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 | The Hospitable Church | The Hospitable Church Being an hospitable church goes far beyond being a welcoming church. While … | Article, Diagnostic Tool, Training, Training Paper | Dave Thurston | 29 October 2024 | article diagnostic training training-paper | church community culture healthy healthyfruitfulleadership ministry | |
 | The Eldership Papers | The Eldership Papers – Updated April 2024 These Eldership Papers are provided to support the … | Training, Training Paper | Dave Thurston | 16 January 2024 | training training-paper | elder eldership household leader leaders leadership session | |
 | PCQ Review | PCQ Review 2021 A Review of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) was commissioned by … | Review | Healthy Churches | 30 November 2023 | review | ||
 | Mentor Equipping QLD | Mentor Equipping Queensland has been set up to expand the pool of Christian Mentors in … | Training | Kathy Thurston | 13 April 2021 | training | ||
 | A Noble Task | In the video linked below Dave Thurston helps us think about eldership in a sermon … | Video | Dave Thurston | 12 April 2021 | video | 1-timothy elder eldership leader leadership noble task | |
 | Love Your Neighbour Through Healthy Conflict | In an earlier article entitled Love vs Loyalty, I explored the danger of using a … | Article | Dave Thurston | 31 March 2021 | article | conflict dwc healthy leader leadership love neighbour | |
 | The Johari Window | The Johari Window resource is a helpful framework for thinking about ourselves and two aspects … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 3 March 2021 | diagnostic | emotional emotional-social-intelligence esi feedback johari self-disclosure social | |
 | Understanding Guilt & Shame | Guilt: ‘I’ve done something wrong.’ Shame: ‘Something is wrong with me and others can see … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 15 February 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional-social-intelligence emotions esi guilt mature maturity shame untangling-emotions | |
 | Understanding Grief | Grief: Disappointed, Unhappy, Upset, Dissatisfied, Discouraged, Tired, Loss, Misunderstood, Sick, Grieving, Lost, Heartbroken, Sorrowful, Distressed, … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 2 February 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional emotional-social-intelligence emotions esi grief untangling | |
 | Understanding Anger | Anger: Irritated, Touchy, Critical, Sarcastic, Frustrated, Annoyed, Hostile, Jealous, Defiant, Intolerant, Provoked, Furious, Violent, Hating, … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 25 January 2021 | diagnostic | anger character emotional emotions esi hardest-emotions resilience untangling-emotions | |
 | Understanding Fear | Fear: Uneasy, worried, nervous, anxious, tense, tight, spooked, haunted, scared, afraid, panicked, terrified and petrified … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 19 January 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional emotions esi fear hardest-emotions intelligence social untangling-emotions | |
 | A Teams Approach To CoM | The Vacuum Cleaner Affair One of the hats I picked up in my first ministry … | Article | Peter Evans | 4 January 2021 | article | com committee committee-of-management management team | |
 | A Ministry Of Distinctions – Wage or Stipend | A Ministry of Distinctions Series ‘A distinction without a difference’, refers to a situation where … | Article | Dave Thurston | 24 October 2020 | article | distinction ministry ministry-of-distinctions stipend wage | |
 | A Ministry Of Distinctions – Loyalty Or Love | A Ministry of Distinctions Series ‘A distinction without a difference’, refers to a situation where … | Article | Dave Thurston | 15 October 2020 | article | distinctions health love loyalty ministry ministry-of-distinctions truth truthing | |
 | A Ministry Of Distinctions – Slave Or Servant | A Ministry of Distinctions Series ‘A distinction without a difference’, refers to a situation where … | Article | Dave Thurston | 8 October 2020 | article | church distinctions distinctive jesus ministry ministry-of-distinctions paul servant slave | |
 | Book Review: Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry | If you are anything like me, sometimes you get stuck. I’m not referring to getting … | Review | Kathy Thurston | 29 September 2020 | review | bowen emotion emotional esi family intelligence ministry social systems theory | |
 | Starting From Scratch In Youth Ministry | When it comes to starting a youth ministry, every church is in a different situation. … | Article | Danny Mitchell | 25 September 2020 | article | ministry scratch starting youth | |
 | So You Want To Love Your (Ethnically Diverse) Neighbours? | A Common Scenario A local Aussie Pastor begins to notice the people around his church … | Article | Janet Scarlett | 16 September 2020 | article | community cross-culture culture english gospel love outreach | |
 | Prayer For Gospel Partners | This is the year of ‘overwhelmed’ life in: media, a pandemic, economy, job security, political … | Article | Betsy Cunningham | 4 September 2020 | article | cross-culture gospel mission missionaries partners prayer | |
 | Why Mentoring For Any Ministry Worker Is So Vital | The short answer is that the nature of ministry today means that you need someone … | Article | Kathy Thurston | 3 September 2020 | article | esi healthy mentor mentoring ministry sustainable vital worker | |
