Stories
We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the power of our testimony (Rev 12:11). We pray that our stories of transformation will encourage and energise you in your transformation journey with Christ; individually and in your spheres of influence.
Our Nepalese Family | Navigate 2019
In October of this year, Navigate adventure went on an extreme trek to Nepal. Our group of thirteen experienced everything from moving personal testimonies and breathtaking views of God’s creation to the physical challenge of hiking up mountains. One of the most...
read moreFresh Hope Venues New Site
The Fresh Hope Venues strategy has clearly articulated a desire to expand our camping ministry beyond the heavily booked Tops facility at Stanwell Tops. Well, after years of research and investigation into numerous properties, Fresh Hope are acquiring...
read moreMission & Ministry Grant helps Build Community Engagement in Forster Tuncurry
The Forster Tuncurry Church of Christ received a Mission & Ministry Grant to support a Community Family Fun Day. Our church meets off the beaten path so we wanted to raise awareness of our presence to our community neighbours. As a church community, we wanted to...
read moreFresh Hope’s $1m Grant to Plant
In a historic decision, Conference Executive has approved the release of $1 million to empower churches who want to pioneer new faith communities over the next three years. The funding, released through Fresh Hope Pioneering, will be used to assist...
read moreVolunteer Pastoral Care Graduation at Maitland
We had the privilege and honour on 8th October in commissioning our pastoral carers at Maitland. The volunteers have completed the nine-week spiritual care series that has given them a practical understanding of caring spiritually and emotionally for the...
read moreMore Mission & Ministry Grants are available now!
The Mission & Ministry Grants Assessment Committee is pleased to report $53K in grants were approved to the following Fresh Hope churches in the second round of M&M Grants: Chatswood Church of ChristCoast Community ChurchForster Tuncurry Church of...
read moreHELP ME IF YOU CAN – THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF ‘HELPS’
Depending on when we were born, we carry with us memories of our generation, both good and bad. As a child of the 60’s, I have distant memories of the emergence of the Beatles and their global impact. With the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles celebration at...
read morePioneering Towards Mental Wellness
Sometimes we set out to pioneer and other times we find we’re there, out on the edges. NationsHeart Christian Community is pioneering by its calling, “to worship God and serve the community”. Our community in Belconnen ACT, is on the edge, and being part...
read moreNavigating the Secular Age
As the Australian Government proposes a federal ‘Religious Discrimination Bill’ there is a degree of apprehension as to its likely impacts on churches and the many not-for-profit ministries operated by faith-based organisations. It’s hard to reconcile many...
read more“The Worst NSW Drought in History” – Appeal Update
“A bushfire is one thing, a flood is one thing, but a drought is horrific and slowly deteriorates your wellbeing". - Southern Downs Council Mayor, Tracy Dobie. Last year the NSW drought was making headlines and a lot of support for farmers was raised. The...
read moreWhen Prayer Leads To Open Doors.
Mayfield Church of Christ is passionate about serving their local community. Their mission is to be a visible and relevant example of Jesus in the world. Back in 2015, some of the church members went for a prayer walk around their neighbourhood. One of the...
read moreSupervision Interrupts Practice
What is Pastoral Supervision? Why is it needed? “Supervision interrupts practice. It wakes us up to what we are doing. When we are alive to what we are doing, we wake up to what is, instead of falling asleep in the comfort stories of our routines and daily...
read moreWhy Soup?
Ryan Clift is a community chaplain in Blaxland as well as the Mission Planter at Blaxland Church of Christ. A few months ago, their little church met at Dan’s Coffee Haus in Blaxland, and he asked the question “what would it look like to bring life in our...
read moreCreating hope, purpose & value for people that don’t have it – Winter Appeal 2019
It’s become very cold in NSW and the ACT this last month as Winter really sets in. It’s even colder for the thousands of people, especially families, who are currently homeless. The leading cause of homelessness in NSW is domestic violence (24%) forcing...
read moreHow might a ‘Bokim’ awakening challenge our culture of contempt?
In so many ways, our nation is being rent and buffeted by divergent world-views and hostile agendas regardless of our political orientations, religious views, race, identity and cultural backgrounds. It’s hard to pinpoint what’s beneath so much turbulence,...
read moreSynchronicity…
The analytical psychologist Carl Jung first introduced the idea of ‘Synchronicity’ in psychoanalysis as: events that are ‘meaningful coincidences’ that occur without causal relationship but seem to be meaningfully related. Sometimes in life, things seem to...
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