May 15-17th 2009

Psalm 96:3 ‘Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples’

A month ago, on the 15th of May an amazing event took place. Australians, Americans, Fijians and Maltese retreated to the Blue Mountains near Sydney in order to be unified with fellow believers apart of awesome Campus Ministries. The theme for the Campus Retreat was ‘For God’s Glory’. 

When we all came together at the Sydney airport on the first day there was excitment between reunions of old friends, the beginning of new friendships and just the overall anticipation in the air for the weekend ahead. We were fortunate enough to have a small army of campus interns from various churches in America come and share the retreat experience with us. Campus students from Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Fiji were also apart of the fun. We had encouraging lessons from the campus leaders over the weekend, all relating to God’s Glory.

A point made by Kevin Roland on the opening night, was that we need to be seeking God’s glory daily and that we need to have Glory seeking friends  who also spend their lives in the service of God. A catchphrase of his was that our Glory days are ahead of us in heaven''. What an encouraging reminder of what we are working towards!

In another lesson, we looked at sharing God’s Glory with others. We were challenged on not losing heart in doing this and to strive to work harder in sharing the gospel, and importantly to expect great things of God. There were so many amazing lessons from the retreat to leave us in awe of God’s Glory.
There was anticipation at the prospect of returning home to Melbourne after the retreat and all the plans God has in store for our own Campus Ministry. Being a part of the campus ministry right now is exciting as we see the work that God will do in helping us to grow in number and in faith.