Indonesian Mission and Culture Trip – 2012

Who and When…

• Late term 2/early term 3 2012
• Secondary students (G8-10)
• Parent meeting early term 1

Experience….

• School visits, village life and festivals
• Indonesian food and customs
• Faith in context
• Practical Mission

Cost: $2,000 (inc. accommodation, flights, insurance and most meals)

Fusion International

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Southern Christian College partners with Fusion International in Indonesia. Through this relationship, our students have been involved in serving local communities.  In 2010, students from Southern Christian College raised money to purchase a rotary hoe to double food production in an isolated Sumba village.  In 2011 students provided funds to help a local ministry worker purchase a motorbike to improve  his ability to reach out from his own remote village and maintain support links.  On our trips to Indonesia our students have supported the work of Fusion, running festivals for local children and schools.

Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement – is an intercultural understanding project which will forge ongoing school-to-school relationships between Australia and Indonesia.  Southern Christian College is one of a number of schools around Australia linked with a sister school in Indonesia.  Initiated by the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII), the schools partnership project is funded by The Myer Foundation and the Australian Government, through AusAID.

“A life changing place.”

                                                                Joshua Levett, 2010

August 2010, five students and two staff members began an incredible journey to a nation of over 250 million people, our largest neighbour with a growing church twice the size of the entire Australian population.  Our students went to visit our sister-school, live in local communities, serve the local church, run local festivals with the Fusion International team whilst exchanging music, culture and language.

In 2011 we returned with ten students and four adults, all eager to serve, learn and experience faith, life and culture in another country.

SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar

Since 2009, Southern Christian College has been part of a sister-school relationship with SMA Muhammadiyah 1; a Muslim school in the predominantly Hindu island of Bali.  Two teachers from our sister school have visited Southern Christian College.  Two student groups and one teacher delegation have visited Bali, engaging in classes, cultural and sporting exchanges with our sister school.  Visits to SMA Muhammadiyah form a regular and, for the students, popular part of our annual trip to Indonesia.

Language at SCC

Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia) was introduced to SCC in 1998.  Since then it has grown to incorporate all of our students from Early Learning (3 years of age) to Grade 10.

Research tells us that language learning improves a student’s literacy skills in their own language, develops important neural pathways and encourages greater cultural awareness and understanding of others.

At SCC, language is more than an academic pursuit; it is a way of sharing God’s love and showing hospitality to the “alien and stranger amongst us”.