Speakers: Our Music Team
A great night of fun, laughs, music and giveaways. Come and enjoy!
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food, that is. This goes towards helping others)
Speaker: Niv Neyland
Niv is a retired Safety Consultant by profession.
He is a former member of Prison Fellowship State Council; Inaugural Chair of Friends of Dismas church for prison ex-inmates; Secretary of Men’s Support Mission; A former prison inmate; and has facilitated courses in two maximum-security prisons.
Niv has also written a book about his prison experience called “Finding Myself Inside.” The book has a strong focus on forgiveness.
Niv and his wife Heather, live happily in Sydenham Victoria. Niv “Very Sadly” is also a “VERY, VERY HAPPY” Collingwood fan!!
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)
Speaker: Bruce Challoner
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Bruce has extensive background, knowledge and expertise in understanding people and knowing what makes them tick, with a national and international profile as a seminar speaker.
Bruce helps people understand one another. His counselling, over forty years, has specialised in marriage and family issues, as well as stress, grief and trauma.
He served twenty years in the Royal Australian Navy (1965-1985), completing active service in Borneo and Vietnam. He transferred to the Fleet Air Arm in 1970 as aircrew and flew in helicopters in Anti-Submarine warfare and Search and Rescue. He left the Navy in 1985 to complete counselling training in USA.
Before becoming a consultant to businesses, Bruce was director of two counselling centres, then. National Manager of Education and Training at “Focus on the Family – Australia”.
Bruce wrote many new seminar programs, and developed training packages for business and community services, including Basic Counselling Skills; How To Lead a Group; Understanding Personality; Grief Management; Handling Stress and Beating Depression.
He was a communications consultant for companies around Australia on a range of personal management issues, such as Change Management, Team Building, Customer Relationships, Mediation, Critical Incident Support, Emotional Intelligence and Personnel Communication Strategies for both management and their staff.
Bruce has two children, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)
Speaker: Nick Holod
Nick is a local western suburbs man from Williamstown. He has played both footy and cricket for Williamstown and captained & coached various cricket teams in the west & north suburbs of Melbourne.
He is married to Sophie and they have 3 grown children, 3 grandchildren. Nick works in the Disability Employment sector.
He is also Pastor of the Williamstown Gospel Mission Church and in Leadership at the Men’s Support Mission.
Nick has always embodied a “never give up” attitude throughout his schooling, sporting achievements and in supporting communities, including many years as a volunteer with Prison Fellowship, visiting and running programs in prison/s.
Nick has also been a Volunteer Chaplain with the VCC (Vic Council of Churches) Emergency Ministries, which is an organisation specialising in disaster response in Victoria.
Nick has a passion for helping people and getting the best out of them, and has shared his faith locally, interstate, overseas and continues to do this where and when he can.
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)
Speaker: Bruce Kelly– Former Victorian Police Sergeant
Bruce Kelly was born in a small country ‘bush nursing’ hospital in the Goulburn Valley district of Victoria, Australia.
Bruce lived his first twenty-five years on a nearby farm, where his parents looked after sheep.
The lessons Bruce learned in caring for the flock stood him in good stead for an unexpected twenty-five-year police career looking after sheep with two legs!
These skills helped in his career on the raw edge of life in attending murder scenes, suicides, domestic violence, accidents and petty crimes.
In all of this, he learned more about others, himself and God.
Come hear him share his life and more. You won’t be disappointed!
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)
SAUSAGE SIZZLE….. at the Williamstown Beach BBQ’s –
Where: Next to the “Rotunda In Williamstown” – The Esplanade Williamstown
Note: If it’s raining – We’ll be meeting at the back of the church – 8 Electra St Williamstown
Time: 7.00pm (Refreshments Included)
Then a short “Reflection on 2023 and moving onto 2024″ – will follow)
Speaker: Nick Holod
Theme: “Good To Be Back“
Nick is a local western suburbs man from Williamstown. He has played both footy and cricket for Williamstown and captain & coached various cricket teams in the west & north suburbs of Melbourne.
He is married to Sophie and they have 3 grown children, 3 grandchildren. Nick works in the Disability Employment sector.
