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Get ready for the last KYCK of 2024!

This September school holidays, high schoolers across NSW will gather for the last KYCK youth conference for the year. The conference will be looking at the book of Genesis – creation, humanity and the fall – together with speakers Alan Au, Brett Hookham, and Andy Stevenson. KYCKers can also look forward to Jocelyn Bignill and Patricia Weerakoon bringing them some special segments to help think through the theme of ‘identity’ in today’s world.

If you’re joining us this month, here are nine ways to prepare your hearts and minds for KYCK:

1. Read and re-read the book of Genesis

Get the most out of KYCK with some pre-reading from Genesis 1-3 to prime your heart to hear and respond to God’s Word. Read and re-read it – anything stand out for you? Are there any questions you have about the passage?

2. Start your personal praise with the KYCK 24 playlist

Whether you’re wanting a shout-out-loud worship session or some mellow praise for quiet study, this playlist is the perfect soundtrack to familiarise yourself with songs that we’ll be singing at KYCK 24! Listen here.

3. Start training with your youth group for the KYCK On Cup!

Our Saturday afternoon soccer competition, KYCK On, will be back at KYCK#4! The winning team will be declared the champions and awarded the prestigious KYCK ON Cup. We’ll also be giving prizes to the best supporters – think apparel, mascots, team flag and uniform. Start training now, and make sure to get your teams and supporter costumes ready!

4. Rep KYCK with our fresh merch!

Our range of KYCK 24 merch includes hoodies, tees, beanies, caps and NEW sunnies! Enter our merch giveaway competition on Facebook or Instagram to win a hoodie! You can also purchase merch onsite at KYCK each Saturday morning from 8am. All proceeds go towards keeping our ministry going. See pricing and size info here.

5. Don’t forget your KYCK friendship bracelets to swap and share!

Here’s your chance to get creative with spreading the Word! Gather with your youth group to make friendship bracelets and trade them with others at KYCK! We suggest including bible references to our KYCK theme (Genesis 1-3), our memory verse (Colossians 1:15-16) or the name of your youth group. There might even be some prizes on offer! Have fun!

6. Pray for God to work powerfully through KYCK

Please join us in committing KYCK to God in prayer:

Pray that as the gospel is preached at KYCK, the Spirit will work powerfully in the hearts of youth.
Pray that God will protect our speakers Alan, Brett, Andy, Jocelyn and Patricia ahead of KYCK, and that they will preach the gospel and its implications on our identity, clearly and faithfully.
Pray that KYCK will be an opportunity for teens who don’t know Jesus to meet Him for the first time.
Pray that teenagers will leave KYCK with a firm trust in Jesus, and that they will be bold and loving gospel witnesses in their schools, communities and homes.

7. Don’t miss out on the Saturday Night BBQ

Support high school scripture and teachers by purchasing the Saturday night BBQ at KYCK. Held on Saturday, 6.15pm-7.00pm in the Plaza, it’s $7 per person and includes 2 sausage sandwiches & a soft drink! RSVP here: https://www.kyck.org.au/saturday-bbq/

8. Stay up to date with KYCK on socials and the KCC One app

Stay up to date with the latest KYCK news, and interact with our live segments by following us on Facebook or Instagram. Download the KCC One App to gain daily encouragement from KCC’s library of sermons, topical talks, testimonies, and devotionals in audio, text and video formats.

9. Still haven’t registered?

It’s not too late to grab your group and register now! Click here to register today!

This September school holidays, high schoolers across NSW will gather for the last KYCK youth

By KCC Staff

BASECAMP City 2024 - Men's Conference in Sydney

3am mates, brotherhood & changed lives

“Fellowship is not two or more Christians in the presence of coffee … Fellowship is when we’re honest with one another; when we drop the pretense; when we are real with one another. That is fellowship.” – Sam Allberry, BASECAMP 2024

Every year at BASECAMP, men gather under the Word of God – taking time out to be in fellowship with one another, to dedicate to their relationship with God, and go away refreshed and inspired to live out their faith in work, family and life. This year, speakers Sam Allberry and Jonathan Andrews spoke on the necessary topic, “Brotherhood: Life Together”.