 | Session & Committee Of Management | People from all different church backgrounds (or none!) can attend and be part of a … | Article | Dave Thurston | 25 August 2020 | article | church com committee elder eldership governance leader leadership management session | |
 | Why Engage Across Cultures | Biblical and missional mandates for the local church As we look around at the variety … | Article | Janet Scarlett | 18 August 2020 | article | connect cross-culture culture evangelism gospel ministry mission nations reach world | |
 | Leading In Times Of Crisis – Strengthening Community | Dave Thurston talks with Linden Fooks from Ann Street Presbyterian about “growing healthy” in a … | Video | Dave Thurston | 13 August 2020 | video | ann-st community coronavirus covid covid19 crisis fooks leadership linden strength strengthening | |
 | Leading In Times Of Crisis – Looking Outward | In this video, Dave Thurston interviews Jono Buesnel at Bargara Presbyterian about how churches can … | Video | Dave Thurston | 6 August 2020 | video | buesnel crisis jono leading outreach outward outwards | |
 | Leaving Well | As a minister or ministry worker, leaving a church is a hard thing to do … | Article, Training Paper | Dave Thurston | 30 July 2020 | article training-paper | farewell goodbye leaving ministry | |
 | Leading In Times Of Crisis – Keeping It Together | In this video, Dave Thurston interviews Dave Bailey about keeping church life together in the … | Video | Dave Thurston | 23 July 2020 | video | connected covid covid19 crisis leadership together | |
 | Leading In Times Of Crisis | One of the most important factors in a crisis is leadership, but not just any … | Video | Dave Thurston | 9 July 2020 | video | change christ-centred covid covid19 crisis healthy leader leadership mature | |
 | Bucket List | This resource is useful as a reflection tool for reviewing significant changes in church life. … | Diagnostic Tool | Tim Dyer | 9 July 2020 | diagnostic | bucket covid covid19 evaluate reflect reflection review session | |
 | Book Review – Untangling Emotions | Emotions. What does that word evoke for you? Sometimes emotions can be overwhelming or … | Review | Sarah Bailey | 10 June 2020 | review | emotional emotions esi groves intelligence smith social untangling | |
 | COVID & Recovery | Summary of COVID & Recovery Full article PDF Crises change individuals, groups, organisations, societies and … | Article | Tim Dyer | 9 June 2020 | article | coronavirus covid covid19 crisis leadership practices recovery | |
 | COVID-19 Reflections | When we experience a crisis, part of the recovery is to share the stories of … | Exercise | Kathy Thurston | 9 June 2020 | exercise | coronavirus covid covid19 crisis recovery reflection reflections | |
 | Confessions Of An Attention Seeker | Sisyphus is the mythological King of Corinth, who after being a bit too cheeky and … | Article | Brad Dewson | 9 June 2020 | article | attention clever confessions leader leadership preaching seeker talk | |
 | COVID Questionnaire Initial Results & Responses | In late April of 2020, the PCQ Committee on Ministry Resourcing sent Tim Dyer’s paper, … | Article | Dave Thurston | 29 May 2020 | article | coronavirus covid covid19 questionnaire results | |
 | Healthy & Fruitful Leadership – Part One | Healthy And Fruitful Leadership PDF Download Dave Thurston (This is Part 1 of a 4-part … | Article | Dave Thurston | 29 May 2020 | article | 1timothy church fruitful healthy healthyfruitfulleadership leader leaders leadership | |
 | Healthy & Fruitful Leadership – Part Two | Healthy and Fruitful Leadership – God’s Three Households Dave Thurston PDF Download | Article | Dave Thurston | 29 May 2020 | article | fruitful healthy healthyfruitfulleadership leader leaders leadership | |
 | Healthy & Fruitful Leadership – Part Four | Healthy and Fruitful Leadership – The Household of God Dave Thurston PDF Download (This is … | Article | Dave Thurston | 29 May 2020 | article | fruitful healthyfruitfulleadership healty household leader leadership | |
 | Healthy & Fruitful Leadership – Part Three | Healthy and Fruitful Leadership – The Household of the Overseer Dave Thurston PDF Download (This … | Article | Dave Thurston | 29 May 2020 | article | fruitful healthy healthyfruitfulleadership leader leadership | |
 | How Do You Feel? | In the document Increasing Resilience in Adversity, a component of resilience was identified as “Working … | Exercise | Dave Thurston & Tim Dyer | 28 May 2020 | exercise | emotion emotional esi intelligence self social | |
 | Book Review – How Your Church Family Works | “Distress and pain are friends to growth” (Augustus Napier) ‘How Your Church Family … | Review | David Bailey | 26 May 2020 | review | church congregations emotion esi family healthy leadership steinke | |
 | Ten Characteristics Of A Healthy And Fruitful Church | Every functioning Church must have leaders and members who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ … | Diagnostic Tool | Healthy Churches | 5 May 2020 | diagnostic | characteristics church fruitful health healthy jesus seven | |
 | Connect | This is a helpful tool to share the gospel and for initial discipleship. It was … | Bible Study | Healthy Churches | 23 April 2020 | bible-study | ||
 | Increasing Resilience in Adversity | Resilience is a dynamic capacity to cope effectively with adversity, to recover quickly from unusual … | Article | Tim Dyer | 22 April 2020 | article | adversity coronavirus covid covid19 increasing recover resilience stress |