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Signs connects with communities
Warburton, Victoria
Adele Nash
Seventh-day Adventist school communities are using Signs of the Times magazines, published by the Adventist Church, to reach out and connect with those around them in an increasing variety of ways this year.
Signs of the Times has teamed up with Lilydale Adventist Academy (LAA) in a community outreach and marketing exercise. LAA is using Signs to advertise its 10th Billy Cart Grand Prix, while Signs is including a health-related feature built around an interview with Australian 800-metre Olympic athlete Tamsyn Lewis, who will attend the Billy Cart Grand Prix on August 31.
LAA's event coordinator David Jones says the cooperative effort proved successful previously, and more schools should try using Signs to their same advantage.
Mr Dunstan says there is another option for using Signs in schools this year. Working through chaplaincy and parent-school networks, schools are finding local sponsorship for sending the magazine to the families of non-Adventist students. Called the "Signs for Our Schools" (SOS) project, it aims to give such readers a view through the Signs "window" into the church.
Mr Dunstan says, "Signs functions as it has for the past 120 years - talking to people where they are - laying out biblical truths relating to their salvation, promoting a healthful, happy lifestyle now, giving insights into the church's culture and beliefs, and providing means of connecting with the church."
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has given $A5000 to support SOS for 2009, when, according to Mr Dunstan, he anticipates the project will undergo some refinement, with a shorter and cheaper subscription geared to the school year. At present, seven schools in three states are participating.
Mr Dunstan describes the schools as being "fertile soil awaiting Signs seeds." Theology students at Avondale College are also each receiving a copy of Signs every month to help with their ministry and outreach. A bequest was made by Pastor W Austin Townend in his will to fund this, and the idea has been presented to pastors to help sponsor the students to make up the balance. Pastor Townend wrote for Signs and was a lecturer at the college. The project commenced this year.
In New Zealand, sponsorship for "Go Signs, Go Gospel!" has picked up in the past month, and the airport at Wanganui now has a Signs stand. This is the 14th airport in New Zealand to have such a stand.
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Warburton, Victoria
Adele Nash
Seventh-day Adventist school communities are using Signs of the Times magazines, published by the Adventist Church, to reach out and connect with those around them in an increasing variety of ways this year.
Signs of the Times has teamed up with Lilydale Adventist Academy (LAA) in a community outreach and marketing exercise. LAA is using Signs to advertise its 10th Billy Cart Grand Prix, while Signs is including a health-related feature built around an interview with Australian 800-metre Olympic athlete Tamsyn Lewis, who will attend the Billy Cart Grand Prix on August 31.
Tamsyn Lewis with some of the participants in the Lilydale Adventist Academy¹s Billy Cart Grand Prix.
Signs Ministry coordinator Lee Dunstan says, "Homes in surrounding suburbs will each receive a free Signs, compliments of the 'Go Signs, Go Gospel!' initiative to place a piece of Adventist literature into every home in the country."
LAA's event coordinator David Jones says the cooperative effort proved successful previously, and more schools should try using Signs to their same advantage.
Mr Dunstan says there is another option for using Signs in schools this year. Working through chaplaincy and parent-school networks, schools are finding local sponsorship for sending the magazine to the families of non-Adventist students. Called the "Signs for Our Schools" (SOS) project, it aims to give such readers a view through the Signs "window" into the church.
Mr Dunstan says, "Signs functions as it has for the past 120 years - talking to people where they are - laying out biblical truths relating to their salvation, promoting a healthful, happy lifestyle now, giving insights into the church's culture and beliefs, and providing means of connecting with the church."
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has given $A5000 to support SOS for 2009, when, according to Mr Dunstan, he anticipates the project will undergo some refinement, with a shorter and cheaper subscription geared to the school year. At present, seven schools in three states are participating.
Mr Dunstan describes the schools as being "fertile soil awaiting Signs seeds." Theology students at Avondale College are also each receiving a copy of Signs every month to help with their ministry and outreach. A bequest was made by Pastor W Austin Townend in his will to fund this, and the idea has been presented to pastors to help sponsor the students to make up the balance. Pastor Townend wrote for Signs and was a lecturer at the college. The project commenced this year.
In New Zealand, sponsorship for "Go Signs, Go Gospel!" has picked up in the past month, and the airport at Wanganui now has a Signs stand. This is the 14th airport in New Zealand to have such a stand.
Subscribe to Signs of the Times.
