GSC Calendar 2020

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ABOUT THIS CALENDAR Our aim with the GSC calendar is to feature Adventists around Greater Sydney who represent the principles of unity, love and community that we strive to live and promote. However, this calendar will be slightly different. It occurred to us how interesting and diverse our houses of worship are, so we decided showcase a sampling of them. The 2020 GSC Calendar then, is an ode to Seventh-day Adventist Churches around the Greater Sydney.

As always, each month focuses on a different ministry, which we’ll be highlighting and promoting them online via social media. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sydneyadventists for great content.

#SYDNEYADVENTISTS What’s this? It’s the hashtag we’ve adopted at the Greater Sydney Conference to mark and categorise message threads online. Hashtags make it easier to find and join specific online conversations. Have something on your mind? Hashtag it #SydneyAdventists!

ABC ADS *Disclaimer: Discount offer available online at AdventistBookCentre.com.au and in-store at ABC Epping and Wahroonga only. Excludes Pathfinders and Adventurer merchandise. Offers not automatically applied. Must present calendar to redeem discount in-store and apply code for online purchases.

In this Calendar, we share the stories of members in our Conference to represent the principles of unity, love and community that we aim to promote and to live.

Each story is shared on our website at the linkSYMBOLS shown at the bottom of the photo.

DEPARTMENT Visit our website at sydney.adventist.org.au/calendar to read their stories.

- ADVENTIST BOOK CENTRE - FAMILY MINISTRIES - ADRA - CONFERENCE - ADVENTIST OUTDOORS - HEALTH DEPARTMENT KEY SYMBOLS - ADVENTIST WOMEN - PATHFINDERS - ADVENTURERS - PRAYER - ATSIM - ADSAFE (SAFE PLACES) - CHILDREN - YOUTH MINISTRIES - COMMUNICATIONS - DISCIPLESHIP, STEWARDSHIP SABB ATH SCHOOL & PERSONAL MINS. - EDUCATION Credits: Photography by Luke Vodell. Covers pic by Thandy Yung (Unsplash) & Josh Withers (Unsplash).

Cover designs by Jan Rhais Amantiad. Design & layout by Joyce Taylor & Lynda G. Abreu. Questions?

Comments? Want to be in the 2021 calendar or create art for it? Write to us: sydney@adventist.org.au.

Luke Vodell is a photographer videographer & graphic designer living in Sydney. “Creating projects that aren’t just visually appealing but are also emotionally moving is something I always work towards.”

View more of Luke’s work and contact him at www.lukevodell.com.

JANUARY 2020

Wahroonga Church #SydneyAdventists Part of the Wahroonga Estate, members celebrated the churches 60th anniversary on November 17, 2018. Long-time member Shirley Lewis was at the official opening of the building on November 23, 1958.

She and her husband John were married there in 1963 as were their three sons later on. Three generations of the Lewis family attend Wahroonga today.

Sabbath School Month SUNDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

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WEDNESDAY 1

New Year’s Day

THURSDAY 2

FRIDAY

Sabbath

3

8:09pm

4

8:09pm Offering: Local

10

8:09pm

11

8:09pm Local

8:08pm

18

8:07pm Schools Evangelism

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GSC Office Reopens

5

6

7

8

9

10 Days of Prayer (Starts) Staff Summer Camp

12

13

15

14

Junior camp

16

17

10 Days of Prayer (Ends) Young Leaders camp

19

20

21

22

23

24

8:05pm

29

30

31

8:01pm

teen camp

26 Australia Day

27 Australia Day Holiday

28

Term 1 Begins

25

8:05pm SPD Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing impaired

FUN FACT: The above installation features concrete panels with carved text (The Bill of Rights) and 2 glass and stainless steel tanks holding historic lawyers wigs and gowns preserved in nitrogen gas!

#SydneyAdventists Fountain in the City

FEBRUARY 2020 Education Month SUNDAY

This youthful group congregates in the Faculty of Law (Building 5; a former market building) of the University of Technology Sydney in Haymarket. Sculpture installations by Richard Goodwin invades the external wall to the Moot Court. look out for them!

