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We believe healthy pastors and leaders create healthy families churches and communities.
Being a pastor or leader of a church has always been a challenging vocation, however there are a number of issues in our modern world that are making good men and women feel unsustainable in their pastor or leadership roles. Senior leaders face a complexity of roles cultural pressures and lack of margin for self-care.
ABOUT
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My name is Roz Zaia, I am on the State Executive team and I oversee Pastors Health. ACC NSW / ACT offers three strategies to keep you emotionally healthy:
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A visit from our State Pastoral Team
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Mentoring
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Supervision
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Please read the information below, listen to the videos, meet our leaders, read the testimonials and contact us. Here’s to running the race and finishing strong.
STATE PASTORAL TEAM
The State Pastoral Team is made up of married couples and individuals who have had life experience, fruitful ministries and leadership roles in ACC. These couples create a safe place where senior leaders and their partners, over a meal or coffee, can share honestly about life, leadership, family, failures and successes. A pastoral couple has been appointed to each region.
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Caleb and Renee Dwyer oversee this team.
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MENTORING
Our State Executive are committed to our leaders, so we have developed a mentoring program for our pastors. Sometimes we can get stuck in an area of our life and, with a mentor’s guidance, we can unlock that area which brings benefit to ourselves and all those around us.
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Mentoring is an opportunity for an individual to meet with someone who has wisdom and experience, and it provides a safe, supportive environment for personal and professional growth and development. It is predominately about finding a good relational mentoring match that assists the individual to gain insight into their current situations and work together to reach the goals of the individual.
Our mentors will work with pastors and leaders from a holistic approach, looking at spiritual, emotional and mental health, and with a focus on sustainable leadership. The first session is free, allowing you time to decide whether it is the right fit for both of you.Following this you can sign up for six sessions of approx. 1 hour per session, at the cost of $50 per session.
Susan Marcuccio oversees our mentoring program, she can help you find the right mentor. Her contact details are 0412237587 or email susan@perspectivesupervision.com.au
SUPERVISION
Professional Supervision (Pastoral) provides a safe, confidential space for pastors and leaders to discuss what’s happening in their ministry with someone who is trained to provide this support. It follows the Biblical principle of discipleship and having partners in ministry, which is modelled by Jesus in Matthew 6:6, 7, 30-32, providing encouragement, accountability and time out to rest and reflect. Supervision provides personal and professional development, helps people to gain perspective, identify their core values and to understand more about themselves and why they respond or react the way they do. Supervision assists people to thrive in leadership and ministry, stay in their calling, do what they love to do, make good choices, have good boundaries and practice holistic self-care. The great flow on effect of this is the health of our families and churches.
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Susan Marcuccio oversees our Supervisors. For more information please contact Susan Marcuccio at susan@perspectivesupervision.com.au
PASTORS HEALTH HOTLINE
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​As a State Executive, we wanted to invest in your emotional and spiritual health. So, with this in mind, we have set up a Pastors’ Health Hotline. If you call this number Ps Marilyn Brett will be available to talk to you and help you find the right support. Marilyn is a coach, mentor and has pastored along with her husband for 35 years.
Perhaps you need a debrief, a pastoral visit, information about counselling, supervision or mentoring – we want to help you find the best way forward.
Save this number in your phone or share it with a friend. We love you, we believe in you and we know that when we have a safe place to talk, we stay healthy.
