Canadian Adventist Messenger for 1994

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CANADIAN ADVENTIST
CRS
March 1994
CANADIAN ADVENTIST Heart to Heart
Volume 63, No. 3, March 1994, Oshawa, ON
June Polishuk/Editor
Allan Colleran/Art Director
Robin Carby/Associate Art Director
CONFERENCE EDITORS
Bryan Lee/Alberta
Ron Watts/British Columbia
Lester Carney/Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Robert Lehmann/Maritime
David Crook/Newfoundland
Jim Jeffery/Ontario
Georges Hermans/Quehec
This Issue
Heart to Heart We. felt bewildered as we settled in Hamilton, Ontario with our
Orville and Norma Jean six month old baby to begin our ministry.
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Parchment (cid:9)
We were awed at the realization of the solemnity of the work
Is God In Your Budget?
as we assumed the responsibility we believed God had placed upon us. We
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J.W. Wilson (cid:9)
did not envision that twenty-one years later He would call us to the
Miracles In The Land
leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada.
Of The Czars! (cid:9) 4 The call is humbling. The challenges are enormous. The expectations are
ADRA Canada: great and often very unrealistic. Yet, throughout our ministry we have
Hope for
Handicapped Children learned that man's way is not God's way. Consequently, we have
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Ken Hill (cid:9) committed to make God our leader, our counsellor and our guide.
Oui! We See God's Hand As a couple in leadership we need support. However, the greatest support
Working in Acadia Part 2 that we believe can be given to us as individuals and to the church in
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Lisebye Luchmun (cid:9) Canada is your spiritual support in committing yourselves individually,
Catch A Glimpse every moment of every day to Christ.
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Norma Jean Parchment (cid:9) As individually we turn our hearts to Christ, we will realize spiritual
growth and maturity in each home, church and conference.
PLUS
As a church family we are given the challenge found in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
Reflections on Black History
"If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and
Month (cid:9) 9
It Is Written/VOP Schedule . (cid:9) 9 pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear
Canadian Union College— from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Name Change (cid:9) 10,11 As we commence this leadership we claim the promise of Jeremiah 29:11
Kingsway Corner (cid:9) 15 as a personal promise and also for the SDA Church in Canada:
Health-Wise.(cid:9) 17
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper
In Memoriam (cid:9) 18
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you
Conference News (cid:9) 19-22
Milestones, Births, Weddings, will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You
Obituaries, Ads (cid:9) 23-27 will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Canadian Union College & God, who has made this promise, will honour it (1 Thess. 5:24). Let us
Parkview Adventist Academy 28 choose to be His today.
Orville and Norma Jean Parchment
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Is God In Your Budget?
by J.W. Wilson
"Each of us will give an account of himself to God."
Romans 14:12 (NIV)
S
o, he wasn't planning
to build bigger barns,
(remember the parable in
in Luke 12?), because he didn't have
barns; but he did have oodles of
everything else. To his pastor he
commented: "About tithe, it's just
another tax, so much for the
government and so much for the
church."
"Let's suppose", responded the
pastor, "that since you and I are such
great friends, that I decide to turn all
my businesses over to you. Everyone
thinks you own them, but you and I
know who the real owner is, and just
so we don't forget, each month you service centre, the plane in Peru, the how marvellously God included us all
send me exactly 10 percent of the church's youth program—a cheque of in His budget—all the way from
profit. Would that be unfair?" love, appreciation and understanding. aluminum to zinc.
"That would be the worst deal I "You thought you owned these It staggers the imagination to figure
ever heard of—you'd be ripped off!" businesses, and that was the problem out the cost per acre of these God-
he replied. with the man in the parable, the one given elements, yet God supplies
"But that's the deal God made with whose crops wouldn't fit in the barns. these gifts impartially and requires
us", I reminded him. It is the problem most of us have: We only one-tenth in return—that in itself
"Now suppose at the end of some think of ourselves as owners rather is a tremendous partnership. Since
month you check the books and than stewards." God includes us in His budget,
remember how hard the work was— "And do you know what, if I don't should not our partnership be one of
long hours, early and late and you own these things, I don't have to mutual love, esteem and adoration?
decide I have plenty of money so you worry about them, or the economy, or It has been proven over and over
simply don't send the 10 percent". anything else anymore!" again that nine-tenths of a dollar, with
"Just keep that up and you'd be out "Right—just develop an honest, God's blessing, goes further than ten-
of business, charged with fraud." efficient operation." tenths without it. It is not the
"Fortunately, God is more merciful "Is that ever a relief!" greatness or smallness of the gift that
to us than we are to each other. So Jesus says His yoke is easy, and His makes it acceptable to God, but rather
when you give Him 10 percent, you burden is light. When a person the faithfulness and the love that
really haven't given anything. Right?" accepts his steward/owner relationship prompted it.
