Summer 2014 MY EDGE MAG. Resist Your Enemy. Victory Through Visualisation The Devil s Pitchfork Lion Or Lamb? Finding Your Front Line

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1 MY EDGE Summer 2014 MAG Resist Your Enemy Victory Through Visulistion The Devil s Pitchfork Lion Or Lmb? Finding Your Front Line

2 REV o lu tion Revolutionry Bchelor studying Amy Pitt is Melbourne, nd of Arts in od story. loves go About MYEDGEMAG is published qurterly by the Youth Ministries Deprtment of the Seventh-dy Adventist Church (AUC) Limited. While ll content is subject to copyright, permission is nevertheless grnted by the publishers for content to be copied nd reproduced by churches, schools nd individuls for the express purpose of shring the good news of Jesus Christ. We simply sk tht you credit MYEDGEMAG s your source. Editor > Tony Knight Lyout/Design > Jessic Symes Editoril Tem > Amy Pitt > Derek Rippingle > Ellesh Knight > Jeff Prker > Julie Ctton Printed by Signs Publishing Compny Contct Us 289 Mroondh Highwy [PO Box 4368] Ringwood, VIC, 3134 Phone: Fx: Emil: myedgemg@ucyouth.com Web: Contributions The Editor welcomes submissions nd contributions (including letters, rticles, stories nd photos) for MYEDGEMAG but does not in ny wy gurntee publiction s spce is limited. Articles my be edited. Subscriptions Austrlin residents my receive MYEDGEMAG in their milbox free of chrge. NZ & Pcific Islnds nnul subscription rte is $10AUD posted. Plese visit the AUC Youth website for more informtion. Disclimer Articles express the opinions of the uthors nd not necessrily those of MYEDGEMAG or the Seventh-dy Adventist Church. The cover photo ws tken by Jessic Symes nd modelled by (L-R): Json Mcko, Brendon Symes, Kym Piez, Brendn Prtt nd Lorrine Atchi. LION OR LAMB? D CAN STILL REMEMBER THE PRAYER I WAS first tught during my erliest dys in Sbbth school: Gentle Jesus meek nd mild, look upon this little child. Pity my simplicity, suffer me to come to thee... Amen. Confession: I ve lwys hted tht pryer. Sure, I get wht it s trying to sy tht Jesus is gentle shepherd, kind nd compssionte, nd bove ll tender nd welcoming to the smllest child. But for some reson, my mind cn t help substituting meek for wek. And Jesus, the Cretor of the universe, by whose voice the sun, moon nd strs cme into being, the One who lid low legion of Romn soldiers with word, nd who clered the temple courtyrd using His belt s lsh, well... He is ever He s nything but wek! So just wht ws Jesus? Ws He shepherd or the king? A lmb or the lion? The shepherd s crook, tht wlking stick with the hook on the top ws n interesting piece of kit. The end with the hook ws used to rescue sheep tht got into trouble. The shepherd could pull them bck from the precipice or lift them out of dnger if need be. Wht most of us don t relise is tht end opposite the hook ws weighted, like club. If n ttcker got pst Dvid s sling, he could wde in with the crook nd tke them out. My point? A true shepherd is neither wek nor meek. He is ever vigilnt, willing nd ble to do bttle with ny who would ttck his flock thieves nd brignds, bers nd wolves, even wolves in sheep s clothing. The world is full of those who would prey on Jesus flock Stn s servnts, thieves steling wy the helpless, wolves preying on the young nd innocent. As shepherds fter the mnner of Dvid, nd yes even tht gentle Jesus, let us submit ll tht we re nd hve to Him to receive the powerful infilling of His Holy Spirit. Let us put on the full rmour of God nd tke up the wepons vilble nd pproprite to us, be they crook, sling or the Sword of the Spirit. Then nd only then, my we engge, drive off or pierce the enemy of souls. vigilnt, willing nd ble to do bttle... The short nswer is tht He ws ll of the bove. The more stisfying nswer is tht He ws, nd is whtever the sitution clls for. And s His followers, we must emulte Him. Someone once sid tht the tsk of minister of the Gospel is to comfort the fflicted nd fflict the comfortble. Tht works for me. Lion or lmb s the sitution demnds s every true shepherd hd to be. Clerly there re times when we must be tender, seeking out the wery or lost, offering them shelter, nurture nd cre. But biblicl shepherds (like the mn who would be king Dvid, son of Jesse) were well known s chrcters not to be messed with, frequently hving to drive off nd kill wolves, bers, whtever. This illustrtion ws drwn by Jessic Symes. To see more of her work visit <jessigned.wordpress.com>. visit We wnt to show wht other courses of ction you hve. You cn do more thn just block the street or close the shutters. Ech yer, their presence weighs hevily upon the smll Germn town s the socilists mrch to honour Rudolf Hess, notorious deputy to Hitler who ws buried in the town s cemetery. Unbeknownst to them, the neonzis becme prticipnts in wlkthon. For ech metre the group wlked, 10 Euros ws Imge tken from donted by Attempts were mde to Wunsiedel s locl put n end to the grim businesses nd festivl, but bns, court chllenges nd citizens to support EXIT-Deutschlnd, even removing the remins of Hess did n orgnistion tht ssists people to nothing to dissude the gthering. sfely leve extremist orgnistions. Their tireless efforts rised in excess of 10,000 However, this yer, the townspeople Euros towrd the noble cuse. of Wunsiedel hve tken different pproch s 200 of the neo-nzis In tking up the fight with the enemy, we ssemble once more. re clled to do s the people of Wunsidel. It is only with light tht we cn bttle As the mrch begins, flshes of colour the drkness. In tking the fight to the suddenly brighten the streets s locls enemy, we re clled to demonstrte unfurl bnners of encourgement wht Jesus did during His time nd support. Tbles lden with fruit on erth God s rdicl love, nd wter hve been provided to reformtionl pece nd sustin wery socilist mrchers... God s revolutionry grce. s they complete the journey. The Rdicl Love, community lines the streets, cheering Reformtionl pece for ech step the neo-nzis tke nd revolutionry Grce. towrd finish line fluttering with stremers nd blloons. The enemy is defeted nd God s victory proclimed with ech smll triumph over sin, just like the people of Wunsiedel who cused neo-nzis to fight extremist hte... one step t time. Drkness; cnnot drive out drkness only light cn do tht. Hte; cnnot drive out hte only love cn do tht. Mrtin Luther King, Jr. It is estimted tht Tony Kn ight Victori lives in Melbo, nd urne Centre M is the Resource, nger Austrli t th e n Union Confere nce. Noun: fundmentl chnge in power or orgnistionl structure, n uprising, rising, insurgence, overthrow of regime, chnge. by Amy Pitt ARKLY CLOTHED FORMS MOVE AS one, pssing through the streets of Wunsiedel. They ber bnners, drums nd torches, ll boldly procliming their identity s neo-nzis. by Tony Knight I grce From the Ltin revolutio mening to turn round. Millions of Trees re plnted by Forgetful Squirrels. city Birds hve lerned to line their nests with cigrette butts, s the burnt nicotine is n insecticide tht fights off prsites. The World Helth Orgnistion sttes tht hnd wshing lone could sve more lives thn ny vccine. Bsebll nd Cricket re the only mjor sports where the defence hs the bll. (culture wtch) #THESTREAM 03

