Great to have the morning with the Ulverstone Corps of the Salvation Army while their officers were on furlough leave. We looked at Gifts of Grace – how to empower everyone for involvement.
Grace, gifts and growth: Bible teaching weekend at Oldaker St Christian Centre
I enjoyed the opportunity to spend much of the weekend with friends at OSCC and to look at the nature of body life, grace, giftedness and growth with members of the church.
We had 4 sessions all together from Friday evening to Sunday morning. The links to notes in Prezi and in PDF form follow.
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Hope: These three remain
Great to have the opportunity to minister to a Christian Organisation I know well at their annual conference. I joined others in teaching on their theme of Hope.
ADF Chaplains Seminar–Tindal Air Force Base–Katherine 24-25 September
I am enjoying a visit to the Northern Territory to spend two days with the Northern Chaplains at their annual seminar. This is the fifth of seven seminars I have been asked to facilitate this year for ADF chaplains.
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ADF Chaplains Seminar–Simpson Barracks 11-12 September 2012
It was quite sobering spending the 11th anniversary of 9/11 working with Army, Navy and Air Force chaplains on trauma and moral injury in war. We looked first at the nature of pastoral ministry in the context of chaplaincy and then explored the differences between Post Traumatic Stress and Moral Injury. Some good discussion on moral repair, forgiveness and justice followed. Tomorrow we look at leadership practices and processes for systemic health.
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