tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072140261178629026.post-20024911038740786192008-06-25T22:25:00.000-07:002008-06-25T23:01:08.679-07:00Introducing TuiTomorrow, I head away to our Mid-Year Conference up in Auckland. It's a time where Staff & students join together as we seek to train, encourage, challenge & enthuse the campus groups in the task of reaching students for Christ. As with most of these student conferences, the week before tends to be busy preparing for the conference and this week has been no different.<br /><br /><div>The theme for the week is "Lives that Count - Mission from MacDonalds to Mongolia" & I am due to speak on Sunday night on the topic of Mission in the University. I'll share the outline of the talk later (after I've given it!), but for now, we would value your prayers that this conference would be a conference that counts and from it that many students would go on to live lives that count. (I don't think we'll have internet access during the conference, so I'll blog again once it's over.)</div><div></div><br /><div>I'd also like to introduce what I hope may become a regular(ish) feature on this blog - the Tui Adverts. Tui (a Kiwi beer) have some fantastic adverts, which are eye-catching because of their strong branding and often humourous captions. They're quite simple adverts, as all they consist of is a statement (on the left hand side) with the Tui caption "Yeah Right" on the left hand side. I'd like to use the idea in talks/outreaches as it is a well-recognised campaign and has plenty of potential. On our fridge, we have a mini Tui advert, with our own letters which we can change. So, every so often, I'll post the latest offering on here, just for a change of scenery...So, the first Tui Yeah Right ad is courtesy of the Pollock boys (Nigel & Ailsa's 3 sons) who after a recent visit left the following. Given what's happened between England & NZ in cricket & rugby lately, it seems somewhat apt. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216066011233449570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pmOyFnl6RL4/SGMwZryO9mI/AAAAAAAAAKg/NfEUZMdX48c/s320/William+Lane+Craig+Tour+June+09+044.jpg" border="0" /></div>Ben Carswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858770884155386996noreply@blogger.com