"Right". Then suddenly it hit home with God, all life's challenges are The steward/ownership concept of
and he decided to buy an expensive under His control. Our daily prayer partnership is available to every
present to show his appreciation. But should be—Lord, what do you want me individual, rich or poor, and when
the owner already has everything. to do? And then, go and do it! followed prayerfully and honestly, it
Then comes the realization that You see, one thing is certain—God makes available heaven's richest
nothing could be bought that would has you in His budget. When God blessings to each of us.
ever express appreciation. created this world, He stocked it with
So the cheque arrives—for the boat everything necessary for your comfort NEXT MONTH: WHAT IS GENUINE SACRIFICE?
on the Amazon, the community and existence. Look around and see
MESSENGER/MARCH 1994 3
Miracles n The La
wonderful experience! I shall never
forget. The inspiration gained by
learning how they survived many
years of terrible conditions—physical,
mental, political and spiritual—and
who are now so joyfully and
enthusiastically responsive to the
Word of God, will stay with me
forever!"
Harvest Time!
AN Step by step these dear people
exchanged the hammer and the sickle
EVANGELISTIC for the cross of Jesus. Among a team
of 21 who assisted Dr. Schulz during
REPORT the meetings were an interpreter from
Andrews University, a physician, a
child evangelist, a computer expert, a
local coordinator and fifteen pastors.
In addition to that team, trained
personnel assisted as receptionists,
secretaries, and data entry people
Dr. Victor Schulz
A Spiritual Revolution pictured inside who worked at computers entering
the Kremlin walls. thousands of records. Computer
records show that a total of 4392
HE LORD IS performing real the main doors in the back. Since this
miracles as many souls are happened every day of the crusade,
Tbeing reached with the gospel the evangelist had to preach for six
in the former Soviet Union, where for hours every weekday and for eight
around 70 years it was not possible to continuous hours every Saturday.
preach openly about our wonderful Says Dr. Schulz, "Words cannot
Saviour Jesus Christ. Dr. Victor portray the overwhelming certainty of
Schulz, an evangelist in the Canadian the presence of the Holy Spirit that I
Union was invited by the General sensed during the series. I had the
Conference to evangelize in the opportunity of conducting 56 major
former Soviet Union. For almost two crusades in different countries of the
months, he had the opportunity to world. I had the privilege of
stand on the platform of a beautiful preaching in every continent. But I
and large auditorium and proclaim the had never seen such a thirst and such
third angel's message to thousands in a hunger for the word of God! During
the city of Poltava. the two months we were there we
It was clearly demonstrated once had a daily banquet of thrilling Dr. Sid Kettner, a Canadian physician, con-
more that seventy years of the most experiences which more than ducted health lectures.
brutal atheistic regime was unable to compensated for the limited fare of
remove the population's hunger for physical food." different adults attended the
God. To accommodate the crowds he Dr. Sidney Kettner, a respected meetings. The attendance at the
had to hold three sessions every Canadian physician who helped with crusade grew until the fourth
weekday and four on Saturdays! At health lectures during the meetings, weekend when it peaked at 3075
the end of each two-hour session, commented that "the weeks spent in attending at a given day. Prayers were
people left through the front doors Poltava were the best weeks of my life answered and dedication rewarded,
while the next group entered through (including my honeymoon!). What a when at the decision time, 1352 souls
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nd Of The Czars!
expressed their desire to keep the destroying of lives. One day a lady and that she was planning to
Sabbath. The expectations were more asked to talk with the evangelist. She participate in the first baptism.
than fulfilled when a total of 1025 said, "Dr. Schulz, do you know me?"
