You’re invited…

  • …to a Faculty welcome dinner
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  • * Great food
  • * Make new friends
  • * Meet people from your faculty
  • * Welcome to Uni
  • * What is NCS?
  • * Join a campus bible study group



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



Light House Walk

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

Kickoff 2011

Saturday 19th Feb

9:00 am

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Islington Baptist Church Hall

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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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Program for Summer Getaway!!

Getaway for a camping trip at the beach: Tues 8 Feb – Wed 9 Feb at Blacksmiths!

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TUESDAY

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Arrive, set up tents 9am

Talk 1: Isaiah 28-29 (Martin) 10am

Morning Tea 11.15am

Bible Study: Isaiah 30-31 11.45am

Lunch 1pm

Free time: beach, games, cafe, frisbee, etc 2pm

Dinner 6:45pm

Talk 2: Isaiah 32-33 (Rodney) 7:45pm


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WEDNESDAY


7:45am Breakfast
8:45am Quiet time: Isaiah 28-35 – a New Testament perspective
9:30am FOCUS & NCS in 2011
10:45am Morning Tea
11:15am Info seminars: choose 2 from this list:

  1. Being a FOCUS helper
  2. Leading 1st year groups
  3. NCS Mission teams
  4. Becoming a campus evangelist
  5. Serving behind the scenes


1:30pm Free time
12:30pm Lunch
5:30pm Talk 3: Isaiah 34-35 (Martin)
7pm Dinner

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RSVP on facebook

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Can’t wait to see everyone again!!!

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Eeek! It’s the Future!

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…

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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