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37152 Jan Tidings.Indd SOUTHERN January 2007 ��� � � � � � �� Spreading Tidings of the Southern Union Adventist Family � � �� � � �� � � � � � �� � � �� � � �� ����������������� � � � � � � � � � � � � Religious Liberty Vantage Point Seek His Face Continually How shall we begin a new year? I wonder if the words of David in I Chroni- cles 16:11 provide the agenda: “Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face con- tinually.” In Christ’s Object Lessons, page 146, Ellen White shares that “Jesus longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters.” Some time ago I listed, from various sources in the Spirit of Prophecy, specific and vital things to pray for: 1. Baptism of the Holy Spirit 2. Christ-likeness of character 3. A converted tongue 4. Greater power in the work of ministry 5. Help and strength to resist temptation 6. Salvation of our children Gordon Retzer 7. Salvation of our neighbors Southern Union President 8. The discouraged and hopeless 9. The salvation of souls 10. Transformation of character 11. Those living in large cities 12. Understanding of the times in which we live 13. Wisdom 14. Power to do God’s work 15. Workers to reach the harvest This is not an exhaustive list, and you will have many things to pray for as you open your heart to God as to a friend. I invite each member of our Southern Union family to enjoy communion with Jesus every morning. I invite you to seek the Lord and His strength. I invite you to seek His face continually. 2 T I D I N G S • J a n u a r y 2 0 0 7 SOUTHERN Contents Volume 101, No. 1, January 2007 The Southern Tidings is the Offi cial FEATURES Publication of the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Ad vent ists Everyday People on SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE 3978 Memorial Drive • Mail Address the Frontlines of P.O. Box 849, Decatur, Georgia 30031 Religious Liberty Telephone (404) 299-1832 www.southernunion.com 4 Staff Adventists in the Interim Editor RON QUICK Editorial Assistant IRISENE DOUCE Southern Union Join Circulation ARDITH BEERS Production COLLEGE PRESS the MOB Layout BRIAN WIEHN 11 Contributing Editors Experiencing the Adventist Health System ANTHONY VERA CRUZ Carolina RON QUICK Florida MARTIN BUTLER Savior in His Word Florida Hospital College DAWN MCLENDON 22 Georgia-Cumberland KEN WETMORE Gulf States BECKY GRICE Kentucky-Tennessee MARVIN LOWMAN Thanksgiving Oakwood College MICHELE SOLOMON South Atlantic JAMES LAMB South Cen tral MICHAEL HARPE at Our House Southeastern ROBERT HENLEY 30 Southern Adventist University LORI FUTCHER Conference/Institution Directory From a Tent to CAROLINA (704) 596-3200 P.O. Box 560339, Charlotte, NC 28256-0339 a Sanctuary FLORIDA (407) 644-5000 31 P.O. Box 2626, Winter Park, FL 32790-2626 GEORGIA-CUMBERLAND (706) 629-7951 P.O. 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Box 370, Collegedale, TN 37315-0370 25 Oakwood SOUTHERN TIDINGS (USPS 507-000) Volume 101 Number 1, N January 2007. Published monthly by the Southern Union. Free to 28 Southern Adventist University all members. Periodical postage paid at Decatur, GA, and at ad- 29 Adventist Health Systems ditional mailing offi ces. POST MAS TER: send changes of address to Southern Tidings, P.O. Box 849, Decatur, GA 30031 36 Classifi ed Advertising 39 Calendar J a n u a r y 2 0 0 7 • T IDINGS 3 Cover Feature Everyday People on the Frontlines of Religious Liberty BY AMIREH AL-HADDAD My phone rang just as I sat down families because of their commitment accommodation for her Sabbath work to write this article. It was the Liberty to God and His commandments. schedule. Magazine office telling me that they The Southern Union religious Today, Deborah works like many had received a request for “a prettier liberty department handles more than Church members—without an accom- poster and a happier ending to the 120 Sabbath cases each year. Not all modation, and dependant solely upon stories” you see on the cover of this of these stories have a happy ending. her ability to bid on a schedule that magazine. The two individuals allows her to be off on the Sabbath. Unfor- featured here have sto- She receives no assistance from her tunately, ries typical of the Sab- employer in getting this accommoda- when you are bath accommodation tion. Deborah lives with the possibil- dealing with problems found across ity that she could find herself in the Sabbath ac- the North American same predicament should she fail to commodation Division. successfully bid an accommodating problems, the schedule. picture is rarely No Security pretty. Deborah Fountain Still Fighting If you are was a flight attendant Miguel Hernandez is another an individual who was suspended committed Seventh-day Adventist who who has experi- because she refused faced Sabbath problems. Miguel and enced a Sabbath to do two things: she his family immigrated to the United accommodation refused to lie when States years ago. problem, you someone suggested He came searching for the Ameri- know what I she just call in sick, can dream: a job with benefits, a nice mean. and she refused to house, a good education for his chil- If you have allow her employer dren. Who would have thought he never expe- to force her to work would be fired from his job because rienced a Sabbath accommodation on Sabbath. of his religious beliefs and practices? problem, then imagine one day be- Deborah was suspended from Miguel worked for more than 10 ing secure in a well paying job with work fairly quickly after those deci- years with a mining company, always benefits and all the bonuses, and then sions were made. She remained getting Sabbath off. When the min- suddenly finding out that you were suspended for months, even after she ing company changed management, about to be fired because of your re- contacted her religious liberty depart- his accommodation, job, and dreams ligious beliefs and practices. Imagine ment. were taken away almost overnight. the anxiety church members facing Through valiant efforts made on Miguel’s case is in litigation, but since these problems experience. I know her behalf by the Church, Deborah the start of the case, the mining com- church members who have not only was eventually returned to her posi- pany is now in bankruptcy and the lost their jobs, but their homes and tion at the airline, but without an outcome is still uncertain. 4 T I D I N G S • J a n u a r y 2 0 0 7 Sabbath accommodation prob- For Seventh-day Adventists, religious is what the Jews desired in the days lems are not pretty, and every freedom is also closely tied to our of Christ. They would have received story does not have a happy ending. understanding of prophecy and end- Jesus, had He been willing to establish Deborah and Miguel are real church time events. a temporal dominion, to enforce what members, just like Just as it was in they regarded as the laws of God. .” you. And just like Jesus’ day, there will The Desire of Ages, page 509 you, Deborah and always be religious Presenting a balanced approach Miguel could never people who refuse to to religious freedom comes from an have imagined understand the three unique Adventist understanding of bib- that one day they angels’ message. There lical truth, prophecy, and constitutional would tell their will remain people guarantees. It also requires that we story before mem- who seek to have the share in the work God has ordained bers of Congress. government enforce in order to develop a character like In October, religion because of Christ’s. 2005, both Debo- those who refuse to be- While there will always be people rah and Miguel lieve what they believe, who refuse to obey God’s commands, traveled to Wash- whether that belief is there will also be those who uphold ington, D.C., to true or false. His commandments. As a result, there be ambassadors Of all the glimpses will always be Sabbath accommoda- for the Sabbath we have of Heaven be- tion problems. But, as a Church com- and for Church fore the fall, we should mitted to religious liberty for everyone, members through- realize that the one we will continue to fight to preserve out the United States who are facing thing that was present in Heaven was the heavenly rights of mankind. or might face a similar Sabbath work religious freedom. How else could Amireh Al-Haddad is the director problem. They presented their story Lucifer have been allowed to rebel? of public affairs and religious liberty for during a press conference before When Adventists defend religious the Southern Union Conference.
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