‘Hold up your right hand,’ I told a group recently. ‘Now touch your palm with your ring finger … but keep the other fingers pointing up.’ The young ones looked at me like I’d asked them to solve quantum physics before breakfast.
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Jordan Moore first sensed a call to ministry when she was a teenager, and that call has continued to grow through each season of her life – from youth group and camping ministry to living overseas, theological study, motherhood and serving her congregation.
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The LCANZ’s Local Mission Fund is entering its second year, with projects from its first two funding rounds now underway across the church. Established in 2024, the fund provides grants that help congregations, schools and agencies develop new ways to share the gospel and serve their communities.
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Typewriter fingers and flying thumbs: a communicator’s view of change
‘Hold up your right hand,’ I told a group recently. ‘Now touch your palm with your ring finger … but keep the other fingers pointing up.’ The young ones looked at me like I’d asked them to solve quantum physics before breakfast.
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A call nurtured through every season
Jordan Moore first sensed a call to ministry when she was a teenager, and that call has continued to grow through each season of her life – from youth group and camping ministry to living overseas, theological study, motherhood and serving her congregation.
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Local Mission Fund enters second year
The LCANZ’s Local Mission Fund is entering its second year, with projects from its first two funding rounds now underway across the church. Established in 2024, the fund provides grants that help congregations, schools and agencies develop new ways to share the gospel and serve their communities.
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