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Brayden Rath has officially joined the Victorian pastoral team with the commencement of his Ministerial Internship this year serving in the Mildura and Dareton churches. He comes to the pastoral team from a four year stint working as a school Chaplain at Gilson...

A few weeks ago we shared with you the story of Antonia’s baptism. Charlie also returned from the same Camporee having filled in a commitment card, requesting bible study.  He too had felt God’s Spirit moving on his heart while attending a friend’s baptism, confirming...

The Springvale Spanish Church hosted a Bible Exhibition in late February.  Featuring the first ever Bibles printed from the Gutenberg Press, the first Martin Luther Germanic Bible translation an the first Spanish translation as well as replicas of Bible artefacts, it...

Jared Smith joins us from New South Wales and will be serving as the Associate Pastor of Burwood Adventist Community Church. He moves here from the Central Coast with his wife Kylie, who is now teaching at Nunawading Christian College. Jared is passionate about...

27 February 2021 was the day to be at Spotswood Seventh Day Adventist church.  It was the day where we celebrated four souls ( Caitlin Dube, Simba Rugube, Laureen Choruma and Tjedza Goitsemang) joining the church through baptism. They all stood before the church and...

Just last Sabbath, Antonia Bustos was baptised at Lysterfield Lake. When asked why she wanted to be baptised, she said that it was something she had wanted to do for many years, but was encouraged to wait a bit longer, until old enough to make such a decision.  Her...

On the  23rd January  we had more than a new year and being back together in the church building to celebrate in Bairnsdale. We were also happy to witness Pastor Andrew Wilson baptise Jillian Glenwright, a young woman who has been attending church the past year or...

Eric Johnson has joined our team this year as an Intern Minister at Ballarat and Maryborough. He graduated from Avondale in 2020 with a Bachelor in Ministry & Theology. Eric and his wife Monique have two children, Ezra (almost 4) and Ava (practically 1). For the...

Lead Your Life is a new podcast, launched at the end of January, that provides fresh, actionable content every month to encourage, inspire, and challenge everyone to live their life to their full potential. It is ideal for ministers, church members, and unchurched...

Saturday, 16th of January was a joyous day for our pastoral staffing family and for the Karen and Chin communities, as Nan Myat Kaw, who has been pastoring these communities, was commissioned. Nan was born in Myanmar during a difficult time in the country’s history,...

Dandenong Polish Church opened our Adra café in June last year.  Prior to this our church was never directly responsible for a project like this and given the climate of 2020 and the restrictions that took place, we had no idea how this project would take off. On our...

Whitehorse Redevelopment AdventCare has signed a building contract with SJ Higgins to undertake the major redevelopment of the aged care facility and the works will include: An additional 48 resident rooms to provide more capacity for the Church community New...

Piroska Vranyakne-Feith joined our pastoral team at the beginning of February this year.  She and her husband Laszlo, and their children Viktoria and Adam, have come to us from Western Australia, where Piroska served various congregations, was a school chaplain and...

In recalling the wedding banquet in Luke 14, put yourself in the shoes of the Master’s servants.  It was their privilege to extend the invitation to the magnificent banquet given by their master.  The servants knew the master.  They knew the extravagance of his table...

God has had a wonderful plan for our Karen Community of believers who have met regularly at Werribee Church for some time.  Nan Myat Kaw tells us about their journey from chance meetings on the train to a fully recognised church… God sent my husband Mervin and I to...

The first stage of Pavilions Blackburn Lake Retirement Village was completed on the 16th of Dec 2020, capping off a 20-year journey for the Church in Victoria. Understandably, a tremendous amount of work, time and effort has been expended on this project and it is...

Uncertainty seems to be a major feature of our lives these days. Borders open. Borders closed. Churches closed. Churches open. Masks off. Masks on. Trips away. Rush to get back to Victoria. Anxious waiting for the rules to change so people can come home for those who...

Yes, our ministers were able to meet, within guidelines, for their first session of ministers meetings in the second week of February for professional development.  "This was the first time we had been together, face to face, since the same meetings twelve months...