Our Gatherings
Spiritual Gatherings
These gatherings are all different in focus and style yet they have much in common.
They have different levels of solitude or companionship.
They have different levels of structure or guidance.
Each is designed to help you seek and find, knock and find truth and the experience of God opened to you.
What are you looking for?
You are welcome, whatever your age, culture or gender. We are a smallish vibrant community of people who seek God and follow Jesus' ways.
What can you expect? Easy parking, a warm welcome, help finding our kids ministry (Seeds), coffee on the way in and a seat if you need it. We sing, share communion and reflect on faith and life, personally and together. You can slide in the back or jump right in. We hope you will find our preaching is insightful, dynamic and varied.
We invite you to visit and to connect when you are ready.
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We love families!
We have a wonderful children’s program which is designed for 3-12 year olds. We offer a low sensory experience.
Registration is open from 9:45am in the foyer.
Seeds is all about nurturing young faith in an interactive, dynamic and faithforming environment. You can ask questions at the registration area and visit godlyplay.com.au to check out the philosophy behind it.
Parents, grandparents and guardians are welcome to come, stay and grow with their children, or to head into the service in our auditorium.
We have a parent room with full view of the service available for those with very young children. We also have a lovely play and activity area outside for before and after church that you are welcome to utilise.
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On Sunday nights we pay attention to growing the health of our souls.
Meeting fortnightly, we discuss reading or audio learning we have done, and a related Soul Training exercise we have practised during the fortnight.
It is skilfully facilitated by experienced pastors and spiritual directors. That means you can be a full rooky or an experienced follower and gain from this community experience.
Come and grow together.
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Alpha
68 Waverley St Dianella
Exploring the big questions in life is important. Have you explored life, faith, and meaning? Alpha is a place where you can bring all your questions. No question is too big or too small to explore.
We start with a meal, a short video to kick off discussion (available with multiple languages in subtitles), then some refreshments and treats with discussion time.
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Eating, storytelling, laughing, caring, praying.
Shared Tables are where we walk more richly with each other. You can try one or two when you are ready to connect a little. They are all different because people and lives are different, so its okay to take time to find a great fit.
What happens? the Shared Table will meet at someone's home or a cafe or park in great weather. Usually monthly. We share food and lives together. Most groups share a Whatsapp channel to stay in touch with each other for arranging things, sharing needs and great news, as well as the occasional joke or meme.
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Come along and meet some great people!
This is a casual get-together with other women in a fun and relaxing setting.
We hope you can join us!
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68 Waverley Gatherings
We also host gatherings for the community through our 68 Waverley Community Centre.
If you'd like interaction with others and interesting activities, try one of these.
Friday Friends
68 Waverley St Dianella
Friday Friends is a community time every Friday from 10-11:30am. Anyone can come. It’s a good place to meet a few people, have a little fun and, if you are new to Australia, practice your English with friendly people.
Club Friday. On the second and fourth Friday's a group of mainly retired and semi retired people enjoy a range of social activities including indoor bowls, craft and table games. Bring your knitting or crochet if you want!
Coffee Friday is on the first and third Friday's and we meet for companionship and general conversation about things that matter to you.
Both groups meet at 68 Waverley Community Centre. Cost is $5 and includes morning tea. Check it out a time or two for free.
We would love to answer your questions, let you know which thing is happening this week and make you welcome. You can call us on 92753773
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These guided walks give you a gentle wander through the bushland in the Dianella Regional Open Space. Your guide has a sound knowledge of the local flora and enjoys sharing that knowledge and learning new things too.
In March, the Noongar season will be 'Bunuru':
Bunuru is represented by the colour orange and is the hottest time of the year.
Bunuru is the hottest time of the year with little to no rain. Hot easterly winds continue with a cooling sea breeze most afternoons – if you're close to the coast.
Traditionally this was, and still is, a great time for living and fishing by the coast, rivers and estuaries. Because of this, freshwater foods and seafood made up major parts of the Noongar people’s diet during Bunuru.
Bunuru is also a time of the white flowers with lots of white flowering gums in full bloom, including jarrah, marri and ghost gums.
Another striking flower to look out for is the female zamia (Macrozamia riedlei). Being much larger than its male counterpart, the huge cones emerge from the centre of the plant with masses of a cotton wool like substance.
As the hot and dry weather continues, the seed cones change from green to bright red, indicating they're ripening and becoming more attractive to animals, particularly the emu, that will eat the toxic fleshy outer layer.
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Join us at a local cafe to have breakfast together and engage in discussion around those things that matter to you such as: family, health, holidays, and sport, together with current world and local issues.
Held on the 3rd Saturday of the month between February and November
Contact [email protected] for more information
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