IGNITE19 IGNITE is our Greater Sydney Conference Camp Meeting for everyone! It will be held at the Sydney Showgrounds beginning on Friday evening, 15 February and end with a music festival featuring our church’s prodigious talent on Sabbath evening, 16 February, 2019. The intergenerational Sabbath morning will engage all ages in worship. Our featured speaker will be Dr Lowell Cooper, former General Conference Vice President. Sabbath school classes will not be separate, but there will be breakout programs for all ages after the bringyour-own basket lunch. We will be launching a number of initiatives from 2018’s Think Tank and Constituency Session that we believe will energise our conference’s vision and mission: New strategic emphasis for our conference in five areas: – Increasing spiritual temperature – Empowering membership – Connecting with our communities – Intentional digital engagement – Growing intergenerationally + Volunteer Pastor training school + 30 days of prayer There will be a major event running concurrently with IGNITE on Saturday 16 Feb. It is highly recommended that you prebook parking and arrive Sabbath morning before noon! See PARKING (4) for details. GSC President Pr Terry Johnson
EVENT SCHEDULE
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FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 7:30pm – 9:00pm – Friday Worship Pr Lowell Cooper
SABBATH 16 FEBRUARY 09:00am - 10:00am – FREE Breakfast 10:00am - 11:00am – Sabbath School (all) 11:10am - 12:00pm – Divine Service Pr Lowell Cooper 12:10pm - 2:00pm – Picnic Lunch* 2:00pm - 4:30pm – A varied Afternoon program with: Dr Darren Morton, Geraldine Przybylko, Tonga Brass band and lots more! A separate youth program will be held with Dr Darren Morton 4:30pm - 6:00pm – Dinner* 6:00pm - 8:00pm – Music Festival *Note: Lunch and dinner are BYO (Bring Your Own) and will not be provided.
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VENUE LOCATION IGNITE 2019 will be held at the Sydney Showground situated inside the Olympic Park in Homebush. The street address is Southee Pavilion, 1 Showground Road, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127. IGNITE will be in Exhibition Hall #5 and #6.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Sydney Showground is accessible via train, Ferry and bus. Train services to Sydney Olympic Park depart Lidcombe Station every 10 minutes. Sydney Ferries operates a daily service between Circular Quay and Parramatta stopping at Sydney Olympic Park Ferry wharf with a connecting bus service into the park. For further inormation www.transportnsw.info.
CAR PARKING Carparks **P1, P5 and **P6 are in close proximity to Sydney Showground. Costs: $5 per hour or $25 per car for the day. We recommend you pre-book parking at www. sydneyolympicpark.com.au/parking. Due to the Nitro Circus event Saturday, 16 February, streets will be blocked off. Street parking will not be available. **Note: P1 is recommended. If full, try for P6 and P5 in that order.
Keynote speaker
LOWELL C. COOPER
Mr Lowell C. Cooper, MDiv MPH served as General Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland from 1998 until recently. Now retired from the General Conference, Mr Cooper resides in Washington State (USA), but still travels the world sharing the Gospel. He also serves as the Chairman of Loma Linda University Medical Center, Inc., a subsidiary of Loma Linda University and has been its Trustee since 1999. Additionally he serves as a Director of Adventist Risk Management, Inc. Mr Cooper received his BA of theology degree from Canadian Union College (Canada) and a MA of divinity degree from Andrews University (USA).
IGNITE APP
Free for you, Convene provides all the conference information you used to have on paper – in an app. The event code for the app is IGNITE2019. More info at BIT.LY/GSCIgnite19.
MEALS
HANDS OF JESUS
SPECIAL OFFERING
Thanks to our sponsors at Sanitarium, we will be providing everyone with a FREE breakfast on Sabbath morning from 9am-10am. LUNCH & DINNER ARE BYO.
ADRA will be running a food drive to collect non-perishable food items to restock supplies for the Sydney ADRA food pantries.
An offering will be taken to support the ADRA Community Centres (Conference Offering) and the 10,000 Toes Initiative (Mission Offering).
Not provided: bottled water. Please remember to bring a reusable water bottle with you.
Sydney Adventist Women are collecting items such as grooming & sanitary products & baby items. See lists at BIT.LY/GSCIgnite19.
We ask that you prayerfully and intentionally plan your giving and come prepared. Tap & Go available.
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SPECIAL speakers
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DR DARREN MORTON Dr Darren Morton has a Master's degree and a PhD in Human Physiology.
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GERALDINE PRZYBYLKO
BROCK GOODALL Brock is currentlyserving as a pastor in the North New South Wales Conference (NNSW) AS the Pastor of the Haven Church, Central Coast.
He is the author of three books and over 50 publications in scientific and medical journals.
Geraldine has a Master of Public Health (MPH). She has previously served at the Adventist Media Network, It Is Written Oceania and the Seventh-Day Adventist Guam Clinic.
Darren has presented to hundreds of corporate, educational and community audiences around the world.
Geraldine is currently serving as the Health Strategy Consultant at the South Pacific Division.
AUSLAN
IGNITE CONCERT
30 DAYS OF PRAYER
There will be Auslan interpretation throughout the Integenerational Program.
Ignite will be putting on a special Sabbath evening concert featuring gospel singers from around our conference.
Let us invest in the spiritual well-being of ourselves, each other, our congregations and our church through prayer.
Hosting this event will be Terry Johnson and Becky Reid. Come out, show love and have a good time!
The 30 Days of Prayer Booklet by Pr David McKibben will be available free of charge on the Convene app.
This service is being made possible by Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing Impaired (CSFBHI). csfbhi.adventistchurch.com
Brock is passionate about youth ministries and serving the Lord. GSC Facebook, Twitter & Instagram:
@SydneyAdventists #sydneyadventists
sydney.adventist.org.au/30days2019
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