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Record for 2018 JUST SAY ‘YES’ DANIJELA SCHUBERT’S ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO LEADERSHIP 16 NEWS record ordination in moresby’s biggest church 7 ADVENTIST RECORD | FEBRUARY 3, 2018 ISSN 0819-5633 record_Outdoor Rec_InsideFront v2.indd 2 18/1/18 9:41 am editor’s note Why are you a seventh-day Adventist? Why are you a Seventh-day Adventist? Maybe no-one has me. I know my issues with God—I’d hate to think of my life ever asked you that question. Maybe they have, or maybe without Him. you’ve asked yourself. But I want you to think about it again For some of you reading this, you don’t have to speculate. for a moment. Why are you a Seventh-day Adventist? You’ve been there, living a life without God. You know who Many of us start answering that question with reference you were before meeting Him. to our parents or our grandparents. We have grown up as Others might be reading this and saying, “The Seventh- Seventh-day Adventists, it is a culture we are comfortable day Adventist Church is the closest to the Bible that I have in, it has become like a skin. Yet at some point, most of us found.” A recent survey showed half of respondents joined who grew up as Adventists have had to make a conscious the Church due to strong doctrine. The freedom of the decision to stay. Hopefully, we had a real and life-changing Sabbath, the great controversy theme, the three angels’ encounter with Jesus Christ. We had to decide that we messages—Adventist understandings are wide and deep. agreed with what the Church stood for (or at least most of Many of us have searched through other religions and it). denominations before ending up here. When I ask people the question, many then go on to Another reason we may have joined or continue to stay emphasise the truth or the logic of our beliefs—how the in the Church is because of the love and care we’ve been Seventh-day Adventist faith answers some shown by church members. The Church is difficult questions of faith or life, like what The wholistic often knocked for being judgemental and happens when we die. The wholistic nature hypocritical—and it can be. It is held to higher of our views is really quite attractive—even nature of our standards (and should be). Yet some people beautiful. The way our health message in the Church who I have met are super loving cares for the body, our education system for views is and compassionate. The thing is that faith development of the mind and our hope in and church push people to supernatural feats Christ’s return feeds our spirits. really quite of charity, love and sacrifice, and hanging For others it is an attraction to the special out with and being inspired by those sorts of nature of our mission and calling, the feeling attractive . people is a humbling and uplifting experience. of relevance and currency to be found in So why did you become a Seventh-day knowing that there is an end-time message that needs to Adventist? And why do you stay? go out to the world. The importance of that message is, and Are these reasons enough or is there something more? always has been, a key to Adventism. Unfortunately, many Why are you a Seventh-day Adventist? take prophetic interpretation further and become obsessed I know there are many people, especially among my age with conspiracies and theories that distract from the mission group, who are barely hanging on or have already left. With of the Church. shocking statistics of between 4 and 6 of every 10 people From time to time, I have thought about who I would be leaving the Church, we need to ask ourselves what value we or what I would be like if I wasn’t a Seventh-day Adventist. add to the world, why we exist and what we stand for. Given the proclivity of many Australian males to overindulge I encourage you to make 2018 the year of getting to in alcohol and meat, I would probably be right into all that— know your faith community better, to delve into your beliefs sausage sizzles, gambling and beer on the beach. and the reasons for your faith. To immerse yourself in Christ I think back to times in my life when I’ve felt darkness as you join His mission for this beautiful part of closing in around me, when I’ve been caught in the most the world. difficult situations, when I’ve felt down, guilty, shamed or at the end of my temper and I’ve experienced the calming and jarrod stackelroth restraining influence of my faith balance me out or restrain editor /JStackelroth senior consulting editor graphic designers noticeboard adventist media adventist record is the glenn townend theodora amuimuia [email protected] locked bag 1115 official news magazine of the senior editor linden chuang subscriptions