Scott Adamson heads up Power to Change’s Digital Strategy in Australia (while still very much a learner). He has also worked with their campus ministry for many years, in Brisbane, Toowoomba, and the UK. He is wedded to Rachael, and has six children and a son-in-law. He didn’t grow up in a youth group, and didn’t get involved in church youth ministry until he was “rather along in years”, joining his cool kids who were leaders and participants in St Barts Anglican Church Toowoomba’s “Charge” youth ministry.

Jenny has been involved in mentoring, caring for and supporting young people in the Community Services sector for 9 1/2 years, through Civic Assist. Jenny’s involvement in an after hours youth outreach program which focuses on improving youth health, increasing positive relationships and crime prevention has seen her and her team positively engage and support many of young people, including those from gender and sexually diverse groups. Jenny is also privileged to be a Pastor at a local church supporting people in life challenges through pastoral care.

Lachie currently works with Churches of Christ Queensland overseeing Youth, Young Adults Ministries & Internships Across QLD. He also serves at Burleigh Church of Christ as their Youth Pastor.

Lachie has 9 years of experience in Youth Ministry, as well as running state-wide camps and conferences.

Beth works in the messy zone where the streams of learning among all ages, the arts, theology, academia, life, mission, innovation and Bible engagement overlap. Her blog, multivocality.wordpress.com champions her life long passion for listening for God in the midst of listening to diverse sounds and voices.

Josh has had many years of experience volunteering on Scripture Union camps, and now works as Bible engagement facilitator with Wycliffe Bible translators. In his role he helps people overcome whatever obstacles get in the way of them engaging with God through the Bible.

Andrew (or Beavs) has been involved in the ministry of SU Camps for over 20 years and for the last 10 years has been on staff as Camps Specialist befoe moving into the Mission Systems Team of SU Australia.

Tim Beilharz has been a Children’s Ministry Advisor in the Sydney Anglican Diocese for almost 10 years, after six years as children’s minister at Gymea Anglican Church. Tim has recently contributed a chapter on ‘Intergenerational Church and Sociocultural Faith Development’ in the recently published Engage All Generations edited by Cory Seibel.

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Jodi is the Director and Christine is the Resource Coordinator for GROW Ministries which serves the Lutheran churches in Australia…and beyond. GROW Ministries is passionate about growing our own personal faith journey in relationship with God and others. Deuteronomy 6 and Matthew 28 are the foundation and motivation of our work together.

Lisa Brotherson is a passionate advocate for early childhood education. Over ten years of directing services, she is dedicated to supporting families and educators with understanding brain development, attachment needs and social/emotional behaviours of children. Lisa is a certified Early Childhood Trainer and Assessor, with a Bachelor of Child and Family Studies and soon to complete a Masters of Teaching. Working with children across Australia and internationally, she is delighted to be speaking at the AMPLIFY conference.

Greg and Meryem are a professional counsellor and psychologist team in private practice. They have a special interest in integrating faith and social sciences, always looking for the pastoral response to struggles and pain – especially for those on the margins.

Christine is a member of the GodSpace writing team and has become well acquainted with word counts. It has helped that her background is as an English high school teacher and that she teaches SRE at her local primary school. She works part-time as a teacher-librarian at Barker College, which provides legitimate excuses to buy more books. When she’s not at school, she’s with her husband and four kids (five if including Banjo, their cavoodle), Christine enjoys good coffee, morning runs and attending Pennant Hills Baptist Church (obviously not in that order).

Cathie has been ministering to children and families for over 30 years. She has traveled the world with Brendon training and equipping Childrens leaders. She has a desire to see those who love children move in the Spirit to see transformation in young ones.
Making disciples of Jesus is her passion.

