with Jocelyn Loane The world our children are growing up in is very different to the world of our own childhoods. What are the particular challenges facing kids being raised in ministry homes at this time? How can we best equip and support them to navigate and engage well with the world around us? What … Continue reading Discipling Ministry Kids in an Hostile World
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Self-care, given the unique stressors and anxieties in ministry households
About the seminar: Sometimes it’s tough to navigate life as a ministry wife. Ministry wives need to learn to self-care in the midst of many, sometimes unique, stressors and challenges that present. Behind the closed doors of our home we can feel like a hypocrite: “What is self-care, when I am not meant to be … Continue reading Self-care, given the unique stressors and anxieties in ministry households
Planning Survey
Please fill this out… The Brisbane Ministry Wives Network (BMWN) seeks to offer support and encouragement to ministry wives across South East Queensland. We would love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to help us know people’s needs and to assist us in planning for the future. Please click on the … Continue reading Planning Survey
2023 End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
with Dr Gary and Fiona Millar, speaking on: Finding Joy in the Mess of Ministry and the Muck of Life… 6:30pm Monday 6th November 2023 Ann St Presbyterian Church, Brisbane City. After over 30 years of serving Jesus together, Gary and Fiona Millar are more convinced of their own weakness and God’s grace than ever, … Continue reading 2023 End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
‘Your marriage – a place of refuge… yes, it really can be!’
Thursday 31st August 7:30pm and Friday 8th September 9:30am with Dr Carolyn Russell All marriages have ups and downs, but the health of ministry marriages is critical for our well-being and the health of our ministries. The busyness of ministry life can mean our marriages can be neglected if we’re not careful. Our marriages need … Continue reading ‘Your marriage – a place of refuge… yes, it really can be!’
Upcoming Event: Serving Together: Helping not Hindering
with Becky Khan Our second seminar for 2023 is ‘Serving Together: Helping not Hindering’ with speaker Becky Khan. All ministry situations are unique and dynamic. So are our marriages and families! In the nitty-gritty, daily rhythms of our lives and situations, how can we genuinely help our husbands’ ministries to thrive, not choke? This practical session … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Serving Together: Helping not Hindering
Upcoming Event: Living in Christ, Body and Soul
In 2023, we are starting the year with our term 1 seminar on Thursday 16th March and Friday 17th March on Living in Christ, Body and Soul: how we have been made and redeemed to fit together. We know that Jesus transforms our hearts and minds, but where do our bodies (and brains) fit in? … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Living in Christ, Body and Soul
End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
Deadline extended to Tuesday 1st November 6:30pm Monday 7th November 2022 Venue: Ann St Presbyterian Church, Brisbane CBD (Free parking available onsite – see Event Venues page for more details) Cost: $75 per couple for dinner,$70 per Bible college student couple. We do hope you can join us. Please register on the homepage. Speaker: Dr … Continue reading End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
Upcoming Event: Forgiveness Seminar
Our term 3 seminar is Forgiveness with Carmelina Read on Thursday evening 4th August 2022 and Friday morning 5th August 2022. Forgiveness is often hard to do, especially when we’ve been greatly hurt. Yet we have a Father in Heaven who has forgiven us much because of His Son Jesus’ death on the cross. We … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Forgiveness Seminar
Understanding our Spiritual Temperament –
The Practice of Delighting in God.
Thursday 26th May – One night only! David danced and wrote psalms. Mary sat intensely listening at Jesus’ feet. John the Baptist fasted, and Peter’s mother-in-law served. All of these spiritual heroes worshiped God in different ways. As evangelical Christians, we can fall into the routine of delighting in God exclusively through the reading of … Continue reading Understanding our Spiritual Temperament –
The Practice of Delighting in God.