3 The Devil s Pitchfork nd its persistent... There re bsiclly three different wys tht he cn tempt us... prongs by Derek McCutcheon SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE PEEPS... but the devil is not wht you might think. He is not some little red mn. He does not hve horns coming out of his hed. He does not hve hooves for feet. If Ezekiel 28:12-19 is tlking bout Lucifer, or the devil, it seems tht he is ctully n mzing ngel. So wht s with the crtoon cricture tht we see in the medi? Despite this rmpnt misrepresenttion, the devil does hold pitchfork. Of tht I m certin. Not sure I cn prove it in scripture, but my belief in this simple misconception hs revolutionised my personl spiritul wlk, so I will continue to believe it. A pitchfork hs three prongs. I believe the Devil holds pitchfork to remind himself nd others tht there re bsiclly three different wys tht he cn tempt us to follow his Lw of Liberty over God s Lw of Love (for description of mening of these two lws - scvenge round to find Prt I in the previous issue of MyEDGEMg!) Everytime you or I mke choice to do our own thing, rther thn follow God s commnds which re designed to build love nd community with God nd others, we give the devil more credence confirming tht his wy of doing things mkes more sense. But few professed Christins would consciously go out of their wy to follow Stn or purposely turn from Christ so how does the devil expect us to fll into trp tht would give him mmunition to throw mud in God s fce? Let s tke look. Evidence #1: It s not bout the pple! [Genesis 3] Adm nd Eve were perfect beings. They were mde in the imge of God. They hd n intimte reltionship with God very rrely experienced ever since. So how could they possibly fll for the one smll tempttion to pproch nd et from the one item in the whole universe tht they were instructed by God to sty wy from? Genesis 3:6 gives some insight. When Eve sw tht the fruit of the tree ws good for food nd plesing to the eye, nd lso desirble for gining wisdom, she took some nd te it. It wsn t becuse she ws hungry nd wnted piece of fruit. It wsn t becuse she thought the serpent speking to her ws bossy nd demnded her to disobey God. Nope. Simple choice Do I do wht God wnts or do I do wht I wnt? Notice there re three things tht mke tht piece of fruit irresistible. Prong #1: Good for Food: It looked good for consumption. It looked like it could chnge her stte immeditely nd mke her feel mzing. Prong #2: Plesing to the Eye: It looked good. It looked like something tht could stisfy her senses. Prong #3: Desirble for Gining Wisdom: It looked like something tht would mke her pper smrter, more spiritul, more chrismtic, etc. Bm! She took it, she te it nd she regretted it. It looked so ppeling nd hrmless nd good t the strt, but ended up chnging everything between her nd God ( Where re you? verse 9) nd her prtner ( Tht womn tht you put here with me! verse 12) Those three prongs worked tret. Romns 3:23 sttes tht everyone hs fllen for it ever since. Except one tht is. One clled the Christ. One who cme to live here on Erth to show others how to live completely under the Lw of Love. If there ws one person the devil would hve loved to trip up, it ws Jesus Christ. It would hve sved him whole lot of hssle. Rther thn trying to tempt everyone who lives Do I do wht God wnts or do i do wht i wnt? nd brethes to fll for his three pronged ttck, he just hd to mke this One fll nd he would instntly win the wr. How does he go bout it? You guessed it! Tht pitchfork! Evidence #2: Tempttions of Jesus. [Mtthew 4:1-11] As soon s Jesus strted His public ministry, God sends Him out to be lone nd see how He goes ginst Stn s pitchfork. Prong #1: After going without food for 40 dys, I imgine Jesus would hve done nything for food. Anything tht is except fll for the first prong. If you re the Son of God, turn these stones into bred! It will be stisfying. It will tste gret. Just do it nd you will feel mzing! Jesus uses the power of God nd the Word of God to sy No thnks. Prong #3: This is not simply bout jumping off building for prty trick. The Jews believed tht when the Messih ppered, he would jump off the Temple nd not be hrmed. Here s your chnce Houdini! Prove to everyone tht you re the Messih! Show everyone you re importnt. Demonstrte tht you re truly the Son of God by doing this one smll thing. Even Scripture [quoted out of context] in Pslms 91 will prove tht you re truly from God. Jesus gin uses the power of God nd the Word to sy I don t think so. Prong #2: Up on very high mountin, the devil llows Jesus supernturl pnormic view of ll the Kingdoms pst, present nd future. If you just bow to me this once, then you get everything you cme for without the pin/effort. No questions sked. Look t everyone. Look t ll the splendour. Look t ll the luxury. Imgine hving it ll. You cn, if you just cknowledge me. How does Jesus refuse this mzing offer? Through the power of God nd quoting the Word, He tells the devil to get off his high horse nd get lost! You my wonder wht these two stories hve to do with you nd living in the 21st Century? We hve so much technology. We hve so much more understnding of how the world works... blh blh blh. Exmple #3: John s key wrning to future genertions. [1 John 2:15-16] Do not love the world or nything in the world. If nyone loves the world, then love of the Fther is not in him. For everything in the world the crvings of sinful mn [Prong #1], the lust of the eyes [Prong #2] nd the bosting of wht he hs or does [Prong #3] comes not from the Fther but from the world. Submit yourselves then to God Resist the devil nd he will flee from you Jmes 4:7 I hve never mde conscious decision to outright follow the foe Stn or to reject my friend Jesus Christ. However, if I m truly honest with myself, I hve fllen for ll three prongs of ttck from the devil s pitchfork. How bout you? Every breth you tke... every choice you mke (hum it to The Police song I dre you!) is used s evidence to show which Lw is more cceptble. Don t fll for the pitchfork prongs. The only wy to protect yourself is to use the power of God in ech nd every moment of tempttion, nd to quote His Word. Derek McCutcheon is minister of religion nd cretivity nd Associte Director of Youth Ministries in Perth, WA. 04 PLUGIN (feture rticle) This illustrtion ws creted by Jessic Symes. To see more of her work visit <jessigned.wordpress.com>. (feture rticle) PLUGIN 05

