Tuesday 13 August 2024 – 9:30am – 2:30pm
To be held at St Hilary’s North Balwyn
16 Osburn Avenue North Balwyn
Be engaged, encouraged and inspired by Adam & Bettrys Lowe as a Staff or Ministry Team.
Adam is the Senior Minister and Bettrys is the Director – Children, Youth and Families at St. Bart’s Toowoomba (Queensland). St. Bart’s is a remarkable church with a growing, thriving ministry with children and their families.
Not just reaching and serving families in Toowoomba, through its commitment to wider resourcing and embrace of technology it is contributing to the flourishing of ministry with children and families in 500+ churches across Australia and beyond.
Additionally, experience a wide range of local presenters through practical labs focused on equipping Staff Teams, ministers, pastors and key leaders/volunteers in developing and growing healthy ministry with children and their families.
Workshop 1 Choices (click here to read about our workshop leaders)
*Workshops are subject to change, depending on numbers
- Kids, Families and Church: Thinking it through as a staff team Adam & Bettrys Lowe, (St Bart’s Kids)
- Re-activating Ministry: Useful tips and practical wisdom Ruth Newmarch (Vicar, St. Philip’s Mt. Waverley)
- Music that Engages: Children, families and worship Brendan Petty (SU Australia Equip Team/Snack Music)
- Parenting and Pre-schoolers: Perspectives and practicalities Kay Margetts (Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Early Childhood Education) & Ruth Wallbridge (St. Augustine’s Kindergarten)
- Missional Pathways for Children and their Families Mat Harry (New & Renewing Communities Catalyst, UCA eLM Unit)
- Mobilising Teens to Minister with Children Amanda Lincke (Associate Minister, Children & Families Director, St. Hilary’s Kew)
- Faith-inspired Conversations: Kids, Parents and Sexuality Lauren Foster & Georgia Nicholas (Big Kids’ Table)
Workshop 2 Choices (click here to read about our workshop leaders)
*Workshops are subject to change, depending on numbers
- Creative ways to connect and reach families Bettrys Lowe, (St Bart’s Kids)
- Re-building Ministry: Team, culture & practical essentials Merryn Mann (Lead Children & Families Pastor, Crossway Baptist Church)
- Intergenerational Worship & Discipleship: Making meaning together Sandy Brodine (Younger Generations Team, UCA eLM Unit)
- Connect, Belong, Grow: Engaging families with pre-schoolers Ruth Kernick (Christian Playgroup Network)
- Discipleship at Home: Resourcing and equipping families Kimberly Smith Generations and Emerging Leaders Pastor, BUV)
- Neurodiversity and Kids: What’s really going on here? Deborah Sweeney (Educational and Developmental Psychologist)
- My Story Research: Implications for Children & Families ministry Graham Stanton (Ridley Centre for Youth and Children’s Ministry)
