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Pastors
Groups
For
a number of years Christian Growth Ministries Inc has organised and facilitated
groups for pastors and Christian leaders which meetings provide significant
support and inspiration for the many who attend. These groups meet every second month in Sydney.
There
is a fourfold purpose in all our activities:
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To
provide resources for those in pastoral ministry and other forms of Christian
work. We aim to have speakers who are able to provide input that is helpful
to pastors and Christian leaders for their own spiritual lives and which
equips them to be more effective in their various ministries. |
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To
create an atmosphere of encouragement. We understand the pressures of
ministry and the need for each of us to be encouraged in our personal and
family lives as well as that of our relationships and ministries. We are
committed to be encouragers of all those to whom we contribute. Our speakers
are specifically asked to bear this in mind. |
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To
provide a support base. Ministry can be exciting and fulfilling but at the
same time lonely and debilitating. Having a support base of others who are
walking the same ministry journey can sometimes mean the difference between
enjoying or enduring our ministry role. Such a base provides the opportunity
to encourage each other in difficult and stressful times and to rejoice
together in the exciting and productive times. Being
part of a small group (within the wider group) also provides the opportunity to
care and pray together. This also has the potential to motivate prayer on a regular
basis in between meetings from others within the group. Some small group members
also meet over coffee to further friendship, encouragement and support.
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To
provide opportunity to network with others in ministry. The informal
chatting over morning tea or lunch can be exceedingly productive in sharing
together personally, hearing what others are doing in their churches, or bouncing
new ideas off each other and widening one's view of the church at large. |
You
can help make these groups as vital and strategic as they can possibly be with
your commitment to being there on a regular basis. Indeed, the more you participate, the greater will be the impact on your life
and ministry.
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'Confronting
the
New Paganism'
Speaker:
Dr Frank Stootman
Meeting
at 10:30am
3 Tahlee St, Burwood
NSW
(02) 9745
2766
ALL MINISTERS
WELCOME
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Monday
27 October 2008:
Speaker:
Gus Villablanca
(from Focus on the Family)
Topic:
Looking at available
resources on parenting.
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Monday
26 November 2008:
Combined
Pastors
& Wives Luncheon
Venue:
Narwee Baptist Church
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The Burwood Group
The Burwood Group meets
at 3 Tahlee St, Burwood and is attended by approximately 30 Pastors from a number of Christian
denominations. The group meets
at 10:00am on Monday morning every second month. After a talk the pastors form prayer groups and pray for each other and their churches.
Meeting
Dates for 2008
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Monday
25 February 2008:
Speaker: Ross Clifford
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Monday
28 April 2008:
Theme:
Connecting With our Community -
Looking at
things that are happening in some of our churches to connect
with the wider community. |
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Monday 23
June 2008:
Speaker: to be announced |
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Monday 25
August 2008:
Speaker:
Dr Frank Stootman
- 'Confronting the New Paganism'. |
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Monday
27 October 2008:
Speaker: Gus Villablanca
[from
Focus on the family]
- looking at available
resources on parenting |
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Monday 24 November 2008:
Combined
end
of year meeting
- at Narwee
Baptist Church
Speaker: Angelo Gratsounas
[Pastor
of Narwee Baptist Church] |
For information about joining the
Burwood Pastors Group please email
Rev Kel Willis
Other
Pastors Groups
Other
Pastors Groups are formed and meet on a less formal basis.
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