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O-Week starts next week! Here’s what NCS will be doing, so if you’re new come say hi and enjoy some free, NUSA sponsored food. If you’re a part of NCS, come and get on campus during O-Week and start welcoming all of the new students!
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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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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:
1:30pm Free time
12:30pm Lunch
5:30pm Talk 3: Isaiah 34-35 (Martin)
7pm Dinner
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Can’t wait to see everyone again!!!
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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
We’ve just finished the pre-NTE Student Committee Day and it has been a ball!
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Students leaders from all over the country have been sharing stories and encouragements, and hearing how God has been working on all the different campuses. There were a few elective sessions where we could hear about Evangelism at Sydney Uni, Structures at Melbourne, Memoirs of an ex-President, Joys & Challenges of being on a Committee, and Partnering Staff in their Ministry.
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I went to the first two, and it was interesting to see things we’ve tried in the past go gangbusters in another context, and to get new ideas from groups who are a bit older than ours.
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Additionally, it was encouraging to see the NTE hackey sack has already begun, and we’ve got a whole week ahead of us. Bring on the con!
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photo credit: Andrew Feinberg
SO I’VE BEEN WAITING for the “idea thunderbolt” to hit all year – I figure everyone has a brilliant idea in them per annum – and it just struck. Big time.
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Here’s the thing – for every exam I sit, someone is paid to read and evaluate ~EVERY~ word. If there’s writing on the page, they’ll read it. Once that penny dropped, the rest just falls into place. Why don’t I write the gospel in my exam?
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I can put it in the margins, I can put it after my answer, I can put it on the working pages. It doesn’t need to fit smoothly, or interfere with anything. I could write one summary sentence (such as 1 Peter 3:18) or I could even space 2 Ways to Live over six page headers or footers. Once finished, pray for the person marking my exam, pens down and off I go. I’ve got 14 exams left in my degree and countless assignments…
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So – what are your thoughts? Is it loving? Could it ‘work‘?