SPEAKERS
Trish Gagliardi is a woman of encouragement and love. Everyone she meets leaves feeling
uplifted and her passion for Jesus and life is contagious. Trish and her husband Joe were senior
pastors for over 15 years and now on the Planetshakers leadership team.
Trish G is the founder and director of Trish Gagliardi store mentoring women from all walks of
life.
She believes that true beauty is inner beauty and sees the potential in everybody. She’s fun, energetic, excited and a hilarious kind of woman who loves what she does and loves who she gets to do it for, Jesus.
Trish doesn’t come empty-handed, she brings hundreds of dollars worth of clothing to give away
and prophetically encourages the crowd to use the clothing as a tool to bless.
Erica grace is an ordained minister (ACC) who served as a missionary in South America for 20 years, along with her husband, Chris. While in Bolivia (1982) she had a calling from God to focus her teaching on the ‘family unit’ using the Bible as her ‘instruction manual’ as instructed by God. This was the beginning of the series Foundations for the Family which is also the name of her radio program.
Pastor Erica, along with her husband of over 40 years Chris Grace are ordained pastors with the Assemblies of God (ACC). Pastor Erica is a missionary kid of Italian heritage and has five children, 3 of whom were born on the mission field. On the mission field, they were mainly involved in Bible School teaching & tent evangelism. Erica developed a teaching ministry for
women connected with the Bibles school. She is also the author of “Foundations for the family”- biblical teaching for families.
The Graces returned to Australia at the end of l995 and Chris served in the AOG Missions office for 7 yrs as Personnel Director and Missions Secretary. Chris and Erica then went into full-time pastoral ministry where they served nearly 2 years in Rowville and 6 yrs at the Valley Christian Fellowship in Woori Yallock in the Yarra Valley. Chris and Erica are now involved as itinerant ministers mainly with ethnic churches in Melbourne. They minister among a variety of churches
including African, Asian, Indian, Filipino, Spanish and Italian. The Mission calling is still there and they have a passion for reaching nations.
Tendai Togara is a wife and mother at heart. She is well known as the voice of inspiration, her passion for the things of the kingdom and her depth of wisdom.
She is a minister of the gospel and a public speaker who addresses critical issues affecting an individual’s social and relational development. The central theme of her message is the transformation of ordinary individuals into self -leaders who equipping them to maximise their potential and live a life of purpose.
Tendai is a certified NLP Practitioner and Business consultant. Tendai is the Founder and President of Found by Grace Ministries, a not-for-profit organisation. Tendai mentors women who aspire to lead as she has been a part of the Australian African leadership program.
Tendai has dedicated her life to prayer and training other’s to know and understand the power of prayer. Pastor Tendai is married to Francis and has 3 amazing children. Tendai seeks to be the light that brings clarity to all that come across her path by inspiring them to seek the kingdom of God.