HOPE BRISBANE CONFERENCES 2010
Working Adult Conference 2010
2010 saw the Working Adult Getaway transformed into the Working Adult Conference. Our theme was appropriately named “Influence”. Activities kicked off on Friday, July 2nd, when Ps. Jeff met with leaders serving in working adult ministries in an up-close-and-personal forum. It provided a much needed insight to the unique challenges of adapting, leading and influencing working adult ministries.
The official programme started on Saturday, July 3, with all the delegates gathering at 9am at the Bardon Conference Centre. We started praise and worship with a bang and God’s presence was thick amongst our midst. God helped contain our exuberant sound within the conference with the band facing noise level restrictions. Later that day, we had two guest speakers, Dr David Hunt and Glenn Hohnberg who gave a talk on goal-setting and outreach in the marketplace respectively. These sessions provided our delegates with a fresh perspective. Later that afternoon, after a sumptuous lunch, we had two concurrent forums: one on wellness and the other aimed towards budding business owners.
Throughout the conference, Ps Jeff conducted three teaching sessions. The appropriately named teachings “Call to Influence”, “Source of Influence”, and “Influence for the Long Haul” provided great insights and fresh perspectives for working people through all the different stages in life. Feedback from participants found Ps Jeff’s teaching entertaining, refreshing as well as practical.
Sunday, we had our service followed by lunch. We ended the conference with the delegates gathering in small groups; with people they rarely met, for a heart-to-heart discussion about their take home points. Although the delegates were tired from the action-packed sessions, they now had a newfound sense of direction. Written by NeeKee Tai
Christian Campus Ministries (CCM) Conference
It was our great pleasure to see the inaugural CCM Brisbane Student Leadership Conference being successfully held in July 2010. 188 youths involved in student ministries (both students and working adults) gathered for three days and two nights to experience God through worship and sitting under the Word of God.
Pastor Wenan Zhu shared three empowering and anointed messages to challenge the delegates to unleash our PASSION, POTENTIAL and INFLUENCE in our student ministry. Through the sessions, we saw 11 people water-baptised and six people baptised in the Holy Spirit. We have truly seen how this conference has fulfilled its aim: everyone walking out of the camp carrying the call of being a leader for God in our university campuses. Written by Ray Chan
Ablaze Conference: Unstoppable
Lying on our individual bunks in darkness (as lights out was at 12 midnight), the girls in my cabin laughed a please-stop-it-hurts, gut-wrenching laugh into the wee hours of the morning as we confided with each other the most intimate, lame, random aspects of our lives. Snapshot moments like these are memories of Ablaze Conference 2010 that I will never forget.
Ablaze Conference: Unstoppable was a powerful three days where God worked in every facet of our lives. Along with disgustingly fun games (of which Tina Wong could only be the culprit),great food, and a God-sized amount of energy (especially on games night where Justin Chan and Wynnie Cheong hosted the infamous Minute to Win it TV show) -conference was a time of refreshment and reconnecting our lives back to our Saviour.
Chris Bee taught us ‘messed up punks’ how to change the world, while Nick Lim intrigued us by initiating his sermon with (what else, but) Spongebob Squarepants! And (our one and only)Torchie, shone his light into our hearts and made us look at the endless possibilities with God –His destiny for our lives. I’d say this year’s camp was the best yet, but then again, we say that every year. God is amazing –seriously! Written by Nancy Hsu
2010 saw the Working Adult Getaway transformed into the Working Adult Conference. Our theme was appropriately named “Influence”. Activities kicked off on Friday, July 2nd, when Ps. Jeff met with leaders serving in working adult ministries in an up-close-and-personal forum. It provided a much needed insight to the unique challenges of adapting, leading and influencing working adult ministries.
The official programme started on Saturday, July 3, with all the delegates gathering at 9am at the Bardon Conference Centre. We started praise and worship with a bang and God’s presence was thick amongst our midst. God helped contain our exuberant sound within the conference with the band facing noise level restrictions. Later that day, we had two guest speakers, Dr David Hunt and Glenn Hohnberg who gave a talk on goal-setting and outreach in the marketplace respectively. These sessions provided our delegates with a fresh perspective. Later that afternoon, after a sumptuous lunch, we had two concurrent forums: one on wellness and the other aimed towards budding business owners.
Throughout the conference, Ps Jeff conducted three teaching sessions. The appropriately named teachings “Call to Influence”, “Source of Influence”, and “Influence for the Long Haul” provided great insights and fresh perspectives for working people through all the different stages in life. Feedback from participants found Ps Jeff’s teaching entertaining, refreshing as well as practical.
Sunday, we had our service followed by lunch. We ended the conference with the delegates gathering in small groups; with people they rarely met, for a heart-to-heart discussion about their take home points. Although the delegates were tired from the action-packed sessions, they now had a newfound sense of direction. Written by NeeKee Tai
Christian Campus Ministries (CCM) Conference
It was our great pleasure to see the inaugural CCM Brisbane Student Leadership Conference being successfully held in July 2010. 188 youths involved in student ministries (both students and working adults) gathered for three days and two nights to experience God through worship and sitting under the Word of God.
Pastor Wenan Zhu shared three empowering and anointed messages to challenge the delegates to unleash our PASSION, POTENTIAL and INFLUENCE in our student ministry. Through the sessions, we saw 11 people water-baptised and six people baptised in the Holy Spirit. We have truly seen how this conference has fulfilled its aim: everyone walking out of the camp carrying the call of being a leader for God in our university campuses. Written by Ray Chan
Ablaze Conference: Unstoppable
Lying on our individual bunks in darkness (as lights out was at 12 midnight), the girls in my cabin laughed a please-stop-it-hurts, gut-wrenching laugh into the wee hours of the morning as we confided with each other the most intimate, lame, random aspects of our lives. Snapshot moments like these are memories of Ablaze Conference 2010 that I will never forget.
Ablaze Conference: Unstoppable was a powerful three days where God worked in every facet of our lives. Along with disgustingly fun games (of which Tina Wong could only be the culprit),great food, and a God-sized amount of energy (especially on games night where Justin Chan and Wynnie Cheong hosted the infamous Minute to Win it TV show) -conference was a time of refreshment and reconnecting our lives back to our Saviour.
Chris Bee taught us ‘messed up punks’ how to change the world, while Nick Lim intrigued us by initiating his sermon with (what else, but) Spongebob Squarepants! And (our one and only)Torchie, shone his light into our hearts and made us look at the endless possibilities with God –His destiny for our lives. I’d say this year’s camp was the best yet, but then again, we say that every year. God is amazing –seriously! Written by Nancy Hsu
