On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the CCCNZ and GC3 staff teams gathered at MiCamp Taupō for a two-day conference. Jeff Orr, Stewards' Trust SEO, also joined them on Wednesday.
From left to right: Richard Fountain, Tim Hodge, Christa Pickles, Jeff Orr (rear), Mari Slack, Craig Barrow (rear), Heather Taylor, Nick Goodwin (rear), Wendy Buchanan, Mark van Wijk (rear), John Buchanan, Michael Hanson (rear), JC Marais, Jan De Lange (front), Richard Davis (rear), Jackie Millar, Ray-Anne Cahill, Jon Slack (rear), Julie McKinnon, Katrina Sinclair (rear), Paula Almada.
CCCNZ PastorLink Enabler Mark van Wijk writes:
“It was a valuable time of reflection, celebration, relationship building and exploring ways to serve and respond to the needs of our movement. We were delighted to have Leighton Mossop (Church @ 109) come and open God's Word at the beginning of our time.
“Leighton spoke from Philippians 3:8 ‘...I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord...’ and reminded us that it's this kind of reliance on Christ that leads to resilience in ministry.”
Left: CCCNZ team (missing Sophia Sinclair, Grant Birks, Teri Lauder, Liz Hodge, and Mark Grace). Right: GC3 team (missing Jo Birks).
Michael Hanson, Executive Director at GC3, comments:
“The GC3 staff team enjoyed gathering together with the CCCNZ staff. This was the first opportunity that some of our GC3 staff had to meet each other face to face, so the chance to talk and get to know each other better was invaluable. It was a busy couple of days that provided space for our teams to be together, and also meet in our individual staff team.
“These meetings provide time to learn together and discuss how we serve our churches around the country, and support our mission partners around the world.”
