Bites are short, focused team workshops that equip youth and children ministry leaders with tools to grow and lead with confidence and creativity.


Bites is run in partnership with other local churches creating a collaborative space to grow, learn, and lead.

  • “Every session consistently provides us with at least one powerful, practical takeaway that we can put into action right away."

    Brent Diack - Papakura Salvation Army.

  • “Bites has helped us as a team by providing a space for us to receive inspiration from other experienced leaders and a dedicated space to sit and discuss the ideas on the spot.”

    Helen Treasure - Kumeū Baptist

4 Times a year

Crunching topics that are significant for an effective ministry into bite size chunks for your team to digest together. Bites is a 1 and a half hour training event that runs at the start of each term in Auckland.


Training


What’s a night like look?

We come together for a bite to eat and a drink. The event is then hosted by a lead speaker who breaks each topic down into four digestable segments, with breakout sessions for time to discuss what you’re learning.

Post event

Tools are provided to help you when your back leading in your spaces.

Dates for this year


Term 1
Sunday 8th March
TOPIC – 5 Things that make a Great Small Group Leader.

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Term 2
Sunday TBC

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Term 3
Sunday TBC

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Term 4 TBC
Sunday

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Physical

When:

Doors open at 6.30pm
(lite bites & drinks)

7:00pm - 8:30pm Training

Where:

TBC Grace City Church
17 Marewa Road, Greenlane, Auckland 1051

Purchase tickets

You will be re directed off this site to Humanitix

Recorded Sessions:

If you can’t be there in person we have recorded our session so no one misses out.

Check out the preview for free here

FAQs

  • Biters training is for the whole team. We work hard to make it as accessible as possible for our young teenage leaders—breaking concepts down into bite-sized chunks and allowing plenty of time for team input.

  • Even if it’s just you or one other attending, you’ll still find great value. We can place you at tables with other small teams, and we also provide downloadable content you can share with the rest of your team if they’re unable to make it.

  • Bites is going online soon this link here will soon become live and you will be able to purchase bites session for you and your team

CONTACT

Dave Diack
MBC Children’s Pastor
E. dave@thehopelab.nz

CONTRIBUTORS

Margaret Spicer
Children’s Ministries Consultant
Consultant & copywriting

Richard Munro
arkcreative.co.nz

Design & Website

ACKNOWLEDGEMNTS

Naomi Vandenberg
Denise Tims
Jo Casey
Josh van de Worp
Emma Diack