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45 years old

Adelaide, South Australia

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Sanctuary Skydiving in South Australia.....
Awesome Christian Surf T-shirt Design.....
Sky Diving at Goolwa, South Australia.
Surfing All Year At Adelaide, South Australia.
Snowboarding at Mt Hotham, Victorian Snowfielfds, Australia.

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Sanctuary Christian Ministries runs a "Sanctuary Shop" where we are selling surfboards, snowboards, Christian t-shirts and beach volleyball items. The shop has space at the back for a meeting place (ie. lounge chairs, tables, beanbags, large screen TV, wall projector, tea/coffee/drinks/food, etc) so that we can invite people back there during the outreach sessions we do every night (see street preaching page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/street/). The Adelaide CBD is a very popular place for people to go and so there are lots of people to witness to. We get people to come and chat about God in our shop - this includes using the wall projector to run cinema-style Christian movies. Out the back in the alleyway, we have a street gym for urban workouts (see street gym page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/street/streetgym.htm). Our open-air stage trailer is available for free use to any person/church/organisation wanting to preach the Christian Bible message at any open-air venue (eg, parklands, stalls, conferences, beach, etc). Also available are 120 outdoor chairs, 5 marquees and two BBQs to create a carnival setting (see open-air stage trailer at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/street/stagetrailer.htm). Plus, we hold our weekly Thursday Night Bible Study meeting there and we invite people from off the street to join in the study. Another advantage is that it is directly opposite a very popular Christian bookstore and lots of people come over to "check us out". The shop is a a pick-up and drop-off spot for both the surfing trips (see surfing page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/surfin'/), camping trips and for our Sunday morning church service seeing as we have three church buses available. Apart from the people we arrange to meet for these trips, there are backpacker hostels nearby and we might get backpackers to "kill some time" by going with us surfing and on adventure safari trips (see safaris page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/safari/Safari_leaflet.jpg), or most importantly, attending church meetings in the cafe lounge. Our buses have DVD screens in them to play Bible movies during transit. We believe that with the interest we are getting in the Sanctuary Shop, we could easily have the shop open from 9am up until 11pm, Monday to Saturday (....with outreach through-out the week and on Sunday arvo till late each night). Each summer, there is also an international "world-pro" beach volleyball tournament being held at Glenelg Beach. We minister to the High School graduates during "Schoolies Week" at Victor Harbor and we go skydiving as well (see skydiving page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/skydiving/). On the quieter side of things, we spend some nights camping out to go stargazing (see stargazing page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/stargazing/) and we take people on sight seeing tours in the Adelaide Hills and farm tours in rural Australia. This means lots of outreach potential and lots of people to meet. Also, we will have 6-7 trips to the snow this winter to go snowboarding (see snow page at http://www.users.on.net/~mec/evangelical/snow/). So.....we would appreciate your support and prayers for this ministry.

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Pastor Neil Aitchison [unmarried] has been the pastor of Sanctuary Christian Ministries since it was first incorporated in November, 2001. He was raised on a sheep farm at a town called Keith in the South-East of South Australia. He attended the Clarence Valley Baptist Bible College in Grafton, New South Wales where he acquired a Diploma in Theology and then studied at the Australian Bible Seminary in Sydney, NSW. His sending church is Liberty Baptist Church with Pastor Keith Piper. Pastor Aitchison is also the manager of a piano shop and a power company.