It’s an exciting week to be on campus! O-Week is full of energy and excitement. Everyone is here to meet people, find their community and get connected.
This semester, Macquarie did something different from the other universities. We are in the middle of Kickstart, a week for first-year and international students. O-Week, with all the clubs and stalls, begins the following week.
We created an online community where people could come together, feel loved, feel accepted, and hear a bit about what Jesus had done in our lives and experience some love for themselves.
Story by Tila Desalegn. “After I graduated from nursing, I worked for three-and-a-half years at a hospital in Logan. I had been a student at Queensland University of Technology, where
Throughout the morning, Marcus and I approached a handful of people and had some very brief conversations with them, asking if they had any interest in engaging in a conversation about God, faith, spiritual things or if they had ever come across Christianity before.
During the conference, most of our time and energy reflected the Great Commission and was devoted to training and equipping Christians in disciple-making. Our ultimate aim is for people to learn how to do that at these events and then take that back to their individual campuses, churches and communities.
It felt odd to be gathered around such a large assortment of students at Perth airport. It was mid-week, and many of them probably should have been at their university
~ Scott Adamson: Director Digital Ministry What happens to graduates of Power to Change after uni? Where do they end up? How do they reflect on their time at uni?