Armadale’s Church Year-End Extravaganza: Celebrating Faith, Diversity, and Generosity
Baptismal Candidates
Multicultural Day
The end of 2024 saw Armadale become a hive of activity as they witnessed young people commit to Jesus in baptism, rejoiced over our pathfinders, celebrated their diversity and gave generously.
Multicultural Day
November the 18th saw a celebration of God’s work in the lives of our young people. After joining together during the week for the last two terms to study, fellowship and pray, our group of 25 iChoose participants rejoiced over their discipleship journey. As a result of the faithfulness of God, their parents, friends and ministry volunteers nine of our young people made the decision to get baptised. What an amazing celebration to witness the dedication to their God and being willing to follow Jesus through the waters.
Whilst still recovering from the joy and exuberance of the baptism, we were then able to celebrate our Pathfinders and Adventurers Investiture. Our clubs have had an action-packed year full of camps, awards, fellowship and faith filled activities. It was a pleasure to witness their dedication, and celebrate their achievements for the year. The staff have worked diligently to make the club as beneficial as possible.
On the second of December, we celebrated the rich international diversity of our congregation. We did so with our annual multi-cultural service and celebration meal. With over 25 nationalities represented, there are often opportunities for misunderstandings and disunity. We make a conscious effort to bring unity, by celebrating what unites us, and growing in our understanding of how God has made each of our cultures. This year, we spent time understanding the unique ways in which we can ‘greet one another with a holy kiss’. In our context, that means greeting one another in ways that recognises uniqueness and accepts people for who they are. We were especially blessed by some of our newer cultural representatives from the Cook Islands and India.
To conclude the year, we remembered the story of the birth of Jesus with our Asian-Aid Christmas service and fundraiser. Our young people did an excellent job of retelling the story. We also managed to raise over $1000 this year to assist those in our world who are struggling.
Kyle Richardson - Armadale Seventh-day Adventist Church
