_What’s On Now

What's on now 
at CBS?

The heart of Campus Bible Study is the community of Christians who gather in 2s & 3s, with small groups from their faculty, or in a large group from across the campus – lots of different formats, but one common goal: prayerfully engaging with God through his Word in order to know and serve him! We often summarise this with our mission statement:

 

Prayerfully proclaiming the crucified Christ as Lord of all, we evangelise, teach, train and send each other, as God’s servants into all the world.

We would love you to personally invest in this same mission on campus at UNSW! Around this essential core, there are lots of activities that support and enable the work. Below are details of some current opportunities to make the most of during your time at Uni.

 

Certainty Mission!

Every day is a great time to talk about Jesus, but in the busyness of life, having times of particular mission focus can help us train and be bold in our outreach. So this year, we’re running a heightened mission around the theme of Certainty!

The high point will be at the start of Term 3 – with lots of activity and outreach events. But mission starts now! Grab a hoodie and start talking with your friends about certainty!

Kick-On 2025 : Certainty in Evangelism
What is it? How to have it? & What to do with it?

Friday 12 September 2025
9.30am – 3.30pm @ UNSW
Rego from 9am
Cost $13 (morning tea and lunch provided) – pay @ campusbiblestudy.org/kickon

Evangelism can be one of those exciting and terrifying activities! Exciting in its goodness and eternal impact. Terrifying because we feel our weakness and the potential for opposition. So how good is it to know that God is working through us for the glory of his Son and the salvation of his people! Join us for Kick-On Conference where we can be reminded of the certainty we have in evangelism and be encouraged for our mission together on campus (and in all of life!).

It’s out! The timetable for Term 3 has been locked in and it looks much like Term 2 … with a small tweak for Thursday TBT! Think about how to use your time on campus to serve (seek to meet and speak twice a week) and train. crossangles.app is a great resource to help plan your timetable, and then you can sign-up here.

This term we are launching a new evangelistic Bible study called Discover Jesus! It will be an excellent place to bring classmates, those you meet during walk-up or at Sport and Hangs, international students and high school friends. Basically, it will be a friendly place for anyone to come and meet others, read the Bible, ask their questions and discover Jesus! They will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11-12 in the Quadrangle (when many of us have faculty Bible studies) so it will be easy to bring a friend and connect them in. If you would like to get involved or find out more, chat to any of the staff. And please PRAY and INVITE your friends to Discover Jesus!

UNSW is such an immense mission field that rightly absorbs lots of our focus. But the whole world belongs to God and owes Him glory and needs Jesus. So we joyfully partner with missionaries around the world and have a number of monthly mission prayer groups that grow awareness and connection and engagement with God’s work around the world. If you’d like to find out more and join a group to pray and partner in world mission, contact one of the members below.

Generally meet in the evening of the 4th Monday of each month (24/2, 24/3, 28/4, 19/5, 30/6, 28/7, 25/8, 22/9, 27/10, 24/11)

Africa
Isaac Barnes (meeting in Newtown)

Europe
Tim Rowe (meeting in Kingsford)

Regional Australia
Sam Ellery (meeting Newtown)

East Asia (meeting every 1st Tuesday of the month)
Jess Yu (meeting in Kingsford)

Latin America
Christy Or (meeting in Kingsford)

Middle East & Arab World
Nathan Ramsay (meeting in Kingsford)

South East Asia
Haydn St James (meeting Kingsford)

Locations

** NOTE: For a number of our bookings, the locations will change throughout the term! See the graphic below for an overview or see below for this week’s locations

The Bible Talks:

   Tues 12pm | Colombo Th B   
   Tues 1pm | O’Shane G03   
    Wed 12pm | Colombo Th B   
    Wed 1pm | Ainsworth G03
 Thurs 12pm | Ainsworth 202  

Lunch: 
Tuesday – 12 & 1pm @ Quad
Wednesday – 12 & 1pm @ Quad
Thursday – 1pm @ Quad

 

Core Theology

     Tues 3pm | O’Shane G05    
Wed 2pm | Griffith M18
                         (wk 2, 4, 5, 10)
     Wed 2pm | Ainsworth 102
                      (wk 3, 7, 8, 9)
Tues 7pm (FOCUS) | TBC

Resources

2025 Dates (2)
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Information to connect and partner

Campus Pastors

Tim Rowe – email

Kitty Chan

Talar Khatchoyan

Financial Partnership

Questions – chat to the staff 🙂

Update regular giving – email the CBS office

Set-up regular giving (or make a one-off donation)

Current Campus Finances

At end of March 2025
Given (budget) : $17 223   ($26 667)
Deficit : $9 444

Praying for Campus Bible Study

Sign-up for the weekly CBS Prayer Email

Praying for Faculty Missionaries

ADA : Miriam Bradshaw (Spain)

Business : Pedro & Joy Oliveira-Woolmer (Uruguay)

CSE : Chenny Thie (Japan)

Education : Julie (South East Asia)

Engineering : Peter & Terry Blowes (Argentina)

Law : N & R (South East Asia)

Medicine : Sam & Shan-Shan Chrisp (Taiwan)

Science : Mike & Katie Taylor (Tanzania)

Get involved

Join Us

Simon Sheely

Simon did his traineeship at CBS before studying at Moore College.  He will return to pastor the Unichurch congregation.  Having lived in one of the colleges while studying, he is well equipped to minister to the residents at the university.  He is married to Ange.

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Ross Ireland

Ross did his traineeship at CBS before studying at Moore College.  He will return to be the dedicated evangelist on the team and will also serve the wider ministry enabling communication between students, grads, and supporters.  He is married to Lilian and has two children.

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Talar Khatchoyan

Talar graduated Moore College in 2018 and has served at Yagoona Anglican and Naremburn/Cammeray Anglican Church.

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Dr. Jerome Jayasekera

Jerome was born in Malaysia, grew up in the US and spent time in Egypt. Having come to faith as a postgraduate student at uni, he loves the opportunities that uni life opens up to encountering Jesus. He is super keen to help everyone at uni, particularly postgrads and academics, find true meaning and life in Jesus. He loves spending time with his family, outdoor activities, and engaging in thought provoking conversations.

CORE
TRAINING

Because the Christian life is about service, CORE Training is a series of practical small group training courses. They will equip you to know and share what you believe, to read the Bible on your own and with others, to lead a Bible Study group, and help you transition from Uni to the rest of your life!

Make the most of your university years to be equipped to serve now and well into the future!

SIGN UP FOR TERM 1

CORE
THEOLOGY

If God has made the world and the Bible tells us how we are to live in the world, theology is all about knowing God truly and learning to view the world with His eyes.

CORE Theology is a fun and engaging weekly seminar that won’t let you sit back with indifference. Wherever you are, we want to stretch your thinking and firm-up your foundation to live rightly in service of God and others!

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