Sam Allberry preaching at BASECAMP Men's Conference 2024 in Katoomba. — *Sam Allberry preaching at BASECAMP Men’s Conference 2024 in Katoomba.*

Over 1,700 men joined the conference over two weekends and online, from over 370 churches nationwide in August to share in food, fellowship and rich teaching from the Bible. The theme of brotherhood resonated deeply, with attendees encouraged to think about who they had as a ‘3am mate’ – someone they could call at 3am, and how they could be that mate for those around them. Men were particularly encouraged by seeing the practical ways they could live out Christian brotherhood with one another.

“Was encouraged and challenged to see the importance of investing deeply into my brotherly friendships. I want to put into practice what I learnt and was challenged, which has started with making some face to face hangouts with my 3am friends.”

“The teaching really helped us open up and look inside at what God was trying to talk to us about. It was a great time away with the men from my church to focus on being a Christian brother, husband, father, and son.”

“Reminded of some truths that are often not spoken about in a typical church environment. Spending time with guys from church. Hearing a talk such as Jonathan’s helps put the theory of our Christian walk into reality of life as a ‘man’.”

“It has given me a new over look on confessing sin to my brothers as well as to God. It amazes me how we can be OK to confess to God but be scared to confess to our brothers; we should be more scared to confess to God, because he is God and perfect. I realised that I would rather be judged here on earth by man then to be judged by God.”

“Attending BASECAMP is always a great encouragement and reset. Having attended since Men’s Convention started in 1996 (!), I’ve been encouraged more and more each year to be more the man God made me to be than the one I am. This year, I was particularly instilled with the importance of having a 3am mate (and being one to someone else)! I’ve already come home and am meeting up with someone so we can develop that co-mentoring and support role for each other, even if that sometimes just means a quick check-in.”

“When it gets to me, I ring a mate.”

A particular highlight of the conference was an interview with Steve Turner and Keith Lord about their 40+ year friendship in Christ. Keith first shared his story with the BASECAMP audience in 2020, and talked about being able to reach out to his friend Steve in difficult seasons. Attendees this year were encouraged by seeing and hearing Keith and Steve’s lived experience of enduring brotherhood, and in witnessing this strong real-life example of men truly being there for each other and spurring one another on in faith.

Watch an excerpt from Keith’s original interview here.

Watch the highlights from BASECAMP 2024 below!

Save the date for BASECAMP 2025

Zack Eswine will be joining BASECAMP in 2025 as keynote speaker! Save the dates in your calendar now, and sign up to the mailing list on the BASECAMP website to be notified when registrations open – don’t miss out!

BASECAMP Sydney: Sat 2 August, 2025
BASECAMP Mountains: Fri 8 – Sat 9 August, 2025

Missed out?

The BASECAMP 2024 talks and interviews will be up on the KCC One app in just a few weeks, with a KCC+ subscription.

Watch on your phone, tablet or laptop; listen to audio on the go; or read in your quiet time – with plenty of resources available on all your devices, be strengthened and encouraged in your faith in the way that suits you best! Read more at www.kccone.org.au/subscription.

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“Fellowship is not two or more Christians in the presence of coffee … Fellowship is

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Reaching Out to Build Brotherhood

Have you felt loneliness creep in lately? Or feel like your day-to-day has pushed out not just your relationship with God, but also with others, to the sidelines? Do you know anyone else feeling the same?

We don’t often spend a lot of time thinking about how we build brotherhood, how to be a brother – or how we reach out when we need a brother.

This year at BASECAMP Men’s Conference, we will be thinking together about how God has designed us as men to link arms and encourage one another in our life with Jesus. We’ll think about how we can be men that other men can trust and lean on, inspired and helped at every step by our perfect older brother, Jesus.

Speaker Sam Allberry will be joining us in 2024 for another unmissable BASECAMP.

Why not take a step to reach out to a brother today, and go together?

“It has dealt with a topic that has sat unresolved in my faith for the last few years, in a way that nobody has been able to do thus far.”
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Keen to build brotherhood?

BASECAMP men’s conference will return this August over two weekends in three different formats:

BASECAMP Sydney (3 August 2024) – A one-day recharge held at the UNSW Roundhouse in Kensington
BASECAMP Mountains (9–10 August 2024) – An overnight retreat held at StayKCC in Katoomba
BASECAMP Online (9–10 August 2024) – An online livestream of BASECAMP Mountains that can be aired from your church hall, lounge room or shed!

Make sure you purchase your tickets before 28 July (AEDT), before Last Minute ticket rates apply!

Special discounts also apply for students, interstate and regional delegates. Click here for more information.

