Helene O’Neill, Chaplain for Cooks Hill SLSC was once again involved in the “Welcome to the Beach” program run over 3 Saturdays in Dec 2o2o. The program teaches young migrants and refugees how to navigate the beaches safely – where to swim and when to stay out of the water,
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Life Saving Preseason Blessing in Bondi
This year to help get the lifesaving season off to a great start, the Bondi clubs had a ‘Preseason Blessing’ held at Bondi Anglican Church and attended by members of Bondi and North Bondi Surf Clubs. The service was presided over by Rev Blake Hutton (Back left), who is also a
Lifesaving Chaplaincy to start in the Philippines
Russ Harmon, National Ministry Coordinator for LSCA presenting Pastor Gary Visitacion with a Life Saving Chaplaincy shirt. In 2016, Terry Legg, Chaplain and founder of LSCA attended a conference for Sports Chaplaincy International, held in Hong Kong. It was at this conference that Terry meet some delegates from Manila and
A journey between the red and yellow flags.
My name is Don Johnson, not the movie star, the Senior Pastor at Kawana Life Baptist Church and Chaplain at Kawana Waters Surf Life Saving Club. Click Here to read the whole story of how Dony came to be the Chaplain for Kawana SLSC.
Australia and Philippines meet to discus Chaplaincy
On Friday 20 March 2020, Chaplain Gary Visitacion from the Philippines and Terry Legg from Life Saving Chaplaincy International meet over a coffee to discuss Life Saving Chaplaincy in the Philippines. Gary was in favour of the project and being able to work together to give lifesaving club in the
North Burleigh welcome new Chaplain, Mark Flavell
This season North Burleigh SLSC said good bye to their Chaplain of 6 year, Ian Bargh. Ian has been helping the club and LSCA to find a new Chaplain to take his place and was fortunate to find one of North Burleigh’s very own members, Mark Flavell wanting to take
Life Saving Chaplaincy at the 2020 NSW State Open Championships
On the weekend of the 6-8 March, NSW’s best lifesavers converged on Swansea Belmont SLSC for the 2020 NSW State Open Championships. This year LSCA was present at the event with local Chaplain, Jason Been from Caves Beach SLSC, David McCallum from Redhead SLSC, Thomas Schmid from Wanda SLSC as
New Chaplains training on the Gold Coast
On the weekend of 18 and 19 of January 2020, Russ Harmon, National Ministry Coordinator and SCA trainer, took 3 Chaplains thru the Level 2 Certificate of Sports Chaplaincy. Sports Chaplaincy Australia’s (SCA) training is recognised as a world leader in sports chaplaincy training. It is a requirement for all of our