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1 Adventist Heritage Center From: Sent: To: Subject: Center for Adventist Research Friday, December 2, :12 PM Adventist Heritage Center FW: Back in Play: Adventist Soccer Player Gets Sabbath-Off Contract From: Adventist Review On Behalf Of Adventist Review Sent: Friday, December 2, :03 PM To: Center for Adventist Research Subject: Back in Play: Adventist Soccer Player Gets Sabbath Off Contract 1

2 Goaaallll!! Adventist Soccer Player Back on Field With Sabbathoff Contract A faithful Seventh-day Adventist physiotherapist working at a soccer club in the Brazilian state of Paraná inadvertently smoothed the way for Carlos Vítor da Costa Ressurreição, a professional goalkeeper recently baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to return to the soccer field with a Sabbath-off contract. Ressureiçao, 31, made national headlines in Brazil a few months ago, when after learning and accepting the biblical teaching of the seventh-day Sabbath, he chose to stop training or playing on Saturdays. Following Jesus example, 2

3 Seventh-day Adventists around the world refrain from secular activities on the Sabbath day, and choose to devote those hours to worship God and nurture human relationships instead. The goalkeeper s decision prompted the Londrina Sporte Clube, the soccer team where he played, not to renew Ressureiçao s contract which ended last May. After what happened with my previous club, I did not expect to be back on the field so soon, Ressureiçao said in an interview with the South American Division's ASN news agency. I actually thought it was rather impossible someone would even offer me to play soccer professionally again... Read Now 3

4 A weekly GraceNote from Adventist Review editor Bill Knott Grace is God s liberating path between the cruel rigidities of sin and the heartless vigilance of self-righteousness. So it is that Paul proclaims, For freedom Christ has set us free (Gal 5:1). Through sacrifice, Jesus restores the dignity He once gave Eve and Adam the liberty to choose, unfettered by a guilty past or futile plays at selfredemption. In grace, we live the fullest, freest lives imaginable. With love, we may become all that our Saviour dreams for us. So stay in grace. -Bill Knott 4

5 South American Church Leader Expresses Condolences over Air Tragedy in Colombia An Adventist goalkeeper recently declined to play for the team flying... Read more Tennessee Fires Change Plans for It Is Written Partnership Event Weekend meeting moves to Chattanooga; ministry team praying for fire victims... Read more 5

6 To Reach Families With God s Love, Trans-European Leaders Get Training Montenegro event had modules on parenting, ethics, and sexuality... Read more Deaf Community Now Have Their Own Hope Channel Adventist television service will offer sign language, captioned programming worldwide... Read more 6

7 Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup unsweetened soy or almond milk 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons ground flax seed + 6 tablespoons water) 2 tablespoons canola oil ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 7

8 ½ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons oat bran 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (optional) Instructions Make the flax egg by mixing the ground flax with 6 tablespoons of water and letting it sit for 10 minutes. The consistency should resemble that of an egg. In a bowl, mix together the oats, milk, flax eggs, and oil. In a small separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Then combine both mixtures and stir, adding more milk if necessary for your desired consistency. Lightly grease a hot skillet or pan with additional oil. Pour ½-cup pancake rounds on the skillet and cook until bubbles form on the surface. Carefully drop 6 8 optional blueberries onto one side of each pancake, then flip and cook on the other side until golden brown. Ready in about approx minutes Makes 6 pancakes 8

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