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June 24, 2024356: Dealing With Grief and Loss in the Family (Nancy Guthrie)
The grief of a losing a child is something that no one should have to endure. Nancy Guthrie might be known to many as a great Bible teacher but she and her husband have experienced and incredible amount of of grief in their lives with the loss of not just 1 but two children.

*** THIS EPISODE DOES CONTAIN ISSUES OF GRIEF AND LOSS, IF THIS RAISES ISSUES FOR YOU PLEASE ASK FOR HELP ***

Here are some of the things that she has had to process in all of this:
The suffering God gives us is purposeful

The way that God shows his love for us, in suffering

This life is not all there is

Men and women grieve differently

Helping others go through grief

How to say to people who are grieving "I don't know what to say"

TOOL BOX:
What Grieving People Wished You Knew
Other Books from Nancy356: Dealing With Grief and Loss in the Family (Nancy Guthrie)
303 – I’m overwhelmed with care needs in my church – what can I do? (Sally Sims)
304 – How Does Pastoral Care Make Disciples?

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34 min
June 17, 2024355: Neurodiversity: Making Your Church Accessible (Bec Baines)
There has been a greater awareness of neurodiversity in our world today, Bec Baines explains how churches can be better equiped to minister to people with different forms of neurodiversity as we see the gospel include all sorts of people.
Neurodivergence can include the Autism spectrum, PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), dyslexia, dyspraxia, down syndrome; anything that involves the neurons in your brain.

We need to be addressing what is happening for each individual person.

Challenges can include social dynamics, the unknown (not how long things go for), sounds and loudness of music and things. Creating a structure is good for neurodiverse people.

For kids and youth, it's important to get to know the person, having visual schedules and being flexible.

For adults, again its important to get to know the person, to be gracious, communicate clearly with them and help them to understand the structure of churches.

There is a difference between inclusion (made it possible for people to be there) and belonging (you want them there, they are active members and will be missed if they are not there).

The gospel should shape this ministry, like every other ministry in church.

TOOL BOX:
Some of Bec's Blog Posts
Contact Bec:[email protected]

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29 min
June 10, 2024354: Making Your Church Accessible to People With Disabilities (Louise Gosbell)
Adjusting churches for including people may not be as expensive as you might think, in fact it is not merely about the building. Disability comes with age, so we are all facing it at some point!

Louise Gosbell has spent a lot of time thinking about disability and ministry.
Making a building accessible - where it happens in the Bible

Why ministry to people with disabilities is so much more than just accessibility

What you need to know about recent overhauls to the discrimination act

What is a Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) and why do churches need one?

Community as an important part of the life of people with disabilities

Social stories explain what is going to happen to help people prepare for church

A Community Audit is where the church asks questions about how helpful the community is for including people

Why your church might need an access audit to work out how physically accessible the building is

TOOLBOX:
Everyone Welcome: Accessible church for All Louise's ebook.
Royal Commission Report into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

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50 min
June 03, 2024353: Making the Most of Term Three
What do we need to think and do when it comes to term three? Often it's a good time to dive into longer term planning and recruitment for the next year.
Raising leaders for next year

Strategic plans for next year

Keeping people focused on vision

Digging into your small group ministries

Get into the important but not urgent things like budget for next year

Getting leaders away for thinking, reflecting and planning

Getting people to recruiting conferences (see below)

Planning for Christmas

The run-up to recruiting teams for next year

TOOL BOX:
Leadership Pipeline ebook
MTS Recruit
CV Adelaide
Challenge Conference Tasmania
Challenge PGP Perth
Let us know if we missed one!!

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19 min
May 27, 2024352: Evangelism That’s as Easy as 3,2,1 (Glen Scrivener)
It's a simple online course to help you explain the gospel to people. Glen Scrivener talks about his course 3,2,1 which can be done online. You can do it with someone or pass on the link for someone to do it themselves.
Speak Life is a ministry to make Jesus known

The development of 3,2,1 has not been overnight but has been a project from 2011

This is course for anyone, but especially for visual learners

3: the trinity, 2: the 2 Adams of the world, 1: you are united with Adam or united with Jesus, the new Adam

While it is online the key is connecting people to churches and Christian relationships from the online community
TOOL BOX:
321 Website
Speak Life
Books that Glen has written
348: A Love Story to Give Away (Glen Scrivener)

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28 min
May 20, 2024351: Why Should I Taste and See?
Imagine an experiential gospel presentation where the food matches the talks and discussion. Taste And See is a 4 week course that has been developed by Paul Young, Wendy Potts, Rory Shiner and others.
There are lot of presentations out there, but we need to keep making more, its part of the importance of re-creating in our ministry areas

Food is an important part of life, the story of the Bible and our experience

It is a course that involves all sorts of gifts that people have

It is scalable and it is effective for people becoming Christian
TOOL KIT:
The Taste and See Website
Reach Australia 2019 National Conference:
Theology of the Church and Mission

Mission Pathways Workshop Part 1

Mission Pathways Workshop Part 2

The Practicality of Church and Mission
CREDITS:
This Episode was brought to you by Safe Ministry Check
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27 min
May 15, 2024 350: Live From the Conference With Murray Capill (2024)
At the time of recording, the Reach Australia National Conference was well under way. Scott chats with Murray Capill about the 4 chambers of the heart.
The resources, including Murray's talk, will be up online soon!!

TOOL BOX:
Murray's Slides
The Heart of Holiness (Gospel Coalition Article)

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15 min
May 14, 2024 349: Live From the Conference (2024)
At the time of recording, the Reach Australia National Conference was well under way. We got a chance to talk with people about how they have been encouraged.
The resources, including Murray's talk, will be up online soon!!

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17 min
May 06, 2024348: A Love Story to Give Away (Glen Scrivener)
Recently, we talked with Rory from 10 of those which are books to give away. Glen Scrivener is an author of one of those books, Love Story. Unlike tracts, books are not something that people tend to throw away. This is a great book to give away.
All stories point to the gospel, especially the importance of resolving the story and there is truth in myth

This is a book for your neighbour, for the people who believe in justice and love, so basically everyone

Books are great technology to get peoples minds to focus on things for a while that is outside of our society

The importance of talking about the trinity and the Old Testament when explaining the gospel to people. It needs to be explained understandably, not simplistically

Changes in the gospel work in the UK and Australia

TOOL BOX:
10 of Those Episode
Love Story from the Wandering Bookseller
10 of Those Website (UK)
27 min
May 01, 2024Bonus: Should Every Christian Study Biblical Theology? (Nancy Guthrie)
SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE!!!
Nancy Guthrie's will be coming to Australia in June 2024 to run workshops for women to understand biblical theology. Nancy is an author, speaker and podcaster who has spent her life encouraging women in the Bible.
Nancy's personal experience in sitting under the Bible

Why biblical theology is essential for all Christians to understand

The importance for women to understand biblical theology

Making biblical theology accessible to everyone

Nancy's view on workshops

TOOL BOX:
Book in for Nancy's Workshops around the country.
Dates:
Adelaide, Australia • Grace Conference • May 25, 2024 [SOLD OUT]

Melbourne, Australia • Holy Trinity Doncaster • May 27, 2024 [SOLD OUT]

Canberra, Australia • Westminster Presbyterian • May 29, 2024

Sydney, Australia • Scots Church • June 1, 2024

Townsville, Australia • Willows Presbyterian • June 4, 2024

Brisbane, Australia • City Tabernacle Church • June 8, 2024
More on Nancy:
Nancy's website

Help me Teach The Bible Podcast

Nancy's Recommendation on books on biblical theology

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23 min