BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Adelaide METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+0930 TZNAME:ACST DTSTART:20260910T093000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_393_20396d4bf9eb388de99e0d492aa9a605@bcsant.org.au SUMMARY:Professional Development: The Future-Oriented Lead er X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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As pastors\, we minister in the ever-important prese nt.

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As church leaders\, we continually look beyond it.

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As future-oriented leaders\, we lead for a futu re beyond us.

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In this workshop\, we discover the bibli cal case for future-oriented church leadership. We 'll think generationally and apply practical wisdo m to lead our church to thrive beyond our leadersh ip. 

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This workshop is for pastoral leaders at every sta ge who want to:

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Rev Dr Scott Morrison
\n Scott just turned 54\ , lives in Sydney and is married to Jodie with the ir three teenage children. Scott's background is i n Banking and Finance\, not-for-profit governance\ , and church leadership. He is an accredited Bapti st Pastor in NSW\, and served as the Senior Pastor of Georges River Life Church for 25 years\, finis hing well in January 2025.
\n Today\, Scott is the NSW Team and C hurch Leadership Academy Lead at Partners in Minis try\, a non-denominational Christian ministry serv ing over 1500 church leaders across Australia in p rofessional supervision\, church health consultanc y and leadership development.
\n He is a writer\, communicator\, and passionate advocate of vocationally integrated models of discipleship and spiritual leadership o f change\, both of which were the focus of his Doc tor of Ministry.
\n Scott joins us to talk about a subject he is currently living through and writing on: the meani ng and method of finishing a pastoral season well.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n As pastors\, we minister in the ever-i mportant present.\n \n \n \n As church leaders\, w e continually look beyond it.\n \n \n \n As future -oriented leaders\, we lead for a future beyond us .\n \n \n \n In this workshop\, we discover the bi blical case for future-oriented church leadership. We'll think generationally and apply practical wi sdom to lead our church to thrive beyond our leade rship. \n \n \n \n This workshop is for pastoral l eaders at every stage who want to:\n \n \n \n \n Dedicate more time for future-thinking alongside p resent reality.\n Think and work toward finishing their role well one day.\n Explore what a succes sful succession/transition process might look like .\n \n \n Rev Dr Scott Morrison\n \n Scott just tu rned 54\, lives in Sydney and is married to Jodie with their three teenage children. Scott's backgro und is in Banking and Finance\, not-for-profit gov ernance\, and church leadership. He is an accredit ed Baptist Pastor in NSW\, and served as the Senio r Pastor of Georges River Life Church for 25 years \, finishing well in January 2025.\n \n Today\, Sc ott is the NSW Team and Church Leadership Academy Lead at Partners in Ministry\, a non-denominationa l Christian ministry serving over 1500 church lead ers across Australia in professional supervision\, church health consultancy and leadership developm ent.\n \n He is a writer\, communicator\, and pass ionate advocate of vocationally integrated models of discipleship and spiritual leadership of change \, both of which were the focus of his Doctor of M inistry.\n \n Scott joins us to talk about a subje ct he is currently living through and writing on: the meaning and method of finishing a pastoral sea son well.\n CATEGORIES:Professional Development CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260910T093000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260910T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20260910T123000 LOCATION:Unley Park Baptist Church\n 1 Northgate St\n Unley Park\, SA 5061\n Australia\n URL:https://bcsant.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=393 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR