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HOBART, Tasmania - Preview of upcoming Ensign - Australian contributions
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OTAGO, New Zealand - At 23 she has won Olympic gold and tied the knot but Torah Bright insists she is still a big kid at heart. The Australian snowboarding champion hopes to persuade young girls, or "tweens", against growing up too quickly by getting into boys, make-up or risque fashion from an early age.
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SYDNEY Australia - Young Single Adults in the Sydney region are invited to be part of the 2010 Sydney Harbour Cruise that will take place on Friday 1st October 2010. This will be a fun night hosted by the Newcastle Stake with a "crazy hair theme". Further details including how to register will be coming soon.
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BRISBANE, Queensland - "Especially for Youth" is a program with the objectives to encourage, assist, and guide youth participants (ages 14-18) as they strive to "come unto Christ."
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SYDNEY, Australia - The Church’s new Distribution Online Store has been launched. It makes gospel teachings, resources, and services directly and globally accessible in a self-service and affordable way to help strengthen leaders and members of the Church worldwide. Why not visit it today and take a look. The site can be accessed by either choosing ‘Church Materials’ from the left hand menu or directly at http://store.lds.org
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were featured on this week's edition of Pacific Beat St., a television program aimed at young New Zealanders.
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ABC Radio National broadcast a story on "Mormon Record-Keeping" on Sunday June 27, 2010
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HOBART, Tasmania - Selection of inserts from the Ensign local news
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Auckland woman, Kirsti Lyes, shared the following message about women of faith with other members of her congregation this week. Kirsti and her family are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Alumni of the Church College of New Zealand presently living in Australia may be interested in a current video on YouTube containing highlights from the 5 December 2009 closing celebration.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are allowed two telephone calls home each year - one is on Mother's Day
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - As part of an ongoing initiative to assist members seeking employment, Church leaders announced on April 28 the immediate availability of LDSjobs.org. While this site has been in existence since 2003, over the last year it has undergone a complete overhaul and redesign.
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SALT LAKE CITY, USA - Entertainment can be a troubling profession these days, with temptation, pornography and immorality more rampant than ever before. Probably few members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints know that better than Donny Osmond.
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From June 26 to July 9 of this year, two Australian Young Single Adults will bicycle across Cambodia and Vietnam to raise money and awareness to combat child sex trafficking.
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The general Young Women meeting was held on Saturday, March 27. Audio and video archives are available on the broadcast page.For information on worldwide broadcast times and options, see the broadcast schedule.
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A selection of inserts from the Ensign's local news
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The 180th Annual General Conference of the Church will be held in the Conference Centre in Salt Lake City on Saturday and Sunday, April 3-4, 2010. As well as live broadcast details please check the online schedule for rebroadcast times in your stake.
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A National Single Adult Convention will be held in Adelaide over the June long weekend from the evening of Friday June 11 until Monday June 14, 2010.
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A selection of inserts from the Ensign's local news
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Hobart, Tasmania - Send your story or idea, or tell us of a story you've seen about the Church online.
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CANBERRA,Australian Capital Territory - Eighty young adult counsellors thought they were in heaven at the first Especially for Youth conference for 658 NSW and ACT youth, held in Canberra, Australia 18 – 23 January 2010.
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DANDENONG, Victoria - Community understanding of religious faith in all its forms is sacred to Order of Australia medal recipient Pamela Mamouney.
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The Church has recently developed two online gospel resources that may be helpful to members: Mormon Messages and Topic Pages.
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Chineses scriptures now available.
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HOBART, Australia - Young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have produced a short video highlighting aspects of their faith. Some of the footage was taken during a recent youth conference in Hobart.
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SYDNEY, Australia - In the weeks leading up to Christmas members of the Sydney Australia Greenwich Stake (similar to a diocese) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been engaging in a service project for the Wayside Chapel, a religious organisation helping the needy and homeless. The initiative is called the S.O.S. (Streets of Sydney) Wayside Chapel Backpack Appeal.
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GAUA, Vanuatu - In the coming days The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will purchase and distribute relief supplies to aid more than 400 people who have evacuated their homes due to recent volcanic activity on the Vanuatu island of Gaua
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SYDNEY, Australia - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Australia Service
Centre has launched a web page on the Australian lds.org.au website. The address for the Australian Service Centre page is lds.org.au/services.
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HOBART, Australia - 20-year-old Tasmanian man, Chang, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in May this year. In his video, he describes how he seeks answers to questions regarding his life and his faith.
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PERTH, Australia - Perth couple Dorothy and John Howard were honoured by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (M.D.A.) of Western Australia recently, for forty years of service to the community. They were both awarded life membership in the association recognizing four decades of service to individuals with muscular dystrophy.
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SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The state of Utah, in Western United States, was chosen by heart disease researchers as a focus area to study the link between vitamin D and strokes.
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PERTH, Australia - According to an article on rugby website www.rugbywa.com.au, Latter-day Saint rugby player Joel Rapana says he is a better player due to his missionary service for the Church.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now has an official Facebook page. It includes links to videos, news stories and other resources from official Church websites such as www.lds.org, www.newsroom.lds.org, www.mormon.org and the Church’s YouTube “Mormon Messages” Channel.
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CARLINGFORD, Australia - Last Saturday, the bi-annual reunion of the former Church of England Boys’ Home took place on the grounds of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Carlingford, NSW.
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SYDNEY, Australia - In a 2001 letter from the First Presidency, members were asked to assume greater responsibility for cleaning and caring for Church meetinghouses. That has been the resounding message from the Church’s Physical Facilities department to Priesthood leaders across Australia.
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Stories and events from around the country
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SYDNEY, Australia - Young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints went to New South Wales' Parliament last week to learn, directly from the state's leaders, some of the processes of government.
Guests of the Leader of the House, The Hon. John Aquilina, the group of young voters participated in a number of activities throughout the day.
[photographs courtesy of Craig Peihopa,Timeline Photography]
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SYDNEY, Australia - EFY is a youth program which aims to encourage, assist, and guide participants ages 14 to 18 as they strive to "come unto Christ." EFY Sydney will be held in 2010.
