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Myers-Briggs Type Inventory Workshops
My daughter, Amanda Southwell, who is a teacher and counsellor, is also an accredited Myers-Briggs practitioner. She is available for workshops in organisations, schools (teachers or students), churches etc. anywhere in Australia. The MBTI is a useful tool for discerning one’s personality type, and how that impinges on one’s work, relationships, careers and spirituality. Contact […]
Sadie Croucher: A Tribute By Ray Cooke
(read during the service of thanksgiving for my mother, 16th December 2002). I count it a privilege to be asked to speak at this service, not just as a _personal_ tribute, but rather on behalf of the Christians who regularly meet here at this Chapel. Today we gather to honour the life and witness of […]
Mug Shots
That’s me (aged 10), without shoes, in Mr. Farrell’s 5th grade class, Mortdale Primary School, Sydney, 1948! (click photo to enlarge) Rowland Croucher and Graeme Cann (the mature-looking young man seated two persons to my left) were speakers at this conference in 1968, at Benwerrin, outside Melbourne. Rowland and Jan Croucher at Narwee Baptist Church’s […]
The Roy Clements Story
Following the official press release issued by the Evangelical Alliance in the United Kingdom, the weekly Christian newspaper, "Christian Herald" has come out with the following article on its front page. The editor has granted permission to use that article and the "Comment" on Page 6 saying: "It is a shattering story and we thought […]
Pastoral Pressures
Forgive the intrusion of a lay voice, but I have had a number of friends/close acquaintances among the clergy, and I am widely read on religio-social issues in Godzone, so feel mildly qualified to comment as an observer. Firstly, I would not expect – as a general rule – problems in the U.S.A. to be […]
Pastoral Pressures
I have been a community minister within my own congregation for the last six months. Prior to that I worked as a principal of several schools and have been a university lecturer with mangerial and counselling loads as well as teaching ones. On the face of it my previous jobs were very similar to the […]
A Response To Trauma In Ministry
Subject: A response to Trauma in Ministry Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 20:44:50 +1100 From: "Clergy Mail List" Reply-To: Organization: PastorNET To: CC: Rowland Croucher Dear Tom, I’m passing this on for your interest. I feel it was quite a thoughtful comment. Blessings. Ron Clough (Moderator, Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list) =================================== From: Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 […]
Questions For Rowland
(from a Christian Magazine editor, November 2000): The Work Of John Mark Ministries: Its purpose: To be a resource to pastors, ex-pastors, church leaders and their spouses… Its audience: The church across all denominations within Australia and beyond; in terms of evangelism on the ‘Net – a huge disenchanted audience of thoughtful people who’ve mainly […]
New Research Shows Pressure On Church Leaders
EAUK Press Releases – http://www.eauk.org/press Strictly embargoed until: 0001Hrs, Monday 25th September 2000 The key findings from new research released today shows that 53 per cent of clergy and other Church Leaders have considered leaving the ministry at some point because the pressure gets so great. 38 per cent of clergy feel overwhelmed by the […]
Ministering To Ministers
EAUK Press Releases – Strictly embargoed until: 0001Hrs, Monday 25th September 2000 New network aims to minister to ministers Clergy and other Christian leaders are to be offered health checks, discounted holidays, retreats, training and counselling by a new network that has been set up by the Evangelical Alliance in response to the publication today […]
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