Ted N. C. Wilson arriving at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Fiji. [Photo: Adventist Record]
May 22, 2024 | Fiji | Kiera Bridcutt, Adventist Record
Adventist young people and adults took to the streets of Lautoka in preparation for a Fiji-wide combined worship service at Lautoka’s Churchill Park on May 17 and 18. They marched in the streets holding banners welcoming General Conference president Ted N. C. Wilson to Fiji and encouraging people to attend the programs.
The combined worship service was just one of the activities Wilson engaged in while in Fiji over that weekend.
He also attended groundbreaking ceremonies for two new Adventist education facilities on Friday. At Fulton Adventist University College, he was among a group of leaders who participated in the ceremony signaling the start of construction of a new chapel. The chapel is expected to accommodate up to 550 people. Fulton Adventist University College provides tertiary education.
Adventist school students perform in their choir for the special worship service on May 18. [Photo: Adventist Record]
After the formal cutting of the ribbon, Wilson promised financial support from the General Conference for the project.
“A Seventh-day Adventist high school will be located right here by God’s grace,” Wilson said. “May God bless this construction project.”
The crowd enjoyed the worship program despite the heat. [Photo: Adventist Record]
Wilson preached at both a Friday night and Saturday (Sabbath) program on “Living for His Coming,” inspiring viewers within the stadium venue and online to focus on the Second Coming and fix their eyes on Jesus.
South Pacific Division secretary Mike Sikuri, who attended alongside Wilson, said the stadium was full especially for the morning service, the best he’s seen at any combined service. A further 73,000 people have viewed the service online through Fiji Mission’s Facebook page.
Ted N. C. Wilson (center) and his wife, Nancy, wave to joyful church members who met them for the combined worship on May 18. [Photo: Adventist Record]
The Sabbath morning program included presentations from all the Sabbath School divisions, including dramatized stories from the children with a clear message, which Sikuri said has remained with him. The afternoon program consisted of worship and the testimonies of Fiji Mission pastors who had returned from PNG For Christ.
General Conference president Ted N. C. Wilson participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new chapel at Fulton Adventist University College in Fiji. [Photo: Adventist Record]
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