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Sabbath 1

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Dream Track BBQ Rego Opens

8

7:57pm Local

AUC Converge

10

9

7:56pm

United Night

11

12

13

7:49pm

14

15

7:48pm Disaster & Famine Relief

7:42pm 22

7:40pm Local

ATSIM Womens Mystery Trip Prayer Coordinators Brunch THINK TANK

16

17

18

19

20

21

GSC 30 Days of Prayer (Start)

23

SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

Pathfinder Open House

24

Leadership Brunch

25

26

27

28

7:33pm

IntraSyd Deadline

29

7:32pm Schools Evangelism

Growing Together Summit 1

#SydneyAdventists 3AM Ryde Seventh-day Adventist church

MARCH 2020 Youth Ministries Month SUNDAY 1

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY 2

Located right on Lane Cove Road, this church is hard to miss! It was one of the first Greater Sydney churches to sport the eye-catching orange sinage. Ryde Church has since merged with the university student plant, 3AM, to form 3AM Ryde.

3

4

THURSDAY 5

FRIDAY 7:25pm

6

Sabbath 7

7:23pm (Offering|egiving.org.au) Local Fusion Youth Think TANK (PM)

Dream Track Activity

Health Resource Demo

Growing Together Summit 1

8

World & GC Days of Prayer

9

10

11

7:15pm

13

12

14

7:14pm Adventist World Radio

Special Day of Prayer SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

International Women’s Day

pathfinder & Adventurer Leadership Training 1

Abseiling (Basic)

16

15

17

18

19

7:06pm

20

7:05pm Local

21

Tinned (kids Club) Global Youth Day

MATES Worship

22

23

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25

6:56pm

27

26

28

6:55pm Education: Auburn

ATSIM Regional Western Sydney Igniting Prayer Retreat

Adventurer Big Day

29

30

31

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#SydneyAdventists Parramatta Central Seventh-day Adventist Group

APRIL 2020 Digital Discipleship Month SUNDAY

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

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Designated as the central CBD of three future city centres in the Greater Sydney region, the buzzing commercial area of multicultural Parramatta is home to the Parramatta Central group which worships around the centre each week.

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THURSDAY 2

FRIDAY

6:46pm (Offering|egiving.org.au) Local

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CHEP

6

6:47pm 4

3

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5

Sabbath

7

8

9

10

Good Friday

5:38pm 11

Easter Saturday

5:37pm Hope Channel

Sydney ABC Stores Closed Family Fun Day

12 Easter Sunday

Dream Track Camp

Term 1 Ends

13

Easter Monday

14

15

16

17

5:29pm 18

Addiction Recovery Program

HopeStayz

19

20

21

22

23

Addiction Recovery Program

26

5:28pm Local

24

5:21pm 25

ANZAC Day

5:20pm Local

flat water canoeing

27

28

Health Expo Parramatta Term 2 Starts

29

30

#SydneyAdventists Kings Langley Adventist Aged Care

MAY 2020 Health & Aged Care Ministries Month SUNDAY

Our Dementia & Aged Care Facilities in Hills District & Blacktown area. An extensive building program in the residential and independent living section has recently been completed. It provides a comprehensive 78-bed residential care facility which are integrated into the hostel and nursing home.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

31

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY 1

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5:14pm

SABBATH 2

5:13pm (Offering|egiving.org.au) South Pacific Record

9

5:07pm Local

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IntraSyd Deadline

Abseiling

3

4

5

6

7

8

5:07pm

Pathfinder Fair Day

10

Mother’s Day

Health week

11

12

13

14

15

5:02pm 16

5:01pm SPD Health Ministry

Create 1: Balloons Singles Ministry GS Rally Health week

17

18

19

20

21

22

4:58pm

23

Pathfinder & Adventurers Leadership Training 2

Dream Track Activity

24

4:57pm Education: Wahroonga

25

26

27

28

29

4:55pm

MAC - High School Worship

4:54pm Local

30

SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

IMAGINE 2020

#SydneyAdventists Enmore Fijian Seventh-day Adventist church

JUNE 2020 Stewardship Ministries Month

SUNDAY

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY 1

This church originally belonged to the Church of Christ Tabernacle who opened it for service in 1886.

They formed the Enmore Tabernacle cricket club. With changes to inner city demographics, from 1988 the church became a Korean Baptist Church, then later Adventist.

