Business Men's breakfast on Friday 21 April 2017 at Mansfield Christian Reformed Church, 421 Wishart Rd, Wishart,
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You are invited to the next Business Men's Breakfast. It is an opportunity to hear an interesting speaker and network with other men and women. As you may know, women are also welcome! Please put a booking in your diary for the next 3 months: 19 May. Speaker: Dr Rod St Hill 16 June. Speaker: Not confirmed yet. 15 July. Speaker: Fergus Buchan This breakfast is sponsored by various people that want you to enjoy it as a free gift. Speaker: John Gagliardi (see side panel for more information) Where: Mansfield Christian Reformed Church, 421 Wishart Rd, Wishart Time: 07:30am to 09:00am Date: Friday, 21 April 2017 Topic: "Is there a place for mercy and grace in the modern marketplace?" Key Speaker Points:
What do “grace” and “mercy” mean? Are they relevant in the modern secular marketplace? A personal perspective with a scary “big bank” How to walk in grace when it is all falling down around your ears – or “fake it till you make it” Relationship comes before rules …
Notes:
Faith means “standing firm” through the bad times as well as the good - “keep on swimming” like little Dorey in the Nemo movie - and you eventually float
John Gagliardi Director of Development, Haggai Institute Australia I started life as a journalist - was Chief of Staff of Channel 9 news when I was 22 and later ran a newspaper for Rupert Murdoch. I grew up as a “cool Anglican” and only came to the fullness of Christ at age 38, when I was struggling with alcohol and depression in spite of a very successful career in PR and lobbying (my projects include the Burdekin Dam and Jupiters Casino). I was media adviser to Prime Minster John Gorton and media trained the first Aboriginal Senator Neville Bonner. As a Christian, God has used me in amazing ways - I have made a speech in the Russian Parliament (I speak Russian) and also in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. I also lectured at a
back to the surface - TRUST AND OBEY!!! Work "avodah” is worship - work as unto the Lord - if God is our “boss” our work IS our worship. We can worship the Lord in our work and walk in grace on a daily basis There is no “secular/sacred” divide in the word of God.
John told me he recently wrote a book: THE MARKETPLACE OUR MISSION. (What a brilliant title!) If you know of anyone else that you would like to bring to the breakfast, feel free to invite them. Please RSVP before the 19th of April to: Francois van der Walt Mobile 0419 623 397 / Email:
[email protected]. I am looking forward to seeing you at the breakfast and meeting all the people you brought along!
Your brother in Christ Francois van der Walt
senior level in management in Hi Chi Minh City and spoke at the Australian Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast. I founded the Australian Christian Lobby, the Business Breakthrough group at City Harvest Church Singapore which grew to 2,500 and raised $50M. I was also founding Chairman of Christian Heritage College, Carindale, Brisbane. I ran a $100M company in Singapore and then came back to Australia, started a high-tech geothermal company and during the GFC was wiped out financially. I am now working full time at age 74 as Director of Development in Australia for global ministry Haggai Institute and in my spare time developing some new business ideas. For more information please see: http://www.haggaiinstitute.com.au/advancement-team or connect (like Francois did) with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngagliardi-44492a15/
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