Australasian Record and Advent World Survey for 1979
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AINTRALASIAN tECORD anc advent wort survey Editor:Robert H .Parr Registered for posting as a Periodical—Category A VOL. 84, NO. 35 PRICE 20 CENTS August 27, 1979 ADVENTIST VOLUNTEER SERVICE PLAN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1980 WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE Volunteer Opportunities for 1980. In most cases volunteers can serve for ten to twelve months. Sopas Doctor—for Sopas Hospital, for three months Application forms for volunteer service and information on conditions from June 1, 1980, while Medical Director is of appointment are available from your local Conference Youth on furlough. director, Union Conference Youth director, dean of students at Goroka Ministerial—student missionary to assist in Avondale College, or the Division Youth Department or Secretariat. caring for town churches, run programmes at Applications close on September 17, 1979. high schools and teacher training college, organise youth evangelism. Sopas Teacher—preferably single male, for one year primary or secondary. WESTERN PACIFIC UNION MISSION Union Pilot—commercial licence with experience and endorsement for Piper Aztec, for twelve months from December 1, 1979. Betikama High Builder/Supervisor—preferably with pre- School vious mission experience and experience as a foreman (for concrete block building), nine to twelve months. Honiara Primary teacher—preferably single lady to teach expatriate workers' children at Primary "A" school, for twelve months. Atoifi Hospital Laboratory technician—qualified hospital laboratory technician, for twelve months, to care for all aspects of laboratory and supervise national assistant. Atoifi Hospital Nurse—registered nurse preferably with CENTRAL PACIFIC UNION MISSION obstetrics for twelve months. Cook Islands Secondary teacher—majoring in maths/ New Hebrides Primary teacher supervisor—trained teacher science, at Papaaroa. with previous mission experience and some Cook Islands Secondary teacher—majoring in maths/ administrative and supervising experience. science, at Aitutaki. New Hebrides Carpenter/Builder—qualified carpenter to Samoa Maintenance carpenter, for six months to supervise extensions to girls' dormitory and complete new jobs and general repairs and office, for six to nine months. maintenance on houses and schools. Malaita Agriculturalist—experienced or qualified ag- riculturalist to advise and assist in growing cash PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION crops, vegetables, fruit, peanuts, copra, etc., Union Maintenance mechanic—fully qualified and advise on marketing for eleven months. mechanic for twelve months, experienced in petrol and diesel engines. TRANS-TASMAN UNION CONFERENCE Union Electrician—licenced electrician, for twelve North New South Youth worker—mature young person who months wiring and rewiring houses, etc. Wales can communicate with youth, to specialise in Union Supervisory carpenters—experienced in super- youth activities and youth evangelism for vision or qualified carpenter, for twelve months twelve months in the Newcastle district. to erect houses, youth halls, churches, South New Zealand Ministerial—preferably a theology student to renovations and to supervise carpenters and associate with church pastor in church labourers. Experience in brick and steel programmes, visitation and Bible studies, etc., helpful. for twelve months in Dunedin. AUGUST IS SIGNS MONTH 2 :: AUSTRALASIAN RECORD :: August 27, 1979 No. 1 in what is hoped will be a very EXODUS II, 1980 extended series. L. P. TOLHURST, Theology Department, Avondale College 'ttle READERS of the AUSTRALASIAN RE- Jerusalem, of course, there is much Bible CORD will remember reading accounts of the history that can be relived with visits to such Shall Lead Bible Lands Tour conducted by Avondale places as the Temple area, the Mount of Olives, College in January, 1979. This tour was so Gethsemane, and the traditional site of successful that the Australasian Division has Calvary. "LICKING YOUR KNIFE isn't good asked the College to conduct another tour in Another highlight of the tour will be a January, 1980. This tour, known as "Foot- two-day trip to Mount Sinai. Here an overnight manners," I reminded my pre-school prints of the Exodus II," is scheduled to depart stay in the monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai daughter over the breakfast table. from Sydney, January 1, flying through Perth has been arranged. One will be able to relive the "It doesn't matter," she countered. to Singapore and Bombay, where a connecting thrilling story of the children of Israel camped "There aren't any visitors here." flight will take the group on to Cairo. Among before the Mount listening to God speak the "We don't have good manners just for the interesting places to see in Egypt will be a Ten Commandments from its smoking summit. visit