Why Blog? [Kit@USYD]

So... for many of you the idea of blogging may be a bit foreign or even weird. So I'd like to share with you a bit of background as to where this came from.

A few Sydney people may remember a long time ago on 2008 Lorne Summer Project, we discussed the idea of using a blog for our campus to circulate news of what's happening on our campus. But unfortunately, nothing happened for a while, until a fateful car trip a few days ago following the ever-awesome Mid Year Conference in Albury. There were 3 Sydney students in the car and one student from Geelong and somehow the conversation turned to how little we know about what goes on on the other campuses, especially those that are geographically removed from each other. So we thought, what better way to share news, praise and prayer points and things we've been learning in campus ministry than in a common blog? One in which any Student Lifer can post about what's going on at their uni?

I hope you guys can see the potential of this tool that Nica has very generously set up for us. It's a place where hopefully, we'll be hearing from SLers all over Australia about what God has been doing in the movement. I'm very excited, and I hope you are too. :)

Welcome [Nica@USYD]

Hey guys... this space is available for YOU to write testimonies / thoughts / devotionals / prayer points / whatever you like so we can see what God is doing in Student Life at different campuses. I'm sure it will encourage and bless us as a family!

How to blog:

1. Sign up for an account from http://www.blogger.com - it's really easy!
2. Email thenica@gmail.com from the email address you used to sign up and state your name and campus.
3. Wait to be invited to contribute
4. Add yourself as an author after you've received the invitation
5. Start blogging! Please put your campus name (as shown in navigation bar) in the "Labels for this post" box and add your name and campus after the title of your post, eg. "What I learned at MYC this year [Nica@USYD]"
6. Tell your friends!!


** Please be mindful of these things as you blog:

♥ Student Life is a non-denominational Christian group
♥ We want this blog to be a source of encouragament and inspiration so use common courtesy and please don't mention names of any non/pre-Christian friends you're reaching out to
♥ Anyone can read this blog so don't reveal any personal information about yourself such as phone number or address etc.

That's it!! Happy Blogging! ^_^