Cheri Peters recently spent a week with us on Norfolk Island, and presented a series of talks in the Parkland Estate Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings, as well as on Sabbath morning and afternoon.   Cheri was very much appreciated, as she told the story of her journey from a very unhappy childhood to…

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In January during the local Australia Day festivities, the Administrator handed out a number of awards; among them was a Community Service Award to the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the work done with the FoodCare program. Norfolk Island Church Pastor Dion and his wife Colleen were called on to receive the award on behalf of the Church. The…

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Support and prayer for Christians undergoing persecution in Syria and Iraq and other areas was a key worship element at Parramatta Church in November 2014. Using lamps as a symbolic gesture of support, love and respect, several youth participated in Solidarity Sabbath, which presented a unique and important opportunity for Christians across Australia to unite and…

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An eight-year-old boy has been killed after an accident on an Adventist church property in Sydney. The child was playing down the back of the Sydney Tongan Seventh-day Adventist Church’s 5-acre property when stored construction material fell on him. The boy passed away as a result of injuries sustained in the accident after being taken by…

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Parramatta Church’s Worship Ministry team meets once a month at a meeting known as Tribe.  Like-minded creatives gather at Tribe for the equipping and empowering of the team who serve in their local church.  The Parra Worship team aims to create worship services which tell the story of Jesus in a creative and inspiring way.…

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The greatest want of the world is the want of men—men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who…

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Bankstown Church was blessed to have Dr. Allan Lindsay take a series of programs on our SDA church history. It was refreshing to have our past explained in a compact but simple way reminding all present that our church was raised to be a prophetic movement. Dr. Lindsay reminded the church that  “We have nothing…

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A very special birthday celebration was recently made even more special when a group of young people from Wollongong Church visited the nursing home where Sister Johanna Vogels resides. Sister Vogels, who turned 95 on the 18th of July, and her daughter, Yvonne Wallace, were very happy to see the group that included, Don, Mandy,…

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Waitara Church recently started a new outreach initiative.  Operating under the name “Yes, We Care!” this brainchild of James Willison involves engaging with the community immediately surrounding the church (ie Waitara Avenue, Park Avenue, Balmoral Street and Myra Street) to find practical ways in which the church can help satisfy the community’s needs and, by doing so, build friendships that can lead…

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Special thanks is extended to Orette’s Catering Services for its generosity during the 28th Constituency Meeting of the Greater Sydney Conference on 23-24 August.  Orette’s Catering Services was responsible for providing the meals to attendees of the event.  The Catering Services donated approximately 60 packs of leftover food from the event to support ADRA ELIM’s…

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