Special Mission Centre Conference - Save the Date 12th of February 2023

The purpose of this conference is to approve a list of nominated delegates and alternates for the 2023 World Conference.

More details will be shared ahead of the conference. Make sure you are registered as a delegate to vote, or if you would like to be a delegate at the 2023 World Conference please email eespinosa@cofchrist.com.au or call the office on 02 9871 7400. Read more here.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/292634084

Read the Conference Document here

When: Sunday 12th of February 2023, 11am AEDT (Worship followed by the Legislative Meeting)

What: A special AWOL service followed by conference voting.

Where: at West Pennant Hills Congregation (in-person), as well as online.

Upcoming Resolutions & Call for Delegates for 2023 World Conference

Here is a link to upcoming Resolutions for your consideration:

Upcoming Resolutions

2023 World Conference will run 22-28 April 2023 in Independence, Missouri USA. The Conference theme is ‘Courage’ 2023 World Conference

 

World Conference Delegates

If you are planning to attend World Conference and would like to be on the delegate/alternate list please advise Emma Espinosa on 02 9871 7400, 1300 889 855 or eespinosa@cofchrist.com.au by 31st of January 2023

As upheld at the 2021 Special Mission Centre Conference this delegate list will be review and approved by the church body in Australia. Thus, please;

SAVE THE DATE & NOMINATE DELEGATES FOR Special Mission Centre Conference (SMCC) on Sunday the 12th of February 2023 at 11am AEDT

This will be a hybrid event, held in person at West Pennant Hills, as well as online. Starting at 11am AEDT with a special AWOL service, the purpose of this conference would be to approve a list of nominated delegates and alternates for the 2023 World Conference.

  • Congregation delegates will need to be elected at a congregational business meeting this is for the purposes of credential validation in the process of voting on motion put to the conference. i.e. only delegates will be able to vote on the motion at the conference. Please register here: https://form.jotform.com/receptioncofchrist/delegateforvoting

  • Ex-officio delegates do not need to be nominated by a congregation or body – they can advise their attendance at the conference and participate in voting on the back of the office or role they hold. Please register here: https://form.jotform.com/receptioncofchrist/delegateforvoting

The following are authorised as Ex-officio delegates: Pastors, World Church Ministers, Ministerial employees of the Australia Mission, Mission Centre Recorder, Mission Centre Historian, Mission Presidency, Mission Centre Bishopric, Mission members of the Mission Centre Council, Board members of Saints Care Ltd, and Community of Christ Ltd, members of the Australia Investment Committee, members of the Australia Earth Stewardship Team, members of the Kallara Conference Centre and Tiona Management Committee, and Staff.

 

THIS SUNDAY! 11am EDT (**note the time change**)

Join us for AWOL:

This Sunday we welcome Peter Lonsdale to speak at our communion service.

Peter is Pastor of Community of Christ Perth congregation. He retired in 2021 after 32 years working in the State Government Housing Department delivering a range of housing programs to key workers, people with disabilities, those at risk of homelessness and remote Aboriginal communities.

Peter will be sharing in this time of uncertainty and disruption, where do you see God working?


LINK TO SERVICE

 

The Way Forward: Watch today!

President Steve Veazey continues The Way Forward video series with “Decentralization and Flexibility” and “Disruptive Trends as Challenges and Opportunities.”  Watch today!  

 

The Way Forward: Decentralization and Flexibility 

The World Conference will consider church bylaw amendments for decentralization and flexibility--where and as needed. We must gain degrees of decentralization for the right reasons while strengthening what binds us together as a worldwide movement. 

 

Being a worldwide community in Christ is a distinctive element of our identity. We are specifically called to show the world what peaceful community in Christ across human boundaries and cultures is like. 

 

The Way Forward: Disruptive Trends as Challenges and Opportunities 

There are trends affecting the church in more affluent nations where the church has its longest history. We truly are living in a new world that requires new forms of ministry. Simply doing what is familiar and hoping for the best will not suffice.  

 

But there is opportunity! Amid shifts from formal church involvement, people continue to search for authentic spiritual connections with God, others, and creation.  

 

Community of Christ has been gifted for such a time as this! We must not miss this opportunity. 

 

Watch previous videos in this series on our YouTube channel.  

The Way Forward: Introduction 

The Way Forward: Poverty Traps 

The Way Forward: God’s Kind of Justice 

The Way Forward: 2023 World Conference 

The Way Forward:  What About Finances? 

100 years! Tiona Reunion Camp 2023

Are you coming to the 100th anniversary of Tiona Reunion Camp in December 2023? Now is the time to start thinking about it because priority accommodation booking opens in just over 3 months. We expect it will be a big camp and accommodation will fill up fast.

To find out more - go to https://www.cofchrist.com.au/trc23 or to read a brief history of the last 100 years - go to https://www.cofchrist.com.au/trchistory