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The One Thing episodes

September 02, 2024366 Helping Kids Transition to Youth (Chris Jones and Annemarie Rivers)
How do we help kids adjust to all the changes of moving to high school? Kids are going through a lot, but some churches sometimes miss the opportunities to help kids move from kids ministry (often on a Sunday morning) to a youth ministry (often on a Friday Night). Chris Jones and Annemarie Rivers from Youthworks help us think about this.
What are kids going through as they finish Year 6

Kids finishing kids ministries well

Youth ministries "catching people" well

Three key things to make sure you're doing well

TOOL BOX:
Al James' Workshop from Reach Australia National Conference
174 Kids Church to Youth Ministry with Maddie and Derek
Youthworks Website

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27 min
August 26, 2024365 Looking after the Mental Wellbeing of Others (Keith and Sarah Condie)
The gospel reminds us that we are sinners, but also broken and fragile people. As people come to church they come with their various mental health issues. Keith and Sarah Condie discuss what is the role of the church in helping people.
It is not our job to fix people.

Church can be really good for people as they deal with the issues.

The importance of watching and listening to people who might need help.

Doing something is better than doing nothing.

Don't be afraid to ask "Are you thinking of taking your life?"

Good questions can be "Are you OK?", "What has helped in the past?", "Can I pray for you?"

Encouraging healthy habits can be underestimated.

Care for yourself while you are caring for others.

Caring for people is a form of growing disciples.

TOOLBOX:
Lifeline: 13 11 14

12 Tips to Support Someone with Mental Health Challenges

World Mental Health Day (10th Oct)

World Suicide Prevention Day (10th Sept)

Mental Health First Aid Course

312 On Getting Helpful Professional Help

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32 min
August 19, 2024364 Looking after Our Mental Wellbeing as Gospel Workers (Keith and Sarah Condie)
One in five people in Australia are dealing with a mental health issue at any given moment, and gospel workers aren’t immune. Keith and Sarah Condie from the Mental Health Institute unpack how to maintain mental wellbeing.
The difference between mental health problems and maintaining good mental health

The gospel’s impact on our mental wellbeing

How to look after our minds, body, relationships and walk with Jesus

Three big things to get right

Why self-talk matters

Being a better leader

The framework of having slivers, slices and slabs of time to recover

TOOLBOX:
Lifeline: 13 11 14

Press On Course

Other Resources in the Mental Health Institute

312 On Getting Helpful Professional Help

310 How Do I Rest?

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32 min
August 11, 2024363: Empathy vs. Compassion In Ministry (Matt Waldock)
"The sin of empathy" is a phrase attributed to family systems psychologist Dr Edwin Friedman. Matt Waldock of Manchester City Church explores why empathy is unhelpful in ministry and compassion is a better way of thinking.
Compassion is suffering with someone

Empathy is feeling the pain that they feel

But you cannot help someone if you are in pain yourself

The person with the most anxiety often has the most power

We need to pay attention to how other people's anxiety effects our own

It is not our job to shrink other people's pain

TOOLBOX:
City Church Manchester
Coaching Leaders to Multiply
Matt's Talk Notes
Lauren Errington's Seminar on Ministry
311: How can my help get in the way of my caring
Leadership Anxiety by Steve Cuss

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39 min
August 05, 2024362: What Do I Need to Think About in Term 4?
What should we think about the 4th term?

1. Mission: Dust your mission calendar off. For summer it can be a big mission season, for others it is the slow season. For those who are prepping for that big mission, now is the time to get things going. Really important to have a next step for what will happen for people coming to Christmas
NB Your mission calendar is where you mission funnel drives your diary.

2. Leadership: this is all about a season of transition. Onboarding new leaders or training leaders. Talking with leaders and honouring those who are stepping off or those who have done a great job. Celebrating the team, give thanks to God for the things that he has done.

3. Christmas: This is a great place for people to create connections with people in the community but make sure you know what the next step is but you need to think about what is best for you.

4. Summer: On one hand you will get visitors but things will slow down and you will need to keep some momentum. You need to acknowledge with people this is a different season.

