WORKSHOP Resources Claire Marsh Presentation – Anger Self Test Peace on Home Front 1 Peace on Home Front 2 The Life Compass Resources for Women Rosalie Needham – Time of Your Life
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BREATHE – Women’s Conference
09 Nov 2015
ADRA’s $40 Challenge
07 Sep 2015
How much is $40 a year? ($40 divided by 365 = $0.10958904). That’s right! It’s less than 11 cents a day; less than 80 cents a week. It’s actually less than the cost of five small Big Mac Meals. Is this too much to sacrifice for the less fortunate in a year? $40! That’s our…
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Life in Balance
07 Sep 2015
Parramatta Church recently held a preaching and small group series called ‘Life in Balance’. Organised by pastoral team Jean-Pierre Martinez and David McKibben, the ‘Mind in Balance’ seminar series was presented for the first time in May 2015 as a church and community outreach. Mrs Claire Marsh (Psychologist and Manager of Adventist Counselling Services) and…
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Abigail Figueroa, Light Hope Church
june 2015
07 Sep 2015
Meet Abigail Figueroa PASTOR AT LIGHT HOPE CHURCH (June 2015) Where are you from? Where do you call home? Despite living in Sydney for years now and a stint in Michigan, USA (whilst studying at Andrews University), Melbourne (where I was born and raised), is still home… though my absolutely wonderful and loving Light Hope…
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Can Jesus Use Culture Shock?
07 Sep 2015
Have you ever felt like you wanted to share Jesus but you didn’t know how? Coming to Australia from Brazil, I naturally experienced culture shock. Because English is my second language, I didn’t feel comfortable sharing Jesus with people when I moved here. However, God had a plan! One day as I was on the…
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Baptism of Julia & Selina at Hurstville Church
07 Sep 2015
The 2nd of May was a joyous and blessed Sabbath for the Hurstville Church family who witnessed the baptism of Julia Zou and Selina Zhao-Yu Wang by Pr Jimmy Cha. Both are from China and had the gospel truth sown in their hearts before coming to Hurstville. Julia first learned about the Bible from a…
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Camp HOPE: Adventist Women Community Project
07 Sep 2015
This year at BREATHE Women’s Conference in August, one of the community projects that will be launched is Camp Hope. Camp Hope is a retreat – in the truest sense of the word – for disenfranchised women from the community. Adventist Women of Greater Sydney Conference will bless these women through sponsoring them and their…
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Sydney Adventist Junior Schools Host Academic Olympics
24 Aug 2015
From Sydney Adventist School Auburn: This Thursday we hosted the Academic Olympics for all of our Adventist Junior Schools in Sydney. 8 students represented each school. Students were required to complete activities related to Mathematics, English, Science, History, Bible and Technology. The tasks set were intentionally quite difficult, as the students were doing work…
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Community Health Educators Program Food Demonstration
20 Aug 2015
Picture caption: Mildred Villason, cooking demonstration This year 17 students have been participating in the Community Health Education Program (CHEP) conducted by Sibilla Johnson, Victorian Health Director. The Certificate IV Course, developed and delivered by Sibilla, is an external course offered by Avondale. Mildred Villason, Blacktown Adventist Church, has been involved in community vegetarian cooking classes…
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City2Surf raises funds for the ADRA Community Centre at Blacktown
20 Aug 2015
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! With funds still coming in, thirty generous City2Surf donors generously emptied their pockets by giving over $3,200 in support of the ADRA Community Centre, Blacktown. Malcolm Rea, ADRA Director for the Greater Sydney Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, was elated at the overwhelming support he received and said, “The generosity…
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