Record for 1996

August 3, 1996 REC R Signs: Changing Lives —6 ADRA Workers Home From Nepal he Alstonville (NSW) church recently played host to Paul and Dawn Dulhunty (pictured), who Twere home on furlough from Nepal, where Mr Dulhunty is director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), and Mrs Dulhunty, an associate director. He has been ADRA director in Nepal for some 11 years. The Dulhuntys first went to Nepal to help establish a leprosy-rehabilitiation program, at the request of the Queen of Nepal. Sabbath Mr Dulhunty told the Alstonville church of some of the programs run by ADRA in the country. He said that at any time there are some 3000 women in ADRA-sponsored basic educational programs for Conference literacy, health and the environment. He spoke of the cleft-palate repair program conducted by the Creates Sydney Adventist Hospital. He also told of a recent government initiative to provide a building in Friends-11 Katmandu, the country's capital, for a simple heart clinic for children and young adults. Mr and Mrs Dulhunty were in Alstonville visiting Mrs Dulhunty's mother, Mrs Ivy Maberly, who, with her husband Allan Maberly and children (including Dawn), spent time in Nepal as a missionary family in the '50s.—Paula Chestnut Why Bother? tape "net" will be attractive to others; and involved in the text. h y the Internet will suit those into computers. That doesn't happen with television or both- radio. Studies show that people forget er with print 2. Few People Read? what they watched on the box shortly evangelism when Sure, some claim they haven't read a after seeing it. In fact, most media work so few people book since leaving high school or univer- more on sensation than the reason. That's read, the elec- sity, but they're the exception. why television news is often seen as little tronic age is here Three magazines in Australia (popula- more than entertainment, and why news ► and people prefer tion less than 20 million, remember) sell personalities can draw viewers more than moving pictures to static illustrations? more than a million copies each issue. the quality of the news. Some say, "Let's put evangelism into There are more magazines in circulation Reading actually cements the message the technology of now, not the past!" now than ever before. There are several more than viewing. But print evangelism still has a definite dozen new ones coming out each role to play. After all, there are people month—just note the specialty magazines 5. You Can't Turn It Off like you out there—people who choose to in your newsagent. Short of shredding it or burning it or pick up a magazine (this one, for You will note we go out of our way to destroying it in some way, a magazine instance) and read it. Obviously there is a make Signs look like any general maga- continues to make its point. Its cover place for print. zine you'll find in the newsagent. never turns off; it never looks like a blank And there are some solid reasons for Sociologists would call that contextualis- screen or becomes a pause in sound. You maintaining print evangelism. ing. We call it delivering something that can put it down, but you can't turn it off. people recognise so they will be more It continues to attract attention; it could 1. The Problem With Technology inclined to read it. be picked up at anytime, by anybody who Technology, like videos, radio, televi- happens to pass by. sion and cassette tapes, needs further 3. Taken Seriously I admit that print evangelism doesn't technology to interpret the message. But a Researchers have made an interesting have the glamour of some methods the magazine can be taken—or sent—any- discovery. Print is taken more seriously Lord uses to change people's lives. The where. You don't need a Walkman to lis- than other current kinds of communica- basic technology (ink and paper) to print ten to it; a video player to watch it; a tion. That means print is ideal for present- a magazine is 500 years old. It isn't on the computer to read it or batteries to power ing a serious message. And that isn't a cutting edge—although for evangelism its it. Ever tried to read a computer in bed? comment on style. contents should be. And magazines are cheap compared This is well illustrated by the fact that The Lord can take any method of evan- with the cost of some other communica- while most gain their news information gelism and use it for His purpose. What tion forms. That may not be a problem for from television, if a news item interests impresses me about our work on Signs of some, but for others it is. One of the prob- them they'll buy a newspaper or a news the Times is that the Holy Spirit can take lems with the Internet is the set-up and magazine to check the details. the at times fumbling efforts of humans usage costs that some will not be able to, (writers, editors, design people, printers or want to, afford. 