2

3

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 4:53pm

5

4

Sabbath 6

SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

4:53pm Offering: Avondale College Women’s Ministry emphasis day

NSW ATSIM Camp

7

8

Queen’s Birthday

9

10

11

12

4:52pm

13

4:52pm Local

16

17

18

19

4:53pm

20

4:53pm Education: Macarthur

Sydney ABC Stores closed

15

14

Prayer Coordinators Brunch Resource Launch (PM)

Map & Compass Day

21

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26

25

4:55pm

World Changers Bible & Leadership School starts GC Sessions

28 SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

29 Leadership Brunch

World Changers Bible & Leadership School starts GC Sessions

30

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27

4:55pm Local

JULY 2020

#SydneyAdventists Sydney Russian Seventh-day Adventist Church

Men’s Ministry Month SUNDAY

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

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A beacon for the Russian-speaking community in the Strathfield-Homebush area. This church is among 19 language/cultural groups within the Greater Sydney Conference.

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THURSDAY 2

FRIDAY 3

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Sabbath 4:58pm 4

4:59pm Offering: Local (egiving.org.au)

5:01pm 11

5:02pm World Mission Budget

Term 2 Ends World Changers Bible & Leadership School starts

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GC Session

5

6

7

8

9

10

World Changers Bible & Leadership School starts

IntraSyd Deadline

NAIDOC Week AUC Chosen

12

13

14

15

16

17

5:06pm Local

5:05pm 18

ASA Summit (AUC)

19

20

22

21

23

5:10pm 25

24

5:10pm Union Global Partnership Brickies event ATSIM Regional - City

CAPE Case

Term 3 Starts

26

27

28

Shred It

29

30

31

SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

5:15pm

breathe Conference

AUGUST 2020

#SydneyAdventists

Mt Druitt Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church

Women’s Ministry Month SUNDAY 30

Strength in numbers. Just opposite a Coptic Orthodox school, this Adventist Church built in 1983 is located directly behind the Mount Druitt "Community" Church.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY 31

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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Sabbath 1

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5:20pm SPD Media Evangelism

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SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

BREATHE

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3

4

5

6

7

5:19pm

8

9

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11

12

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14

5:24pm

15

5:25pm Local

Parenting Workshop

16

17

18

19

20

21

5:29pm

22

SYDNEY ADVENTIST WOMEN.

End It Now Emphasis Day pathfinder leadership award pt3

Mountain Biking

23

5:30pm Union Project

24

25

26

27

28

5:34pm 29

IntraSyd Deadline HAC - High School Worship

5:35pm Education: Hurstville

SEPTEMBER 2020 Family & Children’s Ministry Month SUNDAY

#SydneyAdventists

Sydney Tongan Seventh-day Adventist Church On 31 January 2008, the Lakemba Tongan Church bought a 5 acres property in Leppington known as "Four Winds" (after its former award winning gardens) & built the facility photographed.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY 1

2

THURSDAY 3

FRIDAY

Sabbath

5:39pm

4

5:39pm Offering: Local (egiving.org.au)

5

Week of Prayer

6

Father’s Day

7

8

9

10

11

12

5:43pm

5:44pm Annual Sacrifice

Sydney Young Adults Conference

AUC Session Week of Prayer

14

13

15

16

17

5:48pm

18

Community Event

IntraSyd Deadline Mens Prayer Retreat

Pathfinder Service Day

20

5:49pm Education: Hills

19

21

22

23

24

5:53pm

25

5:54pm Local

26

Term 3 Ends

ADRA Celebration Dinner

Pathfinder Expedition

27

28

29

30

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OCTOBER 2020

#SydneyAdventists

Mount Colah Seventh-day Adventist Church

ADRA & Pastor Appreciation Month SUNDAY

You'll find this lovely, classic church neighbouring the Mt Colah Public School on the eastern side of the railway line. The school was built in 1953 and replaced an asparagus farm.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

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THURSDAY 1

FRIDAY 2

Sabbath

5:58pm

3

7:03pm

10

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ADRA Appeal - Get involved at www.adra.org.au

