Aussie Easter Gathering

This year's annual CS Australia National Gathering was held on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland with RC Jono Bailey and team doing an awesome job organising 200 leaders to be inspired, taught and strategised. A real highlight was the Saturday night local outreach under the stars with bands and the movie premiere of 'Living on Cloud Nine' a story of local CS grommets heading to the Philippines to visit Compassion sponsor children. Over 1000 people turned out in perfect weather. An Easter Sunday dawn service had over 120 paddle out to form a cross and testify to the community that Jesus had risen. Check out some great teaching from the conference at http://cswavemakers.wordpress.com.





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Surfers Making a Difference Paddle-a-Thon 2010

Surfers Making A Difference Paddle-a-thon 2010

A local Christian Surfers group in Australia puts on a Paddleathon every year to raise money for impoverished children.

Brett Davis, Christian Surfers International Director leads the way on the 10th annual Paddle-a-thon raising money for 5 children to put them through school.


"Back in 2000 Mark Groves first came up with the idea to put on a paddle fund-raiser to cover the local CS group insurance, as well as sponsor a child. As the leadership of the group talked it out they decided to aim big - the sponsorship of 5 kids through Compassion Australia for not just 12 months, but 10 years. And now on Sunday May 16, 2010 we've seen the fruition of that dream and the reality of providing food, education and housing for 5 impoverished children for 10 years running. Over the course they've seen around 120 paddlers from as young as 12, and as old as 57 complete courses ranging from 15-30km."


Thanks to Mark Groves, Matt Jolley, Illawarra SLSC, Volunteer Coast Guard, Dickie Barton and Dave Macey.


Music by Russell W myspace.com/puddlelane


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