decided to take their stand for the "Yes, but only because I've seen you From Cynic to Seeker
Lord through baptism! Everyone at the meetings". "Do you know
Alexis, an imposing individual also
wanted to be baptized immediately. A what our city was supposed to be for
careful indoctrination process was set the world?" "Yes, I do", was the attended every night. A few days
in place by the evangelist through a answer. "Well, I was the chief of that before the second baptismal ceremony
baptismal class, and only those that project. I was supposed to make it in which he was participating, he
opened his heart. He was a "hired
completed the classes were allowed to work at any cost. The good Lord
participate. The rest are going through allowed me to live until now, so that gun", a paid bully contracted by a
the process and are being baptized at 82 I could know the Christ whom I fanatical religious group to interrupt
when they are ready. fought against. I now want to clear the meetings by physically attacking
Plans were made to start 3 new my conscience of all my wrongdoing the evangelist. So he attended
churches, but there were no Russian- and learn what I have to do now to meeting after meeting. The Lord
speaking pastors able to meet the find peace in my heart." convicted his heart and he was one of
challenges. Instead, a new, "mega" the 1025 that requested baptism, and
church was started in the rented was baptized in one of the first
facilities of a theatre. During the last ceremonies. Baptized because he was
paid to attend the meetings.
Sabbath with the evangelist in town
(the crusade continues with local
Other Stories of Changed
personnel), 1270 attended the worship
service. The Union president in a Lives
letter to the evangelist says: "What
So we could share story after story
we could only dream before, is a
of real miracles of conversion. People
reality before our eyes today." The
of all levels and extractions like the
194 hours of preaching in six weeks
paid off! We credit and praise the director of Promotion and
Development of the city, the director
Lord for this!
of Social Services of the city, a family
They Said "Yes" to of nine architects, journalists, army
officers, government personnel,
Jesus
educators, doctors, politicians,
A famous scientist, who lead in over housewives, men of the streets, all
The well known actress Svetlana Kolomiets
forty major research projects, attended baptized and united in a common
also accepted the Lord.
the meetings with the purpose of bond: Jesus Christ. All wanting to use
"unmasking these crazy foreigners". The actress Svetlana Kolomiets, their talents, gifts and lives for He
He wanted to show one once and for attended one of the meetings simply who died for them on the cross.
all the wrongs of the Christian beliefs. out of curiosity. Everyone in the city
He took careful notes of everything. was talking about the meetings, and Threats, Torture and
He wanted to prove "scientifically" she wanted to see what was Imprisonment
the mistakes of what was being happening herself. The spirit of the
presented. How thrilling it was to see Lord began to convict her heart. As During the two months the
him step forward during one of the she is also endowed with a special evangelistic team rubbed shoulders
last baptismal calls! talent for singing, she asked to sing with many of our faithful pastors and
The communist regime of the past during the meetings. She expressed members who spent years in prison
wanted to make the city of Poltava an her desire to use her talents for Christ because of their faith. One hundred
atheistic showcase to the world. They from then on. The evangelist gave her seventy-nine Adventist pastors were
carefully planned the extirpation of as a gift a Russian hymn book. How sent to Siberia, one of the most frigid
concept of God in the city. They touching it was for the audience to areas on earth. The average winter
would not skimp efforts to get these see this artist on the platform temperature is 46 degrees below zero
results, even if that involved the announcing that her life was changed (most buildings have three sets of
MESSENGER/MARCH 1994 5
doors and triple-glazed windows). way: "One Sabbath, the police came
Some things however just can't be during the church service. They took
protected from the cold. Milk, for every grandfather, every father, every
example, which freezes soon after husband, every male over 18. We
leaving the cow, gets stored and never saw any of them again. We
delivered in pie-shaped chunks. Of were a church without men. Wives
the 179 pastors sent to forced labour without husbands. Children without
to Siberia, only 4 returned! Of the fathers. Sisters without brothers.
3000 Seventh-day Adventists sent to Through the years ours became a
prison camps, only 500 returned.
What courage! What faith! By 1930
almost all our churches were closed,
only one was functioning in Moscow.
. . . ominous
But hundreds of groups of members
and family units were meeting in
secret in private homes, risking clouds
imprisonment and their lives to do so!
are appearing on
A Faith Worth Dying For
In one ministerial family alone— the horizon.
three generations of preachers—one
pastor spent 25 years in prison. His Circumstances
son, Mikhail Kulakov, spent seven
years in concentration camps. The Nine pastors officiated for hours to baptize are
the candidates.
other son did time in jail on several
occasions, and was sent to exile
dramatically
including 10 years in a concentration
camp. He finally died in prison.
A partial view of the first baptism (top) changing.
Galena, a church member from
and the second baptism (bottom) of 1025
Kiev, described a tragic situation this souls.
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church of old women. But old women Project Evangelism
who never forgot their faith in God or
their hope of reunion someday."
