Grace Community Baptist Church

Grace Community Baptist Church

Our Vision Grace Community Baptist Church aims to Serve, Equip and Empower people to reach their Godly potential in an atmosphere of Grace within the context of Community.

Our Values - We value Small group relationships - We value Body life ministry - We value Servant-hood - We value Empowering - We value Freedom - We value Facilitating - We value Inter generational fellowship - We value Grace - We value Community - We Value the Prophetic

Leadership Five Fold Ministry Leadership Team: Tony Rae, Grahame Crossing, Gavin Williams, Matt Coonan, Merelyn Rae, Noeline Russell, Kelly Myles (GA). Wamberal Church Life and Focus Team: Tony and Merelyn Rae, Grahame Crossing, Trevor and Joy Welsh, Isaac Feeney and Bethany Bodamer.

What Ministries and Activities flow from Grace Community?

Celebrations 10am at Wamberal Sundays Worship, Word, Ministry, Fellowship Equipping, empowering and encouraging believers to experience and honour God, to grow in their faith and engage with their world.

Worship Vision: To usher people into the Presence of God. Worship Leaders: Kerrie Rochford Jay VanderNoord Bethany Bodamer Worship Team members

Worship Burn / Encounter worship nights. Occassionally. Extended worship and encountering God through His Spirit and His gifts. Worship Leaders and Teams.

Children's Ministries (0-12) Vision: For our children to encounter Jesus and enter into a living relationship with Him. Sunday Mornings at 10.30am approx. Key People: Merelyn Rae Children s Pastor Annabelle & Phil Moore Facilitators Elizabeth Ward Facilitator Neva Malek Facilitator Numbers of helpers. Would love more helpers

Small Groups There are various groups that meet on various days and times. Talk to Grahame Crossing or see our website: www.gracecom.net.au

Prayer Ministry Sozo / Deliverance / Inner Healing Key People: Merelyn Rae Noeline Russell Annabelle and Phil Moore Neva Malek Marika VanderNoord Merelyn Rae

Grace Healing Centre Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Healing, Spiritual Blessing, Supernatural Encounter, Dream Interpretation, Specific Requests. Key People: Sandy Walker Team Members. Rostered on weekly. Tuesdays 10am-12 noon. By appointment. At the Banksia Centre Bateau Bay.

Intercession - Weekly Intercessors Group (am) - Monthly Prayer Meeting (pm) - Fasting and Prayer seasons - Extended Prayer (e.g. 24hours continuous)

Counselling Noeline Russell Catherine Wilkinson Merelyn Rae

The Varken Apprenticeship Challenge Vision: Mentor Boys into Godly Men Key People: Matt Coonan Team of helpers

The Varken Apprenticeship Challenge Bonding Activities Birthday Celebrations Developing: Restaurant Gathering for youth and young Adults, Camping, Night Club Church

Central Coast Outreach Services Vision: To provide a helping hand to those that need it. We share Jesus love. Key People: John & Barbara Kisiel Management Committee

Central Coast Outreach Services Counseling Centre The Entrance. Connecting people to agencies and groups that can help them in their situation. Food Hampers.

Central Coast Outreach Services The Guiding Light Bargain Centre, The Entrance. Key People: Barbara Kisiel. Key Helpers: Keith and Elizabeth Ward. Numbers of Volunteers from the community. Clothes, Books, Electricals, Nicnacs, Kitchen and Dining goods, etc. Volunteers Needed

Central Coast Outreach Services Starting Over Outlet Anzac Road Long Jetty Key People: John & Barbara Kisiel. Numbers of Volunteers from the community. Furniture, White Goods, Beds, Appliances, House Hold Items, Tools, Computer Training program, etc. Volunteers Needed

Central Coast Outreach Services Food Rescue. In partnership with Diggers RSL Club The Entrance. 100 s of meals given out each week. Volunteers Volunteers Needed.

Central Coast Outreach Services Feed a Friend Restaurant. Shelly Beach Motel. Open Mon, Wed & Fri 11am-1.30pm. We pick up food from 5 Aldi stores each week. And purchase other food items form Food Bank NSW. 2 Course Lunch meals provided to those that need them. Training in hospitality, cooking and kitchen skills, soon to become part of this program. Volunteers Needed.

Central Coast Outreach Services RAF: Reconnecting Aged and Frail Key People: Tony Rae Margaret Richardson Monthly morning Tea with cluster housing residents. Volunteers Needed

Central Coast Outreach Services Chariots For Charity: Car Recycling. Supported by Grace Equip Ltd, CJ Mechanical Long Jetty Key People: John Kisiel, Tony Rae Volunteer helper would be great.

Grace Equip Limited Key People: Company Members: Tony Rae, Jewel Wauchope and Mal Smith, Directors: Tony Rae Matt Coonan - -

Grace Equip Limited Owns and Develops businesses that generate funds for the Kingdom and provide training and possible employment to those struggling to find it.

