Saturday 5 September
10am (AEST)
Friday 4 September
8pm (EDT)
Saturday 5 September
1am (BST)
We live in the most connected age in history—and yet more and more people are quietly carrying the ache of loneliness. Why is that? And what does the gospel have to say about it?
In this special event, we’ll hear from author, speaker, and campus minister Shelby Abbott, whose new book Why We’re Feeling Lonely (and What We Can Do About It) explores why loneliness has become such a defining experience for so many people today—even within the church. Drawing on years of ministry experience, Shelby helps uncover some of the hidden forces shaping our relational lives and points us toward the kind of deep, cross-related friendships and community that God designed us for.
Join us online as Shelby shares insights from his new book, followed by an extended time of live Q&A, giving you the chance to ask your own questions about loneliness, friendship, and meaningful Christian community.
Shelby Abbott is an author, radio host, campus minister, and conference speaker on staff with FamilyLife, a ministry of Cru. He is the host of a podcast for 18–28 year-olds called Real Life Loading . . . and is the author of several books, including Pressure Points: A Guide to Navigating Student Stress.
He and his wife, Rachael, have two daughters and live in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Yes! All tickets include access to the recording link so that you can watch it later if you are unable to attend or watch live.
However, we encourage people to participate live if possible, and even better, to gather with others to watch together.
Livestreams and online events can be a real gift. They also allow us to hear from speakers who are located in other countries and time-zones.
But because we care deeply about discipleship that happens in real-life, embodied Christian community, we believe important Christian teaching and conversations are best had in the same room, face-to-face and in relationship with each other wherever possible.
Since Covid, many of us have drifted out of the habit of gathering like that. We think it has been a real loss and we’d love to help encourage it again.
As such, we try to have in-person attendance options for as many of our events as possible and do our best to encourage people towards joining us in the room where it happens!
We aim to keep our events as accessible as possible. At the same time, running events —even online events—involves a range of real costs.
These include:
We try to keep our ticket prices as low as possible while also covering those costs and ensuring we can continue offering high-quality and biblically faithful teaching and resources.
However, ticket income only covers a small part of the true cost of ministry, which is why the generosity of our financial partners also plays such an important role in keeping the ministry going and growing.
Yes. Many of our events include church licenses or small/large group tickets that allow multiple people to participate together at a reduced cost.
These options are designed to encourage churches, small groups, and ministry teams to engage with the material together rather than individually.
Our financial partners play a vital role in making our ministry possible. From time to time we host partner-exclusive events as a way of saying thank you, sharing ministry updates more personally, and giving those who support the work an opportunity to hear more about what God is doing through the ministry.
These gatherings are not intended to create an “inner circle,” but simply to express our gratitude and deepen the relationship with those who have chosen to invest in the ministry in this particular way.
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Yes! We want to encourage churches and ministries to become regional hubs for our events.
This involves opening your building so people in your congregation—and others in your area—can gather together to participate in the livestream.
Our goal is to encourage learning and discipleship within real-life Christian community rather than simply watching events alone at home. If your church would like to explore becoming a regional hub, please get in touch.
Alternatively, if you’d like to host an in-person event in your city or town, we’d love to hear from you.
Yes! Dani regularly speaks at conferences and ministry events in Australia and internationally.
If you would like to explore inviting Dani to speak, please contact us with details about your event, including the date, location, and topic you have in mind.
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