Stories from Sunnyside in Cooranbong, New South Wales | Community organisation

Stories from Sunnyside

Locality: Cooranbong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9847 3333

Address: 27 Avondale Road 2265 Cooranbong, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Come visit Sunnyside this afternoon at 2pm for a guided tour with Carolyn Parkinson. Address is 27 Avondale Road Cooranbong.

24.01.2022 Lots of visitors to Sunnyside this week from Phillipines, Korea, Darwin, Wollongong and beyond.

24.01.2022 Busy day at Sunnyside with visitors from General Conference including Dr Zeno Charles-Marcel Health Associate Director and his wife and Eiti Millington from Texas and Kevin Price

23.01.2022 We had a wonderful day at Sunnyside yesterday with Toronto Adventist school. The students learnt all about Ellen White, her ministry, her work in the community and her vision for mission. They played in the grounds and were impressed with the museum. To quote one boys statement "This is Epic!"...I think he enjoyed it! Please encourage other schools to visit and learn about Ellen G White and our church history. James Nix Carolyn Parkinson

22.01.2022 Very busy morning with Mountain View Adventist College year 10 touring Sunnyside and Avondale University College. They were a great group of students and it was a pleasure giving them a tour. With Carolyn Parkinson and Joy-Marie Butler

22.01.2022 At Sunnyside we are currently recruiting for voluntary tour guides. If you would be interested in becoming a tour guide please let us know. All training will be provided and it is a two hour commitment per month. We will be holding a training session Thursday 10th October at 10am Please Phone us on 49802139 if you are interested. Come and join our team and meet people from all over the world!

20.01.2022 September 1 1900 of Ellen Whites Travel Book contains beautiful drawings and photos. This book was given to Ellen on her departure from Australia.

18.01.2022 It was lovely to have the Wahroonga Adventist School Year 10 group visit us last week.

18.01.2022 Last group through at Sunnyside today. A big thank you to our tour guides, Justin and Charissa Torossian, Carolyn Parkinson and Allan Lindsay. Today was a one day record for Sunnyside with 250 people coming out. May we all capture the passion of the pioneers!

18.01.2022 A step back in time.. some history about Avondale Memorial Church which was first established in the late 1890s while Ellen White lived at Cooranbong. The fore site of Ellen white to build a church for 400 members was incredible at a time where there was only about 60 students at Avondale and 60 locals. These photos below are of the new building being built over the existing building in the 1970s.

17.01.2022 To avoid disappointment please be aware that groups with more than10 people wishing to visit Sunnyside need to contact us in advance to ensure we have a tour guide available. Our regular opening times are 2pm - 4pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Please arrive promptly close to 2pm to be part of a tour. No guarantees if you arrive very late. Group bookings may be arranged outside of these set times, however, usually reserved for international guests or very large groups.

16.01.2022 Before Ellen White left Australia in August 1900 a book was collated containing farewell messages from those that had met her from all around Australia and New Zealand. Each day of her voyage on the ship back to America she had a lovely message to read. We will be sharing some of those messages on this page as some relate to churches that still exist today and many family descendants will enjoy the messages. A full colour copy is held at the EG White Research Centre at Avondale. The first one was written on Wednesday August 29 1900.

16.01.2022 Day 3 August 31 1900. Ellen Whites farewell messages from various people including a message from the Hare Family. This book was compiled so that Ellen White had messages to read every day of her journey back to america.

15.01.2022 Bus load of Senior Citizens from Warners Bay came to Sunnyside.

14.01.2022 Day 2 August 30 1900 On the ship going back to America. Ellen Whites Farewell messages from Ballarat,Cooranbong, Kadina Church, historical photos of Newcastle.

14.01.2022 We had several lovely groups through Sunnyside today from Hongkong, Melbourne, Sydney & Peru.

11.01.2022 More Avondale School student photos from todays visit to Sunnyside. Avondale School (Preschool to Year 12)

11.01.2022 If you would like to learn about Ellen White and her time here in Australia why not click on the following audio:https://whiteestate.org//ellen-g-white-the-australian-yea/

11.01.2022 Visitors from Melbourne, california and Romania at Sunnyside yesterday.

08.01.2022 Come for a tour at Sunnyside. Open right now till 4pm. Last tour starts3:30.

07.01.2022 Lovely group from Castle Hill and South Africa yesterday came to Sunnyside.

06.01.2022 Questions: How many books has Ellen White written? (not including compilations after her death) Answer = 49 How many after her death? Answer = 91 How many letters did she write? Answer = Approximately 5,000 Pages of Manuscripts? Answer = 50,000... Have you any idea approximately how many books world wide have been sold? Answer = Hundreds of millions. See more

04.01.2022 This was the happy family and friends group who came to Sunnyside last Sabbath. From Argentina, Chile, NZ and Bungendore, NSW.

04.01.2022 Large group of pastors and their wives visited Sunnyside from Korea today.

04.01.2022 To access Ellen G White writings go to https://m.egwwritings.org/en/folders/2

04.01.2022 Lovely to have visitors from Chile this afternoon.

03.01.2022 Unfortunately Sunnyside will be temporary closed until further notice as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus.Unfortunately Sunnyside will be temporary closed until further notice as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus.

03.01.2022 To avoid disappointment please be aware that groups with more than10 people wishing to visit Sunnyside need to contact us in advance to ensure we have a tour guide available. Our regular opening times are 2pm - 4pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, however we may need an extra tour guide to cater for your group. Please arrive promptly close to 2pm to be part of a tour. No guarantees if you arrive very late. Group bookings may be arranged outside of these set times, however, usually reserved for international guests or very large groups.

03.01.2022 Mountain View Adventist College students sitting at Ellen Whites table praying at Sunnyside. Ellen would have been proud. I asked the students what countries they represented and there were many countries.. to name a few...samoa, fiji, india, england, new zealand and many other islands of the pacific. I spoke to them about how Ellen White was instrumental in setting up Avondale College which sent many missionaries to the countries they represented. There was a spirit of gratitude amongst them.with Joy-Marie Butler Sam Lett and Carolyn Parkinson

02.01.2022 Sunnyside was the home of Ellen G. White (1827-1915), a pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her ministry, spiritual guidance and visionary leadership... extended over many years covering countries such as the United States, Europe and the South Pacific. From 1891 to 1900, she lived in Australia and in 1896 settled in Cooranbong where she was instrumental in setting up Avondale College of Higher Education. Sunnyside homestead was built in 1896, on a choice spot of 40-acres. Today, the cottage reflects the life and work of this influential Seventh-day Adventist pioneer. Mrs Whites literary works contain more than 100,000 pages. Here in Australia she completed writing one of her classic volume on the life of Jesus, The Desire of Ages. She showed Christian compassion to the needy of her time and practiced the great principle of Gods love showing what it means to be a loving and lovable Christian. The South Sea Islands Museum features artefacts collected by missionaries who have worked in the various countries of the South Pacific during the past century. See a full-sized war canoe, view displays of objects used by tribes, clothing made from natural fibres and artefacts from indigenous cultures throughout this region. The Museum currently has a very large collection of shells on display. The house and museum are open Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, 2:00 4:00 p.m. 27 Avondale Road, Cooranbong, NSW 2265.

02.01.2022 Would you like to meet people from all over the world? Do you have a passion for Ellen White and would like to learn more about her time here in australia? At Sunnyside we are currently recruiting for voluntary tour guides. If you would be interested in becoming a tour guide please let us know. All training would be provided and it is a two hour commitment per month. Please message us below.

01.01.2022 Lovely group from Phillipines, Zambia and London at sunnyside today.