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Events
Jim Wallis Tour
Create to advocate '08
Holistic Witness course
Jim Wallis Tour
Seven Ways to Change the World
Reviving Faith and Politics
25 July - 31 July 2008
World Vision is proudly supporting tour events in Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide featuring New York Times bestseller author Jim Wallis.
Jim Wallis has met with Gordon Brown, George Bush, Tony Blair, Rowan Williams, Bono and other high-profile figures on many occasions to discuss global issues. A man who is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in, he has been arrested around 20 times for 'non-violent civil disobedience'. The founder of Sojourners (an American network of Christians working for justice and peace), Jim speaks at more than 200 events a year and writes for a number of major U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. He lives in Washington with his wife, Joy Carroll (the real-life inspiration behind The Vicar of Dibley), and their two young children.
In his latest title, Seven Ways to Change the World, Wallis shares his conviction that faith is coming back to work as a powerful force for progressive social change.
Endorsements
‘I had always been a skeptic of the church of personal peace and prosperity… of righteous people standing in a holy huddle while the world rages outside the stained glass. But I've learned that there are many people of the cloth who are also in the world - from debt cancellation to the fight against AIDS and for human rights they are on the march. Jim Wallis isn’t just part of this movement - he’s out front carrying a bullhorn.’
Bono, lead singer, U2
‘Jim Wallis is compelling, provocative and inspirational, with the kind of faith that can move mountains and can certainly move people and communities.’
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
‘...a clarion call to the younger generation – articulating commitments that can be aspired to and providing a road-map for the journey into a future of greater justice, non-violence and leadership with integrity’
Tim Costello, Chief Executive of World Vision Australia, in his foreword for Seven Ways to Change the World
For more information about best-selling author Jim Wallis and his Australian book tour visit the Jim Wallis Tour webpage.
Create to Advocate 08: 14 October 07 – 29 August 08
Art Competition and Exhibition
Parliament House, Canberra
6 October – 2 November 2008
Official Opening : Tuesday 14 October 2007
Entries Close: 29 August 2008
To enter: Click here to download an entry form
Entry fee: $20 ($10 for unwaged)
Create to Advocate invites Australian artists to express a vision to end global poverty and to reflect on and speak out on achieving the Millennium Development Goals, including access to clean water, reducing child mortality, achieving basic health care, empowering girls and action on climate change!
Selected artworks will be presented in a month long public exhibition at Parliament House, Canberra during October 2008. The official opening will be in Anti Poverty week and a feature of Micah Challenge’s National Gathering and Lobbying Trip, Voices for Justice.
Works can be in any medium, including paint, pencil, photography, multimedia, sculpture and textiles. Artists gain the exciting chance of high profile exposure, selection for future campaign promotions and Micah Challenge Artist Awards and prizes.
Micah Challenge Art Awards:
1st prize $1,000
2nd prize $500
Micah Challenge Student Art Award (Under18):
1st prize $500
2nd prize $250
To download the postcard flyer, click here.
If you are interested in ordering hardcopies of the postcard flyer or in joining the artists email list, contact C2A@micahchallenge.org.au
Holistic Witness Course
This is a twelve week course that will be taught by Ross Langmead (teacher in Mission Studies at Whitley College). This unit will provide biblical and theological understandings of mission. It will also examine the practice of mission in local and cross-cultural settings.
Time: 6-9pm, Tuesday evenings from July 22 - October 21
(with a break from September 15 - 28)
Venue: Whitley College (Himbury Studies Centre, 50 The Avenue, Parkville)
Cost: $698 for full academic credit- undergraduate (fee-help loan may be available), $936 for full academic credit- graduate/ postgraduate or $200 to audit (sit in on classes without assessment)
To register call Rosemary Dillon on 03 9340 8017.
Click here (PDF: 388 KB) to download a PDF of course details.
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