The journey down to Band Camp is an adventure in itself as the buses snake through Galston Gorge, winding down a trail through the bush up to the gates of the Crosslands Convention Centre. 119 students and teachers from Sydney and Canberra Adventist Schools traversed down to hold the annual Band Camp over the 1st…

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Past and present students, teachers and school community from Wahroonga Adventist School came together on Sabbath the 13th of June in a special celebration that many had been waiting to mark for over 50 years: a celebration of the start of a long-awaited high school. The celebration included a service in the Wahroonga Adventist Church…

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Parents, students and community members who attended Hurstville Adventist School’s recent Fun Day learned that school isn’t all about the teachers and the books. Sometimes it’s also about fun and community outreach. In 2014, the Greater Sydney Conference launched its Church and School Evangelism Program, which provides money to schools in the Sydney Adventist Educational…

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Can photography be used for ministry?  Alvin Ing and Andy Ly of Epping Church believe so, and now, so do their students.  From 25 May – 23 June, 16 students participated in Alvin and Andy’s photography course.  Because this is the second year the course is running, many of the students were reviewing the basics…

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The performance capabilities of the human body are incredible. Athletes today push through boundaries we once thought humanly impossible.  This past term saw our Sydney Adventist Schools hold numerous opportunities to push themselves in athletic events, competitions, and challenges and see what they were capable of. “Some of our kids are talented enough to have…

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The spiritual retreat, themed Thrive, was held at the Hornsby RSL on 13 July. Staff members led out in praise and worship this year; an addition that La-Dean Malifa, Departmental Assistant for Sydney Adventist Schools and one of the organisers of the event recognised as having a positive overall outcome on the worship. “To hear…

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Sister Ida Johnson turned 100 on the 11th of June 2015. Ida enjoyed the celebration held for her at the church on Sabbath the 6th of June. Her family also organised a celebration for her on her birthday. Ida passed away on the 17th of June after a brief illness. Ida was a faithful and…

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Children are like sponges, or so they used to tell me when I was growing up.  Having children of my own, though, has certainly demonstrated that this is incredibly true.  Our children copy what my wife and I do, which is either rather gratifying or quite daunting, depending on what they are copying.  They also…

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The Adventist Book Centre has been supporting a drive to send books to the Solomons to help raise literacy there.  Our dedicated customers have donated about $1,000 worth of books already.   We’re currently trying to put together class sets of the Jesus Calling Bible Storybook so that classes can read and improve their English…

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Recently, I stumbled across Nabeel Qureshi’s story on Youtube.  While I didn’t know it at the time, Nabeel’s story would become central to a sermon I was preparing on generosity. Initially, while contemplating the sermon topic, I drew a blank.  I doodled a few ideas on my paper and played with a couple of phrases,…

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