853-5451. The Press family was having their annual Christmas social. For the MANITOBA - SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE — D.M. occasion Oshawa's dubbed "poet laureate," Reuben Brown, had penned Maclvor, President; M.D. Su iter, Secretary-Treasurer; 1004 Victoria Ave., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. (306)244-9700. a couple of pages of couplets about the "Press." MARITIME CONFERENCE — L:G. Lowe, President; For the sake of nostalgia, here are several of those couplets: Secretary-Treasurer; 121 Salisbury Rd., Moncton, N.B. El E 1A6. (506)855-8622. ONTARIO CONFERENCE — G.W. Morgan, President; 0. Parch- MARACLE PRESS ment, Secretary; K.R. Keinrich, Treasurer, Box 520, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7M1. (416)571-1022. Designed by men of vision with a world-wide goal in view, QUEBEC S.D.A. CHURCH ASSOCIATION — C. Sabot, President; LM. Abel, Secretary; G.R.J. Gray, Treasurer; 940 Ch. Chambly, Though others thought they'd bitten off more than they'd ever chew. Longueuil, Quebec J4H 3M3. (514)651-4240. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR MISSION OF SEVENTH- It has seen times of hardship in the years that came and went, DAY ADVENTISTS — D. Crook, President; B. Christenson, But has proved itself deserving of the time and effort spent. Acting Secretary-Treasurer; 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Newfoundland Al C 2N8. (709)576-4051. And could we heap together all the work that has been done Legal Directory Since these presses started rolling from dawn till setting sun. For the information of members and friends who wish to That pile of books and papers would be mountainous in size. remember the Church and its institutions in preparing wills and legacies. To read them all, you'd need a pair of good electric eyes. ALBERTA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6A1. It took co-operation, hard work by night and day THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CORPORATION of the Seventh-day The truth-filled pages to prepare and send them on their way. Adventist Church - P.O. Box 1000, Abbotsford, B.0 V2S 4P5. MANITOBA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh- And if all the willing workers who have lent a helping hand day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OZ8. Were gathered here together, we would have a mighty band. MARITIME CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Inc. - 121 Salisbury Road, Moncton, N.B. E1E We haven't time to eulogize on every worker's name, 1A6. But some deserve to be inscribed within the Hall of Fame. ONTARIO CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - P.O. Box 520, Oshawa, Ontario Ll H 7M1. Bob Russell takes to printing like ducks to a swimming pool. SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saska- Over the comp-room kingdom he holds universal rule. toon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADA - 1148 Frank Buchanan is not so tall but he's all there, I think. King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. His long and curly locks sometimes get smeared with printer's ink. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH in Newfoundland and Labrador - 106 Freshwater Road,. St. John's, Nfld. AIC 2N8. That city of the jumbled tongues, called Montreal, has brought SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Quebec Conference, Athletic Armand Villeneuve who yumps and yerks a lot. or Eglise Adventiste du Septierne Jour - Federation du Quebec - 940 Ch. Chambly, Longueuil, Quebec J4H 3M3. Young bachelors, take warning! Of the bindery beware! 2 Lest you become entangled in a matrimonial snare. Printed by Maracle Press Limited. Second class mail registration number 0912. Address all enquiries to 1148 Well, so long, everybody. I'll have to leave you soon. C King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. For what is more important than a fellow's honeymoon? —R.W. Brown U ISSN 0702-5084 2 MESSENGER/DECEMBER 1984 (A honeymoon? Yes, it was 35 years ago that Reuben and Sadie began life together.) 0-me-00, // are di /"' Evi lccP0,,,wm‘ 6y, 798Jka Cl 1d#1 Messenger Staff Maracle Press Family SDA Church in Canada ETHIOPIA FAMINE EMERGENCY Generating Overload of Inquiries Conrad Visser, Director Resource Development, ADRA N AFRICA 34-MILLION have water, clothes. Money will also be used to been affected by this famine, provide manpower for the large feeding 27-million of them are in serious centres. In Makele, thousands are receiving condition. 100-150-million Af- food supplements and will benefit from a ricans areI facing severe food shortages. In feeding program. In southern Ethiopia, countries such as Mozambique, 100,000 lost several feeding centres are in operation. their lives last year. But it is in Ethiopia where One centre cares for approximately 4500 conditions are the worst. In the last year people and more are coming in daily. New more than 900,000 people have died. And centres are being opened to help people the worst is still ahead in the following closer to where they live. months. At this moment considerable food, In Ethiopia more than 7-million people medicines and other relief materials have are starving. People are leaving their homes been made available to ADRA. The desper- and villages and flocking to any place where ate and urgent need is for money to trans- there may be hope for food and shelter. Year port these materials from the United States after year droughts have left the once pro- and Europe to Ethiopia and then in-land to ductive lands barren and dry, fast becoming the stricken areas. Three airplanes could be new desert lands. No water, no food, no made available to ADRA if money is pro- more homes, no more life. Where there is a vided to fly them. They will be used to concentration of people, more than 40 out of transport food and materials from main air- 1000 will die in one day. Cold nights with- ports to the remote areas. As more trucks out shelter or covering for their bodies is become available, money will be needed to taking a toll among these weak, malnour- operate. Tons of medicines are being pre- ished people. mantled their homes to use the wood to pared at our warehouses. Money is needed The people of Ethiopia have lost most of provide warmth or to sell for food. for transportation. their cattle, which leaves them without the ADRA International, in cooperation with It is estimated that $3,000,000 will be means of plowing and since they have even local divisions and conferences around the needed for the entire rescue operation. eaten the seed there will be no planting, world voted a budget of $439,950 for Ethi- Send your donation to: ADRA Ethiopia even if it were to rain at this time. opia. The disaster emergency project will Relief, Canadian Union Conference, 1148 In some towns the people have dis- provide shelters, food, medicines, drinking King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. "Orr— MESSAGE: "ADRA is working in Ethiopia. Warehouses ready to ship food, medicines, other materials. Waiting now for money to defray shipping costs. People can help SDA church relief operation with contributions, etc., sent to ADRA Ethiopia Relief" 4 MESSENGER/DECEMBER 1984 "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." Tom Paine After the American defeat at the Battle of Brandywine — 1777 January 19, 1985 Support LIBERTY: a magazine of RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MESSENGER/DECEMBER 5 F. Kenneth van Ochten Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver The abbath SAccommodation Cases THERE are now two prominent legal cases in Canada that will establish the law of employment accommodation for sabbathkeepers. Both cases have been brought by Seventh-day Adventists. There is the case of Theresa O'Malley v. Simpson-Sears Limited, which will soon come before the Supreme Court of Canada. The case of Wayne Osborne v. Inco Limited is now under appeal to the Manitoba Court of Appeal and has been set for argument November 22nd. Not only will these decisions de- Is there an obligation have been argued yet, and has not been termine whether there is a legal obli- included in the Appeal documents in gation for employers to accommodate to accommodate? the Osborne case, I believe that it is also religious beliefs and practises, but they Since there is no direct requirement fairly implied under the new Charter of will set precedent for other thorny in law for an employer to accommodate Rights and Freedoms.