The ASA annual convention is coming this January. From Jan 5 -11, this fantastic event has been organised by ASA and our SASS friends from Sydney. Location is as close as ever, on the beautiful Central Coast. This is the best opportunity to be a part of the most fun things that ASA can organise for you. It will be a great week of enjoyable activities and relaxing. So if you’re missing the joys of Big Camp, want to make new friends or catch up with your good mates, or have never experienced an ASA Convention before, check out the website myasa.org.au to register.

I will see you on the ‘Coast in January.

Damien

Dear university student ministry leaders,

As you know, we are in the process of planning the ASA Leadership Training
weekend 1-4 February 2008, which will be held in conjunction with ASA
Convention on the Sunshine Coast. We developing this weekend around the
theme of journeying as a leader, and we will be including the following
creative ideas:

• Life sketch of Captain Joseph Bates
• A exploratory prayer voyage
• Scallywag Pirate Treasure Hunt
• Mock maritime battle with fleet of sea-kayaks

We will also have relevant presentations and workshops on the following
areas:

• Leadership development
• Basic operation of a local society
• Discipleship and small group Bible studies
• Large-scale campus events
• Building inter-society relationships

I’m starting to put together a list of people who we could invite, and based
on some initial phone calls, the Leadership Training event is already 40%
full. However, with the busload coming up from Melbourne, we could be much
closer to capacity.

Could you send me your list of people who show a lot of leadership potential
in university student ministry and who would benefit from coming to ASA
Leadership Training 2008? I want to make sure that we can have a good
representation from all of the different regions and wouldn’t want anyone to
miss out. However, places are limited.

I hope your ministry is going well.

Regards,
Sven Östring.
ASA President