IRCA Oceania 2025

Listening to One Another

Sharing Struggles and Joy as Rural Churches in Oceania

Calling all people with an interest in the church and things rural …….
You may be :-

• A farmer
• A teacher in a small town
• An employee of Landcare
• A person with an enthusiasm for making church happen in smaller centres

• Matthew 11:15 Let anyone with ears listen!
• Philippians 2:4 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.

Namoli Methodist Church

Lautoka, Fiji

Monday 26 May to Friday 30 May 2025

• Monday 26 May 2025 – Arrival and Welcome LOTU,
• Tuesday 27 May – Conference
• Wednesday 28 May – Conference,  
• Thursday 29 May – Local Church, Community Visit, Farewell LOTU and DINNER
• Friday 30 May – Departure

There may be options for those who want to stay for the weekend to visit nearby areas, attend worship with a local congregation (offers to preach will be welcome), or visit other parts of Fiji.

Guest Speakers

Rev Dr Semesi Turagavou, President of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma

Rev James Bhagwan, General Secretary – Pacific Conference of Churches Secretariat

Programme

The programme will focus on Veitalanoa – hearing stories from around the region, prioritising Pacific Stories and with time for input from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Contributions will include from people working with, and those directly impacted by, issues like Climate Change, Economic Colonisation and Self-determination, Seasonal Workers to Australia and New Zealand, the incursion into Fiji of international drug cartels, modern day slavery, and safety and well-being of women and families.