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The One Thing episodes

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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28 min
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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23 min
July 10, 2023 306: How Do I Help Christians Think About Their Money Habits?
How do we think about our money and resources as Christian disciples? Yoel Frank has written a book to help us practically think through what it means to be a disciple with money.

1. Live Simply
2. Give Habitually
3. Spend Missionally
4. Invest Impactfully
5. Steward Wisely

SHOW NOTES:
The Barefoot Disciple Webpage
**If you purchase the Barefoot Disciple from this link, Yoel will donate the proceeds to Reach Australia**

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20 min
July 03, 2023 305: How Can My Church Raise More Money?
Money is a taboo topic for churches, and there has been some ministries that have brought disrepute to the gospel through the misuse of money, Yet we need to manage and talk about money and generosity as churches not just for budgets but because money management is a part of being a disciple.

Jo talks with Tish Maier, Reach Australia's Support Manager, about how and why ministers need to talk about generosity.

SHOW NOTES:
The Generosity Project - a 6 part interactive resource from Matthias Media aimed at shifting the culture of generosity in our churches, in a positive way. -
Rod Irvine talking about generosity to church plants
Longer talk from Rod Irvine on raising resources for churches

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16 min
June 26, 2023 304: How Does Pastoral Care Make Disciples?
There is caring for people who are in need and there is disciple making. But do these things need to be at odds?
Sally Sims is the Care Ministry Coordinator at Christ Church, St Ives, on Sydney's North Shore. She's author of Together Through the Storm A Practical Guide to Christian Care and she sits down with Jo Gibbs to talk about how pastoral care can be disciple making.

SHOW NOTES:
Sally's book can be found here. Watch for the 2nd Edition in August.
Care resource list from the Reach Australia National Conference
Disciple Making Pastoral Care by Sally Sims
Disciple Making Pastoral Care within Small Groups by Sarie King
Keep watching for more Reach Australia Resources

CREDITS:
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17 min
June 19, 2023 303: I'm Overwhelmed With Care Needs in My Church - What Can I Do?
There's times when life falls apart and things just don't turn out as we planned, and they're often unexpected things that turn up that are not in your diary. It can be a matter of time before gospel workers are overwhelmed with requests and needs. How do we manage all this?
Sally Sims is the Care Ministry Coordinator at Christ Church, St Ives, on Sydney's North Shore. She's author of Together Through the Storm A Practical Guide to Christian Care and she sits down with Jo Gibbs to talk about how to care for people in church without being overwhelmed.

SHOW NOTES:
Sally's Book can be found here. Watch for the 2nd Edition in August.
Care resource list from the Reach Australia National Conference
Sally's workshop...coming soon.
Keep watching for more Reach Australia Resources

CREDITS:
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17 min
June 12, 2023 302: How Do I Help People Come to Church Regularly? (Part 2)
People think they come to church 17% more than they actually do! Scott chats with Richard Sweatman and Antony Barraclough about their new book Unmissable church with advice for pastors and members of churches to encourage people to come to church more regularly.
In this episode they look at whether going to a small group is enough, what excuses people make for not going to church and how do you build community with multiple congregations

SHOW NOTES:
Part 1 is here
Unmissable Church can be bought from Matthias Media or our friends at the Wandering Bookseller
Antony's Doctoral thesis
Richard has also written two books on small groups: Being a Small Group Leader and Writing a Small Group Study

CREDITS:
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17 min
June 05, 2023 301: How Do I Help People Come to Church Regularly? (Part 1)
People think they come to church 17% more than they actually do! Scott chats with Richard Sweatman and Antony Barraclough about their new book Unmissable church with advice for pastors and members of churches to encourage people to come to church more regularly.
How regularly should you come to church?

SHOW NOTES:
Unmissable Church can be bought from Matthias Media or our friends at the Wandering Bookseller
Antony's Doctoral thesis
Homegrown Faith can be heard here

CREDITS:
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17 min
May 29, 2023 300: 300 Episodes into the One Thing!
"It's been a showcase of God's work in the network".
After 6 years and 300 episodes Derek and Scott reflect on the ministry of the One Thing, their favourite episodes and interviews.

SHOW NOTES:
Episode 1: Convictions Drive Direction
Episode 189: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Episode 188: Bible Nudism
Episode 244: Reset: Where are you Now?
Episode 245: Reset: Where do you want to go?
Episode 246: Reset: How will you get there?
Episode 232: You Need Friends in Ministry
Episode 52: The Sending Church (J. D. Greear)
Episode 53: Mobilising the Denomination for Mission (J. D. Greear)

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21 min
May 29, 2023 Episode 301 – Unmissable Church Part 1
People think they come to church 17% more than they actually do! Scott chats with Richard Sweatman and Antony Barraclough about their new book Unmissable church
17 min