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Planetshakers has also had relationships with Australian Youth Alive events, which often cross-promotes the conference and college to tens of thousands of young people. The Planetshakers' stated mission is to "empower a generation to win a generation".http://www.planetshakers.com/church/ministries.htm CONFERENCES Planetshakers runs annual conferences in most Australian states. The next conference period will see Perth , Brisbane , Sydney and Melbourne as venues. The first conference held in Adelaide in 1997 had 300 delegates, growing to reach 20,000 nation-wide by 2004 . Planetshakers Conference 2007 marks the 11th anniversary. Melbourne, being the primary venue, hosted the conference in Vodafone Arena , part of Olympic Park . Due to a lack of a large enough venue in Brisbane, the city hosted two 3-day conferences in 2007 to cater for the large numbers of delegates. It has also been reported that the Brisbane conference with its 12,000 attendees injected more than $3 million into the local economy. Brisbane City News, NEWS > the buzz, 18 January 2007 (Factiva ID: BCN_T-20070118-1-031-008227). The next Planetshakers Conference will be held in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth in January 2008. Delegates are able to register at the Planetshakers website for the next Planetshakers Conference. Planetshakers will be in Melbourne at Vodafone Arena from 2-5 January 2008; Brisbane 7-10 January 2008 at Brisbane Convention Centre ; Sydney 9-12 January 2008 at Sydney Olympic Park in the Sports Centre (formally State Sports Centre); and finally Perth on 15-18 January at Challenge Stadium . Conference speakers have in the past included Glen Berteau, Jurgen Matthesius, Rich Wilkerson, Mal Fletcher , Pat Schazline, Matthew Barnett, Reggie Dabbs and Chris Hill . With messages promoting concepts such as "crossing over", "seizing the day" and "breaking out of the box", they strive to "empower a generation to win a generation". In September of each year, Planetshakers also runs the smaller Planet Worship conference. Speakers in 2006 included Glen Berteau, Russell Evans, and Henry Seeley. The conference will be held at the Dallas Brooks Centre in Melbourne. Growing internationally, Planetshakers now also runs conferences in Malaysia , Singapore and South Africa , with a desire to expand to the United States Of America . They went to Singapore's Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore Expo 's max Pavillion in 2006. Internationally in 2007, Planetshakers band will play at events in Hong Kong , The USA , The UK , New Zealand , Malaysia , Singapore and South Africa . CITY CHURCH Planetshakers City Church is a Pentecostal Christian church, affiliated with the Assemblies Of God . The church started when the Planetshakers band and ministry moved to Melbourne in 2004 , and currently meets in hired auditoriums throughout Central Melbourne. The church is pastored by Russell and Sam Evans and has attendance nearing 3000[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/young-believers-pray-and-sway-to-a-new-beat/2007/04/07/1175366538300.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Young believers pray and sway to a new beat] - The Age (April 8, 2007), and throughout most of 2005 ran three services per weekend, commonly approaching capacity. Currently, the church is held at the Dallas Brooks Centre , with two services (3:45 and 6:00pm). The church also made use of the Arrow building for baptism services but due to the increased attendance the baptism services have been moved to Richmond AOG Church in Melbourne. The church's Youth Ministry called "PlanetBoom" is led by pastors Chad and Tiffany Harding, running Friday nights (7:15pm) during school terms at Melbourne High School. The youth ministry has become so successful that the Catholic and Anglican Church' are looking at adopting Planetshakers' methods.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/young-believers-pray-and-sway-to-a-new-beat/2007/04/07/1175366538300.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Young believers pray and sway to a new beat] - The Age (April 8, 2007) The church also runs a childrens' ministry called "Planetkids", led by pastors Rob and Assunta Bradbury, which is held concurrently with the main church service at 3:45pm. Planetkids also runs an annual childrens' conference, with the second conference for 2007 being held at Melbourne High School in the September holidays. ("Planetkids goes Space") "planetUNI" is the church's university students ministry overseen by pastor Matt Fielder and comprises of local and international students as well as recent graduates being active in the group. In addition to fortnightly meetings (Urban Life groups), a new outreach event will be held once a month on a Friday night at the Melbourne City Conference Centre on Swanston Street. "Urban Life" groups (basically Cell Group s) are run fortnightly in homes spread around all parts of Melbourne, offering discipleship and connection with other people outside of Church. They include different age areas, such as kids (held in the Church service each week), teenagers (PlanetBoom), university students (planetUNI), young adults and adults. There are also various other ministries serving and reaching out to women (Beautiful Woman) and business people (Kingdom Life). COLLEGE Planetshakers Ministries have set up a bible college, aptly named, Planetshakers College . There are several campuses running in most major Australian states. In Perth (WA), Newcastle (NSW), Brisbane (QLD) and Melbourne (VIC). The college is affiliated with Southern Cross College and emphasizes on impartation, not just academic learning. They offer a fully accredited course for the Certificate IV in Contemporary Leadership which runs as a year long course. Students can then choose to go on and complete a Diploma version for a second year. The aim of the college is the same as the Planetshakers movement, "empowering a generation, to win a generation". Many well known individuals associated with the Planetshakers conference including Henry Seeley, Russell and Sam Evans, Martin Steele and Mike Guglielmucci serve as guest lecturers during the course of the year. MUSIC The Planetshakers band is the central part of their events, bearing a worship-woven modern pop-rock sound attractive to young people. The 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian was also a part of the Planetshakers band for several years, taking both lead and backup vocal parts on the 2002 and 2003 albums and conferences. Many of the musicians originated from Youth Alive South Australia, which also released CDs. Some of the songs written by current band members for the Youth Alive albums, such as 'Phenomena' and 'God of Miracles' (from Youth Alive Western Australia) have also featured on Planetshakers earlier albums. In 2004, their CD ''Open Up The Gates'' was nominated for ''Praise and Worship Album of the Year'' for the Dove Awards .
PLANETSHAKERS TV A television show, titled ''Planetshakers TV'' is currently in production and is scheduled to air on the Australian Christian Channel in 2008 . The program will include all-new filmed material as well as Planetshakers songs and preaching from the conferences and church. SEE ALSO
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