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BRISBANE, Australia - Hundreds of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are clearing their post-Christmas calendars so they can attend a national convention in Brisbane.
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PERTH, Australia - A regional multi-stake Single Adult convention hosted by the Perth Australia Dianella Stake will be held from 6th to 8th November 2009 in Western Australia. Click here for further details:
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - The Pacific Area Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has re-affirmed the Latter-day Saint principle of sustaining ecclesiastical leaders in a message to Mormons across the Pacific region.
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PERTH, Australia - EFY is a youth program with the objectives to encourage, assist, and guide youth participants ages 14 to 18 as they strive to "come unto Christ." EFY Perth will be held in 2010. Click here for further details.
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The Friend Web site includes fun activities for children as well as teaching helps for parents and teachers. The site features interactive games, videos, printable activities, coloring pages, scripture stories, digital copies of the magazine, and more
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SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched ‘Mormon Channel,’ a new Internet-based channel earlier today. Mormon Channel is the official radio station of the Church and contains music, interviews, children’s scripture stories and other content aimed at sharing gospel-centred information and programming.To tune in now, click here.
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Sister Colleen Wallace Nungarai of the Angkula unit in Mulga Bore near Alice Springs has won the Purchase Award in the 8th International Art Competition of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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'Faith in Every Footstep' is the theme of the Single Adult Convention to be held in Sydney from the 5th to 8th June 2009. Click here for details on this exciting convention.
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Two Australia members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have placed #1 and #2 in a popular televised weight loss programme called The Biggest Loser. Bob Herdsman and his daughter-in-law Tiffany Herdsman had the highest percentage of weight loss at the end of the three months the programme aired on national television (Channel 10). They live in Stratham in Western Australia.
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SYDNEY, Australia - New South Wales’ Minister for Water and Regional Development, the Hon. Phil Costa, visited with several young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a Mormon meetinghouse recently.
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The Church has just released two important Easter Messages. One from the First Presidency and one from an Apostle.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah USA - The 179th Annual General Conference of the Church was held in Salt Lake City Utah on Saturday and Sunday, April 4–5, 2009. Click here for details of the conference broadcasts.
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"To Walk in High Places" is the theme of the 2009 Single Adult Convention to be held in the beautiful Victorian hills over April 2009. Click here for exciting details on the convention and how to register.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Eight-year-old Karlani Aiono chose not to play in the final and most important basketball game of the season because it was held on Sunday.
She attended her Latter-day Saint Primary class instead, saying “It’s where I should be.” Primary is the children’s organization for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Personal scripture study and playing the organ for his local church congregation helped 19-year-old Ben Carthew complete the requirements for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
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PERTH, Australia - Father of four, David Liddicoat, has been awarded a scholarship to study for a masters of business administration degree at Brigham Young University, in the United States. The scholarship is part of an international sponsorship program for married students who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The course of study for Gospel Doctrine in 2009 is the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. Gospel Doctrine teachers and class members can find everything they need to prepare for class on this site.
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Two young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were the focus of a recent newspaper article about young Australians choosing to be chaste. The Church teaches chastity before marriage and complete fidelity within a marriage.
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The First Presidency Christmas Devotional was held Sunday, December 7, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. mountain time. See the broadcast event page for information on audio and video streams, as well as worldwide viewing times and options.
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The Pacific Area Presidency reminds leaders, YSAs, youth and members of the standards for such activities. Click here to view this information or go to "Other Resources" on the left hand side menu.
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Church Leader Counsels Aviators, Then Pilots Flight.
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The Sydney YSA Convention begins on Saturday 27 December 2008 and concludes on Thursday 1 January 2009. YSAs from QLD, ACT and NSW are invited to attend. LATE REGISTRATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED.
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SYDNEY: Elder Terry Vinson, Area Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encouraged the young adult members to be wise and to honour the privilege to visit with members of Parliament. David Clarke a Member of the Legislative Council, welcomed the young adults while hosting them for the day’s activities in the historic Jubilee Room.
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The 178th Semiannual General Conference of the Church was held on Saturday and Sunday, October 4-5, 2008. Archives of the conference are available. A new media player is now available to watch these meetings on the Internet.
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Adelaide Convention 2008- "Hearts knit together in unity and love" (Mosiah 18:21). Convention is being held from Saturday 27th December 2008 - Thursday 1 January, 2009. Registration closes Friday 5th December 2008. Click here for further details.
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www.maps.lds.org provides a simple program that lets you enter an address anywhere in the world and find the nearest LDS meetinghouse (place of worship). This upgraded Meetinghouse Locator can be accessed through many links on www.lds.org, www.lds.org.au (Left hand menu) and Mormon.org, as well as directly at www.maps.lds.org.
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The Welfare Outlook is a newsletter published by the Australia Welfare Area Manager for distribution to wards and stakes. It is designed to give priesthood leaders and members some insight into what is happening in the Welfare area of the Church.
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Leader of the Opposition, Dr Brendan Nelson, and 20 other Australian politicians recently met with 54 young adults aged 18-30 from Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra.
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Church youth from the Macarthur region experienced a broader perspective of life's challenges through their pioneer trek experience along the Murrumbidgee River in Southern New South Wales, in conjunction with Australia's National Youth Week.
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Tabitha Seacy, of the Liverpool congregation, offered one of six prayers presented at the "Journey of the Cross" activity organised by the Catholic Church in preparation for their World Youth Day Sydney - July 2008.
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Brother and sister Hannah (17) and Sam Brown (19) are not only living their lives in line with Church teachings, they are also competing internationally in their chosen sport of in-line skating.
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One could be forgiven for thinking that Christmas had come early this year when Western Australian members recently handed over approximately four tonnes of food to the St Vincent de Paul Society as part of National Families Week.
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Professor Gary D. Bouma, Professor of Sociology at Monash University in Victoria, recently addressed an appreciative audience of political science and international relations students at Brigham Young University, Utah.
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Rolly and Mary McKay, Church members in South Harbour, NSW, were recently featured on the Foxtel Programme, From Here to Maternity.
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A list of recent Priesthood leadership changes
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Fifty young men from three Adelaide congregations of the Church enjoyed a three-day weekend of training with missionaries from the Adelaide Mission at the Fort Largs Police Academy in Taperoo, South Australia.