4

5

Labour Day

6

7

8

9

7:04pm Local

Pastor Appreciation Day

Sydney ABC Stores Closed ADRA Appeal - Knocktober

11

13

12

14

15

16

7:09pm

17

7:10pm Education: MVAC

24

7:16pm Local

MATES Conference

Term 4 Starts ADRA Appeal - Knocktober

18

19

20

21

22

23

7:15pm

Creation Sabbath Growing Together Summit 2 ADRA Appeal - Give online at egiving.org.au

25

26

27

28

29

30

7:21pm

7:20pm Local

31

CREATE 2: Puppetry ADRA Appeal

NOVEMBER 2020 ATSIM Ministries Month

SUNDAY 1

The Way Redfern A privately funded Non-for-Profit organisation dedicated to providing care and support to local members of the Redfern community. Most of the services provided to local community are free. Its greatest needs are financial support and volunteers.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY 2

#SydneyAdventists

3

4

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

5

7

7:28pm Offering: Local (egiving.org.au)

Adventurer Camporee

ABSEILING

8

7:27pm

6

Sabbath

9

10

Rememberance Day

13

12

7:34pm

14

7:35pm World Mission Budget

21

7:42pm Local

WIRED - High School Worship

16

15

17

18

19

7:41pm

20

pathfinder rally (Pm)

MATES Worship

22

23

24

25

7:47pm

27

26

Canyoning

29

28

7:48pm Local

ATSIM Regional - South Western

30

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DECEMBER 2020

Dundas Seventh-day Adventist Church

Reconnecting & Prayer Month SUNDAY

6

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

7

Renovations to the church, which involved a partial demolition, began 29 September 2015 and come to an abrupt halt two months later due to an unfiled certificate. It would not resume until March 2016. Work on the church building wrapped up September 2016.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Sabbath

1

2

3

4

7:53pm

5

8

9

10

11

7:59pm

12

8:00pm Local

8:04pm

19

8:04pm Fund for the Needy

8:07pm

26 Boxing Day

7:54pm Offering: (egiving.org.au) SPD Mission to the Cities

Term 4 Ends

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14

17 15

16

20

21

22

23

27

28 Boxing Day Holiday

29

30

GSC Office Closes

17

18

24

25

Christmas Day

31

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JANUARY 2021 SUNDAY

Greater Sydney Conference GSC temporarily moved to the Shannon Wing of the Sydney Adventist Hospital ("the San"). The wing was the second Hospital building to be constructed on this site. The northern facade of the once handsome building is now the only one able to be readily viewed.

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 1 New Year’s Day

31

8:09pm

Sabbath 2

8:09pm Offering: Local (egiving.org.au)

Staff Camp - 02-03 January

3

4

GSC Office Reopens

6

5

7

SPD Youth Congress - 04-09 January

12

11

10

8

8:09pm

9

8:08pm

16

8:08pm Education

8:05pm

23

8:05pm SPD Strategy: Discipleship of Adventist Youth

8:09pm Local

Summer Camp - Juniors - 07-12 January

13

14

15

Summer Camp - Young Leaders - 14-18 January

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20

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28

29

Summer Camp - Teens - 19-24 January

24

Australia Day

25

Australia Day Holiday

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27

30

conference directory Greater Sydney Conference Office 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga NSW Phone: (02) 9868 6522 Website: sydney.adventist.org.au

Adventist Book Centre www.AdventistBookCentre.com.au Phone: (02) 8876 5200 (Epping) Phone: (02) 8876 5209 (Wahroonga)

Administration President: Terry Johnson General Secretary: Cheonneth Strickland Chief Financial Officer: Eva Ing

Crosslands Youth and Convention Centre Rangers: Bruce & Maxine Hill Phone: (02) 9653 1041 www.crosslands.org.au

