Upcoming Travels & Events
May 2010
Christchurch Trip (1st - 4th May) Eric and Emmy will be on the Mainland (!) moving about the churches and chatting with mission interested folk of many flavours. Drop us a line if you too would like to get together for a coffee.
Glocal Workshop | My Neighbours are Weird - Spreydon Baptist, Christchurch (1st) Eric and Emmy will be facilitating a Saturday workshop exploring culture, worldview and principles of how to share the gospel across cultures. Let us know if you'd like to be a part.
Mission Leader's Conversation | Mission Interlink - WEC NZ, Gordonton (4th) WEC NZ is hosting a Mission Interlink initiative discussing trends in mission, mobilisation and partnership particularly as it pertains to the NZ scene.
Glocal Workshops | My Neighbours are Weird/Muslims, Me & God - Elim Ministry Training Centre, Auckland (4th, 11th & 18th) Eric, Emmy and Ross are continuing with a series of 5 workshop sessions for the interns. We'll meet with other churches and people either side of these workshops so as usual let us know if you'd like to catch up and explore mission stuff together.
Orewa Baptist, Auckland (23rd) Eric and Adaire will be sharing on mission in each of the services today.
April 2010
Crossing the Great Barrier | WECNZ Great Barrier Island Trip (5th-9th) Five relaxing days exploring some of the myths, truths and half truths of missions and WEC...including of course plenty of space to wander, swim, think, chat, and pray.
Auckland - Balmoral Baptist (11th) Ross will be speaking on "Working alongside God in mission."
Glocal Workshop | My Neighbours are Weird - Elim Ministry Training Centre, Auckland (20th, 27th) Eric, Emmy and Ross will once again be facilitating a series of 5 workshops for the interns. The first two weeks will include modules from "My Neighbours are Weird," exploring culture, worldview and principles of how to share the gospel across cultures.
Wellington Trip (22nd - 26th) Matt will be at Upper Hutt Baptist in Sunday morning, and All Saints, Haitaitai in the evening. Either side of Sunday he's catching up with various church leaders and interested people. Let us know if you'd like to catch up with him for a finely brewed coffee somewhere.
Auckland Trip (22nd) Emmy and Eric will be racing up to Aucks to help organise Destination World: The Call...it's shaping up to be an awesome Kiwi missions conference...check out the developments on www.destinationworld.net
Glocal Workshop - Nawton Presbyterian Church, Hamilton (24th) Ross and Emmy will be facilitating My Neighbours are Weird. Let us know if you'd like to participate. Ross will be speaking on Sunday too if you'd like to catch up with him.
Christchurch Trip (31st April - 5th May) Eric and Emmy will be on the Mainland (!) moving about the churches and chatting with mission interested folk of many flavours. Drop us a line if you too would like to get together for a coffee.
March 2010
Glocal Workshop | My Neighbours are Weird - Horsham Downs Community Church, Hamilton. The 5 week series will continue each Sunday night throughout March. See February for details.
BBQ @ WEC (12th) All Eastwest College grads and mission enthusiasts within "cooey" of Gordonton are invited to an evening of fine smells, similarly wired mates and relaxing conversations around cross-cultural mission. Many an invite has been sent, so let us know if you'd like to be in the loop.
NZ & Beyond - West City Christian Centre, Auckland (18-20th) Look out for Eric, Ross and Pat as they attend this conference geared at reaching the lost in and from New Zealand. Either register and we'll see you there, or let us know and we'll attempt to hook up with you to talk mission while we're up in Auckland.
Kerikeri - Kerikeri Baptist (20th-22nd) Eric will be sharing about mission, WEC, and how one of Kerikeri's own short-termers fits into the wider scope of what God is doing in the Middle East. The Sunday evening will include the Glocal Workshop: Cat & Dog Theology.
Auckland Day-trip (30th) Emmy and Eric will be catching up with various people in Auckland, and meeting to help organise Destination World: The Call...check out the developments on www.destinationworld.net
February 2010
One Generation From Extinction - Auckland (11-13th) We're passionate about the whole church being involved in his whole mission. Adaire and Emmy will be attending and gleaning all they can for helping 0-14 year olds join Jesus in his worldwide mission. Catch up with them there if you'd like to explore how we can work together towards growing missional kids...and check out our childrens material links under the Resources tab on this site.
Glocal Workshop | Muslims, Me & God - Lifechangers, Auckland (Feb. 23rd and March 3rd) Eric will be facilitating the first of two equipping workshops looking at principles for effective outreach to Muslim peoples, wherever they are. Check out Workshops tab on this site for more details and get in touch for more info.
Glocal Workshop | My Neighbours are Weird - Horsham Downs Community Church (28th) Matthew, Andrea, Eric & Emmy will be facilitating the first of 5, yep 5 workshops on Sunday nights. Weeks 1, 2 and 3 we'll be going through the various sections of this workshop (see Workshops tab on this site) after which we'll look at aspects of God's Heart for World Mission, Cat & Dog Theology, and Muslims Me & God. Let us know if you want to join in.
January 2010
New Wine Family Camp - Matamata (6th-10th) WEC Mobilisers Eric and Adaire will be there offering mission resources and church-based training options, and just hanging out with anyone who's keen.
Soul Survivor Youth Festival- Fielding (14th -17th) WEC Mobilisers Eric and Emmy will be there offering mission resources, leading a Glocal Workshop, and just enjoying the uniqueness of SSNZ. Sign up and see ya there!
Call2All International Conference- Tauranga (19th-22nd) WEC Mobilisers Eric and Adaire will attend and would love to see you and chat at the WEC exhibit. This promises to be quite an experience as attendees from over 50 countries gather to look at mobilising the next generation into mission among the as yet "unengaged least-reached peoples" of the world.
New Wine Family Camp - Waikanae (21st-25th) WEC Trek Directors Ross and Jillian will be there offering mission resources, training through leading some Glocal Workshops, and just relaxing as a family in the awesome atmosphere.
Parachute Music Festival - Hamilton (29th-1st) WEC Mobilisers Eric and Emmy are once again involved in Destination World - a collaborative walk-through mission experience in the Global Expo tent. See ya there!
