Women’s Ministries – Uplift Program
On Saturday 14 May, we were blessed by testimonies from women across Victoria as part of our Women's Ministries Uplift program. Held at the Heathmont Baptist Church, over 50 women were gathered to be inspired, to uplift and be uplifted by each other. Our guest speaker...
Grand Opening of the Primary Precinct at Officer Campus
Heritage College held the Grand Opening of the new Primary school facilities on Thursday 5 May 2022 to commemorate the finalised project. Member for Eastern Victoria Ms Harriet Shing was in attendance to commemorate the opening, as well as representatives from Kneeler...
Clyde Connect Now a Company
Clyde Connect has been worshipping together since 2020, with the support of Filipino-Australian SDA Church - Dandenong. What started out as a group of 10 people has now grown to over 30. Since it's formation, Clyde Connect has had 7 baptisms and 2 professions of...
Victorian Conference Announces New Fund for the Needy
The Victorian Conference has announced a new Fund for Needy Persons which aims to assist those who suffer from disadvantage, to provide financial and other support. Financial support may also be provided to church groups within the Seventh-day Adventist church who are...
Teen Easter Camp 2022
Teen Easter camp, like many other VicYouth events this year had an anxious prelude, with last minute staffing changes and complications to overcome. But once again, God is good! At 6:00 pm on Good Friday teens from across the Victorian conference began to roll in to...
There’s Life at AdventCare Whitehorse
More than in other parts of the community the aged care sector has been hit in a bad way during COVID. Here at AdventCare Whitehorse (ACW), residents and staff have had to endure a number of hardships. Family and friends have not been able to visit in person, leaving...
Maria’s Testimony
On February 27, Pr. Manuel Tikulin baptized Maria Peters into the Croatian St. Albans Church. Maria previously attended a Greek Orthodox Church, however she wasn't happy. She didn't know that she could study the Bible on her own, and was afraid of God. During the...
Shane’s Journey
In December 2019, Shane began managing a team to deploy a large number of computers for his health organisation. He never anticipated where it would lead back then. Listen as he tells his story… A few months into the project, I thought it would be a good...
Sharon’s Testimony
Sharon Bayani grew up in a Christian family, attending a conservative church in the Philippines where her father was a pastor. She had committed her life to serving the Lord. As a family, they would attend church every Friday evening for worship and Saturday afternoon...
Commune with God
Don’t let our dependency on the internet and all things online substitute for real prayer and time in God’s Word
Korey’s Testimony
I grew up in a Christian family, but it was only recently that I became a Christian. What I mean by that is that as far back as I can remember…
Choose Joy
Lorraine Roberts, along with her husband Bryan, co presented at Gap Summer Camp 2021. The theme was Choose Joy, and Lorraine has prepared a devotional for us, based on what they presented. After the difficulties experienced by many throughout 2020, it can almost seem...
Wandering the Pandemic Wilderness
Liminal spaces are places and times of insecurity and fear. They are also where God meets us, taking us to the other side and further… if we let Him. BY JUSTIN BONE, MINISTERIAL SECRETARY I remember the first time my family drove to Adelaide from our small hometown of...
2020 – The Year God Lost His Glasses?
In the years preceding 2020, so many companies and groups spoke about 2020 as a year of vision and clarity–playing off the whole ‘2020 vision’ thing... Funny how all that ‘bombastic motivation’ has gone kind of quiet this year, hey! For those of us with any...
It’s Not Enough to Broadcast a Service
It’s Not Enough to Broadcast a Service. Churches Need to Foster Community. What pastors can learn from plummeting online attendance. ADAM GRABER AUGUST 17, 2020, Christianity Today Since the coronavirus forced worship services to move online, nearly a third of...
Living in Harmony
It would be easier if God just called us to be nice… In Romans 12 Pauls calls the Christians to live in harmony with others, love sincerely and prefer others over ourselves; even those who are different from us. It sounds pretty straightforward on the surface. Be nice...
Crazy IS Power
This inspiring story is one of the readings provided by the Stewardship department of the General Conference. You can read other weekly readings in the Offering Resource brochure. Download the document to keep this handy resource at your fingertips. You wont need...
Each Life Matters
Racism and Discrimination... here, in Australia? In this series we look at what we can learn from what has been happening lately, so that we can move forward... as one, in Christ Jesus. We also refer you to the statement on racism, recently released by the Australian...
Blessed Hope or Blessed Calculation – what of claims of Christ’s imminent return…
Below is a YouTube video presentation by Dr Laurence Turner entitled ‘Blessed Hope or Blessed Calculation.’ Now if you’re like me, you’re probably thinking, “Just what I need – another video to watch (Not)!” So with that introduction… let me recommend it to you...
Make Every Day Count
Many of us are still finding we have more spare time than before Covid rampaged across the world. And with the very gradual easing of restrictions set out in our country’s time line for recover, this may well continue for some time. But there are some of us who have...
It is About Time
It's about time we step up and be the people God put us here to be... [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHN8_gcaC-M[/embedyt]
Don’t Panic
We are in an unprecedented situation. COVID-19 is not the first pandemic (or plague as they used to call them), it's not the worst virus, but it is a bad one, and the response has been unlike anything we've ever experienced. All over the world things are shutting...
God Cares – a message from our Victorian Church Leader
It was sad to hear Scott Morrison say that places of worship are now closed. Only days before, indoor gatherings of less than 100 were permitted, and our congregations were searching for ways to hold small group worships in place of church. And a week before that we...
Buildings are closed, our churches are not!
Pastors from around Victoria met together on ZOOM to discuss the implications of the recommendation from the Victorian Conference and the AUC that all churches shut their doors until the end of April. This decision will have far reaching and, in some instances,...