4 Don t Shke it till you mke it by Deveron Stricklnd Cretor vs imittor Red: Genesis 1:1, Exodus 7:17-8:19, Reveltion 16:13,14 Wht mkes God, God? When reding bout the plgues in Exodus, we find tht the devil hs power too. He is foe trying to bring God down nd we cn t mtch him on our own especilly if ll we re doing is shking Bibles in the ir. Don t fret becuse his power is limited. He imittes God s power but stops short fter the second plgue. God continues with nother eight. In Reveltion, we re told in the lst dys the enemy will send out deceiving spirits but gin they re only described s frogs. Engge Red: Jmes 4:7-9 Wht is Jmes 3 step process for fcing the enemy? Steps to Christ sys, The wrfre ginst self is the gretest bttle tht ws ever fought. The yielding of self, surrendering ll to the will of God, requires struggle (pge 43). Wht prt of God s will cn be hrd to submit to? Why is submission to God s will so importnt when fcing the enemy? Is it relly struggle s Steps to Christ suggests? Does resisting tempttion men hiding in the hills wy from civilistion? Resisting something tht you re chllenged with; something tht everybody else thinks is norml or OK is not n esy tsk. It cn be very drining on ll the senses. Why is step three so importnt? recently sw this on Fcebook: I When you crry the Bible >> Stn gets hedche. When you open it >> he collpses. When he sees you reding it >> he fints. When he sees tht you re living wht you red >> he flees. Wht n wesome nd esy recipe for engging the enemy. But is it tht simple? As young pstor I would hve the congregtion rise up their Bibles nd shke them, telling them tht they hve given the devil hedche. Yet over the yers, I hve come to find tht shking your God is for us Red: Romns 8:31, 1 John 4:4, Philippins 4:13 These texts further promote the wesomeness of God, but wht do they sy bout us? I AM with you Red: Mtthew 1:23, Mtthew 28:20 Are we doing this lone? We re not doing this for God, nor is He doing it for us. We re doing it WITH Him. Bible most likely cuses the devil to lugh if it gets his ttention t ll. You see the reson is tht for most of us shking our bible is ALL we do! And if we do red it, we don t ct upon its cll. And if we ttempt to put the Bible into ction, we use its words to hit one nother nd miss the enemy completely. But wht if we red it nd pplied it (see Luke 11:28)? Would life become piece of cke? I used to tell my youth group tht if they wnt to see the devil in ction, then do something for God. Stn is not our BFF wnting fun times nd popcorn Stn is the enemy. if you wnt to see the devil in ction, then do something for god. God clls us Red: Ephesins 5:11-16, 2 Corinthins 10:3,4, Ephesins 6:17 We re clled to be in the world but not of it, nd this sying itself hs led to much in-house discussion in churches. Is God clling us to be on this plnet for the sole purpose of voiding interction s we my risk being of it? God s Word is described s wepon tht is used offensively. Yes, there re times it is used for blocking oncoming strikes, but we re clled to tke God s Word to use ginst the enemy to demolish strongholds. Wht re some things tht my be strongholds tht Stn hs over you? Which mster will you choose? There re two msters fighting for your will. Both sy they wnt the best for you.they both offer different things. But when you sk them if they would die for you one will not, the other will sy I lredy hve. The power to resist the devil only comes from our desire to firstly surrender our will to God who loves us. Nthn Brown is book editor t Signs Publishing Compny in Wrburton, Victori, nd co-convener of the Mnifest Cretive Arts Festivl. MEANING HUNTER SYNC: Armour of God by Nthn Brown Ask your fmily nd friends for their responses to these questions, nd shre nd compre them with your nswers. Wht do the Bible s insights into spiritul wrfre dd to our understnding of life nd the choices we mke? How hve some of the militry metphors we see in the Bible been misunderstood nd mis-used in history nd in the church? Do you understnd the rmour of God (see Ephesins 6:10 18) to be something God provides to us or something we need to build up for ourselves? How cn we help ech other grow stronger in resisting the tempttions, chllenges nd ttcks of the devil? Wht does it men to put on the rmour of God (see Ephesins 6:11)? How do we put on this rmour? In your own words, how would you re-write or explin Ephesins 6:12: For we re not fighting ginst flesh-nd-blood enemies, but ginst evil rulers nd uthorities of the unseen world, ginst mighty powers in this drk world, nd ginst evil spirits in the hevenly plces? Duelling Ides Pul sid we should put on the rmour of God s solider in God s rmy (see Ephesins 6:10 18), which mens we need to be prepred to fight for wht we believe nd wht is right. vs Jesus sid, Blessed re the pecemkers (see Mtthew 5:9) so we should be known s people of pece who re devoted to pecemking in our world, in big nd smll wys. PARENT FAMILY Dynmics Pul s militry metphors In Pul s letters, he occsionlly describes collegues s fellow soldiers (see, for exmple, Philippins 2:25, Philemon 1:2) but mostly to describe those who hve endured suffering long with me (2 Timothy 2:3, lso Philippins 1:30). Little wonder the best-known militry metphor in the New Testment is tht of the rmour of God, described in Ephesins 6:10 18, but lso referenced in Romns 13:12 nd 1 Thesslonins 5:8. This is bout keeping sfe mid the ssults of the devil nd his gents, nd is described in only defensive terms: Use every piece of God s rmour to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so tht fter the bttle you will still be stnding firm (Ephesins 6:13, emphsis dded). Pul is not tlking bout lunching ny kind of ttck. How might this relistion chnge how we red these verses? young person Do you find the understnding of spiritul wrfre s n exciting wy to tlk bout living fith or does it seem kind of frightening, even discourging? Is there one of the items of the rmour of God described in Ephesins 6:13 17 tht seems most vluble, useful or meningful to you? Wht do you think might be potentil weknesses in your spiritul rmour? How cn your fmily nd church help strength you in your spiritul life? Do you hve story of time when you relised you or friend were under ttck in spiritul sense? Wht helped you or them stnd firm in the fce of this ttck? Thinking bck on this experience, is there nything you wish you hd done differently, ether before, during or fterwrds? Is there one of the items of the rmour of God described in Ephesins 6:13 17 tht seems most vluble, useful or meningful to you? Wht re some strtegies you hve found effective to strengthen your spiritul rmour? 06 RECHARGE (Bible study) Deveron Stricklnd is the Director of Youth Ministries for the Tsmni Conference. (discussion q&) SYNC 07

