Podcasts about Compassion Australia

Renier Van Der Klashorst is updating us with the work of Compassion Australia and teaching what Isaiah has to say about how we might integrate our faith and our works.

The role of women in the church has unfortunately become one of controversy in some places. Guest speaker Tim Hanna takes us through how we engage with Scripture about this topic and where the weight of Scripture leads us. And why it need not be divisive, but rather enhancing for the church. Tim has spent 30 years in local church ministry in Australia, leading local churches in a number of states as well as lecturing at Theological College and in the church leadership space with Willow Creek Australia. He also spent ten years as CEO of Compassion Australia. Since then Tim has been involved in coaching and consulting and is currently the Chairman of Council, of Churches of Christ Queensland. His own experience and opportunities have given him a passion to help leaders flourish in their own leadership roles. Tim is married to Chris and they have nine children, 26 grandchildren and he loves those sometimes crazy, family times. He is also a sports tragic, enjoying most sports, and doesn't mind a good coffee.If you enjoyed this sermon please consider subscribing.CONNECT WITH US Instagram: www.instagram.com/humeridgechurch Facebook: www.facebook.com/humeridgechurch YouTube: www.youtube.com/humeridgechurchHave you made a decision to follow Jesus? Do you have a praise point, or want to request prayer? We would love for you to get in contact with us so we can follow up with you! Please complete the contact form on our website at https://humeridge.church/contact

Sunday 4th May 2025 | Ryan Smith

Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter sit down with Melinda Tankard Reist, Co-Founder and Movement Director of Collective Shout, for a discussion around the recent successful campaign to remove a sexually violent game called “No Mercy” from Steam. Melinda describes how the game allows players to sexually assault your family members and rewards you for doing so. In less than a week, this campaign garnered over 70,000 signatures and over 3,000 emails sent to the CEO of Valve to remove this game. Despite the backlash and threats, Melinda and the team at Collective Shout continue their work to protect women and children from objectification and sexualization. Melinda is an author, speaker, media commentator and campaigner. She is best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books (no. 8 on boundary-setting for girls forthcoming 2025). She co-founded Collective Shout for a world free of sexploitation 15 years ago, and is Movement Director. Melinda is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney and named in the Who's Who of Australian Women and the World Who's Who of Women. In 2024 she was the recipient of the ‘Global Impact Award' presented at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation [CESE] Global Summit in Washington DC. 

Today on Rise and Shine: Compassion Australia CEO Clare Steele discusses the work of Compassion and International Womens DayYour support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus said “I will build my church”, and we have the great privilege of partnering with him to achieve this! How amazing that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the building of His Kingdom. In this sermon we welcome guest speaker, Tim Hanna, who presents three markers of effectiveness in Christ's Church. About Tim: Tim is the current chair of Churches of Christ in Queensland Council. He has spent 30 years in local Church ministry in Australia, leading local Churches in a number of states as well as lecturing at Theological College and in the Church Leadership space with Willow Creek Australia. His last 10 years have been as CEO of Compassion Australia. His own experience and opportunities have given him a passion to help leaders flourish in their own leadership roles and so now Tim is committing himself to this endeavour. Tim is married to Chris and they have nine children and 24 grandchildren. He is a sports tragic, enjoying most sports, and doesn't mind a good coffee! If you enjoyed this sermon please consider subscribing. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: www.instagram.com/humeridgechurch Facebook: www.facebook.com/humeridgechurch YouTube: www.youtube.com/humeridgechurch Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? Do you have a praise point, or want to request prayer? We would love for you to get in contact with us so we can follow up with you! Please complete the contact form on our website at https://humeridge.church/contact

This Sunday we're excited to welcome Dr. Richmond Wandera from Uganda as our guest speaker. Once a sponsor child himself, Richmond has an inspiring story of how his life, and his family's, was transformed through Compassion's child development program at their local church. Now serving as a Senior Pastor, he equips and trains thousands of pastors across East Africa. As a church we currently sponsor two children through our Seeds Kids and XS Youth ministries, and as a combined church community we support over 130 children.

