| The NCS Big Day Out is this Saturday. I’m really looking forward to it! It’s going to be a day of hanging out, having fun, forging friendships, digging into the bible together and good food. What’s not to love about that? One full day of hanging out is worth several weeks of normal interactions, so if you want to know more about NCS this is perfect way to find out. |
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For more info or to let us know you’re coming see the Big Day Out Page
Check out some photos from last years Big Day Out
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| Arts, Business, Communications, Vis Com, Law, Psych, Social Work, Open Foundation |
Monday 28th February, 6.30pm 3 Parkhill Pde, Waratah West Contact: Rosi Blowes 0425 372 044 |
| Education & City Campus | Monday 28th February 6.30pm Nobbys Beach Park Contact: Matt Sheridan 0411 291 687 |
| Engineering, Architecture, Science & IT |
Tuesday 1st March 6.30pm 34 Ada St, Waratah Contact: Sam Broadfoot 0424 699 666 |
| FOCUS – International Students | Tuesday 1st March 7pm Islington Baptist Church 178 Maitland Rd, Islington Transport available from Maths bus stop from 6.30pm Contact: Rod Nohra 0414 719 888 |
| Health & Speech Pathology | Wednesday 2nd March, 6pm 38 Wilkinson Ave, Birmingham Gardens Contact: Dan Hayes 0422 596 942 Transport available from maths bus stop at 5.45pm |
| Medicine | Monday 28th February 7pm 1/3 Andrew Close, North Lambton Contact: Steve Sutton 0466 453 354 |
The NCS/FOCUS Light House walk is on this Thursday night. We’re really psyched and hope that heaps of new students will come.
It’s always a great time hanging out with new friends in an awesome surrounding.
I just checked the weather and it looks like it’ll be fine evening, but reasonably cool with a moderate breeze. You might want to bring a jumper?
If you need a lift meet us at the University Maths Bus stop at 5:45
or call Steve on 0423 505730
9:00 am
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New students will be streaming onto campus for O-week. Some will be Christian students, looking for a Christian student group. Others will be looking for friendly people, or even free food. All of them need to know Jesus.
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~ This is something so important it’s worth planning for! ~
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So many people come to know about NCS during O-week, and we only need to look at our own stories to be reminded of how beneficial the Bible talks, Small groups and WinterCons have been in moving us to love and treasure Jesus Christ as our only Rock and Redeemer.
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At Kickoff we’ll plan how to welcome them during O-week, and take care of them in the following weeks. We’ll fellowship around God’s word, enjoy some food together, and pray for those that Jesus will be entrusting to us for the most formative years of their faith!
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They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
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Don’t take your eyes off heaven! Come to Kickoff and get PUMPED to do a God-honouring job of welcoming all of your unknown brothers and sisters!
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2011 has sprung upon us! All of a sudden we’ve been thrust into the new year, and soon we’ll be back to the books, welcoming new students, powering through Bible Talks, TNT, walk-up, Small Groups, Mission Teams, 1-1′s….
It’s overwhelming how much will be going on! So how do we survive the next 12 months? Do we submit ourselves to the onslaught, being pummelled and ‘washing-machined’ through the year? Hardly! Copious amounts of Mother and V? NEVER! No. Instead of 2011 springing upon us, we’ll throw ourselves at 2011. To navigate the year with our heads above water, we need to know where we’re going, and we need to do it together, under our great God. That’s why we’re starting the year with:
Summer Getaway (Feb 8th – 9th)
where we’ll catch up with each other (it’s been aaaages since we were all together at NTE!) whilst beaching, throwing, catching, praying, and hearing from God’s word. It’ll be heaps chilled, relaxing and encouraging… then we have our planning day:
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Kickoff (Feb 19th)
the Saturday just before O-week. We’ll suss out a plan of attack for the year ahead, unveil committees “2-1 plan”, sort BBQ’s, advertising, welcoming, and eat lunch together. Yum! Facebook event invites will go out, or you can click the above events for more details.
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Make sure you get amongst it – get on top of 2011 before it gets big on you!
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Photo credit: patheos.com
In the final TNT Prayer Seminar (run by Geoff), NCSers shared practical ways of bolstering our prayer lives. Suggestions ranged from prayer diaries, using “pre-meal grace” as a reminder to pray for other things, and mobile phone prayer-alarms. These are all good, but none of them are the best. They’re 8′s, not 10′s. Bottom line – they’re handy, but they don’t include other Christians and breakfast now, do they? No, no they do not. However, you’re in luck!
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FINAL PRAYER BREAKFAST for 2010!
this Thursday wk 13
7:45am @ 7K
call/sms me 0424 699 666 if you don’t know where this is
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Come get your prayer on!
photo credit: Napalm filled tires