See video clip from the conference days further down in the article.<\/em><\/p>\n BCC is a denomination with fellow believers from all parts of the world, including New Zealand. The Church here is situated on North Island, not far from the city of Tauranga. In total they number approximately 70 members.<\/p>\n For more than 10 years BCC\u2019s Leader K\u00e5re J. Smith has travelled here to participate at the conference. Here, the message preached draws in several visitors. This year the conference totalled nearly one hundred participants.<\/p>\n The conference lasts just less than a week and has a rich program: a day for the children, a day for the young people, and a main conference which exceeds just over three days. It is the local church in New Zealand who plan and conduct the conference, and here both young and old are involved.<\/p>\n The church hires a camping site, where conference facilities allow room for \u00a0faith strengthening meetings. In addition, there are good facilities for various activities between meetings.Amongst other things, a sports area and beaches.<\/p>\n Elise Friberg (25) is originally from Norway but moved to New Zealand just over two years ago. She is involved in children\u2019s and youth work in the local church, and has also been along in the planning process of the event.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the conference I often meet old friends and also make new ones. To gather around our faith and encourage one another gives me great motivation personally\u201d, she says. \u201cIt inspires me to live a personal and active Christian life.\u201d<\/p>\n In total the conference consisted of three meetings and a youth meeting. During the day there have been sporting and play events, and in the evening, they sing and talk together around the fire.<\/p>\n The approach for the children was based on the same theme as BCC\u2019s children\u2019s conference in Norway Summer 2019 (Jesus is my friend). Here the children could learn more about who Jesus is and how He can be a help throughout our lives.<\/p>\n Several of those who have assisted voluntarily with the conference say that it has been rewarding for them personally to have been a part of this shared project. Working together to arrange a conference for nearly one hundred participants gives a unity to the locals and also possibilities to establish new international friendships.<\/p>\n Here you can see a short film clip from the event and the preparation work, made by the local church in New Zealand:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D7MYk1gfKIo<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year in January the local church in New Zealand arranged their annual Summer Conference with participants from several other countries. The conference has become a destination for\u00a0 BCC members from several parts of the world, and here you can see a video clip giving an insight into some of the effort that goes into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":105701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","bcc_login_visibility":0,"bcc_groups":[],"bcc_groups_email":true,"bcc_visibility_groups":[],"bcc_visibility_groups_email":false,"sent_notifications":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conferences-en"],"acf":{"rss_image":null},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2020-01-18_20-56-25-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Mathias Strand Kristiansen","author_link":"https:\/\/bcc.no\/en\/author\/22801\/"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"](\"https:\/\/bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2020-01-18_20-56-36-2.jpg\")
This is a local, as well as an international event<\/h3>\n
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Youth are also along in arranging the event<\/h3>\n
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Voluntary involvement and Christian togetherness<\/h3>\n