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Connect Magazine
Good news about how Jesus is impacting lives across WA
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Growing Disciples
Our focus areas are simple:
Invest in our relationship with God: Loving God.
Invest in our relationships within our church families: Loving fellowship.
Invest in our relationships with people beyond church walls: Loving others.
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Easter Camp Registration
Campsites & Visitor Passes will be available via the WA Conference website from 1 February 2023. The only places to be booked via phone will be cabins reserved for the elderly and disabled.
If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact Lynne Turner (08) 9398 7222.
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Goodbye Pr Uili & Pr Mike
Uili Mauga made his first impression when he came to serve at the chaplain at Karalundi eighteen years ago. He quickly demonstrated he was dedicated young pastor wanting to serve the students and staff of Karalundi.
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Shamira the Brave
Recently, the Livingston Seventh-day Adventist Church Teen group needed donations to help raise funds so they could purchase a set of OrCam high-tech glasses for Sham. They needed to raise at least $7000 and they believed that their church family could raise this amount.
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Blooming Brilliant
The theme of this year’s event was ‘Messages of Hope’. A record total of 19 arrangements were on display, with each one depicting an encouraging message of hope for the viewer to reflect on. Visitors can show their appreciation for Bible in Bloom by donating to a charity. This year’s beneficiary was the ‘Light of Hope’ School in Cambodia.
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50 of 4700!
A very good friend of mine knew about my competition writing and sent me a link for the Best Australian Yarn competition, run through the West Australian newspaper. At first I thought it wasn’t for me. It is such a widely published competition that the chances of getting through are slim. So I prayed about it, as I do with all my stories, and an idea began formulating. That idea became the story ‘From the Outside.’ It is a short story from the point of view of a child, who is neurodiverse, and his experience of his first day at a new school.
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Sleeping Bag Blessings at Midland Meals
There wasn’t much in our shed, and as we hit the wettest part of winter our shelves were depleted. In desperation we put a Facebook post out to the community asking for support. We were amazed at the responses we received.
Derby Outreach
In early October, I travelled to Derby to work with the local pastor Gavin Dagg. We conducted a short evangelistic series for the people in the community. The local church hired a 25 seater bus. Gavin’s wife Bev drove the bus out to the local community of Mowanjum, and around town, to pick up families for a meal and the program.
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Karla Bidjar Has a New Building
The WA Conference executive committee approved the purchase of the old licensing centre when a proposal was presented to the committee. It outlined the building’s potential as an Aboriginal “Centre of Influence” in Midland and the surrounding areas. It is planned that the “Centre” will provide much needed services to the local community.
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Adventures with Jesus
Over 500 people came along to our Adventurer Camporee in October and it was fantastic. There was 211 kids between the ages of 4-9yrs old, and they came with their parents and other family members. There was a lot of energy from the kids, and a lot of creativity from the leaders.
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Tianie’s Dedication
Something special happened on 8 October 2022: our very own Tianie Calais was dedicated into chaplaincy ministry. She recently completed a chaplaincy course with Youth Care and is now working as a school chaplain near the area of Kulikup, in Darkan, WA.
Extension of Life Leads to New Ministry
Eileen Fehlberg seemed to be losing her battle with breast cancer in the middle of 2021. She had an open cancerous wound on her breast which was getting more difficult to care for. She was needing to use a walking stick, a wheelchair and stronger pain medication. It looked like she wouldn’t make it to the end of the year.
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City of Gosnells Spring Day
On 3 September 2022, the Gosnells Seventh-day Adventist Church opened the grounds to their Community on a Council-sponsored ‘Spring Day Places of Worship Open Day.’
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African Camp Meeting
The African Adventist community held a camp meeting at Livingston Seventh-day Adventist Church and Advent Park. Over 200 people attended the camp on Sabbath. The theme was ‘Watch and Be Ready’.
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Busselton Church Kid’s Club
Something that we saw at this years Kids Club was a funny skit by Dirk Irwin (Pr Derek McCutcheon) the armadillo hunter who lied. The kids enjoyed tying him up with the Tug of War rope on the last day.
Bickley Church Kid’s Club
Bickley Seventh-day Adventist Church held it’s ninth annual Kid’s Club during the second week of the October school holidays. Over 70 children joined us at the ‘Jerusalem Marketplace’ throughout the week. We explored the experience of Jesus and His followers in the week of His trial, death and resurrection. We were blessed to have a number of children attend from the local community who have not had any prior connection to our church.
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Justice, Compassion & Love
I recently joined ADRA Australia, whose motto is “Justice, Compassion and Love”. ADRA’s motto inspires its employees and affiliates to embody compassion, passion and commitment in service to humanity so that every individual is enabled to live as God intended. This is why ADRA, a Christian organisation, is active in relief, care, advocacy and development.
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Seniors’ Camp
Seniors’ Camp was held from 30 October to 5 November 2022, and was enjoyed by all who attended. The theme for the camp was ‘His Mercy is More’.
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Home at the Park: A New Season of Sorrow & Joy
Home at the Park has been an instrumental practical mission field. It not only served the local community needs of the City of Stirling, but contributed to the faith journeys of the volunteers and guests alike, which resulted in the organic growth of the local Church.
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Engage
Being present in the community with an encouraging influence