5 EDUCATION MINISTRY SCIENCE OUTDOOR REC The Bttle For ithirst by Joseph nd Christin Khbbz 1500 decisions for Bible studies 450 decisions for bptism 1600 commitments for Christ 2330 commitments to Serve Christ IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS, WE READ the chrge tht ws given to Moses by God. Moses ws instructed to enter Phroh s plce with his brother Aron s mbssdors for the God of heven. Fcing the most powerful mn on erth, Moses nd his brother spoke in the nme of God nd sid This is wht the Lord, the God of Isrel, sys: Let my people go so they my hold festivl in my honour in the wilderness (Exodus 5:1). Phroh mockingly responded nd sid, Who is the Lord, tht I should obey Him nd let Isrel go? I do not know the Lord nd I will not let Isrel go (Exodus 5:2). As Phroh used ll his power to stop God s people from worshipping in the wilderness of Egypt, Stn the rel enemy of God s people bttles nd seeks to do the sme tody. We should not be surprised, therefore, tht this bttle ws seen lso t Joseph nd Christin Khbz live in Brisbne, where Joseph is the South QLD Conference Director of Young Adult Ministries. the recent ithirst SPD Pthfinder Cmporee in Toowoomb. The South Pcific Division ithirst Cmporee ws held from Jnury 6-11 t Toowoomb Showgrounds in Queenslnd. This Cmporee included 14 ntions throughout the South Pcific nd more thn 8000 people cmped t the venue. It ws the lrgest cmporee ever to be held on Austrlin soil. At cmporee, we hd the opportunity to see both the power nd blessings tht God showers on His people when they come to worship Him nd we lso sw the drk bttle rging with powers not of this world. The bttle required the whole rmour of God to be put on in order to wge wr with the enemy. Here re some insights into the bttle from our perspective. The struggle ws going on even before cmporee strted. There were kids who were coming from bttle zones when they rrived t cmporee. The bttle zones of broken fmily, depression, finncil struggles nd even governments. One Pthfinder group from Ppu New Gune lmost did not mke it to Cmporee t ll, s they fced unexpected vis delys. After dys of much pryer by the cmporee s stff, we received the good news tht the viss were grnted nd tht The bttle ws being wged even before cmporee strted. the Pthfinder club ws ble to ttend. Cmporee ws where the bttle ground ws set nd Stn ws trying to do everything he could to keep the kids wy. An event s lrge s cmporee requires countless hours of plnning by Pthfinder directors, ctivities tems, event progrmmers nd the executive tem. During the plnning stge, every spect of cmporee ws considered so tht ny possible chllenges would be mitigted. As cmporee officilly commenced, we sw tht the enemy ws wre of our plns nd strtegies nd we be begn to see him strike. By the middle of the week, smll hndful of Pthfinder clubs begn to run out of food, n essentil bore pump broke down nd power genertor overheted during one of the evening progrms, thretening to bring tht night s progrm to close. In order to fce these ssults by the enemy, the shield of fith ws needed. Fith reminds us tht God cn nswer our pryers in thousnd wys we hve not even thought of. Fith led to other Pthfinder clubs shring their food with clubs tht needed it, fith led to wter being grdully supplied bck nd fith led to genertor mirculously turning bck on so the evening worship progrm could continue. Jesus sid if we hve even the fith of mustrd seed mircles cn tke plce. Fith is trusting God nd cknowledging tht this ws His cmporee, tht He ws the rel owner nd will bless it ccording to His good plesure. The speker for the evening progrm ws Pstor Eddie Hypolite, senior pstor t Avondle College Church. He ws joined by his lovely wife Yvonne, nd dughter Rhe. Ech night Pstor Eddie reminded kids tht their story mtters to God nd tht they re importnt to Him. In world where kids re sometimes viewed s insignificnt nd in the wy, in world where Stn shoots fiery rrows of doubt, wnting kids to think tht God is distnt nd does not cre bout them, Pstor Eddie s words equipped kids to fce the enemy. On Fridy night, Pstor Eddie clled Pthfinders to mke commitment to Jesus Christ. As result of the Holy Spirit moving, nerly 1500 decisions were mde for Bible studies, more thn 450 decisions were mde for bptism, more thn 1600 commitments were mde to Christ nd 2330 commitments were mde to serve Christ. In the midst of the bttle field, God s Spirit drew the Pthfinders to Him. Nick Kross nd Litin Turner, SPD Youth Director nd Associte respectively, reminded the ithirst stff tht it does not mtter how mny Pthfinders ttend or how good the progrm is. Unless ech Pthfinder hs n opportunity to meet Jesus, then we hve not chieved our purpose. The gol of cmporee hs lwys been to bring kids to Jesus Christ. Events like the SPD Cmporee ply n importnt role in the spiritul development of young people. Cmporees provide opportunities for intergenertionl mentorship nd the chnce to meet other young people with the sme spiritul gols nd vlues. They lso provides n Adventist sense of identity s young people see how our Church is prt of worldwide fmily under the bnner of Jesus Christ. The bttle still rges. Cmporees llow us to tke the offensive nd not give up. We stnd becuse Jesus stnds. We fight the enemy nd the gtes of hell will not previl becuse it is the Lord Jesus Christ who fights for us s He promised. By God s grce, future cmporees will continue to be n opportunity to see God s power t work nd mny more kids mking decisions for Christ, for mzing things hppen on the bttlefield when God s people come to worship Him. One semester t public university ws enough for me to relise I wnted to be more thn number. MELINDA POMAT, Avondle grdute Resons to choose Avondle: 1. High grdute employment rtes 2. One-on-one support 3. Prcticl lerning environment 4. Course flexibility 5. Fst trck pthwy options. Find out more: Visit or phone or WORLD CHANGER These photos were tken by Chrmine Ptel. (discipleship) BUMP 09 To see more of her work visit <chrmine-ptel.wix.com/chrmine-ptel>

