Launch

Do you want to communicate and build relationships across cultures? Are you interested in cross-cultural work in Australia or overseas?

Invest 20 days with SIL Australia at Launch and boost your language learning and intercultural capacity.

Discover the sounds and structures of other languages, practise proven techniques for learning them and prepare yourself to cross cultures.

Benefit from our expert linguists in a hands-on, four-week residential course on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Full-time, part-time, distance, accredited and non-accredited options available.

Check us out at sila.org.au/launch

Partnership Development Workshop – VIC

Partnership Development Workshop
Partnership Development workshops are designed to equip Christian workers to raise a team of partners that will allow them to fulfil the call of God on their lives into full-time ministry. Although we primarily run the workshop for our own members, we welcome people from other mission agencies who have similar training needs. Funding the Family Business: A Handbook for Raising Personal Support by Myles Wilson is the textbook used during the course. The price of the book is included in your workshop fee.

Workshop Streams
1. Biblical basis looks into Scripture to inform our attitude and practice in resourcing Christian ministry. Topics include; giving, partnership and living on gift income.
2. Speaking skills is organised around the premise that telling concise stories is one of the best ways to inform and inspire an audience. Participants will craft and deliver a range of ‘stories’ that they can utilise in various contexts.
3. Writing Skills helps participants learn effective principles and techniques for building and maintaining a team of partners through written communications.
4. Organisation covers topics that are administrative in nature, including tips on managing contact details and things to consider when relating to churches and pastors.

Discussion of these topics and practical application are part of the daily classes. Each evening there will be reading and assignments to complete for the following day. The course concludes with time for each person/couple to share a 10-minute presentation they have prepared using skills learned during the workshop. (It is your chance to ‘have a go’ amongst friends.)

Nightly readings are from Funding the Family Business. A workbook will also be provided for your use during the workshop. You will be asked to produce electronic resources, so a device with word processing ability will be needed. You will also find it useful to bring a Bible and a pen.

Venue:

The workshop will be held at the Wycliffe National Centre, Kangaroo Ground (26 km from Melbourne CBD)

Accommodation is available onsite at www.wycliffe.org.au/retreats-wycliffe

Cost:
$140 single or $175 couple (non-members)
$110 single or $145 couple (WBTA members)

Cost includes morning and afternoon teas, the textbook (Funding the Family Business by Myles Wilson) and a workbook.

Outcomes
Participants gain practical assistance in the four streams of the workshop and come away with:

• assurance that raising a partnership team is biblical and attainable
• tips to help you plan and manage raising a team of ministry partners
• a 10-minute presentation that can be used in support-raising
• tips to help you build strong, ongoing relationships with your ministry partners
• skills to communicate effectively in varied contexts.

For more details contact:
Josh Bartlett, National Training Coordinator

70

Wycliffe Australia is turning 70!

Join us at the Wycliffe Bible Translators Australia National Centre for our 70th anniversary celebrations with a multicultural festival!

Take a trip down memory lane with images and stories of God’s faithfulness over the past 70 years. Enjoy a variety of food stalls, music, dancing and activities to celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages and communities we work alongside. 

Saturday 26 October 2024
11am to 4pm
60-80 Graham Rd, Kangaroo Ground VIC 3097

Mission Possible! (In-person)

In-person event

Enquiries to VICRO.

Mission Possible! (In-person)

In-person event

Enquiries to VICRO.

Celebrate Bible Translation – Mildura, Victoria

Join us in Mildura for a celebration of the progress of Bible translation around the world

There are still over 1.5 billion people in the world, speaking 6658 languages, who do not have a full Bible in the language they know best. The need for Scripture translation is too great for western missionaries to complete the task in this lifetime, but God has been working to equip Christian speakers of these languages to translate the Scriptures into their own mother tongues, and even to prepare some of them to be translation consultants. The focus of this evening will be on the progress in recent years in the training and equipping of local translators and consultants.

Venue:  TBA

Date:    Saturday 20 July 2024

Time:    5:30 pm

Guest Speakers:
Michael and Melanie Viljoen
Bible Translators in Africa

Topics:
#1: Bible translation: art or science?
#2: The path from no alphabet to New Testament
#3: The growth of Bible translation across Africa
#4: Language acquisition: so easy for a child!

Barry and Margaret Borneman

Topics:

#1: The origins of Wycliffe
#2: Wycliffe’s vision and mission
#3 The Wycliffe Global Alliance and Australia’s place in it
#4: Some of the work being done by Australian members

Cost:     $25

Further information:  Colin Morrow,
colinmorrow@bigpond.com, 0407 220 005

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Celebrate Bible Translation – Bendigo, Victoria

Join us in Bendigo for a celebration of the progress of Bible translation around the world

There are still over 1.5 billion people in the world, speaking 6658 languages, who do not have a full Bible in the language they know best. The need for Scripture translation is too great for western missionaries to complete the task in this lifetime, but God has been working to equip Christian speakers of these languages to translate the Scriptures into their own mother tongues, and even to prepare some of them to be translation consultants. The focus of this evening will be on the progress in recent years in the training and equipping of local translators and consultants.

Venue:  TBA

Date:    Saturday 6 July 2024

Time:    5:30 pm

Guest Speakers:

Michael and Melanie Viljoen
Bible Translators in Africa

Topics:
#1: Bible translation: art or science?
#2: The path from no alphabet to New Testament
#3: The growth of Bible translation across Africa
#4: Language acquisition: so easy for a child!

Peter Mazumder,  General Secretary,
Bible Students Fellowship of Bangladesh

Topic:
Celebrate the completion of four New Testaments in Bangladesh.

Cost:     $25

Further information:  Keith Bell, keith.jenny.bell@gmail.com

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Celebrate Bible Translation – Ballarat, Victoria

Join us in Ballarat for a celebration of the progress of Bible translation around the world

There are still over 1.5 billion people in the world, speaking 6658 languages, who do not have a full Bible in the language they know best. The need for Scripture translation is too great for western missionaries to complete the task in this lifetime, but God has been working to equip Christian speakers of these languages to translate the Scriptures into their own mother tongues, and even to prepare some of them to be translation consultants. The focus of this evening will be on the progress in recent years in the training and equipping of local translators and consultants.

Venue:
Grace Ballarat Presbyterian Church, 390 Vickers Street, Sebastopol.

Date:    Friday 5 July 2024

Time:    5:30 pm

Guest Speakers:

Michael and Melanie Viljoen
Bible Translators in Africa

Topics:
#1: Bible translation: art or science?
#2: The path from no alphabet to New Testament
#3: The growth of Bible translation across Africa
#4: Language acquisition: so easy for a child!

Peter Mazumder,  General Secretary,
Bible Students Fellowship of Bangladesh

Topic:
Celebrate the completion of four New Testaments in Bangladesh.

Cost:     $25

Further information:  Rob Duncanson, rob@graceballarat.org.au

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