Welcome to Oceans Church Online! We pray you are blessed by the worship and the Word wherever you are listening from! Today we are joined by Emma from Compassion Australia who will let us know what is going on in that area of ministry. Get connected by commenting, reacting and sharing or alternatively follow the link below - we'd love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.oceans.church

Welcome to Oceans Church Online! We pray you are blessed by the worship and the Word wherever you are listening from! Today we are joined by Emma from Compassion Australia who will let us know what is going on in that area of ministry. Get connected by commenting, reacting and sharing or alternatively follow the link below - we'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Oceans Church Online! We pray you are blessed by the worship and the Word wherever you are listening from! Today we are joined by Emma from Compassion Australia who will let us know what is going on in that area of ministry. Get connected by commenting, reacting and sharing or alternatively follow the link below - we'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Oceans Church Online! We pray you are blessed by the worship and the Word wherever you are listening from! Today we are joined by Emma from Compassion Australia who will let us know what is going on in that area of ministry. Get connected by commenting, reacting and sharing or alternatively follow the link below - we'd love to hear from you!

American cartoonist Bil Keane said “Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.” What we do with our time matters to God so we should use it wisely. In this sermon we welcome back Simon Ward from Compassion who speaks about handling the gift of time with care, as well as giving an update on the work of Compassion Australia. Simon Ward is the Church Partnerships Manager for Compassion and former Senior Pastor of Arana Hills Church of Christ. If you enjoyed this sermon please consider subscribing. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: www.instagram.com/humeridgechurch Facebook: www.facebook.com/humeridgechurch YouTube: www.youtube.com/humeridgechurch Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? Do you have a praise point, or want to request prayer? We would love for you to get in contact with us so we can follow up with you! Please complete the contact form on our website at https://humeridge.church/contact

As we continue our journey through the RELEASE series, we dive into the final part—Global Missions. What does it mean to be truly engaged in missions? How does God prepare and send us out into the world to make a difference? We're excited to have Mark Sena from Compassion Australia with us, bringing a powerful message about the heart of global missions and how each of us can play a role in this incredible calling.

Special Guest, Tonya Peters from Compassion Australia.

Clare Steele is the CEO of Compassion Australia. Following a successful business career, Clare has worked for over a decade in Christian ministry, focusing on strategic leadership that enables churches to better serve their communities. She studied Engineering in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at the University of Western Sydney as well as Master of Divinity through Sydney Missionary and Bible College. Listen in to her story!

This is what the Lord says: 'Do what is just and right.' What is the message of Jeremiah 22 for us today?Craig Petty from Compassion Australia shares a message from Jeremiah 22 and encourages us to think of some practical ways to take a step to stablish justice in this world. To catch up on the latest sermons from Deep Creek go to iTunes, Spotify or deepcreekanglican.com and check out the website for more info about whats happening. We are a welcoming and growing multigenerational church in Doncaster East in Melbourne with refreshing faith in Jesus Christ. We think that looks like being life-giving to the believer, surprising to the world, and strengthening to the weary and doubting.

Simon Ward shares encouragement along with some of the important work Compassion is doing in partnership with Burleigh Church of Christ and other Gold Coast churches in Salatiga, Indonesia.

This week we welcome our friends from Compassion Australia to give an update on their work as well as an opportunity to practice generosity through sponsoring a child. Nathan will wrap up our series on generosity with the joy of giving to the poor and vulnerable. We can't wait to welcome you, worship with you, and open the Word together. See you Sunday at 10:00!

Ps Will Hall from Compassion Australia joins us today to share an amazing message around how righteous anger leads to healing and positive change.

On today's show we celebrate International Womens Day with Chelse from Compassion Australia plus Pastor Warren delivers one of his bes raps yet! plus Spin It or Bin It and lots moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you would like more information about Paradox Church please visit www.paradox.church

by Simon Ward on the 1st October 2023

Twenty-two million people are now in dire need in Myanmar following the 2021 coup. The southern African country of Zambia is in a similar situation. They are among the countries where the aid organisation Compassion Australia is starting new projects.

Mark Sena shares about Compassion Australia and Understanding The Presence of God.

Clare Steele, the CEO of Compassion Australia is an inspiring leader driven by a profound passion for building futures for people that defy imagination. In this conversation, we delve into crucial aspects of leadership; from the significance of attentive listening, embracing the fear of failure and promoting diversity. Clare also shares her insights on the leaders who have inspired her own journey and offers valuable advice for finding balance in life.If you would like to access more information on the topics covered in this episode, please follow the below links: Mind Street website - https://mindstreet.com.au/ Mind Street LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/74162507

