We spend approximately 70,000 hours in paid or unpaid work in our lifetime. What does the Bible have to say about the activity that takes up the majority of our waking hours? This course will provide an outline of the biblical narrative of work—paid and unpaid—collated under some common themes which also give us some ideas about how we can activate our faith in our work: be creative, hold back sin, join Jesus in redeeming your workplace and build for the New Creation. Come along and develop a new imagination for how you can partner with the work God is doing in the world, through your ordinary work.

Session one: Be creative

Session two: Hold back sin

Session three: Join Jesus in redeeming your workplace

Session four: Build for the new creation

Dates: Tuesday 8, 15, 22, 29 October, 7.30-9pm

Cost: $150 (or $120 with Greenhouse Member discount)

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Jesus worked his whole life. He started as a carpenter-builder, and went on to do his teaching and healing work.

What can we learn by observing how he worked?

How can his work inspire our work?

Come along and be challenged and encouraged in all your work, paid or unpaid, whether in the workplace, in the community or at home.

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Presented by SRC (ADoM) and Ethos (EA)

8.30am Open for Registration

9am to 5pm Plenary Sessions & Workshops

Many of us have an inkling that our daily labours fall short of God’s purposes for us. It’s time that God’s people grapple with how we shape, enable and support everyday Christians to faithfully reflect God’s work in their daily challenges and joys in shifting work cultures. This conference invites you – lay and clergy – to bring your stories and struggles for this purpose. Collaborating in keynotes, workshops and panel discussions, we will start to strategise ways for making ‘the Word of God fully known’ through our daily work.

Keynote speakers: Gordon Preece, Kara Martin. Participating bishop: Genieve Blackwell'

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Lunch Provided; Childcare Available at Conference

Student Tickets available
Combined Event Ticket Discount
Clergy plus Laity Ticket Discount

Sponsored by Melbourne Anglican Foundation, EA Insurance & CoPower

6:20pm: Drinks, Aperitifs and Book Launch of Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World, edited by Drs Darren Cronshaw, Steve Taylor and Maggie Kappelhoff.

7:00pm: two-course dinner & drinks and Award Address by Kara Martin

Topic: Wisdom and Work: How a non-Platonic Gospel can help us work wisely

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Come along to the only launch that will feature all three authors!

Roy Williams in his book Post-God Nation argues that the faithfulness of Christian NFPs, schools, higher education institutions to their Christian identity and mission is the most powerful witness to the gospel in contemporary Australia where most Australians contact with Christianity is through these organisations rather than congregations. What does faithfulness look like? How do boards and senior leaders maintain it? What are the danger signs of slippage? Our panel will consider these issues raised by Stephen Judd, John Swinton and Kara Martin’s recent book Keeping Faith: How Christian Organisations Can Stay True to the Way of Jesus.

Please register here!

Program

6.00 Canapes and Drinks outside Chapel or in Courtyard

6.30 Welcome to Alphacrucis – Dr Stephen Fogarty, President, Alphacrucis University College

6.35 Introduction from Chair - Professor Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis University College

6.45 Why the Book is Needed – Professor John Swinton, University of Aberdeen

7.00 Panel Discussion

• Dr Stephen Judd - Former CEO Hammondcare

• Professor John Swinton - University of Aberdeen

• Kara Martin – Sydney based writer and Adjunct Professor at Gordon-Conwell Seminary USA

• Stu Cameron – Wesley Mission

• Donna Crouch – Hillsong Church

If you would like to register, please follow this link.

Our lives as people of faith and people in a challenging labor force have in recent years have becoming increasingly fractured. We feel the fabric of our allegiances torn and experience a growing fear to live out our identity in Christ fully in public spaces. We need to be workers who, as Kaemingk and Willson have said,

“Through prayer and petition, thanksgiving and lament, she practices laying down her work before the larger work of God. The torn cloth of her faith and her work can be mended in and through her worship.”

Come explore at this year’s Annual Faith + Work Conference how our labor can be transformed and integrated into our liturgies of worship both on Sunday mornings and Monday through Friday.

This event will include seminars/panels/workshops from thoughtful practitioners who are fully engaged in promoting God's design for flourishing in every area of our lives.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided along with time to connect with fellow attendees and our speakers.

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183 Tower Street, Panania

We would love to invite you to come along to Morling college in North Ryde, Sydney, not just for a launch, but also a discussion of the intersection between workplace, church and theological education.

When: Friday, 28th October, 6.30–8.00pm

Where: Morling College, Herring Road, North Ryde, Sydney.

Who: Hear Dave Benson (London Institute for Contemporary Christianity) describe the vision for the book.

Megan Powell du Toit (Australian College of Theology) will discuss how this book fits in the ACT Monograph series.
Lindsay McMillan (Reventure) will launch the book.
Ian Hussey (Malyon College) will invite a discussion on how do we engage in whole life discipleship in the workplace, in church and in theological colleges?

