Invitation

We invite all who serve the spiritual needs of a university community, including religious professionals, religious advisers, directors and co-ordinators of religious life, campus ministers and university chaplains. We welcome people from a wide variety of communities of higher learning, including universities, colleges, vocational education and other related environments.

Imagination is largely formed by the environment in which we live, work and celebrate. We have called this process 'dreaming landscapes'. This gathering is designed to invite us into dreaming and imagining new landscapes. Speakers and interactions will fire our imagination. This conference will offer opportunities for sharing stories and insights which craft our professions as well as space for learning and reflecting as we share our diverse experiences.

In the Australian landscape, a bush fire can be disastrous, but some seeds only germinate after a bush fire has cracked the pods to release the seed into the ground. The green that emerges from the black devastation of the bush fire is vibrant and wholesome. How do we work creatively in our own landscapes?

Through this conference we will explore landscapes we inhabit, joys, challenges and dreams. We will endeavour to create a safe environment for cross cultural and multi faith dialogue as we learn with one another.

Conference Theme

Out of past and present realities, we dream our futures. Dreaming, for Indigenous Australians, creates landscape, lore and laws. It forms and informs life, connects and reconnects people to their place and shapes their future. This conference will explore landscapes of learning communities, landscapes of justice and respect and landscapes of faith and religion. It will also envision new landscapes for our work.

Conference Streaming

There will be three streams in the conference. The program will allow you to concentrate on one stream or to choose sessions from different streams. A keynote speaker will offer the primary focus for each stream. There will also be a second speaker and a seminar for each stream.

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All enquiries about the conference should be directed to Johan Kijne
This website is maintained by Rev Judy Redman
Uniting Church Chaplain
University of New England, Australia
It was last updated on 29 May 2003. Disclaimer
This conference is incorporated as the 2004 International Campus Ministry Conference, Brisbane, Inc.
ABN 74 535 204 185