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The Brigham Young University Young Ambassadors recently completed a successful three-week tour of Australia, featuring nine performances, seven firesides, many workshops, hospital and Parliament visits, and several receptions.
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The area office Family History Department in Sydney was recently visited by a delegation from the Community Development Department of the Government of Papua New Guinea.
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Numerous Church news stories about members within the Australia Area are contained in the 'Local Church News' section of the Australian website. Stories that will be printed in the Ensign insert are also displayed here. Click here to view some of the recent stories.
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Completing a twelve-day visit to Australia, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles expressed to members of the Church that this was an "emotional pilgrimage and privilege" to come to the land of one of his ancestors.
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Brigham Young University's family entertainment group The Young Ambassadors, of Provo, Utah, toured Australia April 26 through May 19, 2008, performing a production called 'The New American Songbook'.
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The Queensland Government reported to the news media that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boosted the Premier's 2008 Flood Relief Appeal to more than $2 million dollars with its $200,000 donation.
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PROVO: Adam Ruri, of Upper Hutt, New Zealand, who served his mission in Adelaide, was sworn in as student body president of one of the largest private universities in the United States. Ruri, a junior majoring in business management, will represent over 30,000 students at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA for the 2008-2009 school year.
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Blake McKeown, popularly known as the 'rookie' lifeguard in Network Ten’s Bondi Rescue, publicly left his post on the beach this May to perform another kind of rescue.
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On Sunday, 16th March, the Annual Relief Society Women’s Conference was held at the Narre Warren Stake Centre organised by the Pakenham Stake, with six stakes being represented.
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Sydney member Graeme Purcell of South Harbour Ward celebrated recent success while competing in the Australian reality show "So You Think You Can Dance".
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Pollie Pedal is a yearly event in which politicians, organisations and individuals ride bicycles to raise money for Australian charities. The Church has been involved in supporting Pollie Pedal over the last few years both at the Area and local levels.
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Youth from the Melbourne Braeside Stake spent a weekend in March getting to know each other better, serving their community and developing firm testimonies of the gospel as they participated in the first ever Braeside Youth Convention.
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As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered his historic apology to indigenous Australians earlier this year, Latter-day Saint grandmother, Lorna Fejo, watched the televised speech with much emotion.
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Both Albert Hopoate and Tevita Folau have recently returned from faithfully serving their full-time missions. They are now being rewarded for their sacrifices and decisions at the time as they join with several other LDS players in the NRL.
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Jim Turner, a member of Richmond Ward in the Penrith Australia Stake, was awarded for Outstanding Academic Achievement for the Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Music Business, a two-year full-time course, during the Music Industry Graduation Ceremony.
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150 LDS youth spent the first day of autumn this year cleaning up Sydney's Centennial Parklands wearing gloves and the distinctive yellow "Mormon Helping Hands" vests.
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Sister Kelli Morse of the Warwick Branch in Queensland is both a wife and mother, as well as being a visual artist with a recent entry in the prestigious Archibald Prize of a portrait of State Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg.
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A list of recent Priesthood leadership changes in the Australia area for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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His Excellency Yuval Rotem, as well as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Leader of the Opposition, Dr Brendan Nelson, spoke at the 60th anniversary of the modern state of Israel. The event was MC'd by Canberra Church member Tara Scott, Personal Assistant to the Consul at the Embassy of Israel.
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God has given all of us particular gifts that we can develop and use to build His kingdom, and Sam and Linda Hawkins of Perth are utilizing their unique talents, and a novel medium, to share their message.
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Church materials can now be ordered through the Australia Distribution Services Online Store - www.ldscatalogue.com.au.
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Australian Church members were both entertained and inspired by messages from Sister Sheri Dew during her recent speaking tour of Australia in January.
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A dinner was held in Perth, Western Australia, to honour a good friend of the Church, Federal Member for Cowan, the Hon Graham Edwards MHR, when he was retiring from politics.
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Hannah Evans, a ballet and contemporary dancer in the Bridgetown Branch in Western Australia, recently left for the "big city" of Sydney, where she is now attending The Wesley Institute to further her studies in dance with a Bachelor of Creative Arts dance course.
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In the wake of Queensland's devastating February 2008 floods, the Church and members once again lent a helping hand, making a $200,000 cash donation in addition to hundreds of hours of volunteer assistance alongside trucks of donated goods.
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Brother Charles (Will) Hollis and Sister Elizabeth Grimes of Chermside Ward, Brisbane Australia North Stake, both recently received the Silver Arrowhead Award for Excellent Service to the Scout Association from Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, Governor of Queensland.
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David Riley of the Kenmore Ward in the Centenary Stake in Brisbane was recently elected to be Chairman of the Board and President of the Spinal Injuries Association –an organisation that provides services and support for people living with a spinal cord injury.
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A list of changes for Australia.
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Jake Mangakahia, formerly of Capalaba ward in the Brisbane Australia stake, is flying high in more ways than one. Not only is his ballet career escalating, but he also has lofty spiritual ideals.
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Come to Single Adult Convention 2008 to be held on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. The convention will begin at 4pm on Friday June 6th, 2008 and conclude on Monday, June 9th, 2008. Click here for further information and how to register.
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The Church Educational System (CES) presented a fireside for young adults on March 2, 2008. The speaker was Julie B. Beck, general president of the Relief Society. Video archives are available on the Broadcast Event page.
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A worldwide leadership training meeting on building up a righteous posterity was broadcast over the Church satellite system on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Online archives are available in text, audio, and video formats.
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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s latest CD, Spirit of the Season, features baritone soloist Shane Warby, a member of the choir whose Australian ancestor joined the Church in 1853 and later emigrated to the U.S.
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A spectacle of tens of thousands of Christmas lights attracted hundreds of Church members and friends to the Sydney Temple each evening over this past Christmas period.
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Youth and young single adults in the Gold Coast Australia Stake were given the opportunity to serve full-time “mini-missions” in late October. Hosted by President Grant S. Richards of the Australia Brisbane Mission, the young Gold Coasters were assigned to different areas within the Brisbane region and paired with the full-time missionaries to experience mission life for one week.
