with Kylie Brown Thursday Evening – 12th June 2025, 7:30pm-9:30pm at Southside Presbyterian Church, Eight Mile Plains and Friday Morning – 13th June 2025, 9:30am-12:00pm at Enoggera Baptist Church, Enoggera In the Scriptures we often hear of God’s concern for the vulnerable in society – the widow, the fatherless and the poor. As the cost … Continue reading God’s Heart for the Vulnerable
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From Clay to Glory
with Sarah Sholl Saturday Brunch – 1st March 2025, 8am-10:30am at Southside Presbyterian Church, Eight Mile Plains Ministry can be tough! Paul and Timothy were hard pressed on every side, perplexed, persecuted and struck down. Perhaps you can relate? Are you feeling weary, frustrated, inadequate, incompetent, beyond capacity? Wondering if it’s worth persevering in ministry? Our experience … Continue reading From Clay to Glory
2024 End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
with Paul and Sue Harrington, speaking on: Ministering Together to Grow the Kingdom of God 6:30pm Monday 11th November 2024 Ann St Presbyterian Church, Brisbane City. Paul and Sue have been serving in the Trinity Network in Adelaide, SA, for the last 35 years. One of their enduring concerns has been how to keep gospel-centred disciple-making on the agenda. … Continue reading 2024 End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
Discipling Ministry Kids in an Hostile World
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
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