Cricket at lunchtime; Playing in the sandpit – a taste of summer weather, albeit briefly! Claire and Steve Lacey working on removal of the side fence to Stephen Street; Eli, Na-omi and Mary investigat-ing forces in Science Prac using “crash-test dummies” in Science. TRAINING CHRISTIAN LEADERS One of the most important aspects of Christian Educa-tion is the development of Christian leadership poten-tial, with God’s character maturing within students that will show forth in test-ing times or when challeng-es are encountered. Honesty, Respect, Truthful-ness, Discernment, Humili-ty, Love and Forgiveness are some of the most pow-erful evidences of a God who empowers lives and who sustains those who call upon His Name. “The greatness of a leader is in his humility before God, not in his eloquence before men.” A prayer for all leaders:- “Lord, when I am wrong, make me willing to change; when I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my ex-ample will far exceed the authority of my rank.” Pauline Peters “The size of a leader is determined by the depth of his convictions, the height of his ambitions, the breadth of his vision and the reach of his love.” D.N.Jackson

“Love and respect do not automatically accompany a position of leadership. They must be earned.” “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” Ray Kroc Phil Chapman

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O L I V E T C H R I S T I A N C O L L E G E 89 Main Rd

Campbells Creek 3451 Phone(03) 5472 3817

Fax (03)5470 6871

Email: admin@olivet.vic..edu.au

ENCOURAGING….EQUIPPING....EMPOWERING

PLEASE PRAY THIS WEEK for the CRITCHLEY DONNAN HODGES and JOHNSTON families. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Families can continue to pack their shoe boxes in readiness for the final deadline day of Tues 25 Oc-tober. Families may like to also contribute to the cost of delivering the boxes to their destination overseas, which has been set by Operation Christmas Child at $9 per box. All donations will be much appreciat-ed. ICE CREAM STALLS Our ice cream stalls are back on Friday lunchtimes this term! Ice creams will cost $1, $2 and $3 and all funds raised will support the delivery of our Samari-tans Purse Christmas boxes to children overseas. CASTLEMAINE AGRICULTURAL SHOW This is a great opportunity for students up to the age of 16, and all adults, to enjoy the fun of enter-ing their art, craft, photography, horticulture and cooking in a local competition. This year the Show will be held on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October at the Camp Reserve in Castlemaine. For details of entries please see Mrs Chapman. Could all students who have art or craft that they wish to enter in the Castlemaine Show please bring it to school by Monday October 17th. This allows time to prepare entry forms etc. Thanks in anticipation. Mrs Chapman THE ARK OF NOAH IS COMING!! Rod Walsh is looking forward to visiting Olivet Christian College on Monday 14 November 2016. The session is confirmed to commence at 1.30pm for all students for the full afternoon, using dynamic PowerPoint illustrations. The talk title will be Noah's Ark—Deluge of Evidence. Parents and family members are welcome to come along to the session too. Rod will also set up a re-source display for the session.

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ORIENTATION MORNINGS Tuesday 25th October

Thursday 3rd November 8.45am to 12.45pm

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SECONDARY SPORT FOR TOMORROW Volleyball and Futsal will be the sports for this week. Please ensure that students have the cor-rect sports uniform and runners. Thank you. SECONDARY NEWS RE SOUTH PAC CONVEN-TION Mrs Chapman is working on the registration forms for all students to go to South Pac. All Convention Art and Craft items are due in for display at school asap. Permission forms are due back to Mrs Chap-man by tomorrow please (Friday 14 October). FRAMING AND MOUNTING OF CONVENTION ARTWORK Please note that all Convention artwork must be framed (commercial frames are fine) and all pho-tography must be mounted. However, if you wish, Kristina Browning is availa-ble to take orders to complete these for a fee. (See charges below). If you wish Kristina to complete any framing or mounting for you, please bring your work to Mrs Chapman by next Monday please. PRICES—KRISTINA BROWNING Frames and Mounts SMALL FRAMES $40 Approx. A4 LARGE FRAMES $50 Approx. A3 SMALL MOUNTS $9 LARGE MOUNTS $15 FLOAT FRAMED MOUNTS $15 TRIPLE MOUNTS $20 IN CHAPEL TODAY we had a visit from Pastor Michael Mani from the Glory Christian School in Fiji. Michael is the Principal and Pastor where 64 stu-dents attend. He spoke on James 1:19 about the need to be quick to listen carefully, but to be slow to talk and slow to get angry, for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. Students from Olivet met Pastor Mani in Fiji when we attended the South Pacific Student Convention held in Fiji in December 2012. UPCOMING EVENTS TERM 4 Mon 24 Oct Neville Muir (Deaf Ministries Inter-national) here at Assembly Tues 25 Oct Orientation Morning Number 1 Monday 31 Oct Staff Curriculum Day (no stu-dents are required to attend school) Tues 1 Nov Melbourne Cup Day (no students are required to attend school) Wed 2 Nov Lynton Allan Painter/Sketcher/StoryTeller will be visiting Olivet for the morn-ing to take Chapel and class sessions

Thurs 3 Nov Orientation Morning Number 2 Mon 14 Nov Rod Walsh and Noah’s Ark Mon 21 Nov Yr 9/10 students to pack shoe box-es at the Mitcham Warehouse of operation Christmas Child Mon 28 Nov Year 6 Graduation Dinner at Sky-Dancers from 6pm—8pm Mon 5 Dec Collation of Reports and Awards for end of year Presentation (no students are re-quired to attend at school) Tues 6 Dec End of Year Trips and Secondary Formal Dinner Wednesday Final day at Olivet for rehearsals, clean-up and last classes for the year Thurs 8 Dec Presentation Morning 11am (for Term 4 Awards) Presentation Night 6.30pm for all year awards South Pacific Student Convention for second-ary students will run from Saturday 10 - Friday 16 December. PRAYER AND PRAISE Praise God for the smooth start to Term 4. Pray for each student to grow in character and God’s wisdom and strong faith Give thanks for parents and grandparents who mentor our young people to be strong and re-silient, able to face challenges with confidence.

DO YOU HAVE A SPARE HOUR OR TWO? With the increased growth of spring due to all the rains, there is much that needs to be done in the gardens and playgrounds. If you have an hour or so, please see Mr Chapman. Thank you. OLIVET NETBALL TEAM Olivet lost 7-6 in a very close tussle!

THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE 1. The Sapphire Coast is in which state of

Australia? 2. The collective noun for mongooses is busi-

ness, clan or mob? 3. Table Mountain towers over which African

city? 4. What is the only country name to end in a

“K”? 5. What is the principal vegetable ingredient

of a traditional moussaka? 6. A tenor tuba is better known as a …..? 7. What makes a soufflé` puffy? 8. What element makes phosphorus glow? T20 TOURNAMENT Students in Years 3—4 will be attending the MILO T20 Blast School Cup Cricket Carnival for District Primary Schools at Wesley Hill next Tuesday (18 Oct). We will be leaving school at 9am and travel-ling by school bus. We will be returning to school at approx. 2.30pm. Students will need to wear their sports uniform and take snacks, lunch and drinks for the day. We are looking forward to the day out at the cricket! PETER AND THE WOLF

On Wednesday the Prep to Year 4’s travelled to The Ulumbarra Theatre, in Bendigo, to experience the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s presenta-tion of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.

It was a fantastic performance and everyone loved the narration, which was an integral part of the performance. Some student comments included, “Loud”, “Bit sad for the duck”, “Exciting”, “Weird in parts”, “Quick”, “Funny”, “Lovely”, “Happy” and “Awesome”.