4. More Interactive etc) and use Signs to change people's Not that we shouldn't use any of those Forget interactive computer games. lives. methods for evangelism. Reading is far more interactive—for the That's why we have print evangelism. The gospel net needs to be thrown in as mind. You see, computer games may test That's why we bother. many different directions, in as many dif- hand and eye coordination, reaction time And that's why I'll be increasing the ferent ways as possible. The video "net" or your concentration, but when you read number of Signs I sponsor this year. will be attractive to some; the cassette you're forced to think, to become Bruce Manners Manuscripts All copy for the Record should Official Paper be sent to The Editor, Record, Signs Publishing Seventh-day Adventist Church Company. Warburton. Victoria 3799. Next Week: South Pacific Division Manuscripts or computer disks will only be returned if accompanied by a stamped, self- Editor Bruce Manners addressed envelope. Phone (059) 66 9111. Fax Assistant Editors Lee Dunstan, (059) 66 9019. Karen Miller Subscriptions South Pacific Division. YOR Edition Copy Editor Gracme Brown $A39.00 $NZ4S.75. Editorial Secretary Lexie Deed All other regions. $A77.00 $NZ96.25. Air mail Senior Consulting Editor Laurie Evans postage rates on application. Order from Signs Publishing Company. Warburton, Victoria 3799, Australia. Cover Photo: J Chestnut Printed weekly by Signs Publishing Company. A.C.N. 000 003 930 Vol 101 No 30 2 RECORD August 3, 1996 LETTERS Katoomba; Sunday hikes along the plotting and fighting against the church of Heathen Link to Jewellery Hawkesbury and at Bobbin Head; Sabbath God. I sense the same groups in Australia At the conclusion of the feature days of song at the Lidcombe nursing and New Zealand would, if given half the "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (June 29) home where we toted our portable organ chance, try to do the same. the writer says the Bible does not condemn from ward to ward and Pastor Wooller gave Usually the spokespersons for these the wearing of jewellery. If so, then what is comfort to the patients. These are some of groups make a great show of support for the meant by Exodus 33:5, which reads, the memories we have. Spirit of Prophecy, so I would like to con- "Therefore now put off thy ornaments Friday evening devotionals at Stanmore clude this letter with a couple of quotes from thee, that I might know what to do were always special, and when he ran his from the prophet herself. unto thee"? city missions in the 2KY theatrette, the "Enfeebled and defective, needing con- When God's people intermarried with Town Hall and YMCA, the young people stantly to be warned and counselled, the heathen tribes, they took on many of their flocked to hear his inspiring messages. church is nevertheless the object of Christ's customs. When they left Egypt with Moses He performed our wedding service and, supreme regard."—Testimonies, Vol 7, page they were told to take as much jewellery as after 46 years, we haven't moved out of our 16 (one of the 14 similar quotes referring they could, later to be used in the building honeymoon state. to the Seventh-day Adventist Church). of the tabernacle. It is hard to say goodbye to Pastor "When men arise, claiming to have a God's people were aware of what these Wooller, a true soldier of the cross, who set message from God, but instead of warring heathen objects were: Genesis 35 tells of us an example of a consecrated life. Vale, against principalities and powers, and the Jacob going to Bethel to dwell there to Pastor Ken Wooller. rulers of the darkness of this world, they make an altar to God. Before this took Sidney and Marjorie Keane, Qld form a hollow square, and turn the weapons place he said to his household and all who of warfare against the church militant, be Nefarious Actions were to go with him, "Put away the strange afraid of them. They do not bear the divine gods that are among you, and be clean, and I have read the report regarding the cur- credentials. God has not given them any change your garments" (verse 2). The peo- rent developments in Vanuatu with interest, such burden of labour."—Review and ple gave to Jacob all the strange gods that alarm and, yes, even hope! Herald, October 17, 1893.

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