Another enjoyable day with the congregation at Punchbowl Christian Centre. This time – Facing life’s storms and what to do if you get derailed” Bit of a mixed metaphor but most seemed to get what I meant. Read on for the Powerpoint Continue reading “Punchbowl Christian Centre – The Storms of Life – 20 May 2012”
Solid Ground–Punchbowl Christian Centre – 13 May 2012
It was encouraging to spend the morning with friends at Punchbowl Christian Centre. In line with their theme for this year I taught on the subject of Solid Ground in the New Testament.
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Australian Mentoring Network Conference 2012
It was great to unwind from a busy week at the Australian Mentoring Network Conference at Stanwell Tops on Thursday and Friday. I enjoyed the input from Les Scarborough and from Mindy Caliguire (Willow Creek’s Spiritual Formation program).
A range of Les’ materials are also available on John Mark Ministries Mentor Exchange website.
Mindy has some of her teaching available on You Tube. She covered the second session on the leaders soul in Sydney last week.
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ADF Chaplains Seminar Sydney–Richmond Air Force Base–7-9 May, 2012
The Chaplains of the ADF serve in a complex and challenging environment. Along with pastoral responsibilities for service personnel and their families, they provide counsel and support to the unit command on matters to with the ethics of engagement, relating to local civilian populations and on unit morale. It was a privilege to work with the Sydney Region Chaplains this week at the Richmond Air Force Base on pastoral transactions around moral injury and repair, leadership practices and processes for systemic health.
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Facilitation Skills Training – Workshop 11 for the Baptist Union of NSW Church Consultancy Team
A beautiful day in Sydney (while I hear it was raining and cold in Tassie) for our second last workshop in the Church Consultancy Training Program for the Baptist Union of NSW and ACT. It was good to debrief a couple of completed consultancies and to talk through some facilitation techniques. Dropbox files are updated and I have added a couple of documents discussed in training today.