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We hope you enjoy enCompass for July 2011.
Compass summer conferences, 2012
We're thrilled to open registrations and nominations for our 2012 summer conferences. New ZealandThe New Zealand conference will be held from 7 - 14 January, at Lifeway campus, Snells Beach (about an hour north of Auckland). Click here for more information AustraliaThe Australian conference will be held from 15 - 22 January, at the St Lucia campus, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Click here for more information
Situation Vacant: NZ Operations CoordinatorWe are looking for someone to join our New Zealand team, based in Auckland, as a part-time Operations Coordinator. If you love what we do at Compass, excel at details, can work well under pressure and are willing to laugh at Andrew's jokes, email lottie@compass.org.nz for a job description. Back to top^
Why should we read the Old Testament, and how?
We were thrilled to host Professor Iain Provan of Regent College in Auckland on Monday, talking on Why should we read the Old Testament, and how? The mp3 is now available. If you missed the seminar, you can listen online or download it here. An archive of Compass talks and seminars is also available on our website at www.compass.org.nz/resources/audio Iain Provan is speaking in Dunedin, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland in the coming weeks. We strongly encourage you to go if you can. See Iain's full Australasian schedule. Back to top^
Compass Calendar FeedbackWe're almost halfway through the 2011 Compass Calendar, and if you've been using it, we would love to get your feedback so that we can improve the coming months, and also plan to make it better for next year.
Alumni interview with Briana GodingBriana lives in Melbourne and attended the Compass Summer Conference in Brisbane as a delegate in 2008 and as an alumni helper in 2011. She finished a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)/Bachelor of Arts (Hons) majoring in French at Monash University in early 2010 and has recently returned to university, studying for a Masters in International Law. What impacted you the most at Compass? I’ve been impacted by different things at each of the Compass Conferences I attended. In 2008 I think I was particularly struck by finding a group of like-minded people – Christians who loved to ask questions and who saw this and the seeking of answers as something which could deepen and enrich their relationship with God, and also with the world around them. The other thing that impacted me was the notion of Story, and reading my Bible in a more thoughtful, contextual and ‘big picture’ way. Returning to Compass at the beginning of 2011 it was great to get a ‘refresher’ on Bible reading and the notion of Story, but this time I was particularly struck by the idea of living well. Although I’d heard it before, Roshan’s Clapham Sect talk, and the idea of a group of people seeking firstly to live well and live redemptively and then consequently having an impact on the world around them, resonated with me more this time than previously. Outside of what was substantively discussed at Conferences, Compass, and the people I’ve met through it, has opened my eyes to the creativity with which people are living their lives as Christians, particularly in their professions. It is perhaps this that has more recently led me to change my career direction from that of a traditional lawyer and return to study to pursue my interest in International Law (particularly Human Rights Law) through my Masters and also enter the Australian Defence Force as a Legal Officer. This weekend, a group of Melbourne (and other) alumni are getting together for “Focused Communal Engagement”. What is Focused Communal Engagement? Focused Communal Engagement (FCE) is a work in progress, and if you ask me after our first FCE weekend then my response about what it actually is will probably be different! Through attending the Compass Conference, Compass alumni have a unique, shared experience. We want to build upon that not only in a theoretical way – for example through teaching – but also through the relationships and community that we, as alumni, build and maintain. At the moment we are doing this through a weekend away which will consist of some teaching, but also an opportunity for us to spend time together for more than just coffee. This first weekend is about us collectively imagining how FCE is going to move forward and what it’s going to look like as part of the Victorian alumni community. Regardless of the future shape of FCE, the Clapham Sect idea of living well in community and of the mutual formation (to borrow from Andrew Dwight) of a community of like-minded, and more importantly, like-hearted people who exist on behalf of each other, and indeed all others is what we hope this weekend and future FCE ‘events’ will foster. Back to top^
Compass Calendar: July and August
July's calendar is about the Exile, covering some of what are probably the least familiar parts of Scripture. If the Exodus began the journey of Israel, the Exile appeared to bring it to a crushing end. This was truly what human sin led to – the emptying of homes, palaces, cities and fields. Israel was left with an extraordinarily large question, how would God fulfill his promises, save his people, and redeem his world now? In July, we are exploring the discipline of Lament. At first this may seem a strange thing, but lament is not about feeling sad. Rather, it is an appropriate response to a world that is broken, dying and in need of resurrection.
The Exile and its aftermath raised staggering questions for the people of God. Even after a small remnant of the people were able to return to Jerusalem under the rule of Cyrus, King of Persia, these questions remained. Israel began to retell their stories, and as they asked the question, what was God doing, they began to notice glimmers of hope. The August calendar looks at this often overlooked period of Israel's history, as well as the spiritual discipline of patience.
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