The One Thing

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The One Thing episodes

October 01, 2023 318: The Next 5 Places Churches Need to Be Planted
Looking at planting a church, or supporting a church plant, but not sure where? Here is a list of the places we need to plant in the next year:
Place 1: Ipswich & Surrounds (Queensland)
Hugely growing area!!
Projected growth 185,500 in 2022 to 318,200 in 2031

Place 2: West Melbourne (Victoria)
A lot of people from south and central Asia moving into the areas

Place 3: North & South Perth - Growth Area (WA)
South - Pinjarra, Baldivis, Kinjarra (Projected growth 40k)
North - Alkimos (Projected growth 15-30k)

Place 4: Queanbeyan - Growth Area (NSW)
Projected growth by 17k-21k

Place 5: Goolwa - Adelaide (SA)
Projected growth by 12k

SHOW NOTES:
Join our WhatsApp Prayer Group
Hear more about green fields church plants
Get Assessed as a Planter
Perhaps start with the Church Planting Questionnaire
Email us if you have a plant you want to get started and need help: [email protected]⁠

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20 min
September 24, 2023 317: The 5 Books Everyone Needs to Read About Church Planting
Can we learn anything from church planting books or should we just get on with ministry and just plant churches?

SHOW NOTES:
Derek's top 5:
Center Church by Tim Keller
Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting by Aubery Malphurs
Honest Church Planting by Tom Bennardo
Apostolic Church Planting by J.D. Payne

Scott's Top 5
Planting Churches Cross Culturally by David Hesselgrave
Hands on Guide to Church Planting by Graham Beynon
Church Planting is for Wimps by Mike Mckinley
The Church Planting Wife by Christine Hoover
Church Planting Landmines by Tom Nebel and Gary Rohrmayer

Other Resources Mentioned
New Churches Podcast
Reach Australia Planting Australia Podcast
Learn to Lead: for trainees thinking through planting
Church Planting Questionnaire : the first step for anyone thinking about church planting

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19 min
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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27 min
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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25 min
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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34 min
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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16 min
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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28 min
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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32 min
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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21 min
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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20 min