5. Rest: Gospel workers should try and be refreshed as you come into the Christmas/ summer season.

TOOLBOX:
Example mission calendar

Mission funnel

Reach Australia National Conference: 19-22 May Mission

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24 min
July 29, 2024361: How to Read the Bible Well in Church (Simon Camilleri)
Public bible reading is something people often take for granted. But hearing God speak to our community is the highlight of our church gatherings. How do we practically speaking, read the bible well?
Backyard Bard, Simon Camilleri gives us some pointers:
Historically, when the people of God stop reading the bible, they go off the tracks.

The sermon is not just the ministry of the word and the bible reading is not the tick box at the start.

When people expect less from the bible reading, the harder it is for the preacher.

Like practising music, the bible reading is something that takes work and needs feedback.

The keys to a good bible reading is clarity done through how you read.

The relationship between the preacher and bible reader is important.

All bible passages, even genealogies can be read well.

TOOLBOX:
More resources can be found at Public Bible Reading.

You could also join the Facebook Group

Or watch more on the YouTube Channel

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33 min
July 22, 2024360: Discipleship Pathways (Daniel Im)
Dive into this system of working out where disciples are at: sleeper (uninterested non-Christian), seeker (interested non-Christian), consumer (uninterested Christian) and disciple (interested follower of Jesus). Daniel Im is the Senior Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church in Edmon.
Daniel and Scott talk about:
How do we preach to these four types of people mentioned in the system

The process of ongoing steps (how I want to keep discipling people), first steps (how I need to get people started) and next steps (where do I want people to get to)

Ongoing Steps: gathering, growing, giving, going

First steps: what is the clear pathway for someone who is new

Next steps: discover, deepen and deploy

TOOLBOX
The Discipleship Opportunity By Daniel Im

No Sliver Bullets By Daniel Im

Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im

Building Saints for Works of Service Talk by Daniel Im

Leadership Pipeline Seminar by Daniel Im

25: The US Church Report Card with Daniel Im

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31 min
July 15, 2024359: What Makes a Good Gospel Presentation? (Dave Jensen)
We want to make sure that a gospel presentation is accurate and effective, so what makes for a good gospel presentation? Dave Jensen is from Evangelism and New Churches in Sydney.
Dave talks about:
Three key ideas to make a good presentation

Three key components to effective evangelism
There are presentations that can distract us from effective evangelism.

Evangelism is not just for the benefit of non-Christians but also for the growth of Christians.

"What is a Christian?" is written for those who may not be great readers

TOOLBOX:
What is a Christian?

Mission ebook

Reach Australia Podcast Season 21

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35 min
July 08, 2024358: How Has Reach Australia's National Conference Helped Glasgow? (Josh Johnston)
Reach Australia is about reaching Australia, but our network is spilling over to other countries as well. Josh Johnston from The Tron Church in Glasgow was part of the team that came to Reach Australia's National Conference this year. He reflects with Scott Sanders about:
The work of gospel in The Tron Church lately

The importance pathway thinking

Learning to think Now, Where, How

The encouragement of being a part of network

TOOLBOX:
Greg's Workshop will be coming soon...
The Leadership Pipeline ebook
Gary Millar: For the Glory of God
Gary Millar: For the Good of His People
Gary Millar: For the Joy Set Before Us
The Tron Church

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15 min
July 01, 2024357: Inheriting and Building Teams (Ray Galea)
Healthy church teams are such an important part of being a healthy church. Ray Galea talks about the differences of building a team from his time at MBM, and inheriting a team from his time with Fellowship Dubai
Ray talks about:
The importance of looking of the fruit of the Spirit rather than the gifts of the Spirit in your team

Working out a clear structure

Knowing yourself as a leader, you don't have to have all the answers

Learn to be a good learner and listener to the team and church

Learn to ask the question "what are you trying to guard?" when getting to know staff

The importance of creating a safe culture for the team

The change in the role of the leader as he puts on more staff

TOOLBOX:
316: How do I Create Trust in my Team
280: Joining a New Team

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22 min