Name: Personal Peacemaking (intensive course)
Start: 2026-11-16T09:00:00+1100
End: 2026-11-17T16:00:00+1100
Location: Melbourne School of Theology

16 November 2026 - 17 November 2026
Melbourne School of Theology (9am - 4pm each day)

Personal Peacemaking (intensive course)

Our presenters

Clarissa Wilson

Clarissa Wilson is a PeaceWise Trainer and mediator. She is trained as a marriage and loss and grief counsellor and has a degree in Theology. Clarissa has worked as a pastoral worker in a church for 10 years and has conducted training in biblical peacemaking for Anglican clergy and churches in Victoria. Currently she is volunteering in the area of Pastoral care and with God’s help seeks to live out these peacemaking principles in her own life and to enable others to honour God through their conflicts.

Wayne Forward

Wayne Forward is the CEO of PeaceWise, a speaker and trainer who helps people become peacemakers for life. His own journey into peacemaking began with a desire to grow as a leader. What he learned helped transform a personal relationship and deepened his conviction that peacemaking is part of how we live and share the gospel.

Wayne helps people see conflict as an opportunity for discipleship: a place to step out in faith, practise grace and trust Jesus when relationships are hard. Drawing on his experience as a Baptist pastor, in global missions and in mental health nursing, he brings a pastoral and practical approach to training. He has spoken and delivered training across Australia and internationally, helping leaders, teams, churches, schools and organisations respond to conflict in healthy ways.

Wayne is married to Amy. They have three children, and he enjoys triathlons, good food and time with people.

Description

Tired of being buffeted by conflict around you? Wondering what God is doing when peace is absent? This intensive training will help you grow personally in your ability to respond well to conflict and challenging relationships. It will give you life changing skills to carry for the rest life!

This intensive training runs from 9am - 4pm over two consecutive days. It covers the same learning gained from both our foundational personal peacemaking courses, being Everyday and Heart of Peacemaking.

In this training you will learn tools you can apply to personal contexts, enabling new hope to be brought into relationships. You will also go deeper to learn about the deeper things which drive our responses to challenging situations.

In this training you will:

learn a simple framework for understanding and dealing with everyday conflict
gain powerful peacemaking principles and relational tools
understand the biblical foundations of peace and reconciliation
have time to reflect upon your personal experience of conflict and peacemaking
discover opportunities to glorify God, serve others and grow to be like Christ, even in the midst of conflict.
gain a deeper understanding of the role of the human heart in more serious conflicts
discover a powerful tool to understand the drivers of your and others’ behaviours
become better equipped to respond well to challenging people and situations
learn how you can support and build a culture of peace in your community/spheres of influence

This level of training is suitable for all Christians as we work together to promote peacemaking in our own lives, families, workplaces, churches and communities.

For persons such as those in full time pastoral ministry, teachers or lawyers, if the content of the training is relevant to your professional development or continuing accreditation or education requirements, you may claim one 'unit' for each hour of attendance, subject to the rules of the relevant programme.

This course is subject to minimum registration numbers. If these are not met, the training may be cancelled. In that event, we will contact you to discuss alternative dates or a full refund.

Special offers

Cancellation policy

Please note our cancellation policy:

Up to one month before the course – $25 admin fee
From 1 month to 1 week before the 1st day of training – 50% of the fee will be refunded.
Within one week before the course – no refund will be given*

*For illness or emergency, a refund or fee credit will be supplied. A fee credit must be used within 1 year. Registrants are responsible for registering for future training with credit supplied.