don't waste your summer 2008
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don’t waste
your summer platt mission opportunities for
students
2008
MOZAMBIQUEBe part of the first Platt overseas student mission team in recent years. We’ll be joining with Mission Partners Steven and Jo Wheatley to teach and disciple young people in local hostels, and perhaps to get involved in some practical projects too. It all depends on the team’s giftings... so get involved, and shape the mission!
MISSION OVERSEAS
KAZAKHSTANThis is the seventh largest country in the world, yet it is virtually unknown (except by one spoof film). Unlike most of central Asia, Kazakhstan is still open to the Gospel, but, given the religious climate in the region, this could change within a few months or years. UCCF has been invited to take a team to teach English and the Bible. Share the good news in Kazakhstan this summer while it’s still possible!
CHINAIn this Olympic year, the world is congregating in China, already one of the most populous countries on earth, with the persecuted church growing at an astounding rate. The Uni of Manchester’s CU is forming a football team as a means of sharing the good news of Jesus with other footballers in the country. Are you ready to sweat for the Gospel?
MOLDOVAImagine a student Bible camp where two thirds are non-Christians. That’s the reality every year in Moldova, where UCCF teams join local staff workers to teach English and lead Bible studies. Westernisation will soon hit this country, where university students’ hunger for Jesus is acute. Will you go and feed them with God’s word this summer, before their appetites are dulled by selfish materialism?
MISSION IN THE UKVENTURE CAMPSYou don’t have to travel thousands of miles to find people who will perish without the Gospel. Just walk outside and look around you. Men, women, young people and children. So why not get involved in reaching some of them this summer through holiday camps and beach missions? You might even enjoy yourself!
INTL STUDENT OUTREACHSome travel thousands of miles to the UK to study, often among the brightest and best hopes for future leaders in business and politics in their home countries. Both on our campuses in term-time and elsewhere during vacations, we have the opportunity to reach these students with the good news and love of Jesus. Do you remember how it felt to be homesick? This is not a biblical hit-and-run, but a chance to get stuck in and befriend students in Oxford, Edinburgh or London.
WHATEVER YOU DO......don’t waste your summer! Paul exhorts the Corinthians to ‘do all to the glory of God’. Whether hanging out with friends and family, stacking shelves in Sainsbury’s or doing an internship at a top firm, make it count for the glory of God. Be constantly prayerful; exalt Christ in creativity and industry; use your earnings in a wise and godly way ... in short, live and speak for Jesus.
a word about moneyIf the cost of this summer’s mission opportunities (see back page) causes you to begin
hyperventilating and subsequently to throw out all thoughts of going, think again. If
God is powerful enough to take our entire debt of sin and nail it to the cross that we
might have eternal life, he can handle the money matters. If God owns the cattle on a
thousand hills (Ps 50:10), if the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it (Ps 24:1), God is
more than capable of finding the hundreds that may be required. Trust him and allow
him to prove himself faithful as you pray and work towards raising funds.
china
When?approx July 15th for 3 weeks
How much?in the region of £1500
PartnersUMCU and OMF (www.omf.org)
What next?Speak with Joe Pan ASAP
venture campsWhen? 7-10 days throughout the summerHow much? what you can afford (~£100)Partners CPAS Ventures (www.cpas.org.uk/
ventures)What next?Talk to Linda Jooste ([email protected])
VITAL STATISTICS
only one life’twill soon be pastonly what’s donefor Christ will last
mozambique
When?mid-June to mid-July for about four
weeks
How much?in the region of £1000-1500
PartnersPlatt and SIM (www.sim.org)
DeadlineGet application forms from Dave
Mackie by 1st March
moldova
When?approx 3rd-24th July
How much?in the region of £550
PartnersUCCF Northwest and CSC
Deadline Apply to Peter Dray by 21st April
intl student outreachWhen?7-14 days throughout the summerHow much?
approx £35 per weekPartnersFriends InternationalWhat next?
Email Geoff Mason ([email protected])
kazakhstanWhen? approx 7th-27th July
How much? in the region of £900
Partners UCCF Northwest (www.uccf.org) and Inter-Varsity Kazakhstan
Deadline Apply to Rachel Bass by 21st April ([email protected])