Faith & Work Award Dinner
Friday 13 September
Award Winner & Speaker Kara Martin
Australian & Global Faith & Work Enabler
Kara will speak on: Wisdom and Work: How a non-Platonic Gospel can help us work wisely
For over 40 years Kara has worked in the area of faith–work reintegration. In this talk she will address the areas of misbelief in the church that continue to impact on an integrated vision for our work as the church scattered
Program:
6.20pm Drinks, Aperitives & Book Launch
Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World, edited by Drs Darren Cronshaw, Steve Taylor and Maggie Kappelhoff
7.00pm Two course dinner & drinks & Awards Address
Dinner Sponsored by:
Transforming Workplace Mission Conference
Saturday 14 September at 9am-5pm
Many of us have an inkling that our daily labours fall short of God’s purposes for us. It’s time that God’s people grapple with how we shape, enable and support everyday Christians to faithfully reflect God’s work in their daily challenges and joys in shifting work cultures. This conference invites you – lay and clergy – to bring your stories and struggles for this purpose. Collaborating in keynotes, workshops and panel discussions, we will start to strategise ways for making ‘the Word of God fully known’ through our daily work.
Speakers
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Dr Gordon Preece is Director of Ethos, including the Australasian Religious Press Association's Best Publication Zadok Perspectives, and Chair, Melbourne Anglican Diocese SRC. He is former Director of three university professional ethics centres, Lead Minister of two Anglican parishes, Director of Urban Seed homelessness ministry and Senior Policy Officer, Catholic Social Services Victoria. His twelve books include Changing Work Values, Marketplace Ministry (Lausanne) and The Viability of the Vocation Tradition.
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Kara Martin is a lecturer at Mary Andrews College, Adjunct Professor with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary visiting Fellow with its Mockler Center for Faith & Ethics. She is author of Workship I: How to Use your Work to Worship God and Workship II: How to Flourish at Work; co-author of Keeping Faith: How Christian organisations can stay true to Jesus; and co-editor of Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace. Kara mentors workplace Christians, and she and her husband also run a home maintenance franchise. You can also listen to her on the Worship on the Way to Work podcast.
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Participating Bishop
Bishop Geneve Blackwell
Sponsors
Program
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Time
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9:00am
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Welcome
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9.15am
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Keynote Speaker - Rev Dr Gordon Preece
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Bridging the Gaps in Faith & Works (Global & Local)
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10.00am
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Morning Tea
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10.25am
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Workshops
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Workshop 1
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Embedding workplace mission in Church DNA - Gordon Preece
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Exploring lifelong vocational guidance - Claire Harvey
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Workshop 3
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Bivocationality & workplace Christian networks - Angus Monro
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Workshop 4
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Beyond burnout: from rest to work - Andrew Laird
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Workshop 5
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Faith & wisdom in a business worl of risk & compromise - Chris White, Deborah Upton & co.
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Workshop 6
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Weekday community chaplaincy: juggling workplace & home - Kim Messieh
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Workshop 7
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Engaging unions seeking worker justice & wellbeing - John Bottomley, Brendan Byrne
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11.15am
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Workers panel: fruitfulness on the frontline
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12.00pm
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Sponsor spot: MAF
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12.10pm
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Episcopal reflection
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12.15pm
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Lunch
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1.00pm
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Keynote Speaker - Kara Martin
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Take Your Worship to Work, and Your Work to Worship
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1.45pm
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Churches panel: Discipling for workplace mission & ministry
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2.30pm
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Sponsor spot: EAI
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2.35pm
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Afternoon Tea
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3.00pm
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Strategy Forum
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4.15pm
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Summation & Reflections
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4.40pm
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Close & Benediction
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