In a shy and cautious voice, Faten Abdallah, student in the Community English and Support Program at Auburn Seventh-day Adventist Church, shares that she’s been attending English language classes at the church for about a month.  When asked if she enjoys coming she responds, “Yes.  I’ve learned and made friends.  I’m meeting new people, and…

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Tevita and Iva Naiteitei are a Fijian couple who have been living and working on Norfolk Island for 11 years.  Tevita is a chef, and Iva is a housekeeper in one of the resorts.  When they were still living in Fiji, they were baptised and joined the Community Church on the island.  Tevita was later…

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The youth at Waitara have been running a weekly online Skype prayer meeting every Tuesday night for the last 3 years. During this time people from around the world have joined in this weekly hour of power. A Providential Encounter After a recent Skype prayer meeting session, the host forgot to log out of the…

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Deep spiritual growth takes place in community. For this reason, Xcell Church, led by Pastor Frank Ropati, has a special emphasis on cells, or small groups, within its church. Pr. Ropati says that about 95-99% of the members of Xcell Church belong to a cell group. They are designed, he says, “to be a source…

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On the 7th of June at the Sydney Portuguese church, an amazing celebration took place as a wedding and a baptism were celebrated in the same service. Rogerio Marques and Isa Andrade got married during the service in the morning. It was a very simple ceremony that was both beautiful and moving. As the wedding…

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As Christians, we are told by the Lord to go out and preach the gospel. He also tells us in the book of Matthew to care for the poor and visit the sick.  The Caringbah Church Youth wanted to put these instructions of Christ into action.  Below, Jasmin Piho shares her experience with a new…

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At the end of 2013, Waitara was blessed with a week of revival meetings hosted by Pr Justin Torossian. Pr Torossian, who is presently an MDiv student at Andrews University and also the great great great grandson of Ellen G. White, presented a series of powerful meetings themed on the three angels messages of Revelation…

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Looking at Parramatta SDA Church’s congregation, Pastor David McKibben and Associate Pastor Jean-Pierre Martinez noticed it is composed of numerous young families.  With this in mind they decided they wanted to provide members with tools to help improve family life, whether by helping them invest in their marriages or supporting families in raising their children. …

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Dundas Croatian Church hosted a well organised and well attended Easter Concert on the evening of Saturday, 12 April 2014. Visitors from the Croatian community were absolutely thrilled to hear songs in their mother tongue sung by the Dundas Church Choir, Larisa Miler and Pr Edvard Miler.  Additionally, there was a large number of English…

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Wombats, fish, knots and campfires were all part of a fun weekend for the Adventurers and Pathfinders of Illawarra, which includes Wollongong, Corrimal and The Shed.  They enjoyed a weekend of camping at Coolendell, west of Nowra, on 4-16 March. The group left on Friday evening and arrived about 7 pm with enough light left to…

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