Why:

Transforming Vocation: Connecting theology, church and the workplace for a flourishing world.

There has been an explosion of publishing in the faith–work movement in the last twenty years. Work is increasingly seen as the new frontier for Christian mission. However, the church and theological colleges have failed to keep up with the interest among, and needs of, workplace Christians.
This book is the urgent corrective that is needed, moving past Theology of Work 101 to much deeper encounters with God’s word as it relates to daily work. These twelve academic papers look at work through three different lenses: the workplace, the church, and theological education.

If you are interested in being part of the conversation please click on this link to RSVP.

ADVANCED PREACHING WORKSHOP B: Bible Teaching and Everyday Dilemmas

Should I share my opinion on vaccination? Is TikTok OK? How should I care for ageing parents? How can I witness at work? We want our answers to be thoroughly biblical. Deepen your skills in making the connections.

Lecturers: Rev Dr Sam Chan and Kara Martin
AQF level: 8
Lecture Mode: hybrid* 
Dates: Saturday 13 August 2022 + 2 follow-up Zoom classes (9 hours in total)
Location: Croydon Campus, 43 Badminton Road, Croydon 2132
Credit Points: PC116-803 = 3 credit points (1/4 unit) - GCDiv, GDDiv, MTS, MDiv
Tuition Fees: 
Non- accredited option (certificate) = $288
ACT accredited option (3 credit points) = $660
Note: Class sizes will be limited. Short term on-campus accommodation is also available for those from outside Sydney.

The SMBC Centre for Preaching and Pastoral Ministry is committed to strengthening and refreshing preachers. We love deep and transformative biblical knowledge and want to seek it with you. We’re here to facilitate your growth in ministry competencies, personal effectiveness, cultural intelligence, and communication skills appropriate to our diverse and changing contexts.

Starting in 2022, the Centre is offering a rolling series of Advanced Preaching Workshops. Together the 4 different workshops can combine to create a 12-credit unit with the Australian College of Theology (ACT) that can contribute to an award like a Graduate Certificate in Divinity, for example (each workshop is a 3 credit unit). The workshop format, made up of 5-6 hours on a Saturday (in hybrid mode*), plus 2 follow up Zoom meetings, requires just 9 interactive teaching hours over a semester. We’re aiming for something deeper than a day conference but less daunting than a full ACT unit.

These workshops will bring something fresh to you as a preacher. They will be interdisciplinary, combining the teaching of an experienced biblical preacher with experts in fields like literature, workplace theology, counselling and culture.

So if your preaching is getting a bit same-ish, these workshops might be just what you need. Take some time to connect with the unfathomable richness of God’s timeless word. Take some time to sharpen how you communicate it.

Ten things Christians need to survive in the Workplace

 A CMA CBD Business Breakfast 

When: August 11th, 7.00am for a 7.15 start  

Where: RACV Club, Bourke St Melbourne  

Who: Christian business leaders, and executive staff & board members of Christian churches, schools and ministries.  

Cost: Member Cost $70, non-member $80.
Table of 8 - $525 members, $600 non-members

  ^ Member means paid members of CMA and accredited partners of the CMA Standards Council.  

I want you to imagine what it would be like if you had the knowledge, skills and values you need to be effective for Jesus in whatever context he places you, doing whatever work he has gifted you for, serving the people he has put before you.

If you are a Christian in the workplace, this talk will help to speed your skilling up for effective faith-work re-integration, partnering with God’s purposes in the world. If you are a church leader, then this talk will help you map out some helpful equipping activities, through sermons, interviews, training or targeted mentoring. If you run a Christian organisation, then this talk will help you spiritually form your employees for effective and faithful working.

To register, please click here.

Kara Martin is the author of Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work and was co-editor of Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace for a Flourishing World. She is a lecturer with Alphacrucis College and Adjunct Professor with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston. She is also a Visiting Fellow with the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Public Square and on the Board of the Karam Fellowship in the US. Kara has worked in media and communications, human resources, business analysis and policy development roles, in a variety of organisations, and as a consultant. She is researching the variables for effective faith–work integration for workplace Christians. Kara has presented, taught and run workshops in churches and theological colleges in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the US, New Zealand and throughout Australia. Recent articles have been published in the Faith in Business Quarterly (Cambridge, UK) and for the De Pree Center for Leadership (Fuller Seminary, US).

The City of Ryde Prayer Breakfast has been held since 1992 and is a time to come together as one to promote goodwill throughout the community through prayer.

The 2022 City of Ryde Prayer Breakfast will be held on Friday 24 June at a new location Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club. 

This year our guest speaker will be Kara Martin speaking on the topic of “Integrating faith and work in Ryde”.

