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Gary Blagden Gary Blagden

Thank You, Esther Robartson

Throughout her life, Esther encouraged and demonstrated Christian values. Her faith was strong and her trust in her Saviour unwavering. She expressed openly an appreciation of having had such a wonderful life, and one that was filled with loving family and friends.

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Pr Brad Thomas Pr Brad Thomas

Shared Director of Education Services

This arrangement will commence 1 March 2023, with the allocation of his time being 60% towards SA and 40% focused upon WA. With a schedule of ongoing reviews, the MoU of educational services will continue through to the end of 2025.

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Andrina Prnich Andrina Prnich

Australia Day Award

Jaden Willis—who has recently finished year 12—won the Young Citizen of the Year award at the recent Australia Day Awards in Merredin. The awards are run by Auspire, the Australia Day Council of WA, which gives local governments the opportunity to acknowledge the achievements and outstanding contributions of people who make a difference in their community.

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Pr Andrew Olsen Pr Andrew Olsen

Summer Camps 2023

All of those activities kept us busy—then there was the main event—an awesome speaker, Tianie Calais, telling her story and giving us her perspective on how real life can relate to living a Godly life. You could actually hear a pin drop (for real) every time she spoke.

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Rod Bowey Rod Bowey

Holland Track Trip

The only tools we had to get out of this situation were prayers, and we needed a lot of them.

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Pr Steve Goods Pr Steve Goods

Stoke the Fire

I have been reflecting on Paul’s letter to Timothy in which he encourages him to fan the flames of the spiritual gift God gave him. He reminds Timothy that God does not give us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline (See 2 Timothy 1:3-6). As we connect with God, He is the one who builds our faith. My dream is to see every person sharing Jesus—in rhythm with God’s heart.

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Pr Jody Eddy Pr Jody Eddy

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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WA Conference Office WA Conference Office

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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Pr Steve Goods Pr Steve Goods

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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Teen Sabbath School Teen Sabbath School

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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Linley Vogel Linley Vogel

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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Simone Field Simone Field

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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Talissa Pratt Talissa Pratt

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.

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Darren Peakall Darren Peakall

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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Darren Peakall Darren Peakall

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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Pr Andrew Olsen Pr Andrew Olsen

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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Pr Uili Mauga Pr Uili Mauga

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.

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Pr Don Fehlberg Pr Don Fehlberg

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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Huldah Bitange Huldah Bitange

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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Cheneso Madembo Cheneso Madembo

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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