February 21, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – February 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
Summer Spirit 2025 – Ride the Wild Water – Navigating the Way
Being a Christian in today’s world can feel a little like navigating our way through wild rapids.
How do our faith communities connect with the wider community? How do we approach mission in a world that seems disinterested? How do we find new ways to be the church in a changing world?
Summer Spirit 2025 will explore how we might navigate our way and ride the wild water together.
About Summer Spirit 2025
Summer Spirit 2025 will offer an enriching program designed to inspire, educate, and empower. Our keynote speakers will provide insightful presentations on the theme. Various opportunities will be on offer to discuss, workshop, and integrate the ideas presented.
Whether you’re a church leader, a lay preacher, or a Christian seeking deeper engagement with your faith, this event is for you!
The Details
Friday 21 February 2025 – 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Dinner and Keynote Speaker @ Cambridge Bowling Club
Saturday 22 February 2025 – 9.00am to 5.00pm
All Saints Floreat Uniting Church
Selected Saturday sessions will be available online.
Registrations
Registrations are now open for Summer Spirit 2025! Early bird prices are available until the end of the year. Everyone who signs up during the Early Bird period will go in the draw to win a copy of Mike Frost’s Mission is the Shape of Water and Alex Sangster’s Do They Make Coffins that Small?
Go to our Eventbrite page for ticket pricing and to register.
An Intergenerational Event
Summer Spirit 2025 is an intergenerational event. All ages are part of Christ’s church and are welcome. We will have intergenerational time together and some focused activities for primary aged children attending with family.
Keynote Speakers
Michael Frost
Mike Frost is an internationally recognised Australian missiologist and one of the leading voices in the missional church movement. His books are required reading in colleges and seminaries around the world and he is much sought after as an international conference speaker.
He is the author or editor of nineteen theological books, his most recent being (2024 Christian Shortlist Book of the Year) Mission is the Shape of Water (2023). Mike’s presentations at Summer Spirit 2025 will draw upon his work in this book.
Mike is also well known for his protests against Australia’s treatment of refugees, some of which have resulted in his arrest by the NSW police, as well as his advocacy for racial reconciliation, foreign aid, and gender equality.
Alexandra Sangster
Alex Sangster is a writer, actor, mother, and minister with the St Kilda Southport Uniting Church. She has spent the last twenty years working with families in crisis, older folk, youth, refugees, and those experiencing homelessness. She is active in several spheres within the church and beyond including on justice and environmental issues.
Alex is currently working with people experiencing mental health and housing vulnerabilities. She is an actor and facilitator with Melbourne Playback and is known for her creative worship in church circles. Alex will use her creativity to help us integrate our learning from the weekend.
In Alex’s recent book, ‘Do they make coffins that small?: Ministry in an age of uncertainty’, she shares her passion to discover ways that liberate, inspire and awaken; and suggests how the emerging church can connect with those who are spiritually hungry but culturally anti-institution.
Contact Us
For enquiries contact the Uniting Centre for Education and Formation (UCEF) – email PA.education@wa.uca.org.au or phone 08 9260 9800
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