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Thomas S. Monson was recently called as the new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his involvement and connections with the Church in Australia have produced many fond memories and inspiring moments for President Monson and others.
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In response to a large number of calls from the news media over the recent USA election excitement, the Australia Area Presidency proactively re-emphasised the Church's long-standing position of party political neutrality in statements widely disseminated to Australian media.
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Several Brisbane Saints this past Christmas have again joined the congregational choir singing the “Messiah” at Brisbane’s downtown Uniting Church in Ann St, continuing a fine tradition now spanning more than ten years.
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During this time of the year, despite intense heat, humidity, plagues of bush flies, threats of flooding and cyclones - members of the Church in the remote Kimberley region of north Western Australia and local communities continue to celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Saviour.
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Siosefa Palu Jr, a Priest in Parramatta Ward, New South Wales, was recently made “Director General of Education for a Day” as a result of his outstanding achievements in school and in life.
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New South Wales Premier, The Hon. Morris Iemma, presented Church leaders Gregory Willson and Michael Young with medallions for "community service during the June 2007 Floods", rewarding their efforts to salvage homes in their communities.
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On 20 November 2007 at the Lyneham Chapel in Canberra, the United States’ Ambassador to Australia, Robert D McCallum Jr., addressed over two hundred members and friends of the Church.
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Sister Pam Mamouney of the Berwick Ward in Melbourne received a public surprise recently when her name was mentioned in the Victorian State Parliament for her dedicated work in the City of Casey Interfaith Network.
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His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian Ambassador to the United States, recently met with the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson and Henry B. Eyring - during a tour to address students, faculty and alumni at Brigham Young University's Political and International Relations school.
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Hampton Park Ward of the Melbourne Pakenham Stake presented a memorable Primary program on Sunday, 28th October, in several respects when the children took over the music and conducting, performing parts of the program in their native language, and in front of their local Member of Parliament.
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The sisters of the Fairfield Ward in Melbourne’s Heidelberg Stake recently took on a health and wellbeing challenge as part of their Enrichment program for Relief Society.
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Briony Rymar, a member of the Woodridge Ward in the Australia Logan Stake, won the Lyric Section for the month of June in an international song-writing competition - "Songwriter of the Year." Briony won the contest for her song, "We Can’t Be Friends."
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The first missionary of the Church to Australia appears to have been William Barratt, who was ordained an elder in 1840 at the age of 17 in Staffordshire, England. When he left for South Australia that year, the Church was still only ten years old.
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Looking over the scene at Diggers Beach in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, this past spring, it was obvious there was a surf competition on – but there was something very different about this surfing crowd. The vast majority of beachgoers were Latter-day Saints.
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Last August, Saints in Toowoomba, Queensland, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Toowoomba chapel in this beautiful garden city situated high in the mountains of the Great Dividing Range. An hour-and-a-half west of Brisbane, Toowoomba Ward is the oldest unit in the Ipswich Stake.
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A list of leadership changes for the area in December 2007.
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Australia Area Leadership changes during November 2007.
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A pink breakfast seemed a suitable and novel way to help raise money for research into breast cancer, and several members recently gathered at the Townsville chapel in Gulliver, Queensland, to enjoy the imaginative pink egg sandwiches, watermelon, pikelets with pink cream, and pink Tim Tams in behalf of this worthy cause.
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BRISBANE: Saturday, 25 August 2007, was a night to remember when 56 elderly Latter-day Saints held a 'Back to Gibbon Street days' reunion at the Kangaroo Point meetinghouse in Brisbane.
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The Weekend Bulletin newspaper on the Gold Coast recently featured an article profiling the decision made by a number of Church members not to play their sport on a Sunday.
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It's not every day you have triplets baptised into the Church, but that is what happened on Sunday, 9th September, when ten-year-olds Sarah, Ryan and Renae Leighton became members of the Northam Branch in the Dianella Stake in Western Australia.
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Murdoch University's School of Law was recently presented with two additional volumes of ancient Islamic texts translated into English at Brigham Young University in Utah.
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Twelve returned missionaries who served in the Australia Perth Mission in 1977 under former mission president, the late Bruce J. Opie, met near the Melbourne Temple for a 30-year reunion last August.
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Three prominent leaders in politics, business and academia inspired over 120 Church youth and adults recently at an “Achievement Fireside” held by the Canberra Stake
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Over 400 people attended the recent Family History Expo held at Warwick Stake Centre, Western Australia. The Expo featured a variety of ways to trace ancestors and add names to the Family Tree, and several dignitaries visited the event.
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Sister Merekaraka Caesar of the Gold Coast in Queensland recently returned from being a guest speaker at 'The Congress of Planetary Initiatives: Towards Eliciting a Global Conversation - Congress 2007', which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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A Welfare Gala day was hosted by Holland Park Ward of the Brisbane Australia Stake on Saturday 14th July for Church members and the community.
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A list of changes during the month of October 2007.
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A simple family home evening activity at a climbing gym started Stephanie Hopkins on her amazing six-year career in the novel sport of rock climbing.
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As part of National Family History Week, the Pakenham Stake held an open day and seminar at the stake centre in Narre Warren North.
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On the 25th August 2007, and as part of the nation’s 'Helping Hands Day', Kalgoorlie branch members planned an amazing day of service, but only after some of the brethren first got together for an early morning game of basketball.
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Multiculturalism was the theme of Sydney Mortdale Stake's Annual Ball this year as guests arrived dressed in different traditional clothing.
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Over 120 budding artists descended on Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital in a community effort to paint a mural for mental health as part of the Church's 'Helping Hands Day'.
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Over a period of two weeks in August, members of Winston Hills Ward in the Sydney Greenwich Stake collected 120 cans of food, 60 books and other helpful items for the Parramatta Mission, which runs a food kitchen in Parramatta.
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The Pitman name is as synonymous with policing as it is with the Church in the state of Queensland, and both institutions have benefited tremendously from the contributions of the dedicated members of this family.
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The Gosford Ward of the Australia Newcastle Stake accepted an invitation from the New South Wales Central Coast Family History Society to attend its annual family history show held during the Australia National Family History Week.
