24 NorCal Reformer Friday, April 4, 2014

In Loving Memory: Neville Brittain ! It is with sorrow that we report the passing of Br. Neville Brittain. Death is never pleasant. It is an even greater loss when the person dying has made a point of living. Over the last 85 years, Pastor Neville S. Brittain lived. Br. Brittain will be remembered for his achievements. As a natural health practitioner, he served at a clinic and eventually as national president of the Australian organization of natural health practitioners. Then he served the church as local pastor in the Pacific and African regions, and eventually as General Conference President from 1991 to 1995. As a physician and a minster, he served in many capacities in each profession. He was a significant contributor to the hymnal published by Reformation Herald that we use in church every Sabbath. Br. Brittain will be remembered as a servant. Patients at the clinic, and people around the world found him interested in their well-being. No matter how great his administrative burden, he never rose above helping whoever he met. He was practical and attentive. Br. Brittain will be remembered as a thinker. His sermons and articles were well thought out, balanced, and very instructive. He had just the right text or statement for each point he was making. Br. Brittain will be remembered as a family man. Where ever he traveled around the world, he prayed for his family. They were always on his mind. Br. Brittain is a demonstration of the value of investing in young people. He was an early student of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement missionary training school in Australia. He was also raised by a godly mother that he admired. And now at the end we thank God for his life, and trust him to God’s care. We ask God to comfort the Brittain family. We ask God to give us grace to live out our years on earth as honorably as our friend and brother. And we ask God to unite us all again in the resurrection. !-contributed by Tobias Stockler !

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NORCAL REFORMER Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Northern California Conference

Upcoming Events

April 6, 2014 Kenya Breakfast Kitchen !April 8, 2014 Homeless food distribution in Marysville !April 12, 2014 Afternoon Youth Study !May 4, 2014 Start of the NCC missionary school program in Moriah Heights !June 6-8, 2014 Spiritual Conference in Leoni Meadows !June 21, 2014 Baptism at Moriah Heights !July 3-6, 2014 Prophecy seminar at Moriah Heights Church !August 4-20, 2014 Medical Mission trip to Kenya !August 29-31, 2014 Evangelism conference in Moriah Heights

24 NorCal Reformer Friday, April 4, 2014

Sacramento Online Transmission ! You are invited to watch the Sacramento Church service this Sabbath at 11am (Pacific Time, for our friends watching from abroad) for free at: !

https://new.livestream.com/accounts/6873756/sdarmlive ! This weeks service will be presented by Jorai Cruz, WUSU President. He will be presenting a message on “Planning for Eternity,” based on Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” (Jeremiah 29:11) !Kenya Breakfast Kitchen ! This Sunday from 9 to 2 the young people will be opening the Kenya Breakfast Kitchen at the Sacramento Church. Come out and support the medical mission trip to Kenya while at the same time sampling the local cuisine. Try the mahindi, viazi, mayai, mate, nyanya, and kepi. Or stick to the popular crepes from past breakfast kitchen menus. And don’t forget our popular fresh fruit smoothie bar will also be open. All proceeds benefit the purchase of medication and medical supplies for the Kenya medical mission. !

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WNAU Events!

May 23-25, 2014 Youth Convention in Houston, Texas !June 29 - July 6, 2014 Youth Convention in Colorado !June 29 - July 27, 2014 LA Evangelistic Outreach !September 8-11, 2014 North American Regional Worker’s Meeting (in Colorado) !External Events!

February 9 - June 7, 2014 Elim Missionary College Seminar Program (Australia) !April 15-20, 2014 Youth Convention in Mexico !June 22 - July 27, 2014 International youth mission project in Kragujevac, Serbia !July 27 - August 3, 2014 International youth convention in Marusevac, Croatia