Cheryl Clendinning, from Sydney, NSW, is a trained classroom teacher and ordained pastor. She has been around the RI/SRE/CRE space for over 35 years (off and on) teaching Scripture classes in the public school system (covering ages 5-15 years). Between 2006-2020, Cheryl was intently involved in the production of the GodSpace Curriculum. In 2021 she began teaching a Support Unit (Autism) class which built on her personal experience of engaging with her own family and friends with ‘special needs’, and those children integrated (not all formally diagnosed) into ‘mainstream’ schooling. Come join her workshop to share ideas and tips of how to engage all children in the school learning environment about God’s Story, with a particular focus on those who ‘see’ the world from a different perspective.

Bev has volunteered in children’s ministry for many years. She currently works with preschool and primary aged children.

Stuart has worked in Christian ministry with children, youth and adults for almost 30 years. He has been a teacher, worked in local missions, and pastoral ministry. More recently, he has started a counselling practice and has a passion for helping people discover hope.

Fiona Cran has a passion for young people recognising their God given worth and living an abundant life through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Her Ministry history has spanned over 2 decades during which time she has taught the bible to kids through RI, camped with kids with CYC, performed puppet shows to kids, served as a Kids Pastor and now serves in a Christian School as a Biblical Counsellor. She has spoken at many Christian conferences as a ministry trainer and loves to share and encourage others on their ministry journey.

Liam is passionate about seeing young people become life long disciples and is the Youth Coordinator at Outlook Youth. He has been youth leading for 7 years and loves seeing young people love God and serve Him and His church.

Phil has 40+ years of experience of ministry in a variety of teaching, leadership, ministry and consultancy roles … roles to do with everything from urban and beach missions, camps, schools ministry, a large regional church, small country and urban churches, national conferences, CRE, MOPS, play groups, and kindergartens. Oh, and setting ’the vibe’ in his family is some of his best work.

Prior to my current role I was a school chaplain for 5 years, across primary and high schools in Mackay. I have a passion for meeting people where they are at and creating safe spaces for people to be their authentic self as they journey through the challenges of life. This continues in my current role as the Greater Mackay Field Development Manager with Scripture Union Australia, supporting and networking with the regions school chaplains, school leadership teams, local chaplaincy committees, scripture union camps, and local churches to grow and develop in their ministries.

Scripture Union has equipped me with skills and programs to assist youth and children in developing social and emotional skills, building resilience and problem solving strategies. I look forward to sharing one of these ”A2B” with you at this years Amplify Conference .

Vicki holds a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood & Primary) and has been teaching for 30 years across private and public schools, early education & care services and in children’s ministry. Her current role is as Director at Highlands Kindy & Early Learning, an Exceeding rated, Christian early education & care service, for children 15 months to 5 years. She is joined by Amy Patterson, Michelle Turner & Emma Hassett, who are also from Highlands, a campus full of life and excellence. Together, the four ladies bring 80 years combined experience in teaching across a variety of settings – schools, early education and care and children’s ministry.

Jenny has been involved with children as a Sunday School teacher over the years. She has had several different careers, the current one as a primary school teacher which she enjoys immensely.

Greg & Kym although now retired, have had long and effective careers in public education. This took them to live in many interesting locations around Queensland. As committed Christians, they have played significant roles in many local churches and Christian ministries, both large and small in the communities within which they worked. In this journey, they have learnt to look to God for the answers to many of the inevitable challenges and conflicts that can and do arise within ministry and leadership. They have been married for 49 years this April. They’ve learnt a thing or two about managing conflict in their marriage although they are still working on that!

Jane is a qualified High School teacher and has been active in full-time ministry with children and training leaders for over 30 years. Today working with Logosdor to help churches and families make disciples among children and teach children to make disciples! Jane has facilitated Writing and Creative workshops in Australia, Hong Kong, the Pacific, Middle East, Central America, Russia, and global workshops in the US. She is involved in the development and distribution of ministry resources via the Max7 website and strategic community; has served in the Australian Bible Society as a children’s field worker, and commissioning editor in their Publishing team, facilitating the creation of The BIG Rescue Bible. She’s been a puppeteer and LOVES being involved in holiday programs that reach out to the wider community.

