The third ELIA Wellness summit featured a team of researchers and clinicians from Australia, New Zealand, America and the Pacific Islands who shared their expertise, presenting a range of cutting-edge lifestyle medicine topics.
Author: Juliana Muniz
Discover Your SHAPE is a program that helps people to identify their SHAPE: Spiritual gifts; Heart (passion); Abilities; Personality; and Experience.
"Franklyn and Rose are passionate about the gospel message. They decided to spend their own money to build the first new Adventist permanent church building on Araki island," said first year minister Lui Yarakei.
This rural part of the country is geographically challenging with rugged terrain, which poses a challenging environment for outside missionaries to enter, travel and work.
Trees are mentioned in the Bible more than any living thing other than God and people.
In his new role, Maddy Voinea will be focused on carefully researching and understanding the rapidly changing social landscape that the Church needs to fulfil its mission.
"I don’t know if you have ever struggled with deciding whether you should dedicate your professional talents and skills exclusively to the Church. But for me, it was a big no."
Run by the North New South Wales Conference Health Department in a pop-up model, Sozo is a lifestyle medicine intensive residential program based on scientific evidence, biblical principles and on Ellen White's Ministry of Healing.
Innovative and experienced leaders have been appointed to the South Pacific Division, completing the team for the new five-year cycle.
The new space combines fun and exercise with lessons of sustainability.