Our "Connect" Ministries are concerned about what we do to embrace those who have come to know Jesus and perhaps want to know more about those in his church family here at LMAP.

'...continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.' (Col 1:23)

Key is that we see and understand the importance of being committed to our church family and that we are hospitable to those who join us.

Some Key Priorities looking forward are ...

A Culture of Connecting
Committed & Hospitable

We need to develop the culture of many members welcoming newcomers into our church.  This of course happens at church but also in our streets and homes.  We need to develop a culture of hospitality that shares our lives with others as we share in Jesus.

A Local Church for the Local Community

Our Glenbrook, Blaxland, and Mt Riv congregation members come from the surrounding neighbourhoods and further afield.  We should be a church who is a blessing to the communites in which we live - and shine a light for the gospel.

See the map to the left - we have folk from many locations in our church family. It means that our fellowship is built on a commitment to one another and the relationships we build in Christ.  This does not just happen - it requires intentional effort and committment with each other, to our gatherings, in our ministries - always with the newcomer in mind.

Developing a Partnership Course

One of our goals in this space is to develop a Partnership Course that helps those who have committed to joining us to get to know our church, what we do, how we try to do it, and how they can become part of what happens here.  Call it 'DiscipleWORKS' or 'Onboard' (watch this space!)

This could be done as a stand-alone course or it could be run by Growth Groups working together to host the courses.

If you'd like to get involved in this, click here to let us know.

The CONNECT Ministries at LMAP include:

with Needs > Opportunities (as we look toward 2030)?

  • Anything we do with Food (e.g. Morning Tea, 5th Sunday Bfast, GB6pm Dinner)
  • Welcome Arvo Tea                  > Opp: Increase regularity and take up
  • Connect Lunches                     > Opp: Increase regularity and involve Growth Groups
  • Newcomer Follow-up             > Need: Members to take a more active role. Opp: Develop a clearer People flow follow-up pathway.
  • Baptisms and Confirmations
  • Lift Lunches
  • Let's Go! (JesusCLUB)             > Need: More Leaders
  • LMAP Soccer
  • Blaxland Craft Group & Glenbrook Craft Group
  • Men's Breakfasts                     > Opp: Start some specific Men's Events each year.
  • Retiree's Group (from Mt Riv)
  • Compagnie
  • Pastoral Visiting
  • Working Bees                           > Need: Develop an 'Adopt a part of GB' process for ongoing Maintenence.
  • Youth Prayer Network
  • Internal Communications        > Need: to review, streamline, and effect our communication pathways for members
  • Big Day Together                     > Opp: repeat this each year