Senior Staff member Celia Toose sat down with Mick Bullen, graduate of the EU and Howard Guinness Project, to talk about his journey in coming to serve the less reached and less resourced.

Celia: When were you convicted about vocational ministry?

Mick:  I grew up in a western Sydney church which was less resourced, and at the time, our solo minister was leaving to go to a different church.  For me, I just remember seeing the need of the church and the area and thinking – yes, what this minister had been teaching about needing to raise up ministers is true.
  

Celia: What or who brought this conviction?

Mick: I began serving in different ministries within church and the EU as a young adult and was surprised by how God was using it (I had assumed that I couldn’t do it for the most part).  I latched on to as much EU training as I could. 

I was in second year of university when my Howie told me that I should consider full time ministry.  Over the next 6 months, multiple people at church and at Uni each told me that this is something I should think about.  So, I started praying about it and decided to dip my toe in and come back to Uni as a Howie.

Celia: Why Campbelltown? 

Mick: Almost completely across the board – the Western Suburbs is less resourced – God had given me a passion for the west, and there was opportunity for me to serve some of these saints in the west in good and helpful ways.   By God’s graciousness I had the chance to join the team at Campbelltown permanently in 2015, after I finished at bible  college.
  

Celia: What advice would you give to other grads to help them evaluate life and their decisions?

Mick: Keep asking ‘how can I honour Jesus… with everything’.  It might be how you use your holidays, time and finances.  It might be whether honouring Jesus looks like working in secular work and serving Jesus with the gifts he has given you in your local church – or it might be considering whether you should consider serving him full time.  It might be where you might decide to do this – in the area you grew up in; reaching the Western Suburbs with the gospel; in a different city, state or country.  Jesus is Lord – and he is coming soon.  So let’s honour him with every aspect of our life now – as we wait for his return.