Discipleship
& Leadership Development
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Growing
resilient disciples who can thrive in post-Christian NZ. Using insights from World Vision and Barna
Group research published in “Faith For Exiles” by David Kinnaman.
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We
will honour the work of Christians in all fields (not just in “church
ministry).
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New
Courses in the ET School of Ministry: Kingdom of God; What’s the Story? (faith
sharing); … We are also interested in combining
resources with other churches running ministry/discipleship courses.
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ET
Leadership Summit: Fresh, actionable, inspiring leadership training from world class
speakers on DVD. 29th Feb 2020.
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Our
Ministry Conference 12-14th May will have RZIM's successor to Ravi Zacharias -
Michael Ramsden speaking. Our theme is:
Tough Questions in Ministry Today - Standing for God and for truth and grace in
a post-Christian world. This is a huge
opportunity to raise confidence in the gospel in NZ today. Christians from all around the South Island
will be attending.
Worship
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Experiment
with a new pattern of worship at 10am called “Mosaic” connecting with people’s
different learning styles and ways of experiencing Jesus.
Evangelism
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Alpha
will again give us opportunity to see friends and family come to faith. Dinner is Sunday July 26th.
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Training
people in sharing their faith in a natural way (What’s the Story?)
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Christmas
Eve will be an event to invite our community to hear the good news of the
Saviour’s birth.
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We
will develop practical 1x1=1000 ideas such as printing 1000 bibles to be given
away by ET people .
Staff and Leadership
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We
look forward to our new youth worker, Larissa Pearce, starting in January. She will be working 30hrs/wk.
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We
will recruit our new associate pastor!
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SHFT
will seek a second youth worker and an intern.
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If
we can’t afford a children and families worker, we will direct other leadership
resources to this crucial area.
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Recruit
two new elders.
Mission Facilities
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The
mission facilities group will bring a recommendation for the first step with
new buildings arising from our concept plan.
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We
will formulate a funding plan for this project.
Mission with our Community
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Community
on the Coast – getting involved in what God is doing on the coast. Meeting neighbours, meeting together, Kai on
the Coast shared meal.
·
We
will have wider reaching impact in combating loneliness through partnerships
with Neighbourhood Support and others.
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We
will grow our work with Taieri College.
Global Missions
·
We
will continue to actively support God’s work through Malawi, Egypt and Thailand
and through World Vision and TEARFund.
·
We
will support Erica Aarsen as she prepares to leave as a missionary with SIM to
South Sudan.
