youtube mania OLDER PEOPLE AND INTERNET ADDICTION 14 NEWS INMATES FOLLOW JESUS THROUGH BAPTISM 5 ADVENTIST RECORD | MAY 4, 2019 ISSN 0819-5633 NEW RESOURCES · INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS · INSPIRING WORKSHOPS 23-25 AUGUST 2019 · PIONEER THEATRE, 14 PENNANT ST, CASTLE HILL, NSW 2154 Conference details and registration www.eliawellness.com/summit2019 Brought to you by editor’s note more than a magazine Life hack videos are super-popular on the internet. Every day we have stories go up on our website and A life hack is like a shortcut to life—discovering a fresh social media. There’s a weekly email newsletter with all use or purpose of an object to make life easier. 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It is not in Papua New Guinea is having a tries program was conducted. The unusual that I have my photo taken. But my middle name is positive impact on the schools. church members who came saw also Calvyn. So there were three Jim Yawane, Papua New Guinea the need and were able to set aside people named Calvyn in the Union Mission Adventist Education a few kinas to assist in some main- picture. The two men were a little director, said they were encour- tenance work.” younger than me and we all work aging church programs and activi- Recently, a district youth camp for the Church. ties to be held on school campuses. meeting was held at Konkua One was the secretary treasurer By bringing church members in, Adventist Primary School, attended of the South West Papua Mission they can learn about the school and by about 450 youth. and the other was the education see the needs it may have. “The youth have decided they director for the Mission. But there “They know that the school is will adopt the school for this year was another link—we were all an Adventist school, but they don’t and that simply means they will named after my father. My dad’s often get to see the school and be available if the school needs name is Calvyn and it is a bit of a feel part of the school,” Mr Yawane anything, like cleaning up and just family tradition that the eldest son said. any odd jobs around the school. gets the first name of their father “[This initiative] worked very well They [the youth] will be able to as their middle name. However assist, and even [do some] what about the others? fundraising,” Mr Yawane Back in the 1970s my dad said. mentored, trained and developed “[This initiative] encour- both of these men’s fathers. They would travel together, pray and ages the youth and the study together, teach and train church members and the pastors and church members school, just helping them to together. In the process they all grow spiritually and to do Attendees at Konkua. became disciple-making disciples. things together.” Because of the discipling relation- ship Dad had with these two men, they named their sons after him. My grandfather once told me he students get hands dirty for clean water named my dad Calvyn in honour Bruna tawake of the great Swiss Reformer John Edinburgh College Year 11 Calvin. Calvin, like all reformers, students and their teachers helped had a strong personality and built a 22,500L water tank for was known for his deep intellect a community in Central Santo, and theological insights and for Vanuatu during their recent ADRA creating Christian community. Connections trip. All of us need a Calvyn in “The Connections trip is our lives. Each of us needs to well-established as Year 11’s rite students welcomed. be a Calvyn to others. Strong, of passage, helping wean students community-minded, searching and seeking God, supporting off the comforts of home and and it was not what I expected,” and developing others on the develop independence,” said Ledua said student Anika Homann. “I journey as a Christian. This is Brooks, a teacher at Edinburgh thought we would be working how disciple-making College and one of the trip leaders. the whole time, but I was able to works and how a Students and teachers made spend time with the community, disciple-making strong connections with the and the locals helped us build the movement begins community, with the locals helping water tank. One of my favourite and grows. with the more challenging tasks, days was Sabbath. It is so amazing and women and children joining in how much the community gets Glenn townend the concrete mixing. together and worships God. I think SPD President “I really enjoyed the Connec- that is something we can learn /SPDpresident tions trip. It is my first mission trip from and bring back home.” 4 Adventist record | may 4, 2019 Literature ministries coordinator appointed jarrod stackelroth Long-time literature evangelist in their local communities through Brenton Lowe has been appointed distributing materials such as Signs of Literature Ministries coordinator at the Times, tracts and books.