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Nathan Tasker Concert

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24 October, 2004

Last night I attended the Nathan Tasker concert in Chatswood. What a great night! Nathan has come an incredible way since he first started playing songs in front of his school mates in the early 90’s!

I had the privilege of managing Nathan’s music career during the time he launched his first two CDs. It was an exciting and rocky road, especially with the mega concert at the Homebush State Sports Centre in 1997 that turned out to be a little less mega than we had hoped!

Nathan continues to write wonderful songs that present the gospel of Jesus in a way that is both faithful to scripture and musically outstanding. His band last night was excellent, perfectly capturing the CD arrangements, whilst adding a great ‘live’ feel.

For more details on Nathan’s music visit http://www.nathantasker.com/

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Unity in the body of Christ

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21 September, 2004

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking at the Hurstville Chinese Baptist Church. It was my first ever translated sermon! I spoke one phrase in English, and my interpreter translated it into Cantonese.

It made me understand many things about the body of Christ. It showed me that language and culture may make fellowship difficult at times, but it doesn’t change our unity in Christ. I saw this clearly as we celebrated the Lord’s Supper together. This enacted word brought our diverse backgrounds together in a profound way, having already heard the Lord speak to us through his word.

It was wonderful to enjoy the fellowship and love of doing on earth what we are already doing as gathered disciples in heaven. Thanks to my brothers and sisters at HCBC… see you again soon!

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Youth ministry “on the map” at Club 5

Filed Under: Children's Ministry, MTS, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Training by Jodie — Leave a comment
19 September, 2004

This weekend I had the privilege to attend the Club 5 Conference at Stanwell Tops Conference Centre. Although I have been attending these conferences for many years, I am thrilled to see youth and children’s ministry becoming an even more significant part of the focus of ministry training and recruitment.

My role over the weekend was to lead a small group, interview a candidate for ministry, and to participate in the program. In particular, I led a seminar group on youth and children’s ministry, in which I was joined by many of the the other Youthworks advisers in showing the importance of youth and children’s ministry, and the options available.

To find out more about the great ministry of Club 5, visit http://www.mts.com.au/club5/index.htm

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Training Workshops Announced

Filed Under: Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Training, Youthworks College, Youthworks Ministry Support by Jodie — Leave a comment
18 August, 2004

Have you ever considered doing some youth ministry training? If so, why not join me for the Youth Ministry Foundations course at one of these convenient times and locations:

04 Sep (9am to 1pm) at Mortdale Anglican Church
03 Nov (7.30 to 9.30pm) at Mortdale Anglican Church (Part One)
10 Nov (7.30 to 9.30pm) at Mortdale Anglican Church (Part Two)
30 Nov & 01 Dec at Moore College, Newtown (forming part of the Youth Ministry Conference)

Or, why not join me for the Youth Ministry Intensive course? It’s 30 hours of solid theology and practice in youth ministry. You can come over five Saturdays in Oct/Nov 2004, or over six weekdays in Jan/Feb 2005. Full details http://www.youthworks.net/index.php?c=23&d=390&e=443&f=&g=&a=266&w=9001&r=Y or send me an email!

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TWIST Music Conference a hit!

Filed Under: Emu Music, Music, Music Ministry, Music Ministry Training, TWIST, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Training by Jodie — Leave a comment
2 August, 2004

Colin Buchanan is joined on stage by special guests Liana and Jemimah McNeill!

This weekend, over 350 delegates joined together for the second annual TWIST Music Conference. Featuring talks by Mike Raiter, and music from Colin Buchanan, Nathan Tasker and Nicky Chiswell, the weekend was a wonderful success.

This joint venture of Emu Music (www.emu.mu) and Anglican Youthworks (www.youthworks.net) provided practical music training, as well as two talks on the theology of music and song.

A highlight of the conference was the Saturday night with Colin, especially for me, as I was given the privilege to interview him, and also to see my two girls join him on stage for ‘Isaiah 53:6’ (see photo).

My role was to chair the sessions, which included an hour-long interview with Colin, a performance with Nathan Tasker, a panel with some guests, and the two standard sessions. I also conducted a training session called ‘Youth Ministry and Music’.

For details of next year’s conference, be sure to check (www.conferences.youthworks.net) or send me an email.

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