A big surprise was the number of parents and grandparents who shared the challenge they face in trying to teach and be an example to children in the area of giving offerings in an almost cashless society.
Author: Juliana Muniz

Churches on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, conducted a God First stewardship program, focusing on engagement and service within the local prison.
Sydney Adventist Hospital will now be able to change lives through earlier detection and treatment of cancer and brain disease thanks to its new PET-CT scanner that features cutting-edge technology.
Seventh-day Adventists teamed up with Fiji government efforts to bring attention to an escalating health issue during the country's National Diabetes Awareness Week.
Hillview Adventist Church in Morisset (NSW) celebrated Creation Sabbath with a varied program that featured presentations, an educational drama and a baptism on October 28.
The training focused on helping locals generate food and income from their land due to the high cost of imported vegetables in PNG.
Melbourne Asian Seventh-day Adventist Church (MASDAC) and The Upper Room—the afternoon service at MASDAC—joined forces to organise two fundraising events to support local charitable causes and foster community building.
The highlight of the program was the baptism of seven pathfinders on the Sabbath.
Officiating the launch, TPUM president Pastor Maveni Kaufononga emphasised the slogan “Television that Changes Lives!”
Held at Ilam Seventh-day Adventist Church in Christchurch, the session gathered 190 delegates for a weekend where delegates received reports on the last four years and made appointments and decisions for the future of the Conference.