P1 2016 Conference, Kawerau
98 Onslow St, Kawerau, Bay of Plenty. Location map
Theme : Walking Together
"Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be a servant."
-- Matthew 20:26
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Conference Pricing / Accommodation:
The Conference has been VERY reasonably priced at $80 pp for the weekend. Accommodation is 'Marae style'.
(If Marae style accommodation doesn't suit you other options available - but limited due to the Kawerau Mill Shutdown while Conference is on).
Awateri Hot Springs, 1363 State Highway 30, ph 07 304 9117, have 6 Tourist Cabins & 1 Motel Unit available (as at 8 Oct).
Hope Church is also offering the option of free accommodation in their church which includes mattresses, toilet, shower and kitchen.
For other options incl. billetting, email the team at p1conference@pcsn.org.nz.
Keynote Speakers:
We are excited to have confirmed several excellent keynote speakers: Mark & Miriam Holloway (Mark is the author of 'The Freedom Diaries', along with Ricky Paul (Kawerau Church) and Matai Bennett (direct from Texas).
Mark & Miriam Holloway
This dynamic, down to earth couple are Kiwis - the parents of five, mainly adult, larger than life kids - a doctor, a cowboy (yes really), an arborist, a fireman, and a fashion designer.
Mark rides the world's largest production motorcycle, sails yachts and trains small business people to be better. Miriam is small, blonde, a one-time police constable and now a line-haul truck driver - and passionate about road safety.
THEIR STORY
After 37 years of believing in a God who seldom speaks clearly, Mark's life goes down the plughole in a single day. Worse, he discovers it's his own doing. Terrified he screams out to God and to his amazement God speaks back - and keeps on talking. An unbelievable conversation with God begins. As his life continues to slide into an abyss, Mark is plagued by doubt. Would God really talk to him like this? Then he discovers his conversations with God have made him a disappointment to religious people. Thoroughly disillusioned he decides to stop.
But God keeps talking. Every day God turns up and says encouraging and hopeful things when there is no hope. Thousands of others hear what Mark is doing and try it themselves. Many discover that they too are having a conversation with God without having to be all perfect. A real back and forward conversation with God, just like friends.
This couple say they never expected to have anything to do with a Christian book, much less write one about a back and forth conversation with God. But in the worst crisis of their lives, God hijacks Mark and a conversation begins. Mark wonders whether he is going mad, but soon discovers this is really God. THE God. The one in the Bible. Then the same thing happens to Miriam. What follows is miraculous and has not only changed their own lives, their children's and their friend's, but it is now, much to their surprise, changing the lives of many, many MANY others.
Ricky Paul
Ricky Paul is an inspirational leader who pursues the presence of God and walking in the reality of God's Kingdom. Ricky has worked for many years in youth ministry and loves to help positively reintegrate troubled youth back into the community. Ricky is passionate about people receiving and encountering The Fathers love and moves strongly in miracles and signs and wonders. As a result he has many amazing stories to tell and is a regular speaker at conferences and churches in NZ and overseas. Ricky has worked in the social sector for a number of years and now Pastors in Kawerau.
Matai Bennett
Until recently invited to pastor in Houston, Texas, Matai has lived in Kawerau for nearly 20 years. During that time he has worked in several Government funded programmes which have been targeted at assisting those who are unemployed, have a criminal record, and have destructive addictive habits of alcohol, drugs & violence & those who are caught in gang-related activities. Most recently he was the CEO of a local Social Service that is known for being reliable, trustworthy and attentive to all needs of the various types of parties that can be involved with 'difficult' cases. For 17 years Matai has Pastored the Kawerau Community Church; The focus of the Church is the community of Kawerau, especially the youth where there has been effective work done by the Church to present a different lifestyle. Most recently the church have experienced a revival where hundreds of young people gave their hearts to Jesus, to the point that the local 'youth aid' officer rang Matai to say he had run out of work and that the ongoing meetings at his church had changed the atmosphere of the community.
Attention all South Island members:
The conference committee recognise the extra challenges you face in traveling to conference from the 'mainland'. We don't want ANYONE to miss out so are very excited to be able to offer Nil Conference fees - that's right, you heard correctly! Road transport arranged from Wellington with billeting available in the Wellington area on the Thursday and Sunday nights to suit travel arrangements. In short - get yourself (and your better half) to Wellington, and we will look after the rest. So start watching those grabaseat fares now. If you intend taking us up on the offer, or would like to know more, please email us on p1conference@pcsn.org.nz
Registrations are now open, so book that leave with WFM and see you at P1 2016 Kawerau. Any queries please touch base with the 2016 team at p1conference@pcsn.org.nz.