We’re talking to Compassion Australia about new ways Sponsors connect with children and families they are supporting in the developing world.Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're building a recruitment business, you might want to consider replacing the 360 degree “full desk” model with a 120-120-120 model.   In this fascinating interview, Pree Sarkar shares why he believes it's easier to scale a recruitment business with a 120 degree model. You'll hear how it gives his firm a competitive advantage in the market. Plus, Pree reveals their entire end-to-end recruitment process including the KPIs and metrics of a successful search firm leveraging the 120 business model.    You'll be inspired by Pree's story of resilience, from losing his job during the Great Financial Crisis to starting a successful recruitment company and making a positive impact locally and globally.    Pree Sarkar is the Founder and Director of Switch Recruitment, specializing in recruiting for start-ups and SaaS companies in the APAC region. LinkedIn rated him as a Top 1% Recruiter, Amazon rated his book Switch, a #1 bestseller in Careers and Job Hunting and he is a member of The Pinnacle Society, a select group of industry-leading recruiters globally.   Episode Outline and Highlights   [02:05] From losing his job to launching a recruitment business. [05:02] Key inflection points in the road to recruitment business success.  [10:47] Building trust from scratch when nobody has heard of you or your company. [15:14] Transitioning from being a generalist to a niche specialist.  [18:30] Why it is essential to focus on your strengths and hire others to complement your weaknesses. [22:02] Pree describes Switch's building phase and how it has evolved.  [25:08] What is the 120-120-120 team model? [29:30] Discussion on incentives, metrics, and KPIs in the 120-degree model. [32:00] Pree shares their end-to-end recruitment process in detail. [38:30] Giving back to the community - sponsoring a child with every placement.  [46:34] How Pree became a thought leader and trusted advisor in New South Wales. [54:50] Pree shares the backstory of his best-selling book, Switch.   Inflection Points Leading to Recruitment Business Success   Pree shares an amazing story on how he got into the recruitment business. On the eve of the Great Financial Crisis, he ended up losing his job. Determined to provide for his family, he believed that from that point onward that no matter how dark it was, serendipity can change the course of his life.    The first three months were really hard with two kids under five while being a single-income family. They had just recently purchased a house, and they had to break open the piggy bank in order to survive. I am sure you will be amazed at how one thing led to another for Pree, which can be attributed to his mindset and resilience.    There are four distinct inflection points in his journey that he elaborated on:   Learning how to listen with empathy to solve problems. Learning to sell. Learning to lead. Learning to build.   Experiencing difficulties first hand moved Pree to give back to the community by means of sponsoring  a child for every placement. They currently sponsor 21 children across the planet and provide food, medication, clothing, and education through their partnership with Watoto and Compassion Australia.    Why Pree Believes the 120 Degree Model Is More Effective   In discussing how Pree built Switch Recruitment, we covered the topic of Switch's 120-120-120 model, which they find more effective than a 360 model. Pree believes that recruiters must have situational awareness in three areas: who are the companies, what are the jobs, and who are the candidates? With this in mind, there should be team effort involving:   A researcher who lives and breathes all the data and information. A recruiter who is speaking to 20+ candidates all day, every day. An account manager who solely focuses on the client ecosystem.   This minimized risks for everyone on the team as the specialization allows each person to embrace their skills and build expertise. Part of Switch's value proposition is that they offer a “relay race” with three recruiters working on each project resulting in faster placements.    How to Build Your Reputation as a Trusted Advisor   A series of events lead to Pree becoming a trusted advisor in his industry - to the point of being recognized by the Australian government and publishing his book, “Switch”. To summarize, Pree likes having conversations with executives, listening to their problems, and genuinely wanting to solve them even if it may or may not result in a transaction. These conversations built the foundation for him to be more visible, and lead to him published his book, Switch: Stand Out, Get The Right Job And Accelerate Your Career.   When the pandemic hit, the book was really timely as a lot of people needed help. Pree shipped 200 copies of the book for free, and they ran 40 workshops and recorded an online course. They then approached companies offering outplacement support for employees who were losing their job. This lead to Pree being awarded a Certificate of Outstanding Service by the New South Wales Government.   Our Sponsors   This podcast is proudly sponsored by i-intro and Recruitment Entrepreneur.   i-intro® is an end-to-end retained recruitment platform. Their technology and methodology allow recruiters to differentiate themselves from the competition, win more retained business, bigger fees, and increase their billings. Their software combined with world-class training enables you to transition from transactional, contingency recruiter to consultative, retained recruiter. Instead of being perceived as a “me too” vendor, you'll be positioned as a “me only” solutions provider. Be sure to mention Mark Whitby or The Resilient Recruiter. Book your free, no-obligation consultation here: www.recruitmentcoach.com/retained Recruitment Entrepreneur is the world's leading Private Equity firm specializing in the international recruitment industry. If you've dreamed of starting, scaling, and selling your recruitment business, this is your chance. James Caan and his team at Recruitment Entrepreneur are actively seeking ambitious recruiters in who they can invest. They provide everything you need to grow a successful recruitment business including funding, financial expertise, coaching and mentoring, operational strategy, back-office support, marketing, and talent attraction solutions. Be sure to mention Mark Whitby or The Resilient Recruiter. Start a conversation here: https://www.recruitmentcoach.com/vc   Pree Sarkar Bio and Contact Info   Pree Sarkar is an executive recruiter and career coach. LinkedIn rated him in the Top 1% of Recruiters for Search Excellence and Talent Pipelining. Prior to recruitment, he was a top-performing account executive and sales director with Fortune 500 companies, including Xerox and FedEx.   Since 2008 he has been advising leaders and professionals at global technology companies and pre-IPO start-ups to help them build winning teams and great careers.   Pree on LinkedIn Switch Recruitment website link Switch book, by Pree Sarkar   Connect with Mark Whitby Get your FREE 30-minute strategy call Mark on LinkedIn Mark on Twitter: @MarkWhitby Mark on Facebook Mark on Instagram: @RecruitmentCoach   Subscribe to The Resilient Recruiter  