Canada
A Return to Repression ---\------ ----L6
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It Reaching
is true that the Lord is performing -N--------1-
miracles as many souls are being Global Mission
reached with the gospel in the former People
U.S.S.R. But time is running out. 250
million people don't yet know Jesus
and ominous clouds are appearing on
OKANAGAN—Evangel Tabernacle, 3261 Gordon Drive, Kelowna
the horizon. Circumstances are
7:00 pm, Friday, April 8 through 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 9
dramatically changing. Oppressive
FRASER VALLEY—Northview Community Church
Friday, April 15, 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 16, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Abby Arts Centre, 2329 Crescent Way, Abbotsford
Saturday, 7:00 pm
(cid:9) (cid:9)
The oldest person (92) attending the meetings Robert Folkenberg Alfred McClure Orville Parchment
(cid:9) (cid:9)
accepts a gift from Dr. Schulz. President, (cid:9) President, (cid:9) President,
General Conference North American Division Canadian Union
laws are being formulated in some
areas. Freedom for preaching may be
Other Participants—
curtailed at any moment. The General
Lyn Behrens, Lorna Linda University
Conference is trying to do the utmost
Charles Brown, Director, Ministerial Family Life, British Columbia Conference
now. The world headquarters has
Don Nobel and Debbie Case, Maranatha Flights International
asked Dr. Schulz to conduct a major Ray Hamblin, Adventist Laymen's Services
crusade in Kiev, from October Mike L. Ryan, General Conference Coordinator, Global Missions
9-November 17, 1994. KIEV 94 will Ron Watts, President, British Columbia Conference
include a medical team from Loma Jon Dybdal, Garwin McNeilus, Don Folkenberg, Tony Finch, Richard Hart,
Linda, the Belko Brass from FVAA Acronix, and others
California, and other personnel and
This week end celebration will feature up-to-the-minute reports on the
the meetings will be held at the
Church's worldwide outreach, with special emphasis on PROJECT
beautiful October Palace in the core of
the capital city of the Ukraine. We still EVANGELISM—CANADA REACHING PEOPLE. This will be a
remember the throbbing multitudes, major Global Mission activity for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in
the anxious faces, the people lined up Canada during 1994 and beyond.
by the thousands waiting for answers
to their spiritual needs. These people
Program Emphasis—
have already waited 70 years. That's
Global Mission of Reaching the World for Jesus
too long. Lets not keep them waiting
any longer! We rededicate our lives to
Information—
service in God's work. Let's unite in
the task of finishing the work not Kelowna(cid:9) [phone] 9:00 am-3:00 pm, Mon-Thurs
only in remote lands but wherever we Abbotsford [phone]
are.
MESSENGER/MARCH 1994 7
and were fitted with locally made realize that although we could do so
braces. In 1992, another group of much to help these children, much of
thirty children were given the same it was unnecessary if only treatment
medical and therapeutic care. What a had been started earlier.
thrill to see these children upright and Helen had never walked upright
walking, with happy smiles on their since polio hit when she was an
faces. infant. Her leg muscles paralysed, she
The medical director of the nearby "walked" by pressing her hands on
Kendu Bay Adventist Hospital is an the ground and flipping her legs
active supporter of the Nyaburi forward for each step. Now after
program, and helped to set up surgery and rehabilitation treatment,
another treatment unit at the hospital with her legs and hips straightened by
itself. Both units are staffed by local braces, she walks to school upright
Kenyans, who are trained as and has won a place in a secondary
physiotherapists and rehabilitation school for handicapped children.
assistants. ADRA helped with this.
Support for the program has
continued to grow, and a retired
mechanic from Kendu Bay Hospital is
Hope for
the volunteer supervisor of a
workshop at the School for
Handicapped
Handicapped Children, repairing
wheelchairs, braces, and crutches.
Children in Kenya This on-site workshop helps to keep
the children mobile, and also gives
the older ones an opportunity to learn
Ken Hill some practical skills.
