Yesterday we had our first steering committee meeting. On this we have Barbara Aird (Manly Councilor), Mike Frost (Pastor & Author), Doug Sewell (Businessman), Ian Freestone (Pastor) & Jim Collins (Assistant Pastor).

It went really well and a lot of great decisions were made to keep our focus on Manly partnering with one community, Manado. We are now working at getting mayoral approval of our grander plans; we saw the Mayor already a few months ago, but now we are looking for his and the concil's solid backing.

If this is achieved this will be a huge help as we start looking for venues and support from the local community. It give us the credibility for other members of the community to get on board. It is an exciting and important step as we need to be seen as a Manly community project NOT a Manly churches project.