HUMILITAS Lecture by John Dickson - March 29th

Just letting you know about an event being held at Bankstown on March 29th:

UWS School of Social Sciences and Psychology

Social Work, Community Welfare and Therapy Studies Group

Presents

“HUMILITAS - Holding power for the good of others”

A public lecture on the origins and meanings of humility, by

Dr John Dickson

Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Ancient History, Macquarie University

Director, Centre for Public Christianity

Thurs March 29th, 4pm to 6pm

UWS Bankstown

Bullecourt Ave, Milperra

Room 01.1.106 (LT01)

For UWS staff, students, human services practitioners and general public
Enquiries: Dr Neil Hall n.hall@uws.edu.au or 9772 6591
R.S.V.P.: ssap-field@uws.edu.au

“Dr John Dickson specialises in the big ideas that have shaped our world and inspired men and women to live beyond themselves. His journey has been an eclectic one: from fulltime musician to professional speaker, author, biblical historian, TV presenter and director of a multi-media think tank. He began his career as singer/songwriter for Aussie rock band In The Silence, touring and recording for seven years before temporarily giving music away to focus on academic studies and a wide-ranging career as a speaker and author. With an honours degree in theology and a PhD in ancient history John is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University. He is committed to delivering creative, engaging content grounded in careful thought.” (johndickson.org/bio)

Meeting Locations

Details of meeting locations in week 1

Main Meetings: 
          Tuesday 1-2 pm - Building 1, Room 1.081
          Thursday 1-2 pm - Building 1, Room 1.081
          In week 1 we will be looking at John 11 -  Who is Jesus?: Resurrection and Life

Bible Studies (including Chinese groups) meet in the chaplaincy, Building 10.
          Monday 1-2 pm
          Wednesday 1-2 pm

We will also have a stall in building 1 for most of the week. Please come and say hello - we look forward to seeing you!

Welcome to CBM at UWS Bankstown for 2012

Hi friends, for those who are just starting at UWS Bankstown: welcome to Uni!

We are glad you have found this blog about what is going on at CBM - Campus Bible Ministries. We are planning to be present at Academic Orientations on 20th and 21st February and then start our groups in week 1 (starting February 27th). If you are looking to meet other Christians on campus, you want to find out more about Jesus and Christianity, or you just want to meet some great people, we hope you come and say hello at the stall or come to one of our meetings. You will be very welcome!

Here are our contact details and times of our meetings:

Planning for Semester 1

Dear Friends,


I hope you have had a great break and are already looking forward to getting back to UWS Bankstown.

We are looking forward to a great year at CBM and want to let you know what we have planned so far and get your input and ideas to make sure we hit the ground running.

We are having a planning and prayer meeting at Padstow (Richard's place) on Wednesday 8th Feb from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. We would love you to join us to be a part of planning and praying for CBM for 2012. Please let us know if you can come along and we'll let you know the address. (We'll finish with lunch, so it will also help for catering if we can know you are coming.)
in Christ

Richard & Tim

Memorising Scripture

One of the great ways to allow God's word to dwell in us is to memorise parts of scripture. This video shows two guys from a student Christian group at Harvard University reciting 2nd Timothy (such an awesome book to memorise too!).



You may not be ready for such a big challenge, but why not start with key verses from John 1-8??

CBM Ball and NTE

As we draw near to the end of the year I wanted to let make sure everyone knows about two events:

The CBM Ball is on Saturday November 6th from 7pm at the UWS Parramatta Rec Hall. The Cost is $35 for CBM Member or $40 for non members (membership is $5!!) Theme is Masquerade. The best way to RSVP is on Facebook - just search for CBM Ball 2011!

National Training Event is run by AFES and is being held in Canberra from December 3rd to 7th. The theme for this year is "In Christ". The costs start at $265 (for camping accom), but let us know if you can't afford the full amount. The website is here:  http://nte.org.au/

Check out the video:

NTE2011 - In Christ from AFES on Vimeo.


Looking forward to seeing you at CBM.

Questions for God???

During week 4 we are hosting two meetings where you will have your chance to ask your "Questions for God" - and we will try to give some answers.

Tuesday 23rd August and Thursday 25th Augst  in Building 1, Room 1.81.

If you have questions you would like us to try and answer, please add them below (or write them on the question sheets at the CBM stall in Building 1).