He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to save what he will not lose…
— Jim Elliot

Welcome to SURRENDER! Even though SURRENDER is a conference, it’s also an invitation. An invitation to SEE powerlessness and poverty locally and globally, to HEAR God’s heartbeat for justice and to JOIN with the Jesus who pours out his life in loving the lost and least. It’s about going on the journey together in unity with His Spirit … the journey of SURRENDER.

Want to Journey Toward SURRENDER?

December 8th, 2011

Journey Toward SURRENDER is a part-time/three-month orientation course for young adults to explore with the message of SURRENDER: to follow Jesus to the margins, to discover life by living His love amongst the poor. This is an invitation to young adults to commit a season of your life to seeking God’s heart for the poor, to create space to discern your vocation and to explore God’s Kingdom work in your own context.

WHEN: Journey Toward SURRENDER runs from 16 January – 16 April 2012 and is suitable for university students. The orientation runs one day a week in university holidays and one evening a week during semester times. It also includes taking part in the SURRENDER:12 Conference (Friday 23 – Sunday 25th March).

COST: Journey Toward SURRENDER costs $250 and includes registration for the SURRENDER:12 Conference (normally $115 concession/$165 waged), training and administration fees. If this is a barrier, please contact us: anita@surrender.org.au

WHERE: Journey Toward SURRENDER takes place at various locations – including the SURRENDER office in Footscray, the Indigenous Hospitality House in Fitzroy and at various locations of the SURRENDER Hosting Partner organisations (such as Urban Seed, UNOH, Praxis, TEAR Australia and Concern).

APPLY: For an application form or more information on Journey Toward SURRENDER – email anita@surrender.org.au and return the form by Friday 16 December.

SURRENDER:12 Hope Speaks – Hope Acts

September 19th, 2011

Our annual SURRENDER gathering is on again March 23-25, 2012 and this time our theme is ‘Hope Speaks – Hope Acts, Word and Action in our Neighbourhoods’

Together we’ll be exploring how we can serve God through both words and actions in our neighbourhoods. Through main sessions, workshops, worship and conversations we’ll join together to seek God’s heart for our communities, to be inspired to proclaim good news and join with the healing work of His Spirit.

Our keynote speaker, Andy Hawthorne, has had over 20 years of experience loving in word and action in one of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Britain. His passion for God and for the young people of his neighbourhood has seen him help birth an amazing ministry in the Message Trust and Eden, a network of missional communities in which teams of Christians move, work and support local churches in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities to reach young people.

Please check out the LineupFeatures and Useful info for SURRENDER:12 and then get your friends and family together, register and we’ll see you there!

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