Peter has been involved in Youth Ministry for over ten years. He is currently employed as the Youth and Young Adults Minister at St Bart’s Anglican Church Toowoomba and as a Youth Ministry Consultant for the Matthew Hale Public Library.

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Carl has been involved in ministry with young people for most of his life. As a young father, Carl experienced the challenges of a healthy balance between work and family life and left a job he loved as a state youth director so that he could be more connected with the needs of his own growing family. With his children now grown up he is currently serving in a ministry development role in a local congregation. Carl is married to Kylie, and they have three beautiful daughters and will soon have two son-in-laws.

Tim Fawssett leads on Cross-Cultural Innovations and First Nations ministry for SU Australia. He heralds from English heritage, with ancestors coming to Australia over 100 years ago and making their homes in country Victoria and Queensland. Tim’s story started in the remote indigenous community of Doomadgee, in the Gulf of Carpinteria, and included a stint of eight years in the UK serving amongst South-Asian young people. Now Tim is taking this experience of vibrant engagement with “others” and exploring how it can inform and enrich ministry with SU and the local church.

Steve has over 30 years of experience in youth work, from voluntary roles with churches, camps and missions to employed positions in churches, schools, the community sector and higher education. He has worked for SU for 25 years, designing and delivering training to volunteers, chaplains and youth work students for most of that time. He currently works in the SUA Equip Team as the ‘Practice Development Consultant’, researching trends and best practice approaches.

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Carlos Gomez, has 18 years of ministry experience and currently works as the Field Development Manager for Scripture Union in the Logan & Scenic Rim area. Carlos and his mother migrated to Australia in 1995, he spent his early years in turbulent times in the city of Medellin, Colombia. Once in Australia Carlos had to learn a new way of life and was blessed to find hope in Jesus at the age of 19. He is passionate about creating safe spaces for people of different cultures and faiths to learn from each other and passionately shares his journey of hope.

Matt is the Creative Director of Quiz Worx, a ministry that seeks to share Jesus with kids everywhere. He has a passion for ensuring that kids are taught faithfully from God’s Word in a fun and creative manner.

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Chris Helm works with SU Australia in Victoria as a Field Development Manager. He has worked with schools as a teacher, chaplain and provider of chaplains and volunteers for more than 20 years and is passionate to see people, families and communities growing, thriving and discovering themselves in Christ.

With over 30 years’ experience working with young people, background in nursing and midwifery and qualifications in youth work, training and assessment and fitness training, Lou is passionate about seeing young people reach their full potential. Currently an RI coordinator, instructor and trainer, Lou is committed to excellence in youth work and is involved in RI at a state level. Lou has completed the requirements to conduct Foundations Module training on behalf of Christian RI Alliance Qld (also known as Christian RI)

Anna has been working with young people over the last 15 years both as a youth ministry leader, in her local church, and as a teacher in Christian education. Anna now has a consulting business, Live in Hope, providing training and workshops for staff and students in leadership, behaviour educations and emotional intelligence. Anna is passionate about connecting communities to hope through sharing stories that reveal, renew and refresh hope. She also loves working with groups and individuals to empower and align heart and head knowledge in practical ways so that we can all Live in Hope.

Adam came to know Christ through School Scripture (SRE, or RI) and is passionate about helping raise up people who will bring the love of God and Christ to children. He has worked as a Children’s Minister for over 20 years in Sydney, and is now a Children’s Ministry Advisor in the Sydney Anglican Diocese, supporting and training Children’s Ministers and SRE teachers.  

Natalie is a paediatric occupational therapist who works with children with special needs and combines her 20+years experience in a wide range of children’s ministries to bring insight into the challenges faced by ministry workers and providing practical strategies to assist.

