Anmarie Anderson from Gloucester Seventh-day Adventist church has always loved gardening from a young age. Her father being a farmer enabled her to grow up around plants and fresh food and develop a deep insight into the fine art of horticulture.
Speaking of her passion for gardening Anmarie said, “for me gardening is very relaxing, I don’t see it as work, I enjoy it and it keeps me busy and fit I love being in nature and gardening provides the best of both worlds. I am in nature, enjoying the…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-05-27/grow-your-own-fruit-and-veg/
Dudley House School Art Exhibition
As the country begins to open up after months of lockdown, Dudley House School embarked on a collaborative school venture on 25 May – the staging of their own art gallery experience. For one day only, the school entrance, the large hall and one of the classrooms were completely transformed and dressed with collage, printing, weaving, painting and sculpture that the children had created during an art themed day earlier in the term and art lessons.
The school has always prided itself on valuing…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-05-26/dudley-house-school-art-exhibition/
Thursday: Remembering the Sabbath
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8).
The Sabbath was and is a sign for man to “remember.” The use of the word remember can serve various functions. First, to remember something implies looking backward, looking to the past. In this case, the Sabbath points us to the fiat Creation, which climaxed in the institution of the Sabbath as a weekly day of rest and special communion with God.
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The injunction to remember has implications also for the present. We are not only to “remember” the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8); we are to “observe” and “keep” it (see Deuteronomy 5:12, RSV). Thus, the Sabbath has important implications for us now, in the present.
Finally, remembering the Sabbath also points us forward. The person who remembers the keeping of the Sabbath has a promising, rich, and meaningful future with the Lord of the Sabbath. He or she remains in the covenant relationship, because he or she remains in the Lord. Again, when we understand the covenant to be a relationship between God and humankind, the Sabbath, which can greatly help strengthen that relationship, comes into specific prominence.
Indeed, in remembering Creation and its Creator, God’s people also remember God’s gracious acts of salvation (see Deuteronomy 5:14, where the Sabbath is seen, in this context, as a sign of deliverance from Egypt, a symbol of the ultimate salvation found in God). Creation and re-creation belong together. The former makes the latter possible. The Sabbath is a sign that communicates that God is the Creator of the world and the Creator of our salvation.
“By keeping His Sabbath holy we are to show that we are His people. His Word declares the Sabbath to be a sign by which to distinguish the commandment-keeping people … Those who keep the law of God will be one with Him in the great controversy commenced in heaven between Satan and God.” — Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 2, p. 160.
Look at this statement from the Lord’s servant. What is it about the Sabbath that makes it something that can distinguish us as “the commandment-keeping people” more so than, perhaps, any of the other commandments?
Amen!
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Letter from the VC
Transformed Vol 33 No 2 A few days ago we received an email from a graduate thanking Avondale for going above and beyond in helping him through his degree. As an international student studying in a language other than his own, there were a number of areas needing support. It … Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/05/26/letter-from-the-vc/
Editor’s note
Transformed Vol 33 No 2 My reading consists largely of true stories, biographies or documentaries. I’m fascinated by the experiences of others, their motivations and their responses to misfortune, privilege or prospects. Knowing someone’s genuine reality creates a connection I don’t get from fictional stories. Communities the world over, especially … Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/05/26/editors-note/
