Posts by Good Tidings Editor (Page 27)

Sydney 2 July 2016 After a beautiful, fresh but sunny Sabbath day, just over 20 young and young-in-heart gathered together at Schofields Function Hall to welcome the new week. Br Rolly Dumaguit told of his exciting experiences in Chile. While crossing the Atacama, the worlds driest desert, he observed the cedar and palm trees; they are very green and full of life, even in the desert. This is due to them being rooted down to the water supply. A comparison…

25-28 August 2016 On the weekend of August 25-28 all the women and young girls in Western Australian Field headed down to Busselton for a “Women’s Retreat”, the first to be held in WA. The weekend provided gale-force weather, but not enough to deter us all from attending. Friday evening after a short opening of Sabbath, we held the first meetings on “How to keep our souls alive” and “How to make family worships alive and interesting”. All meetings were held…

Robert Tapendo 27 July 1947 – 28 July 2016 Robert Tapendo was born in Kasoru Village, PNG. Since no one knows the exact date when he was born, at the time he immigrated to Australia they made up a birth date. The official legal birth date found in his passport is 27th July 1947; but it can be safely assumed that when he passed away, he was a lot older than what was stated on his passport. There is not…

We extend our sincere condolences to the Sulemani and Nehvatal Families on the loss of their loved one, Zlata Sulemani, who fell asleep on the 9th August 2016. Zlata Sulemani         21/06/1953 – 09/08/2016 Zlata Sulemani was born in Dolnji Sredani, Croatia on the 21 June 1953. She was the Daughter of Josip and Veronica Nehvatal, and the youngest of six children. Dear sister to Bozena Vatala, Lenka Voncina, Slavko Nehvatal, Maria Voncina, and Vlado Nehvatal. While Zlata attended Primary School…

It has been brought to my attention that ALL CONTINENTAL PRODUCTS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS. A query was made whether “Continental Cup a Soup” was suitable for vegetarians. An email was received in response to that query. The email confirmed that none of the Continental products are suitable for vegetarians. After contacting Debby from Unilever, she confirmed that all their Continental products have either chicken stock, or beef stock. I then asked why this was not on the label,…

Sydney, 6th August 2016 How quickly the days and weeks passed us by like a flash. Minutes turn to hours, hours to days, days to weeks and then to months. We are so thankful that our good Lord has preserved our lives for another month and has made it possible for us to meet together again but in a different way for the month of August. The NSW youth leaders organised an evening of fine Vegan Vegetarian cuisine, dining at…

Sunday 24th July 2016 Sunday afternoon: Someone gets a call from Sister Monica Balarezo, who received a call from a volunteer soup kitchen she and her family help out. Today, no one turned up except the assistant cook. Fortunately, God had seven of us young people ready to stand in with Monica, Fernando and the assistant cook. It was such a blessing! At 3:00pm, we met up at a hired commercial kitchen, where we set about peeling, chopping, boiling, blending,…

Brother Fred Egbert We would like to extend our condolences to Brother Jacques Payet and his family on the loss of Br. Jacques’ uncle, Br Fred Egbert. Brother Jacques together with his uncle Fred were instrumental in starting the work and opening our first church in Seychelles over 20 years ago. Brother Jacques would like to share how the work was established in the Seychelles: SDA Reform Movement – Seychelles Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be…

Ongoing Community Program Reminder that cooking demonstrations in Victoria are ongoing. Each month there are two events: In Sunbury on the 2nd Thursday of the month In Shepparton on the 4th Wednesday of the month Look out for more information on these programs in future issues of Good Tidings e-newsletters! Please keep these on-going educational programs in your prayers. ~ Lidia Voncina                          

July 19 2016 On Tuesday night, July 19th Wentworthville Church held another cooking class in Wentworthville Community Centre, and the theme was, “Boosting the Immune System, the Vegetarian Way.” We had over 20 people from the public attend our class which was great. Susan Lausevic did the health lecture, talking about the immune system and the various symptoms that are seen that tell us our immune system is either down or not running properly. She shared that when thinking about…

From My Heart – Clayfield – 10 July 2016 Only two weeks? How did we end up with only two weeks to plan a concert, practice and organise everything that we would need? But two weeks was all we had. Missionary school was fast approaching and with so many other things to think about, the concert had slowly crept up on us. But with God’s help and a herculean effort from everyone, a concert came together which ended up being…

The moment has finally arrived! We have started the building of another church in Melbourne. It has taken quite a few years, and many prayers, to come to this point, but once we received the green light to proceed there was no delaying. On the 6th July 2016 we gathered at the building site for special prayers for this project, to ask for God’s blessing and guidance. The ground has been prepared for the foundation. This was not an easy…