ADRA Director Malcolm Rea will be participating in the City 2 Surf run in benefit of ADRA. “It will help us build trust so we can find out why families are hungry. Once an underlying problem is identified, our counsellors can begin helping people figure out what they can do to help themselves,” says Rea. To…

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The Health Department of the Greater Sydney Conference has launched a new initiative designed to provide mentored health experience for a highly motivated youth. The initiative will take place during the 2017 year.  Young people between 18-30, who meet the criteria below are encouraged to apply: passionate about good health, have an interest in pursuing health as a career,…

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Apply now to become an ADRA Youth Ambassador 2016/17! The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is inviting dynamic young people to apply for the position of ADRA Youth Ambassador for the Greater Sydney Conference. Applicants must be aged 18 – 30, passionate about social justice, have a heart for the poor and have demonstrated…

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The launch of our GSC Recipe Club on February 1 provided the large group of attendees with a wide range of delicious healthy morsels. Marilene Stevenson, featured below/above gets down to table level to ensure that her method of producing communion bread has delivered perfectly flat bread ready for the baking process. The Recipe Club…

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More than 1,000 families have received food and hygiene kits in Fiji after distributions by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). Food packs containing rice, lentils, tuna, sugar and biscuits were given to 501 families in Ra Province, one of the worst hit areas, along the northern coast of Viti Levu, Fiji’s main island.…

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Dental services is an area where the Solomon Islands needs a great deal of support.  With the skills and generosity from several individuals and organisations in Australia, some well needed help is being delivered.  Cope Freight was kind enough to donate their services so the dental chair, donated by David Digges was delivered for free…

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Recently, Filoship Connect Company, a church company organised just last year that has ben functioning for over a year and a half, took a momentous step forward in its organisation as a church.  The induction of its first Adventurer and Pathfinder clubs marked a new chapter in this church’s journey.  Church members say that with…

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2015 saw the Tongans win the Conference Health Department’s Biggest Winner competition for the first time taking out first and second places. Samoan winners have dominated the competition since its inception in 2010.  The Polynesian weight loss competition, now in its seventh year, runs from February to November each year.  Not only is the competition open…

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In recent years a group of committed Aussie tradesmen and Year 11 students from Hills Adventist College, Sydney, have helped build infrastructure and resources in six Seventh-day Adventist High Schools in the Solomon Islands. What has been achieved in those years? Six new generators have been installed in schools by a team of electricians and…

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It’s no secret that Greater Sydney Conference’s Adventist Book Centre has struggled financially over a long period of time. In fact over the past 10 years, we’ve averaged losses of $173,000 per annum, making our ABC the worst performing ABC in Australia. Or if we want to put this in a better light, of all…

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