Sabbath, March 30, was designated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada as the date for the Canada-wide offering for CUC. A video clip and bulletin inserts were sent to every Adventist church in Canada.
Dr. Mark Haynal, President of CUC, gave the following appeal at the College Heights SDA Church after the video was shown:
Although this short video says the most important thing, "thank you," it does not fully explain why the Canada-wide offering for CUC so
very important.
This offering is not about balanced budgets, taking care of
buildings, hiring employees or establishing new programs, even those things are
important.
No, to appreciate the most important reason why we should
support the Canada wide offering for CUC you have to look no further than to
the young men and women in the pews around you.
For many of those young men and women, CUC represents the
final years of their exposure to this great and good evangelistic series we
call Adventist Education. And these years are our last best opportunity to fully convince
them that loving and serving God with all their heart is the best way to live.
The reason I support this offering, the reason why I’ve spent
my entire career laboring for Adventist Education is because for me there is
nothing more rewarding to do with my time and nothing more profitable on which
to spend my money than this:
- Helping a young person understand that God in his great mercy, through Jesus Christ offers salvation and eternal life as a gift of love.
- And that living a good clean life and serving others and advancing the Kingdom of God is not something God asks us to do as payment for this, but something he invites us to do for ourselves because He knows living that way is what will truly make us happy.
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