Have you felt loneliness creep in lately? Or feel like your day-to-day has pushed out

By KCC Staff

Why Conference?

Have you ever felt the need to break out of the everyday, or feel stuck in some area of your life and faith?

We can keep doing what we’re doing and pray we’ll see some change – but sometimes that change comes through shifting what we do, or commit to doing.

Conferences aren’t the silver bullet for our life questions, but often they can be one small catalyst for change in our lives. We have seen lives transformed through the ministry here at KCC: vital seeds sown at BASECAMP that have gone on to make over marriages; convictions set in at KEC that finally changed a daily habit; new commitments to Christ at KYCK, or doubting seekers softened at OneLove.

Do you long for something different in your faith or life right now?

Could we encourage you to commit to a day (or a weekend) spent at BASECAMP or OneLove this August? Bring friends or family, and soak in the time under God’s Word together.

This August at BASECAMP Men’s Conference we’ll be looking at how we build brotherhood, looking at Jesus as our model and inspiration. At OneLove Women’s Conference we’re tackling our battle with complacency in the everyday, and how knowing the joy of being a child of God will help us in this.

Join us at BASECAMP this August – only 3 weeks left!

BASECAMP men’s conference runs over two weekends in three different formats:

BASECAMP Sydney (3 August 2024) – A one-day recharge held at the UNSW Roundhouse in Kensington
BASECAMP Mountains (9–10 August 2024) – An overnight retreat held at StayKCC in Katoomba
BASECAMP Online (9–10 August 2024) – An online livestream of BASECAMP Mountains that can be aired from your church hall, lounge room or shed!

Make sure you purchase your tickets before 28 July (AEDT), before Last Minute rates apply!

Special discounts also apply for students, interstate and regional delegates. Click here for more information.

OneLove women’s conference is happening on Saturday 24^th August at the Hillsong Convention Centre. Tickets are now available from our website: https://onelovewomen.com/register/

Limited time group discounts available just for OneLove!

For a limited time, we’re offering $10 off each ticket with 5 or more tickets purchased in one transaction, or $15 off per ticket if you purchase 10+ tickets in one transaction!*

No code required, discount is applied on check out.

Be quick – this offer lasts only until midnight, Wednesday 31st July. Click here to register!

* Offer applies to in-person tickets only. Not applicable to online or Student tickets. Offer expires midnight on Wednesday, 31 July (AEST). Valid only on new ticket purchases.

Have you ever felt the need to break out of the everyday, or feel stuck

By KCC Staff

Sam Chan to Speak at Easter Convention This April

We are thrilled to announce that Urban Missionary, Sam Chan, will return to speak at Katoomba Easter Convention (KEC) 2023.

Katoomba Easter Convention (KEC) will return on 7-10 April 2023, to address the theme “Rock Solid: Trusting God’s Word in a World of Confusion”. In a time where God’s word is met with mistrust and skepticism, KEC will empower delegates to have confidence in the Bible’s authority, while refreshing their desire to hear, understand and live by God’s word.

To address this topic, urban missionary and award-winning author, Sam Chan, will return to the KEC platform as a guest speaker. Sam’s life is partially ‘Crazy Rich Asian’ and just ‘Crazy Asian’. He is a Doctor of Medicine, received a PhD in theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and his book ‘Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News About Jesus More Believable’ won the Christianity Today’s Book of the Year in Evangelism/Apologetics (2019). Sam is married with three boys and is currently the lead mentor and trainer at EvQ School of Evangelism, a ministry of City Bible Forum.

Get a taste of Sam’s teaching here:

1. 3 Things I Wish I’d Known About Telling People About Jesus

3 Things I Wish I’d Known About Telling People About Jesus – Sam Chan from kcc on Vimeo.

2. Sam Chan – Finding Your Crowd

What does it mean to find your crowd in a world that forces you to join sides? As Christians, how do we respond to the pressure of today’s culture? In this talk from Onward 2020, Sam Chan addresses these questions.

Onward20 – Sam Chan Talk 1 from kcc on Vimeo.

3. How to Talk About Jesus with Sam Chan (The Pastor’s Heart)

On this episode of The Pastor’s Heart, Dominic Steele interviews evangelist Sam Chan about his latest book: How To Talk About Jesus (Without Being That Guy). Together they explore the narratives people believe and how Jesus speaks into them, where our society is at in their understanding of Christianity and what it looks like to have a lifestyle of evangelism. They also discuss how culture has changed and what that means for how Churches and individuals should look to speak the gospel.

