The One Thing

By Reach Australia

One solid, practical tip for gospel-centred ministry every week.

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The podcast currently has 427 episodes available.

The One Thing episodes:

September 18, 2023316: How Do I Create a Culture of Trust In My Team?
5 Dysfunctions of a Team is a great tool from business guru Patrick Lencioni. This has been used as a tool in our new team development program. The fundamental dysfunction of a team is a lack of trust. Jo talks with Rhett Harris about about how and why trust matters to a team. They look at:
What is trust?

How is trust and safety connected?

Why is trust is so important to building an effective team?

How do you practically build trust?

What are the biblical foundations of trust?

Why trust is fundamentally about vulnerability and caring for people.

Why trust is relationship building and there is nothing you can get around with that.

SHOW NOTES:
5 Dysfunctions of a Team: For the book and other resources.

Safe Work Australia Psychological WHS guidelines

Our Leadership Development Program or email us [email protected] if you would like to hear about our Team
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27min
September 11, 2023315: How Do I Organise My Preaching Program for the Year?
It's the time of year where we need to start planning 2024! Derek talks to Des Smith from Trinity Church Lockleys about how to plan out a preaching series:
Is it the role of the senior minster or is this something that can be delegated?

What are the principles we need when planning out a series and why smaller passages might be better?

Why seasons of the year and genres of books matter when planning out series.

Des will take us though his preaching plan for 2024 and why he did what he did

What happens when we don't plan?

How tight we should hold to our plans?

How our plan affects other aspects of church?

Why outputs should be guiding our plan?

SHOW NOTES:
Des' 2024 Plan (which might change!):
Jan: Psalms

February/ March: Book of Acts

April: Is Anybody Out There? (God's Revelation)

May: Ruth

June: Job

July: The Doctrine of the Trinity

August/ September: Romans

Oct: 2 Thessalonians/ What Should I Do With My Life?

November/ December: Book of Numbers

More on Preaching:
Rory Shiner on Preaching
Des Smith on Preaching
Phil Colgan on Preaching
Adam Ch'ng on Preaching
Al Stewart on Preaching

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25min
September 04, 2023 314: How Your Identity Issues Could Undermine Your Leadership
We all have identity issues and it has become the hot topic around the place at the moment. But how does it affect gospel workers particularly? James Lewis from Norwest Anglican church reflects on his own experiences as he prepared talks on identity:

How did this series come about and how did it work?

Is identity formation really a big issue?

Why busyness is bad for identity, even when you love ministry

What are the red flags I need to watch for when it comes to my identity issues?

If a leader is spending so much time in the Word, how could they possibly have an issue here?

SHOW NOTES:
Norwest Anglican Series on Identity on YouTube
You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble
Compared to Her by Sophie de Witt
Reach Australia Development Programme

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34min
August 27, 2023313: What Should I Be Thinking About In Term Four?
Term 4 is not the time to slow down, we have great opportunities in events like Christmas but also planning for 2024. Make sure you are ready to go. You need to ask questions like:
How do I make the most of Christmas and more importantly what comes next for people who are interested in finding out more?

How are you increasing mission heat leading up to Christmas and in January?

Have I planned out 2024?

Are you doing ministry audits for what is going on?

Are you talking to exisiting and new leaders for next year about their ministries?

How are you saying good bye to people who are leaving like student ministers and trainees going to college?

Are you transitioning people into different levels of life? Primary to youth? Youth to young adults?

Can you take some time away to plan or refresh?

SHOW NOTES:
Season 21 of the Reach Australia Podcast
Mission Funnel PDF
262 Dave Keun on making the most of Christmas
280 Joining a New Staff Team

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16min
August 21, 2023312: How Can I Get Helpful Professional Support For People Needing Care in My Church?
"Referring people on to experts is an act of love". Lauren Errington is asked about when is it a good time for someone to see someone professionally about a mental health issue.

She recommends asking ourselves:
Do you have the expertise?

Do you have the capacity and time to deal with this?

How do I have the conversation that someone needs some help?

Who should they see?

SHOW NOTES:
Reach Australia Care List. A list of resources that might help you.
The Family Systems Institute Website
The Mental Health and Pastoral Institute where Keith and Sarah Condie have some great resources.
The Better Access Scheme explained.

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28min
August 14, 2023311: How Can My Help Get in The Way of Caring?
Pastors what to help people, but when does this desire get the way of actually helping people? Lauren Errington from the Family Systems Institute addresses some of the questions we need to ask when it comes to helping people, even well intentioned help:

- Who is actually responsible for what?
- Have we confused empathy with needing to feel all the feelings the other person is feeling?
- Is the best way of helping people to step back and let the person grow themselves?
- Are we curious and thoughtful before we are ready to jump in and help?
- Is the help actually about helping them or dealing with our own anxiety and need to step in and help?
- What does it mean to be in "good contact" with someone?

