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TCMA Conference

Ricky, Mike, Jemma and I attended the TCMA (Australian Tertiary Campus Ministry Association conference in Melbourne last week. It was very worthwhile and interesting to see how another organisation with similar aims to ours operates. We are hoping that some of the Australian Chaplains will come over and join us in Invercargill. Greg

Visits up north

I enjoyed meeting up with Ricky and Uesifili in Auckland last Monday for lunch and also with Richard Rangihuna in Gisborne on Thursday. It is amazing the amount of quality ministry that is being offered by tertiary chaplains all over NZ. May God continue to bless and guide as as we approach our annual conference in November. Welcome back to Lisa who has had a good long holiday in Canada.

Kind Regards

Greg

Our website is now on line at www.anztca.net.nz

AOTEAROA - NZ TERTIARY CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION

Dear friends and colleagues

Our ANZTCA website is now on line at www.anztca.net.nz

Thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions and comments during the development of this site. Harris (our web designer) and I have tried to incorporate all your concerns and suggestions, especially in relation to e mail addresses in our directory.

Our website will in future be especially helpful, I believe in enabling us all to have easy access to our Ethical Standards document, our conference registration information, our directory information, our constitution and to a range of resources (still to be added) . If you have resources you would like added to our site, please send them to me.


On behalf of us all I would sincerely like to thank Harris for the many many hours he has spent on developing this website for us.

May God bless our website and may it help us all build a sense of being more connected and unified in our ministries to the tertiary communities of Aotearoa-NZ.

Peace be with you,

Greg Hughson
Chairperson
ANZTCA

ANZTCA website

Dear friends,

Progress is being made slowly but surely on the creation of our ANZTCA website.
Thanks to those who have made comments on the design and layout thus far. We
hope to launch the site before the end of May. There will be a link from our website
to this blog.

May I encourage everyone to make plans to attend our annual conference in Invercargill.
Lisa and her team have done a huge amount of work already preparing for this. Please
come !

God Bless

Greg Hughson

Conference in Invercargill! 22-25 Nov '07

Register soon for the ANZTCA conference in Invercargill!
that will give you time to plan, book tickets to get there and it'll give the team an idea of who's coming and from where. This conference is the 2nd combined conference with the Interchurch Tertiary Chaplaincy Council.

Topics include Eco-spirituality, Supervision Matters, Self Care Issues, Spirituality in Contemporary Music, Multi Faith Chaplaincy, Open Space and an International Retreat Guide.

Sounds like a conference worth attending, but the most enriching element will be participation from as many of our chaplains as possible! I love the networking, catching up, and the bigger picture I get from meeting together with others who are doing what I'm attempting to do.

Contact the team at Southern Institute of Technology to get info and register. Get early bird discount!

Come a day early for a guided pre-conference retreat. Stay a bit longer to enjoy Springtime in the beautiful South!

Accommodation options:
The Townsman
Birchwood Manor
Invercargill Info Centre
Tuatara Backpackers' Lodge

Feeding ourselves Spiritually

Check out the possibilites to feed yourself this year!
Spiritual Growth Ministries have retreats & events worth attending.
When did you last spend a Day Alone With God? Click the link to get some ideas.

Where have you been on a personal retreat that others might be able to use as a get away?

Click on COMMENTS below and share your ideas.