I can’t speak to highly of Dave and Cathy’s example of love for Jesus and love for university students.
After a few years involved in Christian Union at Melbourne University as a student I went on to do a traineeship in 2004-05 while Dave was Senior Staff worker. At the time I was one of a small team of staff that benefited from Dave’s leadership.
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| Glen and Anna Macrae |
God used my time in Dave’s team to deeply shape in me a Gospel focused & thoroughly biblical word view which I have drawn from ever since in my Christian walk and leadership. His personal example of loving students and so sharing the message of the Gospel with them was exemplary and he infused the team with the same passion creating an evangelistic dynamic. Dave made great investments in Christian students and upcoming leaders in the form of one-one mentoring, which has provided me a model for one-one discipleship ever since. As a team leader Dave was so helpful in the way he gathered us together and invested in our hearts and minds, facilitated team relationships, as well as giving due attention to the nuts and bolts of ministry. In this way Dave imitated Jesus who did the same thing as he gathered his disciples for mission.
As an Anglican Minister working in the Diocese of Melbourne I continually draw on what God implanted in me as an AFES trainee under Dave’s leadership. The leadership values that I caught and made my own - teaching the bible in order to promote a biblical world view, promoting an evangelistic dynamic, team leading, one-one work - are values that I have carried with me ever since and expect to hold on to for a lifetime of ministry.
Glen Macrae
Associate Minister Ormond Anglican Church
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