You are helping aching hearts find sanctuary
Sanctuary Family Retreat is a five-day family camp held each year after Christmas for newly arrived refugees in VIC. It is run as a partnership between SU Australia and Embrace Sanctuary Australia. John Altmann and his wife Cathy are members of the volunteer team.
Recently, John generously opened up to us […]
Übertweak: where ministry meets diversity
Through SU Australia’s camping ministry, you are helping us reach every child, young person and family across our nation with the love of Jesus. But the spaces where this happens…are sometimes surprising.
Cast your mind back to your own youth for a moment. Were you a sporty kid who lived for […]
Inspired to Thrive
At Inspire Art Camp, campers are encouraged to see their passions as gifts to use for the glory of God
A caravan for accommodation? Or would you prefer to sleep in the teepee tents? These are just a couple of the colourful choices on offer at NSW’s Inspire Art Camp, now […]
Decades of faith, family and mission
God is using the faithful service of SU Australia’s volunteers to change lives across generations.
Just ask Audrey and Bill Langlands.
Their story stretches back nearly 60 years with a chance meeting at the Augusta beach mission in WA. Since then, Audrey and Bill have spent many years serving with SU and […]
Discovering the Real Thing: 2025 Children and Families Easter Festival
Who or what is the ‘real thing?’
This was the question more than 40 churches, Christian organisations, and sports clubs explored with SU Australia at 2025’s Children and Families Festival on Easter Saturday at Riverbend Park in Launceston. A crowd as big as never before – possibly more than 4,000 kids […]
What is life like in a refugee camp?
SU Australia chaplain Emma-Lee found out.
Recently, I had the opportunity to partner with SU Uganda and SU South Sudan Refugee Ministry (SUSSRM-U) to serve within Rhino Camp, one of the largest refugee camps in the world. Most of the refugees are South Sudanese or Congolese, fleeing their […]

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