Jesse Hereford

Join us for a fun-filled weekend with opportunities for spiritual growth and networking, international and local speakers, idea generation and refinement as well as skill development. You'll feel empowered to return to your church, ministry or personal project and take it to the next level.rnrnWhen: 9- 11 August 2019.rnrnVenue: Auckland University of Technology (AUT South Campus), MB Building, 640 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland.rnrnrnrnWeekend Overviewrn Friday August 9:rnrn 6:30pm               Arrival & Registrationrn 7:15pm               Plenary Session No 1 – Who’s The Hero of Your Story?rn 8:30pm               Mix & minglern 9:00pm               Home timernrnSaturday August 10:rnrn 9:00am               Arrival & Day Registrationsrn 9:30am               Interactive Session No 1 – What’s Your Story?rn 10:30am              Morning Tearn 11:00am             Plenary Session No 2 – The Importance of Your Story rn 12:15pm             Lunchrn 2:00pm                Workshop Session No 1rn 2:55pm                Workshop Session No 2rn 3:50pm                Workshop Session No 3rn 4:45pm                Plenary Session No 3 – Passing Along Your Storyrn 6:00pm                Home timernrnSunday August 11:rnrn 9:00am                Arrival & Day Registrationsrn 9:30am                Welcome & Worshiprn 9:45am                Workshop Session No 4rn 10:40am              Workshop Session No 5rn 11:30am              Interactive Session No 2 – What Are You Taking Home?rn 12:00pm              Plenary Session No 4 – Generation to Generationrn 1:00pm                Home timernrnrnrnrnInvitingrnPhotographers, Videographers, Graphic Designers, Social Media Enthusiasts, Writers, Bloggers, Presenters/Personalities, Sound Engineers, Production & Lighting Experts, Web Designers, SEO Specialists, Church Communication Secretaries, Digital Marketing Enthusiasts and Anyone Interested in Digital Discipleship.rnRegistration CostsrnThe fees include lunch on Sabbath.rnrn $50 Early Bird (ends June 30)rn $80 Regular Feern $25 Day Fee (only for Sabbath)rnrnApplications close midnight Wednesday 7 August 2019rnrn[image_link url="https://events.adventist.org.au/ew/app/registration/index.html?e=3455" title="Register Now" image_id="1815"]rnrnrnrnPresentersrnrnrnRachel Lemons Aitkenrn"Rachel founded the Digital Discipleship Ministry in 2016 while working for the Greater Sydney Conference after seeing an opportunity for the church to acknowledge and engage the talents and abilities of the creatives and techies and to utilize digital marketing techniques to share the compelling story of Jesus.rnRachel's main passions are in the areas of digital marketing, search engine optimization, blogging, strategic communication and digital transformation. She now runs the Digital Discipleship Ministry for the Australian Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists.rnrn rnrnrnLaura HutchinsonrnrnrnLaura is a digital marketer with industry experience in social media, EDMs and website management for venues. She is passionate about driving brand awareness through creative communication online.rnrn rnrn rnrn rnrnrnJarrod StackelrothrnrnrnJarrod is editor of Adventist Record. He has a Masters in Creative Writing. His topic: the power of stories to heal! Jarrod is married to a proud New Zealander and lives in Sydney, NSW.rnrn rnrn rnrn rnrnrnJesse Herfordrn"Jesse is a pastor, podcaster, and husband living in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Originally hailing from Australia, Jesse is passionate about music, pop culture, and reaching a secular generation with the good news about Jesus. He is also one half of the podcast duo that makes up Burn the Haystack."rnrn rnrn rnrn rnrnrnAdrian Websterrn"Adrian Webster lives in Whangarei with his wife and five children, ranging from 2 to 14 years old, where he also serves as a pastor. Part of his time is committed to producing gospel video resources that are used online and broadcast by Hope Channel NZ. Visit seed.kiwi.nz to find his collection. When it comes to sharing the story of Jesus, Adrian lives by the motto, "start with what you have".rnrn rnrn rnrnrnTulaga Aiolupotearn"Tulaga is born and raised in Porirua city from the Capital of New Zealand. He is currently living in Invercargill with his wife Vineta and five beautiful children. He studied at Avondale College and was called to minister in the South Island communities with the South NZ Conference. Tulaga has a fond passion for souls in the urban areas who have not met Jesus yet, through the creative street artistry of Graffiti, preaching, teaching and empowering the next generation to become canvases of God's grace through their God-given gifts, painted by the living Word of life.rnrn rnrnrnAndre Afamasagarn"Andre has worked across the health, education, faith, youth and community sectors in Aotearoa and Australia for the last twenty years. In recognition of his work, he has been nominated for various awards including Australia Day Citizen of the Year and Emerging NZ Leader. He was a Pastor for 11 years in Sydney and Wellington. He now works in communications and has worked on several award-winning national health campaigns for the NZ government. Currently he is senior human right advisor in the area of media and communications.rnrn rnrnrnLeandro Silvarn"Leandro Silva is the team leader for the production department at Hope Channel NZ. He started his career in 2006 as a videographer and since then has experienced every stage of the life cycle of video production including pre-production, filming, editing, motion graphics and project management. Before his role in New Zealand Leandro has worked in different kinds of production environments ranging from SDA media centres to TV Stations in South America and Europe. With a background in advertising, his passion is to transmit stories, feelings and emotions through audio and video.rnrn rnrnAndrea Melvillern"Andrea Melville lives in Whangarei with her husband David. She has been a teacher, raised 3 children and now spends her time working in her local church. She is passionate about using creative avenues to share the story of Jesus and encourage a life of faith. She spends much of her time involved with the creation of “Seed “ a video media ministry, and planning church content from concept through to set design.rnrn rnrn rnrnrn