Australian Restoration Newsletter - October 2025

 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