March 2126, 2006

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March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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• Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
• Wed 22nd Celebrating God through the Bible and
  Prayer
  
  R Reconnecting people in our
  fractured and diverse culture with Biblical truth
• Thur 23rd Celebrating our Mission
• Revisiting what it means to reach
  children/young people in their world
• Fri 24th Celebrating our relationship with
  churches
• Responding to the shape of todays church in
  its mission
• Sat 25th Celebrating voluntary involvement
• Partnering together to serve freely from the
  heart

March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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• Calibrate - Biblical reflection
• Colin Sinclair - International Chair and
• renowned Bible teacher from Scotland
• Relate - Keynote addresses
• Deborah Storie, Geoff Westlake, Cheryl Catford,
  Peter Heyworth
• Percolate - clarifying our ethos
• Janet Morgan, Wendy Strachan, Clayton Fergie
• Activate - defining how we do our ministry
• A process directed by our Directors!
• Celebrate - a time to tell stories and to be
  inspired
• Darryl Gardiner of YFC, New Zealand
• And of course .Recreate
• Check out the
  great Sunshine Coast

Each Day
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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• First Small calibration groups pause in
  guided meditative prayer.
• Second The conference gathers together for
  biblical reflection on the days theme. Each
  days Biblical Reflection to be led by Colin
  Sinclair
• Third corporate worship leads us into renewal
  of commitment and purpose.

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Centre Queensland
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• A plenary address by a recognized expert in the
  field relating the theme to SUs mission context.
  
• Wed Celebrating our God and shaping
• our mission through Word Prayer
• Deborah Storie
• Thur Celebrating and shaping our Mission
• Geoff Westlake
• Fri Celebrating and shaping our work with
  Churches
• Cheryl Catford
• Sat Celebrating and shaping our voluntary
• ethos
• Peter Heyworth