SHOW NOTES:
Lauren's Workshop at the Reach Australia National Conference 2023

The Family Systems Institute

‘Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry: Grappling with theory and its application through a biblical lens’ (Ed. Jenny Brown and Lauren Errington)

Family Systems and Congregational Life by Robert Creech

Growing Yourself Up by Jenny Brown

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32min
August 07, 2023310: How Do I Rest? Seven Types of Rest
What is 'rest'? In our last episode we saw that rest was more than sleep and not working. Derek and Scott look at the work of Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith on different types of rest.

1. Physical Rest
Giving your body a rest.
2. Mental Rest
It could be that you need to give your mind a rest.
3. Emotional Rest
We can get emotionally tired when we are not paying attention to our emotions.
4. Spiritual Rest
Reconnecting with God
5. Social Rest
Different relationships can ones that build us up or drain us.
6. Sensory Res
Especially with screens.
7. Creative Rest
Creative rest is not about putting a demand on your creative ability; that’s not rest, that’s work. It is the opposite. It’s allowing white space in your life and giving room for your creativity to show up. Creative rest lets you focus on your basic need for wonder. You can enjoy fulfilling that basic need in ways that don’t put any pressure on your being creative. Yes, creativity may bloom from the seeds planted, but creativity is not the objective, only rest.
Summary
Don’t have to do all of these every day, or every week. But it is helpful to be aware that there are different ways to rest and different people will rest in different ways

SHOWNOTES:
⁠⁠Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity⁠⁠⁠ by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠
TED Notes from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠
TED Talk from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less⁠ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
⁠Atomic Habits⁠ by James Clear.

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21min
July 31, 2023 309: How Do I Rest? Three Myths About Rest and Ministry
Is the reason that gospel workers are tired because they don't understand what rest is? Derek and Scott discuss three myths of rest:

Myth #1: Doing more work does not make us better workers:
Truth #1: Resting makes us better, more effective workers

Myth #2: I don’t need to rest, that’s what holidays are for
Truth#2: You can’t binge your rest, it needs to be a habit

Myth #3: I get some sleep each night. That’s rest.
Truth #3: Sleep is important but is not rest.

Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Burnout and Rest by Valarie Ling
List of things to improve your sleep by Matthew Walker

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20min
July 24, 2023308: Responding to Wisdom From Elders (Part 2)
What advice would you give your younger self, especially in ministry? We asked Al and Kathy Stewart and Laurel Hall and asked them what they would say in Part 2 of our learning from elders.
"I need you to manage your time and you want to really focus on ministry and really go for it. But also you got to be give your family strong marriage, your kids. Remember, your little kids are only little for a little while. That's what I'd tell my younger dumb self. Be around more for your kids. And the other one is invest in those long term friendships that are gold in the long run. That's one thing I did get right. I've got over 35 year friendships with guys in ministry and that really does help keep you going." (Al Stewart)

"I would say make sure you do it together with your husband. Because we talked about going to ministry after getting married. But also that it's that the gospel, or gospel work [career], doesn't take top priority over other important things sometimes." (Kathy Stewart)

"So I'm probably thinking I wish I had a greater understanding of the sovereignty of God. Because it would helped me not live with regrets and being concerned about things that I actually didn't have control over. So I guess it would have been more of a sense of at peace with God and life." (Laurel Hall)

SHOW NOTES:
TOT 232: You Need Friends In Ministry
More from Kathy and Al Stewart on Marriage and Ministry
How People Change by Timothy S. Lane and Paul Tripp

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28min
July 17, 2023307: Responding to Wisdom From Elders (Part 1)
What advice would you give your younger self, especially in ministry? We asked Gary Koo, Peter Moore, Greg and Emma Lee and asked them what they would say as Derek and Jo reflect on their wisdom.
"One piece of advice would be, do I truly trust that God's sovereign and I'm not in control? The second piece of advice: Do I actually know who I am to the point where I'm happy for people who are better at me in certain areas of ministry to be doing that and not having to be good at everything." (Gary Koo)

"I think it would be be patient in my experience of pastoral ministry. It's amazing how little you can achieve in three years that how much you can achieve in four. So it won't happen overnight, but it will happen." (Dr Peter Moore)

"I would say that your identity is in Christ, not in success and not in what other people think of you. So sit loose to those." (Greg Lee)

"I don't know if it's advice, but maybe it's an encouragement that when you raise up leaders and you're part of that work, they actually minister to you. And it's a really absolutely beautiful thing to be led and cared for by people that you've grown up in the gospel." (Emma Lee)

SHOW NOTES:
Wisdom in Leadership by Craig Hamilton is available from Matthias Media
Tim Keller article on Faithfulness and Ministry
Want to know about Learn to lead
Older video of Mikey Lynch interviewing David Jones about identity in ministry
Sovereignty in Salvation: Justin Mote spoke to some church planters about sovereignty
Norwest sermon series

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The One Thing is brought to you by ⁠⁠Reach Australia⁠⁠.
For ideas or questions please email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠
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23min

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