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NOW LISTING FOR 2010-2011!
FEBRUARY-AUGUST - YWAM MEDICAL SHIP, MV PACIFIC LINK, TOUR OF EAST COAST CITIES
 The MV Pacific Link medical ship is touring the east coast of Australia dropping anchor in 16 ports, from Newcastle to Townsville, before, in August, heading to Papua New Guinea where. The tour is aimed at informing people about YWAM’s work and raising awareness about the need for aid in Papua New Guinea.
People, including school groups, will have an opportunity to visit the ship and meet the crew as well as become directly involved in helping the people of Papua New Guinea through donating items such as spectacles. For more information, see www.ywam.org.au.
2nd APRIL - GOOD FRIDAY
4th APRIL - EASTER SUNDAY
25th APRIL - INTERNET EVANGELISM DAY
 It's both an annual focus day for churches, and a year-round resource guide for all aspects of digital evangelism. Many ideas and strategies for many types of digital evangelism, including mobile phones, social networking, video clips, blogging, church websites and more. http://InternetEvangelismDay.com
21st-22nd MAY - UNOH CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY WORK SEMINAR
Come and hear Anji Barker and Darryl Gardiner on “Christian Community Work”. They will be sharing from years of practical experience working with some of the most marginalised members of the community. Darryl has a wealth of experience working with at risk youth, and Anji’s eight years in the slums of Bangkok, will inspire and stretch us. Cost: $100 or $70 for those on health care cards. To be held at UNOH, factory 2 / 6-12 Airlie Avenue, Dandenong, Victoria. For bookings contact jim@unoh.org. For more details see www.unoh.org, then go to UNOH training, and seminars.
11th-14th JUNE - CHRISTIANS FOR BIBLICAL EQUITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Better Together: Christian Perspectives on gender, ethnicity, justice and servant leadership”. The Christians for Biblical Equality International Conference is being hosted for the first time in Melbourne. To be held at the Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street Melbourne, Victoria, keynote speakers will include: the Rev Dr Graham Cole, professor of Biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago; Dr. Cheryl Catford, national director, Australian Evangelical Alliance; Dr Funmi Para-Mallam, senior research fellow at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria; and the Rev Dr Kevin Giles, a pastor-theologian who has written widely on women in leadership. To find out more, or to register for this conference, jump on the CBE website - www.cbe.org.au - and go to “events”.
16th-17th JULY - "SHALOM AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD" SEMINAR
Ronald Sider, author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, and Arbutus Sider will share about the peace or shalom of God and how that affects God-followers. The necessity to seek justice and fight poverty will be highlighted. The need for both social action and evangelism will be emphasised. Cost: $100 or $70 for those on health care cards. To be held at UNOH, factory 2 / 6-12 Airlie Avenue, Dandenong, Victoria. For bookings email Jim - jim@unoh.org. More details see www.unoh.org, then go to UNOH training, and seminars.
25th DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS |
THE COMMUNITY OF THE FORGIVEN
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