wahroonga seventh-day adventist church’s jarrod stackelroth noticeboard [email protected] nsw 2076 australia south pacific division assistant editors julie laws + 61 (03) 5965 6300 + 61 (02) 9847 2222 maritza brunt letters mailed within australia and cover credit abn 59 093 117 689 vania chew [email protected] nz $A43.80 $NZ73.00 other theodora amuimuia vol 123 no 2 kent kingston news & photos prices on application. “Associate Division secretary copyeditor [email protected] website Danijela Schubert.” tracey bridcutt record.adventistchurch.com february 3, 2018 | Adventist record 3 news mission world’s smallest pacemaker at the san Leisa O’Connor “Your mission is to . bring back the Weighing less than a prisoners, secure the contract, estab- lish a school, help families recover . .” five cent coin, the world’s Mission is about what we do. Mission is smallest pacemaker has activity aimed at reaching a goal. been implanted during heart The General Conference voted surgery at the Sydney Ad- mission statement is: The mission of ventist Hospital. the Seventh-day Adventist Church is to At one-tenth the size call all people to become disciples of of other pacemakers, the Jesus Christ, to proclaim the everlasting new device is the ”future”, gospel embraced by the three angels’ according to San hospital messages of Revelation 14:6-12, and interventional cardiologist to prepare the world for His soon Dr Peter Illes, a veteran of dr illes with the pacemaker. return. more than 4000 pacemaker There are three distinct aspects that implants. Pacemakers provide tiny electrical define the Church’s activity: Dr Illes said the benefits of the impulses to restore rhythm and are 1. Call people to become Jesus’ new device include reduced chance implanted in the chest or abdomen disciples. The ultimate goal for all of us of bleeding, infection or swelling. of patients with a slow heartbeat. is to be disciple-making disciples with “A traditional pacemaker has leads The new pacemaker is suitable for Jesus—ready for His return at any time. that connect from outside into the patients who require a single cham- 2. Proclaim the gospel within an heart, increasing the risk,” he said. ber pacemaker and, because of its end-time framework. This is our distinct mandate. No-one else under- “The design of the new Micra small size and weight, is implanted stands the free gift of salvation in Jesus pacemaker—attached to the heart via directly into the heart rather than a with the great controversy coming to a several small prongs, and delivering pocket in the skin. climax, as Seventh-day Adventists do. electrical impulses through an elec- The procedure takes about an What Jesus offers is just the best! He trode on its tip rather than through hour and patients are discharged has dealt with evil, death and the cause leads—reduces that risk.” within about four hours. of both, giving life and security forever. 3. Prepare the world for Jesus’ sec- ond coming. The world still celebrates Jesus’ first coming—however, we want program for teenage girls tours pacific as many as possible to celebrate His going places newsletter return to Earth to completely fulfil His Before retiring, outgoing South salvation promise. Pacific Division women’s ministries As a corporate Church we are con- director, Erna Johnson, toured the tinually reminded to make sure our Pacific, holding a series of meetings finances and activities are mission fo- for teenage girls. cused. In boards and committees I ask Significant events on the tour in- myself and others in difficult discus- cluded the first Adventist meeting for sions–how core is this to our mission? teenage girls to be held in Samoa and Mission is mandatory and our voted WOMEN’S MINISTRIES LEADERS IN KIRIBATI. actions should reflect that. Vanuatu, a prayer breakfast attended As Church people it is our mission by the Tongan royal family (see Record, January 27) and the opportunity to too. We fulfil this mission day-to-day: speak to hundreds of women in Kiribati, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. a smile and positive attitude, helping Mrs Johnson was accompanied by General Conference women’s ministries the neighbour with gardening, taking representative Heather-Dawn Small. time to listen, telling the story of how In Kiribati, where there are only three employees at the Mission office, the Jesus changed our lives, taking children GC donated seven sewing machines that will stay in the local churches so to Sabbath School, sharing what death women can sell clothes and earn some money. is to you . May our words and deeds In Fiji, training on how to reach out to teenage girls was held at Fulton show we are mission College.
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