This week a few of our staff have been on the Baptist Churches SA Pastors conference. This was an opportunity to connect with other Pastoral leaders, gain insight from guest speakers and hear what is …
Baptist Care – our heart of mercy
What does Baptist Care SA do? Most people can identify their work with the homeless through the ministry of Westcare. Baptist Care does much more. It provides out of home care, disability care, youth education …
A Mid-Year Review
As part of our business on Tuesday night, Council had a mid-year review of our progress as a church. In January, together with the staff team, we set goals for our year, where are we at? The list included items such as: …
OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBER!
Our newest staff member starts this week! We look forward to Miranda Dixon joining our staff team as Associate Pastor. Miranda’s will have a generalist role alongside me with pastoral …
GIVE ME GIANTS!
Who is your favourite person in the Bible, our Lord aside? The Bible is full of many fine and strange people, it can be impossible to choose. But, when pressed …
What young people think?
This encouragement was shared in our recent Kids and Youth Service: When we asked the youth what growth they’d like to see in our church they said… If we are …
Our church is a busy home
This Sunday is a full day. We have a Kids and Youth service, which will be fantastic. Guaranteed they will encourage us and bring life to the service. Our Members vote on a …
ON OUR GIVING
As this financial year ends, I am personally thankful for the generosity of our church. It is encouraging to see our income reach our target. Our giving has enabled a really fruitful year of ministry and we look forward to another year …
Strengthening communities through partnerships
These past two weeks I enjoyed two opportunities in engaging our local community. I was part of the review panel for Blackforest Primary School Chaplain Ann Nadge. Ann has been at Blackforest for 11 years and is doing an extraordinary job. This school is …
How will we walk together with First Nations people?
If you walk through the cemetery at the Raukkan, in Ngarrindjeri country you would see the graves of many teenagers and young adults. Too many have died from suicide. In …