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7 DECEMBER 2024

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please use the following announcement in your Church Bulletin on 30 November.

NEXT SABBATH—Mission to the Cities Offering— 7 December:

It might surprise you to know that the most challenging mission field in the South Pacific Division is in our major cities, particularly amongst our post-Christian, majority people groups. God loves our cities. The Great Controversy on earth starts in the Garden of Eden but ends in a City – the New Jerusalem. God says to Jonah about that evil city Nineveh, “should I not have pity on that great city”. When Ellen White wrote in 1910 that “the work in the cities is the essential work for this time”, New York city was smaller than Sydney is today. The work in our cities is still our essential work.

We want to thank you for your faithfulness in giving to the Mission to the Cities offering last year. That offering is being used in a number of projects including the Karla Bidjar, First Nations Church Plant in Perth, the Ponsonby Tent ministry in Auckland, the Food Farmacy in Newcastle, and Faith FM radio.

Please pray for our cities, pray for volunteers who will be willing to minister in our cities and pray that this Mission to the Cities offering will continue to help “the essential work of our time”.

Thank you.

Please use the following announcement in your Church Bulletin on 7 December. 

Today’s offering is for Mission to the Cities: It might surprise you to know that the most challenging mission field in the South Pacific Division is in our major cities, particularly amongst our post-Christian, majority people groups. God loves our cities. We want to thank you for your faithfulness in giving to the Mission to the Cities offering last year. That offering is being used in a number of projects including the Karla Bidjar, First Nations Church Plant in Perth, the Ponsonby Tent ministry in Auckland, the Food Farmacy in Newcastle, and Faith FM radio. Please pray for our cities, pray for volunteers who will be willing to minister in our cities and pray that this Mission to the Cities offering will continue to help “the essential work of our time”. Thank you.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT.  Please read the following pulpit appeal to the congregation before collecting the church service offering on Sabbath, 7 December.

It might surprise you to know that the most challenging mission field in the South Pacific Division is in our major cities, particularly amongst our post-Christian, majority people groups. God loves our cities. The Great Controversy on earth starts in the Garden of Eden but ends in a City – the New Jerusalem. God says to Jonah about that evil city Nineveh, “should I not have pity on that great city”. When Ellen White wrote in 1910 that “the work in the cities is the essential work for this time”, New York city was smaller than Sydney is today. The work in our cities is still our essential work.

We want to thank you for your faithfulness in giving to the Mission to the Cities offering last year. That offering is being used in a number of projects including the Karla Bidjar, First Nations Church Plant in Perth, the Ponsonby Tent ministry in Auckland, the Food Farmacy in Newcastle, and Faith FM radio.

Please pray for our cities, pray for volunteers who will be willing to minister in our cities and pray that this Mission to the Cities offering will continue to help “the essential work of our time”.

Thank you.

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9 NOVEMBER 2024

Unusual Opportunities

To the Bulletin Secretary: BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

Today is Unusual Opportunities Offering Day! – 9 November

In the same way that a cheetah can spring into action in record time, when an unexpected situation hits the Seventh-day Adventist Church, we need to be nimble and agile to respond rapidly. By doing so, we can turn a challenge into a new opportunity to increase the impact of God’s mission throughout the world.

Unusual Opportunities for mission require a rapid and generous response from God’s people. That’s why we’re asking you today to please give generously to the Unusual Opportunities Offering appeal. Thank you!

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5 OCTOBER 2024

ADRA Community Projects

To the Bulletin Secretary:

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADRA Community Projects Offering – 5 October

In partnership with local Adventist churches, volunteer-run ADRA projects help feed, clothe, connect, and empower people who otherwise fall through the cracks. When you give your offering on October 5 you can support people struggling to make ends meet. Love Thy Neighbour and help Aussies in need by giving generously to the ADRA Community Projects Offering or by donating online at adra.org.au/donate.

Thank you!

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7 SEPTEMBER 2024

Annual Sacrifice Offering

Bulletin/Pulpit Announcement:

Please use the following announcement in your Church Bulletin on 31 August
COMING SOON—Annual Sacrifice Offering— 7 September: Whether it’s having dessert or eating meals out for the next week, what could you sacrifice for Global Mission? The money you save this next week can be used to support Global Mission pioneers and Urban Centres of Influence to start new groups of believers among unreached people groups. Thank you for giving sacrificially for mission next Sabbath, 7 September.

Please use the following announcement in your Church Bulletin on 7 September
Today’s offering is the Annual Sacrifice Offering for Global Mission: The funds collected will be used to support Global Mission pioneers and Urban Centres of Influence to start new groups of believers among unreached people groups. Please give in the church offering or via eGiving. Thank you for supporting Global Mission.