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Andy and Christie Kirk have three children, and they live on the Gold Coast, Australia. Andy is the Director of Families at Glow Church as well as the National Leader of Children’s Ministry for the ACC (Australian Christian Churches) where he serves 1100 churches. Together they have been innovating and changing the landscape of Children’s Ministry for the last 17 years together. From leading locally in churches, overseeing Multi-site Ministries, and years of Mentoring and Consulting into churches, their experience and knowledge of Kids & Families Ministry is extensive. Both Andy and Christie are passionate about empowering and equipping people to live out all they were created to do by matching people’s potential with God possibilities.

As a young millennial, Joseph currently serves with ReachAcross, a mission agency dedicated to reaching Muslims. He also serves with his local church in Woolloongabba, as part of a Christian co-working space known as ‘The Hub’. He loves to read, write and explore new places in and around Brisbane, and is a current contributor to YMI, an online youth platform hosted by Our Daily Bread Ministries Australia.

Shane Kuchel is the Senior Pastor of Mosaic Gold Coast.  He has had a colourful career ranging from being a Professional musician in Sydney, a Financial adviser in Adelaide, and a Pastor in a number of locations.  Shane realised quickly that quality leadership helps achieve the mutual vision and helps us all to achieve the incredible life Jesus wishes for us to live!  To find out a little more about Shane on leadership checkout his vlogs on facebook.com/shane.kuchel.7

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Rowan is the Head of Pastoral Theology at ACOM (Australian College of Ministry). He is an experienced researcher and educator in the area of formation and spirituality especially as it relates to younger people. Over the last 15 years, he has created and led formation programs for youth and young adults, and specialised in accompanying young people amidst times of doubt and spiritual transition – which ultimately became the focus of his PhD. Together with his wife Kirra, Rowan lives in Melbourne with three energetic teenagers who keep life suitably animated.

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Adam Lowe is the Senior Minister of St Bart’s Anglican Church, Toowoomba, having previously served at a number of local churches and lectured in New Testament studies. Adam has a background in organisational psychology and has a passion for making and maturing disciples of Jesus through effective preaching, small groups, and leadership. He is married to Bettrys (who serves as Direct of Children, Youth, & Families) and together have three children, Amelia (11), Theodore (9), and Giovanna (6).

Bettrys is passionate about finding creative ways to help children engage with the Bible and prayer. Throughout her life she has been involved in various churches, serving in children’s ministry, youth ministry, and music ministry. She is currently employed as the Children’s and Families Minister at St Bart’s, Toowoomba. Bettrys is also an experienced primary teacher, having worked in schools throughout south-east Queensland and in the UK.

Lachie McLean is a Chaplain at Grace Lutheran College and has a passion for reaching unchurched students. Lachie is working toward a double Bachelor in Ministry and Business and is excited about how these two fields interact with each other. He attends Beyond Church, which aims to create a church that unchurched people love to engage with, and is the host of the ‘Beyond the Message’ Podcast.

Kelvin has spent the most part of his working life alongside people. His main line has been school camps ranging from 1-day camps to 5-week camps. Though there is more to this story, this is the area of expertise he will be speaking from. He is currently the Youth pastor at Toowoomba North Church of Christ.

Chris Mitchell is passionate about helping build nations full of people who know their Value, Identity and Purpose© and seeing people discover their God given leadership potential. Chris has worked as a Teacher and Outdoor Educator for over 30 years and consulted internationally in the area of “Building Kingdom Facilitators”. He currently works as a Director and leadership facilitator for ‘Lighthouse Leadership-Psychology & Training’ with his wife Gretchen.

Kerry is a speaker, program facilitator and author. She has been blessed with a career of wide variety. Currently she is a chaplain at a local primary school, community programs manager at Hopefield Services and delivers a traffic offender program once a month. These roles offer her the chance to connect with children and adults, support them through challenges and struggles and celebrate positive change. Kerry is trained in various parenting and other programs, all of which offer participants the chance to reflect and grow. She is also the author of two children’s books and delivers regular community education and workshops on the topic of anxiety. Kerry is blessed to be married to Phil and has two children, a daughter and a son. Her daughter passed away in 2014. Her son and his wife have two children and another on the way. She has lived experience of anxiety, depression and grief but is anchored by faith in God and His promises. In her spare time, she enjoys creating with a crochet hook, puzzles and musicals.

