Ched Myers in Melbourne
June 28, 2008
| July 9, 2008 |
Call to Discipleship - Ched Myers
binding, releasing, restoring: reflections on contemporary discipleship
A gathering to encourage inspire and equip Christians for socially engaged discipleship.
Ched has written and engaged with restorative justice, peace-making, biblical economics and socio-political nature of the good news. His most influential work being his commentary on Mark “Binding the Strong Man” Not to be missed!
9am-5pm @ CTM - 1 Morrison Close Parkville - 9340 8815
Buy the DVD resources from the day here at idearipple.com
(Heads up! The Online rego for call2discipleship will disappear tonight. (This will help with organising and feeding) So if you still haven’t registered and want to register during Tuesday 8th you will need to phone in. 9340 8815)
3 Sessions with Ched + Panels
- Money & Discipleship
- Justice & Discipleship
- Consumption & Discipleship
- Poverty & Discipleship
- Sustaining the Journey
BTW- he will also be at the ‘School of Discipleship’ in Canberra 10-13 July.
Brand New Christian Music Being Recorded this Saturday!
June 26, 2008
Hi Guys and Gals! - Hope you are having an AWESOME week!
Just wanting to let you know that on Saturday night (28th June) the UCA will be doing a LIVE RECORDING of the music that will be used at the National Christian Youth Convention in January 2009 (ncyc.org.au). I have heard a selection of the music being recorded on Saturday and it sounds very cool indeed!
On the night we will not only be recording a CD but also a DVD! So if you have ever wanted to make a CD/DVD then this is your chance! Come on down to Glen Waverley Uniting Church, cnr Bogong Ave and Kingsway, Glen Waverley (Mel Ref 71 C3). You can come and learn the songs, meet some of the writers and have a ball from 2pm, $5 dinner is at 6pm and at 7pm the recording button is hit and we will be on our way to creating one of the best CD/DVDs going around!
So come and be a part of it! Bring all your friends and families! More info at ncyc.org.au and morefocus.org.au! NCYC Live Recording Video
avaaz action - save zimbabwe
June 24, 2008
On Friday, 27th June, Zimbabwe will hold a cruel sham of a vote for President. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has just withdrawn from the run-off — not in a concession of victory, but rather in recognition that Mugabe’s campaign of violence and terror has erased any hope for a democratic election.
But against the odds, hope survives. Amidst growing international pressure, Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and the opposition have entered private talks. A unity government may be possible yet.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously held on Monday that free and fair elections are now impossible in Zimbabwe. The UN Secretary-General spoke out. But it is African leaders, most of all Thabo Mbeki, who hold the key. Even Mugabe cannot cling to power without their cooperation. Today, we’re launching an emergency campaign, petitioning these leaders to call an immediate summit, isolate Mugabe, and broker a legitimate government for Zimbabwe. Our call will be published in big newspaper advertisements in South Africa, Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique this week — click here to see the ads and endorse their message:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_zimbabwe/6.php?cl=101085156
SPCA3 - NZ
June 24, 2008
| July 11, 2008 | to | July 13, 2008 |
3rd Annual South Pacific Christianity & Anarchism Conference-Christchurch, NZ
all the info is here http://anz.jesusradicals.com/conf08.html
Sorry guys, for the late posting of this one I thought I had done it ages ago.
As you know I wont be there this year, it clashed with School of Discipleship and we have a large mob going up to it. All the best for this years gathering I already feel like I miss out.
Rewind…
June 20, 2008
Great post over at shauninmann.com in regards to a passage from Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five:
It was a movie about American bombers in the Second World War and the gallant men who flew them. Seen backwards by Billy, the story went like this:
American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did the same for wrecked American bombers on the ground, and those planes flew up backwards to join the formation.
RAC ACTION - Suitcases in the City
June 18, 2008
| June 28, 2008 | ||
| 11:30 am |
THE CASE FOR REFUGEES
Playing with an instantly recognisable symbol for refugees and displaced
persons, RAC invites you to join in a ‘Happening’at 11.30am, Saturday
28th of June.
A pile of old suitcases will appear in the middle of the city.
Each suitcase represents the human suffering experienced by refugees,
their need for a safe place to call home, as well as the riches they
bring to our community
WHEN: Saturday 28th June. Meet @ 11.30 am SHARP!
It will all be over by 12.30pm.
WHERE: Meet at Atrium at Federation Square (opp. the Forum Theatre,
Flinders St).
BRING: Old unwanted suitcase (they are very cheap at op shops) with a
slogan painted on it. Wear a long coat.
Create to Advocate 08
June 17, 2008
| October 6, 2008 | to | November 2, 2008 |
Art Exhibition at Parliament House, Canberra
Official Opening : Tuesday 14 October
Entries Close: 29 August 2008
To enter: Click here to download an entry form.
Entry fee: $20 ($10 for unwaged)
In 2008, every second child in the world lives in poverty and 10 million children die each year from preventable and curable diseases. Speak out through art to make poverty history!
“What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real.”
- Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Scared Space/CafePraxis @SYG
June 14, 2008
So if your interested in seeing and reading about what we got up to at the State Youth Games check out Christop’s blog
Every time you lose a sock, think of a landmine victim.
June 12, 2008
Landmines and explosive remnants of war kill or injure nearly 15,000 people every year. You can help them by contributing to the Lost Sock Appeal.
The Lost Sock Appeal is an initiative from the Australian Network to Ban Landmines (ANBL). We’re collecting money fro assisting victims, clearing minefields and campaigning to ensure ne more mines are made, traded or laid.
If you have an odd sock in your drawer, put some spare change in it and hand it to our volunteers….
NCYC09 - Live Recording Concert
June 7, 2008
| June 28, 2008 | ||
| 2:00 pm |
For the first time ever, NCYC is holding a concert with hundreds of people to record the official NCYC09 Music Album - LIVE!! Learn the music, listen to the lyrics, then mix it up with the artists and audience to create the live music album and video experience. And it’s a pretty good taster of what you’ll get at NCYC09 as well!
From 2pm, we’ll be learning all the great new NCYC09 worship songs - the tune, the words, harmonies, and getting to know the band.
We’ll have a break for dinner, then the lights go down, the band warms up, and we hit the record button… This is the first time NCYC has ever produced a live concert album, and it’s your chance to be on it!
We’d love to see as many of you as possible. If you’re travelling down to Melbourne, give Merryn in the Youth Ministry office a call on (03) 9340 8815 if we need to find you a place to stay overnight.
where: Glen Waverley Uniting Church, cnr Bogong Ave and Kingsway, Glen Waverley (Mel Ref 71 C3)
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