In an environment where it feels like a crisis is looming, how can we forecast for the future? What will that future look like? How will we engage as a church? And most importantly, are we dreaming and anticipating our ultimate bright future with God as expressed in Revelation 21?
Join us for a fun-filled weekend with opportunities for spiritual growth and networking, international and local speakers, idea generation and refinement as well as skill development. You'll feel empowered to return to your church, ministry or personal project and take it to the next level.
Date
5-7 July 2019
Venue
Mantra Legends Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
Time
1:00 PM
Speakers
Lyndelle Peterson
Director of Personal Ministries, Sabbath School and Stewardship, Australian Union Conference
Featuring
Primary School Programming
Allowing kids to realise their talents in the areas of creativity and technology are important and vital parts of the work of the church.
Topics will range from:
- Coding
- Art & Painting
- Jesus & The Digital Space
- Basics of Photography & Videography & Storytelling
- Safety in the Digital Space
- Stop Motion Photography
Digital Church Check-up
The Digital Church Check-up is a weekend-long program that selects 10-15 churches to undergo a feedback process that will review their website, social media and digital discipleship presence. The purpose is to improve church’s digital presence and it’s discipleship opportunities in the digital space. Additionally, we aim to help the church identify opportunities to engage additional creatives and techies into the fabric of the church.
This goal aligns with the mission of the Digital Discipleship Ministry to create, inspire, encourage and resource disciples of Jesus Christ to share His love through their creativity and innovation in the digital space.
Applications are open until 1 June 2019
High School Programming
Allowing kids to realise their talents in the areas of creativity and technology are important and vital parts of the work of the church.
Topics will range from:
- Coding
- Art & Painting
- Jesus & The Digital Space
- Basics of Photography & Videography & Storytelling
- Safety in the Digital Space
- Stop Motion Photography
Ideathon
The Ideathon is a weekend-long incubation program that selects 10-15 projects to undergo a feedback process that involves the Idea Owners and Attendees of the 2018 Digital Discipleship Conference. The purpose is to incubate creative and solution-driven ideas, ministries and ministry-related businesses to create opportunities for ongoing collaboration after the Digital Discipleship Conference has ended.
This goal aligns with the mission of the Digital Discipleship Ministry to create, inspire, encourage and resource disciples of Jesus Christ to share His love through their creativity and innovation in the digital space.
Applications are open until 1 June 2019
Details
Food
Your ticket fee will include:
- Friday Evening: Dinner
- Saturday: Morning & Afternoon Team, Lunch
- Sunday: Morning Tea
*Breakfast can be included for $20 per person, per day, for residents of the Mantra Legends hotel.
**You are encouraged to network and find dinner in the local area on Saturday evening at one of the local restaurants.
Accomodation
Mantra Legends Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
– 30km from Coolangatta Airport
– 100m from Surfers Paradise beach
– 80km from Brisbane International Airport
– 100m to shops, restaurants and cafes
– 200m to Cavill Avenue (main street of Surfers Paradise)
$115/night for the duration of the Conference. Booking available at the time of ticket purchase.
*Breakfast can be included for $20 per person, per day, for residents of the Mantra Legends hotel.
Transport
– 30km from Coolangatta Airport
– 80km from Brisbane International Airport
Parking
Car parking is available at Mantra Legends Hotel but is subject to availability due to the limited number of spaces. Conference delegates may use the hotel car park at a cost of $15.00 per car per day (discounted from $20.00 per car per day). When arriving at Hotel, firstly register with Reception and leave luggage at Concierge prior to parking your car. Please note, the hotel does not offer valet parking. Please note that these prices and details are subject to change without notice
Testimonials
I believe that Digital Discipleship has been something not like anything our church has ever done.
It’s progressive and has been more relevant than anything else (besides Road To Bethlehem). It is bringing people together and collaborating with the younger generations of our church.
-Kym Piez
I was inspired by the 2017 DDC to found a Facebook page dedicated to creating content, sharing content, and inspiring others to create content to share the Gospel.
I have had personal testimonies of people seeing one of the videos and beginning conversation with a local Christian that they know. I think that is the way that Digital Discipleship needs to go forward.
It is the most vital space for evangelism because the screen has become the window through which outsiders view the church.
I am so grateful for the work that has been done in the digital sphere because it is where the people of today are. Christians are called to make disciples as the go on their life journey.
And if Digital Discipleship is not invested in, the 3 billion people on Facebook may not be reached by the church.
-Lachlan Harders
The 2017 Digital Discipleship Conference was an excellent networking opportunity for the church’s Faith FM radio ministry.
It connected me with people who have given me helpful advice with some of our digital technology decisions. I enjoyed the breadth of the conference. I also enjoyed the surprise/impromptu software developers workshop that popped-up at the last minute.
Since last year’s conference, I have appreciated the Slack-discussion-platform that was launched. While I have not had time to personally contribute much to the conversation, the conversations that others have been having have helped shaped my thinking.
-Michael Engelbrecht
Digital Discipleship is the most innovative thing that the Adventist Church is currently doing within Australia.
As a technologist who has worked in large Global Christian Organisations I have seen the benefit of engaging the wider community through digital. It was clear to me that the Adventist Church was significantly lagging behind. Looking for ways to begin that change was difficult in a volunteer and limited capacity.
However, through the work of the Digital Discipleship Conferences and networks it is opening the door for the creatives, technologists and professionals to get involved in areas that we already see working outside of the church.
Practically, I have been part of an online forum that allows for the sharing and collaboration of ideas, projects and content, that would have otherwise sat in the silo of a local church. This group is not bound by geography, conference boundaries or the local church. It allows for isolated people to connect and be encouraged by others and feel part of that global community. I have been able to meet people, both online and at digital conferences that have shared passion and vision to share ideas and look at creating innovative ways to connect with people.
The passive, non-threatening nature of digital will enable wider reach then traditional tract and speaker-based evangelism, but we still are only beginning the digital journey. It is such a critical time, where we are already lagging the culture around us, but we must learn to speak in relevant and modern ways to the people who need the gospel most. We do that thorough levering all aspects of digital, including social networks, Big data analysis, and creative content.
-Justin Boyd
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