Welcome to the Victorian Conference!
On the 12th of May 2022, the Victorian Conference Committee officially recognised the Adventist Agape Gospel Fellowship group in Werribee and the Adventist Doncaster Hope Fellowship Group as being part of the Victorian conference. Congratulations! We look forward to...
Hughesdale Celebrates Baptisms
Towards the middle of last year during the Melbourne lockdowns, Angela and Tania (mother and daughter) who were devout Roman Catholics, were becoming discouraged with their church which led them to search for a new church who is true to the Bible. In their search...
Plenty Valley Celebrates 9th International Food Night
Plenty Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church recently held their 9th International Food Night, the church welcomed 85 people with 14 visitors and raised over $2,000 towards local ADRA crisis relief in the city of Whittlesea, and humanitarian project in the Solomon...
Maryborough Celebrates Baptism
On May 14, Joelle was baptised at Maryborough Seventh-day Adventist Church by Ministerial Intern Eric Johnson. Joelle's initial contact with the church was through their Facebook page. After a connection was built through visitations with the family, she decided to...
Bairnsdale Easter Concert
On Sabbath morning the 16th April, Bairnsdale SDA Church put on a musical Easter concert attended by over 100 people. Aided by overhead illustrations Pastor Rian Van Deventer took us through the gospel story from creation to the cross, the resurrection and the blessed...
Pavilions Stage 2: Construction Commenced
The Bible tells us in Isaiah 40:21—31 that our God is an awesome God. This promise is demonstrated as we see the progress of the Pavilions Blackburn Lake Retirement Village project, built on the old Campground site in Nunawading.Stage 1 containing 41 apartments was...
Family
There are so many words to describe families in this day and age: large, blended, reserved, cohesive, complicated, small, close-knit. Here’s another: masterpiece. God’s masterpiece, in fact. When we open the book of Genesis and read about when God created the world,...
(Little) Big Camp
While our adults were meeting online for Big Camp this year, Camp Howqua opened its doors to over 60 youth from across Victoria and interstate once again, for (Little) Big Camp. The theme for this year’s camp was ‘The Pressure Cooker’. While Union Conference President...
Werribee Church Grand Opening
On the 2nd of April, the new Werribee and Karen Church was consecrated: the fulfilment of our vision to build a lighthouse church, an eye-catching church for the people of Werribee and beyond. Pastor Nikola Trajkov officiated at the opening, while Pastor Danijela...
Rejoicing Together
Werribee Karen SDA church (WKSDAC) celebrated 15 baptisms and 8 dedications on March 12,2022. There were about 200 people gathered from Bendigo, Geelong, and Ringwood to witness this special occasion. Pr. Justin Bone dedicated 8 children and baptized 10 candidates...
Called to Ministry
Over the past few months, the Victorian Conference has been privileged to recognise God’s calling to ministry over the lives of six of our church members. We’re so excited to introduce to you our newest ordained/commissioned pastors. You can read more about their...
Soul+Food Grand Opening
The Seventh Day Adventist Church launched its new food relief facility Soul+Food at Wendouree on the 5 April 2022. Attended by church and local community members as well as Pr Graeme Christian, Pr Justin Bone, Ms Kallista Kaval, representing Minister Anthony Carbines...
Life Ready – Big Camp 2022
We relied on technology to help us during the COVID pandemic. Churches scrambled and soon were streaming services and doing their best to maintain community. Students attended school online. We relied on technology to keep connected and try to maintain friendships....
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 40 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...
Relationships Uncensored
Are you in a relationship? Single? Married? Well, you’ve come to the right place! My Edge Magazine recently hosted a relationship panel featuring Terry and Kimberly Johnson, Jayden, and Hayley Croft, along with marriage counsellor, Yvonne Kraemer from Crossway...
Knox Community Christmas Support Program
Wantirna Seventh-day Adventist Church has partnered with other churches and community services in conjunction with Knox Council to provide Christmas food hampers and new toys for children from disadvantages families in the local community for the last 11 years....
Casey Church Building Update
Have you ever been on a long journey? A journey that starts out with all good intentions and excitement? Thoughts of the Israelite journey firstly springs to mind, where there is no thought of trouble ahead, with God’s leading, who can be against us? Well, this...
Testimony of Nyawanglel (Mary) Lul
Nyawanglel known as (Mary Lul) was baptized together with her mother who is 101 years old and 7 other people on the 11th of December 2021. She had been going to the Presbyterian church since 1962 and held various positions including church planter, Sudan Presbyterian...