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Rachel Murray writes…

On two parallel sides of my little garden are bunches of flowers either in bloom or heading that way. Those that are out certainly brighten the area up with orange, blue, purple, red, white and pink smatterings all over the place. But for those yet to bloom, it's a waiting game. There are buds everywhere that I desperately want to 'help' by pulling off the outer layers and teasing apart the petals, simply so that I can see what colours they are! Purely selfish reasons.

But of course if I did that I'd immediately destroy the process that the bud needs to go through in order to be perfectly formed  for it to fully bloom.

So many of you are currently working through what the next months and years may look like. For those finishing full time study the decisions about work and location are biggies. For others the toss up between part and full time study can be challenging to work through. Relationships, church issues, family, the list goes on...there are a number of areas where you may be needing a decision in order to take things forward. And in some instances, that decision may be out of your hands which could mean a lot of waiting.

Waiting is not a bad thing. But in the world we currently live in, where everything is instantaneous and 'now', where impatience dominates patience and taking time seems to mean inefficiency, it's easy to overlook and forget about the importance of waiting. 

Like the buds in my garden, things of value take time to be formed. Not just a means to an end, the process is as important as the outcome if not more so, as that is when the growing and the forming is actually taking place.

Waiting doesn't necessarily mean doing nothing else. There will always be other things to carry on with – related or not.

So my challenge is ‘hands off’ and to leave the buds alone, to let nature and God do what they need to do to ensure the final product is as perfect as possible.

Thank you for being a part of Carey throughout 2008. There has been a lot happening in so many ways and our prayer for you is that God will guide you to where He needs you to be in His time.

TUESDAY 28th

Community Worship

11:15am-12pm

Final Communion

Facilitated by

Final Year Pastoral Leadership students

After Dinner Mints

Andrew Becroft

Andrew is the Principal Youth Court Judge, for NZ. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Mangere Community Law Centre and has worked as a solicitor in Auckland, Wanganui and is currently based in Wellington. He is also president of Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship.

WEDNESDAY 29th

Carey Prayer in the Chapel

12:40-1:00pm

Praying for the college, community, country and people.

MISSION OF THE WEEK

Mission of the week for the Centre For Intercultural Studies this week will be Child Evangelism Fellowship with displays and information. Make sure you take a look some time this week.

@ THE LIBRARY

The Library is the place to be and be seen, make sure you're there!! Get those assignments finished!!

Late nights until 9pm have started!!

Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th October.

CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN 2009?

 If so – we would like to buy you lunch and chat!

Thursday 30th October, 12.30pm

For all those interested in studying with Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School next year (MTh’s and PhD’s),  Martin Sutherland, Phil Church and Myk Habets will be on hand, with a few current postgraduate students to answer your questions. Please RSVP your interest to Myk Habets ASAP myk.habets@carey.ac.nz

EXPERIENCING THAILAND

Tim Bulkeley (and Barbara & Sarah) were so impressed by their contact with Karen refugees in March that they plan to return and take other people with them.

If YOU are interested in sharing a visit to a Karen village church on the border in Thailand, they're planning to spend ten days in a village doing something useful (possibly an English language intensive in a school or Bible school), though a big part of the reason for going is simply to meet people. At the end there would be a few days for either a trek or shopping (in BKK or Chiang Mai). That plan would take up the school holiday in July 2009 (which is also a Carey and University holiday period). Contact Tim if you're interested (tim@carey.ac.nz or 09 526 0344)

LOCKER KEYS AND ACCESS CARDS

Please could all students (whether returning or finishing) return keys for the lockers in the library, to reception before you start disappearing from the summer. Likewise if you have been issued with a temporary access card. Many thanks.

END OF YEAR!!!

Enjoy the summer break whether holiday, work or placement. If you’re completing your qualification, congratulations! If you're returning we look forward to having you back with us in March 2009.

COURSE EVALUATIONS

We are required to get feedback on each course offered at Carey. Please could all students (distance and onsite) complete and return the evaluation forms for each paper? These forms are found in the front of your course books. For onsite students there is a box at reception. Distance students, please post this back to The Registrar, Carey Baptist College,

CROSS-CULTURAL FIELD EDUCATION

Going on a mission trip this summer? Did you know that you could enrol in MF602 Cross-Cultural Field Education, enhance the learning from your trip and gain 15 credits towards your qualification? See George Wieland (george@carey.ac.nz; 09 526 6593) for more details.

GEORGE’S BOOK ON LOGOS

Logos (Bible software and digital resources) have chosen to include George Wieland’s book, The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles, in a new digital publication (CD or download), a collection of seven New Testament studies titles from the Paternoster Biblical Monographs series.

RRP is $US350 but there’s a pre-publication orders offer of all seven volumes for $US99. Details at http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/4546

‘the sENDing’

Thursday 30 October; 7pm @Carey

A time to farewell and commission the final year Pastoral Leadership students who have completed the requirements of the Diploma in Pastoral Leadership and will be moving on to different roles in 2008. Plan to come and celebrate with these students and their friends and families.