PULPIT OFFERING ANNOUNCEMENT
INSTRUCTIONS: Please read the following pulpit appeal to the congregation before collecting the Annual Sacrifice Offering for Global Mission on Sabbath, 7 September.

What will you sacrifice for mission?
Global Mission pioneers are the unsung heroes of Adventist Mission. Around the world today, hundreds of these lay people go to unentered areas and people groups to start new Seventh-day Adventist congregations. Many of the places where they begin to work are areas where the church has never had success in the past, but nobody has told the pioneers that they can’t do it.

So, on a small living stipend, they go and live among the people and put Christ’s method of ministry into practice. They mingle with the people in various ways: in the rice fields, playing soccer with kids, in the cities. They show sympathy, and minister to needs in very practical ways.

And then they win the confidence of the people and bid them follow Jesus. These pioneers embed themselves like Jesus did incarnationally in the community. They sacrifice their time and efforts to live simply and bring others into a loving relationship with God.

APPEAL: Historically, the Annual Sacrifice Offering has come at the end of the Week of Prayer, and it is an opportunity for us to sacrifice for mission. So please give generously to this important offering.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, please help us to sacrifice something we don’t really need and contribute its value to the Annual Sacrifice Offering today.

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17 AUGUST 2024

Union Offering – Mamarapha College WA

Bulletin/Pulpit Announcement:

Mamarapha College is so thankful for the funds we have received from previous offerings and donations. These funds have allowed us to be able to refurbish and extend the college, providing students with new classrooms, a computer lab, new administrative areas and has given the students an overall better learning environment.

While we are so grateful for the expansion of the buildings, Mamarapha College still needs your help. Funds received from this year’s offering will go towards providing long term accommodation for our ministerial students who need to relocate to Perth during their final 18 months of studies. We will also use this money to establish a scholarship fund to assist students on their journey.

God is calling many of our Indigenous people to study His word but in this current climate it can be hard to find funds for accommodation and tuition fees. Your generous gift will help our Indigenous students fulfil the call God has placed in their hearts.

Please give generously to the Mamarapha College Offering on 17 August in your church or online at egiving.org.au  .

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10 AUGUST 2024

Media Evangelism

Dear Treasurer/Bulletin Secretary,
Your assistance with publicising the upcoming Media Evangelism Offering on the 10th of August 2024, is truly appreciated.

Please insert the following announcement and video into your church bulletin.

Bulletin/Pulpit Announcement:

Media Evangelism Offering – 10 August 2024

Tokelau, a beautiful and small Pacific Island community, is one of the last unentered territories within our South Pacific Division. We now have a unique opportunity to bring the Adventist message to the people of Tokelau through Hope Channel. This initiative will offer the community access to our message in a way that has never been possible before. Your generous offering can make this a reality.

Moreover, your support will help foster local media efforts by creating programs in local languages throughout the Pacific, enriching the spiritual lives of many more people.

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20 JULY 2024

Union Global Partnership

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Treasurer/Bulletin Secretary,

We deeply appreciate your assistance in publicizing the upcoming Union Global Partnership Project on 20 July 2024. Please include the following announcement in your church bulletin:

Special Offering Announcement

On Sabbath, 20 July, we will have a special offering for the Union Global Partnership Project of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia. This offering will support training and education for the South-eastern Asian Union Mission, focusing on schools and centers of influence in Laos, Thailand, and Timor Leste.

Your offering on 20 July 2024 will empower these areas to continue growing God’s kingdom.

Thank you for generously supporting the Australian Union Partnership with the churches of the Southeastern Asian Union Mission.

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6 JULY 2024

World Mission Budget

Digital Strategy For Mission

People look to Google and social media to find answers to their spiritual questions. We need to create engaging digital avenues so that people can find the truth, whenever they seek it, wherever they seek it.

Your church offering on 6 July will be used for the Digital Strategy For Mission which will invest in innovative digital strategies to accelerate the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to reach the world for Christ. The selected digital mission projects will facilitate the seeker’s journey from contact to conversion and from decision to disciple, integrating a strong element of personal contact.

Thank you for your generous support of the world mission.

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8 JUNE 2024

Avondale University Offering

Bulletin Announcement – 8 June, 2024

Let’s make more room for student worship: Avondale Offering today

Remember the Chapel in College Hall? Your gift will ensure this space can support our growing student worship programs. Equip the Chapel as the spiritual centre on campus by donating to the Avondale Offering today. Please give in church or online at  www.avondale.edu.au/giving.   (Donations above $2 give you a tax deduction in Australia).