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Members of Melbourne wards once again opened their doors with special invitations to the community during National Family History Week 2007, held between the 4th-12th August 2007.
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The Relief Society sisters of Pakenham Stake, Victoria, recently attended a Women’s Day Conference with the theme "Grow Where You Are Planted", which coincided with National Tree Day.
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"A family that skis together, stays together!" might well be the family motto of the Bright family of Cooma Branch in New South Wales. Parents Peter and Marion Bright have raised five very successful children at the base of Australia's best and most famous skiing location - the Snowy Mountains.
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The Church's vital message that each person is an equal son or daughter of God is one that is outlined most simply in the favourite primary song – "I Am a Child of God". This same pure message of love, acceptance and inclusion is also expressed in the new Church publication "God Loveth His Children" (04824; n/c) which provides counsel and direction for priesthood leaders, families and individuals who are faced with the difficult issue of same-gender attraction.
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"Slow down, Jane!" the teachers at Immanuel Lutheran College on Queensland's Sunshine Coast are often heard to say. But it is not something Jane Larkin really understands. Jane is ranked number two in Australia for the Under/18 100m and 200m races and is no slouch in the 400m, still making the top four.
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A list of leadership changes during August 2007.
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Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk, the ALP member for Inala, recently gave a speech in Queensland State Parliament, where she publicly named and praised the Church for their efforts and success with the youth.
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The Queensland Family Values Award was recently presented at a young single adults' musical fireside to Coleen Anderson, a past Queensland State Director of Samaritan's Purse, by Elder Dirk Smibert.
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At an age when most people are anticipating retirement, grandparents Grahame and Mattie Neave from Capalaba Ward in Queensland are eagerly anticipating going back to school again.
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Members of the Church in Victoria are playing significant roles in the formation and management of interfaith networks that are dedicated to promoting peace, harmony and understanding of religious differences between neighbouring denominations.
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Humanitarian aid has been an important value of Relief Society since its establishment in 1842, so during 2007 Helen Morgan, Stake Relief Society President for the Australia Brisbane Stake, invited her women to support the Red Cross Trauma Teddy project.
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On the Kangaroo Point cliffs overlooking the beautiful city of Brisbane sits the Brisbane Temple and a small chapel that houses the River Terrace Ward – the only Young Single Adult Ward in Australia. This unique ward will make Australian history in November as it turns ten!
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When Elder Paul K. Sybrowsky made a brief visit to Western Australia in February 2007, he had the opportunity to meet with the Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Kenneth Comninos Michael, AC
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Ralph "Pop" Wensley has led an accomplished life in the field of Scouting, receiving many major awards during his 80 years of life, even including The Order of Australia in 2006 from the Governor of Western Australia, Mr Ken Michael.
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Early this year the Public Affairs Council of Western Australia sent word throughout all the stakes that they would like to take the young adults to visit the Parliament in Western Australia. The purpose was to give them experience in the Australian system of government, to meet politicians and to realise they could make a difference in their wider community.
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A list of leadership changes in the area.
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At the invitation of Bishop David Murphy from Dural Ward in the Sydney Australia Greenwich Stake, a youth temple month was planned and presented in March 2007. Leading up to the event, the youth were given a pedigree chart to take home, complete, and bring to the first activity.
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Jonathan Dunlop of Warwick Ward, Warwick Stake, Western Australia, started cycling three years ago after surgery to both of his legs.
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On Saturday 14th April, the Merimbula Branch in the Canberra Stake hosted an "Open Day" to highlight its Family History Centre and to encourage members of the community to use the resources offered and to become more familiar with the Church
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The Australia Area Employment Resource Centres are pleased to announce the growing website for job vacancies called 'ldsjobs.org' – a part of the greater website, providentliving.org. This resource compliments the Career Workshop.
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Since the beginning of 2006, Eight Mile Plains Ward parents and grandparents have been involved in teaching what is called R.E. (Religious Education) at their local primary school.
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On Friday evening the 31st March, at least 350 members and friends of the Canberra Stake joined together at the Lyneham Chapel to enjoy a wonderful evening organised by the stake activities committee.
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The Caulfield meetinghouse in Melbourne was recently the venue for the 2nd Australasian conference of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, an international law society of LDS lawyers and law students in over 65 local chapters worldwide.
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Two sisters, Anne George and Jean Thomas from the Oxley Ward, Eight Mile Plains Stake, Queensland, have established a community service project named "Project Love & Care".
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Three great Western Australians were honoured at the twelfth Family Values Awards held at the Dianella Stake Centre. Elder John Gibson of the Area Presidency was in attendance to present the awards.
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The Nikora-Tuhoro family, along with the Tweed Heads Ward in the Gold Coast Australia Stake, have anxiously awaited the arrival of three precious little spirits.
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At the Mudgeeraba ANZAC Day memorial service, World War II veteran Beryl Soane of the Tallai Ward, Gold Coast Australia Stake, presented a large wreath on behalf of the Church and in honour of her late husband, Ken, who also served in the war.
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Krisnan (Kris) Nevada Inu is a 20-year-old with vision. He is a member of the Minto Ward in the Macarthur Australia Stake. He is also the new young player for the Parramatta Eels rugby league team.
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Priesthood leaders have counselled each family to have a copy of the Preach My Gospel manual in their homes. The prospective missionaries from the Beenleigh Ward, Brisbane Australia Logan Stake, have taken this counsel to another level.
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Members of the Brisbane Australia stake honoured the servicemen and servicewomen of their country at a dawn service and a veterans' luncheon held during ANZAC Week. This public affairs event is becoming an annual tradition within the stake.
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Australia Area Leadership Changes - June 2007
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Africa was home for Matthieu Mulenda and his family. He and his wife Godé and family, along with their parents, lived in the Congo. After nine years, the family was granted refugee status to Perth, Western Australia, where they now live.
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Serving a "live at home" Church service mission can be a rewarding experience. "You are blessed, and have a good feeling inside, when you serve the Lord".
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Chris Castle and his dragon-boat racing team won four gold medals and one silver medal in the recent World Police and Fire Games, held in Adelaide from the 16th to the 29th of March this year.
