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CANADIAN ADVENTIST pril 1 9S4 Have I Done My Best for Jesus? I wonder, have I giv'n my best to Jesus Who died upon the cruel tree? To think of His great sacrifice at Calv'ry, I know my Lord expects the best from me. The hours that I have wasted are so many, The hours I've spent for Christ so few. Because of all my lack of love for Jesus, I wonder if His heart is breaking, too? I wonder, have I cared enough for others, Or have I let them die alone? I might have helped a wand'rer to the Saviour; The seed of precious life I might have sown. How many are the lost that I have lifted? How many are the chained I've helped to free? I wonder, have I done my best for Jesus, When He has done so much for me? —ENSIGN EDWIN YOUNG. CANADIAN ADVENTIST From The President's Diary Volume 53, No. 4. April, 1984 Oshawa, Ontario P.F. Lemon/Editor June Polishuk/Associate Editor Allan Colleran/Art Director So Why Is CONFERENCE EDITORS L. Larsen/Alberta April 28 M. Tetz/British Columbia D.M. MacIvor/Man.-Sask. L. Lowe/Maritime Important? D. Crook/Newfoundland /Ontario C. Sabot/Quebec LL JUST BECAUSE IT'S Christian Education Day, that's why! More than that, this year is the 100th Anniversary of our first Official Organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada: President, J.W. Wilson; Secretary, P.F. Lemon; Treasurer, Canadian church school at South Stukely in Quebec's Eastern N.W. Klam; Departmental Directors: Education, J.D.V. Fitch; Townships. Personal Ministries and Sabbath School, CS. Greene; Ministerial, When your school opens next fall, will all your children be there? It is not too W.R Bornstein; Public Affairs, D.D. Devnich; Publishing, W W. Ruba; Youth and Stewardship, P.A. Parks; Trust Services, early to start making plans. F. Lloyd Bell; Consultant to Health Care Institutions, Let us picture a happy, vacationing family. There they go — father, mother, AG. Rodgers. Issued monthly, annual subscription price in Canada $5.00. Out of Union $10.00. and six children. The travel objective was many miles away, and moms and dads know all too well that "rest" stops always outnumber "gas" stops, and they Conference Directory never occur at the same time! This time it was a "rest" stop! Presumably all the family had climbed back CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE - J.W. Wilson, President; P.F. Lemon, Secretary; N.W. Kiwis Treasurer; 1148 King Street aboard the cramped station wagon. After that refreshing stop things somehow East, Oshawa, Ontario Ll H I H8. didn't seem quite so crowded. There was an obvious, startling reason. ALBERTA CONFERENCE - H.S. Larsen, President; W. Olson, Secretary-Treasurer; Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6A1. The six-year-old had been forsaken at the station. At first he wept quietly, BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE - G.E Masson, President; but with the passing of each minute the tempo of his unhappiness increased P.W. Dunham, Secretary; G.D. DeBoer, Treasurer, Box 1000, Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S 41'5. with uninhibited, unrestrained, high decibel gusto. He would not be assured, MANITOBA - SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE - ant Mac- comforted, or bribed by the attendant. The attendant's futility and frustration Ivor, President; M.D. Suiter, Secretary-Treasurer; 1004 Victoria brought a sudden, urgent travel alert to the local constabulary. Ave., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. MARITIME CONFERENCE - LG. Lowe, President; The blinking, red bubble stopped the happy vacationers in their tracks, and Secretary-Treasurer; 121 Salisbury Rd., Moncton, N.B. El E 1A6. as the father rolled down his window, the patrolman stepped right up, and with ONTARIO CONFERENCE - G.W. Morgan. President, T. McLeary, Secretary; KR Heinrich, Treasurer, Box 520, Oshawa, Ontario a big, east-west smile asked an undeniably, pertinent, personal question. Said L1H 1H8. he,"Say, is all your family in?" QUEBEC S.D.A. CHURCH ASSOCIATION -C. Sabot, President; LM. Abel, Secretary; G.RJ. Gray, Treasurer; 940 Ch. Chambly, An instant audit, to everyone's amazement and embarrassment, came up Longueuil, Quebec J4H 3M3. with an unbalanced budget (just like the school boards do)! Retracing the miles NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR MISSION OF SEVENTH- brought relief and rescue to the six-year-old. That audit produced reassuring DAY ADVENTISTS - D. Crook President; R.L Co olen, Secretary- Treasurer; 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C hugs and kisses! 