Ministry Directors/Leaders Aboriginal Ministry (ATSIM): Horace Evans ADRA: Malcolm Rea Adventist Women’s Ministries: Beryl Landers Children’s Ministries Associate: Craig Vanas Church Wellbeing NCD: Patricia Goncavles Communication: Terry Johnson & Joyce Taylor Education: Jean Carter Family Ministries: TBA Health Ministries: Paul Rankin Ministerial Secretary: Alban Matohiti Middle Eastern Relationships: Edison Akrawi Prayer Ministries: Beryl Landers Sabbath School: TBA Stewardship: Patricia Goncalves Trust Services: Rodney Woods Workplace Health & Safety: Roger Fairfax Youth: Simon Gigliotti Pathfinders & Adventurers: Phil Yates Adventist Counselling Service Manager: Claire Marsh Phone: (02) 8876 5259

e-Giving Website egiving.org.au Adventist Schools www.greatersydney.adventist.edu.au Executive Director: Dr Jean Carter Teacher Accreditation, Early Learning & Primary Consultant NSW/ACT: Jessica Lee Hills Adventist College Principal: Dr Malcolm Coulson Phone: (02) 9851 5100 Hurstville Adventist School Principal: Neva Taylor Phone: (02) 9580 5794 Macarthur Adventist College Principal: Anna Calandra Phone: (02) 9605 3200 Mountain View Adventist College Principal: Julia Heise Phone: (02) 9622 2424

Sydney Adventist School Auburn Principal: Danyel Efstratiou Phone: (02) 9649 5279 Wahroonga Adventist School Principal: Michelle Streatfeild Phone: (02) 9487 2100 Adventist Aged Care www.aacsyd.org.au Director: Brian Swanepoel Phone: (02) 9487 0600 (Wahroonga) Phone: (02) 8834 6100 (Kings Langley) Sydney Adventist Hospital Phone: (02) 9487 9111

Conference Staff 2020 Alban Matohiti Ministerial Secretary

Alisa Heath

Administrative Assistant to the President, Ministerial Association & Trust Services

Angela Kim

Administrative Assistant to the General Secretary & Chief Financial Officer

Beryl Landers

Director, Women’s Ministries & Prayer Coordinator

Daniel Lavaiamat Marketing, Education

Jessica Lee

Meleofa Tovo

Phil Yates

Teacher Accreditation, Early Learning & Primary Consultant NSW/ACT

Accounts Clerk, Tithes & Offering Support

Youth Director Pathfinders/Adventurers

David Hobson

Joyce Taylor

Michael Pupovac

Richard Hurrell

Deanne de Berg

Julene Raymond

Natalie Lopez

Rodney Woods

Accountant

Director, Trust Services

Linda Ciric

TBA

Roger Fairfax

WHS, Education

Conference Accountant

Denise Vince

Retail Assistant, Adventist Book Centre

Edison Akrawi

Communications & Web Coordinator

Sales Assistant, Adventist Book Centre

Departmental Assistant, Youth

Lynda Gomes Abreu

Director of Middle Eastern Relationships

Graphic Designer, Communication

Eva Ing

Chief Financial Officer

Director, ADRA

Manager, Adventist Book Centre

TBA

Nerise Fehlberg

Accounts Clerk

WHS Coordinator

Scott Wegener

Receptionist & Departmental Assistant, Women Ministries

ABC Marketing Coordinator

Malcolm Rea

Olive Turner

Simon Gigliotti

Horace Evans

Marina Ellis

Patricia Goncalves

Sales Assistant, Adventist Book Centre

Special Projects, Stewardship & NCD Associate Director

Terry Johnson

Cheonneth Strickland

Ian Low

Maxine Su

Paul Rankin

Vicky Johnson

Claire Marsh

Jane Teaupa

Megan Lillo

Penny Fang

Wendy Long

Education Accounts Payroll Officer

Return to Work Coordinator

Craig Vanas

Jean Carter

Meghan De M. Gomes

Peter Wallace

Zia Yasrebi

Brian Swanepoel

Managing Director, Aged Care

Bruce & Maxine Hill Managers, Crosslands Youth & Convention Centre

General Secretary

Manager, Adventist Counselling

Associate Director, Children’s Ministries

Director, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ministries (ATSIM)

Human Resources Officer

Education Assistant Accountant

Executive Director of Education

Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Departmental Assistant, Education

Accounts Officer – Education

Conference Assistant Accountant & Payroll

Director, Health

E-Learning Specialist, Education

Director, Youth

President & Communication Director

Sales Assistant, Adventist Book Centre

Business Manager, Aged Care

Greater Sydney Conference 185 Fox Valley Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 Phone 02 9868 6522

Sydney.Adventist.org.au