From the beginning, people have enjoyed the rich lands and waterways of Ryde, which produced edible plants and fish. Over the years Ryde changed from a food bowl for our first nations people and early settlers, to a hub for small industry. However, the future is startling: Macquarie Park will soon become the 4th largest business district in Australia after Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. In this talk, author and lecturer Kara Martin will share about the future of work, and what opportunities exist for faith communities in Ryde.

Cost: $30 per person (includes GST) PLUS booking fee or purchase a table of 8 for $240 (includes GST) PLUS booking fee. 
Ticket sales close on Thursday 16 June at 11.59pm.  

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Refresh Women’s Conference is on again and we would love to have you and your friends join us! Refresh Women’s Conference is run by a team of women from St Philip’s Anglican Church Eastwood wanting to make a space for women to learn and be encouraged together. You are invited to take part in this day as we learn from the Bible and enjoy fellowship!

This year, we will spend the morning looking at Psalm 1 and how we can be honouring God wherever we are. We will have the pleasure of hearing from Kara Martin who will be our 2020 speaker.

Event Details

Date: Saturday September 19

Time: 9am – 12:30pm

Location: St Philip’s Anglican Church War Memorial Hall
29 Clanalpine Street, Eastwood, NSW 2122

Cost*: $20 pp or $15 Concession

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OneLove is a one-day event for all women to gather together under life changing preaching and enjoy fantastic fellowship. Whether you have been a Christian for many years or are still seeking answers about God, join us and be encouraged, refreshed and renewed for the journey ahead.

I will be giving two talks at this event on the subject of Rest.

You can sign up for updates (and eventually register) here.

At this stage it will probably be an online event.

It’s a privilege to be invited to preach at Ryde Presbyterian Church, especially in the lead-up to Christmas.

We will be gathering around Luke 2:1-7, preparing our hearts to receive our Saviour.

http://www.achurchinryde.com/

I’m excited to be invited to preach at Northside, a community I have had an ongoing connection with, particularly their staff team.

I will be preaching on how God works through Beauty.

https://northsidebaptist.org.au/

I’m really pleased to be invited to be part of this innovative conference. Andrew Sloane is a wonderful Bible teacher. I’m excited also to hear an indigenous perspective from Janine Mohamed.

FAITH AT WORK

This national conference will gather nurses, midwives and students from around Australia to learn from each other and work together to extend Christ’s transforming presence in the workplace. The focus will be on putting our faith to work by integrating it with our professional practice.

SPEAKERS:

A Biblical Perspective by Rev. Dr Andrew Sloane

An Indigenous Perspective by Janine Mohamed

A Research Perspective by Kara Martin

A Community Perspective by Vicki Legge and Jo Rich

A New Graduate Perspective by Mhret Akele and Catherine Canon

For more information and to register, click here.

I will be preaching on the Good, the Bad and the redeemed of Work, at the 10am, 5pm and 7pm services.

You will be inspired by Daniel, Peter and Jesus to make a kingdom difference in the workplace.

For details about the church: http://standrews.net.au/

Would you like to make sense of your desire for purposeful work?

Come hear what the bible has to say and be inspired with practical ways you can let the Gospel shape every part of your daily life including work.

Guest Speaker: KARA MARTIN

Kara Martin is the author of Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work.

More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/362622954402153/

A workshop presented during the UTS Credo Annual Conference in NSW.

For more information, contact Fiona Kirsop on fiona.kirsop@credo.org.au.

Preaching on Mark 3:13–35.

A Women’s Breakfast Event hosted by Mittagong Anglican Church, NSW.

For more information, contact Marge Mills at mm@mittang.com.au.

Join author and academic Kara Martin for high tea to launch her recently published book, Workship 2: How to flourish at work. Written to bridge the faith and work divide, Workship 2 is practical wisdom for the workplace, exploring how to integrate faith with everyday work and worship God through work.

Guests will enjoy champagne on arrival, followed by high tea.  Rev. Melissa Lipsett, Chief Operating Officer, Bible Society will officially launch the book, and Stephen O'Doherty, Chair, Hope Media and host, Open House, will interview Kara and Melissa on how they integrate their faith and daily work.   As a special bonus Kara will facilitate a mini-workshop on talking about your faith at work.  Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon will be Wendy Simpson OAM, experienced entrepreneur and company director.

Workship 2 Sydney Launch - high tea and a conversation on faith and work

Saturday 27 October 2018, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

The Union, Universities and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney

Tickets $40 includes a champagne high tea and a copy of the book Workship 2: how to flourish at work.  Tickets for high tea only $20. 

Additional copies of Workship: How to use your work to worship God, and Workship 2: How to flourish at work will also be available to purchase at the launch.  

Bookings essential. For tickets, click here.