Thank you.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT. 
Please read the following pulpit appeal to the congregation before collecting the church service offering on Sabbath, June 8.

It’s now time to worship God through the returning of our tithe and giving of an offering. This week’s offering is for Avondale University.

Worship programs at Avondale are growing. With more students on campus, and more attending, they need help to make more room. Your gift to the Avondale Offering today will help to equip the Chapel in College Hall as the spiritual centre of campus and provide a much-needed larger venue for student worship. Thank you for giving generously today.

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1 JUNE 2024

Avondale University Offering

Bulletin Announcement – 1 June, 2024

Let’s make more room for student worship at Avondale.

Worship programs at Avondale are growing. With more students on campus, and more attending, we need help to make more room. Your gift to the Avondale Offering (June 8) will equip the Chapel in College Hall as the spiritual centre of campus and provide a much-needed larger venue for student worship. Please give in church next week, via eGiving or online today at  www.avondale.edu.au/giving  (Donations above $2 give you a tax deduction in Australia).

Thank you.

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18  MAY 2024

Health

Bulletin Announcement – 18 May, 2024

There’s a wave of health, healing and hope rising across the South Pacific.

Hundreds of new local church Wellness Hubs, expansion of the 10,000 Toes Ambassadors campaign against diabetes, and the new Lifestyle Medicine Centre at the Sydney Adventist Hospital are just a few of the ways that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is bringing hope and healing to our communities.

Please become a partner of the health promotions network by giving generously to the Comprehensive Health Offering on 18 May.

For more Health Week offering resources, please click here.

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4  MAY 2024

The Record

 

Bulletin Announcement – 4 May, 2024

Adventist Record produces a magazine, podcasts, social media posts, a weekly email and all sorts of other things to help you stay informed about what is happening in the Adventist Church in the South Pacific. This Sabbath, May 4, is the Record offering. Communicating with our family is so important.

The South Pacific Division pays for Adventist Record so we can all stay in contact. This offering, once a year, is your opportunity to show your appreciation or to pay it forward so others can continue to stay informed.  Your offering this week will help you:  Stay in the know, with Adventist Record.

AU & NZ VIDEOS: Please note that there are different videos for AU and NZ.
Download the right one for your territory at:

AU: https://vimeo.com/936146871

NZ: https://vimeo.com/936147243

BULLETIN:
The Bulletin/Newsletter/Pulpit Announcement is on the web page, https://stewardship.adventistchurch.com/offerings-aunz/.

 

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9 MARCH 2024

 

Adventist World Radio

To the Bulletin Coordinator

Thank you for what you do! You may think you’re just placing these announcements in your bulletin, but thanks to your help in spreading the word about the ministry of AWR, lives will be changed.

Please feel free to edit these announcements or combine them. You may also create a bulletin insert by using the master sheet included in this packet.

Bulletin Announcement 1 – March 2, 2024

Imagine learning about God and the Adventist Church through a message in a bottle! This is exactly what happened to a man in the Middle East.

Don’t miss this and many other incredible stories next week during Adventist World Radio’s annual offering on March 9.

Bulletin Announcement 2 – 9 March, 2024

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10 FEBRUARY 2024

DISASTER AND FAMINE RELIEF

Floods, cyclones, earthquakes and conflict devastate millions of lives every year. In the blink of an eye, every day people have their lives turned upside down, and the need for support is immediate.

ADRA’s Disaster and Famine Relief Offering is on February 10. These funds will help ensure ADRA is Always Ready and Always There to help people in their time of need. You can also give online now at adra.org.au/respond.

Bulletin Announcement

SOCIAL MEDIA: Social media tiles can be downloaded from  https://stewardship.adventistchurch.com/offerings-aunz/.

 

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20 January 2024

Christian Services for the Blind & Hearing Impaired

Christian Services for the Blind and hearing-impaired helps provide accessibility to God’s Word. Your past generosity enables us to provide Sabbath School lessons in Braille, large print, audio, and captions along with assistive listening technology for the local church. Your gift furthers our mission of inclusivity. Thank you for your continued support through your offering. (Gifts in Australia are tax-deductible. Simply give to the ‘Blind & Hearing Impaired’ offering on eGiving.)

 

 

 

SOCIAL MEDIA: Social media tiles can be downloaded from https://stewardship.adventistchurch.com/offerings-aunz/

BULLETIN & PULPIT Announcements – CSFBHI Offering – 20 Jan 2024 AUST

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