Pilgrimage '24


This week, 13 young adults and youth from across Australia have been actively participating in SPEC Week at Graceland University, Iowa, USA! SPEC (Spectacular) is an annual summer camp event organised by the Community of Christ, specifically designed for high school students and young adults from around the world.

Matt Frizzell visit          

I am delighted to announce that the Mission Centre will be hosting Dr Matt Frizzell for a 2 week visit at the end of October. Matt currently serves as Denominational Administrator, Community of Christ, Chicago, where he leads a team of Human Resource professionals serving approximately 200 ministers across the U.S.A. and in twenty countries in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. He was formerly the Dean of the church seminary, and before that, campus minister at Graceland University. I served with Matt on the Standing High Council a decade ago. 

AWOL 14th July @ 10am

Most of us are familiar with the Parable of the Sower. At the end of the parable Jesus says, “If you have ears, Listen!” I know I will be listening with both ears this Sunday when I tune into Australia Worships On-Line when we will hear Emma Ghazarian from Victoria share with us her insights about the Parable of the Sower. I’m sure there will be plenty of fertile ground to spread the seeds of joy, hope, love and peace when we fellowship together. I look forward to seeing you there as well. RT

June 30th 2pm Conference 

The Special Mission Centre Conference will be held virtually on June 30th at 2:00 p.m. AEST. The agenda will include a consideration of financial reports and budgets and a presentation from the Ministry and Mission Steering Committee summarising the 5 main projects being explored in the next phase of the process, and new ways to get involved.

Ministry and Mission Working Group Gathering Frankston

It was cold but we hot to trot, on the road to transformation. The recent long weekend  8-11th June 2024 brought together many team members from 4 working groups formed by the Ministry and Mission Steering Committee. Over 20 people gathered at Community of Christ,  Frankston Victoria, along with online participants to work together prioritizing close to 40 presentations that were put forward to be considered as part of the transformation journey. A detailed report of the process led by Anne Faulke and Jenny Robinson, along with an update on the next stages of the program, will be shared over the coming months.

Important Announcement

This past week, representatives attending the upcoming Special Mission Centre Conference on June 9th were notified that presenting a proposed budget for approval at this time would not be feasible. After careful consideration, the decision has been made to postpone the budget approval until an additional conference is scheduled for Sunday, June 30th. More details to come.

You can find the full announcement here: Click Here