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General Conference
Health Ministries Department Copyright © 2003

Seventh-day Adventist Church

General Conference Corporation SDAs
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• Faith

• Hope

• Endurance

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• After World War II in the blackened, charred
ruins of:

• Burned Pillars

• Like petrified trees

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 Blue domed
sky, clear and
bright.

Contrasted with the

images of fire and
horror evoked by the
skeleton of the
cathedral.
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Next door . . .
• Construction of new
cathedral.

• Modern architecture.

• Clean lines.

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Special window
constructed to
direct the sun’s
rays onto the
altar.

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 “Silent
Morgues”
of
Churches
in Europe.

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Westminster Abbey

• Museum of the famous

dead.
• Heavy, somber aura.
• Towering ceilings.
• Dwarfed mortals tread on
cold stone floors.

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 Sometimes,
there are
Wondrous
sounds
and sights
• Boy sopranos singing
• Peons of praise from the organ pipes
• The drab interior takes on different hue
• Vaulted ceilings become echo chambers of the
human search for God
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• The enthusiasm of praise
• The celebration of salvation
• The exultation in Christ’s triumph
over sin
• The thankfulness of the freed
• The celebration of the triumphant

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Clearly-defined targets
• Women
• Youth
• Children
• Family

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 Health for
all
PEOPLE ! ! !
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 Fit together Fresh Air

seamlessly Exercise

building healthy Trust

people Diet

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 The Architect
is God

• Those of us in the ministry

are the artisans.
• Only as all the pieces fit
together do we come up with
a beautiful cathedral of
health.
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Some polish
the “lamp” of
sunshine.

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And others
build
windows to
let in light
and fresh
air.

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Still others
lay
pathways
and stairs
for easy
movement
of the
worshipers.

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Some carve
out the
baptistry
and lay
mosaics.

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Like the windows
in the Coventry
Cathedral, Some
focus on the altar
and the essential
belief and trust in
God.

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In the ministry of health, we
are builders of the temple
of the indwelling God.

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Health Ministries may build a dark
foreboding structure

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 • People shout, laugh and play
• Pigeons foul the steps
• The world goes on its way
• The great cathedral of Health Ministry lies
empty
• SAVE FOR THE FAITHFUL FEW!
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• A sense of repression;
• no talking, laughing or
• spontaneity.
• Missing is the:
• Joyousness of praise.
• Celebration in song.
• Celebration of the God in Whose Name the cathedral has
been built.
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 An awareness
that…..

“The Lord your God in your midst, The

Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over
you with gladness, He will quiet you in His
love, He will rejoice over you with singing
“Zeph 3: 17, NKJV

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WORSHIP

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We need to ensure our service is in
praise of

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The cathedral exists to bring people
close to God . . .

• In the function of the cathedral, there

must be praise and worship

Health Ministries exist to bring people close

to God …
• In the function of Health
Ministry, we must evoke and extol
the beauty of grace.
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Only by grace is there
any cathedral at all.

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Is an expression of God’s graciousness in
permitting our survival.
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Not for the wonder
of its construction.

Not for the

discovery of
some
magnificent
wall carving.
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• Praise

• Joy

• Celebration of grace

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Purpose of our cathedral
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 “Fear God and keep His
commandments, for this is
the whole duty of man.”
(Eccles. 12:13, NKJV)

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• How do we give glory to the most
glorious one?
• How can our actions impact Him?
Our joy, praise, and
contentment as His children
give Him satisfaction!

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“…higher than the
highest human
thought is God’s
ideal for His
children.”

(Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students, p. 364).

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 

• Is not an exhortation to try to

make new resolutions.
• Does not suggest another
futile battle of the bulge.
• Does not focus on human
strength.

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Does away with a

• Self-regulating
• Iron-willed
• Coldly calculating
• Scientifically precise

Do it yourself Project
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We…. Look to The Divine Jesus
• In Him, we are
victors.

• In Him, we
overcome.

• In His gift of faith,

we can celebrate
success.
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The elements of

make the whole

concept of health a success.

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The cradle of our destiny

• The choices we make

are the gateways into the
cathedral of health.

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 The elixir of our energy

• The exercise
required to walk into
the cathedral helps us
to arrive at our pew.

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 The lubricant of our functionality

• The living waters, both

physical and spiritual, will
make us burst into
praise.

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 The empowerment of our community

• The cathedral
environment is
important to the
expression of
praise.
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 The basis of our
spirituality

• The belief within our

hearts motivates our
jubilant service.

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 The restorer of our
resiliency

• What a rest we find

sitting in the presence
of our Creator and
Redeemer.

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 The activator of our vitality

• The cool air

soothes and
comforts us. It
envelops and
enlivens us.
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 The temple of our purity

• Temperance moderates the symphony of

worship.
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 The incorruptibility of our honesty

• With the indwelling

of the Divine, how
can we be
dishonest?
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The operant of our sanity

• Our optimistic
outlook causes us
to praise Him with
full zeal.
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 The nourishment
of our body

• Good food provides

maintenance. Sermons
are spiritual food,
preparing us for the inner
doubts and trials.

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 The hallmark of our
relationship

• Good stewards tend and care

for the edifice of praise, the
cathedral of joy, the meeting
place of God and man,
spontaneously providing service
to the cathedrals of others.
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Take these CELEBRATIONS principles
as a packaged gift!

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We should not say . . .

“We will drink lots of fluids but

do not want to change our poor
lifestyle habit of insufficient
rest!”

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This makes for the “angry
health fanatic” !

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 What
difference
does it make
if a person
follows this
health
prescription?

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• Since the1950s, there
have been more than
247 manuscripts in the
scientific literature
dealing with the health
status of tens of
thousands of Seventh-
day Adventists.

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Nationalities Dutch Norwegian Polish California
Life span (American)

Male 8.9 years 4.2 years 9.5 years 9.4 years

more than more than more than more than
Seventh- the average the average the the
day average average
Adventist
Female 3.7 years 1.9 years 4.5 years 6.2 years
more than more than more than more than
Seventh- the average the average the the
day average average
Adventist
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 Gary Fraser. M.D., Ph.D.

• Principal investigator and director of the Loma Linda

University Center for Health Research.
• Professor of medicine and epidemiology in the
university’s Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

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 Gary Fraser. M.D.,
Ph.D.
“We have now established, for men and women
separately, that modifiable health habits such as diet,
exercise, past smoking, obesity, use of postmenopausal
estrogens (in women), together account for a 12-year
difference in longevity on average. To enjoy the
maximum benefit, individuals must change their dietary
and exercise habits by about age 30, however, health
benefits can be gained by changing at any age-but not in
so marked a way.”
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• These findings
are well known in
the scientific
community.

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 When studying the component parts of

always remember our purpose is to respond joyfully

to what God has done for us.
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Let us celebrate the Lord of
Lords and King of Kings
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• In our worship we praise
• In our praise we give thanks
• In our thankfulness we respond to Him
• In our response we maintain our health.
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The End
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