2N8. Now here is the point! The most important part of education is the student. It is far too easy to immerse ourselves in budgets, programs, and problems, and Legal Directory miss out on what is really best for the child. In our pursuit of school excellence For the information of members and friends who wish to let us not overlook what is best for each child. remember the Church and its institutions in preparing wills and legacies. The mission of each Adventist school can be summed up quickly. Every ALBERTA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day effort put forward, every program developed, is to complement the basic Adventist Church - Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6A1. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CORPORATION of the Seventh-day objectives of Christian education. Every school must be soul-winning and soul- Adventist Church - P.O. Box 1000, Abbotsford. B.0 V2S 4P5. saving! MANITOBA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh- day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saskatoon, Christian education is not nearly so much a cost, as it is an investment. The Saskatchewan, S7N OZ8. results of this investment will last throughout eternity. MARITIME CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Inc. - 121 Salisbury Road, Moncton, N.B. El E Do you remember your teachers? I was blessed with an abundance of 1A6. wonderful, dedicated, Christian teachers. Some are now gone, but none are ONTARIO CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day forgotten. Just to name a few, there were Abbie Culbert, Verda Deer, Violet Adventist Church - P.O. Box 520, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Morgan, F.W. Bieber, Agnes Foster, C.W. Degering and Cecil Shankel. Seventh-day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saska- When I graduated from the eighth grade from the Oshawa church school toon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADA - 1148 there were three of us — Gladys Elliott, Andrew Lawson and myself. When the Icing Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. Oshawa Times published the fact that we were promoted to the ninth grade SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH in Newfoundland and Labrador - 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Nfld. A1C 2N8. there was great rejoicing, especially by our teacher, Sadie Bokavoy! SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Quebec Conference, She was so elated that she hugged me (Russian style) until breathing and or Eglise Adventiste du Septieme Jour - Federation du Quebec - embarrassment were becoming a pressing problem. I never really ascertained 940 Ch. Chambly, liangueuil, Quebec J4H 3M3. whether Sadie's spontaneous response was precipated by happiness or relief! My teachers were the greatest! "Christian education is what we have left Printed by Maracle Press Limited. Second class mail after we have forgotten everything we ever knew." My teachers had a heart that registration number 0912. Address all enquiries to 1148 a. King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario Ll H 1H8. never hardened, and a hand that never hurt. ISSN 0702-5084 cZ:r. 1 0/4-X4--u. 2 MESSENGER/APRIL 1984 SAWS*CANADA HELPS PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES John M. Howard NCE AGAIN WE COME TO from the Disaster and Famine Relief offer- THE TIME of the year when ing, and government supplements, they our Disaster and Famine Re- were able to build a well. Upon finding a liefO offering is to be collected. I want to give moist spot, they dug down and came to a big you a brief report of some of the projects we rock. When the rock was split open, the were able to provide funds for from the water gushed out. There were several other money you gave last year. I want to thank springs all around as well. While we were each of you. We really appreciate the hard there, we saw that over three feet of water work that was done in each conference, and had come up in the well. special congratulations to British Columbia, The students sang a beautiful song to us who once again was the champion fund- in Swahili, and asked that we send their raiser for our Disaster and Famine Relief greetings back to each person that had do- offering! nated to this project. They were so happy This money is the major source of funding that once again they had water and they for the matching grants that we receive from could grow the crops that they needed. the federal government through the C.I.D.A. We were also able to see the completion department and also through the Alberta of the dental clinic in Lubumbashi. This was government's matching grant program. a project started with the Disaster and Fam- From last year's offering, together with ine Relief offering several years ago. Today the amounts given to us by the Alberta we have a dentist there from Quebec, Dr. government and the federal government, Ron Ford and his wife. we were able to fund projects amounting to The nutritional food packages that we almost $600,000. We really appreciate your sent to Inter-America arrived safely, and a generosity! package is just about to be sent to Ghana. There are many ways to donate to this On this past trip, we were happy to have Disaster and Famine Relief offering.