"mid"-semester break
29 09 2007
This week the students have been on holidays in the "mid"-semester break. In reality there's only 4 weeks left of classes, which will bring us to the end of our last semester with the students! After that we'll be mainly woking on summer projects (whatever they will be) and preparing for the summer conferences (Club Veg and NTE)
On Monday and Tuesday we had changeover conference, because recently the EU has elected or selected a whole new bunch of student leaders to be in faculty committees and specialist teams (such as the evangelism team, the Public Meetings team, the IT team, etc) and changeover conference helps these students work out what it means for them to be a leader in their role.
We spent time thinking about what it means to be a leader and team member, about how the staff and student leaders relate together. We thought a lot about the three objects of the EU:
and how one or more of these drives what each committee or team is doing. Each team spent time together thinking about their vision of what they could achieve in the future and their current goals that would help them achieve that vision. Next year the EU will put on a big mission, and the team in charge of that got us all to brainstorm ideas for it.
On Tuesday night one of the students put on a mid-autumn festival celebration for the international students. This is a big day in the asian calander, where all the families get together and eat moon cakes, so it is a time when international students away from home will start missing their families. This student wanted to show them that even though they wern't with their natural families thay can be part of Gods family and have fellowship with Christians. Many international students came to this party and had lots of fun and could watch the Jesus video in Chinese or Korean.
From Wednesday to Saturday the International Student Ministry is on a road trip to Canberra. MG is with them, and I'll let her tell you all about it when she gets back. Meanwhile I have been stying at my parents. I took two days annual leave for Wednesday and Thursday, and spent much of that just relaxing. I visited the offices of Global Recordings Network as one of many possibilities of what I may do in the long term. I would like to use my IT skills on the mission field.
Yesterday I went abseiling with the Science committee. One of the students is into rock-climbing, so he had access to all the required equipment and training.
Tonight MG will get back from her Canberra trip just in time to sing in a concert her choir is putting on. I'll be an usher. I expect she'll be absolutely exhusted. Thank God that Monday is a public holiday.
Thank God also for the zeal and abilities and Godly character of the new student leaders. Pray that they will lead the rest of the EU well. Pray also for the big mission next year.
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On Monday and Tuesday we had changeover conference, because recently the EU has elected or selected a whole new bunch of student leaders to be in faculty committees and specialist teams (such as the evangelism team, the Public Meetings team, the IT team, etc) and changeover conference helps these students work out what it means for them to be a leader in their role.
We spent time thinking about what it means to be a leader and team member, about how the staff and student leaders relate together. We thought a lot about the three objects of the EU:
- To present students with the Christian Gospel and to lead them to a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- To strengthen Christians in their faith and witness and to encourage them to continually submit every aspect of their life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
- To ensure that Christians in the University are made aware of the nature, needs and challenge of Christian service at home and abroad.
and how one or more of these drives what each committee or team is doing. Each team spent time together thinking about their vision of what they could achieve in the future and their current goals that would help them achieve that vision. Next year the EU will put on a big mission, and the team in charge of that got us all to brainstorm ideas for it.
On Tuesday night one of the students put on a mid-autumn festival celebration for the international students. This is a big day in the asian calander, where all the families get together and eat moon cakes, so it is a time when international students away from home will start missing their families. This student wanted to show them that even though they wern't with their natural families thay can be part of Gods family and have fellowship with Christians. Many international students came to this party and had lots of fun and could watch the Jesus video in Chinese or Korean.
From Wednesday to Saturday the International Student Ministry is on a road trip to Canberra. MG is with them, and I'll let her tell you all about it when she gets back. Meanwhile I have been stying at my parents. I took two days annual leave for Wednesday and Thursday, and spent much of that just relaxing. I visited the offices of Global Recordings Network as one of many possibilities of what I may do in the long term. I would like to use my IT skills on the mission field.
Yesterday I went abseiling with the Science committee. One of the students is into rock-climbing, so he had access to all the required equipment and training.
Tonight MG will get back from her Canberra trip just in time to sing in a concert her choir is putting on. I'll be an usher. I expect she'll be absolutely exhusted. Thank God that Monday is a public holiday.
Thank God also for the zeal and abilities and Godly character of the new student leaders. Pray that they will lead the rest of the EU well. Pray also for the big mission next year.
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