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If you need have any other questions or if you need any help please contact us at neville.b@sunz.org.nz
E3 is for Year 12-13 school students (ages 17-18). Travelling as a small community through remote wilderness areas of Aotearoa New Zealand, each expedition is focussed on developing the character of participants and strengthening their connections with God, others, and creation. Through a combination of shared experiences (back-country cooking, participation in citizen science projects and practical conservation, facilitating decision-making), daily discussions and solo-time, we will explore how we fit into God's story and reflect on what this might mean for the next season of life.
E3 is a partnership between SUNZ, Adventure Specialties and A ROCHA NZ. E3 ministries believe that wilderness experiences are significant - helping us to understand ourselves better and deepening our relationships with others, with God, and with God's creation.
E3 Expeditions involve a range of outdoor pursuits (Rafting, Sea Kayaking, Mountain-Biking, Tramping) as together we pilgrimage through remote wilderness areas of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Our journeys range from tramping through the Lewis Pass high country and a multi-day rafting expedition down the Waiau Toa/Clarence River, or scaling alpine passes in Aspiring National Park and sea-kayaking across Lake Wanaka.
“I learnt a lot about myself and others, also how amazing creation is!
Seeing beautiful scenery I’ve never experienced before all created by God!”
“It was an environment that you could feel comfortable to share your feelings - this was a big help as it was encouragement for me in my faith journey.”
“Through E3 I have grown in confidence in myself. I also think my mental strength has improved. What I learned on E3 has already helped me in the leadership role I now have at school."
“I have a new respect for creation and the need to conserve and appreciate what we have been given.”
“We started off as a bunch of strangers and ended up like a close knit family.”
Because our epic E3 expeditions only take a tight knit group, spots on E3 usually fill up quickly. We can only take about 12 campers on each trip so if you like the sound of E3 then make sure you register quick!
Check out our current E3 events
Come to some of New Zealand’s most amazing locations for school holiday fun and action.
Adventurous outdoor activities, campfires, games and hang-out time
Make new friends
Enjoy God’s awesome creation
Explore the Bible and Prayer
Engage Daily Bible Reading App is a new way to engage with God through scripture. New audio Bible readings, along with discussion questions you can follow with on-screen, are released every day. A young Kiwi reads the scripture to you, and at the end of each reading they ask you a few thoughtful questions and they finish with a prayer. You can listen as a group or by yourself, and can link to a Facebook page to share your thoughts about the questions. Click here to view the Engage App Facebook Page
Available on all mobile platforms
The app is specifically designed for smartphones and tablets. It can be used on all mobile platforms and available for download from the following app stores: Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Marketplace and Amazon Appstore.
As well as English, all the daily readings and scriptures are available in Maori.
You can download all the bible readings in the app so you can listen to them offline at any time. Use the download manager to play the readings that you have downloaded, to delete them or even to share them.
In the Engage App you can see all of our current and upcoming events such as our youth camps. You can view all the details of our event and register all from right within the app.
We know that you probably already have a bible app on your device, but having the bible in the Engage App makes it that much easier for you. You can listen and read the reading in our App, but if you need to access the bible you don't even have to leave the app. You can view the ESV bible (with audio) right inside the Engage App.
An inspirational time of discovery and personal journey towards the real you. Our storytelling camps aim is for you to be inspired as you read and listen to the voice of God and step out into God’s story for yourselves. A weekend of Bible engagement and discipleship through storytelling, along with an amazing SUNZ camping experience jam packed full of fun activities and challenges.
For more information email Neville at neville.b@sunz.org.nz
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YOUTHSERVE helps young people follow Jesus and put their faith into action in the local community. SUNZ will work with your New Zealand church to equip young people for a 1-7 day mission which tackles local service projects and reaches out to the local community through lifestyle evangelism.
Faith-sharing goes alongside practical service, as young people clear weeds, scrub graffiti , work with the elderly, run kids activities or meet any need in your own community. We have Bibles donated by the Bible Society to give out as your young people connect with community members and families, and build bridges to churches and SUNZ Youth schools work.
There are no YOUTHSERVE events scheduled at the moment. Please check back later for updates.
For more information about YOUTHSERVE please contact Andy Banks at andy.b@sunz.org.nz
Stay Real can help your school, youth group or community organisation develop at-risk youth programmes for your community.
Stay Real helps young people develop strategies to deal with real-life problems like anger, bullying, drug abuse, relationships, parents, and peer pressure. Adventure camps with activities like canoeing, climbing or hunting can be included in the programme. We can create links with community organisations to promote positive changes in young people’s lives.
A non-threatening and non-judgemental environment
A sense of belonging
Strategies to deal with life issues
Teaching to help at-risk youth gain trust, respect and honesty
Email Neville.B@sunz.org.nz for more info on working with at-risk youth
Transitions gatherings help equip year 13 students prepare to transition into tertiary study or work:
Learn about budgeting, flatting, legal issues, and cooking
Plan for the future and how to connect in with a Christian community if you are shifting from home to another region
Hands-on interaction and giveaways from local businesses
Email Neville.B@sunz.org.nz for more info
Are you a Christian 18 years and older and enthusiastic about sharing your faith with young people?
Volunteering as a leader for Scripture Union NZ camps and clubs is an opportunity to share your Christian faith and develop leadership skills in a fun and supportive environment. SUNZ provides training and support to help you be an effective leader.
Spend time with young people at camp as they swim, kayak, mountain bike, horse ride, tramp, surf, sail. You will run games and sports, organise dramas and craft, share campfires and singing, encourage campers with Bible reading and prayer, and lead small group activities. You will come away with leadership skills and new friends.
Interested? Great! All you need to do is fill in the simple form below and one of our team will get back to you!
You can order NUA now by clicking the button below.
NUA is a film series that encourages questions, acknowledges doubt, and offers an engaging perspective on the Christian faith.
We give you tools to discuss your worldview with credibility and confidence, while encouraging you to wrestle with the things that just don’t seem to make sense. At the end of the day, this film series is about impact—immediate and personal, as well as the long-term, life-changing experience of working out your faith.
NUA / nu: ʌ / noo-ah / Language of origin: Irish Adjective, meaning “new”.
NUA looks at questions about Jesus, the Bible, and what it means to be a Christian. It’s a fresh perspective, a different conversation — created in Ireland, hosted by an Irishman.
NUA is a series of eight short films (approx 15mins each) intended to be watched over time. NUA is ideal in an educational setting, church/parish, youth group, university or with friends. These are films to engage with and pick apart. More than anything, NUA is a fresh learning experience.
NUA has been put together by Scripture Union Ireland. NUA comes from many years spent with young people, listening to their questions. Doubt is the result of an active, engaged mind interested in seeking truth — something we love to see! So we set out to help young adults dig deeper as they explore faith and spirituality.
Three writers and more than 30 reviewers — including chaplains, teachers, young professionals, parents, clergy, and actual young people — worked together to craft each episode.
To put this series together we hired a creative video agency based in Dublin called Tiny Ark, along with director, Greg Fromholz — to create an artistic expression of common doubts, questions, and truths. Everyone involved brought something different to the project — but we have one thing in common: passion. Each of us cares deeply about investing in young people and their journey of faith.
Over the course of three years, the NUA team worked at funding, writing, planning, production, and editing. Today, we have a film series we can be proud of — one we hope will bring encouragement and spark discussion among young adults in Ireland and around the world.
NUA is now available for pre-order. The product range of NUA consists of three products. The NUA USB stick is packed with high quality HD episodes, training videos and more. The NUA Guide is an invaluable resource for lesson plans, engagement activities and discussion topics. The NUA journal is a beautiful and helpful tool where viewers can freely process and record their thoughts and ideas along the journey.
A gift to SUNZ helps bring Jesus’ love to hundreds of young New Zealanders each year. Your donation, staff support, bequest or tax rebate enables more young people to learn about God, grow as leaders and influence our world for good.
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