"Refresh...mint" was the theme for the Eastern Victoria Division's Chaplains Retreat. It provided an opportunity for personal encouragement, chaplaincy updates, reflective worship, open/honest sharing and group discussions. Despite the variety of our chaplaincy ministries, we met on common ground to "share the joy and lighten the load" and, in a personal sense, to seek renewal of hope for the challenges of chaplaincy.
One of the key discussion points centred around the fact that integrated mission needs integrated administration and organizational cooperation at all levels if it is to be implemented effectively.
A refreshing thought was that individually, and indeed The Salvation Army corporately, is not perfect, but that we "perfected in Christ" as we rely upon God's grace to enable us to be "the life and light of Christ" in our respective incarnational community ministries.
With this in mind, we prayerfully declared:
One of the key discussion points centred around the fact that integrated mission needs integrated administration and organizational cooperation at all levels if it is to be implemented effectively.
A refreshing thought was that individually, and indeed The Salvation Army corporately, is not perfect, but that we "perfected in Christ" as we rely upon God's grace to enable us to be "the life and light of Christ" in our respective incarnational community ministries.
With this in mind, we prayerfully declared:
Lord Jesus Christ, you have called us together
To rejoice in who You are and to delight in who we are because of You!
We stand amazed in Your presence
Because You, o Lord, live Your life in us!
To rejoice in who You are and to delight in who we are because of You!
We stand amazed in Your presence
Because You, o Lord, live Your life in us!
Proverbs 11:25 ~ “The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”
