Hosted By Tribe Byron Bay in various venues across the beautiful Northern Rivers NSW, the Wildfire Festival is a grassroots festival of workshops and talkshops exploring and celebrating the creativity and justice heart of Heaven and it’s expression on Earth through communities of engaged, activated and passionate people.
As followers of Christ, we have been called, mandated and resourced by heaven to live lives on earth that engage with Gods heart for justice. Creativity expressed in its many diverse ways and forms, is a powerful tool through which we as the bride can give hope, cast vision, influence and see change released in the earth.
The 2016 Wildfire Festival is ALL about workshops!
The heart and vision for Wildfire is not only that we would receive a head full of information but that space is created through workshops, for people to practically engage with and get activated in various forms of creativity.
This year Wildfire will not have any large corporate gatherings over the weekend as it has in past years. Rather many of Tribes creative, talented and passionate local artists and leaders will be running different workshops designed to inspire and activate you in your justice heart and area of creative passion and gifting.
These workshops have been customised to awaken something powerful in each of us so that we can reach our maximum potential in glorifying God through our gifts and have loads of fun along the way! All our speakers are passionately and actively involved in their particular sphere of influence and have a wealth of expertise and wisdom to pour out.
ALL BOOKINGS ARE ONLINE: (apart from Lucy Vanstone’s Ceramics workshop)
Book in for 1 or book for 4 workshops…
Workshop descriptions are below, as well as on the Ticket Booth booking page (the small i button).
Please click the Button below to book now or contact the Tribe office during office hours with any enquiries: (02) 6685 7702
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
Nourish Your Inner Foodie Audrey Cloherty + Donna Mahlburg (FRI 2 – 5 PM)
$10 supplies fee
This is a workshop exploring the world of cooking with wholefoods, providing keys on how to live a healthy, vibrant and balanced life! We will be focusing particularly on gut health, breaking down barriers and intimidation around food and cooking, teaching simple recipes through live food demos, looking at the importance of our connection with the food we buy and consume, exploring the gift of creativity and hospitality and how to foster connection and community within this, and discussing how all of this fits into Kingdom culture and everyday living!
Donna studied a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (2007-2011), currently studying a Bachelor of Naturopathy at Endeavour College. She is passionate about incorporating healthy eating, nutrition, cooking, exercise, gardening, holistic health, hospitality and creativity into every day living.
Audrey studied Nutritional Health Coaching (2014-2015), is currently studying a Bachelor of Naturopathy at Endeavour College and running a small business called Love Inspired Wellness. She has a passion for the healing power of nature and vibrant health that comes from cultivating healthy relationships with food.
SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS
Paul Robertson – Stewarding Prophetic Vision
TIME 2 – 4pm | LOCATION – Tribe Office
Paul Robertson has a Diploma in Life Coaching and is a Personal Trainer with many years experience. As a personal trainer, life coach and public speaker Paul helps people take action on their health, fitness and lifestyle aspirations. In this coaching workshop, Paul delves into discovering your prophetic vision for your business and how to run with it.
This three hour workshop will include theory, prophesy and practical coaching activities for people to get a clear prophetic vision for their creative or justice project and create a plan of action they can begin to apply for it. Habakkuk 2:2 “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it”.
Dance workshop: Freedom and Strength – Iley Rushton
TIME 10 – 1pm | LOCATION – Byron Bay Primary School Hall
This group workshop follows the 2 two themes of Freedom and Strength. The first part of the workshop explores in movement the scripture “Where the Spirit of The Lord is there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17): Freedom is the ability to act without hinderance or restraint. This group based movement workshop addresses areas where captivity resides, and makes enquiries around how to find justice and freedom for those held in captivity. Maximum 12 people.
The second part of the workshop builds on the freedom theme and is founded on the verse ‘in my weakness He is strong’ (2 Cor 12:10). Together we will ask the question “what does weakness look like?”, then; experientially explore this using movement. This workshop will use strength based techniques to respond by leaning on the strength God gives, and brings, to us in our times of weakness. Maximum 12 people.
Lucy Vanstone – Create a porcelain bird or ceramic plate, bowl + spoon
(SAT 10 AM – 1 PM)
Lucy Vanstone has been a ceramicist for the past 14 years and opened the Wheel of Life Studio and Gallery in Brunswick Heads in 2005. Lucy specialises in making fine porcelain and rustic domestic stoneware as well as jewellery and decorative ceramics. She holds pottery workshops and classes for children and adults in her fully operational and well equipped studio and gallery, tucked away in an old church hall in the small beach town of Brunswick Heads.
In this exciting 3 hour afternoon workshop there is a choice whether to create either a gorgeous 3D porcelain bird or handbuild a small plate, bowl and spoon set utilising Lucy’s distinctive techniques. The workshop cost is $80 and includes glazing and firing, a wheel demonstration and opportunity for wheel throwing. Morning tea is included. (maximum 10 ppl).
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
The Prophetic Oracles of Bob Dylan – Phil Mason
TIME 2 – 4pm | LOCATION – Tribe office
In Phil’s workshop he will explore the lyrics of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bob Dylan who is widely regarded is one of the greatest literary writers of our time. Since his conversion in late 1978 Dylan has been absorbed in theology. In fact, he has embedded numerous first person prophetic oracles throughout his lyrics right up to the present time.
In this workshop Phil will discuss some of Dylan’s most outstanding prophetic oracles and he will also play those songs, explaining the significance of these oracles. This will be a great opportunity for people to be guided into an understanding of one of the great street theologians of our time. Phil promises a great time for all who attend. Maximum 12 people
Prophetic Art for Hope & Justice – Rosie Moulton
TIME 2 – 5pm | LOCATION – Byron Bay Primary School Hall
As sons and daughters we have access to the Fathers’ heart and co-labour with Him to bring healing, encouragement and hope to the world through gift of prophesy. In this 3 hour workshop we’ll explore themes of hope and justice in the context of Kingdom creativity and how that can outwork in our particular spheres of influence.
Lucy Vanstone – Create a ceramic plate, bowl + spoon (SAT 2 – 5 PM)
Lucy Vanstone has been a ceramicist for the past 14 years and opened the Wheel of Life Studio and Gallery in Brunswick Heads in 2005. Lucy specialises in making fine porcelain and rustic domestic stoneware as well as jewellery and decorative ceramics. She holds pottery workshops and classes for children and adults in her fully operational and well equipped studio and gallery, tucked away in an old church hall in the small beach town of Brunswick Heads.
In this exciting 3 hour afternoon workshop we’ll be creating a handbuilt small plate, bowl and spoon set utilising Lucy’s distinctive techniques. The workshop cost is $80 and includes glazing and firing, a wheel demonstration and opportunity for wheel throwing. Afternoon tea is included. (maximum 10 ppl).
PLEASE NOTE: If bookings don’t reach 5 for a particular workshop that workshop will be cancelled (by the 11th of November). Any delegates booked in for that workshop will be called and offered a refund or credit towards another event.