Hunter Reachout -

ACCESS

The theme of Hunter ReachOut in 2008 was ACCESS. It was ironic therefore that we couldn't get into our venue. Police had the area blocked off while they negotiated with a man on the roof of a neighbouring building! (He was there until 3pm). HRO 2008 nearly didn't happen. Many prayed and phone calls were made. The pastor of Mayfield Baptist Church generously opened up their venue to us. Committee members manned signs at each road block and even the police redirected people wanting to attend HRO. Have a look at the Last Hunter ReachOut section so see some photos of the day.

You can now download Omar Djoeandy's messages. Go to the Speakers' page.

Hunter ReachOut is an annual 'missions festival' held in Newcastle that gives the opportunity to local churches and Christians to come together and focus on obeying Jesus’ command to take his good news to the whole world. This year Islington Baptist Church is hosting the event.

Hunter ReachOut offers interactive seminars, conversations with people directly involved in cross cultural Christian mission, and gatherings where people share from their experience. Most of all the festival focusses on looking into the Bible to understand what the Lord himself is saying to us about the awesome task he has given us.

Representatives of the major evangelical missions, together with local mission initiatives, and the cooperative efforts of local churches come together to give you a day to explore the options to find out where you best fit in to play your role in giving people all over the world the chance to hear meaningfully the message of Jesus.

This year the theme of the event was 'ACCESS.' We highlighted the need to reach the 2 billion people in the world currently with no access to the gospel and our need to access means to reach them.

Have a look at the great speakers we had this year and have a look at the website towards the end of 2008 for details of the 2009 event.

ALSO check out the EVENTS page to see upcoming missions events in the Newcastle area.

10:00am -	Registration - Register at the entrance to the church.
10:30am -	Introductory meeting 1- This meeting will introduce the day's proceedings..
10:50am -	Seminar Session 1. See the Seminars page for choices.
11:40am -	Seminar Session 2
12:25pm -	Lunch break. Sandwiches may be purchased...
1.15pm -	Introductory meeting 2. For those just arriving the MC will go over the practical details again.
1.40pm -	Seminar Session 3
2.30pm -	Seminar Session 4
3.15pm -	Break. View displays. Have a coffee. Register if you are just arriving.
3.45pm -	First Main Meeting. Singing, Interviews, Bible teaching.........
5.15pm -	Tea break. A sausage sizzle and/or soup are available for sale.
6.30pm -	Main Evening Meeting. Singing, interviews, Bible Teaching
8.00pm -	Hunter ReachOut 2008 concludes.

Omar Djoeandy

Omar Djoeandy is director of SIM Australia

Diane Marshall

Diane Marshall is a medical doctor and facilitates SIM International's response to AIDS on 3 continents.

Paul McIlwain

Paul McIlwain, and his wife Linda are members of New Tribes Mission. They worked in the Ata tribal area in Papua New Guinea for ten years

WEC Member Care Team

The team is lead by Peter and Susan Giles. Peter and Susan have been with WEC since 1992 and served in 3 Asian countries over a 12 year period in a variety of roles.

Check out the Speakers page for details of other seminar leaders.