Connect 2024

Planning for Connect 2024 is underway and the dream for Connect 2024 is to connect people involved in kids, youth, families, young adults and SRE ministries to encourage, share stories and shape vision for our local contexts.  Connect is about providing a space to gather with other churches and ministries in your local region, enabling you to partner and collaborate together so that everyone is equipped.  This is a leadership development opportunity that will help you grow personally and in your ministry skills.  Our heart is that our faith communities would welcome all ages – especially children and youth – as fellow disciples, and that all generations would be connected.

What will Connect look like?

Connect is locally led, and each region will shape the day with your local context in mind.  However, there are some common elements that you will see at Connect 2024:

Worship, prayer and contemplative experiences
– Interactive connection opportunities
Keynote message from Mark McCrindle of McCrindle Research focused on what makes Gen Alpha and Gen Z tick and what that means for ministry today
Workshops for equipping in specific ministry areas (not all workshops will run at every site but everyone who attends will get access to the video and guide for all workshops)

* Creating spaces for prayer with children in kids, youth and SRE spaces

* The Games we play – how to plan and lead games that engage children and young people

* Inviting and answering questions in kids, youth and SRE spaces

– Facilitated time for connecting in teams or in specific ministry areas across faith communities
– Life giving conversations over beautiful food.

Where and when are the different Connect locations in 2024?

  • March 16th 8.45am  for 9am start – 2pm
    • Sydney – Ministry & Learning Centre, Macquarie Park
    • Riverina – Wagga Wagga Baptist Church
    • Illawarra/South Coast – Kiama Baptist Church
    • Greater West/Blue Mountains – Penrith Baptist Church
  • April 12th 5.45pm  for 6pm start – 9pm
    • Northern Rivers – Astonville Baptist Church
  • April 16th 5.45pm  for 6pm start – 9pm
    • Central Coast – Erina Community Baptist Church
  • May 18th 
    • Transform Southern Sydney – Padstow Baptist Church. 9.45am  for 10am start – 2pm
    • Sydney SouthWest – Parkside Baptist Church, Edensor Park. 8.45am  for 9am start – 2pm
    • ACT – Hughes Baptist Church.9.45am  for 10am start – 2pm. 
    • Mid-North Coast – Taree Baptist Church – 9.45am  for 10am start – 2pm
  • In 2023 we held Connect in the following regions and planning is taking place with the aim to see Connect in these places again 
    • Hunter
    • Central West

    Would you like to get involved and help make Connect happen in your region.

    For more information, or if you would like to be part of the Connect Team in your region, Get in contact with Louise  lbartlett@nswactbaptist.org.au

    or Kathy kdwyer@nswactbaptist.org.au we’d love to hear from you.

Registration Options

Registrations are now open, click on the image for your region below to go to your direct registration page. 

Tickets are $25 for adult leaders and $10 for leaders under 18. They can be paid for individually or the church can be invoiced for the tickets.
Bring your whole team it will be a great day.

 

Register for Connect

Click on the image below for your region to go through to the registration page.