6 Seeing pure evil in ction, like witnessing five yer old being sold for sex outside resturnt in Phnom Penh, stirs the fight in Troy nd drives RAW Impct, non-profit orgnistion tht he nd his wife Nicole founded in Cmbodi. RAW Impct hs grown to be n mzing tem of people, mostly young, but ll dedicted to s in e liv le ipping, Derek R g Plce, Victori g mking rel in g in ch n n Lu r/m difference through -founde mpny. co is d n IT co r of n ctivities such s directo building houses 10 LIFE IN HD (interview) nd schools, nd implementing sustinble griculturl nd eductionl progrms. It lso seeks to do things differently with the type of services trips it orgnises, volunteer roles offered nd uniquely, the specilist tcticl trining for locl police forces it provides to help stop sex-slve trfficking. But its rel story is tht of Cmbodins freed from poverty, hunger nd slvery, nd westerners freed from their lrgely self-bsorbed lives. Brothers in Arms Troy experiences this himself. My fith will strt dying if I don t get mongst it nd ct nd tke up the fight. He excitedly shres the recent wow experience of non-religious person who by the end of one trip ws tlking directly to God prying but without ny of the Christin jrgon. Defintely doesn t get better thn this moment. Being prt of strem of inspiring life chnge, in whtever form, continully reignites the fith nd pssion of Troy nd the RAW Impct tem. Shping up for fight You won t find religious spek on Rw Impct s website. Troy doesn t believe In looking forwrd, it cn often be difficult in creting brriers when it comes to to see where life is relly going. Looking orgnising fight ginst evil. While being bck though, we cn be mzed how we re Christin cn dd powerful perspective uniquely prepred with the potentil to push to fighting injustices, he believes it should bck hrd ginst evil. Troy shres tht he not exclude nyone from joining the fight. ws initilly inspired by Christinity tht Different denomintions, universities took ction. In his cse, it ws going on nd corportes hve felt free to support STORMCo trip to n Aboriginl community. nd work with RAW Impct becuse It mde me relise the power tht tem it serves outside the of people cn hve going out to serve. It ws church bubble. Troy pretty life-shping for me. I love observes n interesting tht sort of Christinity. thing often hppens pursuit in his erly 20s when Christins nd When people fight Troy s of n ctive fith tht did non-christins serve injustices, they something for people sw him together nd get further shped outside of themselves: often sense or volunteer stintsbyin yer-long Afric nd When people fight discover fith. the USA. These experiences injustices, they often helped led him to the nswer sense or discover fith. Boot Cmp Troy nd Nicole Roberts. IF you spend yourself on behlf of the hungry nd stisfy the needs of the oppressed, then YOUR light will rise in the drkness nd YOUR night will become like the noondy. Isih 58:10 Troy loves leding tems of young people on service trips in Cmbodi. RAW Impct hosts more thn 20 service trips yer tht give people n uthentic life chnging experience while meeting the needs of others in tngible wy. Go on one these trips nd you might find yourself in villge with only bottle of wter, $2 (the verge dily wge) to feed six of you mel cooked over the villge fire with produce bought from the locl mrket, nd mosquito net nd mt to sleep with tht night in one of the villge houses. The point of this rw frontline experience is to help crete reference point for your life tht is not you. It s to help people understnd how others relly live, to help them fully engge nd be ble to be better dvocte. The fight of your life The biggest journey we ll tke is not to foreign plces but is to relly get outside ourselves. For some tht s shorter personl trip, for others it s much longer one. Troy shres his secret, Coming to know God, in rel hert wy, llowed me to let go. It s process I could not hve done on my own. Truly serving others llows God to develop in us the hert of wrrior. Truly serving signs us up to the force tht kicks evil s butt. Will you join the front line? Ag Prtner fmilies with their gots. Children in Ko Ki. Open clssroom t Gunty s SALT villge school. Tcticl Opertions Trining for Cmbodin Ntionl Police. Student from Crmel College. HE DECISION TO FIGHT IS LIFE chnging. Troy Roberts hs been fighting in Cmbodi for the pst 10 yers. It isn t wht he expected to be doing t the ge of 36. By now, ccording to his life pln, mpped out in his teens, he should hve been rking in the mteril benefits of his five-yer commerce nd lw degree. Insted, he is on volunteer s wge in ministry tht is not yet self-sustinble. About his decision to fight, Troy sys, Absolutely, I hve counted the cost mny times when my fith is down. He is lso quick to ffirm, I would not chnge it for second, this is worth it! Ag Prtner with her got. T Wnt to know more bout RAW Impct? Visit < or fcebook.com/rawimpctorg Troy Roberts, founder of RAW Impct in Cmbodi. by Derek Rippingle Bio-digester on Gunty s Islnd, providing clen cooking gs. Finding Your Front Line Troy hers young people often sying they don t know how to get involved or don t know wht they cn do. One of the resons for strting RAW Impct ws to help nswer tht question by offering opportunities for meningful service tem trips, gp yer or shorter term volunteer roles or even roles, for people in Austrli nd New Zelnd. He highly recommends doing something to get outside yourself s wy to strt. He enthuses to young people, Drem big. There is nothing tht cn relly stop young people if they relly stnd up nd tke something on. They ll be mzed t the influence even one person cn hve. When they sy, I m going to get my school friends, my church, my mtes t footy involved, the results cn be relly hed turning. Student from UNSW building in Chom Trch Villge. The biggest to his question Is journey we ll there more to life tke is not to thn getting lw degree nd mking foreign plces lot of money? He but is to relly believes God gently nd crefully led me get outside through process. I ourselves. didn t in one dy just drop everything I d worked hrd for. I never signed up to 15 yers of ministry, I just signed up for one yer of volunteer work. But God took me one step t time nd showed me different purpose for my skills. All Troy s business nd lw trining is now pushed to the limit nvigting the chllenges of operting RAW Impct in Cmbodi.

