This is really shameless advertising, but I know you are all very gracious, and I will soon be in South Africa for 3 months ...
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Following on from The Future Aint conference last year, comes ...
The Future is.
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Preliminary details are below.�� Mark it in your diaries and plan to be there.
I promise that the next installment of Lego Jesus will be one of the features.� We may even manage to get the DVD available for all 7 or 8 instalments so far
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PDF documentation for distribution will be available from some time next week (by which stage I'm not around for 3 months).
Hope to see lots of you in the "future"
Grace and peace
Gordon Ramsay
�Conference Title: The future is...
Dates: April 23-25, 2004
Location: Kippax Uniting Community Centre, Holt, Canberra, ACT
Theme: Explore openings for ministry and mission through the use of multimedia and Internet technology.
Program:
1. Plenary sessions - focusing on theology and technology, and strategies for managing changes raised by applying technology to ministry and mission.
2. Story-telling - resources sharing - in which participants will have opportunities to share their knowledge, experiences , experiments and resources
3. Extended workshops - addressing the application of multimedia and internet to worship, education and discipleship, and mission. Participants will be able to spend up to five hours in a workshop stream, exploring and developing applications of multimedia and internet technologies to particular ministry and mission activities. Workshops will be offered at two level -
��� (a) Beginners - for those starting out or with some knowledge and wanting to build on their early experience;
��� (b) Advanced - for those with a lot of experience who want to explore and develop new applications of technology, applying these to the emerging church.
4. Electives addressing equipment and resources will be offered at two levels - 'beginners 'and 'advanced'. The electives will provide opportunities to receive first class advice about hardware, software, set-up, maintenance and cost issues. Some software and hardware will be demonstrated.
5. Legal matters - A plenary session will be offered by a panel of 'experts and users' on copyright matters relevant to churches applying multimedia and internet resources.
Cost: ca $180 for the conference (to be confirmed). A group concession will be offered - ca $150 ea (to be confirmed) for three or more from one congregation or cluster of regional rural congregations, or cluster of lay ministry teams. Some billet accommodation available - $30 ea.
Participants: The conference will be suitable for those curious, starting out or who have considerable experience. Participants are invited to bring examples of their own or their congregation's multimedia resources, The story-telling, sharing session is a central component to the program and provides a core activity for the developing network.
Expressions of Interest: are invited to assist with early planning and preparation. On-line registration will be available on the Uniting Education web site from February 1st, 2004 <www.unitinged.org.au> - go to the CONFERENCES section.
For further information, or to register an _expression_ OF INTEREST, contact Katie Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or John Emmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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