Monday, July 4, 2011

GPS Ministry



I am always sharing about CS things, but I firmly believe in our local community. In fact, if I wasn't connected in my local CS and church mission I think I'd go mad with everything else being so remote.

GPS Men on Track is the men's ministry of Austi church that we launched in 2007. Helping men to get on track, stay on track and do this together as a cross generational men's community is our goal! We want men to meet together to raise the bar, not to lower to bar. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" Proverbs 27:17 is our theme verse.

Our recent mens outreach "Tooltime" was great fun with local carpenters sharing their tools, skills and testimony with local blokes. It was 'Bob the Builder' meets 'Home Improvement' as guys with various NON carpentry backgrounds got to play with nailguns, saws, woodlathe and even an excavator.

"Bootcamp" is our seminar series for men that spans over 5 weeks with around 80 men attending sessions on "A Man and His Direction; Mates; Dad; Health and Pressure." Local speakers from our church did a great job with some honest stories shared and small group discussion. The last night was around a campfire up on a rainforest site at Coledale and many of the comments revolved around how important it is for men to meet.

Coming up on August 13th will be a combined men's/women's night called "Latin Live" with food, music and salsa dancing lessons......for those choreograpically challenged. Gill and I will be speaking on "Understanding the Dance of Relationships, Life and Spirituality." Stay tuned.

That's the latest on GPS, I have a great team of men!

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