All my family, friends and colleagues are invited to my 'Induction' as Minister of the Word with the congregation at Morisset Uniting Church!!
7.30pm Friday 13th November
Morisset Uniting Church 10 Stockton St, Morisset
Monday, September 28, 2015
Sunday, September 27, 2015
"Community, National, Global Reflection 2015
Just a reflection from an Upper Hunter perspective on community, national and global happenings to remind us of the exploration of where God might be active in the community
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
"Activewear"
I have a theory in my 'listening and observing the community' that's so vital to my vocation. If I see different young people wearing something newly random three times in a short space of time, then it may be the latest trend. e.g. bucket hats, flat brimmed snapbacks, sling bags and so on... same goes for music, food fads etc
One such example was me asking an astute friend [maybe about 3+ years ago] what they had noticed and the response was emphatic... lots of women had been walking around the Uni, attending lectures etc in their gym clothes [activewear]!! Spot on as the trend exploded, with Lorna Jane etc
Today, my best researcher found this clip [thanks also news ltd]... here's a celebration of this fashion phenomenon!! Gold!!
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
"Big Blue Sky" Peter Garrett Memoir
This year's project for Peter Garrett seems to have come to fruition and nicely, not in time for Father's Day!! Well played Peter! That said I look forward to the reading and the local Book Launch 'Audience with' styled event at City hall in Newcastle in October when I'm on holidays!!
It's been a while...
Just shows how busy I have been in recent months that I have dropped right off this blog... too much life, too little time to reflect and document!! To get the ball rolling I'm adding my 250 precise for a Presentation in November!!
“Forming Disciples in
Mission” Colloquium 18th November 2015 Rob Hanks
If discipleship is
framed by engagement with Scripture and commitment to authentic relationships
with God, others and self, how can people be helped to explore that and make connections
with daily life in their context or their current cultural ‘address’? In encouraging
communities of faith to embrace a shift from propositional to narrative faith,
what kinds of ‘missional’ events or activities and experiences would it be wise
to offer? What are our proudest stories of doing something differently? What
one change could we create that would make a huge difference?
This paper shares the story of and unpacks the practices of:
- Storytelling about ‘a different story’
- ‘Eternity’ and the Australian National Museum in Canberra
- Contemporary Biographical ‘Stations’ of everyday people and
their story
- Comparable contemporised ‘Stations’ mirroring that through
the stories of Biblical Characters
- ‘’Meaningful Soles’ or story sharing installations using
people’s shoes and telling their story
- ‘Mission Exposure’ in a national youth event, an Adventure
Camp and Young Adult Leader formation
These flesh out
aspects of “Youth Ministry 3.0”[i]
and “OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook”[ii]
and it’s ‘haunting questions’ for youth ministry and the forming of disciples
in mission. The ethos and actions are equally applicable to people of all ages.
It’s also aimed at encouraging shared ideas, reflection and discussion as
others seek to undertake similar journeys of forming disciples in mission.
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