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The Community Prayer Breakfast is a celebration of the Christian faith within our community. It has been an annual event since the City of Ryde’s bicentenary celebrations in 1992.
Community Prayer Breakfast 2009
The 18th annual Prayer Breakfast was held on Friday 14th August 2009. Special guest speaker was the Salvation Army's Lt-Col Miriam Gluyas, who discussed the topic 'Freedom isn't free: it costs', exploring the many ways that people and nations in our world are suffering. She also shared stories of hope for these troubled times.
Guest Speaker - Lt-Col Miriam Gluyas
Miriam Gluyas grew up in Ballarat in Victoria. After moving to Port Macquarie, Miriam entered The Salvation Army’s Training College in Sydney to become a minister.
Miriam has been a pastor in a local church for most of her ministry and has also worked with youth at the Training College, and as a Divisional Commander (Bishop) in Central North Queensland.
Two highlights have been starting a new church in Newcastle, which grew significantly, and then serving at a thriving multicultural Corps at Auburn for six years, working with refugees, Anglos and the poor and marginalised.
Currently, Miriam is the Secretary for Program at Territorial Headquarters working in the areas of Church and Social Work, Recovery Services, Aged Care, Employment Services, Emergency Services and Red Shield Defence Services.
Miriam is passionate about:
- Justice and integration
- Relationship with Jesus
- Justice
- Life transformation
- Seeing churches become healthy and grow
- Raising up leaders and seeing them “shine”
- Developing the next generation
- Multi-cultural ministry
- Planting churches
A word from Miriam:
“I love sport, spending time with friends and family, and I support the Geelong Cats! I now look forward to what is ahead, believing that the best is yet to be.”
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