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HILARY HAGUE

Na ki a ia, e kaha nei ki te mahi i nga mea nui whakaharahara, nui noa atu i nga mea katoa e inoi ai, e whakaaro ai tātou .

God is able to do exceedingly above all that we ask or think.

Ephesians 3:20

Scripture Union comprises a wonderful mix of people who are responding to God’s call to help children and young people discover and follow Him. Lots of things have happened since the last edition of Adventure magazine and some are mentioned below:

AUCKLAND

WAIKATO

It’s been a wonderfully busy time for the Auckland office. On March 7 members of the SUNZ Youth Team from across the country gathered to pray and plan. They also went to Rutherford College and led Āpōpō, our mental health initiative for high school students. The annual WAY2GO children’s ministry conference took place in June with more than 270 people – a great number of people passionate about children and families. We also held a series of workshops to help parents look after their children well when it comes to technology. These workshops took place around New Zealand and two were held in Auckland.

In June Natalie Duchesne, our Hamilton-based North Island Camps Facilitator, ran a weekend camp for girls called Wild Wahine. The girls made a pilgrimage-style journey up the Pinnacles in Coromandel and the camp was a great success as you will see from her article. Lydia Chamley has joined the Youth Team and is working alongside Natalie in the Waikato region.

WELLINGTON

CANTERBURY

The Wellington WAY2GO conference had to move on-line as Wellington moved to Level 2. This year’s theme was the importance of church and family working together to help children form faith, and the speaker was Terry Williams from SU International. The Board also met in June under the guidance of our chairperson, Neil Walbran. Wellington is where SU’s National Office is based and so if you’re ever in Wellington please pop in and say hello.

Little River was the site of our 2021 Camp Leaders’ Training Weekend for current and up-andcoming leaders. The weather was cold but it was very worthwhile and those who attended came away with new ideas and skills to help them run SUNZ camps.

DUNEDIN

In May the Children and Families team and lots of supporting staff and volunteers came to Dunedin to run the annual WAY2GO conference. The regional committee in Dunedin do a wonderful job of hosting this event and it was great to see so many attending from our leadership development initiative, Beyond Experience.

SOUTHLAND/OTAGO

Winter camps are coming up fast and all registrations are being handled through our Invercargill office so it’s a busy place there right now. We have five camps coming up this winter – Wakatipu Base Camp, Whakapapa Classic, Ruapehu Adventure and two camps, Season and Alight, in Kaikoura.

Further Afield… Please pray for Scripture Union movements internationally as many are struggling with the effects of the Covid pandemic. Look on the scriptureunion.global website if you want to know more about how to pray, or talk to Annette Osborne who works part time for SUI, as well as here in NZ.