Workshops 工作坊

Lots of Christians go to work just to make money. What they do not realize is that work is can be part of our worship and a way to love our neighbour. That brings meaning to the nine to five. But the workplace itself is not only the most strategic mission field in the world but it is part of the mission God wants done on earth. That's because our work is one of the ways we work with God in bringing in the kingdom of God, that wonderful new world Jesus spoke about over a hundred times in the Gospels. The kingdom of not just spiritual but is personal, social, cosmic and even economic (read for example the story of Zaccheus in Luke 19:1-10). But the mission starts with God not with the church (which is born in the mission of God) and Jesus, our King, invites us to join him in God's kingdom mission.

This workshop will focus on going back to the basics of worshipping God, namely what it means to worship God and why, how, where, and when we worship God. We will dive into the origins of worshipping God, Old Testament, New Testament, and modern-day contexts of worshipping God, and worshipping God for eternity. Then, we will look at how to apply these Biblical teachings and revelations to our current contexts. The session will be split into two parts where the first half will be the teaching of worshipping God and the second half will be applying the teaching and using the space to worship God together.

In this breakout, we will learn how valuable and beautiful the Person of the Holy Spirit is! We will study Jesus’ words regarding the Holy Spirit in John 14 & 16. The primary focus of this session will be on the foundational truths of Who the Holy Spirit is and how we can get to know Him better. The Holy Spirit is so real and wonderful; He is the Spirit of truth, the comforter, counsellor and most powerfully, He is the one who leads us into loving communion with Jesus. He will be in our midst in a powerful and tangible way. Come hungry to recognize His worth and personhood dwelling within our very bodies.

Jesus said that our unity and love would show the world the reality of our faith. Why is that so hard, especially with family? In this workshop, Nikki White steps through practical strategies for bridging the relational gap between parents and their children, particularly adult children. Learn why incarnation is our best model for communication, how to discern and affirm one another's unique identity in Christ, and how the gifts of the Spirit can help build and repair relationships so that our families can be a living testimony to the grace and power of the Gospel. Come with your kids, come with your parents, come ready to build bridges, together.

Why don’t we see more people coming to faith? The Bible says in John 4:35 - Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! So the answer to that is not because God isn’t doing anything, or that people are hard hearted, really it’s because we Christians aren’t doing what we’re supposed to be doing. Perhaps you see evangelism as this thing only “evangelists” do, perhaps you think you don’t know enough, perhaps you were just never taught what to do, or perhaps at the bottom of it, you just don’t care. Maybe you want to care, maybe you want to do something about it, and so this workshop will give the heart for missional living, and God’s heart for missional living, and some practical next steps, to perhaps rekindle or kindle your heart to ultimately help others get to know Him.

Jesus said, “My sheep know my voice.” This workshop is about learning to live like that’s true. In a culture full of noise and constant distraction, discerning his voice is essential. Together we’ll explore what it means to slow down, listen, and recognize the one who still speaks. His voice not only guides us — it forms who we are. Our identity is discovered through relationship, shaped by hearing and responding to the voice that calls us his own.