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Centre Queensland
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Two exercises to encourage us to apply our
biblical reflections to our traditional ethos as
a Movement in a way which links basic beliefs
with mission practices.
First an experienced worker will revisits our
ethos why we do things the way we do.
Second small percolation groups will detect
the implications of this analysis for our present
practice. To be led by three members of the
Intl Staff Team Janet Morgan, Wendy Strachan
and Clayton Fergie
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Centre Queensland
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Ministry conversations arising out of initiatives
being developed and ideas for ministry and SU in
general. Some will be pre-planned (Wed) and
other topics identified as conference proceeds
(Fri). These may be repeated to enable greater
participation.
On the Thursday and Saturday, State movements
and other groups (SUA, RFM, ChildSafe) will use
this time to capture what is being heard and
begin processes to evaluate what is happening on
the ground, with a view to achieving best
practice in line with our ethos. The focus may be
on policy and training guided by some tough
questions about the way we actually do things on
the ground.
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Centre Queensland
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Time each day for personal relaxation and fun
together, which are also valued features of the
contexts in which we work with young people.
We will come together most evenings to celebrate
the good things that are happening in our
Movement with respect to the days theme,
assisted by a visionary speaker. Includes video
and narrative of historical and present-day
expressions of our life as SU. Darryl Gardiner
This is where we will put it all together and
commit to our future as SU in Australia
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Colin Sinclair Chairman of SU International,
Colin was converted through SU, served on the
staff in Zambia in the 70s and then as Director
of SU Scotland. He is currently pastor of
Palmerston Place Presbyterian Church in
Edinburgh, the convener of the Board of National
Mission's Mission and Evangelism Committee, and
the vice chair of Spring Harvest Council of
Management. Colin was a member of the working
group that produced our current Aims, Beliefs and
Working Principles and loves the SU family. He
and his wife Ruth have 4 children. Colin will
open the Word of God each morning in the
Calibration session.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Darryl Gardiner An Anglican Priest, Darryl has
over 20 years with YFC. He ran a boys home for
'at risk' teens for 16 years, and was National
Director of Te Hou Ora which worked as the
division of YFC that focused on At Risk youth. 
He ran 4 missions to Eastern Europe in 80's when
still under communist control. Darryl now
serves as National Director of Youth for Christ
New Zealand and on the Asia/Pacific Leadership
Team with particular responsibility for the
Pacific. A regular speaker with Forge as well
as in Europe, USA, Oz, Fiji, Britain, Brazil,
Singapore, etc., he is married to Sue with 2
children.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Janet Morgan Janet has been active with Scripture
Union since 1983 working with SU staff in England
and Wales to organise the Luis Palau Mission to
London childrens ministry. Prior to this, she
was a secondary school teacher and was involved
in church based children and youth ministry in
the US and UK. Janet was first appointed to SU
staff in 1985 as England and Waless London Urban
Mission Project Officer. She then served SU as
Holiday Missions Coordinator 1987-91 and Head of
Missions 1991-96. She was also part of the
Interim Leadership Team 1995-96 before moving to
Australia to take up the State Director position
in Victoria in December 1996. Janet was also
part of the SU Australia National Leadership for
two years. Janet is now the Chief Executive
Officer of Scripture Union International and is
based in Melbourne.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Lloyd Carter From farming in western Victoria
and SE South Australia, Lloyd has pastored
Churches of Christ and Baptist churches in Qld
and NSW for 20 years. From 1997 2004 he served
as Deputy Director in SU Qld, first with Jim
Rawson and then Duncan Brown. In November 2004
he was appointed National Director. He also is
the Pacific Regional Secretary and the Chair of
the Evangelical Missionary Society in Mayurbhanj
(India). Lloyd is married to Jenny and they have
three adult children.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Deborah Storie From Melbourne, Deborah has
served as a cross-cultural community development
worker with TEAR in Afghanistan. She continues to
support TEAR in a variety of capacities, provides
development training and evaluation services,
studies and teaches theology and aid and
development, and works as a veterinarian. She is
passionate about learning to read Scripture in
ways which inspire us to participate with God in
transforming the world God loves.   Deborah
believes that reading the Bible this way is a
cross-cultural process.  It requires Christians
to question western cultural norms in challenging
disturbing ways.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Geoff Westlake Serves with OAC Ministries in WA
as an Outreach Specialist in Christian Education
and Community Development. He is in often engaged
in evangelism at schools, camps and public
meetings. He is an accredited Baptist minister
having served as such for 8 years, but has since
co-founded 3 "alternative church" experiments,
and a network called "Reframe" to help other
pioneers, also resulting in Forge WA.  Meanwhile
Geoff Sally produced 4 kids, and moved to
Banksia Grove where they began a Community
Development Movement, auspiced by SUWA, called
"Cheers."
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Cheryl Catford Principal of Tabor College
Victoria with 500 students and 20 staff. Serves
on the national board of TEAR and the board of
reference for a Christian womens magazine.
Cheryls passion is training and encouraging
all Christians to reach their highest potential
in all areas of life and ministry, with a special
heart for the ministry of women.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Our Speakers
Peter Heyworth Peter is Coordinator of Volunteer
Services with The Royal Society for the Blind SA,
a workforce of some 900 volunteers providing a
range of services to about 9500 blind and vision
impaired people in SA. The inaugural past
president of the Australasian Association of
Volunteer Administrators (AAVA), Peter also
chairs a working party with the Volunteer
Ministerial Advisory Group providing advice to
the SA Government. He is a member of several
Course Advisory Panels looking at the development
of formal qualifications in volunteering and
volunteer program management on a State and
National level. He was a Baptist pastor for 10
years, and before that a High School Science
teacher and geologist in New South Wales. Peter
is married with 2 married children and 7
grandchildren.
Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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• Alexandra Parklands Conference Centre
• Accommodation choices
• On site dormitory style, family ensuites, cabins
• Off site local 3 - 5 star facilities (we will
  provide details)
• Conference fees
• Full Conference Staff
  Volunteer
• Register before 21 Dec 05 300
  250
• Register from 22 Dec 05 335
  280
• Part time - per day 60
  50
• Off site (delegates arrange own accommodation)
• Register before 21 Dec 05 170
  150
• Register from 22 Dec 05 190
  170
• Staff travel will be equalised.
• Subsidies will be available for volunteer travel.

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March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland
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Celebrating Our Past Shaping Our Future
March 21-26, 2006 Alexandra Park Conference
Centre Queensland