Perspectives 2010 update

Perspectives - Standard and Advanced courses are now onto the third week and being enjoyed by all. We look forward to hearing from some of the students in the coming weeks.

check out the blog in the coming weeks.

Welcome to this Years Perspectives- only few more days to go

Only few more days before we start. It starts next Tuesday 2 March 10 at Mission Alliance City Campus, East Row in Canberra. Dinner is at 6PM for $5.00or arrive before 7PM for the course . Get there in time to complete enrolement. get your books and pay any outstanding fee's.
Look forward to joining you ont he journey that is Perspectives.

Be warned the course will change you, but be brave and find out where it all can lead you...

My second assignment was to Nepal. God had put Nepal on my heart towards the mid of 2008. I have some Nepali friends. So I prayed about it and what I would be doing if I went to Nepal. I came to realise that I have many skills that would be of use. I knew that God has given me a mission's heart. Pespectives gave me some more insight to understanding culture, world views and differing beliefs and values. Being able to share the knowledge of Jesus Christ with others and realising that that information is not mine to keep. Just as it was given freely to me..I am expected to give it freely to others. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world yet it has some of the most enriched cultures. I was blessed to be able to live with a few Nepali families from the middle class through to the poor. Nepalis are also an unreached people group. Will I go back to Nepal...I think very much so..There is much to do but in saying that God has me here to finalise what needs to be finalised before I am able to return.Here in Canberra I am part of Table Talk which meets mostly with Uni / CIT Students from ethnic countries studying in Canberra wanting to improve their English skills. It is a great way to meet a diverse group of young people and at the same time they learn english conversation, we are blessed by being enriched in their culture.If I had not untaken the course I may have missed the opportunity and experiences that God is putting in front of me on a daily basis...the challenges, the diversity, and more so working with God on His plan for His World.Love and hugsAnji

Let's hear from from Angi - a student from the 2009 Advanced Course

1st step. Before I undertook the Mission Perspectives Course I thought it was all about missions. I was so wrong...I very quickly came to realise it had nothing to do with missions the way I saw it but all to do with God's plan for the world and how we could become part of that plan. I learnt that our God loves me unconditionally and as much as He loves His own Son. Wow what an amazing realisation and one to this day that I am having difficulty grapplingNow having completed both the Standard and Advance Course I have found myself becoming involved in two overseas short term assignments and also locally. My first assignment was to Thailand and wow I thought I would go over as I had so much to give the community. I was so wrong...it was not just about what I could give...I was given so much in return. Yes I worked with the children, undertook English classes with the adults in the slum of Sumat Prukan, prayed, took part in the ministry that involves spending time with prostitutes, made new friends. I became so aware that God is so very interested in His people and the relationships we form with them. Jesus was the example He set for us to follow.

Have you registered for the upcoming Perspectives Course in Canberra?

We have a location confirmed at the Alliance Church Civic Campus, 35 East Row Civic .
There is still room for more, we have some students but can accommodate more.
So if you are thinking about doing the course please let us know. Please ask anybody you think might want to do the course.
We would also really like to run the Advanced course so if you are interested in this please get in touch so we can finalise the Advanced course.

Questions, Questions? What is the purpose for the course?

How does a disciple know God’s will? How about getting to know what God has “willed” to do? And has done? Or will do? “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” addresses these issues and is a course about God - what He has done, what He is doing, and what still remains to be done. The purpose of the course is not to transform every person doing it into a missionary. We do seek, however, to challenge every Christian to become strategic as well as obedient in participating with the Living God in His mission.

Want to find out more and develop a clearer perspective of God's global mission in the world today ?

Many of us do not know what to do with our lives. We are somehow bewildered about God’s will. We struggle in making life decisions, unfamiliar with criteria other than our own self-interest. We grope for meaning in the daily hum drum, having no larger context than our own diary. We want to serve in a cause, but we have no agenda, only dozens of disconnected opportunities and priorities.

from www.perspectives.org.au