This week we have the privilege of welcoming the crew from Compassion Australia to share with us what's been happening in the world since their last visit in 2021. If you haven't had the chance to sponsor a child, now is the time! You can follow this link for more information. Sponsor a Child | Compassion Australia Even though we're meeting in a different time and location this week, we are still one church family gathering for worship. Tyson will be preaching from Luke 17, all about Jesus's heart of compassion.

Melinda Tankard Reist ( www.melindatankardreist.com) is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for young people. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray) and Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade (Spinifex Press, co-edited with Dr Caroline Norma).  An opinion writer, Melinda has appeared on ABC's Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, HagarNZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation, Melinda is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. Melinda is named in the Who's Who of Australian Women and the World Who's Who of Women. Her most recent book is He Chose Porn Over Me.

by Simon Ward on the 25th September 2022

Steve Scrimgeour from Compassion Australia shares his passion to see children and nations transformed and challenges us to love well.

Elevate Church partnering with Compassion Australia to turn poverty into power

About the message: This year, we are focusing on going missional as a church and today we have the privilege of having Amit from Compassions Australia to share with us on being awaken to God's missional cause. Join us in releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name by partnering with Compassion through child sponsorships! Join us in releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Sermon Notes: https://fcc.live/?sermon=143 Partner with Compassion Australia today! bit.ly/FCCForm Read the latest copy of our missions Newsletter http://tiny.cc/FCCMissionsNews If you are new here or have a question/prayer request: https://fcc.live/?tab=8

Amit Khaira works with Compassion in Perth, WA. Amit has been very involved with the birthing of “Movement day” and other such initiatives. He shares with Charlie from Exponential Australia, about a concept called GeoNetworking (Geographical Networking), and how churches can pray, serve, and disciple out of the recognised needs of communities and cities. https://exponential.org.au/

27.2.2022 Compassion Australia have a missional mandate to see children around to world set free from cycles of poverty. They do this by bringing the love and Gospel of Jesus, as well as establishing holistic and practical development programs on the ground in the nations. With special guest, Matt Han from Compassion Australia.

In times like these it's easy to believe hope is in short supply. Where do we find hope in the midst of so much uncertainty? In this sermon we are pleased to welcome back Tim Hanna to HumeRidge who will explore the real hope that comes from a new life with Jesus and the fresh eyes required to find this hope during the difficulties of life. About Tim: Tim currently works coaching, mentoring and consulting with leaders, churches and organisations, having recently transitioned from the role of CEO Compassion Australia, in which he served for 10 years. Prior to that, Tim pastored three churches over 30 years in three different states of Australia, the last being Gateway Baptist Church in Brisbane. He taught at Australian College of Ministries (ACOM) and was CEO of Willow Creek Australia for 18 months. Tim has also taken up a part-time position with Churches of Christ in Queensland working in their Church and Community Engagement Team to further improve the Churches of Christ movement in Queensland. Married to Chris, they raised 9 children and have 25 grandchildren at the latest count. Tim is a bit of a sports tragic, having played a lot of Aussie rules footy, cricket and tennis. He studied Economics at University, and later gained a Bachelor of Theology through the Melbourne College of Divinity and his Doctor of Ministry at Fuller Seminary in the US. He has a passion for leaders, churches and organisations to flourish and make the best impact they can for the Kingdom of God. If you enjoyed this sermon please consider subscribing. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: www.instagram.com/humeridgechurch Facebook: www.facebook.com/humeridgechurch YouTube: www.youtube.com/humeridgechurch If you would like prayer, want to share a good report/praise point, or give to the ministries at HR head to: humeridge.church/sunday If you have made a decision to follow Jesus, we would love to follow up with you. Please let us know by texting 0417 201 215. For more information about HumeRidge Church visit: www.humeridge.church

