National Youth Ministry Convention 2011

NYMC is back for 2011. It’s a youth ministry conference held every two years in Australia. Here are my blog posts from the 2007 event (I couldn’t make it in 2009). It has speakers and participants from a spectrum of different youth ministries and theological camps. I think it’s a valuable conference and would encourage you to come along and join in the conversation! Register by June 30 for the early bird spesh.

I’ll be running an elective and a professional development seminar. Details below…
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A Fresh Look at Mission

The conference audio is now available from the “A Fresh Look at Mission” conference. It was held last Friday in the Sydney CBD. A really useful day and with some great content. I look forward to continuing to engage in thinking through how to reach Sydney and the World with the good news of Jesus.

I was particularly encouraged by John Dickson’s vision in the final talk.

Find out more about the conference // Download the sermon audio

It’s not cool to ride a bodyboard

Unless you’re a professional, it’s not cool to ride a bodyboard when you’re 30! So next summer, I plan on finding a cheap surfboard and shredding some salt. In the meantime, I enjoy learning from the daily photo gallery emailed out by the Saltmotion Gallery Manly.

Joel and his team take regular shots of Northern Beaches waves as well as pics from surfing trips around the globe. Check out their website.

I’ve been given permission to use their pics on blog posts. So keep an eye out for more pics in the future! Peace.