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It was certainly a "Time for Youth" when approximately 1100 youth across the NSW region joined together for three days of fun, laughter, spirit and friendship-building activities.
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Last month Eight Mile Plains Ward sisters celebrated the 165th birthday of Relief Society in a most becoming manner.
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Distribution Services announce the introduction of the new Australian Online Catalogue of Church Materials. You can now browse and purchase materials from the Distribution Center online. To access this site click here or choose "Church Materials" at the bottom of the left menu of www.lds.org.au
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The Welfare Outlook is a newsletter published by the Australia Welfare Area Manager for distribution to wards and stakes. It is designed to give priesthood leaders and members some insight into what is happening in the Welfare area of the Church.
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Click here to find job openings within Australia as shown on the provident living website. These openings are provided by LDS Employment Resource Services.
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A Multi Stake Young Single Adult Fireside with Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be held on
Sunday June 17, 2007 at 7:00pm.
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Australia Area Leadership Changes - May 2007
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Over the weekend of February 23 and 24, over 80 youth from the three Adelaide stakes gathered for the annual Priests and Laurels Convention.
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Bianca Mahoney, of the Golden Grove Ward in the Adelaide Australia Modbury Stake, has recently been recognised for her dedicated contribution to the community in the local news for the City of Tea Tree Gully, 'The Gully Grapevine'.
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Recently Waldon Rancie of Seaford, Melbourne, celebrated his 90th birthday. As a surprise his grandson, Ben, presented him with a huge computer-generated collage of the family that now constitutes 115 members (and more on the way).
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FamilySearch.org, the Church's powerful, non-profit genealogical database, has now expanded to include 150 million names and is still growing.
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Bankstown 3 Chinese Branch celebrated the recent Chinese New Year with an activity bringing church friends and families together, as well as welcoming those not of our faith into our bond of love.
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From the 26th to 28th January 2007, members gathered from around Australia to celebrate 47 years since the organisation of the Orange Branch in New South Wales.
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Korbyn Horomona, at age four, is swimming distances that most children her age are not even walking yet. At age three, Korbyn swam 1600 metres, possibly making her the world's youngest person to swim more than 1.5 km.
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Throughout the latter half of 2006, the Saints of the Hobart Australia Stake began collecting canned and bottled foods with the goal of donating one tonne of food to the hungry and needy in the local community.
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The Northern Daily Leader newspaper in Tamworth, New South Wales, paid a tremendous tribute to local identity, Brother John Green, in a two-page feature article published 17th February 2007 entitled "Servant of the Community
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An unusual stand at the 'Seymour Alternative Farming Expo' held on the weekend of 16-18 February, caught the attention of over 300 visitors with its unique theme - 'Getting Started in Family History'.
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Members of the Broome Branch of the Church in Western Australia, administered by the Australia Perth Mission, recently hosted a dinner to celebrate the 165th anniversary of the founding of the Relief Society.
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On the 17th March 2007, the sisters of the Sutherland Ward in New South Wales gathered together to celebrate the establishment of the first Relief Society organised in 1842. For this commemorative occasion, the sisters participated in a tree-planting ceremony as was done in 1942 in Salt Lake City when a small group of Relief Society board members, past and present, gathered for a similar tree-planting ceremony.
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Australia Area Leadership changes that have occurred over the past month.
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In December 2006, forty-three young men aged between 16 and 24 from all over South Australia participated in the 2006 Missionary Training Centre at Fort Largs Police Academy in Adelaide, simulating life as a full-time missionary.
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A dinner and subsequent discussions were recently held to help brief local Sydney politicians on the Church and how the Church could best support government efforts to provide humanitarian aid and community service.
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Sister Ruth Rose Rothery was recently presented with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of her nomination for the Australia Day Citizen's Awards 2007. Alderman Jock Campbell, Mayor of the City of Clarence, presented this award to Sister Rothery on 26th January 2007.
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Canberra Relief Society sisters donate dozens of hand-made quilts to chronically sick children at the Paediatric Ward at Canberra Hospital (PatCH), fulfilling the dream of Anne Nelson, a quilting teacher who passed away in 2004.
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"Who Are You Not To Be?" is the theme of the Regional Young Single Adult Mid Year Convention to be held from June 8th to 11th 2007. Click here for all the details.
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Click here for details of the upcoming General Young Women Meeting. Don't foget to speak to your local leaders to know when it will be shown in your local unit.
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Australia Area Presidency Areas of Focus - 2007
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Queensland Senator Ron Boswell received the coveted Family Values Award from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a presentation made by Elder Dirk Smibert of the Australia Area presidency. The Senator was presented the award in conjunction with a graduation ceremony for the Church's Institute of Religion. The Family Values Award honours a high profile individual who exemplifies family values in their life and work.
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Reading through the program at her recent graduation ceremony, Sister Kristy Jewell "got the shock of her life" reading that she was to receive the prestigious Conservatorium Medal.
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Leanne Rostedt, 43, of the Hervey Bay Branch in the Bundaberg Australia District, has recently been judged Queensland School Music Teacher of the Year in a Radio 4MBS Classical FM competition.
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At the age of 92, Donald Arthur Woolley of Ulverstone, Tasmania, born 30th October 1914 and baptised in 1923, might possibly be the longest baptised member still living in Australia.
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When Carmel Poole of the Manly Ward, Brisbane Australia Stake, was given 60 cloth bags by a non-member friend, she had no idea the gift would snowball into a project involving the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
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Sister Fran Cashman from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales has served as Director of the Mittagong Family History Centre for the past three years, and she has a great passion for family history research that goes well beyond that of her own family.
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Elder Joelin Rapana is currently serving in the Australia Perth Mission, and he will have some interesting choices to make when he returns home this year.
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Emily Read, a Laurel in the Rosny Ward, Hobart Australia Stake, recently went to Parliament House in Canberra to be presented with a history award for the second consecutive year.
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Matthew Watson's start in life was not an easy one, having been born with a collapsed lung and severe heart complications and having a heart operation three days after his birth.
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Rebecca Lee Martin recently became Dux of Orange High School in New South Wales, with an outstanding overall Higher School Certificate mark of 99.05.
