Seminars for women in word ministry (paid or unpaid) (these are also open to ministry apprentices)
10am -12noon Saturdays at Moore College, Newtown.
Please register by the Thursday before each seminar. PRE-REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY
Notes from Helen Jensen's seminar on 31/03/12 are on the Papers & Talks page. These are Helen's fullnotes. She requested the session not be recorded.
Details:
16/6/12
Setting boundaries:sinful or survival? Speaker: Alli Street
Alli grew up on the south coast of Sydney. It was at the end of her university studies that God captured her heart and showed her that life without Jesus is empty and meaningless. This lead her (several years later) to study a BD at Moore College. She currently serves as the women’s minister at MBM Church in Sydney’s multicultural west. Now in her 10th year of ministry Alli says she learnt the hard way that we need to set healthy and loving boundaries in our relationships. She hopes this seminar can help some women avoid the pitfalls she fell into.
4/8/12
Being a fearless woman in life & ministry Speaker: Mary O'Brien
Mary who trained as an early childhood educator has found great joy working alongside her husband, Peter, and their family over the past four decades in encouraging Christians at home and in overseas cross-cultural situations. Many varied experiences have challenged her in her desire to be a fearless woman for Christ. Peter and Mary are members of All Saint's Petersham church.
13/10/12
Planning your ministry year for 2013 Speaker: Cathey Clarke
Planning is something that Cath has been learning over her life, first as a Registered Nurse and Midwife, then as a mother of three great kids ( now teenagers and young adults) and sharing her life with her husband Bruce as he has worked as a Christian Minister for the last 20 years and more recently at St Matthew's Manly. Still learning and squeezing in a bit of sewing, ceramics, reading and walks with friends, Cath enjoys being involved in making Jesus famous through His word.
The first seminar will be in Room C (entrance off Carillon Ave), the remaining 3 will be in the Lower Lecture Room in the main lecture building.
If you would like the Priscilla and Aquila Centre to run seminars in your church / ministry situation / for your staff / ministry team, on issues to do with men and women in ministry together, issues that come up for women in ministry, then please contact Jane Tooher, jane.tooher@moore.edu.au
Sydney conference
The 2013 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, Monday 4th February 2013.
The focus of the conference will be on the book of Titus, and the aim of the conference is two-fold:
(i) to encourage women in a variety of biblical appropriate ministries;
(ii) to think more seriously & creatively how men & women can work better together in ministry.
It is aimed primarily at men and women in vocational ministry, although it is open to others and they are most welcome.
Registrations will open in several months time.
Full-time paid worker $80.00
Others: $60.00 (e.g. student, pensioner, MTS & other ministry apprentices, spouses who do not have full-time paid employment, retired, etc)
Moore College students & spouses: $40.00
The cost includes coffee on arrival, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Sorry, there is no part-time option.
Main speaker: James de Costobadie (Vicar, St John's Latimer Square, Christchurch, NZ). James will give two talks on Titus 2.
Confirmed electives at this stage:
(i) 'Tit 2:3-5 Nature, nurture or culture?' (Claire Smith & Peter Bolt)
(ii) 'Purity in ministry' (Rick Smith, Deb Earnshaw, Nigel Fortescue)
(iii) 'Deborah: Judge? Prophetess?' (Paul Williamson)
(iv) Why I have women on staff (Phillip Jensen, Bruce Hall, Ray Galea)
Phillip Jensen Bruce Hall Ray Galea
(v) Topic to be confirmed (Christine Jensen)
Christine Jensen
(vi) T2 Women: Ministry Apprenticeships for ‘older’ women (Michelle Philp, Ben & Emma Pfahlert)
‘T2 women’ is a variation of the MTS apprenticeships, designed specifically for women who want to be trained in, and do, ministry, but due to family circumstances or stage of life won’t be able to study at a theological college or work full time for a church. It aims to give women confidence in handling God’s word so they can ‘teach what is good’ to the younger women at their churches. This seminar is for anyone wanting to know how they can set up such an apprenticeship at their church and women interested doing a T2 apprenticeship. Michelle is the Women’s Ministry co-ordinator and trainer at Crossroads Church in Canberra.
Michelle Philp
(vii) Should men and women rebuke and correct differently? (Archie Poulos)
The Apostle Paul calls elders to rebuke, correct and train, but he also calls on Christians to treat different groups of people in appropriately different ways. This elective will explore what these differences will look like in our day to day ministries. The aim is to help both male and female leaders, and the teams they minister in to think constructively about complementary style and methods of ministry.
Format: Archie will speak, then he will ask the group for their experiences that he will comment on, and then there will be question time.
Archie Poulos
(viii) 'Older women teaching younger women' (Moya Woodhouse, Stephanie Menear + other speakers to be confirmed)
Stephanie Menear
Date for the diary:
2014 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference, Mon 3rd February, 2014. Main speaker: Phillip Jensen. This conference will focus on the issues to do with: (i) Singleness in Ministry; (ii) Marriage in Ministry; &
(iii) Divorce & Remarriage in Ministry.
Phillip Jensen
If you would like to hear talks by Phillip, this link should be useful, http://www.phillipjensen.com/
Confirmed elective speakers at this stage:
(i) Topic to be confirmed (Keith Condie)
To learn more about Keith, please follow this link, http://moore.edu.au/teaching-learning/staff/keith-condie/
