New el Capitain!

Congratulations, Angus Courtney.

farewell Ryan, welcome Tim

New EU President














Farewell Ryan














More of what we can expect???

A History of el Capitains/la capitinias

2004-2005: Johann Lenffer - this man set the trend of our fearless leaders...never catching the party train.

2005-2006: Tim Pedley - Remembered for his night's of speed dating and never catching the train, Tim left half way through his term to become an EU staff worker, and had to tone down his bad behaviour, and facial hair. It was under Tim's reign that the Party Train ad was made (thanks to Luke).

2006: Matt Moffitt - After Tim's resignation, Matt appointed himself as el capitain until the election of a new leader. Full of NT Wright quotes, anglican jokes, making people drive to Katoomba for an emergency election and his infamous O Day/Minestrone super mo (introduced at GC as the Big Audacious Senior Student), many of his loyal subjects considered his reign, like King Josiah of Israel,to be all too short.

2006-2007? Will it be you?

Notice of the Party Train AGM 2006

The Party Train: We are a speficic ministry group (westys)within theEU. The party train is whole heartedly commited to the doctrinal basisof the EU, and it's mission on Campus, as articulated through its 7 objects.
Dear westy sisters and brothers in Christ, it is time for the annualAnnual General Meeting of the EU's 13th Faculty, the Party Train. Itwould be really great if you could come to the Annual General Meeting.It is a great opportunity to hear about what God has been doing in andthrough the Party Train in the past year, and to spend time in prayerto Him. You also have the opportunity to vote for the next Executive.The Constitution of the EU requires that a quorum be present at themeeting, so we need as many people as possible to be there.

- Where: Panorotti's Pizza Place in Penrith, followed by Krispy Kremes.
- When: 6:30pm on the Monday of Week 10 (the Public Holiday)- October 2?

Agenda:
1. Open in Prayer
1a. Acceptance of the Previous minutes.
2. Report of the La Capitina
3. Report of Other Office Holders
3a. Report of the Party Train Grads Fund.
4. Elections
4a. Consecration of Party Train Office Holders.
5. General Business
6. Recitial of Westy Pledge and reaffirmation of the Constitution.
7. Close in prayer

Below is the pledge and consitution, and attached are the previousminutes. You will find out more at http://thepartytrain.blopspot.com/So please come, it'll be fun. I promise. Try to email Sonia(sonia_chan80@hotmail.com) please. And maybe do a reply all just tospam everyone and entice other people to come.'Special' friends and associates are also invited.

Cheers,
For Your La Captaina, (Sonia),
Matt

Westy Pledge:"I, , do solemnly swear to embrace my identity as an individual livingwest of the great city of Sydney, to proudly accept all traditionsassociated with Westy culture, to assume all appropriate stereotypes,to uphold and never disparage the Westy image, to profess enjoyment ofall iconic Westy culinary delicacies (foodstuffs), including, but notlimited to, the mighty Krispy Kreme.I acknowledge the three sacred sites: the Westy capital – Penriff, theWesty cultural heartland –Blacktown, and the mighty Druitt.I hereby pledge allegiance to the Westy Train, promising to faithfullyobserve its constitution and the ideals it represents, maintaining theWesty spirit at all times, contributing non-nutritious snack foods asmeans allows and being in attendance whenever possible.All this I will hold to, until such time as I must at last alight, butmay I never renounce my Westyhood, so help me God."

Official Shortened Westy Pledge:Object 4: To unite students of the university in the gospel of ourLord Jesus Christ by growing them together in God-glorifyingrelationships and partnership."I am a Westy, so help me God"
Summary points of Westy Party Train constitution

On disputable matters- The Vibe overrides

On determining "Westy-ness"
- Consider Westy-ness as an intrinsic quality
- Consider Westy-ness as an assumed identity
- Required distance and direction of residenceo Defined as west of the PO Box in Parramatta
- Dress/Fashion- Accent/Vocabulary/Slang
- Initiation: Fit entire Krispy-Kreme in moutho Westy Pledge

On providing non-nutritious food
-stuffs for the Party Train
- Weekly rosters are to be created & promptly forgotten. Just bring food.
- All new biscuit and chip flavours shall be sampled

On electing official positions
- All positions must be contested
- Every member must have a position
- Positions shall be created, retired and observed as needs be (see previous)

On pretty much everything else
- The Vibe overrides

A New Hope

In true Party Train Capitain (Capitaina) tradition I have not caught the party train more often this semester than I have caught the train. It has been a long semester full of late nights at the library cursing book hiders, GCs and dentist appointments.

