Australian Restoration Newsletter
October 2025
Around and about the Centre Place
By High Priest Paul Gage, Independence, Missouri
And time marches on and waits for no man, or
person. It certainly often seems that time is
speeding up, or I am getting slower. Doctrine
and Covenants 83:16 speaks to the conditions of
the world as well as our lives and says “until I
have completed my work, which shall be cut
short in righteousness.” Verse 17 then speaks of
our hope in the Kingdom.
Everything God has done, is doing, and will do,
is beyond our human comprehension and
therefore we lack, to some extent, the ability to
truly appreciate God's love.
As the seasons come and go, people make
various preparations for each season. Each day
of our lives is a “new season,” so what do we do
to prepare for each day and of course, our life?
Sanctification seems to be an aspect of the gospel
that we like to hear about, but don't want to take
the action necessary for us to become
“sanctified.” Sanctification and sacrifice go
together, hand in hand. To sanctify our lives, we
must sacrifice those things that keep us from
being sanctified. This is brought to our attention
in Doctrine and Covenants 85:16-21. This
scripture is worthy of an in-depth study and
application by each one who has made a
covenant with the Lord.
Entering God’s Kingdom is not an automatic
thing that just happens. No one will simply
walk into God’s Kingdom with no effort to
make sure they have on the “wedding garment.”
This is referenced in Matthew 22:1-14. DC 85 is
filled with a great amount of instruction that is
given for us to prepare ourselves. Be sure to read
verse 20 a and b. In verse b we are told several
things that we must do on our own, and yet the
major part of the cleansing of our lives is done
by the Lord, after we do what we are instructed
to do. Also see DC 81:3.
There is always an abundance of events.
activities, services, etc going on in the Centre
Place. Four to eight local branches meet together
on the first Sunday night and third Wednesday
night each month. While attendance could be
much better, the services have all been very
good. As with any service or activity those who
choose to attend receive the blessings.
Most of the missionary groups continue to be
very active. Recent missions have been made to
Germany and Africa. Center Place Restoration
School continues to have a good start to this
school year.
Our prayer for the Saints in Australia and the
world is that God will continue to open those
doors of ministry to each of us as we work
toward sanctifying our lives for His Divine
purposes. Keep the faith.
All things good
By Elder Murray Broughton, Pastor of Kelvin
View Branch, Euroa, Victoria
Gen 1:26-29 And I, God, made the beasts of the
earth after their kind, and cattle after their
kind, and everything which creepeth upon
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the earth after his kind. And I, God, saw that all
these things were good.
1:27 And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten,
which was with me from the beginning, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness; and
it was so.
1:28 And I, God, said, Let them have dominion
over the fishes of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
1:29 And I, God, created man in mine own
image, in the image of mine Only Begotten
created I him; male and female created I them.
Gen 2:5-12 For I, the Lord God, created all things
of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they
were naturally upon the face of the earth; for I,
the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the
face of the earth.
2:6 And I, the Lord God, had created all the
children of men and not yet a man to till the
ground; for in heaven created I them, and there
was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the
water, neither in the air;
2:7 But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went
up a mist from the earth and watered the whole
face of the ground.
2:8 And I, the Lord God, formed man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and man became a living soul-
-the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also.
2:9 Nevertheless, all things were before created;
but spiritually were they created and made,
according to my word.
2:10 And I, the Lord God, planted a garden
eastward in Eden; and there I put the man whom
I had formed.
2:11 And out of the ground, made I, the Lord
God, to grow every tree, naturally, that is
pleasant to the sight of man; and man could
behold it, and it became also a living soul; for it
was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it
remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created
it, yea, even all things which I prepared for the
use of man; and man saw that it was good for
food.
2:12 And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life
also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree
of knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:27-30 And Adam gave names to all cattle,
and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of
the field; but as for Adam, there was not found
a help meet for him.
2:28 And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam, and he slept; and I took one of
his ribs and closed up the flesh in the stead
thereof; and the rib, which I, the Lord God, had
taken from man, made I a woman and brought
her unto the man.
2:29 And Adam said, This I know now is bone of
my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be
called woman because she was taken out of man.
2:30 Therefore shall a man leave his father and
his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and
they shall be one flesh.
Gen 3:26-27 And Adam called his wife's name
Eve because she was the mother of all living; for
thus have I, the Lord God, called the first of all
women, which are many.
3:27 Unto Adam and also unto his wife did I, the
Lord God, make coats of skins and clothed them.
Gen 4:1 And it came to pass that after I, the Lord
God, had driven them out, that Adam began to
till the earth, and to have dominion over all the
beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the
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sweat of his brow, as I, the Lord, had
commanded him; and Eve also, his wife, did
labour with him.
4:2 And Adam knew his wife, and she bare unto
him sons and daughters; and they began to
multiply and to replenish the earth.
4:3 And from that time forth, the sons and
daughters of Adam began to divide, two and
two, in the land, and to till the land, and to tend
flocks; and they also begat sons and daughters.
