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.

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

Children's Ministries (0-12) Vision: For our children to encounter Jesus

and enter into a living relationship with Him.

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

Key People: Matt Coonan

Team of helpers

Vision: Mentor Boys into Godly Men

The Varken Apprenticeship Challenge

Developing: Restaurant Gathering for youth

and young Adults, Camping, Night Club Church

Bonding Activities Birthday Celebrations

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

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.

MAT: Mission Action Team Monthly Meetings for Prayer and Planning

(last Monday each month)

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.