On the one occasion that I did catch the party train I found myself, a mere third year, to be the oldest person aboard and completely out of my depth. As conversation turned to the similarities and differences between the Islamic religion and Christianity I felt sure that this was no time to offer to battle someone off in a standing on one foot competition. The only edible substance in sight was Angus Court's roll-up (if you can call those things edible) and the only commentry on fashion was seriously opposed to 'Giodano-wearing Christians'. The absence of a purple jumper sealed the deal and the Party Train of the Lenfers, Pedleys, McSevenys, Perks and Bullens were over.

But there is a new hope. The new WPT-ers: Andrew, James, Elaine and Briony (and possibly Tim if he didn't jump off the train as the doors were closing) have spririt. Though slightly better dressed then the old crew they have the westy passion and the potential to adapt to the culture. The new crew brings a new hope and I sincerely wish that this episode ends with a light saber battle that may or may not result in the birth of a young jedi.

Party train video

You can now view the party train video here: http://web.mac.com/lmcseveny/iWeb/Geelong%20Flood/EU%20party%20train.html

This as a 13mb version of the EU Party train advertisement (which is not official and was never shown at an EU event).

Disclaimer:

Most of the jokes contained in this film are EU “in jokes”. We take the sacraments very seriously, however for the purpose of this video, we had a bit of fun.

Party Train Party

Hello Westy Party Train-er's (whose names I can remember- there are a few people who I couldn't remember, but if you do remember them, please send this email to them- there are also some email addresses that I accquired somewhat illegally, so if you recieve this and you have no idea what I'm talking about, then don't worry about it),

How's it going? I hope everything is going well with the close of semester and the insanity of exams. Anyway, it's time that we had a little gathering, so here it is:

Where: Panorotti's Pizza Place in Penrith.
When: 6:30pm on the Monday of Stuvac- 12th of June.

So please come, it'll be fun. I promise. Try to email me back with an RSVP please. And maybe do a reply all just to spam everyone and entice other people to come.

'Special' friends and associates are also invited.

Cheers,
Your La Captaina,
Sonia

P.S. there might be lots of people left off the list...

TRICKLE
the newsletter of the party train gradsfund
To trickle God’s church in Western Sydney with lay and vocational Christian leaders, who are biblically and theologically mature, servant hearted, and innovative ministry strategists (maybe).

New la Capitana elected at minestrone
Following Tim Pedley’s transformation from student to Howie in a mere matter of weeks, the Party Train top dog leadership role was vacated until an extra-ordinary meeting if the 13th faculty could be held, with Matt Moffitt seizing power in the interim.
At minestrone, with krispy kreme’s all round, Sonia Chan was elected as the Party Train’s first ever la Capitanà!

Luke Back in Sydney
“G'day Euers,

This is a notice to say that I'm heading back for my first visit to
Sydney for the weekend of 25th -26th March (i.e. just over a week away).
I'm going to be heading to St Johns Ashfield (Katay's church) for the 8am service on the Sunday. If any of you are in the area and are keen to catch up, then come on over. Don't worry, I've pre-warned Andrew and I've only invited about 30 of us along. The address is Alt Street (cnr Church Street) Ashfield, NSW

ALSO

I'm starting a Christian section on my website that contains my
testimony, an explanation of my christian beliefs and a section on tough questions. It's a similar idea to the God's World DVD but only a lot smaller. I'll pretty much just doing some video recordings in front of the computer.
This will have a few purposes:
- help with my witness at work and in Geelong. I've had some great conversations with my boss and some work mates. They frequently look at my website, so it's a non threatening way to share more of my faith with them.
- Help me think through and be sure of the things I believe.
- Be a useful way for other christians (such as yourself) to
discuss with me my understanding of theological ideas and to make sure I'm not a heretic.
I'll be building it over a period of month or so, make sure you check it out once in a while. http://homepage.mac.com/lmcseveny/
Thanks for your prayers. I Hope to see some of you on the 25th,

Luke McSeveny”

Next newsletterStay tuned for the next newsletter as well do in depth look at that most westy of eu faculties (besides our own), the arts fac; interview Tim on staff working, and much more.

PT GradsFund Budget
2006 Budget: $0. Money Received at end of February: $0.

“…When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train…”

This newsletter is © 2006 the PT Grads Fund. Any and all views expressed here may not necessarily be those of the party train, those been quoted, nor for that matter the SUEU. Please read with a grain of salt.