Toowoomba Mayoral Prayer Breakfast – Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Guest speaker: Sports chaplain Cameron Butler
Pioneering global sports chaplain Cameron Butler, from Melbourne is the guest speaker for the 30th 2024 Toowoomba Mayoral Prayer Breakfast.
A passionate speaker, Mr Butler enjoys challenging the norms of life and faith, while inspiring audiences with a different perspective on what constitutes genuine influence.
Mr Butler was invited by Melbourne Australian Football Club coach Neale Daniher to serve as senior club chaplain in 1998.
He served in this role in a voluntary capacity for more than 15 years offering pastoral care to players, staff, coaches, club executives, board members and fans.
During this tenure, Mr Butler was appointed CEO of the fledgling Sports and Leisure Ministries (SLM). Mr Butler helped to expand the organisation to a membership of more than 800 in Australia over 10 years that has included associations with AFL, the National Rugby League, Australian Institute of Sport, V8 Supercars and the governing body, horse racing and Football Australia.
SLM was rebranded as Sports Chaplaincy Australia, after which Mr Butler assisted in the rapid growth of Sports Chaplaincy globally. This work has included training thousands of chaplains across Asia, the UK and the United States.
His commitment to helping communities flourish led him to found Urbanrevs, an online mission model that offers a practical and quick bible-based training course for people who want to be effective chaplains or provide authentic pastoral leadership in any field.
A charity beneficiary will be announced in the coming weeks.
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Where: Rumours International, 323 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
Time: 6am to 8.15am