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The Mission & Ministry Grants Assessment Committee is pleased to report $58,000 matching fund grants were awarded to the following nine Fresh Hope churches in the first round of M&M Grants: Asquith Church of ChristCoast Community ChurchDubbo Church...

What is SRE Sunday?SRE Sunday is a day to celebrate and acknowledge the great work of SRE teachers in our local schools across New South Wales. It is also an opportunity to invite and inform our community about Christian SRE and its importance in schools...

Homelessness is a growing issue in NSW. The causes of homelessness are varied and often complicated, but every homeless man, woman or child is loved by God and as a Christian movement, by caring for them we have a great opportunity to show the love of...

What is single touch payroll?Parliament has recently passed legislation to extend Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting to include all small employers (those with fewer than 20 employees) from 1 July 2019. Single Touch Payroll enables employers to...

Recently I visited Tweed Heads Church of Christ to facilitate a pastoral care training course. During my visit Pastor John Latta took me on a tour with a difference of the local community. We visited several caravan parks (some condemned but still...

This year, Fresh Hope Engage is excited to launch a new course entitled “Basic Pastoral Care for Churches”. The aim of this course is to equip church members with the formation and basic skills needed to provide pastoral care to their community....

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Churches, As Western culture continues to experience turbulence in many sectors, there is an ever-present danger that we might allow culture to colonise the biblical functionality of both church practice and leadership.  The...

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Churches,Welcome to 2019. We are expecting an exciting year as we seek to value-add the mission of our movement together for the Kingdom.  Each year we gather as a part of the broader Fresh Hope Movement to mutually encourage...

In his excellent research into Young Adults engagement with church, David Kinnaman makes an interesting observation saying, “even though the childhood and early adolescent years are the time during which the spiritual and moral compasses are calibrated,...

The Fresh Hope Engage NSW Drought Appeal has raised $26,393 as at the end of November 2018. The funds have been distributed through local churches of Christ to assist individual families in need and to bless local communities: $20,000 Dubbo Church of...

The third round of the Volunteer Pastoral Carers training program successfully graduated on Wed 28 November in Coffs Harbour. 11 volunteers were celebrated by members from the Mission & Ministry agency, Fresh Hope Care, local church pastors and family...