Annual Report 2012 – compressed - York St Church of Christ

the following statistics: March 2012 = 13 contacts andJuly 2012 = 199 contacts. Each contact is a person ofworth that we at York Street Church of Christ value andserve as part of our Kingdom activity. Visitation PastoralCare is happening here at York Street Church of Christ.Praise God!WelcomersOf recent times we have seen the appointment of twoWelcomer Team Leaders; Pam Oxlade for the 8.45 amSunday service and Pam Hillas for the 10.30 am Sundayservice. These two ladies supervise and lead theWelcomer teams at each of the am Sunday services.This ministry activity is all about being intentional in theway we welcome guests and congregation members toour services, do guest follow up and provide pastoralsupport to our church family. These are key roles in ourefforts to provide pastoral care at the doorway, in thecafé/foyer and in the auditorium on any Sunday.Pastoral Care here at York Street church of Christ istruly(Jill McGilvary).EUREKA MENThe MinistryEureka Men was berthed duringStreet Church of Christ. It becameapparent during the later part of2011, that what was needed was anabsolutely intentionalat York Street Church of Christ. We needed a way totake men on a journey to understand what God requiresof us as men and how we can serve together in Hiskingdom. We commenced this journey in 2012 byat Heart, John Eldredge). This ministry approach isabout providing an opportunity for men to buildrelationships, share and grow together as well as havingadventurous fun activities as a group of men.The ProgramAt Eureka Men we meet the 3 rd Saturday morning ofevery month between 7am and 9am, have breakfasttogether, watch a short DVD and then break into smalldiscussion groups to share together. From time to timeafter the breakfast session, we gather to enjoy someadventurous activity such as abseiling, Lazer Skirmishetc, all good fun men stuff. Our mission and purpose isto: grow the masculine heart; grow Godly men fit forkingdom service and to give men the opportunity toknow the Savior, Jesus Christ. This is a sub set of ourHim and be equipped to impact the local and globalThe TeamThe 2012 team for Eureka Men is made up of six men(Peter Deutscher, Dave Jolliffe, Colin Dorn, TrevorGray, Geordie McCausland and myself) of varying ageswho act as facilitators forthe Wild at Heart sessions.These men give of theirtime, experience andpassion to have input intowalk with the Lord and be a blessing to God, theirfamilies and the kingdom. Men journeying together into aEureka Men is all about. We continue the journey in 2013,Ephesians 2:10 (TMSG)Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the goodwork he has gotten ready for us to do, work we hadEMERGENCY SERVICEMINISTRIESCommunity Pastoral CareVCC Emergencies MinistriesA number of York Street Church ofChrist congregation members havenow been trained as PersonalSupport and Chaplains and have nowbecome a part of the VCCEmergencies Ministry activity insupport of our local and otherVictorian communities that find themselves in a disaster,emergency or crisis situations. Since May this year, threeof the VCC EM Ballarat team members have beendeployed on Recovery work (flood recovery) in the MoiraShire and five members have attended Department ofHuman Services (DHS) additional professional trainingcourses.As part of my role as the Ballarat Local Area Coordinatorfor the VCC Emergencies Ministry, I am now therepresentative for this ministry with the Ballarat CityCouncil Emergency Management organization and meetas part of the Ballarat City Council EmergencyManagement Sub-Committee at least twice a year. I amalso called upon to attend special training sessions andmeetings with Local Government outside of Ballarat. Wecurrently have a team of 35 trained local personnel, themajority of who are from York St Church of Christ. Thesevolunteers can be called upon to support ourcommunities in an emergency, crisis or disaster.21