Farewells And Dave Ferguson Tour

Innovate

HAMMOND’S FAREWELL 2009 NSW AND VICTORIA PLUS DAVE & SUE FERGUSON’S AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Maria (Kim behind the camera)Hammond & their three boys, Lachlan, Carter & Jordan at St Kilda beach.

We would love you to join us at several key events before we go! Farewell isn’t goodbye it is just see you in a few years. As we come to the last stages of planning & preparation for moving overseas, we are keen to connect with as many friends as we can before we go. Having transitioned out of the team leader role at the Junction, we feel we have more space for connecting with people. (though packing is getting busy!) We are really excited about our move to the States. We have made some good friends there like Mike Katzenberger from LA, the team leader of Emmaus, the community where Alan and Debbie belong. We chat every couple of weeks & originally we thought that is where we would be working. While taking the role at CCC in Chicago, Mike has

Mark Conner, Lead Pastor at Citylife Church, Melbourne.

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continued to become a close friend & we will spend one week with him, Dana & Ed, the leaders from Emmaus, when we first land in America. (9th-16th December) This week will be important for our family as we would have just flown 14 hours, finished school & said goodbye to friends & family. Sold our car, TV & couch, rented our house & lived out of a suitcase for two months. I will hit the ground running in Chicago with my 20 hr a week role & so we wanted one week off in LA before we entered the snow conditions of Chicago. We have also made a real connection with several of the key staff at CCC. Eric Metcalf & Bill Barton are two good mates. Pat Masek is so much like Helen Crothers, my mother in law, it’s SO scary. She has done so much work in getting us to America, I am not sure how we can ever repay her. Also the

Warners who have opened their home.I am really excited to think that there are people I love here in our country who will get to meet Dave Ferguson. (See last page for Dave’s Bio) He is one of the most outstanding leaders & church planters in America. I am amazed by how many key leaders here in Australia have connected with Dave or have read “The Big Idea.” I hope you can make the trip to Newcastle to connect with Dave at Innovate 09 in November or one of our Melbourne farewells.

Much love Kim, Maria, Lachlan, Carter & Jordan

While I was in Chicago in January 2009 I found out that Mark Conner and Phil Baker had been in contact with Dave Ferguson. They were both very interested in bringing Dave out to Australia to minister in their churches. After spending a weekend with the staff at CCC I came back to Australia & began to coordinate between CCC & Citylife. Mark was keen to to have Dave spend time with Citylife’s entire staff around some of the multi site and multiplying methods from CCCC. Oz Reach in NSW founded & lead by Kevin Wilcock will host Dave & Sue in Newcastle for the Innovate conference. Then Mark has Dave Ferguson with his entire staff for two days in Melbourne. Then he will preach at The Winepress (AOG) in Berwick before flying home.

innovate Friday 13th-14th November Newcastle A conference for pastors, church planters & leaders who want to be challenged to think and act innovatively. Life Church Newcastle is one Australia’s most innovative churches doing evangelism to the rich & the poor. From their “Soul Cafe” which feeds hundreds of people each week to their “Soap Box Nights” where professional acts like James Morrison preform in front of hundreds of people for charity. Read Dave’s BIO (last page) & see he is one of the most influential leaders today.

Fri 13th

Sat 14th

Sun 15th

9 am Registration 9: 30 am Welcome & Worship 10 am Dave Ferguson 11 am Break 11:30 am Kevin Wilcock Lunch

9:30 am Welcome & Worship 10 am Dave Ferguson 11 am Break 11: 30 am Kim Hammond * 12:30 p.m Lunch

10 am Life Church, Newcastle. Dave Ferguson will be sharing.

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Senior Ministers Lunch. Must prebook & pay by October 13th. 10 spots. Lunch with Dave Ferguson. Cost $100 all food and wine included. Carrington Place, the Drayton’s room. Conference Attendees only.

*Commissioning of The Hammond's to America by Kevin and leaders & love offering taken up

6 p.m South Coast City Church Thirroul. (Wollongong) Dave Ferguson will be sharing.

Art Expo 5:30 p.m Collection of local artists for exhibit & sale. 7 p.m Open Night. Dave Ferguson.

Registration is essential [email protected] Ph: 02 4961 0212 Donna at Life church. An Oz reach event.

$60 Rego $20 for Lunches. (Friday & Saturday) Child minding available

Farewell Dates to mark in your diary. 14th of Nov,Sat morning 11:30 am. Session & lunch after: Newcastle. We are excited to be able to put on three farewells. One will be in NSW at the Innovate oz reach conference. Oz reach is the network of Churches that the Junction is a part of. Those who can make the trip to Newcastle and be at the Innovate conference can join in some of the celebrations and the NSW farewell. The Oz reach conferences are always heaps of fun, relaxed and a very inspiring, practical time for pastors and leaders. I have been to every single one in the last five years.