I am married with an amazing 10 year old son. I enjoy reading (working through my Doctor Who collection) and cross stitch. I work for Southside Uniting Church with young people and families. I have been with Southside for 6 years now. I have been doing ministry with young people in paid roles for 23 years.

Amy Norman has been involved in children’s ministry for over 8 years, and loves to see the youngest in churches becoming and growing as followers of Jesus. Currently she leads the Discipleship Department at St Bart’s Anglican Church (Toowoomba), which includes a focus on intergenerational discipleship. Amy loves to create simple resources that can be used again and again in creative ways, and over a number of years has drawn over 1300 images for St Bart’s Kids.

Lucy is passionate about guiding children to be disciples of Jesus. As an assistant leader in Sunday School and contributor to holiday kids programs, Lucy injects energy into engaging kids through games and movement. Beyond her roles at church, she serves as a primary classroom and physical education teacher, combining her love for movement with shaping young hearts on their journeys.

Chris O’Gorman has spent her adult life sharing the gospel with teenagers and encouraging them to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. She has been a Maths, Science and Christian Education teacher and has worked for 10 years with the youth ministry team in Scripture Union Queensland. For the past 17 years, she has been the Senior Chaplain at Somerville House in Brisbane.

Leanne has led teams in missional movements, not for profit and local church contexts, and is currently the Victorian Regional Manager with SU Australia. As ministry specialist, Leanne has worked with children in schools and churches, on missions, camps and holiday programs. She loves to engage kids with creativity and curiosity and is passionate about equipping leaders to work with children in real, relevant and life-changing ways.

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Jess has been involved in Ministry with Young People all her life, both as participant, leader and Pastor. She has a passion for seeing young people engaged in all areas of worship, witness and service in the church, and loves helping them find their place both as participants and leaders in their communities. With her husband and three children, they live out what it means to be a family on mission, serving together in their local church, school and football communities.
Jess believes that discipleship is a whole of life process, following and saying yes to Jesus each day. She believes that it takes a whole village to raise a child, and their family, and that it happens in everyday moments, everyday:
“Impress these commandments on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up”. Deuteronomy 6:7
Jess is currently working both as Families Pastor in her local Uniting Church and in the UCA Qld Synod Office in Mission Engagement – Children Youth and Families. In both of these, she works to enable, equip and encourage the church to grow disciples recognising that intergenerational mission and ministry are both the privilege and responsibility of every member of a Christian Faith community regardless of age, position, or status.
Jess says that life is too short for bad coffee, and when she’s not working, you can find her at her local AFL club, in her kayak, hammock, or caravan.

Pr Daron Pratt has a Bachelor and Master of Arts (Theology) He has worked in the area of family and children’s ministries for the past 20 years and has travelled nationally and around the world teaching in these areas. His passion for children and their faith development is infectious and he enjoys reading researching and writing in this area. He is married to Lisa and has a young adult son Andrew and daughter Maddison He is also the proud grandfather of a 6 month old Grandson Luca. Daron is also known as the “Balloon Man” on a children’s series called Arnie’s Shack which is seen on satellite television around the world along with a more recent series called Kings Kids.

Mike, Miriam, MAtt and Bryce have over 50 years of puppetry experience between them. And have used puppets to share Jesus with hundreds of thousands of kids everywhere.

Emma is the curriculum coordinator for GodSpace and has been teaching SRE/RI for a number of years. She loves exploring faith with children especially through art, storytelling and curly questions. Emma is also the Children’s Ministry Worker at Carlingford Baptist and enjoys catching with others in ministry to share stories and encourage each other.

Owen draws on a wealth of experience as a primary school teacher, music specialist, RI instructor and Children’s Ministry leader. He is currently coordinating RI in two schools on the Sunshine Coast and is involved with mentoring and encouraging new instructors.

