There are a number of Bible passages that have caused confusion in the church around whether women can be in positions of leadership. Ali will tackle a number of those scriptures to help us understand what God has to say on the subject as well as making time for you to ask your questions.
Conference 2017: Raising up worship leaders with heart, skill and Midnight Oil - Matt Gelding
King David in the Bible is a wonderful example of a worship leader with a heart for God and skills that helped people worship. Whether you are a worship leader now or wondering about it - lets help you GROW and move ahead.. and what can Midnight Oil teach us :)
Conference 2017: Dancing with Jesus - Hayley Stockini
We will look into what the bible has to say about dance and where is it seen/found. We will also get the opportunity to explore dancing in the spirit and what that might mean/look like for us personally. This workshop will practically help you to work on confidence and freedom to Worship and Praise God through movement and dance.
Conference 2017: Forgiveness - Phil and Kath Henry
The F word - yesI know you were thinking Forgiveness. Let's look at some true stories and ask. Are Christians meant to forgive and forget? Where does forgiveness fit with reconciliation? What does the word of God say about forgiveness?
Join in as we explore these questions together
Conference 2017: Developing Healthy Relationships - Keith Mitchell
This interactive workshop aims to assist you to develop your relational skills with other people. It will improve: your level of awareness, your relational dynamics, and the way that you connect with other people. By engaging in practice exercises you will be opened to pathways of healthy social skills surrounding listening and appropriate relationship dynamics, within a biblical framework.
Conference 2017: What the Heaven?! - Steve Bernard
Am I going to float around on clouds forever when I die? Come to explore questions about what heaven is and what it might be like.
Conference 2017: Am I called? - Graeme Anderson
What does it mean to be called into church ministry as a job or even career? How do you know that you are called? And when is the right time to respond to the calling? We will have a conversation about church community based ministry, and begin to interact with some helpful tools for discerning God's direction for a life of this kind of service.
Conference 2017: Next generation leadership - Eliane Miles
We live in a post-truth era filled with uncertainty and disruption. These waves of changeare creating renewed opportunities for the body of Christ to lead with God’s hope and empowering presence. In this session, social researcher Eliane Miles will give a overview of the shifts and present a next generation leadership response to these trends.
Conference 2017: Leadership - Matt Gelding
Do you feel God has given you a mission, a task or even a wild idea? Learning from the smallest man in the Bible, lets unpack with these missions and tasks from God with the people He has given you to move ahead with. Leadership.
Conference 2017 - Loud and Clear - Ali Martin
Want to deliver sermons that help people engage with God's word in fresh and life-changing ways? Come along to whizz through some practical ways to develop our communication gifts like how to prepare a talk, how to use the Bible and illustrations, how to find and stick to a main purpose, delivery and body language.
Conference 2017: Spiritual Gifts - Steve Bernard
What are my spiritual gifts and how can I discover mine?
Conference 2017: Prophecy and Tongues
The gifts of the Spirit are for encouraging the church. This is a practical workshop where we'll first look at 1 Corinthians and see why Paul values the gifts of the Spirit and chat about learning to hear God's voice (prophecy). We'll then find out what that gift of tongues is all about and pray for people. If you want to find out more about the gifts of the Spirit, come along!
Conference 2017: Who am I? Carolyn Kitto
Who am I? is one of the biggest life questions. It is about our identity as individuals, in community and with God? How do we figure out who are and why we are?
Conference 2017: How do I know what to do with my life? - Ally Renton
Ever wondered what life looks like beyond school and/or Uni? Or have you wrestled with the question "what's my purpose"? This workshop will tackle those questions and will give you a framework and some tools to help you start aligning your roles and behaviours to that purpose.