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I was thinking the other day about this thought…. Who is the next you????

 I remember not too long ago one of my leaders Beci ( Dave Wakerley’s wife ), was talking to another leader in the kids department and this girl was talking about all these ideas and plans who on her team can do what… and then Beci just said.. you know what thats great, but who is the next you??? who are you raising up to take your place????

I was challenged when I heard this and then I kind of put it back on the shelf to think about on another day. Well that day came and now im posting about it. I am quite blessed to have a few amazing interns that work with Voltage on the city side of Hillsong Church and my goal is raise them up to be amazing leaders no matter what area of church life they go to, but I never thought about who will be the next me…

At Hillsong in some of my classes we talk about our Timothy’s and who we are raising up, I just never took it to the next step, which is, who will be taking my place???? Paul raised to up Timothy and I need to raise up someone so I can move onto the next thing and move onto what God has called me to do. I recon God doesn’t want us to stay where we are. He always wants us to move up and keep growing. So who is the next you????? It’s a good thing to think about and I encourage you to do so. Until next time….

MV

why is it that you always seem to meet with God in the desert place????

I was just thinking about on of our worship songs at hillsong called desert song, and it made me think about where I am right now, and all the things going on around me and how I am just trying to meet with God and have an encounter. I want hear from him so bad right now. I want him to tell me what’s going on and tell me what’s next…. One thing I am sure of is that there is a mountain top on it’s way!!!

My thought for you and me right now is why don’t we desire to have these encounters with God when we are on the mountain??? How do we run out of the desert, go up the mountain and stay there with our encounters and our wanting to meet with God??? I think there are many answers to this question.

One is creativity- find your own way to meet with God.. Who says it has to be a prayer and a verse, or 10 minutes in the morning??? Love God and do what you want

Two is consistantcy- day in day out, meet with God and don’t get familiar

Three is devotion- if you are devoted to a sport you will practice that all the time to be the best you can, and you won’t practice the same stuff, the excersises change. That’s kinda like us with God, it doesn’t need to look the same everday, this isn’t religion it’s relationship!!! We can do different things each day and make us more rounded and better at meeting with God!!!

These are my thoughts…. I love the ride!!!!

MV

Leaders make the difference in every aspect of church life. I think about where I would be without the people on my team especially the 4 that oversee the 8 of our voltage services. Leaders bring vision, they bring direction, they bring atmosphere…. They bring everything that makes something attractive!! Without the leaders I have we would not be able to minister to the kids in the way we do and have the influence that is needed to change the generations.

Pastor Brian has been talking about a culture of encouragment and I always want to be a leader who encourages because that encouagment might be the thing that sparks a new idea in a leader or the thing that takes a leader to the next level. Let’s always be leaders and people who encourage and walk along side people because we never know what our encouragment will do in peoples lives!!!

… On that note let me take a moment and encourage a few people… Jade, jb, Nickey, and Ian. You guys are amazing and I hope you know how much you mean to our kids minitry!!! You guys seriously are the best and I am blessed to be doing this journey with you all!!!! All my voltage peeps, are amazing and I love you all!!!!!!!

Well the Hillsong Kids team just got back from a conference for Kids pastors and leaders, and WOW!!!! it was an incredible week!!! We took some of our key team down to Melbourne to check this conference out and let me tell you that we all left changed and stirred up on the inside. Watch out Hillsong Kids… things are about change!!! we are going to see God do some mighty works in our kids’ lives and I am so ready for it!!!

 Just want to give a quick shout to Rob Bradbury who is the National Director of Kids R’ Us in Australia, and the key speaker Glen Berteau. They were absolutely phenomenal and spoke so deep into our lives, and I just wanted to take a second and appreciate them. If want to see what the week looked like click here. Thats all for now, more to come in a little bit… Til then

 MV

Well…. where to begin… My little sister and one of my best friends got engaged {not to each other}, on the same night!!! I was a bit shocked because of the events leading up to the moment I found out. It was crazy to hear my little sister is getting married… Anyway that was quite the surprise!!! Congratulations to the two couples and I will be back in the country for the weddings…. Love is in the air…..

MV

I heard from a wise old soul once that passion speaks louder than words… When someone is passionate about something it has the power to move you and potentially change you. I was thinking about this the other day when a friend of mine was telling me about all these ideas that were amazing. I was not completely into it all, but when they were telling me about their ideas something came over me, it was like something had crawled out of them and hopped in my car and all the sudden I am pumped about everything they are saying and I want to help. It was amazing that this thing inside of them could catch me and move me from the way I first thought.

I wonder how this works with us???  In our lives…. How passionate are we about the things in our world??? Do we express it. It made me think that I want to catch what friend had and transfer it to the things that I love in my life. It got me excited and moved me to a place where I want to do something and pumped about the things in my life, and my ministry and hopefully give it to someone else as they get passionate about the things in their life… WOW…. If we all do that it might get a little silly, but what a way to live!!!! passionate and loving God and life. Think about that, I’m out… Til next time…..

MV

WOW!!!!! That is about all I can say about Kidsong World. It was an unbelievable week!!!! So many kids impacted and lives changed!! It was a complete honour and privilege to serve our kids and watch God do BIG things in their lives.

This year was our first year with the Voltage age group and it went off the chain!!! Hundreds of pre-teens gathering and being molded by God, it was unforgettable and there are so many testimonies to go with the week. I am going to share one of the stories before i close this message…

I quickly want to give a shout out for every volunteer who passionately served the church and made conference the success that it was!!! Everyone who served in Voltage THANK YOU!!!!! you are amazing and the kids will never forget what you did in their lives!!! I want to give a personal shout out to… Kat, Tiago, Matt, Mel, Madison, Joe, JB, Andy, and most importantly Hannah, Thanks for all you guys did and without you I dont know what would have happened, you guys are amazing and have a big future!!!

….Well its about time for a story… there are soooo many to tell, but this one that I am going to share is especially touching because it connects with my heart and is the reason I do what I do… There is a girl in the city campus who brought her friend to Voltage for conference and she was not a Christian. The first night they walked in and my friend… lets call her…. Sandra???…. Sandra walked in with her friend from school and went to our table where we have our ask God and thank you Gods, Well Sandra asked her friend if she wanted to fill one out and she said no, well they moved on and continued into the program…. That night Nathan was preaching, and Sandra’s friend got saved!!! This was the first night and boom!! Well later on that night Sandra’s friend went up to the ask God and thank you God table and wrote some prayer requests for her family to get saved and her Dad to get healed, and it was amazing!!!!! That is why I do what I do!!!! Sandra brought her friend and because that step of faith and courage to ask her friend to come, her friend got saved and now her family will be changed and I can’t wait to hear more about that!!!! It excites me sooo much…. Anyway… There will be some pictures coming shortly, but thats all for now, Thanks for stopping by!!!! Til next time

MV

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AMERICA….. I am missing the parties, the food, and the fireworks, but I am sure they are missing me as well.

….. From the other side of the world have a great 4th of July!!!!!!!

MV

We are only a few days out from our annual conference and wow is it exciting!!!!! We as a Children’s ministry will see a few thousand kids from ages 0 - 12 and we have an epic week planned to impact and change this generation. I oversee the preteen ministry for this conference and I am so stoked to see what God is going to do in these kids lives!!!!

I might not be  posting much over the next few day, but I am sure that i will have heaps of stories and testimonies of what God is going to do over this week. Make sure you check back in a few days and if your lucky you might get some of the inside scoop of Kidsong World 08…. Until next time, Peace

MV

I thought I would take this moment to share one of my favourite quotes… “worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere”… Oh the lessons I have learned from my cinematic adventures!!!