What’s it like to be homeless or a cop on the streets, to start a movement of strong women or to compete at the Paralympics? Talk with people from all walks of life at the Human Library. You will be inspired as you listen to their stories.
Launch: Stories from Sunnyside
Sunday, October 1, 2017The first Seventh-day Adventist missionaries arrived in Australia in 1885. Ellen White arrived six years later. Unsure of her calling, the 64-year-old church pioneer would stay nine not two years and accomplish her most mature and pioneering work. Stories from Sunnyside: Ellen White in Australia 1891-1900 gives unique insights into Ellen White’s personal ministry in and around her hometown of Cooranbong.
Launch: The Promise Songbook
Saturday, September 23, 2017The Sydney launch of a new album of original songs written for and performed by The Promise.
Lecture (Cooranbong): Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen
Saturday, September 16, 2017The Bible says to love God with all your heart, mind and strength. Perhaps the mind doesn’t always get due emphasis. Examine the life of the mind and the life of faith, and how to nurture both, with the long-serving former president of the church’s flagship educational institution Andrews University.
Lecture (Wahroonga): Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen
Saturday, September 9, 2017The Seventh-day Adventist Church is not suffering from liberalisation or secularisation but maturation. How does the church keep united when it is subject to the common principles of organisational behaviour? Examine this and other issues with the long-serving former president of the church’s flagship educational institution Andrews University.
Gospel Homecoming
Saturday, August 26, 2017A Gaither Homecoming-style concert celebrating the history of gospel music. Featuring: Paul Woodward and the Gospel Big Band, The Promise and Avondale Jazz Ensemble.