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The Palmy Overseas Christian Fellowship crew started the year off with a little get-together called Launch, to catch up with old friends and meet new people. The first event of the semester was Takeoff, a night of dinner, games, and meeting more new people. Throughout the semester Friday meetings started with dinner, followed by games and worship, and ending with Bible studies in the book of John.

Palmerston North OCF enjoyed hosting Kickoff together with MUCF at the beginning of the semester at Massey University. It was a good opportunity to welcome new students and fellowship together over food and games.  

Throughout semester one we studied the letters of Paul to the Philippians and Galatians in our small groups. Galatians was a bit more challenging to work through, but it encouraged some very interesting discussions!

During the mid-semester break in April we had a joint Easter camp with Hamilton and Wellington CFs.  We spent the weekend reflecting on God’s incredible work of grace from the beginning, at creation, all the way through to the cross and our future in Christ. We also had workshops with topics ranging from how to live out our faith to what worship and missionary work really are. We left camp refreshed and ready to take on the rest of the semester with minds filled with glorious Gospel truth. 

In September, Wellington CF and Palmerston North OCF combined to pray about the coming year with a strong focus on praying for other IFES movements around the world. They learnt a lot about IFES and the progress of many nations as well as the troubles that different countries have.

Camielle, from Wellington CF says “it is very interesting to see the different struggles that different cultures experience and to get a better understanding of what many of the students go through. We prayed for our own groups as well and had a great fellowship together. I highly recommend that you do something like this with other groups on campus or meet with another campus' group. So much fun and so much prayer and goodness! Thank you so much for hosting us PNOCF!”

One of the events that PNOCF has held recently was the Easter Camp “Jumping for Joy” over the break, which was joined by Hamilton CF.

“Throughout the camp, there was such an amazing presence of God, and I believe He was glorified! It was very Gospel-centred, and when things are Gospel centred, stuff happens … we are definitely excited about what God is doing here in Palmy as well as in other parts of NZ” -Jan Tie, Co-president

  For the rest of this semester, PNOCF will be focusing on Bible studies (as is the focus each week), and is having some fund raising events too for their own CF funds as well as raising funds for the IFES pledge.

Next semester, PNOCF is also keen to have something like a Jesus Week that will prayerfully draw more people to Christ and encourage deep thought amongst our students here. 

  Prayer points:

• Pray for a hunger and thirst to be instilled in the students, for Truth and to know God who revealed Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. 

• Pray that in all things, OCF and MUCF (Massey University Christian Fellowship) will always work in the perfect and good will of God, giving Him all the glory.