Coming together by Livestream…
Last week was a historical moment for Seddon Church. Like all of us, they have been challenged with how to do church in isolation. For a time they combined services with another church, St Albans. They also ran zoom meetings through out the week, with a kids program...
Online Bible Worker – how?
Dear church, The current situation requires us to think outside the box when it comes to how we share Jesus with our community. It provides an exciting opportunity to develop our skills in digital evangelism. The AUC has developed an online training course for you...
Relationship Conversations
Last month Simon Gigliotti (Greater Sydney Youth Director) facilitated the first of a series of relationship talks aimed to build up our young people who are navigating the season of dating, relationships, marriage etc after a number of youth were asking for one. The...
Beehive Services
The Abide Wellness Retreat are excited to announce that we are expanding! Due to the COVID-19 restrictions and not being allowed to have people come to our centre to provide a place for learning about and developing a wholistic lifestyle, we are wanting to offer an...
Renowned Bandmaster Honoured
The Australian Government has recognised the outstanding contribution to music by conferring the OAM of the Order of Australia on Melbourne businessman, Reynold Gilson who has led the Advent Brass Band since 1987, following in the footsteps of his father, Bruce Gilson...
Celebrate Messiah
Wangaratta & Benalla Churches recently invited Celebrate Messiah to speak on the relevance of the Jewish Passover to Christians today. It was a fascinating program, as Barrie Buirski took us through the Passover symbols and what they actually represent in the...
Thank You ADRA
The ADRA centre in Warburton's management recently recieved this message.. "Hello, this is (name withheld). I am just trying to thank someone named (withheld). I got a food parcel put at my door and I can't say how grateful I am. It... it is just going to make the...
Adventurer’s Shirts Available
The new adventurer dress shirts have arrived and are available here
So You Miss Singing?
Enjoy this rendition of "Always" by Kirk Franklin put together by Lorraine Roberts and some young people from around the state who are no longer missing it quite so much... Follow them for more music, or if you would like to join in the fun, click HERE View...
Above and Beyond
Hats off to our teachers who are pushed beyond what they have experienced before, to achieve what has been required of them in these last few weeks. Our school system has risen to the needs of online learning and the feedback received from parents has been...
More Connected Than ever Before!
The iPathfinder curriculum has gone LIVE after feedback from District Directors and the wider Pathfinder community. Find it here We are encouraged to see our youth and young adults serve in their local communities. The “Mission Collective” young professional group has...
Chovid-Choir
Do you miss singing? Check out Chovid Choir on instagram
Prayer Meetings Thrive
Pictured above, Givemore, who we also affectionately call Praymore, is the prayer leader and one of the elders at Casey Church and is currently running a 6am phone prayer hotline. Prior to lockdown, we were running a prayer meeting on Wednesday nights, but in truth it...
AdventCare Update on Covid-19
The beginning of the year 2020 has seen life as we know it turned upside down with Covid-19, with the community in isolation, many businesses closed, and many people working from home. Our two aged care facilities, AdventCare Whitehorse in Nunawading and AdventCare...
BigCamp for Kids
The Corona Virus has changed all our lives in many ways. What it hasn’t changed is knowing how important it is to keep ministering to our kids! So many churches and individuals are doing so many innovative and creative things, it’s wonderful to see people being...
Digital Blessings
As soon as we received the instruction that we could not worship at the church, we prayerfully discussed with our church leaders to earnestly request our Father in heaven to open ways for us. God answered our prayer promptly through our church clerk who could handle...
Virtual Last Supper
Like a number of other churches, Wantirna commemorated Easter by celebrating Communion via Zoom. Paul, our Head Elder, led out during our weekly church “Virtual Family Room” as he shared from numerous passages in the Bible and the privilege that we have in being able...
Faith FM
We’re finding new ways to nurture our churches and reach out to our communities during this coronavirus crisis and in the process many of us have been forced to become Zoom & online streaming experts. Well here’s a crazy idea to think/pray about... Faith FM is...
Online DARP
What do you know about the Nedley Depression and Anxiety Recovery Program? This program is quite different to other recovery programs. Most treatment looks at symptoms and how to cope with them. Dr Nedley's program looks at causes and how to eliminate the ones you...
Revelation’s Answers for Today
David Riley, who was one of our pastors for a number of years and now pastors Reedy Ck Church in Qld, has been recieving many questions about the Book of Revelation recently, a number from people who do not normally attend church but know he is a pastor. They are very...
What is Happening at the Conference?
The Conference Office may be largely uninhabited, however the work is still continuing. If anything, our staff have been busier than usual. Departmental leaders are e-meeting weekly to pray together, sharing the challenges their ministries are facing as they come up...
What Can You Do?
In many ways, Covid-19 has widened the gap between the haves and the have nots. What can you do to help those around you? One member from Warragul Church, Calvin Mak, has found a way. He delivers mobile devices to people on Sabbath morning, setting them up so they...
Helping the Socially Isolated
One person braves the risk and shops. Another cooks and leaves the food on the doorstep. A third pics it up, nods through the window and drives off to the next house. Soon after, two people meet in a carpark. They greet each other briefly, smiles no handshakes. Bags...
Marching Onward…
What an interesting start to the year it has been for our Pathfinder Clubs! We acknowledge the challenges each club has been facing regarding how they should navigate Pathfinders in 2020. Some clubs have cancelled all meetings, others have tried zoom meetings/google...