Written by rev. John McMahon | 30 August 2010

Dear John,

My sincere thanks for the fabulous presentation you did for the boys and their dads last Tuesday night. When I was back at the school on Thursday, I received many comments from the boys about how much fun they had and how much they enjoyed your talk. I loved the fact that you were down to earth and honest and that the issues you raised were spot on for what some of them are going through or will go through.You gave them hope and encouragement to rise above their mistakes/misfortunes and make a go of things.  On behalf of all the boys and their dads and our school principal, I thank you very much. Kind Regards, Veronica. Chaplain-Woori Yallock Primary School

Written by Ulverstone High, Tasmania | 05 May 2010

 

Did you feel the presentation was easy to understand?  
- Rev. spoke clearly & used words that I understood
- It was strait forward & to the point
- Yes because he spoke clearly & I just got what he was saying
- He was awesome
- Yes because he related to us teenagers & knew how we felt
- Yes he spoke really well & he was easy to understand
- Yes because Rev. knew what he was talking about
- Yes because he shared some very interesting examples
- Yes because he spoke to us & not at us
- Absolutely
- He got out what he wanted to tell us
 

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Written by Berwick Technical College | 05 May 2010

Did you feel the presentation was easy to understand?  
- He was able to explain things in detail
- He made it clear
- His analogies were good
- He explained himself well & talked well
- He made it clear & was nice & loud
- Yes because he said it in way that we would understand it as teens
- He was a good speaker
- I liked how he related life lessons to motorbikes
- Yeh & the Rev was kool
- Yes he explains things properly
- Listen to people who have more life experience than you do
- The man knew his stuff
- I’ve never thought about things the way the Rev put them
- It made good sense
- I have heard him before & so I felt very comfortable listening to him
- Yes because didn’t mumble or bullshit us
- He made eye contact with the whole room
 

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Written by Rev. John McMahon | 05 May 2010

Did you feel the presentation was easy to understand?  
- He makes things clear
- Easy to follow
- No babble
- It was loud n clear
- He was strait forward & to the point
- We learned some stuff about ourselves
- He put it into words that we can understand
- It was interactive & fun to listen to

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Written by Sue Kirkham | 05 May 2010

John has a unique way of using simple analogies that young people can understand & relate to.  His use of motor sports as being analogous to the ‘ride of life with its twists & turns is something that boys in particular can relate to very easily.  

Sue Kirkham
Welfare Coordinator
Kambrya College

Written by Luke | 05 May 2010

Hey Rev#7
I thought I would swing you an email letting you know that I have now taken over the leadership of our local youth group and I Just wanted to say thanks so much for teaching me at college. Its refreshing and encouraging to have someone as real as you involved with and leading young people. You are one of the examples that I try and model my leadership after. So I just wanted to say thanks and let you know everything is going incredible.

Thanks dude,
Luke