Jillian has been involved in children’s and families ministry for over 30 years, in both paid & volunteer roles. She blogs at www.feedmyfamilyblog.com about feeding the family in body, mind, heart and soul. She’s passionate about helping families and church leaders to nurture children in faith & bringing all generations together.

Born and raised in Sydney, Jenny is a preacher’s kid and pastor’s wife. Mother of 4, musician, lover of art and all things creative. Addicted to Audible and passionate about family, Jenny loves encouraging people to serve God in the unique way He has gifted them.

Ross practises serving at HumeRidge Church of Christ, he has been there for 39 years – still practising. Most of the time he has served as Youth Worker / Pastor, but for the past 3 years took a step down to take up role as Senior Pastor. He is married to Jenny and has 4 married children and 4 grandchildren. Babysitting 3 of his grandchildren on his day off – recharges his battery but it is the hardest he works all week. He is enjoys gardening, coaches junior AFL, supports the Lions who should win the premiership in 2024.

Jim Schirmer is a counsellor, educator and spiritual mentor based in Brisbane. After starting his ministry journey in congregations and Bible colleges, for the last decade Jim has pursued a call to serve people at the margins of both church and society. In that time, he has worked as a counsellor for at-risk adolescents, refugee survivors of trauma and asylum seekers, while simultaneously mentoring individuals and communities wanting to live missional lives. He is the author of The Way of the Rabbi: Stories of Discipleship from the Gospel of Mark.

Kimberly Smith is passionate about seeing churches function as true expressions of God’s family; where people of all generations find their place of belonging and purpose, and are equipped and empowered to join God’s mission. She enjoys engaging her gifts of communication in writing and speaking to various audiences with vulnerability, wisdom and humour. She is experienced in developing leaders and teams and loves to help others identify and step into their unique gifting and call. Kimberly is currently serving the Baptist Churches of Victoria as the Generations and Emerging Leaders Pastor. She was previously on staff at Werribee Baptist Church as an Associate Pastor (Generations and Church Life), a role she enjoyed and flourished in for over 14 years. Kimberly is also a State Leader and content facilitator for Arrow Leadership Australia.

Tom has been leading teams of people involved in youth and young adult ministry for almost 20 years. From state wide events to small one off teams to long running ministries, he has successfully built and led teams for a huge variety of purposes.

Tim has been helping families thrive for all his working life. Since 2013, he has been working in partnership with cause-driven NGOs and humanitarian organisations, enabling them to navigate the complex communications needs, challenges, and requirements of unstable humanitarian environments. His current role is the Country Director for Watoto, helping vulnerable women and children in South Sudan and Uganda. Having spent his childhood growing up in Fiji, working and volunteering in Israel/Palestine, serving in Children’s ministry in the US, as well as working with special needs children in Afghanistan, battered women and their children in Mexico and other people-to-people projects across the globe, Tim has a deep passion and sensitivity for those who struggle to help themselves. Tim is married to Jesmae, his best friend from high school. Together with their five children and a cattle dog, they live on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. He has a thing for languages, learning Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi, is partial to Turkish coffee, the wisdom of Brennan Manning, Daniel Silva novels and spending as much time with his family as possible.

Erica is the Director of Anglican Youth, Children and Families and has worked with AYCF since 2015. She is passionate about seeing young adults explore and deepen their faith in God while creating experiences and communities that embody joy and welcome.

Maree has been involved with Children and Families Ministry for more than 30 years. She has a background in education and a heart for preschool ministry. Maree heads up Kids Ministry with The Salvation Army in Queensland. Her passion is to share the love of Jesus in a way that connects with kids of all ages.

Michael Stalley is a Priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Over 20 years he has led contemporary and traditional churches, urban and rural, through loss and new beginnings. He has a particular interest in being part of communities in which all can find a valued place to belong, grow and contribute. In recent years, Michael has completed the “Certificate in Lifelong Faith Formation” through the Vibrant Faith Institute as well as attending the International Intergenerate conference in 2019. Michael has participated in the Australian Intergeneration Round Table (AIR 2019 and 2020) and is on the Intergenerate Australia planning team. Michael believes “The Princess Bride” can be useful somehow in all circumstances!

