Rachel Murray writes...
As we enter the last of the teaching weeks for Semester One and with just two weeks after that until the official end of the semester, there may well be a sense of a lot going on. There is! Between the assessments, lectures, practical placements, work, church commitments, friends and family, sure! life is fairly full. Not to mention all the other bits and pieces you may be involved with. Every one of us likely has a load that is equally full but different in its makeup.
Where and how we choose to put our energies will come from varying sources – out of obligation or duty, out of perceived or real expectation, out of our strengths and interests, from a sense of call, or possibly due to a push from others and into the complete unknown.
I'm convinced that whatever the reason for getting involved in something, and if we allow it to, that situation will stretch us into using all of our abilities and even those we may not possess. I don't believe that we should only be part of something only because that's what we are good at. In fact whatever we're involved with should stretch us with our weaknesses and develop new skill sets – big and small. In fact isn't that what training is all about? Learning things we don't know about, developing in areas that we're unsure about, strengthening those abilities we already possess, scary as that may be at times.
Whatever your reason for studying through Carey over this past semester and wherever you are based, may you have been strengthened, stretched, challenged and leant new things. Remember that God is using where you are right now to train you for where he's going to take you. May this week be one of encouragement and perhaps even something new.
TUESDAY 8th
Community Worship 11:15am-12noon
Facilitated by Howard Cross and Dale Campbell
The Power of the Gospel (3)
After Dinner Mints @ lunch
Gary Grut: Gary is part-time associate pastor at Titirangi Baptist Church in West Auckland and part-time as the Baptist Youth Ministries (BYM) Manager for New Zealand.
WEDNESDAY 9th
Carey Prayer in the Chapel
12:40-1:00pm
Praying for the college, community, country and people. All welcome!
UPCOMING EVENTS
a) ‘Exploring Baptist Ecclesiology’
- What does it mean to be Baptist?
- Are there Baptist distinctives?
- What is a Baptist Church?
- What is the Baptist Gospel?
- What is Baptist Mission?
See website under upcoming events for more details on sessions.
Friday 18 June 2010
9:00am-4:00pm
Carey Baptist College, Auckland
Costs $20 (incl. lunch)
Please register your attendance to rachel.murray@carey.ac.nz or ph (09) 526 6598 by Monday 14 June.
Jointly hosted by Carey Baptist College, NZ Baptist Research & Historical Society and The R.J. Thompson Centre for Theological Research.
b) An evening of Politics and Money with Dr. Ron Sider (Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry & Public Policy; Palmer Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA.
Thursday 22 July 2010; 7:30 - 9:30pm
Coffee and Dessert
Cost: $15
Carey Baptist College
RSVP to rachel.murray@carey.ac.nz or ph 09 526 6598 by Monday 19 July
DUTIES
For those with assigned duties, this is Week 12 (an even week!). If you are unable to carry out your duty for any reason please ensure you find a replacement to cover you. Thanks.
LIBRARY HOURS
- The library will be open until 8:00pm on Tuesday 8 June.
- Opening hours will be as usual for the final two non-teaching weeks of the semester (Monday 14-Saturday 26 June).
- During the mid year break (Monday 28th June-Friday 16th July), library hours will be Monday-Friday 9am-5pm…no Saturday openings.
COURSE EVALUATIONS
Course Evaluation forms need to be completed by the end of the semester (25 June) and returned to Neroli Hollis. For both distance and onsite students these forms should be in your course books. Distance students please post these back to Carey (PO Box 12149, Auckland 1642).
2010 YOUNGMAN ESSAY COMPETITION FOR EMERGING LEADERS
Essay Competition (With $1500, $500 and $250 prizes) open to all students – see noticeboard for further details or go to www.laidlaw.ac.nz for further details.
SEMESTER TWO ENROLMENT
The Government has set a cap on the number of students that each tertiary institution can have. Carey is already pretty much full after Semester One in relation to numbers in government-accredited programmes. So Carey cannot take new students for Semester Two who want to enrol in our New Zealand Qualifications Authority-validated programmes. New students can, however, still enrol in our internal Certificate of Christian Studies, but this will mean that no access student loans and/or allowances.
We are accepting new full-time students for 2011. If you have queries about this please contact our Academic Registrar on 0800 773 776 or registrar@carey.ac.nz
If you are aware of people thinking about enrolling for the first time at Carey in Semester Two please pass this information on to them or get them to be in touch with us directly.
Returning students
If you are not already enrolled in courses for Semester Two it’s time to start thinking about this now. You don’t need to wait and in fact it would be helpful if you got onto this sooner rather than later. If you are unsure as to whether you have enrolled already simply check with Neroli (registrar@carey.ac.nz or ph 0800 773 776).
Deadline for enrolment without penalty is Wednesday 23 June.
‘WORSHIP THEN AND NOW’
As you think about enrolling, have you considered this course on ‘Worship Then and Now’ held onsite on Tuesday afternoons in Semester Two? The course will include:
Foundational biblical/theological principles of worship
Traditions of worship: through the centuries, around the globe, across the generations
Components of worship
Resources for worship
NZ churches at worship
The place of music in worship
The ‘leader’ of worship
Development of an order of service for worship