Imprint - March 2017

To Be and Grow Flourishing Followers of Jesus / Conference News
years. his life experiences and what God has done in his life, has led him into prison
ministry visitations and supporting the families of inmates. He has worked as a
volunteer youth worker at the Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) in Broadmeadow,
ministering to youth on the streets of Newcastle. Raymon graduated from Avondale
College with an Associated Degree in Theological Studies in 2013. He and his wife,
Amie, have 2 amazing children, Giaan and Evander. They are excited about the next
chapter in their lives and Quote: “are humbled to have the opportunity to serve God
in the SNSW Conference.”
Florian Fulga grew up in communist Romania in a Greek Orthodox home. At the age
of 18 he attended an evangelistic campaign in his hometown, where he was converted
by the message of a God of grace and later baptised into the Adventist Church. Soon
after his baptism he felt God’s call to pastoral ministry, and went on to complete a
Bachelor of Theology degree at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Institute in
Bucharest, Romania, and a Master of Arts in Religion from Andrews University.
Florian has travelled, lived and worked across Europe, predominantly in Spain. He
has also participated in evangelistic campaigns and outreach work in Venezuela
and Canada. Florian speaks a number of languages other than English, including
Romanian, Spanish and French. In his spare time, Florian enjoys catching up on
European news and the soccer scores.
Florian Fulga with wife Rachel &
daughter Elena
Florian moved to Australia in March 2016, when he and his wife, Rachel, were married. Rachel has a daughter, Elena, who is 10
years old and loves school, Pathfinders, books and horses. Florian and his family currently live in Brisbane while Rachel completes
her Bachelor of Nursing degree. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys relaxing with a hot drink and a good book. Florian and his family
are excited about serving God in the Orange and Parkes communities.
Canberra National
Due to Pastor Brendan Hayes accepting a call to WA we were
looking for a new Pastor for Canberra National Church and were
blessed to be able to call Pastor Justin Lawman.
Justin was born in Armidale NSW. He has been married to Wendy
for 23 years, and they have two children — Monica (22) and Caleb
(20).
After graduating from Caloundra High School in 1987, Justin
worked for a civil engineering company and by age 19 had
become their youngest construction foreman. It was in this work
environment that Justin found he had to make a stand for his
faith, which ultimately led to his conversion. Justin left this job and
began studying theology at Avondale College in 1993. During
college, Justin served as an elder at Toronto Church.
Pr. Justin Lawman with wife Wendy
Called to work in the North New South Wales Conference in January 1997, Justin worked as associate pastor in Coffs Harbour and
Dorrigo churches for 12 months. The family was then called to pastor Grafton and Maclean churches, where Justin was ordained
in the year 2000.
The next four years were spent working in the Port Macquarie Church, as well as caring for Telegraph Point and Camden Haven
churches for one year each. During this time, Justin also served on the conference’s Executive Committee and the Education
Committee.
Justin accepted a call to the Southern California Conference in December 2004, where he pastored the Community Adventist
Fellowship for three years. There he ran large evangelistic programs overseas and hosted a weekly radio program on Los Angeles
radio station KKLA.
For the next four years, Justin worked as Evangelism Department coordinator for the NNSW Conference; running and coordinating
evangelistic programs, training events, church planting and Natural Church Development. Since 2011 Justin was asked to be
President of the North NSW Conference and has now accepted the call to work in the South New South Wales Conference. We
are delighted to have Justin and Wendy on our team.