7 Jess Binet is Yer 11 student in Sydney. She loves to red, tlk nd lern more bout our loving God. Dn the mn by Ellesh Knight More thn just being different by Jess Binet YOU RE AT SCHOOL AND YOU VE JUST been hnded n invittion to friend s prty. You re over the moon nd just bout to tell them, then nd there, tht you cn come when you see tht it s on Fridy night. You know wht the right thing to do is, seeing s it s Sbbth, but it cn be hrd, cn t it? As teengers, we ll wnt to conform. We don t wish to stnd out from the crowd; we just wnt to be like the person next to us, not drwing ny prticulr ttention to ourselves. But living s Christin nd especilly s Seventh-dy Adventists we cn sometimes stick out like sore thumb. So how do we stnd fst to our morls, to wht we know is right, to be different, when ll those round us re mking choices ginst wht we believe? Well, Philippins 4:13, tht s how: I cn do ll things through Christ who strengthens me. When you re finding it hrd to keep Sbbth or sty true to wht you know is right, just send up little pryer nd Be who you re nd sy wht you feel, becuse those who mind don t mtter, nd those who mtter don t mind remember this verse. You cn do ll things when you hve Jesus strengthening you; ll you need to do is sk. But it still seems hrd doesn t it? Being different in front of ll your friends or your yer group. You re letting them see how much you love Jesus nd tht opens you up to the possibility of criticism. When I think bout it though, Dr Seuss quote springs to mind: Be who you re nd sy wht you feel, becuse those who mind don t mtter, nd those who mtter don t mind. People will respect you for stnding up for your beliefs, nd I sy tht from experience. It shows tht you re firm in your belief, nd tht cn inspire people to either wonder why nd question, or mke commitment to be more like you nd hve your fith. So don t be frid to stnd up nd be the proud Christin you re. Your friends nd cquintnces won t mind; they understnd tht your fith is prt of who you re. 2 Corinthins 2:10 sttes, For the ske of Christ, then, I m content with weknesses, insults, hrdships, persecutions, nd clmities. For when I m wek, then I m strong. When we re wek for Christ, we re strong through His strength. If we re criticised or mde fun of, just remember, we hve Jesus on our side, nd it s Him tht we re stnding up for. So the next time you re in position when you hve to reject n invittion, think of the impct tht ction could hve. Focus on the positive of stnding up for the Sviour you love nd the seeds you my be plnting, insted of focusing on being different. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WE HAVE THOSE dys where we feel little flt. Where being nice to people is n effort, nd ll we wnt to do is get through the dy without hving to do too much. It s not like this is the end of the world, n off dy dy here nd there is completely norml. Sometimes we just need to tke brek nd rechrge. But wht if our off dys re becoming more nd more regulr? Wht s the del? There re mny things tht cuse us to feel flt, nd lot of the time we don t hve n explntion, let lone n nswer. But it s extremely difficult to be nice to somebody else when you re not even being nice to yourself, so the nswer strts with us. If I could pick ny person in the Bible to be most like, I would choose Dniel. Supposing I ws born boy, from Bbylon, probbly with brown hir nd most likely bove 5 feet tll, he is the one I d choose. Dniel s story highlights so mny positives tht come from living helthy lifestyle. The Bible even sttes tht he nd his friends were chosen to serve in the king s plce on the bsis of being young men without ny physicl defect, hndsome, showing ptitude for every kind of lerning, well informed nd quick to understnd. I don t know bout you but I d sy tht sounds like pretty decent bunch of guys right there. The story of Dniel is one tht emphsises the importnce of following helthy, blnced diet nd lifestyle, nd plinly sttes the benefits tht come of it. God provided us with every single food nd every single nutrient we need in order to be the hppiest nd helthiest we could be. Then we figured out tht s humns, we could mke stuff. So we went hed nd mde our own food. Food tht ended up mking us sicker, grumpier, slower. So wht if we stripped it bck to the originl pln? Wht if we could chnge the wy we thought, the wy we felt, nd the wy we treted other people, simply through the lifestyle we lived? Well, lucky for us, we cn, nd ll we hve to do is be more like Dniel. Here s few exmples of how foods cn ffect the wy we feel: Hppy ets >> Wlnuts re good source of lph-linolenic cid, form of omeg-3 tht boosts our mood nd keeps us feeling chipper. Don t like wlnuts? Mngos, rspberries, green vegetbles nd fish re lso good sources. Energetic ets >> If you re feeling sluggish, try eting some bnns, pples, yogurt or even just some lemon wter to get you motivted. Relxing ets >> If the stress of life is getting to you, hndful of blueberries, cshew nuts, bowl of porridge or even some drk chocolte cn help keep the crzy t by. They relx your body due to their ntioxidnts. Peckish ets >> If nothing seems to fill you up, try hndful of nuts, yoghurt, brown pst, scrmbled eggs or wholegrin sndwich. Weetbix is lso winner here. Shmeless ets >> If you feel like eting nything nd everything you cn get your hnds on, popcorn (go esy on the butter nd slt!), strwberries, wtermelon nd pretty much ll vegetbles re considered zero clorie foods, mening they use more energy to digest thn they ctully contin. Mke fruit pltter or chop up some veggies with low-ft dip nd go for your life. Wht if we could chnge the wy we thought, the wy we felt, nd the wy we treted other people simply through the lifestyle we lived? Not only were Dniel nd his friends fit nd strong, they were stble, level heded nd likeble. They stood firm in their convictions, nd when fced with n wkwrd sitution, they styed true to their chrcter without being disrespectful. When I think of Dn nd his friends, I think of dignified, honest men reflecting the goodness of God. And tht cn be us, with the help of few fruits nd vegetbles. How esy is tht! Ellesh Knight lives in Melbourne, Victori, nd is studying Msters of Occuptionl Therpy t L Trobe University. 12 OPINION HEALTHY LIVING 13