I Sewing machines and plenty of
knitting and sewing materials were
n Canada, we live in an age donated to start off another
where many childhood diseases, workshop, where the children learn
such as polio, no longer strike other fun and marketable skills.
fear in the hearts of parents, thanks to Fingers are busy learning and
the development of effective producing, usually accompanied by
vaccinations. However, in Africa and the sound of excited chatter. In the
many developing countries, children fall of 1993, the children received an
Helen walks upright with braces and crutches.
and adults still suffer from the stigma award for their display at a village
and crippling effects of polio and craft show. When I first met Moses, he had just
other debilitating diseases. Children Thirty more disabled children have started learning English words.
with disabilities are often rejected by been admitted to the Nyaburi School Shaking with excitement and
their families and turned out onto the for Handicapped Children, and are anticipation, he crawled towards me
streets. Even when families care for awaiting our return in February 1994. on all fours saying, "Want walk, want
their disabled children, they usually We know that there are literally walk!" Now after surgery and
do not have access to proper medical thousands of disabled children in the treatment to both hips and to both
treatment and physiotherapy. areas around the school, as there are knees, he walks with a pair of
The Nyaburi Health and throughout the developing world. crutches, able to get around without
Rehabilitation Program has been Following a plan developed by the help from others. Were you part of
operating in Kenya now for several World Health Organization, we plan ADRA's support for his personal
years. This program, funded by to organize a community-based miracle?
ADRA Canada, has opened doors for rehabilitation program in the district This month, my wife and I are
hundreds of disabled children living around the school and hospital. The going back to help more children like
in the Nyaburi area. established treatment units will serve Helen and Moses. Last year the
In 1991, during the first stage of the as referral units. Under the direction average cost was approx. $250.00 for
project, a treatment unit was of a small rehabilitation team, the needed surgery, hospital stay,
established at a Kenyan Government volunteers will be trained to identify treatment and braces to help one child
School for Handicapped Children. The disabilities at an early stage, and then to walk. With your support, we will
school cared for seventy-five resident families will be taught simple be able to help all these children and
children, and during the first session preventative and maintenance many more in the district. Why not
alone, over thirty children learned measures. decide now to become a part of the
how to walk. Nine children, seriously When we first arrived in Kenya in Nyaburi Project. Contact ADRA
deformed as a result of polio while 1991, we were appalled by the Canada at [phone], 1148 King
infants, received corrective surgery, horrendous deformities that we saw Street East, Oshawa, Ontario
were given physiotherapy treatments in these children. It was frustrating to L1H 1H8.
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Reflections on
It Is Written
Black History Month Schedule
April 3 From Anxiety to Praise
by Fitzroy Maitland, April 10 How to Give Your Scars Away
Ministerial Secretary/Human Relations, Ontario Conference April 17 Roll, Jordan, Roll
April 24 Overcoming and Alcoholic
Environment
During the month of February, many and consider, as they hurry along their
of our brothers and sisters of African des- busy course in life.
cent celebrated the blessings of the Lord As a people heading for the kingdom Voice of Prophecy
within their cultural context. The North of God, the experience of Black History
American society at large (with interna- Month may be likened to the celebration Schedule
tional support garnered through the of those special events of the Jewish peo-
years), paid glowing tribute to Black ple in Bible times, especially the SUNDAY (cid:9)
History Month, expressing appreciation Passover. They had much for which to
(cid:9)
to those in that people group for the be thankful. And though they often April 3 One Thing at a Time
(cid:9)
significant and often overlooked con- reminded themselves that they had been April 10(cid:9) The God Who Cares
April 17 God's Great Alarms
tribution they have made to the well- slaves in Egypt, the emphasis was not on (cid:9)
April 24 Prophecies of Resurrection
being of society. slavery but on deliverance. Yes, they
Within the church, from the level of our remembered whence they came to keep
local congregation to the office of Human in perspective whither they were going.
MONDAY-FRIDAY
Relations in the North American Division Thus we find encouragement to
(cid:9)
of the General Conference, there is an in- remember, to celebrate and to hope, in April 4-8 New Ways to Share the Old Story
(cid:9)
tentional effort on the part of many the counsel of Ellen White: "We have April 11-15 Your Personality Potential
leaders to call attention to the fact of nothing to fear for the future, except as April 18-22 Eat Your Way to a Healthy Heart
April 25-29 To Be Announced
cultural phenomena. The evidence is all we shall forget the way the Lord had led
around us that those of African-American us, and His teaching in our past history.
