Thrive 2026
A gathering for our women.
Thrive: Behold and Be Held
Thrive is set in the beautiful Hunter region. This uplifting Christian Women's Conference brings together women from rural and regional communities for a day of worship, encouragement, and spiritual renewal. Join us for encouraging and challenging messages, heartfelt fellowship, and faith-filled moments that strengthen faith, foster connection, and refresh the soul.
Our Speakers
Amy Townsend is a Sydney-based speaker, preacher, and host of the "Salt - Conversations with Amy" podcast. Amy teaches the Bible, trains Gospel workers, and produces Gospel resources in various church and parachurch roles.
Amy currently works as an Assistant Pastor at St Marks Freshwater, and as a Community and Student Care Worker at SMBC.
Amy is married to Jesse and has two children, Penny and Noah. In her spare time she loves drinking tea, making jewellery, and propagating succulents.
Amy Townsend
Renay Thomas
Renay Thomas calls Bundaberg QLD home. She was born in 1980, then reborn in 1987. Since then, God has taken her many places. After school, she got a nursing degree and worked mostly in remote QLD, as well as India, Fiji, and Bundaberg. She took a year hiatus during that time, to get her Grad Dip in Divinity. Then nearly nine years ago, she felt God calling her to resign from nursing and take up foster care. She is now the proud mum of 6 (sometimes 7) beautiful children with whom she is fiercely in love. She believes foster care is something God prepared in advance for her to do and it is a way to shine the light of Jesus into a society blinded by darkness, just as she once was.
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Thrive Hunter
$50 ($40 Early Bird until August 7)
September 19, 2pm - 8pm
10 Richardson Rd, Raymond Terrace
Join others around the Hunter as we sing, engage with God’s Word, and learn to Thrive. A meal will be provided during the evening.