THE day started with Kevin Rudd at church hosing down speculation he would again challenge for the Labor leadership and ended with yet more self-publicity. "I supported the prime minister ... that remains my position," he said at St Andrews Church in Canberra. The comments came as Mr Rudd again noticeably increased his public profile, this time in a push for young voters by sending invitations to 2000 people to play barefoot bowls with him. In a busy week for MPs, given it's the first parliamentary week of the year, Mr Rudd is promoting his "Ruddyrollin" bowls day for this Friday in his Brisbane electorate. His office said the bowls days were planned late last year. However, since Julia Gillard announced the September 14 election, Mr Rudd has been seen helping flood victims clean up, appeared on breakfast TV, shared family photos and videos online and signed autographs at a shopping centre. Mr Rudd said yesterday he would be campaigning hard against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott during the election. "I'll be working for Labor members, Labor candidates right across the country," he said.