Sweet as! I just got the new photo gallery working!
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Check out some pics from NCS events over the past 12 months or so here
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You should expect to see new photos popping up all the time, especially over the next few weeks with KickOff, O-Week, The Light House Walk & the Big Day Out all coming up real soon. So many things happening, so little time. Oh Yeah!
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Make sure you get along, check the calender for more details
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2010 is upon us, the 3 months of holidays are almost over, and it’s time again to prepare for an onslaught of new students!
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The shear number of incoming personnel makes every O-week seem like a daunting task: how do I welcome so many people?
Even if I only shook hands, smiled and introduced myself to each newcomer, I’d be overwhelmed; drowned in a sea of new faces, names, backgrounds, personalities, expectations, tastes, questions, and doubts.
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And yet I’m confident. I’m looking forward to O-week and meeting new people, because welcoming the throngs of individuals isn’t a job I’ll be doing alone.
During O-week, it’s exciting to see the body of Christ at work – I’m excited because as NCS we’ll be welcoming together. We have a throng of our own. And not only our own, but God’s own.
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I’ve already been encouraged at the NCS Leaders’ Conference earlier this week, and with Kickoff coming soon (20th of Feb!) I can’t wait to get prepared with all of NCS for the good work ahead. To see God working through his people, diverse yet united, eager to serve their King, standing firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the gospel… what a privilege we have in being a part of it all!
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Gee I’m excited by this new website!
There are just so many possibilities, so many different things that we could include…
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Which makes me wonder…. if you were designing this website what would you include? An events calender? Bible commentary? What would you like to see? Please give us your comments below….
photo credit: luc.viatour
Dear NCS,
A new university year is about to hit us once more!
But before then… five NCSers are flying to India for two weeks to train pastors (6th-20th February).
We want to let you know so you can partner us in this exciting work.
We are going in partnership with India Gospel League. This organisation is doing amazing things in India – particularly in the area of Church Planting (1000s of churches a year!!). That means there are thousands of pastors who are eager for more theological training to help them teach their churches.
In our first week in India the team will be training pastors in Salem from the book of Ephesians. Martin will be doing the majority of the lectures with 2 of our students teaching one unit each as well. We will all be involved in leading small discussion groups that are based around the lectures. The second week will be spent in Bangalore and we will be teaching the first five books of the Old Testament 1.
We are all feeling pretty excited but also working pretty hard to get our preparation completed.
* For Martin: pray that God will help him to complete all the work that he needs to do for India, pray that it will not be a burden for him! Pray that his lectures will be clear and concise and he will teach the Indian people faithfully.
* Pray that Martin and Jen will lead the team well, and that we would all work well together.
* Pray for the people in India that they will come prepared to listen, learn and take what they hear back to their churches. Ask as well that God will protect the Indian Christians from persecution and from any forces that are trying to stop the spread of the gospel.
* Pray for Peter and Steve who both have some lectures to give and devotions to prepare.
* Pray for our health – we are a little nervous about the prospect of gastro away from the comforts of home.
* Please pray that we would be sensitive to cultural differences, humble and dependent on God in everything.
* Ask God that we will be an encouragment to the people and they will encourage us but most of all that Christ is preached faithfully and that people mature or come to know him!!
Thank you so much for your prayerful support of us.
We look forward to seeing you in O-week or back at uni!
God bless,
Martin, Jen, Peter, Steve and Krysia.
Welcome to the new Newcastle Christian Students website.
The site has just gone live this morning and there will be more content coming very soon….we promise…..
If you’re a new student at Newcastle Uni, please check back in a couple of days and we’ll have lots of info about our mission to make Jesus known at Newcastle University.
