A one-day workshop to equip your people with the essential skills for everyday ministry.

Every day, people at church and in Christian ministries engage in tasks such as leading small groups, service leading, prayer in groups and juggling dozens of other responsibilities. But each takes skill and often there’s little training. This half-day event is your chance to upskill in the things people do every day in Christian ministry. It is perfect for ministry interns, apprentices, ministry leaders and active church members who want to know how to.

What do we have in store for you in Series 3?

On the ground in church and ministry we often just want to know “how to” – how to lead this or do that in the best way possible. So following on from last year’s popular “How To” seminars, RTC is back with more practical training for everyday ministry.

“How To” provides great training for ministry interns and apprentices, local church ministry leaders, and active church members.

Learn:

• How to Lead a Ministry Team – with Adam Ch’ng, lead pastor of Cross and Crown church
• How to Make Daily Devotions a Delight – with Aleesha Bransgrove, AFES staff worker
• How to Lead a Good Meeting – with RTC Principal, Phillip Scheepers
• How to Encourage Your Pastor – with Murray Capill, RTC Dean of Ministry Development
• How to Love Annoying People – with RTC lecturer and seasoned pastor, Stephen Lewis

Workshop Schedule

9:00AM | Welcome, Prayer, Announcements

9:10AM | Workshop 1 – How to Lead a Ministry Team (Adam Ch’ng)

10:00AM | Stand-Up Break

10:05AM | Workshop 2 – How-To Lead a Good Meeting (Phillip Scheepers)

10:30AM | Morning Tea Break

10:55AM | Workshop 3 – How-To Make Daily Devotions a Delight (Aleesha Bransgrove)

11:45AM | Stand-Up Break

11:50AM | Workshop 4 – How-To Encourage Your Pastor (Murray Capill)

12:15PM | Stand-Up Break

12:20PM | Workshop 5 – How-To Love Annoying People (Stephen Lewis)

1:00PM | Event Finish

Workshop Speakers

Adam Ch’ng

Adam leads the pastoral team at Cross & Crown and is primarily responsible for preaching and vision. He studied his BA/LLB(Hons) at Monash University before working as a workplace relations lawyer and then as an adviser to the Minister for Employment in the Abbott Government. After completing his MDiv/GradDipDiv at Ridley College, he planted Cross & Crown in 2019. Adam serves on the Executive Committee of FIEC and the Victorian Chapter of TGC Australia.

Aleesha Bransgrove

Aleesha is on staff at Darebin Presbyterian Church, working in the areas of Mission and Maturity of Children and Youth. She has recently completed her Masters of Divinity at RTC. Aleesha is also a qualified Occupational Therapist and has also served in a student ministry role with AFES for the past number of years.

Murray Capill

Murray is originally from New Zealand where he pastored a church in Auckland for 10 years. He came to Australia in 2001 to teach part-time at RTC and continue in pastoral ministry in the CRCA. Since 2006 he has taught practical theology full-time and for 12 years he served as the Principal of the College. He is the author of Preaching with Spiritual Vigour (2004) and The Heart is the Target (2014). Murray is Dean of Ministry Development and the Lecturer in Pastoral Ministry at the College.

Phillip Scheepers

Phillip joined the College in 2010 bringing a wealth of experience in missions and church-based training. He is originally from South Africa where he studied for the ministry and obtained his DTh. from the University of the Free State. After initial mission work in South Africa he moved to London where he worked for Veritas College for 8 years, establishing training ministries for local church leaders in the Arab world. That work eventually led him to Australia in 2007 to help secure accreditation for the Veritas training in the Australian vocational training sector. At the RTC he serves as Principal and Lecturer in Missions and Church History.

Stephen Lewis

Dr. Lewis comes to RTC from Knowlton Presbyterian Church in New Jersey where he recently pastored for six years. Stephen has extensive ministry experience and has also taught in the online program at Westminster Theological Seminary. He holds three degrees, including a PhD in Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation (Old Testament), awarded by Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia in 2018. Stephen is the new Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew at the College.

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