8 14 REBOOT (life coching) Engging The Enemy by Ry & Chntl Mog The wr ginst the enemy is so AS HE PUTS HIS SUIT ON, he focuses on protecting the most importnt prt of his body. The prt of him tht is the most delicte nd importnt. He hs mde his rmour so tht this prt of rmour. his ntomy is sfe nd protected. He hs spent every moment of his journey prepring his suit of rmour for bttle. He mkes sure it is strong. In ny bttle. For EVERY bttle. Tony Strk hs super humn strength. He is Ironmn. But ONLY when he wers his suit of rmour. Without it, he is n ordinry mn with weknesses nd struggles. However, he does hve strtegy for bttle. He hs pln with which he will succeed. Without it, he is just mn. We know tht the story of Ironmn is creted by Mrvel, purely for entertinment. But it is still story of bttle between good forces nd evil forces. A story bout controversy. A bttle for llegince. A spiritul bttle. brutl tht we need strong, hevy-duty The Bible tells us of spiritul rmour tht is more powerful, durble nd protective thn nything Tony Strk could ever invent. The wr ginst the enemy is so brutl tht we need strong, hevy-duty rmour. Armour tht cn withstnd the brrge of the enemy s ttck from every ngle (gossip, jelousy, greed, drugs, sex, lcohol, selfishness, pride, nger etc). And guess wht the coolest thing is bout this rmour? It s lredy mde to fit you nd it s FREE! We don t hve to design it, build it, twek it or test it. This rmour is 100 percent enemy proof. Just s Tony Strk built his rmour to protect his hert, God s rmour does exctly the sme nd more! God wnts to shield our herts from the enemy, from his ttcks, from his plns to ruin our lives. But if we suit up with God s rmour we re in the prime position to engge in the fight, nd ultimtely win. So now tht we hve our rmour, how do we use it? This is exciting! So here is how we do it. Simply Give up! Ummm prdon? Sorry wht? Jmes 4:7 puts it simply: Submit to God. Resist the devil. And he will flee from you. Tht s right! submit To GOd First. Submit ll tht you cre bout, your worries, tempttions nd weknesses to God. Understnd tht God is in chrge nd cres bout ll of these things. Put Him first. Keep Him first. Before we even think bout fcing up to our sitution or problem we MUST give it to God first! Submitting mens tht we wer His rmour. For Gods rmour protects, shields, withstnds, nd endures. Unlike Tony Strk, who hs to constntly return to his suit of rmour to twek, modify nd dpt its chrcteristics to better suit his enemies ttcks, with God s rmour, there re no modifictions, no tweking necessry. It s built to lst! Resist The Devil. We cn only do this when we submit to God. Complete step 1 in order to complete step 2! Rules of Enggement Wtch the devil flee! The one nd only rmour tht is timeless nd everlsting is the rmour of God. TIPSto mximise your rmour 1. GUARDRAILS. Wht metphoric or literl signposts re you putting up to protect yourself from being in tempting sitution? Below re some exmples:. Don t go to the prty. You probbly won t feel the desire to be involved in wht others re doing. b. In some cses, void contct with tht prticulr person if the behviours they drw out of you ren t the ones you wnt to portry. c. Don t go to the shops if you hve tendency to spend money you don t relly hve. d. Avoid socil medi if it hs pttern of bringing out the judgmentl or nsty side of you through pictures, comments or sttus updtes. 2. DISCERNMENT. Hving the discernment to know when to use these gurdrils nd HOW to use them is crucil. Discernment is the bility to judge well. Spiritul discernment comes from close connection with God, nd wreness of His power in your life for giving clrity in moments of wekness. When you re spiritully discerning, you hve sense of wht is right in the eyes of God nd wht is not. Despite the lure of tempttion, you re ctully put off by the devil s efforts becuse you know tht he is trying to tempt you with [insert your individul tempttion here]. 3.PRACTICE. Prctice using your gurdrils. Prctice discernment. For exmple (Chntl speking), it s not my fvourite thing to politely decline when someone offers me something delicious to et. Food is my wekness. While it s not life or deth mtter (yet), it s still something I struggle to do. I LOVE FOOD. So to prctice sying No thnks to good brownie or some spinch nd fet quiche is surprisingly tricky for me. Now, when someone sks YOU, Would you like some [insert tempting item here], it s time to prctice some self control nd think bout the long-term effect of the decision you re bout to mke. So PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Mximising the use of God s rmour will minimise the moments we think of nd regret in our future decisions. Use your gurdrils, prctice them dily (if pplicble) nd remember tht the rmour is lredy specificlly designed for you. The right fit, the right size, the right everything. It s there witing for you use it nd see how strong you ll be ginst the ttcks of the enemy! Three wys people del with tempttion ONE. Give in to it. ( Ok I ll try it, it won t hurt... ) TWO. Turn nd wlk wy. ( No, I m ok I don t wnt to... ) THREE. Freeze nd do nothing. ( Umm, errrr, yeh dunno... ) How people from the Bible Del with tempttion Ry nd Chntl Mog live in Christchurch, New Zelnd, where Ry is the South New Zelnd Conference Youth Director. Find your Strength here A life in Christ is life of restfulness. There my be no ecstsy of feeling, but there should be n biding, peceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your wekness is united to His strength, your ignornce to His wisdom, your frilty to His enduring might. So you re not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beuty, the perfection, of His chrcter. Christ in His self-denil, Christ in His humilition, Christ in His purity nd holiness, Christ in His mtchless love this is the subject for the soul s contempltion. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, tht you re to be trnsformed into His likeness (Steps to Christ, pge 70). Joseph. (Genesis 39) Tempted by his mster s wife, but becuse of his reltionship with God he hd the will power to flee from her. Smson. (Judges 16) Tempted to trde the secret of his strength for womn s love, he ended up losing his strength nd ultimtely his life. Juds. (Mtthew 27): Tempted by money nd power, he rejected nd betryed Jesus nd consequently ended his own life. Jesus. (Mtthew 4, Luke 4): Overcme the tempttions of Stn in the wilderness nd is the ultimte Victor. (life coching) REBOOT 15

9 Mnifest Sign up for the monthly newsletter nd connect on Fcebook nd Instgrm u). Review: Just Jesus by Nthn Brown Victory through chrm. We prepre for everydy things nd then ssume we cn just wing it when it comes to the gretest bttle of ll time. Wht do you do to continue to get better t wht you do cretively? I try to perform s much s possible. My fvorite time on the stge is when I wlk into room where no-one knows me. Tht s where I ll try new things, recite new poems nd try to get better. Also, when it Why is cretivity importnt for Christins nd the church? In the beginning, God creted. Tht s how scripture begins. Since we re creted in the imge of God, we too re cretive beings. I believe when we fil to exercise our cretivity, we will fil to understnd certin spects of our humnity nd of our God. Poetry hs helped me connect to my community, myself nd my God like nothing else ever hs. Wht re you looking forwrd To At the Mnifest Cretive Arts Festivl? I just wnn spit poems nd hope someone gets something out of it, like the wy I felt the first time I sw spoken word