Summit is the peak annual gathering of CCVT churches, agencies, and members to be inspired and trained, to participate in the AGM, and to connect with each other. It is held in May each year, in different locations, and attendance is encouraged by all leaders in our churches and agencies.
‘Stronger Together’ Summit 2026
Local Stories, Local Voices
The ‘Stronger Together’ CCVT Summit will be held on May 19-21 2026 at Clayton Church of Christ. Starting Tuesday the 19th May with the AGM in the evening, finishing after lunch on Thursday.
For those who know and love The Lord of the Rings, you may remember the line that frames the hobbits’ great journey: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.”
A single story can shape imagination, inspire courage, and open us to new possibilities. At Summit 2026, we believe God is inviting us into such a story—together.
A New Season for Our Movement
As a family of Churches and Agencies, we sense we are stepping into a new season. This moment gives us space to remember what unites us, look toward our shared future, and discern what we carry forward.
Stronger Together
Our theme, Stronger Together: Local Voices, Local Stories, is more than a slogan. It reflects a deep truth: we are at our best when we listen to one another and pay attention to what God is already doing among us.
Welcoming Our New Executive Officer
We will welcome and commission Jody Destry as she steps into the role of Executive Officer. Together, we’ll hear the heart and hope she brings for the future.
Stories That Shape Us
Throughout the Summit we’ll hear from leaders across our movement—voices reflecting on leadership, discipleship, revitalisation, and church planting. Through panels, conversations, and video stories, we’ll explore the opportunities ahead of us.
Church leaders exploring leadership (Mark Sayers – RED), discipleship (Tim Horman – One Church), revitalisation, (Bekkii Scott – The Orchard), church planting (Sandy Citro – Cross Culture Tarneit) and renewal (Trudi Sayers – RED). Please pray for Mark, Tim, Bekkii, Sandy and Trudi so their stories will help us notice what God is doing so we can ask: What might God be calling out of us next?
A Journey of Renewal
Summit 2026 is an invitation to realign ourselves—personally and together—with God’s vision for the church and our communities.
Join Us
Registrations are open! We’ve chosen an all‑in ticket to help us walk this shared journey from beginning to end. The flow of the Summit is designed to be experienced as a whole—and we don’t want you to miss a moment.
Across our churches, the message is clear:
The time is right.
It’s time to be Stronger Together.
Promotions
We’d love you to promote Summit at your church or agency!
Program
*Please note, times are subject to change
Tuesday, May 19:
5pm: Doors open
5.30pm: Dinner
7pm: AGM
8.30pm: Close
Wednesday, May 20:
9am: Check In/Registration
10am: Session 1
12pm: Lunch
1pm: Session 2
3pm: Session 3
4.30pm: Dinner (eat out at local restaurants)
6.30pm: Session 4 – Celebration Event (including Ordinations)
8pm: Supper
Thursday, May 21:
8.30am: Check in/Breakfast
9.30am: Session 5
11.25am: Morning Tea
12pm: Session 6 and close of Summit
1.45pm: Lunch and depart
There are a few things to keep in mind for your early planning:
Register for the whole event. Sometimes in the past we know some of you have come for just one day or part of Summit. We encourage you not to do that this year. Come for the whole to be inspired in what our future might look like Stronger Together. Please register by Monday the 4th of May so that we can feed you well! If you can’t register by then for any reason, please contact us on 9488 8800 to let us know that you’re coming. Remember for those who are coming from rural and regional locations subsidy support is available.
Bring others from your Church or Agency. Don’t just come alone from your church, make it a shared event, so that stories of impact and decisions for future action can be made together.
Consider your transport options. As we are hosted by Clayton Church of Christ, you may want to consider some travel options like car pooling (as parking will be limited), use of public transport (Clayton is a train and bus transport hub). We will provide detailed information closer to the event.
Consider booking a restaurant in advance for your teams or groups for Wednesday night dinner. Dinner will not be provided at Summit. This is a great opportunity to gather with your teams at local restaurants. Dinner is from 4.30-6.30pm on Wednesday night.
Pray for our time together. God is doing a new thing in our Movement, so please pray for the organising team, our speakers and host church, so that we might come with curiosity and invitation, courage and boldness, dependence and trust for the future.
Speakers
We look forward to hearing from our new Executive Officer, Jody Destry, as she brings fresh vision for a new season at CCVT.
Jody was previously Co-Senior Pastor of Discovery Church and brings significant experience in ministry, governance, and organisational leadership, along with a strong background in pastoral supervision, strategic leadership, and formation. She has a deep love for the local church and is passionate about helping leaders, teams, and communities flourish. She carries a deep hope and faith for the movement to thrive into the future.
Tim Horman is the Senior Minister of One Church in Melbourne, a role he has held since 2021. Prior to that he was a minister at St Hilary’s Kew, campus pastor at St Silas in Balwyn, and the director of the charitable organisation St Hilary’s Hope. He has been a church planter and campus ministry director at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and led a growing church in Vancouver for 12 years, before returning to Australia in 2016. He has a master’s in theology from Regent College, Vancouver. Tim has devoted his life to planting and leading healthy and vibrant churches that are committed to faithfully making disciples and engaging creatively with the challenging realities of ministry in a secular age. Most importantly, he is husband to Melissa, father to three teenage children, and the owner of various animals his family have adopted over the years.
Tim will be speaking to us on discipleship at Summit.
Sandy and Maria have been involved in ministry with CrossCulture for many years. Sandy took up the pastoral role of overseeing the university student ministry in 2008, with Maria as his strong support. After moving to Tarneit in 2014, they sensed God’s leading to plant a church in one of Victoria’s fastest-growing corridors. After much prayer and discussion with the church leadership, they formed the launch team in 2022 and formally launched CrossCulture Tarneit on Easter 2023. In the past three years, God has been faithful and grown the church. They desire to see more churches planted in the Western suburbs, and many turn from idols to the living God. Sandy and Maria have been blessed with two adult children and two teenagers.
We look forward to being encouraged by Sandy’s story and insights on church planting at Summit.
Bekkii Scott has been in ministry with Churches of Christ for over 25 years and is currently the Team Leader at the Orchard Church of Christ.
She and her husband, Paul, have two young adult daughters, and together they’ve enjoyed renovating a couple of dilapidated country cottages in their spare time.
Bekkii has a heart for The Church in all its expressions and is passionate about developing emerging leaders to ensure the future church’s health and vitality.
We’re looking forward to hearing her talk on revitalisation at Summit.
Mark Sayers is interested in how cultural trends and global shifts reshape our world. He is passionate about deep discipleship, resilient leadership, and renewal in the church and society.
Mark is the Lead Pastor of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia, and the author of numerous books, including Disappearing Church, Reappearing Church, A Non-Anxious Presence, and Platforms to Pillars. He also hosts the Rebuilders podcast. Mark lives in Melbourne with his wife, Trudi, and their children, Grace, Billy, and Hudson.
Mark will be speaking to us on leadership.
Trudi is the National Director of 24-7 Prayer Australia and is also a pastor at Red Church in Melbourne where she has invested in building a culture of prayer over many years. Trudi’s passion for prayer has grown in fervour through witnessing first-hand the power of prayer to bring renewal in her own life and corporately for the Church. She will be leading us in a powerful time of renewal at Summit alongside the worship team from Red Church.