9:30am – Morning Church – with KPC Kids

3:45pm – Youth Group

5:30pm – NightChurch

We are a church without a building – we use two venues.

On Sunday morning we meet in the hall at Kenmore South State School. The address is 16 Kersley Road, Kenmore.

There are two entrances – one on Kersley Road (park on the street or in the top car park and walk down to the hall) and the other on Glen Frew Street / Strathspey Street. Here is a map.

And on Sunday Night we have begun using the Kenmore Uniting Church property. The address is 982 Moggill Road, Kenmore.

Church on Sunday morning is made up of people of all ages, backgrounds and stages of life. We sing, we pray, we hear the Bible taught, and we catch-up over morning tea. Bible teaching is intended to be at the heart of our morning and we hope that our understanding of the Bible will shape the other things that we do together as a church.

On Sunday mornings (in school terms) we run KPC Kids and creche during the sermon. Partly so that the kids can learn from the Bible at their level, and partly so that their parents can too.

You are welcome to join us, we have visitors at church with us most weeks.

NightChurch is similar to Morning Church, we sing, we pray, we hear the Bible taught, and we catch-up over supper. But being later in the day, NightChurch attracts a slightly younger group of people, and has a more relaxed feel.

During school terms we run Youth Group before NightChurch.

Everyone is welcome to come to church twice on a Sunday – but most of our regulars choose one or the other.

We replanted NightChurch on Sunday 21 February 2016 with a renewed statement of who we are:

“we are a gathering of people forgiven by Jesus.
We live for him in dependence on his Word and prayer.
We live for each other as we build one another up to maturity in Him.
Through speaking, praying and living we make God’s love for the world known”

Children are a welcome part of our Church and we are keen to see them grow into faithful followers of Jesus in a caring and safe environment.

On Sundays we include children in church as much as possible. When it comes to the sermon we encourage parents to let their children go to creche, or to KPC Kids – where they learn from the Bible at their own level.

Creche caters for the really little ones, up to around three years of age. KPC Kids is run in three age-groups. Little Kids (age 3 to Prep). Middle Kids (years 1-2). And Big Kids (years 3-6).  They are all welcomed and cared for by a team of trained volunteers.

During school holidays creche continues, but KPC Kids takes a break. Partly to give our volunteers a rest. And partly to give parents the opportunity to help teach their children sit through church in anticipation for when they arrive at high school age.

KPC Kids operates in accordance with the Presbyterian Church of Queensland Protection Policy for Children and Young People.

Our youngest kids are looked after by our caring volunteers, supervising play with age appropriate toys.  Each week parents drop off their kids to creche during the mid-service ‘break’ and pick them up at the end of the service.

When the children reach about 3 years of age, they transition to Little KPC Kids in consultation with their parents about their readiness for a more structure learning time.

Little KPC Kids caters for children from 3 years to Prep age (Pre-readers). The children are encouraged to learn and understand the basic facts about God, Jesus, and the Bible.  Each week they learn through a story from the bible and a craft related to the story.

With the older kids, we systematically work our way through books of the bible as we strive to disciple the kids to know, live and share the gospel.  Each week there is a kids talk based on the bible passage – sometimes as part of the church service and sometimes during KPC Kids.

Middle Kids and Big Kids start their time together, learning through kids talks, memory verses, singing or playing a game.  Then they split into Middle Kids (grade 1 and 2) and Big Kids (grade 3-6).

Middle Kids caters for earlier readers.  Most weeks they will spend some time discussing the talk and then do a craft and/or games which help reinforce the main point for the week.

Big Kids caters for older, more confident readers.  They look at the bible passage for the week, reading and discussing it to understand the main point of the passage.  They also do games or crafts or other activities that help them to understand and remember what they have learnt.

Youth group meets at 3:45pm on Sunday afternoon, for six weeks during school term. The program includes games and Bible study. We also have socials a couple of times a term – opportunities to have fun together and get to know each other a bit better.

We run Youth Group for High School students, but we also include year 6 – as part of the transition from KPC Kids to Youth Group.

In many ways Youth Group serves the same function as Growth Group does for adults. Youth Group is on Sunday afternoon rather than during a church service (like KPC Kids is) because we would like High Schoolers to listen to the sermon at church.

Growth Groups are a chance to share our lives together as we read the Bible and pray. We meet mid-week in each other’s homes, so in many ways Growth Groups are the back-bone to our church as we really get to know each other.

Growth Groups run for four 7-8 week blocks each year. There are a number of different groups to choose from, most run 7:00-9:00pm but there is also a ladies morning group. There is a little more information here.

Growth Groups are more than just a Bible Study, but studying the Bible shapes everything about them. Usually (but not always) the Bible studies cover the same book of the Bible as Church on Sunday.

Socials are another important part of church life – because we want to get to know each other and share our lives together. We also want our family and friends to see what it means for us to be followers of Jesus so that they too might join us as followers of Jesus. Having fun together helps a lot to that end!

Through the course of a year we have lunches after Morning Church, dinners after NightChurch, Dinners for Eight, ladies socials, men’s dinners, Youth Group socials, KPC Kids socials,  ‘play in the park’, a weekend away, or a weekend at home. And of course there’s morning tea and supper every Sunday – good reasons not to rush away after church and stay and talk.