Welcome back to Perko's Podcast!Well, today on the podcast we are doing something a little bit different than we would usually do. Part of what I do beyond recording podcasts is coaching leaders through various exercises that help them to reach their goals without losing their souls. My friend Sidhara Udalagama was kind enough to let me facilitate one of these exercises for her called a Life Manifesto. A life manifesto is the exercise of prayer and thought to develop wording around how you want to live your one and only life. I thought that since we are approaching a new year when most of us typically evaluate and set goals for the next 365 days that this would be a great exercise to share with you. My friend Sid is an amazing speaker, creative and corporate consultant. Sid grew up in Sri Lanka but spent her adult years in England working in full time ministry after graduating with an MSc in Occupational Psychology.  Sid is currently working with Compassion Australia which is a fantastic organisation and you will hear more about her work shortly.Sid is passionate about people fulfilling their God given potential in this world and becoming all that they were created to be. Both her roles in the church and corporate world enable her to outwork this passion. She is a powerful and gifted communicator of God's Word and loves that the Bible has the power to change lives.Sidhara is married to her husband Dev and enjoys eating, traveling the world and repeating those two things... preferably together.Contact Jason:hello@jasonperkoperkins.comInstagram: @jasonperkoperkinsTwitter: @perkosplaceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonperkoperkins/https://linktr.ee/jasonperkoperkinsIf you like what you hear, feel free to share this episode with a friend! We would also love if you would share this episode on your social media and tag us so we can connect with you or leave a review!We want to continue to bring you content that will help you reach your strategic goals without losing your soul for years to come.

Welcome back to Perko's Podcast!Well, today on the podcast we are doing something a little bit different than we would usually do. Part of what I do beyond recording podcasts is coaching leaders through various exercises that help them to reach their goals without losing their souls. My friend Sidhara Udalagama was kind enough to let me facilitate one of these exercises for her called a Life Manifesto. A life manifesto is the exercise of prayer and thought to develop wording around how you want to live your one and only life. I thought that since we are approaching a new year when most of us typically evaluate and set goals for the next 365 days that this would be a great exercise to share with you. My friend Sid is an amazing speaker, creative and corporate consultant. Sid grew up in Sri Lanka but spent her adult years in England working in full time ministry after graduating with an MSc in Occupational Psychology.  Sid is currently working with Compassion Australia which is a fantastic organisation and you will hear more about her work shortly.Sid is passionate about people fulfilling their God given potential in this world and becoming all that they were created to be. Both her roles in the church and corporate world enable her to outwork this passion. She is a powerful and gifted communicator of God's Word and loves that the Bible has the power to change lives.Sidhara is married to her husband Dev and enjoys eating, traveling the world and repeating those two things... preferably together.Contact Jason:hello@jasonperkoperkins.comInstagram: @jasonperkoperkinsTwitter: @perkosplaceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonperkoperkins/https://linktr.ee/jasonperkoperkinsIf you like what you hear, feel free to share this episode with a friend! We would also love if you would share this episode on your social media and tag us so we can connect with you or leave a review!We want to continue to bring you content that will help you reach your strategic goals without losing your soul for years to come.

We're getting an update on the good work of Compassion Australia, the generosity of Australians and the rise in global poverty. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robbo & Becci caught up with Murray Webb, from Compassion Australia, to explore their 'Gifts of Compassion' Christmas Catalogue... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clare Steele is the CEO of Compassion Australia and has worked for over a decade in Christian ministry, following a successful business career. As both a professional and a mother, she has a passion for helping vulnerable children living in poverty and encouraging families in their walk with Christ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clare Steele is the CEO of Compassion Australia and has worked for over a decade in Christian ministry, following a successful business career. As both a professional and a mother, she has a passion for helping vulnerable children living in poverty and encouraging families in their walk with Christ.

