www.tear.org.au
www.tear.org.au/blogs/ben
Ben was born in Hobart and steadily migrated north until getting stuck in Western Sydney where he now lives with Lyndall (wife) and Gabriel (son). He churches with the people of Blacktown Uniting.
He gets paid to be advocacy coordinator for TEAR Australia, a job which brings together his biggest passions - a love for Jesus, a hunger for justice, and a desire to educate and empower Australian Christians to respond to the needs of the poor with wholehearted generosity and voices raised, crying out for justice.
Before that, he has been a high-school teacher, a volunteer teacher and teacher-trainer in Nepal, a traffic surveyor, a fast-food chef and an industrial hole-punch.
He has been involved helping Sudanese refugees resettle in Sydney and is studying theology part-time (actually he's 70% divine, if the label on the Bachelor of Divinity means what it says).
(Early bird session)
Live through two of the most powerful and profound simulation experiences available. After playing each simulation, there'll be time to reflect, analyse, and deconstruct the experience. We'll aim to see how these games can be used as tools in Kingdom construction tasks!
10 - 1 Refugee: live life as one of the displaced. 20 million people live as refugees, forced from their homes by war and persecution. How will you fare in the struggle for survival?
2 - 6 Monsoon: experience life as a farming family in India. Monsoon is an exciting and challenging all-in simulation that explores faith, in/justice, community development, hope, despair, wells and goats under the fickle Indian monsoon.
(Wednesday 4:00pm)
Is Nelson Mandela right when he says that this is the generation that can make poverty history?
How can young people be empowered to make a difference in the world? What tools and support do they need?
(Thursday 2:00pm)
Confronting, challenging, complicated, confusing. Simulation games can be a combination of any or all of the above. In this workshop, we'll
- explore when and why to use simulation experiences in youth ministry.
- offer practical tips to ensure they run smoothly
- experience a sample of the best simulations that explore justice and faith themes
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