Kids church is open on Sundays during the service to children of all ages.

All groups use age-appropriate material that meets our goal of taking the children deeper into an aspect of Christ’s character over several lessons.

4-11 yrs old group learns the fun way using different stories, games and activities. At the end of the term, presentation to the whole church allows the children to share their learning and shows our congregation our children’s increasing love for and knowledge of Christ and the Father.

Youth Connect on Sunday mornings is for youth aged 11 to 17. This group meets fortnightly during the sermon. Material is age appropriate, currently exploring some basic truths about identity to begin with and going through Alpha Youth. The Alpha course is created to get the young people asking questions about God and life in a setting that is safe, which appeals to the current culture. The vison for us is that the young people will feel safe and comfortable to share and ask questions and to participate in the discipleship process.

Kids club meets every fortnight on Friday evenings. Children 8yrs and above are welcome. It is a fun based programme where we encourage kids to be kids. Activities have included games nights, talent quests, bowling, master chef and many more. More recently dinner is being provided to encourage children sharing together about their week. Leaders endeavour to insert a short, relevant Christian message into the activities.

All our programmes operate at least with two leaders in place each week to ensure we comply with Child Safe standards and the risk plans are in place. Our leaders have necessary training to ensure all safety standards are met and adhered to.

We feel very blessed with the number of children attending, which is such an affirmation from God.

We are blessed with many people who make SouthPoint a friendly and welcoming place for fellowship. It starts with our friendly welcoming team at the door, a big thank you to Molly and Val as well as others who take the time to great people at the door.

After our service, there is the opportunity to receive prayer. Thank you to Robyn and Trish for coordinating this valuable service and for all the team who make this a regular service that we can provide each week.

Morning Tea items are provided by Bite Me bakery (c/o Nicole) and Lynne is amazing, preparing fruit as well as ensuring the fridge and pantry are stocked with morning tea supplies! Lisa Croke’s help to set up in the morning is appreciated and her special treats that she and Stephy bake, for Father’s Day and other occasions, provides welcome additions to the regular items on offer.

Jo Knight has very generously made beautiful craft/ food goodies for our special events such as Easter, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day, which make everyone feel special. Thank you, Jo!

Gaynor and Hanli helped organise this year’s Greatest Morning Tea to raise funds for cancer research.

SALA is another event where SouthPoint provide an evening of catering and fellowship for Artists and the community.

We also hosted a Men’s breakfast and Indian lunch we had around 50 people to these events.

We have been blessed to have little Amber helping with the dishes and Stephy helping in the kitchen. Its lovely to see the lessons learned during kid’s church being enthusiastically embraced by our kids!

Thank you to everyone who lends a helping hand and serves faithfully in this portfolio.

For such a small church our Outreach is amazing. New as well as regular missions that take place are:

- Biggest Morning Tea to support Cancer research

- Dignity Freedom Network that helps releasing and protecting women and children from human trafficking

- Puddle Jumpers cooking that is so much more than just making meals for those in need (about 10,000 meals a year). The “missional” conversations that take place with helpers and those that come in for meals are confirmation from God that he is in this venture.

- Create and Sala are our artistic ministry to the community. The weekly Sunday afternoons of coming together with other artists and sharing the skills is a huge blessing to particularly a group of lonely elderly people.

- SALA is an annual event where local artist display their works.

- Kids and Youth Group are fortnightly outreach to our community

- Bible study for the elderly and community

- Supporting past elderly members by visiting and offering help to them as they are in residential care.

- Compassion children

Thanks to all who do so much to assist in God’s mission in our local community and across our world.