connected nd inspired to crete. Check out Mich s performnces nd writing t < ing.. os p om ing C k ng So ilmm rts A F l g Mnifest is in sunnul tincretive V i r rts festivl exploring, W fit Julie C Victori tton lives in, who is nd is pri Melbourne, m curr t hom ently enjo ry techer ying e with her ch stying ildren. Wht got you strted in writing nd performing poetry? When I ws in college, friend invited me to n open mic night in Los Angeles. It ws ll spoken word poets, no musicins. By the end of the night, I ws fscinted by the rt form. Even though I didn t know nyone who ws spittin, I felt so connected to everyone becuse of how honest their poetry ws. I decided to give it try. Wht does performnce dd to your writing? Spoken word is written to be performed, so when the words re written, my job is only hlf finished. I spend just s much time crfting the body lnguge, volume nd tone s I do writing the words. rts meet Photo tken by Jessic Symes, nd modelled by Pul Chpmn. Whtever you fce, whtever Stn throws t you, you hve been given wepon tht will overcome every time: God s word. As Hebrews 4:12 promises, For the word of God is live nd powerful. It is shrper thn the shrpest two-edged sword. Mich Bournes is spoken word poet from Long Bech, Cliforni, nd fetured presenter t the Mnifest Cretive Arts Festivl t Avondle College of Higher Eduction, Mrch He tlked to us bout his cretivity. ng osi p m Co king g n s So ilmm Art F l u Vis riting W h. 16 BUMP (discipleship) We re probbly not going to be tempted to turn stones into bred. But we ll know (even if we re reluctnt to dmit it) wht our weknesses re. I would sy tht is good strting point. If peer pressure is difficult for you, then picture yourself in sitution where you cn hppily choose to be your own person rther thn give in to the crowd (see Romns 12:2 or Gltins 1:10). If smoking nd drinking re big tempttion, imgine yourself sying no nd feel the sense of chievement tht brings (you could even hve little bnd plying hppy song for you like they do on the d!) (see Romns 14:21 or 1 Corinthins 10:31). Coming to Mnifest comes to the writing side of things, I write better when I red more. When my mind is working hrd trying to digest some difficult philosophy or theologicl concept, I find I m more cretive. en fridy ev te f sundy fit You might hve herd tht professionl thletes use process clled visulistion. They visulise the sights, sounds nd smells they might experience. They lso think bout positive nd negtive You re in the witing room. As you look situtions tht they might get in, nd how through your notes, you notice tht your they might del with nd overcome those hnd is trembling just little bit. You try to situtions. And by visulising the experience, shke off the nerves s you tke deep it gives them specific pln so tht insted breth nd force yourself to clm down. of pnicking when sitution rises, You ve tken your time, they cn remin clm nd level heded, put hours of thought nd responding in wy tht effort into this. And s your will give them the best potentil employer clls outcome, becuse they you in, you stnd confidently... by visulising re prepred. nd smile, knowing tht you the experience, hve done your best Visulistion is not it gives them to be redy for whtever just for professionl they throw t you. specific pln so thletes. Jesus did something similr Your suitcse is open. tht insted of when He sent out the You ve checked the wether pnicking when disciples nd 72 others forecst mny times, so you (red Luke 10:1-12). As know it s going to be wrm sitution rises, you cn see, He doesn t week. But just in cse, you they cn remin just send them out He pck jcket nd jens. prepres them. He tells You wnt to enjoy your time clm nd them not only wht to wy without worrying tht level heded. sy but how to del with you don t hve the right different circumstnces. clothes to wer. They re fully prepred to undertke the There re so mny things tht we prepre tsk tht hs been given to them: go for in life. Exms, job interviews nd nd shre the Good News. And their holidys, to nme few. But sometimes we preprtion helps them succeed. cn overlook the one thing tht we should I m pretty sure you hve cught the gist of prepre for the most: Stn s ttcks. wht is going on here preprtion is KEY! We think tht we cn engge the enemy We prepre in our everydy lives, for n (the one who convinced one-third of exm or job interview, top thletes prepre the ngels to revolt, even though they for rce nd the disciples were prepred hd spent time with Jesus Himself) when they were sent out by Jesus. with just our wits nd In Ephesins 6:17, we re told to put on the full rmour of God so tht you cn tke your stnd ginst the devil s schemes. Not just the helmet, shield nd brestplte, but the sword s well. And if you hve tht sword, you don t wnt to go swinging tht thing round imlessly. You need ccurcy. You need to hit your trget. Jesus knew tht. When tempted to turn stones into bred, His response ws Mn does not live by bred lone. Tht is using your rmour with precision. Mrk Wits is pstor of the Pcific Union College Church in northern Cliforni nd spends his time working with students. As such, Just Jesus is n extension of his dy job lso life mission to connect young people he cres bout with the Jesus he follows. k new wee progr ening fridy ev ternoon sundy f e wher OU RE WALKING INTO AN EXAM. YOUR hert is pounding, plms re swety. But s you sit down in your llocted set you tke deep breth. You hve studied long nd hrd for this. You know your stuff. Now it s time to relx, cler your hed nd get those nswers written down. So Just Jesus the young dult devotionl book for 2015 is the result of some of Wits time spent exploring nd getting to know Jesus better. And his discoveries re worth shring. His book cn work well in two wys: 1. You get Jesus but ren t sure how lot of the church stuff fits with wht you know bout Him; or kend new wee m: r g o pr to rts meet Y Higher Educ 2. You ve grown up with vrious church things but think you might need clerer understnding of Jesus. Either wy, this focus on Jesus is necessry, trnformtive nd exciting. e wher Visulistion by Julie Ctton As you my hve noticed, God hsn t hd the best of reputtions in our world, sys Mrk Wits, uthor of Just Jesus. Much of this is the fult of the church. But Jesus cme to show us the Fther. This intrigues me gretly. The more I understnd the reson for Jesus visit to our little plnet, the more I wnt to write bout, prech bout nd wllow in wht/who/how He ws/is. Mrch 20 22, Mrch Avondle College of Avondle Colle Higher Eduction encourging nd celebrting fithful cretivity. Competitions (csh prizes) Entries close Mrch 6, 2015 Gbe Reynud Awrds Sturdy, Mrch 21 t 3pm Tell Me Story Sturdy, Mrch 21 t 7.30pm Workshops Mnifest is n nnul cre Sundy, Mrch 22, 9m 3pm rts festivl exploring, To find out more or to enter, visit encourging nd celebrt fithful cretivity.

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