COMMUNITY

This Month, TEAR and Forge are running a conference in our suburb, themed 'Community'

This will be a unique conference, the Rocherlea community will be hosting the conference and have been amazing with their support. The community center has offered us the hall, the local child care center has opened for us to use all their facilities for childcare, the manager of the child care center is volunteering on the day, locals are cooking food, serving lunch, and billeting speakers. We also have non Christians coming along whom are passionate about building their community.

Presenting

Ant Edler
Ant is a member of Third Place Communities, a team of missionaries seeking
to express the hospitality of God in social contexts
such as pubs, cafes and homes around Hobart. He is also a
qualified youth worker and works with disadvantaged youth, teaching life skills
and developing community. Ant is in the early stages of pioneering a mission
to a low socio-economic suburb in Hobart and will share a host of stories to
inspire and inform those wishing to build community locally.


Besta Poni Peters
Besta Poni Peters works for the Migrant Resource Centre in Launceston. A
migrant herself, her story starts in Sudan working as a social worker. Now here
in Northern Tasmania as a bi-cultural family support worker and she is helping
new communities to develop and integrate. She also works in a local
womenʼs shelter. These two worlds give Besta a unique perspective on
community development both here and abroad.

Darryn Altclass
Darryn Altclass is a missional practitioner with direct experience in initiating
and developing the incarnational approach in difficult settings across
Australia. Locally with a group of friends he pioneered Third Place
Communities—a collective of missional churches geared for social contexts
such as pubs, cafes and homes. He also lectures part-time in Spirituality,
Mission and Evangelism at Tabor and in various other forums around the
country. Darryn is co-author of The Forgotten Ways Handbook with Alan
Hirsch, a book on Missional Practices. He lives in Hobart with his wife Corry &
their daughter Georgie.

Dave Andrews
Dave has lived and worked with marginalized groups of people in Australia
and overseas for more than thirty years. Dave is particularly interested in
radical spirituality, incarnational community, and personal and social
transformation. He is an author, a lecturer and a powerful speaker.


"I cannot speak too highly of Dave. He is an extraordinary individual; He is
arguably the most outstanding community development worker both
theoretically and technically to have graduated from this department (The
Department of Social Work of the University of Queensland) in the last
decade."
Tony Kelly - Senior Lecturer in Community Work University of Queensland

“It's natural to think of Dave Andrews as a prophet: (with) his fiery passion, his
concern for justice, and the way his life speaks even more eloquently than his
words.”
Brian McLaren


Livingston Street Project - Speakers to be decided
Two years ago, two families purchased a sloping block of land in South
Hobart with the dream of building their family homes around the principles of
mission, sustainability and community. Each house was architecturally
designed, with a common deck and shared living spaces to foster relationship.
Michael, Julie, Daniel and Kylie (and children Aja, Mimi and Naomi) are also
members of Third Place Communities, and will share their experiences as two
families developing a middle class mission in the suburbs.


Rocherlea Story – Speakers to be decided
A handful of committed followers of Jesus wanting to live a life of mission and
community have moved to Rocherlea to work relationally, to build on the
hospitable, generous and loving spirit of the Rocherlea community. This
initiative has provided some lessons and insights most valuable to anyone
wanting to strengthen their community.


Stephen Said
Stephen works with TEAR Australia as the National Youth Coordinator and is
part of Forgeʼs training network. A sought after educator, coach and writer
focusing on issues of social justice, poverty, discipleship, missional
leadership, and the work of TEAR internationally. Stephen is involved in
young adult ministry and a new faith community in the north eastern suburbs
of Melbourne as well as facilitating short term exposure experiences to developing countries for young
adults.


Steve & Felicity Turner
The Turners have been involved in ministry for many years, with various
ministry outfits and churches and currently serve with Forge and Youth for
Christ in Queensland. They have six young adult children and are sought after
by their grandson Tyrell and many people who call them or turn up at their
home for dinner on Monday nights. They started a missional community called
Joshua Tree, along with some other crew a few years ago and this continues
to grow, and morph, involving itself in all manner of community activity and
mission. They are involved in training, building projects and community
development in South Africa and best see themselves locally as trying to raise
an army of western missionaries.

As most of the workshops will be held in lounge rooms around Rocherlea, my hope is the non lavish, hospitible venue will speak more of mission and community than the speakers themselves.

Visit TEAR's website for registration and more info. CLICK HERE