to the pyramids at Giza and Sakkara. A visitors, but anyway Jesus is our visitor The route home will take the party from and we don't want Him to see our bad visit is also planned to the Cairo Museum, Israel to Athens in Greece, where a visit to the manners, do we?" I said. where the treasures of King Tutankhamen will Acropolis and Mars' Hill has been arranged. be seen. The ancient city of Thebes is also on From Athens the flight home will come through "Jesus isn't a visitor," she argued. the itinerary, and here the temples of Karnak Hong Kong, where time has been allowed for "He's here all the time." ## will be seen, together with a visit to the famous shopping before transferring to the flight back Valley of the Kings, where many of the kings of to Australia. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, Sabbath ancient Egypt were buried. The temple The tour for 1980 includes two famous cities school teachers, day-school teachers, constructed for the burial of Queen Hatshepsut brothers, sisters—anybody who would like to will also be visited. not visited in the 1979 tour, namely, Damascus and Athens. This trip is planned as an contribute to this series is invited to do so. A From Egypt, the group will travel through small payment will be made to each contributor Amman to Damascus by air, and while in that educational experience for those who partici- pate, and the tour leader, Pastor L. P. Tolhurst, whose submission is published. Please keep city will visit some of the places connected with your stories to a MAXIMUM of 150 words. the life of the Apostle Paul following his will be happy to explain points of interest and conversion. the history of the various places as they are From Damascus the itinerary takes the group visited. by motor-coach through to Amman. A two-day All arrangements for this tour have been trip is planned to take in the fabulous Petra made through Travel Scene Tours, and an "God wants every child of tender age to be Valley. Petra is the site of Mount Seer of Bible advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue His child, to be adopted into His family. prophecy, the home of the Edomites. It is also will give the address of the tour organisers so Young though they may be, the youth may the place of the Nabatean Arabs who settled in that those who would like to participate may be members of the household of faith and have a most precious experience. They the valley from 100 B.C. to A.D. 100, and who make contact direct with the travel agent concerned. may have hearts that are tender and were responsible for the many remarkable ready to receive impressions that will be buildings cut into the solid cliffs and It is hoped by those at Avondale College who lasting. They may have their hearts drawn mountain-sides around the Petra Valley. have arranged this tour that the benefits derived out in confidence and love for Jesus, and From Jordan the group travels by bus across from it may be such that will enable our people live for the Saviour. Christ will make them the Jordan River to Jerusalem. While in Israel to have a deeper appreciation of the Bible and of little missionaries."—"Child Guidance," and Israeli occupied territory, plans have been Bible times, and be able thereby to be more page 486. made for visits to Bethlehem, to Jacob's Well, effective in witnessing to their friends about the the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Nazareth, and message that we love and our hope in the soon many other places of interest. In and around return of Jesus. ## August 27, 1979 :: AUSTRALASIAN RECORD :: 3 A Few Thoughts on aText DR. L. H. TURNER NOT A CONCEPT BUT A CHARACTERISTIC "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Matt. 5:5. Pastor Peter's Progress being the daily jottings of a church Three of the ten words in this text call for a word or two before I settle down pastor who may be serving your with this text. First, take a look at the word Blessed. It really has nothing to do church. with the popular conception of some religious authority using hand-signals to Week 61 command some aura of sanctity upon a parishioner. It simply means happy or Sunday fortunate. Next, consider the meek. A meek man does not overestimate his Working-bee at church. What a joy it is to importance. He is not over-ambitious to excel. He has no urge to keep pushing come down from the formality of the pulpit or himself into the limelight. He tends to be quiet and objective, more concerned pastoral visit and share in a physical project! Is with facts and people than with himself. Finally, we see that they inherit the it possible that we should give fellowship, earth. I think the earth here means the earth, not the new earth of the hereafter. I combined with industry, a higher priority in the church programme? say this because, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is dealing with the principles of the kingdom of heaven as they are worked out here on earth.