4:4 And Adam called upon the name of the Lord,
and Eve also, his wife; and they heard the voice
of the Lord, from the way towards the garden of
Eden, speaking unto them; and they saw him
not, for they were shut out from his presence.
4:5 And he gave unto them commandments that
they should worship the Lord, their God, and
should offer the firstlings of their flocks for an
offering unto the Lord.
4:6 And Adam was obedient unto the
commandments of the Lord. And after many
days, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam,
saying, Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the
Lord? And Adam said unto him, I know not,
save the Lord commanded me.
4:7 And then the angel spake, saying, This thing
is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only
Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and
truth;
4:8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest
in the name of the Son. And thou shalt repent
and call upon God in the name of the Son
forevermore.
4:9 And in that day, the Holy Ghost fell upon
Adam, which beareth record of the Father and
the Son, saying, I am the Only Begotten of the
Father from the beginning, henceforth and
forever; that, as thou hast fallen, thou mayest be
redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as
will.
4:10 And in that day, Adam blessed God, and
was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all
the families of the earth, saying, Blessed be the
name of God; for because of my transgression,
my eyes are opened; and in this life I shall have
joy, and again, in the flesh I shall see God.
4:11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and
was glad, saying, Were it not for our
transgression, we never should have had seed
and never should have known good and evil,
and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal
life which God giveth unto all the obedient.
4:12 And Adam and Eve blessed the name of
God; and they made all things known unto their
sons and their daughters.
4:13 And Satan came among them, saying, I am
also a son of God. And he commanded them,
saying, Believe it not. And they believed it not;
and they loved Satan more than God. And men
began from that time forth to be carnal, sensual,
and devilish.
Our Lord God gave us our agency and
intelligence in the very beginning. Satan the
devil, who was the Son of Morning, said I will
go and make all men bow to God, but it is God’s
will that man might choose for himself, so satan
was cast down to earth, and a third of the angels
of heaven chose to follow satan and they went
with him.
Repent, repent, come unto Christ and be
perfected in Him. Beware of Satan, a liar and
deceiver from the beginning. Remain and
endure to the end, giving all praise and glory to
God the father, Jesus Christ the only begotten
Son, and the workings of the Holy Spirit. Worlds
without end did He create, hear ye Him.
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No other name
By Eric Baker, Belleville Illinois (re-print)
“Neither is there salvation in any other; for there
is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved” Acts 4:12.
As a young boy raised in the Church, I was
taught the importance of keeping the
commandments of God. I understood that
salvation came through faith, repentance,
baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and
enduring to the end in the gospel of Christ. I
believe these things and made the attempt to
follow after them. When I reached the age of
seventeen or so, my devotion to Christ’s word
and the gospel became greater, and I began to
study the scriptures on a routine basis. Through
reflection, I now realise that my interest was
based more upon learning and memorising the
facts and details of the Restoration gospel, rather
than a quest for a deeper understanding and
insight into God’s plan of salvation.
After several years of study, it was my
conclusion, with some arrogance and
misunderstanding on my part, that the
principles of the gospel and adherence to the
commandments of God were what saved men –
that people were granted entrance into the
Kingdom of God simply based upon their
works. These principles are certainly true in
part, but it is the mercy of God and the
atonement of Christ that lie at the foundation of
man’s salvation. I was not ignorant of scriptures
such as Ephesians 2:8 “By grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourself; but it is the
gift of God”, and John 14:6 “No man cometh unto
the Father, but by me.” They were plainly there,
but their meaning had not yet been unfolded to
me.
Several years later, I began to study about the
fall of man, based upon my scriptures found
principally in the Book of Mormon. During this
investigation, I read the exhortation of Amulek
to the Zoramites concerning the need for an
atonement. Amulek speaks these words, “For it
is expedient that an atonement should be made; for
according to the great plan of the eternal God, there
must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must
unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are
fallen, and are lost, and must perish except it be
through the atonement which it is expedient should
be made” (Alma 16:208-9). He goes on to state that
neither the sacrifice of animals nor any man can
atone for the sins of another person; that only the
sacrifice of the Son of God, who is pure, holy,
and eternal, could atone for the sins of
humanity. This eternal sacrifice is the “whole
meaning of the law; every whit pointing to that great
and last sacrifice” (Alma 16: 215).
It was through these scriptures that I came to
understand the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I
realised the carnal and fallen nature of mankind
and the inability of man to enter into God’s
presence because of sin. No offering, either of
man or animal, could reclaim individuals from
this forsaken state, except the blood of the
Savior. All of humanity was doomed to suffer
the result of justice unless God sent the Son to
reclaim them. I began to recognise my own
unworthiness and need for the mercy and grace
of God. Jesus Christ was the only way and the
only name through which we could be saved.
Perhaps these facts seem readily apparent and
should be the basis upon which any person
makes a commitment to Christ and His Church,
but my awareness of the need for a Savior came
many years after baptism. I realised that I could
not be saved simply on my own merit, but that
salvation came through grace above all else.
