Multiple Events | Wahroonga & Centennial Park NSW

Saturday: 15 March 9am – 1:30pm 

Church display & Presentation by Gary Kent | Wahroonga NSW

We didn’t have to be on the road quite so early this morning, but as we were preparing to leave, we noticed a lot of cars coming into the Galston church carpark and were thinking that people were really turning up for Sabbath service very early, as it was only 8 am. However, we soon realised that people were using the carpark for some running event down the road further, so decided we better get out of the carpark quickly as otherwise we would have difficulty getting the trailer out between all the cars.
That meant we had plenty of time to set up the display at Wahroonga Church when we arrived without blocking anyone’s access to the carpark, and we were then able to relocate the trailer to the school carpark.
We could talk to many folks as they arrived at the morning services and also to people who were passing by who came in to see the car. It was a pleasure to share the story with the members and sense their enthusiasm for this avenue of sharing the gospel. Wahroonga church had ordered quite a few boxes of the sharing book and could give one to each family arriving at church and to people passing by. We were also very thankful for the additional Right Around Australia leaflets that they had printed, which helped to replace our depleted stocks. Thank you for your assistance in this area, Wahroonga Church!
One gentleman had migrated to Ukraine from the Middle East area and, as a 12-year-old, had migrated to Australia with his family. He had a copy of a reprint of the 1611 KJV Bible, which was very heavy to hold and had extensive references to Noah’s descendants and the spread of races worldwide. Most of the Bible was hard to read. It was in old English and scripted print, which differs from modern English. However, he could read it, as the scripts were like languages he had grown up with.
Lance Weslake interviewed Gary Kent during the Sabbath School preliminaries regarding the impact that “The Incredible Journey” (TIJ) was having on the media and particularly on viewers. Gary shared some of the incredible stories of people who have been changed due to the programs they have watched and how the media offered the ministry more opportunities to screen the programs. The report he gave was very encouraging and helped us all to realise that God is at work in using the Incredible Journey ministry to His glory and for His purposes.
Gary Kent also took the main service on the story of Bubsie and the two young men, Nevill & Greg. He emphasised the need for all of us to be true to the message of the Bible and be inspired to share this message with others so they too can have salvation.
After the service and talking with people, we packed up the resources and went to have lunch provided by the Wahroonga Church, while one of the members stayed with the car.
After refreshing, we loaded the car into the trailer and headed off for our next event at Centennial Park. We were a little later than planned but notified them that we were on our way.

Saturday: 15 March 3pm – 5pm 

Centennial Park, Randwick NSW

The trip through Sydney was quite slow as an AFL game was due to start at Moore Park, so it was interesting trying to change lanes at times as the roads were so congested with traffic.  However, we arrived at the Randwick entrance to Centennial Park, and Andrew Spaile from Woollahra Church was there to meet us. There was a large unloading bay just down from the entrance for unloading horse floats, so after unloading “Bubsie”, Kevin and Andrew took a lap around the Grand Drive to ascertain a good place to park the car. Glen stayed with the trailer in case we needed to move it out of the loading area. It was a great place for it, as it was in the shade, so we were thankful that we could remain parked there for the duration of the stay.  “Bubsie” was parked about fifty metres further down the road, next to the walking track and we were able to attract people over to view the car.  Most people who stopped to look, took a genuine interest in the vehicle and we could give them a copy of “The Overlander” book as a historic memento of the occasion, for which they were very grateful.  

We concluded the afternoon with Andrew cranking Bubsie and then completing another lap with Kevin through the park before loading and heading back to our base at Galston. Thank you to Andrew, who organised the event.