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Faithful prayer warriors at Karalundi College
Wayne Thomas, Caryll Navarro and Shelley Poole Wayne Thomas, Caryll Navarro and Shelley Poole

Faithful prayer warriors at Karalundi College

A team of faithful staff and students meet at Karalundi College at 4:30 am each morning to pray. Our kids pray every day in the dorm, before school, at the end of school and they pray before sports.

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Our Carmel boarding house family
LoAnne Jenke LoAnne Jenke

Our Carmel boarding house family

Our house parents often read through scripture with them. When one of our boarding parents, Taryn Turner, calls the kids for opening Sabbath, they know its “time for family time.”

That’s what makes Carmel special. We are a family. We stick together.

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Let’s Pray, WA!
Pr Jody Eddy Pr Jody Eddy

Let’s Pray, WA!

It was wonderful to see people across Western Australia unite in prayer over the month of June. Each day we prayed for different people groups covering each of our regions, for people working in a variety of industries, and for people facing particular challenges.

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Pr Clem Receives Citation
Pr Ben Reynolds Pr Ben Reynolds

Pr Clem Receives Citation

On 20 June 2023 Pr Clem van Ballegooyen received a citation to celebrate his retirement and work in ministry since 1984.

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‘Road to Bethlehem’ Becomes Biennial
Pr Andrew Skeggs Pr Andrew Skeggs

‘Road to Bethlehem’ Becomes Biennial

Livingston Seventh-day Adventist Church has decided to run the Road to Bethlehem (RTB) Christmas outreach program every two years from now on, meaning the next program will be in December 2024.

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High School Rally
Pr Andrew Olsen Pr Andrew Olsen

High School Rally

One hundred teenagers all in the same place at the same time—so much fun! The High School Rally was filled with energy and excitement.

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Brenda goes west
Pr Don Fehlberg Pr Don Fehlberg

Brenda goes west

Then she spoke direct to the hearts of the adults challenging each one to be genuine Christian, fully surrendered to Jesus, passionately praying, quick to do God’s will and intentionally sharing Jesus. She told amazing personal experiences of God putting her in the right place to lead people to Jesus and His church. They were “Thank you, Jesus” moments!

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When the Sanctuary came alive for Manjimup
Deb Jones Deb Jones

When the Sanctuary came alive for Manjimup

We were divided into 6 groups and given an envelope with instructions on how to build a particular piece of furniture found in the Sanctuary… A trailer load of ‘stuff’ was taken there, this included cardboard, pieces of wood, plastic tubing, paper, paint, gaffer tape and of course cable ties. People could use their imagination and work together to produce an item that had to resemble the furniture they were to make.

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Growing together in Merredin
Andrina Prnich Andrina Prnich

Growing together in Merredin

God is blessing our regional community with a growing number of young people who are passionate for Jesus. In the last six months we’ve seen our young people continue to develop, grow, and shine through church life and within their community.

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Jenesis: beginning with praise
Michael Popkiss Michael Popkiss

Jenesis: beginning with praise

Our experience has been that live praise and worship is alive. It’s not something that can be replicated by watching online or listening to pre-recorded music.

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Happy birthday, Sanitarium!
Leesa Bylund Leesa Bylund

Happy birthday, Sanitarium!

In August 1931, it was recommended to the Australasian Union Conference that “a factory be established on the West Australian Missionary School property at Carmel, Western Australia, for the manufacture of Gronose Biscuits and Weet-Bix.”

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New First Nations building dedicated in a healing place
Shelley Poole Shelley Poole

New First Nations building dedicated in a healing place

Coming in under budget—at just under AU$2 million—the pristine new classrooms, student common area, computer lab, administrative offices and Faith FM recording studio will support growth in First Nations ministry and health education at Mamarapha College.

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An Awesome Easter!
Pr Steve Goods Pr Steve Goods

An Awesome Easter!

Camp happens because of the hard work of our conference team, pastors and teachers and also some very special people who volunteer.

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Finance Update
Graeme Drinkall Graeme Drinkall

Finance Update

The news has been full of cost of living increases, including rising interest rates, and wages not keeping pace with these cost increases. I have no doubt that our church members are beginning to feel the strain and have had to “tighten the belt”, so to speak, on the family finances.

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BLT at Livingston
Shane Lambert Shane Lambert

BLT at Livingston

It was especially good to see Michelle Harders helping her team in the tug-o-war as she attached her wheelchair to the end of her teams rope and pulled them to victory!

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