Suddenly everything I had read in the Scriptures
became clear. The central theme and purpose of
the Scriptures was to testify of Christ and man’s
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need for a Saviour. The Mosaic Law pointed to
Him; the New testament pointed to Him; the
Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and
Covenants pointed to and testified of Him. That
was why King Benjamin’s people clapped their
hands; why Saul changed his name to Paul and
quit persecuting the Church; why Adam
rejoiced; why Peter boldly spoke before the
Pharisees; why Joseph Smith died a martyr’s
death; why the disciples left their families and
vocations to follow after Jesus; why the sons of
Mosiah went as missionaries to the Lamanites;
why the gospel is preached to the dead; why the
angels sang at Christ’s birth; why the eunuch
asked Philip to baptise him; why the Anti-
Nephi-Lehis died without resistance; and why
men are converted, changed, cleansed, and have
the hope of eternal life.
This realisation was more than simply greater
knowledge concerning some portion of the
gospel – it was all the gospel. The atonement of
Christ is the foundation upon which rests the
entirety of the gospel – the core of every
scripture and the purpose and existence of the
Church. Without the sacrifice of the Son of God,
there could be no Church, no ordinances, and no
salvation. This is why the hosts of heaven
declare His name and praise Him continually.
This is why He is called “Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince
of Peace” (Isiah 9:6).
The Scattered Saints
Can love be sinful?
Yes! 1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither
the things that are of the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16
For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh,
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is
not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the
world passeth away and the lust thereof; but he
that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
How does God say we should love?
Luke 10:28 ...love the Lord, thy God, with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind, and thy
neighbour as thyself.
Hebrews 12:14-15 Follow peace with all men,
and holiness, without which no man shall see
the Lord. Looking diligently, lest any man fail of
the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness,
springing up, trouble you and thereby many be
defiled.
Matthew 5:41 ...I say unto you that ye resist not
evil... 5:46 but love your enemies; bless them
that curse you; do good to them that hate you;
and pray for them which despitefully use you
and persecute you;
5:47 That ye may be the children of your Father
who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on
the just and on the unjust.
5:48 For if ye love only them which love you,
what reward have you? Do not even the
publicans the same?
5:49 And if ye salute your brethren only, what
do ye more than others? Do not even the
publicans the same?
5:50 Ye are, therefore, commanded to be perfect,
even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
October Birthdays
Catherine Melling 4th; Linda Myers 10th; Becky
Scott 19th; Kris Archer 25th; Sam Kerswell 28th;
Gina Krieg 30th
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Prayer List
Neville and Del Churchill, Jan Kerswell, Alva
Robinson, Murray and Delma Broughton, Julius
Candido, Ruth and Greg Mackrell, Kimberly
Exron, Jock, Ray, Reg Davis, Rey Mararan,
Gennie Ewert, Ron and Janice Mitchell
Activity schedule for
October 2025
Kingston Restoration Branch
17-19 Juers Street, Kingston, QLD
Pastor: Elder Peter Churchill
Phone 0429 542 010 (AEST)
Wed 1st 6:30PM PRAYER MEETING
Elder Neville Churchill
Sun 5th 8:45AM MORNING CLASS
(At church) Elder Neville Churchill
9:00AM PREACHING SERVICE
Elder Danny Archer
10:00AM SACRAMENT SERVICE
Mon 6th 6:30PM PRIESTHOOD MEETING
Tue 7th 6:30PM COTTAGE MEETING
Elder Peter Churchill
Wed 8th 6:30PM PRAYER MEETING
Elder Peter Archer
Sun 12th 8:45AM MORNING CLASS
(Online only) Elder Peter Archer
9:00AM PREACHING SERVICE
Elder Neville Churchill
10:10AM CLASS
Priest Glenn Kerswell
Tue 14th 6:30PM COTTAGE MEETING
Elder Peter Churchill
Wed 15th 6:30PM PRAYER MEETING
Elder Danny Archer
Sun 19st 8:45AM MORNING CLASS
(Online only) Elder Danny Archer
9:00AM PREACHING SERVICE
Elder Julius Candido
10:10AM CLASS
Elder Gary Melling
Mon 20th 6:30PM PRIESTHOOD MEETING
Tue 21st 6:30PM COTTAGE MEETING
Elder Peter Churchill
Wed 22nd 6:30PM PRAYER MEETING
Elder Gary Melling
Sun 26th 8:45AM MORNING CLASS
(Online only) Elder Danny Archer
9:00AM PREACHING SERVICE
Elder Peter Churchill
10:10AM CLASS
Elder Neville Churchill
Tue 28th 6:30PM COTTAGE MEETING
Elder Peter Churchill
Wed 29th 6:30PM PRAYER MEETING
Priest Glenn Kerswell
Sun 2nd 8:45AM MORNING CLASS
(At church) Elder Gary Melling
9:00AM PREACHING SERVICE
Elder Murray Broughton
10:00AM SACRAMENT SERVICE
If you would like to attend online, please email Elder
Danny Archer at danny@inbeta.org