UCB raises awareness of global housing shortage
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) has teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to help build homes with poor communities around the world..
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Retried Australian Cricketers Bi-Annual Newsletter features Basil Sellers Tweed respite
The 30 March edition of the Retired Australian Cricketers Bi-Annual Newsletter features the Basil Sellers Tweed Respite facility for the Cricket Family Respite ministry which is part of Well-Being Australia's Life After Cricket.
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Bible League International make Bibles available to 95% of World population
Bible League International is on the way to translating the top 100 languages spoken in the world into an Easy to Read Version (ERV) of the Bible. This means God's word will be available to 95% of the world's population.
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Salvos launch 2012 Red Shield Appeal with $81.5 million target
The Salvation Army will today launch its 2012 Red Shield Appeal, and with a national fundraising target of $81.5 million, The Salvation Army will be looking to the Australian community and business sector once again for support.
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Panel to review Wycliffe and SIL Bible translations
A panel has been formed to carry out an independent review of Wycliffe and SIL International\'s translation of \"God the Father\" and the \"Son of God\".
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Tourism sites take many forms and now Poland wants an investor to open the Wolf's Lair
As ANZAC day is drawing nigh it is interesting to note that in a recent Sydney Morning Herald article that Poland is looking for an investor to turn the \"Wolf\'s Lair\" of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler into a tourist attraction. The ruins of Hitler\'s fortress complex deep in the woodlands of north eastern Poland is famed as the site of an assassination attempt on Hitler by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Film Festival as a church outreach – a living example on the southern Gold Coast and the Tweed
One of the management committee members of the Banora Point Baptist Church (Tweed Heads) who regularly comes up with outreach ideas, brought to the church the idea of a Film Festival to coincide with Seniors Week in NSW. This came to fruition last week.
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Germany's New President a Protestant Minister whose key word is "Freedom
Joachim Gauck (72) the new President of Germany elected on 18 March is a Protestant pastor who grew up in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). He was brought up in a Protestant household under the communist regime and his political career began after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Duchess of Cambridge might hopefully also visit the Hockeyroos camp - London Calling No 7 - five months to the Olympics
The Duchess of Cambridge recently visited the British Olympic Women\'s Hockey squad and showed off her field hockey skills as she scored a goal in front of Great Britain\'s women\'s team at the Olympic Park in London.
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New Zealand has many offerings in which Australians are continuing to find enticing
News.com recently had a fascinating tourism article highlighting New Zealand\'s hidden gems where you can spend a camping holiday in a secluded bush setting for an unbeatable price – free. New Zealand\'s Department of Conservation sites run from tenting Meccas like Totaranui in the Nelson region and Waikato\'s Waikawau Bay, to tiny, off-the-beaten-track areas. Moreover they keep stats on visitors.
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The Summer School option seems to be having a resurgence
Summer School studies according to a recent Sydney Morning Herald article by Rachel Olding is having a resurgence. Olding cited two HSC students attending a theatre during January "learning parts of the Legal Studies and English curricula before they return to school".
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"Improving our skill capability by leveraging global scale of sourcing providers" - classic double speak
A Westpac spokesperson was quoted: "This is not about cost. It\'s about improving our skill capability by leveraging global scale of sourcing providers,\"
