Discovery Seminar

Open to all

Speaker: Silvia Purdie

The world in general, and young people in particular, are increasingly
concerned about threats to God’s Creation. This fuels anxiety, hopelessness
and conflict. How should people of faith respond?

Silvia Purdie is an ordained minister and qualified counsellor with a
particular interest in mission and the natural world.

In this seminar Silvia draws on the insights of climate psychology together with theology and ministry to equip those providing pastoral care.

Standard fee TBC

Discovery Seminar - Moving on: Grief in Ministry Transitions

Speaker: Silvia Purdie

We love new beginnings in the church, but endings are harder. When we do endings well, people leave feeling blessed and grateful. When endings are done badly people can be deeply hurt and their souls and ministries seriously damaged. Presbyterian minister and counsellor Silvia Purdie has researched how people of different cultures, ages and stages experience this, and has written a book called Moving On: Grief in Ministry Transitions. This seminar will help participants to prepare for future transitions and recover from past hurts.

Topics covered:

Ending well: what are my responsibilities through the process of leaving a position?

Complex grief: why are some endings harder than others? 

God is in it: theology of transition, and pastoral prayer for healing.

In context: cultural differences and wider church responsibilities.

Standard fee $60pp (including Silvia’s book $20)

Discovery Seminar - CANCELLED

Speaker: Dave Belesky

CANCELLED

"God has given each of us different gifts/abilities that: show what he's like to the people around us, inform us on where we make our best contribution, and point to where meaning and purpose in our life is found. Come and uncover more of who you really are! Highly interactive, with video input from world experts.

Prework required: complete an on-line survey.

Standard fee $50pp

Discovery Seminar

Open to All who are working with teens and young adults. Recommend 15+

Material covered will be of an adult nature but will not include anything explicit.

Speaker: Ian Reid

Pornography has become the biggest issue within the church over the last 10 to 15 years. As the church there is little that we have done about it because we do not know what to think about it and do not know where to start. This is destroying our young people as they turn further and further inward with guilt and shame without having anyone to turn to for help. Come and be trained in how to create a community that brings healing through God’s grace and finds freedom from pornography.

Standard fee $50pp

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Speaker: Adam Dodds

This interactive seminar begins by introducing Islam: the person of Muhammad; Islam’s sources of authority, its theology and core practises; the Sunna, Shariah law, and Islamic da’wah (mission). We will examine similarities and differences with the Christian faith, and the relationship between the Bible and the Qur’an. The seminar will consider Islam in relation to contemporary issues such as peace and violence, freedom and censorship, apostasy, Dhimmitude, and the place of women. Some of the deeper contrasts between Islam and Christianity will be uncovered, and the seminar will also offer answers to Islamic objections to Christian faith. Finally, we’ll ask the question: how do I love my Muslim neighbour?

There will be lots of opportunity throughout for questions and answers - come along to deepen your understanding of, and response to, Islam today.

Standard fee $50

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Open to All

Speaker: Dave Belesky

We learn most about leadership through doing (experience). These workshops are built around a series of simulations and will have us ‘learn by doing’. Participants will see what works and what doesn’t. These highly interactive workshops will be useful both to those experienced in leading, helping you reflect on your practice; and to aspiring leaders, to start you off on a good footing. Dave incorporates research on how the brain works, and offers proven tools for working with people.

April workshop: skills of providing clarity, influencing others, and building trust

June workshop: skills of equipping, getting the best from people, followership.

Standard fee $50pp

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Open to All

Speaker: Dave Belesky

We learn most about leadership through doing (experience). These workshops are built around a series of simulations and will have us ‘learn by doing’. Participants will see what works and what doesn’t. These highly interactive workshops will be useful both to those experienced in leading, helping you reflect on your practice; and to aspiring leaders, to start you off on a good footing. Dave incorporates research on how the brain works, and offers proven tools for working with people.

April workshop: skills of providing clarity, influencing others, and building trust

June workshop: skills of equipping, getting the best from people, followership.

Standard fee $50pp

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Unfortunately this seminar is cancelled until further notice.

Open to All

Speaker: Ravi David

$40 earlybird, $45 standard fee

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Unfortunately this seminar is cancelled until further notice.

For Pastors & Church Leaders

Speaker: Ravi David

$40 earlybird, $45 standard fee

Places are limited so enrol now.

Discovery Seminar

Speaker: Peter Lineham 

Opting out from church has become a fascinating trend. We want to look at the evidence both international and local, and see what it means. Frequent statements indicate that people who feel damaged by the institutional actions of churches have sought to develop their own faith practices and communities.

This seminar will use historical evidence, sociological trends and theological readings to help gain a better understanding of this trend, and place it within the spectrum of ecclesiastical and theological and spiritual patterns.

It is hoped that this seminar will be an opportunity for those who have disconnected and those who have not, to talk freely with each other and share ideas, for the issues raised are important to all.

Cost: $40 earlybird if paid prior to the seminar. Or $45 if paid on the day. 

Places are limited so enrol now.