21st of November,Saturday night 8 p.m. Melbourne. (Adults only,kids sat please) 2 Cantala court Endevour Hills, Swains house. The Swains have opened their home for us & are hosting our Melbourne Farewell. We will make this an adult party with supper and BYO alcohol. Come & enjoy some wine and nibbles as well as good company.

Sunday 29th 11.00 a.m family picnic. Melbourne. Cardinia Reservoir Park, Duffys Rd, Narre Warren East.  Meet at the big playground for a family friendly lunch. BYO Picnic lunch (Wood fire BBQs at the park), Bring sports equipment, chairs, rugs etc... This is one of our favorite picnic spots in Melbourne. A massive kids playground for all ages, Shelter (If you get their early enough) acres to kick the footy or play cricket) At certain times of the day herds of Kangaroos come out, it is the most magnificent site.

Sunday 22nd The Winepress Berwick AOG Church 40 Intrepid Street Berwick 3806. 9 am, 11 am and 5 p.m. Dave Ferguson will be speaking at all three services. At the 5 p.m Sunday night service Arthur Cherry will pray for the Hammond’s being sent from Australia to America to work. This is a good service to come and hear Dave Ferguson if you haven’t been able to make any of the other events.

Support raising for part time Salary. Support will go directly to our salary. Deposit your funds into YFC Australia   Please clearly mark Kim Hammond  on all transactions as well as your initials.   YFC BANKING DETAILS ARE:  BSB: 013-225 Acct no: 2554 51321 email: [email protected] phone: 03 9807 4111 for info/receipts. We will always be part of the YFC tribe in some way & value their ongoing support & relationship.

Dave Ferguson.

Hammond’s wish list: We only need 20 more sponsors who can give $20 a week to meet our target budget for full time salary. !. Suitable water proof snow clothes. Chicago in Winter has minus 40 degree windchill. Coming from an Australian Summer to an American Winter, we will need to purchase jackets, pants and boots that can cope with the rain, snow and cold. 2. Bunk Beds and a Queen bed for us. The Warners apartment is fully self contained. We don’t need to purchase anything except beds.

“Dave is one of the most innovative and genuine world leaders I have ever met.” (Kim Hammond) Dave Ferguson is a founding pastor of Community Christian Church; an innovative multi-site missional church with nine locations locally that have grown in average attendance from 5 to over 5,000 since it's beginning 19 years ago. CCC empowers over 800 lay leaders to oversee differencemaking ministry throughout Chicago-land.

“to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches relentlessly dedicated to helping people find their way back to God.” Dave is the visionary and Movement Leader for the New Thing Network www.newthing.org whose passion is “to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches relentlessly dedicated to helping people find their way back to God.” Dave is also an adjunct professor at Wheaton College Graduate School where he teaches a course on “Planting and Growing Reproducing Churches” in the evangelism and leadership department. In the last couple years Dave has spoken at main sessions in front of tens of thousands of church leaders at

events both nationally and internationally including the Exponential Conferences (3,000), Saddleback Summit (5,000), MultiSite Church Conferences (400-800), Onnuri Leadership Conferences (18,000), North American Christian Convention (4,000), ChurchPlanters.com Conference (500), Sticky Church Conference (500), National Outreach Convention (2,000) and more. He also serves as the President of the Exponential Conference (the largest church planting conference in America) www.exponentialconference.com and on the National Board of Directors for the Exponential Network. Dave is one of the founders and board members for the Institute for Community. "www.instituteforcommunity.org" After earning a B.A in Christian Ministries from Lincoln Christian College he graduated with a M.A. from Wheaton Graduate School. Dave is the co-author of The BIG IDEA – Focus the Message, Maximize the Impact published by Zondervan in 2007.

Check out the latest from Dave on his blog: www.daveferguson.org" or follow him at: www. twitter.com/ daveferguson

3. A car that would make New York. One of the amazing leaders & our good friend Bill Barton has offered his spare car for us. This is great news for running around Chicago, I am praying for something newer for longer road trips. 4. One way flight from LA to Chicago. We have paid for our return flights from Melbourne to LA, plus insurance. The one other major expense we are yet to cover is LA to Chicago-$1200 for all of us. 5. That our Visa application be successful. We have worked so hard to get to where we are today. Interviews & stacks of paperwork,saving & raising money. This next appointment is the main one we are waiting on for the green-light on the Visa.

Keep in Contact with us web: www.kimhammond.com Twitter: www.twitter/kimhammond.com email kim: [email protected] email Maria: [email protected] Community Christian Church. Ph:00 11 1630-388-5000 Address: 1635 Emerson Lane Naperville, IL 60540 web: www.communitychristian.org/ We will be based at Plainfield living in Paul & Katy Warners apartment. We will have the option of moving into the city nine months later. We will be working 20 hours at CCC as the director of Missional Leadership & the other 20 hours preaching & teaching around America. We plan to support Alan Hirsch’s ministry.