Australasian Union Conference Spiritual Camp 2016

13 February, 2017
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Elim Heights Youth Camp

28-31 December 2016

“Storm Anchors”

Families, friends and believers gathered to welcome the presence of the Lord for this very special gathering. The program was launched with the opening meeting by Paul Chapman (newly elected President of AUC) – “When the Storm Winds Blow”.

The topics dwelt upon were a little unusual at this conference, in the sense that the organisers didn’t allocate them, but left it up to the speakers to share something that had been an “anchor” to their soul throughout the year. Amazingly the topics connected in a manner that perhaps could not have been better constructed. The titles of the meetings were:

When the Storm Winds Blow – Paul Chapman
Deliverance – Douglas Thirkettle
Is Your Life Jacket On? – Ben Thiel
Saved by Faith Alone – Luke Kneebone
The Plan That Changed Everything – Csongor Matyas
Heaven Begins Now – Nathan tyler
Dwell in the House of the Lord – Larry Ah-ching
The Patience of Job – Jacob De Souza
Christ Our High Priest – Gerson Robes
Evidences of Faith – Peter Lausevic
A Perfect Heart – Domenic Polistina
My Soul Anchor – Davi Paes Silva
Storm Anchors (Young People’s Meeting) – Csongor Matyas
Only Two Options – Luke Kneebone

We felt the Lord was speaking to us through the subjects presented. There was ongoing discussion throughout the camp upon the topics. Especially did the subject of justification by faith stir up an exchange of dialogue that we felt challenged us to a deeper understanding of this vital truth.

Simultaneously, there were children’s programs catering for children of different ages. Sisters Amy Gules and Lidia Voncina took the 0-3-year-olds, Sisters Diana Szabo and Catherine Robles took the 4-7-year-olds, and Brethren Gerson Robles and Luke Kneebone oversaw the 8-12-year-olds. It was wonderful to see such a large number of children present, about a quarter of the registrations were children under 12.

We are always very appreciative of our wonderful kitchen co-ordinators; this time being Sisters Esther Boje and Ecaterina Szabo, who have done a wonderful job in preparing delicious vegan meals. Also, Sister Esther Wiseman co-ordinated those with special dietary needs.

Many thanks is also extended to all those who had responsibilities and embraced them, doing such a wonderful job!

All meetings were recorded and are now available on DVD, including the Youth Meeting (2 DVD’s). Alternatively, the sermons can be viewed on our sermons website: http://raindrops.sdarm.org.au The Youth Meeting can be obtained only by ordering the DVDs.

To order a set of DVDs of the meetings, please fill in an order form here, or contact the RLPA office on info@rlpa.org.au or (02) 9627 7553.

For your information, below is a list of the new officers for the Australasian Union Conference, who will be serving during this three-year’s term:

Australasian Union Conference Officers and Committees for 2017-2019
As elected by the Delegation Session (27 December 2016) and appointed by the Council (1 January 2017)

Offices and Special Committees
President	Paul Chapman
Vice President	Nathan Tyler
Secretary / Treasurer	Joe Voncina
Executive Committee	Paul Chapman Nathan Tyler Joe Voncina Ben Thiel Madalin Duna Jacques Payet Danko Ilic
Council	Executive Committee Department Directors Field Leaders
Finance	Harold Kraus (chair) Danko Ilic Martin Staudinger
Auditor	Mary Wiseman
General Conference Delegates	Nathan Tyler Csongor Matyas
General Conference Reserve Delegates	Joe Voncina Arnoldo Pedrosa Luke Kneebone
Ministerial Committee	P. Chapman (chair) B. Thiel, A Pedrosa, N. Tyler, [TBC]
Bylaws Committee	Paul Chapman (chair) Ben Thiel Gerson Robles

Departments and Institutions	Director	Committee members
Children’s Department	Vesna Kraus	TBC
Education Department	TBC	TBC
EHMC	Robin Gordon	TBC
Elim Health Store	Elaine Weymark
Elim Missionary College	Nathan Tyler	Paul Chapman, TBC
Health Department	Susan Lausevic	Catherine Robles, Amos Thiel, Domenic Polistina, Monica Balarezo
Missionary Department	Markus Staudinger	Luke Kneebone, Craig Cunningham
RLPA / Media Department	Gerson Robles	RLPA: Joseph Kim, Vesna Kraus Media: Adriana Stanciu, Nathan Wiseman
Sabbath School Department	Sam Batger	Luke Philips, Nathan Tyler
Welfare Department	John Lausevic	TBC
Young People’s Department	Madalin Duna	Csongor Matyas, TBC

Publication & Media Teams
Good Tidings eNews	Editor: Paul Chapman Associate Editor: Lidia Voncina
Publications and Media Review Committee	TBC
Proofreaders	TBC