How to talk about Jesus – with Sam Chan from Village Church Annandale, Sydney on Vimeo.

Join us for Katoomba Easter Convention 23!

At Katoomba Easter Convention 2023, we’re ready to serve you with a family-friendly program that will empower you to believe that the Bible is true, trustworthy and inspired by God.

Whether you join us in the beautiful mountain air of Katoomba, or from your living room or holiday home elsewhere, our absolute priority is to provide a program that will continue to be a time of significant spiritual impact for you.

For more information on ticket types, pricing, family packages and children’s programs visit our website: https://easterconvention.com/

Stay in touch with Katoomba Easter Convention

We are thrilled to announce that Urban Missionary, Sam Chan, will return to speak at

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Start the Year Well with NextGen Online

NextGen Online now offers an easy, accessible training resource through a member’s only portal.

For over 30 years, NextGen leaders training conference has played an integral role in developing leaders in youth and children’s ministry. As of this year, the world-class training model has been relaunched as NextGen Online, with all NextGen’s strand booklets and video workshops now available through a brand-new membership portal.

NextGen Online will give you complete access to all four of our core short training courses (previously named “strands”) and 11 practical video workshops for effective Christian ministry.

The four NextGen courses are:

Rising Leaders: Leadership Development for Youth (specifically Year 11-12 students) Strand 1: How to Interpret Bible Passages Strand 2: Seeing the Big Picture of the Bible Strand 3: Understanding Issues Biblically
By training with NextGen Online, delegates will be equipped, encouraged and enabled to: Have confidence in approaching the Bible Know what to look for when reading the Bible in groups or individually Explain passages biblically to anyone – your Sunday School class, youth group, home group, family or friends
If renewing your love for God’s word is something you would like to embrace this year, start planning your ministry training with NextGen Online: nextgen.kcc.org.au

Stay up to date with NextGen Online

NextGen Online now offers an easy, accessible training resource through a member’s only portal. For over 30

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NextGen

Know the Word. Love God. Share the gospel.

Started in 1962.

NextGen gives you the tools to know and share the Bible well.

God’s Word

Do you often feel ill-equipped to share about the Bible, or run into passages you wish you could understand better?

Leading Others

Do you lead in kids, youth or home groups, and want to be able to give better biblical answers to questions, or know that you’re interpreting the Bible appropriately?

Training

NextGen has been created for people who want to share the Bible with others: in youth groups or Sunday School, but also in school scripture, home groups or 1:1 settings.

Visit NextGen Website

NextGen is an amazing experience to grow in your love and knowledge of God. Every year I have been inspired and challenged in my faith and how I teach and encourage others.

Attendee, NextGen 2020

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Know the Word. Love God. Share the gospel. Started in 1962. NextGen gives you the

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Katoomba Easter Convention

Go together. Grow together.

Started in 1962.

KEC runs every Easter with programs for toddlers all the way up to adults, and is a fantastic way to spend Easter as a family or with friends, soaking in God’s Word.

Visit KEC Website

(KEC) really has become our family tradition. It has played a major role in the spiritual growth of both ourselves and our children. We come to hear some great teaching, catch up with friends, relax and just generally have a good time.

Attendee, Katoomba Easter Convention

Go together. Grow together. Started in 1962. KEC runs every Easter with programs for toddlers all

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KYCK

Inspiring Youth

Started in 1993.

KYCK runs during the April school holidays over three weekends, and for one weekend in the September holidays, challenging and inspiring high-schoolers to place their trust in Jesus and live for Him alone.

Visit KYCK Website

I no longer have excuses for all the times I’ve stuffed up … thanks KYCK, for helping me to see that I was wrong… for empowering me so much and charging me with the Truth of God!

Attendee, KYCK

Inspiring Youth Started in 1993. KYCK runs during the April school holidays over three weekends, and

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BASECAMP

Strengthening Men

Started in 1997.

BASECAMP is for men – to teach and equip men to live well and finish well. With excellent bible teaching, inspiring testimonies and practical wisdom for living well as a Christian man, it is also designed to be accessible to men who are not yet Christian.

Visit BASECAMP Website

One of the things I enjoy most … is the worship. To hear 1,500 men singing hymns and other worship songs together is awesome.

Attendee, BASECAMP

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Strengthening Men Started in 1997. BASECAMP is for men – to teach and equip men to

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Get ready for the last KYCK of 2024!