and African-Canadian (including West (9T, p. 10)
Indian) culture in our churches, bring a It is in this context that many of our
richness into the cultural mix which has churches in Canada dedicated programs LEGAL NOTICE
enhanced our witness, worship and in honour of Black History. They did this
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
fellowship. by means of sermons, lectures, skits and
This is not a time to attack or demean discussions at Adventist Youth meetings, Conference
people of other races and cultures. It is and other creative varieties. Where the
Notice is hereby given that the Third
an opportunity to build bridges to others circumstances warranted, some labelled
Regular Session of the Manitoba-
in our church community. their program as an ethno-cultural
Saskatchewan Conference of the
There are some church communities dimension of their faith.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Incor-
which embrace this opportunity to iden- Indeed, it would be unchristian to use
porated will be held at the Hill Avenue
tify the different cultures among us and loaded, tension-producing language that
Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3720 Hill
hold up to view the proverbial "melting would upset and hurt (perhaps, uninten-
Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan, on April
pot" or "mosaic". They prefer to em- tionally) those who do not share that par-
10, 1994. The meeting will convene at
phasize our cultural heritage and ticular ethno-cultural experience. If, at
9:00 a.m.
pluralism. It should not be assumed that the end of the day there isn't better com-
This session is called for the purpose
because it is not generally done at this munication, better understanding and
of receiving reports for the past three
time that it will be totally inappropriate cooperation between Blacks and the peo-
years, the election of officers and depart-
to use our diversity as a backdrop against ple of other cultures, could we still with
ment directors, consideration of
which Black History is cast. Christian love feel a sense of fulfilment?
proposed changes to the Constitution
It seems that somewhere in our Thus we must always be sensitive and
and Bylaws, and the transaction of such
modern history, somebody, then a willing to understand the difference,
other business as may properly come
group, then a nation, was satisfied that which make us a great Advent family.
before the session at that time.
the history of Blacks—their survival If we choose to "forget" "our past
As provided in the present Bylaws,
mechanisms, their stamina, their history", we do so at our own peril. If
delegates to the session are chosen as
religious fervour, their role models, their we keep it before us and before our
follows:
musical heritage (if alone, the negro children, we could inspire our generation
one delegate for the organization, and
spirituals), their contribution to social and generations yet unborn, that the God
one additional delegate for each twenty
justice (bless all the Martin Luther Kings), of our fathers (and mothers) who brought
(20) members or major fraction thereof.
their sacrificial spirit, their sense of com- us thus far, will be with us to the end of
mitment and loyalty—would warrant our journey. Lester F. Carney, President
people—all people—to pause, observe Harry B. Sackett, Secretary
MESSENGER/MARCH 1994 9
NAME CHANGE CONSIDERED
FOR CANADIAN UNION COLLEGE
During the October Board of Trustees meeting on the CUC campus, it was voted to pursue a change of name for
Canada's only Seventh-dayAdventist degree-granting educational institution. The Name Change Committee invites you
to consider this possibility with us.
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Canadian Union College has become a school that, along with the church it serves and the world in which it
operates, is vastly different from what it was even a decade ago. Accreditation for degree-granting status, record-setting
enrolments, and program offerings which more nearly reflect career opportunities for the next century are just a few
recent changes.
With these changes, there is an ever-widening gulf between perceptions that the name invokes and facts as to what
the college offers and represents.
A. The word union no longer exists in the official name of the church in Canada (once the Canadian
Union Conference). The official name for the church is, The Seventh-dayAdventist Church in Canada. Outside
of Adventist circles, where the designation once referred to the organized church body, the term often evokes
nothing other than an image of organized labour.
B. The word college does not accurately reflect the three- and four-year degree-granting status. There are
many two-year under-graduate community and vocational institutions in Canada which use the term "college" in
their name.
Canadian Union College has a responsibility to its students who graduate with degrees from this institution.
Because the Church is no longer in a position to hire the majority of CUC's graduates, the college must accurately reflect
in its name, the reputability of the degrees it grants.
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Canadian Union College is committed to preserving the heritage of the institution. Past name changes have en-
hanced the college's reputation and accurately identified the academic reality in which it operates. The new name should
recognize the past but also encompass the future potential of the institution.
We wish to invite the involvement and suggestions from our constituency members and alumni. You are urged to
send your response to this proposal and suggestions for a new name for Canadian Union College
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Canadian Union College has a legacy that we are proud of and it is integral to the future success of the school that,
at this juncture, this heritage provides the foundation for each new development.
We need your input. The emotional links which surround peoples' allegiance to their alma mater are no secret and
they are links that we must sustain for this school to succeed.
Alumni realize more than anyone the relationship between a school and its image, as well as the realities that
create that image. You, as alumni, also know the school better than anyone and, as such, stand as the most critical of
consultative bodies necessary to this process.
Send your response by April 30 to: The Name Change Committee
c/o College Relations Office
Canadian Union College, Box 430
College Heights, AB TOC OZO
10 MESSENGER/MARCH 1994