Wendy began working with children as a 15 year old Sunday School teacher. She was a teacher of children with special needs in various parts of Queensland and Papua New Guinea, before joining Scripture Union. With SU, Wendy was privileged to work with children and children’s leaders in Australia, Africa and beyond, and believes that God speaks to children through the Bible in their every day life. Now retired, Wendy enjoys volunteering with KidsChurch and RI.

Rachel Turner is the Parenting for Faith Pioneer at BRF, supporting parents and carers to help their children meet and know God. She also equips churches and faith communities to empower and encourage parents in their role. She has written nine books on the subject, and is the creator of the Parenting for Faith course. www.parentingforfaith.org

Phil and Emma Togwell live beside the sea in the North-East of England with their extended family – daughters, foster mums/babies, lodgers and dogs. In the early days of the 24-7 Prayer movement, Phil served as the Great Britain National Director, but he now leads 24-7’s Prayer Spaces in Schools ministry and is a regular host on the Lectio 365 and Lectio for Families apps. In his spare time, Phil runs ultramarathons and he still plays Pokemon Go. Connect via Instagram – @philjtogwell.

Retired teacher, Currently school Chaplain , CQU Education tutor, SU camp director. I have worked with children and young adults for over 40 years. Passionate about getting young people to question what they believe.

Trace loves to encourage and champion those living out their call to invest in the next generation. Her passion is to help families flourish in homes of faith by encouraging them to intentionally walk with Jesus in the everyday comings and goings.
Trace is currently leading the Kids and Families Team for Queensland Baptists and is a Pastor at Sunnybank District Baptist Church. She is married to Glenn and together they have 3 adult kids.

Trainer, facilitator, motivational speaker and the creator of AusIDentities, a uniquely Australian approach to personality profiling, Michael has been running workshops and working with teams throughout Australia for over twenty years, assisting literally thousands of people to improve the quality of their personal and professional lives. He says: “I believe the benefits of understanding the different values and core needs of our work colleagues, our young people and significant others are immense. With this new and rich understanding we are able to communicate better and can appreciate other people’s points of view, laying the foundation for more harmonious relationships and better informed choices. What a thought!”

This elective will be delivered by myself and my husband Mark. Mark and I are both Pastors and School chaplains and we have used puppets for many years to help deliver Bible content to children in church, camps, and holiday club settings. Come and meet our puppet friends.

Eunice spent 10years looking down a microscope when she decided that God had other work for her to do involving children. She has been teaching RI for 26 years in the same school and loves teaching the lower grades. She says she has so much fun with this age group and is always looking to improve the way she shares God’s love. Come and hear her journey and maybe you might decide to try some of her ideas.

Judy has previous experience of 20 years as a Children`s Ministry Leader/Pastor including overseas training of children`s ministry workers, a valued team member on various mission trips connected with children & prayer. She also worked as a Teacher Aide with Special Needs children. Currently conducts workshops on encouraging and inspiring children to pray. Her passion is children, prayer & mission, which has enabled her to be involved with praying children around the globe!

Terry has been on the staff team of Scripture Union in Queensland for 38 years as a specialist in ministry with families and children. In 2008 he was seconded to the SU International staff team, for half of his time, to serve the 120 SU movements in other countries. Terry is married to Margaret and they have three children and six grandchildren.

I am married with 2 children, Charlotte and Tobias, who are 9 and 7 years old. I have always enjoyed and been impacted by music at church, and I remember loving singing along with everyone else, even as a child.
I have been involved with music ministry since I was in university, and have been involved in kid’s ministry since having my children, including serving at Mainly Music and Sunday school. In 2023, I commenced an internship focusing on music ministry at my church, St Barts.