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AROUND THE CHURCHES<br />
Glenvale<br />
Breakfast Is Served @<br />
Glenvale<br />
On Febuary<br />
2, the Glenvale<br />
<strong>Seventh</strong><strong>day</strong><br />
<strong>Adventist</strong><br />
Church was<br />
graced with<br />
a special visitor<br />
from the<br />
community.<br />
Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Paul<br />
Antonio showed up to be interviewed<br />
and stayed for the entire worship service.<br />
The popular mayor announced the guest<br />
speaker for the upcoming Mayoral Prayer<br />
Breakfast on May 14.<br />
“We’re delighted to bring Mrs Lindy<br />
Chamberlain-Creighton to Toowoomba for<br />
this special event. Her amazing story of<br />
faith and forgiveness in light of what she’s<br />
been through will inspire us all.”<br />
“It was an honour to be joined by my<br />
friend Mayor Antonio for church to<strong>day</strong>,”<br />
said senior pastor Casey Wolverton. “We<br />
intend to do everything we can help the<br />
council sell out tickets for this important<br />
event.”<br />
Toowoomba’s Prayer Breakfast is widely<br />
considered to be the largest and oldest<br />
Mayoral Prayer Breakfasts in Australia,<br />
attracting more than 800 attendees each<br />
year in recent times.<br />
Students at Avondale<br />
College in 2013<br />
Eleven Glenvale youth continue their<br />
Christian education this year as they study<br />
at Avondale College of Higher Education;<br />
the highest number ever from our<br />
church! They all graduated from Year<br />
12 at Darling Downs Christian School<br />
(DDCS) in recent years, and an additional<br />
five former DDCS students are studying<br />
at Avondale in 2013. Dayn McKay<br />
encouraged many of his friends to share<br />
the Avondale experience with him, and<br />
Jordan, Tegan, Bentley, Lawson and<br />
Claudia (pictured here) are enjoying the<br />
benefits of studying at Avondale too!<br />
Gold Coast<br />
Praise The Lord All Ye<br />
People<br />
The church of TOMORROW continues<br />
to take part in the church of TODAY at the<br />
Gold Coast Central <strong>Seventh</strong>-<strong>day</strong> <strong>Adventist</strong><br />
Church.<br />
The Gold Coast Central Church was<br />
recently thrilled and privileged to see its<br />
young people again taking the lead in<br />
serving the Lord in worship. The church<br />
boasts a generous number of young<br />
people who love the opportunity to<br />
become involved in sharing their love for<br />
Jesus with others.<br />
Mt Gravatt<br />
The Big Picture For Little<br />
People<br />
On Sabbath March 23, Mt Gravatt<br />
Church Children’s Ministries hosted a<br />
Children’s Agape Feast as children from<br />
Cradle Roll to Earliteens combined with<br />
parents and Sabbath school teachers for<br />
a special morning. Singing, a Lego crucifixion<br />
scene and animated DVD presentations<br />
were designed to open and raise the<br />
children’s understanding of Communion<br />
and the Last Supper. Pastor Zeny Vidacak<br />
led worship and shared the story of the<br />
Jewish Passover and Jesus’ death on the<br />
cross. Tables in the shape of the cross lit<br />
with candles reinforced the sacred message<br />
of Jesus’ sacrifice for all.<br />
The children then shared foot washing<br />
with their parents followed by an<br />
unblessed communion served by the<br />
children’s Sabbath school teachers. The<br />
program finished with a dedication activity<br />
as children nailed their name to a cross in<br />
order to symbolise their love for Jesus.<br />
Hervey Bay<br />
When An Elephant<br />
Becomes Just Too Small<br />
For The Job<br />
The Hervey Bay Primary/Junior Sabbath<br />
school class, having listened intently to<br />
their mission stories, decided they wanted<br />
to help others own Bibles. To that end,<br />
a bank in the shape of an elephant was<br />
found, and each time money was placed<br />
in the bank, the class made a “trumpeting”<br />
sound to show the elephant’s delight!<br />
During the first quarter, the class collected<br />
a total of $73.65 for Bibles. Hoping to<br />
collect more in the second quarter, the<br />
children brought handfuls of coins when<br />
possible, to place in their bank. On 13th<br />
Sabbath, the little elephant was opened<br />
and great care was taken to remove all<br />
the money that had been stuffed inside!<br />
After counting the money, it was found<br />
that the Hervey Bay Primary/Junior class<br />
had collected more than $100.00 on their<br />
own for that quarter. Some of the church<br />
members also felt impressed to contribute<br />
to the cause. The ensuing result A final<br />
total of $208.50 that can be used to assist<br />
those in need of owning a Bible. Since the<br />
project has been such a great success the<br />
children & leaders of Hervey Bay Church<br />
plan to continue this special offering. They<br />
have decided it will certainly be necessary<br />
to bring in a larger bank.<br />
The goal remains; to make it possible<br />
for children and others to own a Bible.<br />
Congratulations on a job well done<br />
Hervey Bay Primary/Junior Sabbath<br />
school class. Congratulations Hervey<br />
Bay Church for supporting and assisting<br />
their young people in this missionary<br />
endeavour.<br />
8 | April 2013<br />
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