He is also Pastor of the Williamstown Gospel Mission Church and in Leadership at the Men’s Support Mission.
Nick has always embodied a “never give up” attitude throughout his schooling, sporting achievements and in supporting communities, including many years a volunteer with Prison Fellowship, visiting and running programs in prison/s.
Nick has also been a Volunteer Chaplain with the VCC (Vic Council of Churches) Emergency Ministries, which is an organisation specialising in disaster response in Victoria.
Nick has a passion for helping people and getting the best out of them, and has shared his faith locally, interstate, overseas, and continues to do this where and when he can.
SPECIAL PICNIC LOGAN RESERVE ALTONA SATURDAY 3RD OF FEBRUARY 2024
ALL WELCOME BYO FOOD & DRINK (or buy local) / CHAIRS OR RUG TO SIT ON
Time: ………11 00am
PLEASE NOTE:
In case of wet weather, we’ll meet back at the church in Williamstown
See you there….
OUR FINAL MEETING ……. Final for 2023
Christmas Break-up BBQ
Time: ……… 7.00pm
PLEASE NOTE:
This will be a joint venture with the Ladies Fellowship.
Therefore, Ladies and Families are invited to this event.
Where: 8-10 Electra St Williamstown
Time: 7.00pm Time: 7.00pm (BBQ FIRST – Then the Music & Short Reflection – will follow)
Cost For BBQ: $10 per head (Please see Nick/Niv/Sophie or one of the Leadership Team – if this is a problem)
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR BOOKING FOR THIS EVENT ASAP – FOR CATERING PURPOSES.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Phil Simpson
Theme: “Reflections On Christmas, The Festive Season”
Phil is a Criminal Barrister. He has been a member of the Victorian Bar for over 20 years, appearing for thousands of people charged with criminal offences. For thirteen years, Phil maintained a parallel career as a School Chaplain supporting staff, students and families of the local Primary School. Phil now splits his time between his Court appearances and his role as co-founder of The Shed Door, a registered charity in Mitcham, Victoria.
Operating from an Industrial factory space in an Industrial estate in Mitcham, it mainly caters to men’s needs. The factory space is the home for various programs focused on the well-being of youth, young adults, men, and their families.
Phil is married with four children and loves adventures with his family, often participating in mission work in The Philippines, which has become an annual event. They often take other family groups, youths and young adults as well.
Speaker: Peter Clark:
Peter is a retired Baptist Minister, former Workplace chaplain including CFA, SHELL and Laminex.
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)
Speaker: Gavon Bourne (The Gideons International – Regional Field Officer, Africa South, Uganda)
Gavon strives to be Christ’s witness as in Acts 1:8 — “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”.
Gavon Bourne is from the State of Victoria, Australia. He is a retired Lecturer in Turf Grass Management from the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE in Queensland. He resides in Heathcote Junction, Victoria with his wife, Patricia, his married daughter Sharon, Son in Law Mark and their four grandchildren.
Gavon has been a member of The Gideons International in Australia since 1993, joining the Pine River Camp in Queensland. He has served as state president for Queensland, as well as state vice president and state secretary, a state camp coordinator and state church coordinator, in addition to serving in most positions at the camp level. He has been a member of The Australian Gideon National Staff serving as The Development Director for The Southern State, which included the states of Victoria and Tasmania.
Gavon has served as a member of an International Scripture Blitz Team to Peru in 2009. Since 2012, Gavon has served as a Regional Field Officer. With Assignments in the Pacific Rim, visiting countries or the provinces of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tuvalu Islands and Tonga. In the 2018-19 Gideon year, Gavon was appointed to Asia, Area 7, to the countries of Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. Currently, he accepted the “Pilot” Regional Field Officer Assignment to Uganda, Africa South.
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Time: 7.30 pm Refreshments FIRST, then the Discussion/Sharing/Message – will follow)
And don’t forget the Our Popular Segments….
1) “Better to get it off your chest – Before you NICK-off tonight” 2) “If ya CAN, bring a CAN” (A can of food that is. This goes towards helping others)