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The Windaroo Ward of the Logan Stake in Brisbane recently celebrated six of their young men receiving their Duty to God Awards.
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They say big things come in small packages, and Jessica Litchfield from North Pine Ward in Brisbane Australia North Stake is a little girl with a big heart and a big voice.
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Rachel Hapi, a former member of the Kellyville II Ward, Sydney Australia Greenwich Stake, can now be seen each evening in the lead dance role in the nightly performance of the Polynesian Cultural Centre's Horizons - the world's largest night show.
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The Windaroo Ward in Brisbane helped to restore and beautify the Albert River Learning Centre throughout 2006. The Centre is used by the Beenleigh District Special Needs Support Group to provide skill enrichment and life experiences to people with special needs.
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Jeremy Gorniak, an 18-year-old priest in the Devonport Ward, Devonport Australia Stake, recently gained a TER score of 99.7%. This university entrance score put Jeremy in the top 0.3% for his age group in year 11 and 12 at colleges in Australia.
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Institute Classes are now starting, enroll today by contacting your local CES Office or locate your nearest Institute by clicking here.
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"The Greatest Gift" is the theme of TFY Perth to be held Thursday 19th April to Saturday 21st April 2007. Click here for further details of this not to be missed event.
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Priesthood Leadership changes in the Australia Area.
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"The Greatest Gift" is the theme of TFY Melbourne 2007 to be held April 11th to 13th 2007. Returning to Melbourne in 2007 is Time for Youth (TFY), the biggest LDS youth event in Australia - held over three days every four years for youth ages 14 to 18.
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"The Path to Peace" is the theme of a Single Adult Convention to be held for single adults from Qld, NSW and ACT to be held from Friday 6th April to Monday 9th April 2007. Come and celebrate with other Single Adults the life of the Saviour, and enjoy the spirit and company of other Latter Day Saints.
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Saturday 14th October 2006 was a very chilly morning in the hills above Hobart, but despite the cold, in excess of 50 members of the Australia Hobart Stake arrived to help maintain and beautify a local park in the small, picturesque township of Collinsvale.
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Pat Tennant of the Tecoma Ward, Melbourne Australia Pakenham Stake, is a faithful servant who has embraced missionary work her whole life, serving a total of six missions and leaving a legacy of missionary success that has strengthened the Church greatly in Australia and around the world.
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Federal Member for Cowan in Western Australia, The Hon Graham Edwards MP, recently presented at the Brigham Young University Kennedy Centre for International Understanding in Provo, Utah.
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Members of the Church in Canberra have participated in Operation Christmas Child for the past three years, and members gathered again this past Christmas with family and friends at the Lyneham Chapel to pack around 287 shoe boxes full of gifts.
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On Saturday, 16th December, the Eltham Ward Choir (Victoria) participated in the pre-show entertainment for the Banyule City Council Carols by Candlelight concert.
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Daniel Mafi of Parramatta Ward, Parramatta Stake in Sydney, excels at his chosen sport of rugby league, and he looks to have a very promising career ahead of him
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Irene F. Howard-Osborne Boulton celebrated her 93rd birthday on December 8th, and was recently awarded the keys to North Ogden, Utah, where she now resides with her husband.
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108 youth aged from 12 to 18 and their leaders recently experienced some of the trials and hardships of early pioneer members of the Church when they pulled handcarts over a distance of approximately 40 kilometres at Kooba Station, which is the Church-owned farm near Griffith in NSW.
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Tourists passing through Ballina on the North Coast of New South Wales might have seen a sea of pink balloons with locals holding up banners singing their motto - "Link for Pink" last October.
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'The Greatest Gift' is the theme for 'Time For Youth' to be held in Sydney from April 19th to 21st. TFY is the biggest LDS youth event in Australia - held over three days every four years for youth ages 14 to 18.
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An exciting YSA Convention will be held for YSA's from Queensland, New South Wales and ACT from Thursday 28th December 2006 to Monday 1st January 2007. Click here for all the details of the convention including how to register.
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For the seventh year, Brisbane Saints participated in filling and packing Christmas shoe boxes for underprivileged children in Asian and Pacific countries.
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Matthew Newman of Isle of Capri Ward in Queensland has been rewarded for juggling his school studies and community involvement by receiving a $2,500 McDonald’s Crew Scholarship.
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Sister Nicole Davie of Brisbane Ward in Queensland is an accomplished musician and professional music teacher who recently celebrated another great highlight in her professional music career.
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Kimberly Daniel’s attitude has always been "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God....and all these things shall be added unto you." Kimberly has certainly given her church responsibilities the highest priority, but she has also "added" to these responsibilities a host of other accolades this past year.
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Several sisters from the Mt Druitt Ward, Sydney Hebersham Stake, have banded together and formed two netball teams that are making a difference for the better in the lives of these sisters.
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A list of leadership changes for the Australia Area.
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The Tasmania Devonport Ward Choir was recently put to the test when asked to perform as part of an Inter-denominational Gospel Song evening at the Devonport Town Hall.
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Over 80 youth and leaders of the Brisbane Stake put on their gardening clothes and planted over 300 trees in the rain at Moore Park in Brisbane.
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Five living generations of church-going women recently joined together at church and posed for this photo showing the span of the years.
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Seven sisters from the Burnie Branch, Devonport Tasmania Stake, have been busy knitting 64 articles for a World Vision project to aid children in Mongolia.
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Two Latter-day Saints who are leaders in the pro-family movement in Australia have been instrumental in helping to stop recent efforts to legalise escort prostitution services in Queensland.
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The three branches of the Gerehue District in Papua New Guinea had a very successful Youth Conference on the 18th of November, 2006. Fifty-two youth attended the conference, plus youth leaders, Branch presidents and District leaders.
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At the recent Queensland State Election, David Gibson of Gympie Ward won the seat of Gympie and now enters the Legislative Assembly of the Queensland Parliament as the first LDS member to be elected.
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Young men and women and some leaders of Winston Hills Ward recently participated in different service projects to benefit the homeless and others in need.
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Lorin Nicholson, from the Warwick Branch of the Ipswich Stake in Queensland, has been using the medium of music to spread a message of acceptance, perseverance and social awareness to school children and youth across Australia, and now the world.
