Fellowship
Sunday Morning
There are many opportunities to minister on a Sunday morning from teaching Sunday School or Kids Church to playing a part in the worship service. Please enquire if you’d like to minister on a Sunday morning.
Thursday Morning All Welcome Bible Study
This fun group meets for fellowship at 9.30am each Thursday. All are welcome to attend. The group a time of sharing, a time of prayer and a Bible study with some morning tea of course. The Vision for the small group is to share the love of God with others; to build each other up in the spirit of unity and understanding as part of God’s family; and to use the meeting as an opportunity for new-comers to get to know the Pastor & some members of the congregation better.
Hospitality
We have Morning Tea after our service and all are welcome to stay and enjoy a cuppa or cool drink whilst having a chat and time of fellowship.
We have a fellowship lunch (bring a plate of food to share) on the third Sunday each month from March to November.
PAL Groups
We have a variety of small groups, which we call PAL groups (named after our values) in the church that meet regularly in people’s homes. Please enquire if you’d like to join one or even start hosting a gathering. They’re a great opportunity to express the “one-anothers” to the body of Christ on a regular basis and be edified while doing it.
Heart Sisters & Soul Brothers
This is a ministry to make fulfilling the 50-odd “one anothers” in Scripture that we are instructed to do. Sometimes being part of a small group is an impossible task for someone, which could be due to a number of factors, the biggest one probably being their work schedule. Heart Sisters & Soul Brothers exists to allow anyone and everyone to “love one another” and not be overwhelmed by it. What if you only have the capacity to love just one person in the congregation?
The way HS & SB works is that when you sign up to this ministry, you are anonymously assigned one person of the same gender to be your buddy, whom you are responsible for praying for, encouraging, supporting…whatever the Lord leads you to do. The idea is to keep your anonymity throughout the year till around Christmas time where we hold a reveal party to see who our buddy was the whole year.
Sign-up for HS & SB occurs at the beginning of the year, the week after our Vision Sunday & Church Anniversary (always the last Sunday in January); however, new people are invited to sign-up whenever they’d like. We encourage you to speak to Judith Finden if you wish to sign-up to be part of this ministry or use the Contact Us tab to send her a message.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
The Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow ministry provides activities and social connection for those facing ageing or isolation. It is a partnership between Simple Solutions, who bring professional expertise, and the local Church, who provide pastoral and spiritual care. Although originally focused on supporting people with dementia and their carers, the group soon recognised the wider challenge of loneliness in the community.
Caring for a loved one with dementia is demanding, and often, after a passing, the surviving spouse’s main connections are found in the YTT group. This ministry continues to walk alongside all who feel isolated.
The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, 10:00am–12:00pm. Please contact Bob Chopping if you are interested in attending or maybe even helping out to keep this ministry thriving.