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- WSCF Asia-Pacific Human Rights Workshop
- Frequently Asked Questions/Frequently Wondered Questions (but Rarely Asked)
- Church Ahead of the Church?
- Position Vacant: Development Worker, Canberra
- ASCM Victoria - Who is my neighbour?
- Federation News - November 2007
- Praxis - Number 3, 2007
- Jubilee Grapevine - seeking editorial team
- Survey 2007-08
- January Executive Committee Meeting
- Post-National Conference 2007
- EASYNET Asia Pacific Students and Youth Week 2007 Worship Material
- WSCF 34th General Assembly 2008: Applications due Saturday 24 November 2007
- WSCF AP Solidarity Statement to the Burmese People
- New Publications
- Calling all Senior Friends of the World Student Christian Movement Federation
- Robin Boyd's The Witness to Australian Student Christian Movement
- Post-National Conference 2006
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WSCF Asia-Pacific
Human Rights Workshop WSCF Asia Pacific will be holding a Human Rights workshop in June in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. The focus will be on migration and human trafficking. ASCM can send one delegate to the conference. I've copied the aims of the workshop and the selection criteria below. You may notice that we've been asked to nominate a male student this year (as we sent a female student last year), but all applications are welcome. The concept paper and application form are also attached. It's a great opportunity to learn about and get more involved in this issues on an Asia-wide level, so do think about applying. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like further information.
Please contact Eloise Wright to apply by emailing
wscflo.at.ascm.org.au. |
 | Frequently Asked Questions/Frequently Wondered Questions (but Rarely Asked) Thanks to Clare Menck, ASCM has published a list of Frequently Asked Questions/Frequently Wondered Questions (but Rarely Asked).
These questions include:
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Church Ahead of the Church? The Witness of the Student Christian Movement:
Seminar with the participation of Robin Boyd
(author of the book of this title) SCMers of various decades will comment on their experience and
their views of the issues raised by Robin Boyd 2.00 - 5.00pm Saturday 26th April 2008, Afternoon tea - $5.00 donation Please contact
Helen Hill to RSVP by emailing
helen.hill.at.vu.edu.au. |
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Position Vacant: Development Worker,
Canberra The Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM) seeks a motivated, energetic person as Development Worker for its branch at the Australian National University in 2008/9. The ASCM is an open, active and critical ecumenical organisation. The position involves working with ANU students to further develop the branch through a regular program of discussions and events concerning contemporary theological and social justice issues. The position will be for approximately 8 hrs/week during the university term. For further information on this position, please contact: Anastasia Dalziell Ph: 02 6125 5651 (w), 02 6161 2573 (h) Email:
anastasia.dalziell.at.anu.edu.au
by Friday 25th April, 2008.
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ASCM Victoria - Who is my neighbour? Crossing boundaries of campus and country Calling all students: ASCM invites you to a buffet meal and discussion night in the city. Make new friends with Australian and International students - including students from East Timor, who will talk about the issues facing their country.
When: Friday 7 March at 6:30pm (for 7:00pm) Entry is free and open to all students. If possible, please let us know you're coming: contact Claudine on 0418 592 269 or email ASCM Victoria.
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Federation News - November 2007 Federation News is published twice a year by the WSCF Inter-Regional Office in Geneva, and is available here for your viewing. Previous issues are available from here!
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Praxis - Number 3, 2007 The third issue of Praxis for 2007, the newsletter of WSCF Asia Pacific region is here! Also, links to some previous issues for your convenience are available here.
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Jubilee Grapevine -
seeking editorial team We are seeking a person
or a team to take on the editing of our national magazine 'Jubilee
Grapevine' (JG). For those of you who are not familiar with it, JG is a
magazine of articles and other reflections by students and friends of
the ASCM. It has been in an A4 black & white format, 32 or 36 pages per
issue. Back-copies are available at this
website or we can mail you one. |
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Survey 2007-08 We want to hear from you even if you don't attend ASCM events or haven't for a while, if you think ASCM is NOT worthwhile, or if you have gripes with certain things. Please be honest and don't worry about offending anyone - we need to know. If you would like to reply anonymously, you are welcome to do so by using another email address (invent one for a day on hotmail/ gmail if you need to).
This survey has closed. Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback for the survey, it is greatly appreciated. |
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January Executive Committee Meeting The dates and venue has been set for the January General Committee Meeting: Where? Canberra, ACT For more details, contact the National Coordinator. |
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Post-National Conference 2007
Thank you to all who made the National Conference and July General Committee meeting a success. Photos from the National Conference 2007 and the previous conference are now available on our flickr group.
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EASYNET Asia Pacific Students and Youth Week 2007 Worship Material The link below will enable you to Asia Pacific Student and Youth Week 2007 resource material. This was produced by EASYNET for all the member networks to use in your celebration. The Theme for this year's worship material is "Youth mapping up their lives in the fast changing world". (EASYNET stands for the Ecumenical Asia Pacific Students and Youth Network of which the WSCF is a member).
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WSCF 34th General Assembly 2008: Applications due Saturday 24 November
2007 Applications for the 34th General Assembly are now closed. Tim Ngui, ASCM's WSCF Liaison Officer hasn't received any application forms yet despite a couple of people expressing interest. As the GA is an important event the application form is quite lengthy so his recommendation is to not leave it too late. They are available from here:
If you have any questions, please contact Tim. |
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WSCF AP
Solidarity Statement to the Burmese People
Click here for the WSCF Solidarity Statement to the protest movement in Burma, includes photos and reports from ASCM groups. If you have any stories or photos of your branch's involvement in local solidarity actions please forward them to Tim Ngui (ASCM's WSCF Liaison Officer). The photo to the left has been received from Clare Schulz, SCM WA Staff Worker. The WA SCM group have been praying for the people of Burma at their weekly prayer space. |
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New Publications Jubilee Grapevine
Previous issues are available here.
Praxis The second issue of Praxis for 2007, the newsletter of WSCF Asia Pacific region is here! Also, links to some previous issues for your convenience …
Earlier issues of Praxis can be found on the WSCF Asia Pacific website. Additional publications are available from the World Student Christian Foundation website. |
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Calling all Senior Friends of the World Student Christian Federation
The WSCF is inviting
its Senior Friends to a Senior Friends Gathering to be held in Montreal,
Canada from 4 to 8 August 2008. This Gathering will be held alongside
the WSCF General Assembly and coincides with the 40th anniversary of the
historic WSCF World Student Conference which met in Turku in 1968. |
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Robin Boyd's The Witness to Australian Student Christian Movement What happened to the
Student Christian Movement in the 1960s and 1970s? Click here for information about Robin Boyd's The Witness to Australian Student Christian Movement.
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Here are some links to articles and sites about “Virtual Church” and “Emerging Church” that have come out of the national conference. Talks: Virtual Church: Emerging patterns of church (Talk given by Rev.
Alistair MacRae, Executive Director, Centre for Theology and Ministry) As you can see above, we now have a flickr group where we can share our photos (starting with those of the recent women's and national conference ;-). You can send them to me or, put them into the group photo pool from your own flickr account (preferred). Information on how to do this is available here. A complete list of photosets is available here. |
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