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During the September school holidays, 62 youth from the Heidelberg Stake participated in a pioneer trek where all were required to dress in pioneer outfits and push old-fashioned handcarts loaded with water, food, sleeping equipment and personal effects.
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The ancient Chinese celebration known as the Moon Festival, which coincides with the full moon in October, was a wonderful event for 300 Chinese and English members of the Australia Melbourne Heidelberg Stake and the non-member families and friends they invited.
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National Police Remembrance Day was commemorated this year with various services and marches, and Bill Glen of the Public Affairs Council in Queensland was invited to represent the Church at services held at St. John's Cathedral in Brisbane.
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LDS youth from three Sydney stakes - Hebersham, McArthur and Hyde Park - recently performed at the Samoa Teuila Festival which is held in Apia, Samoa every September.
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Federal Member for Cowan in Western Australia, The Hon Graham Edwards MP, recently presented at the Brigham Young University Kennedy Centre for International Understanding in Provo, Utah.
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Leadership changes in the Australia Area.
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'BE UP AND DOING' is the theme of the 2006 YSA Convention to be held in Adelaide from Wednesday 27th December 2007 until Monday 1st January 2007. Click here for all the information you require about the convention.
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This winter the Bankstown 3 Branch in Mortdale Stake, New South Wales, ventured out toward Gosford for a winter camp.
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Miriam Garcia of Rochedale Ward, Eight Mile Plains Australia Stake in Queensland, is the latest of several Latter-day Saint youth to lead at Chatswood Hills State (Primary) School.
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The mayor of Banyule, Victoria, Wayne Phillips, enthusiastically received and reviewed his family history which was presented to him in a bound folder at the Eltham Ward chapel as part of National Family History Week.
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Not too many of us, when asked, would remember what we were doing in late January 1992, but ask that question of recently released Branch President, Adrian Brennan, and he can tell you exactly.
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Members of the Newcastle Australia Stake in New South Wales recently organised the first LDS soccer team to compete in the Northern NSW Christian Churches Soccer Football Association. At the end of August 2006, the team known as 'Latter Day Warriors' put on a magnificent display to win the 2006 season Grand Final.
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The sun was shining and the ocean swells were rolling as crowds of enthusiastic Latter-day Saint surfers from far-and-wide gathered at Gallows Beach, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, in anticipation of the inaugural LDS surf competition in the Coffs Harbour District.
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In May 2000, Janette Szu-Hui Chen joined the Church in Taipei, Taiwan, through a friend from her university. Through the gospel, the scriptures and many prayers that were shared together, this friendship grew and the two became quite close.
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The inaugural annual National Family History Week was held from 30 July through Sunday 6 August, and the Church was featured as a major supporter of this event.
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During this year's mid-year school holidays, forty-four Year 11 students and eight leaders from the Logan Australia Stake went on a ten-day tour of Central Queensland, this tour being the brainchild of President David Munro of the Logan Stake Presidency.
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The Cairns Australia District in Queensland recently held a successful Women's Conference, themed "Women at the Well".
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Members of the Relief Society of the Thursday Island Branch in far north Queensland recently presented many practical items for daily use to their less fortunate northern neighbours in the Western Province in Papua New Guinea.
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A memorable Stake Primary Activity was held in August at the Manly Chapel in Queensland to help Primary children better understand the purpose of life in a fun and interactive way
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The 176th Semiannual General Conference of the Church will be held on Saturday, September 30, and Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Live Internet audio streams of the conference will be available in many languages. A live, English-only video stream of each session of conference (except general priesthood meeting) will be available at www.byu.tv.
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Fun, food and activities were the order of the day for the members of the Echuca Branch, Wangaratta District in the Melbourne Mission, during their recent Missionary Mini Olympics.
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In April 2006, Gillian Gittins of Playford Ward, Adelaide Modbury Stake, South Australia, was presented with the Wattle Award for unusually good service to Guiding by Her Excellency, the Governor of South Australia, Marjorie Jackson-Nelson.
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The Relief Society sisters in Townsville, Queensland, had an opportunity to show an act of service and become involved in the community.
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Matt McCoy, former rugby league player for Australia, was honoured by current league players at the start of a recent Australia versus New Zealand game held in Queensland.
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Fire prevention, emergency kits and disaster plans were the hot topics for Manly Ward's successful Family Survival-Preparedness Day held at their cultural hall in June. It is the first time this welfare activity has been held by Manly, and nearly 50 people attended.
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Seventeen-year-old Candice Seppings-Canon is a new Australian ballroom dancing champion, having placed first at the recent National Capital Dancesport Championships held in Canberra.
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After months of careful planning and coordination an eight-tonne truck, filled to the brim with donated clothing, shoes, toys and hygiene items, was dubbed "The Caravan of Hope" and departed from the Dianella Stake Centre in Perth after an official farewell held the previous day at the chapel.
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Australian Area Leadership Changes - August 2006
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Located only 409 kilometres south of Perth and home to about 25,000 people, Albany is one of Western Australia 's top tourist destinations and the oldest European settlement in Western Australia. Albany's spectacular natural features such as the coastline and sheltered waterways make this a key destination for travellers in this region.
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100 youth from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave a $3,000 'helping hand', through a monster garage sale fundraiser, to assist the Kingsdene Special School.
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Nine LDS members have banded together to perform for church and community groups, and they call themselves "The Yarra Valley Ensemble".
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Elder Reg and Sister Shirley Hardman have been called and set apart as Church Service Missionaries "to record faith promoting experiences which have occurred during the many years that the church has been present in Australia."
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Tropical Cyclone Larry struck the north-eastern coast of Australia on Monday, March 20, 2006. President Christopher Horsburgh reported, "While the storm raged, we spent the early morning huddled with family in safe parts of our homes waiting, listening to radios, praying that all would be well, while all fury broke loose outside."
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The Brisbane Stake Single Adults decided to make this past ANZAC Day one of thankfulness and remembrance. It started with an April 1st activity called "Lest We Forget," starting with a lunch shared between family and friends.
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Australia Area Leadership Changes - July 2006
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