Grace Equip Limited thewoodchipper.com.au A Truck and Wood Chipper for Hire.

Mega-E School of Evangelism www.mega-e.com.au Key People: Fiona Zuccolin, Matt Coonan, Mark Taylor, Bruce Jay, Noel & Sue Noble, many others. A school that Trains and Equips believers to share their faith, locally, effectively and with power. Prayer for the salvation of the Nations.

Outreach Mustard Seeds John Preston Café Ministry. John shares Jesus love every day at various locations around the Coast.

Outreach We have run or currently run: Alpha Local: E.g. Street preaching & Witnessing. Terrigal, Caravan Park BBQ s, Skate Parks: The Entrance, Umina, Cooranbong. Etc. Non Local: e.g. Waterloo, Orange, Narrabri, Rockhampton International: Overseas: Philippines, (possibly Japan, Cambodia, Brazil) Prophetic outreach

Cross-Cultural Mission Our Aims: Taking the Blessing to the World We aim to move people along the Engle scale of Mission awareness and Involvement. To see a Mission Movement in our Church. To strongly support and fund Frontier Cross-Cultural Mission activities.

Cross-Cultural Mission MAT: Mission Action Team Monthly Meetings for Prayer and Planning (last Monday each month) Anne and Ross Peterson, Sandie Hodgekiss Barbara Fairey, Yvette McLauchlan Chris and Ruth Young Eric Bodamer, Caz Smith Sharon Bissell (OS) Lynn Johnston (OS) Rod Tonks, Fiona Zuccolin Christine Whitehouse Chris & Nadine Brittian Tony Rae New members always welcome.

Cross-Cultural Mission South East Asia We fully Support a Church Planting Team (two families) in South East Asia reaching out to locals.

Cross-Cultural Mission South East Asia We support reading centres in South East Asia designed to educate and reach out to locals.

Cross-Cultural Mission Cambodia We support and provide administration for Sharon Bissell (Rose of Sharon Ministries) working in poor village in Cambodia.

Cross-Cultural Mission Cambodia We support and provide administration support for Lynn Johnston (Well Spring Initiatives) in projects designed help homeless families. And provide businesses for training and on going employment.

Cross-Cultural Mission LttN: Light to the Nations We support Dr Gavin and Glenda Williams in Pastor mentoring and training National Pastors in Fiji and in other parts of the world.

Cross-Cultural Mission King of Kings Church Uganda We support Pastors Silas and Nicola Tayebwa They lead a large network of Churches in Uganda.

Cross-Cultural Mission Kairos: Condensed World Mission Course. We support Chris and Nadine Brittain. Training and encouraging the Church Nationally to reach out to other nations with the Gospel.

Cross-Cultural Mission Operation Christmas Child Key People: Terry Rochford, Caz smith, Annette Holmes Each year we provide dozens of Samaritan s Purse Christmas boxes that go to children in less fortunate countries. Volunteer team.

Cross-Cultural Mission Discretionary Funding The Mission Action Team distribute funds, as they are available, to Mission endeavors.

Cross-Cultural Mission Cross Cultural Short Term Mission Trips Key Person: Anne Peterson Each year or two we send out teams to visit various fields and missionaries. To deliver gifts and funds and participate in outreach activities as appropriate. MAT Team plus anyone interested. Impact Nations: We support and encourage those that go on mission with IN.

Grace Equipping Short Courses Schools To educate participants in Biblical knowledge and to train in Practical Ministry. Key People: Dr Gavin Williams and the 5 fold ministry team.

Grace Equipping Running or have run: Grace School of Christian Ministry (in partnership with LttN). Spirit Life Group. Grace School of Supernatural Ministry. Hearing God s Voice (Mark Virkler). School of the Prophets Kris Vallotton. Search for Life. Other relevant courses.

Conferences and Special Meetings Examples: Rev Dr Edgar Mayer Toowoomba (Surprised by the Holy Spirit) Awakening Meetings (Grace Ministry Team) Healing Meetings (Grace Ministry Team) John Alley (Rockhampton Apostolic Teaching) Peter McHugh (Melbourne above the Line Ministry Teaching) Vicki Trustrum (Father Heart Teaching) Silas and Nicola Tayebwa (Uganda Ministering in God s Power) Phil Mason (Byron Bay Ministry in the New Age) Other visiting ministries.

In the Community We acknowledge those who exercise ministry through their work and work places. The following are only examples.

In the Community Community Chaplains: Paul Pickering (Hammond Care) Grahame Crossing (Funeral and Marriage Celebrant)

In the Community Scripture in Schools

In the Community School Teachers: Kerrie Rochford Di Smith Dave Russell Peter McLellan Kylie McGurk Sorry if we missed anyone.

In the Community YOU Where you work or study. Representing Jesus. Please tell us if you have specific ministry that we don t know about.