Meet Rodney, Christian music DJ for 25 years in Perth, who discovered his true passion working with Compassion Ministries eight years ago. WATCH ON YOUTUBE Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia. "I work full time for Compassion Australia, releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name." He has crossed Australia 6 times by bike as well as cycling in Canada and making two trips to cycle in India. In this episode Rodney shares stories of those travels as well as the reasons behind the journeys. He plans to cycle across Australia again in September 2022 with up to 30 other bicyclists, a documentary video crew, and a support team of 12. It will take a month to cross from the Indian Ocean in Perth to New South Wales on the Pacific Ocean. Support this epic journey across Australia for children in need. Ride for Compassion sees cyclists and support crew take to the road to help raise money for vulnerable children living in poverty. What is Coast to Coast? The ride will be a one-month, 4,000km journey from Perth to Newcastle in September/October where cyclists ride from the beautiful beaches of Western Australia, across the rugged Nullarbor, to the bustling east coast city of Newcastle. Each cyclist undertakes extensive training before the event, pays for their on-road costs, and raises funds for the work of Compassion. How can you help? You can help by sponsoring a child or donating to help meet the urgent needs of Compassion assisted children who are facing unthinkable hardships. This can include those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, children whose parents have left, died, or unable to provide for them, children exposed to exploitation and children with special needs. Business Sponsorships Have your business's logo on the cyclists' jerseys by sponsoring the Ride. Your support will help cover the costs of this special event. To express interest please contact Rodney Olsen at rolsen@compassion.com.au With the worldwide pandemic, poverty around the world has risen dramatically. The team is aiming to raise $600,000 and see 150 children sponsored from Africa, Asia, Central and South America and around the world. Will you be part of this incredible impact? How you can help right now http://www.RideForCompassion.com Why has Rodney dedicated his entire life to this work? For children living in extreme poverty. "I had quite an experience back during the 2008 global recession, seeing Compassion at work first hand. Our group had to be evacuated from Haiti during food riots. That's what convinced me to speak out on behalf of those living in poverty." Two years before the devastating Haiti earthquake he witnessed parents feeding their children a mixture of water, oil and dirt, creating mud pies so they wouldn't feel hungry. The price of food went up so high that poor families had no money to buy food. The government was not helpful and riots broke out in the streets of Port-au-Prince creating an extremely treacherously dangerous run to the airport. The city was on fire. He and his team barely escaped with their lives. Learn more at Rodney's podcast Rodney Olsen hosts inspirational guests who are kicking against the darkness until it bleeds daylight. Hear from people who are making this world a better place. https://www.bleedingdaylight.net/

How did it come to this: the pornification of our society? Our children and youth now contend with peer sexual assault and sexual harassment at growing rates and disturbingly young ages. This week Jonathan sits down with Melinda Tankard Reist of Collective Shout for a very honest conversation about the widespread sexual dysfunction of our age and its catastrophic consequences for our children. Melinda is a co-founder and movement director of Collective Shout, a grassroots campaigns movement for a world free of sexploitation in all its forms. Melinda is author/editor of six books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009) and Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray). Melinda has appeared on ABC's Q&A and The Gruen Sessions and many other TV and radio programs. She is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. Melinda's recent article on ABC Religion & Ethics is called "Why “consent” doesn't stand a chance against porn culture."

Originally from the Blue Mountains, Clare studied a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at the University of Western Sydney before also earning her Master of Divinity from Sydney Missionary & Bible College. She had a diverse career working in corporates like Accenture and Macquarie Bank as well as in local preschools and churches before starting as the CEO of Compassion Australia in 2020. Immediately before taking up the position with Compassion, Clare was the Chief Operating Officer of Anglican Deaconess Ministries, a role she held for three and a half years. Clare is married with three children.

Do you believe your workplace culture is linked to your organization's outcomes? Today we discuss why it is important to keep your culture in focus with five specific steps that Compassion Australia uses to build a healthy workplace. Deborah Adams is Executive Director for Compassion Australia. Through its Child Sponsorship Program, more than 2 million people are currently being released from poverty in Jesus' name. As Executive Director of Ministry Services, Deb is all about managing and guiding Compassion Australia's workplace culture to advance and fulfill Compassion's ministry goals and priorities. Deb, welcome to the Flourishing Culture Podcast. Find full show notes here https://www.bcwinstitute.org/podcast/deborah-adams-5-steps-culture/