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Gluten free Cooking Demonstration – Nundah, QLD
There are many today who are searching for alternative healthy foods due to the great amount of allergies around. Appreciating the fact that folks are searching for ways to cook healthy, and at the same time, tasty allergy free meals, Clayfield members and friends decided to hold a gluten free cooking demonstration in the Nundah area. The demonstration took place on Sunday 16th February 2014. While we had a few challenges trying to turn the building alarm off before the…
New Zealand Camp Report
Let me share with you of our recent camp had in N.Z. Invitations were sent out to a Family Youth Camp to be held at the Eltham Presbyterian Campsite from 2pm Tuesday 21st January – Sunday 26th January 12:30pm. New Zealand membership, friends and associates are scattered from the top part of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. Also a mother and daughter joined us from Australia. The joy of seeing all together in one place…
AUC Welcomes families: Dumaguit and Pedrosa
Dumaguit Family The Australasian Union Conference would like to officially welcome the Dumaguit family to Australia; we pray that your stay here will be a very blessed and wonderful one. Three members of the Dumaguit family, Brother Rolly, Sister Mercy together with their son David, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday the 19th November 2013. Their eldest son Abraham will join them later on this year. Born in the Philippines, Brother Rolly and Sister Mercy Dumaguit both have a huge passion for…
Report from Samoa Fly’n’Build Project
Sometime ago a plan was formulated to have a “fly-build” project to erect a chapel in Samoa. The brethren there are very happy that this time has finally arrived! Unfortunately Br John Lausevic, director of the Welfare Department, is not able to carry this out due to some health problems, so Br Luke Kneebone was entrusted to take on this project. On Sunday 9th June 2013 Br Luke, his wife Sr Jade and Josiah left Sydney for Samoa. Jade shared…
Vanuatu Church Dedications & Pacific Leaders Forum
In November, Vanuatu Mission Field hosted the Pacific Leaders Forum, with representatives from PNG, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Australia, and of course Vanuatu, in attendance. The Pacific Regional Secretary, Br Rolly Dumaguit was also present for the meetings, which discussed the needs of the Pacific Mission Fields, including a proposal for the establishment of a Pacific Union. Another very special occasion took place during that trip – the dedication of the newly completed church building in Port Vila.…
Welfare Department Work in PNG
It has been several years since a visitor to Perth’s Guildford Church returned to Goroka, a large town in Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Ever since that time, thought has been given to the work in Goroka where the main produce grown are pineapples, bananas, coffee plantations and sweet potatoes. Some corn is also grown as the main cash crop for subsistence farming. Along with the nice climate this town is also a university town where many students…
Welfare Department Work in Oceania
For the past two years several outreach seminars were planned by the Welfare Department to take place in the various islands of Oceania. Due to various funding issues and time constraints the department was unable to complete the scheduled events until just now. As we write this report to you, several more events are in progress. One of the most recent events was a one day Agriculture and Garden Improvement Seminar held in Western Samoa. The members and visitors in…
AUC Workers Seminar 2013
From the 2nd to 6th of January, 2013 the Australasian Union Conference held a Worker’s Seminar for our Australian and New Zealand based workers. Br D Sureshkumar (General Conference Vice-President) conducted the Seminar based on the theme of “Leadership”. All appreciated the opportunity to reflect on the principles of leadership particularly in the context of pastoral ministry. The seminar concluded with a self-assessment questionnaire that helped identify individual leadership traits.
Wedding – Vivian Ilic & Chris Cosson
Monday, 29th October, 2012, on a warm and sunny afternoon, many guests gathered to witness the marriage of Christopher Cosson and Vivian Rose Ilic. The service was held at a historic St John’s Anglican Church at Camden. The groom and his attendants – Jonathan Gules (best man), Jeremy Gordon, Jesse Ilic and Luis Ilic as groomsmen arrived well before time. The groom firstly ushered his parents to their seat and then retraced his steps to usher the bride’s mother to…
Wedding – Lana Ilic & Jeremy Gordon
On the afternoon of Sunday, 16th of December, over three hundred family and friends gathered on the picturesque lawns of the Gledswood Homestead to celebrate the marriage of Lana Danielle Ilic and Jeremy Andrew Gordon. All expectantly awaited the arrival of the bridal party. Soon they arrived and the bridesmaids walked up the grassy aisle followed by the flower girls strewing rose petals as they went. As they stood to the side all eyes turned to watch the beautiful bride…
Alive & Kicking – AUC Health Department Camp Meeting
The recent camp meeting, Alive and Kicking, was held at Elim Heights on December 25-29th. This camp was run by the Health Department of the Australasian Union Conference. Naturally the focus during this time was the subject of healthy living, both physically and spiritually, and some of the ways in which this can be accomplished. Each morning there were a couple of groups for the early morning exercises, followed by worship and breakfast to start the day. We then separated…
In Loving Memory – Brother Iosif Szabo
In Loving Memory of Brother Iosif Szabo 27th February 1946 – 14th October 2012 A short phone call, in the early hours of January 9th this year, changed everything for our family forever. The much loved husband, father, grandfather, friend, brother and patriarch of our family was diagnosed with a disease that had the potential to take him away from us abruptly. My father, the father I knew, was the best father anyone could ask for. About three months before…