My “fly and build” mission trip spanned 33 days, and then it took me 3 days to recover.  Within the last 6 years, I have been on similar outings, however this Christian journey touched my heart and spirit in a special way.  I felt it physically, mentally, socially and in an enormous spiritual way too.…

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Have you ever had a Roman soldier rock up to church on Sabbath morning?  On 15 March, 2014, Wes Pudsey, member of Hoxton Park Church, donned the garb of a Roman soldier and told the story of Jesus on the cross from a soldier’s perspective.  He ultimately admitted, “truly He was the Son of God.” …

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Strong turnout for the Sydney premiere screening of the movie, Hell and Mr. Fudge, prompted organisers to screen a second showing of the movie in an overflow room at Fox Valley SDA Community Church on Thursday 19 March. The screening of the movie was only the fourth time the movie had been shown in Australia.  Equally…

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A strong turn out of almost 60 church treasurers attended the Treasurer’s Training Session on Sunday 16 March at the Greater Sydney Conference Office.  The purpose of the event was to provide a venue for church treasurers to network and discuss best practices as they work in their local churches. “The role of a church…

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Three years ago, a Penrith church member started a journey with the Alminaza family.  Little did they know that the journey would have an eternal destination.  As a means of ministry, this church member began delivering religious DVDs to the Alminaza’s home.  For a while, the family received them with interest, however, this arrangement came…

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The first church service for the Seven Hills Group took place on Sabbath 3rd December 2011, after the Merrylands Samoan SDA church gave its blessing to five families to start a community project with an outreach focus to the local community.   Within one year of operation in the Seven Hills community, these families were further joined…

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A celebration of God’s leading and generosity will be celebrated at Kellyville Church on Sabbath, 2 November, 2013. All past members and friends are warmly invited to gather at the Spurway Drive Church for the program commencing at 10am, followed by lunch, an informal afternoon program and an Old Fashioned Social in the evening. Kellyville…

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A combined baptism was held at the Mountain View Adventist College auditorium where the six local churches involved in The Last Empire series, together with Mountain View Adventist College, celebrated the decisions and commitments of 13 new members. Over 400 people witnessed the beautiful celebration of lives being transformed by the Holy Spirit. Pr Johnny…

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In 2012 the Blacktown youth decided to get together to find a way to be involved in an overseas service project. “We didn’t know where to start so we contacted ADRA connections who gave us a selection of projects and countries that needed our help,” says youth leader, Angela Battistini. “The next Sabbath we got…

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Late last year a small group of people got together to discuss what activities Mile End Community Church (MECC) could do which might make a difference in the lives of people.”Our congregation is not large so we determined that in the course of a calendar year we should only do a few things and do…

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