New Year - 01/11 - Gods Plan not your plan

Well it is a new year and everyone that didn't do their planning in 2010 is busy making plans for 2011.  Whilst we have been on a bit of a break from the blog over December and January, we will be making our 2011 start in February, which is now only a week away.

Here is one quick thought until we begin our regular posts:

Perhaps 2011 needs to be more about God's plan for your ministry than your plan for your ministry.  How are you discerning what God wants for the ministry in 2011?

I leave you with that thought because it might shift how you plan out 2011.  This is going to be a great year.

Thanks to all our readers

Thank you to all those people around the world that are reading our blog. We are so impressed and humbled that people stumble across our blog from cities and towns that we never thought would read it. Thank you for reading.

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Happy Easter

From all of us at Broken Bay Youth Ministry we wish you a happy and Holy Easter.

Easter is a time for Christians to reflect on their relationship with Jesus. At Broken Bay Youth Ministry we have taken a disciplship focus to youth ministry. Our goal is to support parish leaders to help youth and young adults deepen their discipleship walk with Jesus. Easter offers us the opportunity to renew our commitment to Jesus.

"At Easter we celebrate, with due solemnity, the central mystery of our faith: that is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God has saved us and brought us to share in the divine life. The mystery of Easter is not just for us." Bishop David Walker

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Agi Reefman joins the team

On Monday 18th January 2010, Agi Reefman started in the Parish Support Unit as a Special Project Officer.

Agi joins the Parish Support Unit with two key areas of responsibility:

1. Support of the Parish Internship Program

2. Human Resource Management in Parishes.

It is great to have Agi on board to assist Parish Interns with their ministries. Agi will be meeting with groups of interns over the coming weeks. If you have any questions please email Agi at the Diocesan Office: agi.reefman@dbb.org.au

Mark McDonald