National Christian Youth Convention

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The National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC) is a national week long conference for people aged 16-30 years held by the Uniting Church in Australia every second January. It is held in a different Australian city each time in the long summer school and university holidays. It attracts over 1,500 delegates from around Australia plus visiting delegations from Pacific Ocean countries. It is one of the biggest events for youth on the Uniting Church's calendar.

NCYC 2007 at Scotch College Perth Perth, Western Australia, had the theme "Agents of Change" and also had an inaugural Adult Convention. NCYC 2009 will be at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Victoria, with the theme Converge.^[1]

1 History
2 Organisation
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

NCYC began in 1955 with an evangelical campaign run by Rev. Dr. Sir Alan Walker as an activity of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney held at the Royal Showgrounds, from 16-23 January 1955. The theme was "God Works". Keynote speakers included Dr A. Harold Wood, Alan Walker, and Dr Roy L. Smith from the United States who also led the Bible studies. It was designed to reach the entire Christian community, not just that of the Methodist Church of Australasia (see Methodism).

The 50th anniversary NCYC was held in January 2005 at the Gawler campus of Trinity College to the north of Adelaide in South Australia. The most recent NCYC was held in Perth, Western Australia from the 3-9 January, 2007.

1993. ACT, Canberra. Theme: Love In A Dangerous Time
1995. SA, Adelaide. Theme: "Living On The Edge"
1997. Tasmania. Theme: Living the Legend
1999. Victoria, Geelong. Theme: It All Depends
2001. Queensland. Theme: Now is the Time
2003. NSW, Newcastle. Theme: Shaking The Foundations
2005. SA, Gawler. Theme: [Live This Life]
2007. WA, Perth. Theme: Agents of Change
2009. Victoria, Melbourne. Theme CONVERGE

Further History: NCYC 50th Anniversary Project

[edit] Organisation

Leadership is by a local organising committee coordinated, typically but not necessarily, by a young minister of religion. Older adults are mobilised to support and assist.

Sometimes a university campus and its accommodation has been the base for the event. A range of accommodation options are offered, ranging from camping in tents to live-in accommodation and billeting.